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Rated the best in the world. not hyperbole. according to the world economic forum, we're 13th in the world in terms of the quality of infrastructure. we're 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 god's sake. we know about our infrastructure problems. we've known it for a long time. now we're finally doing something about it. no more talking. time for action. time for action. [a...

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 they're 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 talking about how the sewage pipes simply just ran over, that they think that unless these infrastructu...

The federal government and this is again what president biden assured me, he said canaly i'm going to do this for you, weep do what you need. so we're 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 the last few years we made a $2 billion investment in addressing the infrastructure problems of sou...

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 -- tornado also in annapolis, maryland. so, multiple twisters kicked up by the remnants of ida. but the real...

Jersey. the flooding prompted new york city to essentially shut down its subway system. the city's 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. cnn's brian stelter says that the area isn't 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 rainfall this fast a appeared of period of time. of course we're talking the remnants of ida that has...