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The administration when i talk to folks that they feel like the backing is on their side, that the people who are the decision-makers in these companies, that they are welcoming this. the other thing i think it's important to note is that president biden talked about these gop leaders when he talked about the word bullying. i think this was the president saying you're trying to bully people into being sick. you're trying to bully teachers into teaching in unsafe environments. i will move you out of the way. i think when we think about the companies, we also have to think that president biden a...

That when this kind of extreme weather event happens, the president goes to the ground, meets with community leaders, meets with the folks who have been affected. and it is a way for him to show and to tell these people that he can see them, that he wants to bring help to the ground. but i think you raise a really important point for all the talk about climate change legislation and dealing with that. a lot of the folks we talked to, they are looking for immediate, immediate help and they are just not sure that they are going to get it any time soon. >> and that is a tough thing. do you think ...

The president has promised emergency relief to those areas affected. we are due to hear what else he proposes later in the hour, so let's cross to new york and speak to our correspondent neda tawfik. good to see you. give us a sense then now the waters have receded whatjoe biden is going to be seeing in queens and what they need. christian, president biden has really reprised his role as consoler in chief today. he was around a new jersey greeting families outside of their homes, where they are still clinging out the wreckage. families that lost belongings, lost cars, now putting their items o...

Spending some time with these folks there in manville. often during these visits, you have to be the consoler in chief. >> sandra: i set up before. i will say it again. some of these homes suffering so much damage, losing everything that they have. the camera is swinging around here in this neighborhood that the president is touring. a lot of them don't even have flood insurance. homeowners insurance, you are lucky if they will cover much. this is just a devastating time for so many of these communities, john. >> john: i have been in the situations many, many times. often you do get a chance t...

E present got a firsthand ground and from the air. and tonight, some small towns feel like they've been forgotten. cbs's mireya villarreal is there. >> reporter: hurricane ida is the latest storm to test president biden in his role as the nation's consoler in chief. >> we're americans, and we will get through this together. >> reporter: president biden toured the damage as the heat index reached nearly 100 degrees. across the state, more than 800,000 people are without power. some are without running water, and many still can't find gas. >> 25,000 linemen from around the country have come, and...