President Biden Surveys NY And NJ Storm Damage, Talks Climate Change

The White House has asked Congress for an additional $24 billion to cover the costs of Hurricane Ida and other natural disasters.

Pointing accusingly at climate change, President Joe Biden toured deadly Northeast flood damage Tuesday and said he was thinking about the families who suffered "profound" losses from the powerful remnants of Hurricane Ida. President Biden was in New Jersey, and planned to visit New York City, to survey the aftermath and call for federal spending to fortify infrastructure to better defend people and property from future storms in the region and far beyond. "Every part of the country, every part of the country is getting hit by extreme weather," President Biden said in a briefing at the Somerset County emergency management training center attended by federal, state and local officials, including New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy.