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President trump was here earlier in the day. he had a meeting with emergency officials. before that he was in the state of louisiana, about a 40-minute drive away. the city of lake charles, it may be the most hard-hit area from this hurricane. the fact is, there were hundreds of homes totally demolished. thousands of homes that have been damaged. right now there is no power and no water. it makes it very difficult. a lot of hurricanes, power goes out. it will take weeks to get back. but its unus...

It is a difficult time for people in this very hot weather. they have no water, they have no power. and many people right now are homeless. the president toured an area in lake charles, saw some of the devastated homes, trees down, power lines, he talked to politicians in louisiana, he praised the work of his emergency officials, emergency funding is on its way to louisiana and texas, we can tell you this, it is tragic the death toll, 12 people in the state of louisiana, three in texas, but it i...

Huge chunks are missing. people tell us that taxpayers are hard to find. today over at the civic center members to have national guard handing out food, bottled water and precious taxpayers, 6200 troops are deployed across louisiana doing a variety of different recovery jobs and some places still cannot be reached. >> they are saying come dont come back. stay where you are. >> so much debris and power lined. reporter: president trump visited louisiana and texas yesterday. he approved a major dis...

The storm causing widespread destruction in louisiana and texas. president trump, you see him here, touring damagedday.thousa. officials say it could take weeks to restore and years to rebuild. abcs senior meteorologist rob marciano is in baton rouge tonight. >> reporter: tonight, 500,000 customers still without power in the wake of hurricane laura. crews arriving, but face the daunting task of repairing or rebuilding the power grid. tens of thousands also without running water in this stifling ...

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Latest. >> reporter: tonight president trump in hard hit lake charles, louisiana touring the devastation with lake and local leaders before heading to texas for a first-hand look at lauras impact. >> one thing they know about this state, they rebuild it fast. there is no problem. well supply what we have to supply and you know what a lot of that is, i think called green, right? well take care of you. >> reporter: for many the visit alone acknowledgment for what will be an incredibly rough road a...

About 6200 members of the louisiana national guard that are deployed all across the region and they are helping. there have been no high water rescues to speak of but they are doing a lot of different things like handing out water, mr easy for people who dont have food or running water. as you said eric, 220,000 people across louisiana do not have running water and about 60% of the city of lake charles does not have it but if there is one thing that we know of for sure, it is how resilient the p...

Least 15 people dead in louisiana and texas. president donald trump will visit the hard-hit region later today to see firsthand the massive destruction after approving a disaster declaration making recovery funding available. 8,000 homes were destroyed in louisiana and texas, more than 14,000 people have sought shelter from the red cross and other agencies in the middle of coronavirus. if that wasnt enough, residents in the city of west lake, indiana, are dealing with a chemical spill after a fi...

House was crush by a tree, and he was outside, the only thing he had left was the american flag he was waving in. tonight of his house. in front of his house. it was devastating. arthel: how long do you think its going to take to resphwhild. >> i would say months into years. its not just a few houses, its all the businesses, the infrastructure. right now were out of lights in the area as well as 95% of the water system, so plumbing and running water gone. we dont have working water in southweste...

But you also have no power, as you said, half a million customers at least, and this is unusual because we cover a lot of hurricanes, but there is no water in the city. the water facilities were busted, they were broken. its anybodys guess how long they will be out, so whats happened is the president also went to a relief distribution center where theyre sending water and food out to people who need it. people are getting desperate because it is very hot outside. its 90 degrees, the humidity is ...