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People are without power. i'm on the french quarter where power has been restored and new orleans as a whole is not expecting full electricity until mid next week for the surrounding area. they are not even quite sure. but let's listen to what joe biden said yesterday on the ground. >> folks, i know you are hurting. i know you are hurting. i know the folks in lake charles who i visited earlier this year are still hurting from hurricane laura. i want you to know we're going to be here for you. >> yeah, he says they are going to be here for them but i have got to tell you i was in lake charles, ...

Need to be patient. >> on the highway. fire stations taking water on grand ill, obviously first responders can't get to you. those folks are going to have to hunker down and wait for the storm to pass before it's safe and before we can get to them in grand isle. >> it has been downgraded to a tropical storm. there is still a lot of danger present. got a lot of people under flash flood warnings. and then with the ground being so saturated and people going outside to see what everything looks like, that's when you can see some more downed trees because the soil is just so loose. we will get a be...

Several months. not sure we are quite prepared for what happened. other assets sending in boats, aircraft. chainsaws, fuel. realfully desperate need of fuel no. where to get fuel south of louisiana anywhere right now. if we have it, the pumps don't have electricity. and so we need to power generators and chainsaws so we can clear roads and get some emergency power to those that need it. steve: that's right. they have to use generators for the pumping stations but the new orleans sewage and water uses generators for the pumping stations because that is what is needed to control the flooding bec...

About. >> well, we are waiting for the sun to come up to fully assess the damage. one of the things that happened overnight is a major transmission line, basically a tower that holds the transmission lines from the west bank to the east bank and mississippi river, the tower fell into the river. this has cut power out to the entire east bank of jefferson parish just west of new orleans and the entire city of new orleans. we don't know how long it will be before they will be able to get out and restore any power it could be a month the officials are saying. but, we are hoping we can get safely s...