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thousands are without power still at last check with the emergency management, 13,000 were without power. portions of the pier have been broken off into the atlantic and there was localized flooding with roads inundated with water. as it stands right now, though, we do not know of any reports of injuries. weve been checking with the local emergency management here. so far its just significant damage to the piers. there was cause for concern a short time ago, about an hour ago, as we we...

Can the shelter system, the housing system accommodate these families for 16 months? >> absolutely. we need to share that our mayor adams has rejected the city councils legislative package that would alleviate the shelter system. we passed a historic package of legislation in order to allow families who have been in our shelter system for years on end to be able to move into permanent, stable, safe housing, and making space for our newest arrivals. so right now, instead of this band-aid emergenc...

York city just experienced, were talking about outdoor tents in flood planes, in transportation deserts, not in the community, really far from our public institutions like parks and playgrounds. we have the infrastructure, but the mayor has been cruel and intentionally mismanaging the budget, which is why right now the comptrollers investigation and the audit of the 60-day plan is so imperative. because this administration has not been forthright in including the city council and other elected p...

>> look, thank you, laura, for having me. i just think that this is a very critical moment for this administration to look at how the infrastructure and the bureaucracy is really not working for the public. new york city and the federal government have been going back and forth for a number of years now on these flood resiliency maps. where they argue over which areas should be covered by the flood maps here. and its created this big problem because what we saw in the devastation, especially in ...

Incentives and not building in flood planes. david: steve, is it politically possible to make the case now? people are still suffering. >> politically you cant do it now, david and and humanely you cant. thises about the future, in the future we should be phasing in more and more private insurance. there are plenty of competitors in the property and casualty industry. youve got reinsurance and need to engain in litigation reform which has been driving up premiums and the cost of flood insurance....

Vulnerability. reporter for the texas tribune. a year ago you and your colleagues did this report. you feared a day like this would come. when you looked into houstons vulnerability and preparedness, what did you all find? >> we basically found that local officials have allowed developers to build in flood planes and not install adequate flood mitigation measures. even if they do, theyre allowed to release more water, you know, per hour, per minute than other municipalities closer to hugh housto...

Right now is too much because our grounds are simply saturated from days and days of water that we received, you know, beforehand. so its not going to stop. today, we are expecting more rain. >> its pretty clear that these are conditions that have just never been seen before in oklahoma. so its not as if people really could have prepared for a flood season. entirely unexpected? >> not quite. because in 1984, we had a historical flood here. after that happened, tulsa really took a proactive appro...