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People, causing billions in damages. >> this is a serious and big storm. >> i remember tragedy and darkness and despair. that's what i remember. >> reporter: more than 200 houses of worship were under water. st. john baptist church, less than half a mile from the ocean, was among the hardest hit. >> a lot was destroyed, this unit. >> reporter: i first met pastor here in 2012 just days after sandy hit. >> we need help. and i don't know even where to begin with all that we need. it's just overwhelming right now. >> reporter: before the storm, roughly 20% of rockaway peninsula's population was li...

The satate. >> why did he attack the mayor? >> she's in a pretty desperate situation and seemed to lack empathy. >> i think as you know when the president gets attacked he attacks back. and i think the may or's statement was unfair. >> how do you know they are unfair? have you been down there? >> i haven't been down there. >> i remember going through hurricane andrew, a week later and no power. the president himself tweeted a week after sandy hit, it's outrageous that power isn't on. people do get frustrated. >> again, i completely understand people's frustration. and this is a very, very diff...

Suggested this $8 billion initial package. we'll be work on this later this week. judge jeanine: let's talk about that. senator cruz wasn't too happy to help us new yorkers out and jjites out when sandy hit. how do you think that's going to play when he is seeking money, and the president as well for the people of texas. >> i think there is a will the of politics in play by some folk. i was not in the congress at that time. but let me just say this. this is not a time to play politic. this is the first weather disaster. the most of expensive one in the history of america. and this is not the t...

Judge jeanine: ted cruz voted against federal aid to new jersey when sandy hit. >> we are all americans. judge jeanine: ted cruz was an american, too. >> all of us, members of congress will be working together arm in arm to help the people of texas and louisiana recover. there will be an emergency relocation bill to make sure the immediate needs of people displaced are taken care of. whether it's housing or reimbursement for who tells or just the basic. the following month it will be a longer-term bill where we'll fill in the details. flood control, mitigation. make sure we are rebuilding our ...

Suggested this $8 billion initial package. we'll be work on this later this week. judge jeanine: let's talk about that. senator cruz wasn't too happy to help us new yorkers out and jjites out when sandy hit. how do you think that's going to play when he is seeking money, and the president as well for the people of texas. >> i think there is a will the of politics in play by some folk. i was not in the congress at that time. but let me just say this. this is not a time to play politic. this is the first weather disaster. the most of expensive one in the history of america. and this is not the t...