>>> GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

THE DEATH TOLL FROM TROPICAL STORM IDA IS STILL RISING.

AS OF TODAY THEY SAY 27 LIVES WERE LOST AFTER A BATTERED NEW JERSEY.

4 PEOPLE REMAIN MISSING.

SEARCH AND RESCUE EFFORTS ARE ONGOING BUT AS THE DAYS PASSED STATE LEADERS ARE BECOMING LESS OPTIMISTIC.

THE VICTIMS RANGE IN AGE AND BACKGROUND.

ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS WERE UNDERWATER.

MOST IN SUBMERGED VEHICLES BUT OTHERS IN THEIR HOMES.

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WILL VISIT ONE OF THE MOST DEVASTATED AREAS IN THE STATE TOMORROW.

TO VIEW THE DAMAGE FIRSTHAND WITH OTHER STATE OFFICIALS.

THE VISIT COMES ON THE HEELS OF THE WHITE HOUSE APPROVING A MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATION FOR SIX COUNTIES.

IT MEANS INDIVIDUALS IN THOSE COUNTIES CAN APPLY FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THOUGH THE ADMINISTRATION TODAY SAID THE STATE WILL FIGHT FOR A DECLARATION IN OTHER AREAS HARD- HIT CALLING THIS A STARTING POINT.

OUR SENIOR CORRESPONDENT SURVEY THE WRECKAGE TODAY I HEAD OF THE PRESIDENTIAL VISIT.

A AWFUL SCENE THAT MANY RESIDENTS HAVE LIVED THROUGH BEFORE.>> I WANTED TO FIND MY MOM'S ASHES.

HONESTLY I DON'T CARE ABOUT THESE THINGS.

>> SHE PAUSED OFTEN TO CHOKE BACK TEARS AS SHE PACKED HER BELONGINGS PILED ON THE CURVE.

SHE LEFT IT ALL KEEPSAKES BEHIND AS SHE RUSHED TO EVACUATE FROM THE ROOF OF HER APARTMENT.>> I OPENED THE DOOR.

IT WAS LIKE I WAS IN RAPIDS.>> A RECENT GRADUATE OF THE FIREFIGHTERS ACADEMY WAS ONE OF ALMOST 160 RESIDENTS RESCUED FROM HOMES.

THE STORM GUIDED MANVILLE HOMES AND BUSINESSES.

STREET AFTER STREET LINED WITH LEFTOVERS OF PEOPLE'S LIVES ONCE AGAIN INTERRUPTED BY MAJOR FLOOD.

THIS BELONGED TO THE FIRST FLOOR APARTMENT DWELLERS EVACUATE WITH 28 OTHER FAMILIES.

ONE EFFECT WE LOST HER CELL PHONE.>> I JUST WANTED TO REACH OUT TO MY FAMILY TO LET THEM KNOW I'M OKAY.

I AM HOMELESS RIGHT NOW.

I LOST EVERYTHING.

>> SHE HAD JUST MOVED INTO THE APARTMENT NINE MONTHS AGO.

FIREFIGHTERS CARRIED HIM OUT.>> I HAVE BEEN HERE 11 YEARS.>> YES.

I CANNOT DEAL WITH IT NO MORE.

I'M GOING TO BE 60 YEARS OLD.>> MANVILLE SITS BETWEEN THE TWO MAC RIVERS.

MANVILLE FLOODS.

THE WORST HAD BEEN HURRICANE FLOYD BACK IN 1999 WHEN IT CRESTED AT A LITTLE OVER 27 FEET.>> WE RECEIVED 10 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN A THREE-HOUR PERIOD.

THAT IS WHAT TURNED US INTO UTTER CHAOS.

WE HAD CARS GETTING FLOODED.

EVERYONE HAS MUCH BEEN AFFECTED IN SOME WAY.

>> HE HAS THE BURRELL'S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

HE SAID IT DISPLAYS BETWEEN FIVE AND 600 PEOPLE.

HE WANTS THE FED TO BUILD FLOOD CONTROL INFRASTRUCTURE.>> THAT IS SOMETHING THEY HAVE TALKED ABOUT FOR MANY YEARS.

THEY DID GREENBERG.

THAT IS SOMETHING OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS REALLY NEED TO PUSH AGAIN AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT.

>> DISCARDED FURNITURE ALMOST OBSCURED THE STOREFRONTS.

IT IS THE THIRD MAJOR FLOOD TO HIT THE SPECIALTY FOOD STORE.

SENDING THREE FOOT OF WATER INTO THE SHELVES.>> TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THE INSURANCE COMPANIES.

TRYING TO SEE THE COST OF REBUILDING.

ANY NUMBERS AT THIS POINT?

>> IT IS WELL OVER $100,000.

>> THEY MUST DOCUMENT DAMAGE MEANWHILE FIRES FROM NATURAL GAS EXPLOSIONS UNREACHABLE BY FIREFIGHTERS DURING THE FLOOD LEFT BEHIND SMOKING CHARRED REMAINS OF SEVERAL HOMES AND A MAJOR BUSINESS.

THE FINANCIAL AND EMOTIONAL TOLL IS NOT ALL.

THERE IS ALSO A TERRIBLE UNCERTAINTY.>> WE WILL WORK AS LONG AS WE CAN.

AS LONG AS PEOPLE CAN GO HOME WHERE THEY HAVE A ALTERNATE HOUSING SOLUTION IN PLACE.

THEY ARE WELCOME TO STAY HERE.

>> THEN THE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WILL TOUR THE DAMAGE TOMORROW.

THEY WILL GREET HIM WITH MIXED HOPE AND CYNICISM.

SHE KNOWS THE FAMILY WHO LOST EVERYTHING.>> WE ARE STARTING FROM ZERO.

I WOULD ASK THE PRESIDENT.

WE NEED RESOURCES.

>> HE IS GOING TO GO SMOOTH THE GUYS AND SAID THIS AND THAT.

I HAVE THIS INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE GOING.>> IT IS A VERY RESILIENT TOWN BUT I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY MORE TIMES PEOPLE CAN BE DEVASTATED LIKE THIS.

>> IT CANNOT MEND A BROKEN HEART.>> TROPICAL STORM IDA JUST THE LATEST CRISIS FOR THE STATE STILL CONTENDING WITH THE RISING SPREAD OF THE DELTA VARIANT.

A NUMBER OF MASK MANDATES IN PLACE.

MORE THAN 1600 NEW CONFIRMED CASES REPORTED STATEWIDE TODAY.

MORE THAN 5.6 MILLION PEOPLE HERE WHO ARE NOW FULLY VACCINATED.

THE STORM HIT JUST THE SCHOOLS WERE PREPARING TO REOPEN FOR IN PERSON LEARNING.

FOR SOME THIS WAS TO BE THE FIRST TIME WELCOME BACK STUDENTS SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN IN MARCH 2020.

THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY FLOODWATERS AND TORNADOES HAD DISTRICTS UP AND DOWN THE STATE ONCE AGAIN BEGINNING THE SCHOOL YEAR VIRTUALLY.

FORCING AT LEAST ONE SCHOOL TO STAY CLOSED UNTIL 2022.>> WHEN I OPENED THE DOOR THAT MORNING.

I KNEW WITHIN 30 SECONDS WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO GO VIRTUAL.

THIS ENTIRE HALLWAY WAS FILLED WITH DIRT.

THE WATER THAT TIME WAS PROBABLY ONE FOOT OFF THE GROUND.>> IT WAS SUBMERGED IN WATER FOR DAYS AFTER TROPICAL STORM IDA DUMPED RAINFALL FOR 5 HOURS STRAIGHT DIRECTLY OVER THE BUILDING.

>> THE IDEA FOR SCHOOL THAT HAS NEVER TAKEN WATER TO HAVE IT FLOOD OVER INTO THE PARKING LOT.

FLOODED THIS SIDE.

COME SO HIGH THAT IT LEAKS TO THE OUTER ROOMS.

LEAKS INTO THE HALLWAYS THEN POURS INTO THE MAIN CENTER AREA OF THE SCHOOL.

WHICH WAS UNABLE TO HAVE WATER IN IT FROM THE OUTSIDE IS CRAZY.

>> AT 1.4 FEET OF WATER POURED DOWN THIS HALLWAY DECIMATING EVERYTHING IN ITS PATH.

THE ONLY SPACE THAT WAS SPARED WAS THE GYMNASIUM BEHIND ME.>> THESE ARE THE 4 BOILERS THAT HAVE HOT WATER TO THE SCHOOL.

THEY ARE DESTROYED.

THE WATER WAS ABOUT FOUR FEET OR MAYBE HIGHER UP ALONG ALL OF THOSE.

THOSE ARE EACH $500,000.

WE CANNOT HAVE STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL UNLESS THE BOILERS ARE FUNCTIONING.

EVEN IF WE WERE TO ORDER THEM RIGHT AWAY, BY THE TIME THEY ARE DELIVERED, IT IS GOING TO BE QUITE SOME TIME.

EVEN THINGS LIKE MOLD.>> THEY BELIEVE THEY'RE LOOKING AT JANUARY AT THE EARLIEST TO HAVE STUDENTS REENTER THE BUILDING.

IT IS ON TO 1000 STUDENTS BETWEEN GRADES SIX THROUGH 12.

HE IS TRYING TO FIND SPACE TO RENT LOCALLY.

THAT HAS ONLY 10 CLASSROOMS.

ONLY ENOUGH FOR ABOUT TWO MAC GRADES.

FOR NOW ALL MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL BE VIRTUAL THROUGH AT LEAST SEPTEMBER.

THE 2 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WILL BE OPEN FULLY.>> THERE FIVE OR SIX BUILDINGS THAT ARE DAMAGED.>> THE DISTRICT ALSO SUSTAINED PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE BUT IS TAKING A DIFFERENT APPROACH.>> THE MAJOR CHALLENGE FOR MOST OF OUR KIDS.

FOR ALL OF THE KIDS.

THEY'RE STARTING REMOTELY.

SOME WILL GO LONGER DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH DAMAGE.>> WE REACHED OUT TO THE DISTRICT ON COMMENT ON WHILE STUDENTS WILL BE REMOTE.

THESE ARE STUDENTS WHO WERE JUST DAYS AWAY FROM REENTERING THE SCHOOLS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE START OF THE PANDEMIC.

IT ALSO MEANS THAT PARENTS ARE PERHAPS WERE PLANNING TO START WORKING AGAIN WILL TO BE RELEGATED ONCE AGAIN TO THEIR HOMES.

THERE LOOKING ON THE BRIGHT SIDE.>> GOOD NEWS IS THEY KNOW HOW TO LEARN USING THE TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY HAVE.

THEY HAVE DONE IT FOR OVER ONE YEAR NOW.

THEY WILL CONTINUE TO LEARN JUST IN DIFFERENT WAYS.>> MONTCLAIR AND ELIZABETH ALSO SAW TREMENDOUS DAMAGE.

ELIZABETH IS DELAYING THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

NEITHER DISTRICT WAS AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT TODAY BUT YOU MUST CANNOT ESCAPE THE IRONY THAT SEVERAL OF THESE DISTRICTS WERE FINALLY REOPENING FOR THE FIRST TIME.

THERE IS A SILVER LINING IN THE TIMING.

>> AT LEAST WE HAVE A VIRTUAL PLATFORM.

I CANNOT IMAGINE GOING TO THIS AND NOT HAVING THAT EXPERIENCE.

I DO NOT EVEN KNOW HOW WE WOULD PROCEED.

WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE UP THE 180 DAYS.

>>'S FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS GETTING FUNDING IN PLACE.>> WE NEED EVERYTHING.

ANY RESOURCES YOU HAVE FOR SCHOOL.

WE HAVE TO ALLOCATE AND FIND RENTAL MONEY.

WE ARE APPLYING TO ALL THE STATE GRANTS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT OUT THERE.>> EVER THE OPTIMIST, HE HOPES THEY WILL BE FULLY BACK SOMETIME BEFORE THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.>> THIS LATEST NATURAL DISASTER IS PROVIDING ELECTED LEADERS EXTRA PULPIT.

THEY HAVE BEEN MAKING STOPS IN STORM RAVAGED TOWNS UP AND DOWN THE STATE.

SO FAR WINNING HIGH PRAISE FOR THOSE EFFORTS.

IT IS THE KIND OF EVENT THAT STARVES OPPONENTS OF OXYGEN DURING THESE HIGHLY COVETED WEEKS.

THE NOMINEE COULD PROVE TO BE A DIFFICULT WHOLE FOR WHICH HE WILL NEED TO DIG OUT.

OUR SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT REPORTS.>> EVERY CRISIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY IN POLITICS.

WITH ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME STORMS HAPPENING AS FREQUENTLY AS TWICE AS EVERY 30 DAYS, A GOVERNOR UP FOR REELECTION NEED ONLY DO HIS JOB TO GAIN POLITICAL POINTS.

SO HERE WAS GOVERNOR MURPHY TODAY WHERE FLOODWATERS UPROOTED HOMES LITERALLY EXPRESSING EMPATHY AND IMPARTING INFORMATION ON WHERE TO GET HELP AND GENERALLY DOING WHAT A GOVERNOR IS EXPECTED TO DO.>> WE FOUND THEM DOWN THE STREAM.

WE HAD JUST EVACUATED.

THE WATER STARTED COMING TO THE DRIVEWAY.

WE JUMPED IN OUR CARS.>> THE KIDS ARE FINE.

THE KIDS WERE ON THE GROUND FLOOR.

ALL THEIR BELONGINGS.>> IT IS THE GOVERNOR WHO GETS TO CALL THE WHITE HOUSE AND DEMAND FEDERAL AID.

GETS TO ANNOUNCE THERE IS FEDERAL AID COMING TO HELP THESE FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.

GETTING EMERGENCY RELIEF.

MAKING SURE THAT GOVERNMENT IS NOT IN THE WAY OF THE RELIEF BUT IS ACTUALLY EXPEDITING THEM.

TO THE DEGREE THAT THE INCUMBENT IN THIS CASE, THE GOVERNMENT CAN DO THAT, THERE ARE GOING TO BE POLITICAL BENEFITS.

PEOPLE WILL SEE HIM DOING HIS JOB.>> I THINK GOVERNOR MURPHY IS AWESOME.

I FEEL A LOT OF HOPE IN THIS MOMENT AND THE FUTURE.>> YOU DO NOT FEEL LIKE HE IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE STRATEGY?

JUST IN TIME FOR ELECTION TIME TO SHOW HIMSELF?>> NO.

I THINK IS A VERY WARMHEARTED MAN.

HE TAKES CARE OF HIS STATE.

>> PART OF WHAT PROPELLED CHRIS CHRISTIE NINE YEARS AGO WAS IS PRESENT ACROSS THE STATE AFTER SUPER STORM SANDY.

REMEMBER THE OBAMA VISIT?

THAT IS THE JUST INCOME IT PROVIDES AND IF YOU'RE RUNNING AGAINST INCUMBENT IN THE AFTERMATH OF A MAJOR STORM, THERE IS NOT A LOT YOU CAN DO EXCEPT MAYBE WAIT IT OUT.

>> THE FOCUS WILL BE ON THE GOVERNOR.

THAT IS A WE FOCUS ON WHEN THERE IS A NATURAL DISASTER.

WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS FIVE WEEKS FROM NOW.

WE WILL BE IN THE MIDST OF A VERY COMPETITIVE CAMPAIGN.

WHERE WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT TAXES.

AND SCHOOLS AND ALL THE OTHER ISSUES.

THAT VOTERS WILL PUT AT THE TOP OF THE PRIORITY LIST.

>> THE CAMPAIGN KNOWS THIS AND HAS LIMITED ITS ACTIVITIES TO LOKI VISITS WITH VOLUNTEERS LIKE THESE.

WE REACHED OUT TO THE CAMPAIGN OVER THE WEEKEND AND AGAIN THIS MORNING BUT ASKED FOR PUBLIC APPEARANCES, THEY EITHER DID NOT HAVE ANY OR DECIDED NOT TO SHARE THEM WITH US.>> THIS IS JERSEY.

NOT EVERYBODY APPRECIATES EVERYTHING ALL OF THE TIME.>> ARE YOU GETTING ANY PUSHBACK?>> I DO NOT BLAME PEOPLE WHO HAVE THAT REACTION.

HOW COULD YOU BEGRUDGE THEM.

TODAY MOST EVERYBODY HAS BEEN GRACIOUS.

THERE ARE SOME FOLKS OUT THERE THAT CANNOT TAKE IT ANYMORE.

>> THE PRESIDENT WILL BE IN THE STATE TOMORROW.

THE GOVERNOR LIKELY TO BE WITH THEM.

>> TURN INTO THE SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN.

THE TALIBAN IS CLAIMING VICTORY IN THE NATION'S PROVINCE.

A MOUNTAINOUS REGION CONSIDERED TO BE THE LAST HOLDOUTS OF RESISTANCE FORCES IN TWO WEEKS OF INTENSE FIGHTING.

IF IT IS TRUE, IT WILL SOLIDIFY THE TALIBAN'S CONTROL OVER EVERY AFGHAN PROVINCE.

JUST A WEEK AFTER U.S.

TROOPS DEPARTED THE COUNTRY.

THIS IS MEMBERS OF THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE SAID THEY HAVE RECEIVED CLASSIFIED BRIEFINGS THAT AMERICAN CITIZENS AND AFGHAN ALLIES ARE TRAPPED.

THE TALIBAN AND PREVENTING PLANES FROM DEPARTING.

EVACUEES ARE ALREADY AT NEW JERSEY.

NEWLY RELEASED PHOTOS SHOW A GLIMPSE OF THEIR NEW TEMPORARY LIFE.

WITH KIDS AT PLAY AND A MAKESHIFT VOLLEYBALL GAME AND MILITARY PERSONNEL ADMINISTERING TEST.

THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IS NOT RELEASING MANY DETAILS ABOUT THE NUMBER OF EVACUEES BEING HOUSED.

REPORTS CITING INTERNAL FEDERAL DATA SHOW ABOUT 3500 AFGHANS WERE ON SITE AS OF LAST WEEK.>>> TONIGHT THE NATION IS MARKING THE SECOND LABOR DAY.

WITH EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS IN THE STATE STILL WELL BELOW PRE- PANDEMIC LEVELS.

THE HOLIDAYS ALSO ARRIVING AT THREE FEDERAL PROGRAMS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAMS EXPIRE.

INCLUDING THAT EXTENDED $300 A WEEK.

MANY SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ARE HOPEFUL THE MOVE WILL PUSH WORKERS BACK INTO THE LABOR MARKET.

A NEW REPORT POINTS OUT IT MEANS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW JERSEY RESIDENTS ARE NOW WITHOUT THE EXTRA HELP CLAIMING THE STATE'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY IS UNEVEN AT BEST.

THE AUTHOR AND SENIOR POLICY ANALYST.

SHE JOINS ME WITH THE FINDINGS.>> BEFORE WE GET INTO ALL THE FINDINGS.

I WANT TO START WITH THE FACT THAT OVER THE WEEKEND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS EXPIRED.

WHO AMONG THE JERSEYANS WILL SEE THE BENEFITS GO AND WHO WILL BE HARDEST HIT BY THIS?>> THE PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE FOR WORKERS WHO ARE TYPICALLY NOT ELIGIBLE FOR STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE.

WE TALK ABOUT SELF-EMPLOYED WORKERS.

PEOPLE WHO ARE SEEKING PART- TIME WORK.

THOSE WHO HAD TO LEAVE WORK FOR CERTAIN FAMILY REASONS.>> IN THAT GROUP THERE'S OVER A QUARTER MILLION WORKERS WHO ARE RECEIVING IT WHO NO LONGER HAVE ACCESS TO THE SUPPORT THEY NEED.

IT IS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ON PANDEMIC EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.

THOSE ARE WORKERS WHO ARE GETTING ADDITIONAL WEEKS OF FEDERALLY FUNDED BENEFITS BECAUSE THEY HAVE EXHAUSTED REGULAR INSURANCE.

SOME OF THOSE WORKERS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TRANSITION TO ANOTHER PROGRAM BUT MANY WILL LOSE BENEFITS ALTOGETHER.>> HOW DOES THIS PLAY INTO AND PARTIAL WITH THE REPORTS FINDING THAT WHILE THE STATE IS RECOVERING, IT IS NOT RECOVERING EVENLY.

>> WE KNOW PEOPLE WHO ARE ON PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE AND PEOPLE THAT ARE UNEMPLOYED OVERALL ARE JUST FOR SINGLE PEOPLE OF COLORS.

BLACK WORKERS AND HISPANIC WORKERS.

WOMEN IF YOU COMPARE WHO IS UNEMPLOYED TO THE WORKFORCE OVERALL.

THE BOTTOM LINE IS NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN RISKING THE SAFETY.

A LOT OF THE WORKERS THAT ARE LOSING ACCESS ARE ALSO WORKERS THAT ARE LESS LIKELY TO HAVE SAVINGS TO LEAN ON WHEN THE PANDEMIC STARTED.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WORKERS WHO LOST HER JOB AND WORKERS WHO ARE EMPLOYED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ENSURING THAT CONDITIONS IN A STRONG SAFETY NET FOR THOSE WORKERS.

>> IN DECIDING NOT TO EXTEND BENEFITS BY WAY OF SOME FEDERAL MONEY SAY WE PUT A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS IN PLACE.

WHAT ARE YOU ALL RECOMMENDING?>> OBVIOUSLY MAKING SURE LIFE IS AFFORDABLE FOR NEW JERSEY RESIDENTS.

PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO AFFORD HEALTHCARE.

PEOPLE NEED TO AFFORD HOUSING.

ENSURING THEY ARE IN PLACE SO PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO COVER THE COST OF BASIC NEEDS.

A SECOND THING IS FOR WORKERS.

WILL BE FORCED BACK INTO THE WORKPLACE.

NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.

THE HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS ARE SUFFICIENT AND BEING ENFORCED.>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY ON THIS LABOR DAY.>> THE PANDEMIC COINCIDING WITH HIS NATIONAL HOLIDAY IS ALSO CONTINUING TO SHED LIGHT ON DISPARITIES.

TEMPORARY WORKERS ARE SPEAKING UP.

SHARING STORIES OF UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES AND LACK OF PROTECTIONS THAT PUT THEM AT GREATER RISK SINCE THE CORONAVIRUS HIT OUR AREA.

MANY WORKERS HAD THEIR JOBS MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR OTHERS TO SAFELY WORK FROM HOME.

NOW THEY ARE DEMANDING EQUAL RIGHTS AND PAY.

WE HAVE THE STORY IN OUR SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS REPORT.

>> EVERY DAY THIS PANDEMIC IS FILLED WITH FEAR.

SHE HAS BEEN WORKING AT A WAREHOUSE WITH A NEWBORN BABY AT HOME.

SHE GOT THE JOB THROUGH A TEMPORARY AGENCY.

THE TRANSPORTATION THEY PROVIDE IS OVERCROWDED VAN.

ADDING TO HER WORRIES OF CONTRACTING THE CORONAVIRUS.>> ALL THE TIME BEING SCARED.

A CONSTANT FEAR.

WE DO NOT REALLY HAVE THAT OPTION.

WE DO NOT HAVE ANY BENEFITS TO HELP US.

>> THE WORKFORCE IS MOSTLY WOMEN.

THEY ARE DOING THE SAME EXACT WORK AS DEPARTMENT WORKERS THAT THEY'RE WORKING SIDE-BY-SIDE.

FOR WAY LESS PAIN.

NO BENEFITS.

THEY ARE LOSING THEIR JOBS WHEN THEY GET SICK.>> THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR TEMP WORKERS.

DECADES-OLD PROBLEMS ARE A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC.

THEY RELEASED A REPORT SHOWING NATIONALLY 89 PERCENT OF TEMP WORKERS GOT THE CORONAVIRUS WHILE ON THE JOB AND DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PAID BENEFITS WHILE THEY MISSED WORK.

ONLY 41 PERCENT THE REPORT SAYS THAT THEIR JOBS BACK AFTER TAKING THE TIME OFF.

>> IF THE AGENT IS RETALIATING, THAT IS WHAT WE DO.

WE COME TOGETHER AND FIGHT BACK.

>> THEY SAY THERE NEEDS TO BE A STATEWIDE BILL OF RIGHTS FOR TEMP WORKERS TO ADDRESS THE ABOVE ISSUES AND MANDATING EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK.

>> WE CALL THEM TEMP WORKERS.

IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE LENGTH OF TIME.

MOST ARE ON THE JOB FOR MORE THAN A YEAR.

WORKING FOR THE LARGEST CORPORATIONS IN THE WORLD.

>> FROM 1992 TO 2014.

SHE SAYS SHE FACED THE SAME ISSUES BACK THEN.>> THERE IS LOTS OF DIFFERENT ISSUES.

HARDLY EVER DID SHE RECEIVE ANY HEALTH AND SAFETY TRAINING.

DISCRIMINATION.

HOURS NOT BEING PAID COMPLETELY.

RIDING IN VANS OF OVERCAPACITY.

>> WE ASKED IF SHE EVER TRIED TO GET A JOB FOR ONE OF THE COMPANIES.>> HE WAS NOT OUT OF LACK OF WANTING OR TRYING.

BASICALLY THE WAREHOUSES WANTED JOBS TO THE TEMP AGENCIES.

YOU NEVER KNOW EXACTLY WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO BE SENT TO.

SHE WOULD BE WORKING ONE WEEK IN ONE PLACE THAN ANOTHER.

>> ONE OF THE MOST TEMP WORKERS IN THE COUNTRY BECAUSE THERE TYPICALLY HIRED IN MANUFACTURING AND LOGISTICS INDUSTRIES.>> MORE THAN 100 WORKERS WHO SPOKE UP IN NEW JERSEY.

ZERO WERE ABLE TO WORK FROM HOME.

WHEN THEY GET SICK, THEY'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR SICK PAY.

THEY'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PREMIUMS GOING UP.

THEY'RE NOT AFFILIATED WITH ANY WAY.>> HER UNCLE AND FATHER-IN- LAW BOTH DIED FROM COMPLICATIONS AND SHE HAD NO TIME TO MOURN.>> AS THE IMMIGRANT WORKING THROUGH A TEMP AGENCY, YOU'RE MADE TO FELT YOU DON'T HAVE >>> THERE THE NONPROFIT PIONEERS WHO LEND A HELPING HAND.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INNOVATORS.

MEN AND WOMEN WHO PROVIDE OUR SKILLED LABOR.

THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE OUR STATE A GREAT PLACE TO CALL HOME.

>> THERE ARE TWO EASY WAYS TO DO IT FROM ANYWHERE.

YOU CAN SEE URGENT CARE PROVIDER 24-7 ON ANY DEVICE.

OR USE OUR WEBSITE TO BOOK A VIRTUAL VISIT WITH A MEDICAL GROUP PROVIDER OR SPECIALIST.>> YOU HAVE TAKEN EVERY PRECAUTION AND SO HAVE WE.

LET'S BE HEALTHY TOGETHER.