On today's First Up pod - We're in the USA and Africa with our international correspondents; back at home, Auckland's state of emergency is due to end today but with more thunderstorms forecast we're not out of the water yet - the First Up team has been back on the sodden streets; we heard from the rescuers getting animals out of harms way and from a concrete contractor -turned - emergency responder as he pumps two Olympic swimming pools worth of water out of a carpark First Up - Voice of the Nathan!