Brian mole died after his cruiser was swept away in floodwaters. Stephanie gosk has more on the impact of this storm. Half the town is currently under water. Reporter: in the light of day, the storm damage on display, the danger far from over. Water kept rising. In new york, boats carried people to safety. We lost everything. Reporter: similar scenes in pennsylvania and new jersey where tornados also touched down. This neighborhood outside philadelphia ripped apart. Ida was no longer a hurricane when it hit the northeast but it was no less a punishing storm. Dropping so much rain so quickly, new york city was overwhelmed. More than 3 inches in central park in one hour, smashing the previous record. Waterfalls gushed into subway tunnels. In queens, passengers had to jump on their seats, the bus driving through a river that used to be a seat. Rescue crews worked to get to everyone but couldn t get to everyone. They got stuck in the back. Reporter: a mother and son drowned in their baseme
That this group of folks here, they are the epitome of resiliency, they take care of each other, they feed each other, we re going to continue to be here with you. I want to thank the governor, senator schumer, the mayor, and just for the collaboration of resources here. And we want to make sure that we re all here. Thank you. For the people that live here on this street and close by. We don t govern by press conference. It s not just today, it s tomorrow, and the next day, and the next day. You will see a different tone, a different era of collaboration. I was a counsel member for 14 years. I know what is takes to get the job done. You don t just show up one day, you show up until the job is done. With that we will take questions. Thank you. Also i want to acknowledge others who have joined us today. Excellent questions. Those are my questioned today. We have to identify the areas we have as a ruler in abilities on our streets. We need to be able to fix those first so we don t get a s
As we track the hurricane it is pummelling louisiana. It is a massive storm. It s a category 4. It made landfall just about an hour ago and port four shun with winds of about 150 miles per hour. As we give you sunning video this is from a flight right into the eye of the storm earlier this morning. You hear about the hurricane hunters? this is what they see. The national hurricane center issuing an update. Nbc s meteorologist bill carans will brik break it down for us. We are in new orleans as the sewage and water board reports power out ans at the sewage pump stations at this hour. That s not the kind of news they want to have to deliver to the rents. Governor gen john bel edwards will be holding a briefing in the next hour on the state s response to ida. Duly noted, this hurricane comes on a historic day, 16 years to the day after katrina devastated new orleans in louisiana. Residents are being urged to stay indoors to stay safe. Stay inside. Do not venture out. No sightseeing. This
Trump organization. The expresident s company facing a deadline today in at least one top executive with the company is expected to face charges as early as this week. The death toll rising today in that horrific condo collapse in surfside, florida, outside miami beach as rescue crews continue to search for any sign of life. The miamidade county mayor announced one more person has been found dead, bringing the total number to ten, with 151 people still missing. And now we re learning about an independent report from three years ago produced for the condo association that detailed significant structural damage that it already happened to the building including cracks and breaks in the concrete under the pool and parking garage. It is unclear how much or if any work had been done to repair those cracks or whether the issues in the report contributed to this disaster. As president biden calls into a federal investigation of what happened, residents are now questioning into the safety of o
indeed some of those text messages came from the chamber right now. chair and vice chair investigating the january 6th capitol attack make the case for why the department of justice should charge mark meadows with criminal contercht of congress. the question is could an indictment be on the way? plus, president biden is set to visit kentucky in the wake of those devastating tornadoes. the question is how will he console the families of those who perished. and the world health organization says the omicron variant is now spreading faster than any strain before. as more companies revive restrictions, the question is mr. more states do the same? it s way too early for this. good morning. and welcome to way too early, the show that s got plenty to ask, one of the top spokespeople at the white house, straight ahead. i m jonathon lemire. let s start with us. the and mark meadows being referred to the justice department for a criminal contempt charge investigating the ja