Hurricane First News Today

Good day. Im Chris Jansing, live at Msnbc Headquarters in new York City. An unthinkable tragedy on every level, with communities torn apart, with the Death Toll from Hurricane Helene rising almost by the hour, the focus shifts now to the basics. Food, water, gas, power, as Tens Of Thousands plead for help that for many still hasnt come. The president says that help is on the way, but how long can people hold out . Plus, after killing Hezbollahs Leader, israel issues a stark warning to the rest o...

Need. >> your sister-in-law is down there. your brother is trying, hoping to get to her. how did she describe when the hurricane first came through? what did it sound like? >> she told my brother that is sounded like a science fiction monster came and stomped on the island and ripped it and discarded part of it into the ocean. >> and your friend, the firefighter from the new york area, tell me about him and the front accounts he shared with you. >> joe gonzalez from the lower east side. hes a go...

Fema administrator, and what i would like to hear is his understanding of the magnitude of the damage that texas has faced, because it is not just the houston area that has been the focus for the past 48 hours, but also corpus christi area where the hurricane first came across the shore and the state of texas. >> sandra: the governor gave fema and a+ when i talked to him this morning for their efforts there, but talking specifically, the governor about what he wants to hear from the president. >...

Magnitude of the damage that texas has faced. its not just the houston area thats been the focus for the past 48 hours but also the corpus christi area where the hurricane first came across the shore into the state of texas. this is going to be a very long-term project, helping texas dig out. the good news is brock long, fema administrator, has already expressed that to me. he understands this will be a year or multi-year process. and i assume that the president will be echoing that and i assume...

Windows blown out. trees down everywhere. and we cant even keep driving. the water keeps rising. take a look -- that truck is under water. and right next to us, we have the massive river, theres so much water here, that that river just cant drain it. so its a recipe for disaster. david? >> gio benitez with us tonight. gio, thank you. here in wilmington, the discovery as we drove through neighborhoods today. so much destruction, the trees down. and in one case, a heartbreaking discovery. the fr...