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remain flooded five days after the storm hit. the death toll now at 87. relief efforts also under way. but they're just barely making a dent for the thousands of people who have seen their homes damaged or destroyed and their lives changed forever. >> i've lost everything. everything. my life savings. my tools, everything. >> you hope for the best. >> yeah. but it's the worst. all the way to the ceilings. ceiling fans are down, walls gone. a half foot of mud everywhere. . >> nobody could get a hold of us. we couldn't get a hold of anyone else. it was just -- you felt like you were in...

Deciding whether to stay or go? >> i think that's just nervous energy probably, saying things like that on twitter. but i'm confident and i do think fema is fully focused. i think the governors, who are in these storms, they are the principal leaders in storm responses. not the president. what happens inside those states by constitution goes to the senior elected official and they're in charge of what happens in those states. and from what i've seen, those governors are on it. they are mobilizing the national guard. they are executing agreements with other states to bring additional guard asse...

Now it's heck of a job but don't blame out of power folks or patience with northeasterners. millions are without power. this storm that wreaked havoc on region is about to unleash voter backlash at the polls. steve, what do you think? >> reporter: it's interesting a tale of two storm responses. i thought president obama was very strong in the first 48 hours. it appeared that everything was going well. that this was being dealt with very confidently and getting relief to the people that neededed. you saw governor christie said and several people were dealing with the storm. that was the first 4...