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Mayor of del rio, he said he has signed a disaster declaration officially shutting that bridge down. we dont know how he would go about enforcing that as the mayor of this city, but we are waiting to hear back from the state and from the biden administration as well. we do know that according to these internal documents obtained by nbc news through the work of my colleague that ice is planning to increase the deportation flights to cut down on this group, according to the mayor, 12,000 mostly ha...

>> reporter: the del rio mayor issued a disaster declaration. today he says so that he can get access to more city resources. and, jake, to get a better sense of whats going on under that bridge, i asked for an interview with customs and border protection, a ride-along. they say that those werent granted. so i sent a list of questions so that we can get a better sense. those emails have not been responded to. jake? >> rosa flores trying to get answers for us on the border for the united states. ...

We saw a long line of migrants walking the dirt path. we are does it lead? right there underneath the international bridge. when the border patrol bus some out and more show up. the mayor of del rio issuing a local disaster declaration. hes a democrat and sounding the alarm. take a listen. >> theres people having babies down there, people collapsing in the heat. theres babies in diapers. theyre getting aggressive. theyve been in the heat day after day after day. its very challenging to describe ...

Counties. weve had six major counties that have major disaster declarations. were pushing for more. we sent a letter to the president asking for declarations for nearly every new jersey county, and we also joined as a delegation urging the appropriators to do a supplemental for disaster relief, and certainly ida has been a huge disaster coming on the heels of just the ninth anniversary of superstorm sandy. so this is a critical moment, and as i heard the report before i got on, this is what a di...

Red. the nation and the world are in peril. thats not hyperbole. that is a fact. they have been warning us the extreme weather would get more extreme over the decade and were living in realtime now. we can look around the wreckage and the ruins and the heartbreak from so many communities to feel it. you can feel it, you can taste it, you can see it. precious lives lost in louisiana and new jersey, new york. families living in shelters, subway stations flooded, decaying infrastructure pushed beyo...

Get the help they needed then and are not sure they will get it now, craig. >> echoing a sentiment we have heard over the past few days, insurance is great until you need it. thank you, alison. and now you are learning at the white house, there are more counties added to the disaster declaration. what do we know about what the president plans to tell the people when he visits their communities today? >> reporter: as far as federal relief goes, that county that woman was just talking from, they a...

They all tell us this is code red. the nation and the world are in peril. and thats not hyperbole. that is a fact. theyve been warning us, the extreme weather would get more extreme over the decade, and were living in it realtime now. we can look around the wreckage and the ruins and the heartbreak from so many communities to feel it. you can feel it, you can taste it, you can see it. precious lives lost in louisiana and in new jersey and new york. families living in shelters, subway stations fl...

Declaration that they should use state resources until, and im quoting you here, please god they get designated as a disaster county. did president biden give you any assurance as governor that more counties, currently six are covered in new jersey, could be added to that initial declaration? >> good to be with you, erica. it was a very successful visit by the president and the fema administrator, among others. no commitment, but fema literally is on the ground in four or five other counties as ...

Days in, roads are passable, power is restored and the clean up is continuing but, you know, were pleased with where we are at this point. >> were seeing the pictures that we saw from last week, and its truly devastation from these homes that you mentioned, the ones that are complete losses. the president approved a disaster declaration in six counties in new jersey, including yours. youre going to be part of this round table event with him, and i wonder, what are you going to tell him and what ...

Linking these severe weather events to climate change and trying to personalize that, and add a human element to whats been a scientific argument and discussion for so long. expect him to talk about that. also, expect him as you mention to use this as an opportunity to talk about his infrastructure plan. theres $500 billion in new spending, he is trying to get it through congress. in new orleans, he talked how it would go to things like levee, water infrastructure, drainage systems. you can hear...