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Rated the best in the world. not hyperbole. according to the world economic forum, were 13th in the world in terms of the quality of infrastructure. were turning things around in a big way now. it starts with roads and bridges. 2007, this state sounded the national alarm of our decaying infrastructure when the i-35 bridge collapsed. in the united states of america a major highway collapsed, this is america for gods sake. we know about our infrastructure problems. weve known it for a long time. n...

Change. the folks that we have spoken to today, they all did say that they believe this kind of thing will happen again and again because of climate change. i think for the immediate future theyre worried about just fixing their homes, getting everything out of their basements and figuring out how they are going to pay for this. but i think going forward there are going to be policies that they are interested in hearing about, both from their local governments and on a federal level, people talk...

The federal government and this is again what president biden assured me, he said canaly im going to do this for you, weep do what you need. so were prepared to take those steps starting right now. >> and maybe de blasio, a neighbor has been asking for help about the sewers. [ inaudible question ]. >> let me get our dep commissioner who could speak to the specifics. have him come over. look, as you heard from congressman meeks and from borough president richards and council member miller, over t...

Cities, counties that are not built for this. not equipped for this amount of rainfall this fast a period of time. of course, we are talking about the remnants of ida crashing into louisiana a couple -- few days ago. and has been soaking the united states, ever since. and the same kind of infrastructure problems we saw in louisiana, we are now seeing in new jersey and new york. earlier today, tornados south of where i am located closer to philadelphia. but in new jersey, we saw tornados -- torna...

Jersey. the flooding prompted new york city to essentially shut down its subway system. the citys ban on non-emergency travel is scheduled to end at the top of this hour. and here is a look at the flooding in short hills, new jersey. the state has seen rising water and even tornadoes in the past 12 hours. cnns brian stelter says that the area isnt used to getting this kind of severe weather. >> reporter: in towns, city, counties that are not built for this, not equipped for this amount of rain...

Only like 50,000 people got their power back on. the areas that were really crushed where all the worse of the infrastructure problems are its going to take a while, its not flipping a switch, its not just rehanging a wire or two. when you hear the people from grand isle say its uninhabitable, dont come back, theyre telling people that evacuated, you know, its going to be a while before you can even drive down the roads and try to get into some of those areas. you can see how extensive the damag...

As high as 300,000 because port-au-prince, the capital city, is so densely populated. this area is a lot more sparse in terms of population, its very rural. its mountainous as well. there are lots of remote villages. but thankfully, people arent as congested as they are in port-au-prince. having said that, its also harder to get to because these regions are remote. weve seen different bridges that have collapsed, different roads that were never finished building out also being impassable. i know...

Congested as they are in port-au-prince. these weve different collapse and bridges that were never finished building out also being impassable. humanitarian workers have been dealing with gangs that are trying to monetize and take advantage of the situation in terms of letting them have safe passage to go and continue to lend a hand. so the actual mission of getting to these folks and getting as many survivors as possible out of harms way may be delayed because of some of these infrastructure pr...

Its at the heart of the news today, a test vote in the senate. as president biden is flying here to cincinnati. we do know that vote is going to fail because republicans say this bipartisan infrastructure bill has not had time to work through how it will be paid for. that does not mean its not still important. in fact, thats one of the reasons president biden is coming to sfcincinnati. take a look at the pictures of the brent spence bridge. this is really exhibit a of infrastructure problems in ...

The hardcore anti-vaxxers at the moment. >> its scary theres hospitals in missouri, as miguel reported is running out of ventilators. doctor, lets switch gears because you recently wrote an op-ed on the hill talking about the infrastructure problems are also a persistent threat to public health. of course, you cite the building cop lapse in surfside. >> yes. >> and i think those of us covering the infrastructure completely see the connection. how do you look at this? >> well, thats right. you kn...