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But the depth of that commitment will be revealed this autumn when it decides whether or not to go ahead with this cut to the incomes of the poorest people in our country. ministers say the increase in benefit levels was always meant to be temporary, and that theyre now focused on getting people into work. many of those on universal credit already have a job, but now face a £20 a week income cut from the end of this month unless the treasury relents. michael buchanan, bbc news. a state of emerg...

Tally band. and we will hear about the largest study of its kind that is from that facemasks to reduce the spread of covid—19. we will speak to one of the researchers. storm either is because the loss of at least 15 laws and cause huge damage in its wake. in the southern end louisiana and particularly all the way to cities in the northeast coast such as new york, newjersey and connecticut have also declared state of emergency. storm ida isnt done yet unfortunately as nick weather at the bbc we...

Pennsylvania, the governors of new jersey setting declarations of emergency in all counties. there morning governor hochul calling for the declaration alongside schumer and mayor de blasio. they say to make sure that the infrastructure is shored up to prevent this level of catastrophe in the future. i was getting alerts all night long that said stay in place because of the flash flooding in manhattan. do not leave at all. thats in contrast to what the president said. it remains to be seen likely...

Terrifying in the water coming into peoples basements. christine romans has been up live all morning from the wee hours of the morning, christine in clifton, new jersey. what have you been seeing since you got out there this morning? you really got the first pictures, the first look at what happened. >> reporter: well, where we are, this is a water event. this is flash flooding and this is historic record-setting kind of water here. you have got rivers that used to be streets, quite frankly. was...

Governor, i really appreciate yu getting on. i hope youre able to get out of your house soon, governor and i appreciate you sticking around. were standing by to hear from president biden very soon about really all of this. in the meantime, the breaking news continues. rescue crews going door-to-door right now. philadelphia, new jersey, new york city, in some places has been under water, entire areas shut down. neighborhoods completely flooded as we have been watching. i want to show you, hopeful...

Sandra, here in new jersey, the storm dumped more than 8 inches of rain ask the folks here say the flooding is worse than it was during super storm sandy. >> sandra: we have heard that from many. this is the "new york post" this morning. the cover. swamped. flooding chaos. as storms wallops the city. the exit of the subway with water pouring in. you said, john, its like something out of a movie around here. its brutal. i talked about the abandoned cars along the road ways. everybody has a story ...

The father obviously inconsolable here. it just happened so quickly. the governor and the mayor are trying to fix the drainage systems because this shouldnt be happening. >> emily: what a tragedy. ive seen flash flooding before. youre right. it comes out of nowhere in an instant. you noted the family had a few minutes to get out. unfortunately the mother and the child did not. you mentioned central park. the national weather service saying wednesday alone, central park was 7.3 inches of rain bre...

Path she took here when she came here. kaitlan? >> yeah, christine. we keep saying the remnants of ida. they were very strong remnants now that they swamped the new york area and unfortunately its also turned deadly. thank you, christine. we will check back with you. we have more on the breaking news here in new york after many people have been left stranded overnight in subway stations, bus stations, unable to get back to their homes or to their jobs after this flooding caught a lot of people o...

And in newark at the airport, terminal b, the baggage claim, these pictures were viral as well. the baggage claim flooding there. so if youre flying today, be careful, there are going to be more cancellations. were told the parking lots are open now at newark airport. again, you might want to check ahead of time because what happened here in new jersey, all over the northeast last night, was record setting. we have just never seen this much water so quickly, three inches an hour at one point her...

Northeast with record rainfall, flash flooding and tornadoes. >> the first ever flash flood emergency was issued for new york city. it has now been downgraded to a flash flood watch. but the citys subway system is flooded with most lines effectively shut down. a ban is now in place for all non-emergency travel in the city for the next few hours. new york governor kathy hochul says right now the situation remains dire. >> weve engaged our utilities. first of all, we were actually preparing for th...