lines and flipping cars and trucks. witnesses say parts of eastern new orleans looked like a disaster area. >> the mayor has been getting reports of dozens of people being injured and several buildings in town have been destroyed. first responders and red cross workers can get to the victims. doug has been tracking this system in the storm center. >> these storms obviously very dangerous and part of the same system that's bringing us our unusual area. >> that's exactly right. any time we get this warm, you know it's not going to stay that way. normally we get this warm ahead of very strong storms. the strongest portion of that down towards the new orleans area. there have now been five reports of tornados around new orleans. you could see all the severe thunderstorm activity from atlanta right on down to the new

just back to our west. you could see the strongest storms coming through right around the noon hour in our area. look right here. see that hook? goes right to the north of new orleans right along interstate 10 here around the new orleans east area just to the south of lake ponchetrain. this is all part of the same system bringing us that warmer air. that warmer air coming straight out of the south right up through our region. that's why our temperatures are in the 70s. we have shattered records here. there will be accumulating snowfall. i'll have that snowfall map for you at 4:15 it has been a very busy day in politics. here are four things you'll want to know. an historic day on capitol hill where vice president mike pence broke a 50-50 tie in the senate to confirm education secretary betsy devos. it

vice president has had to break a senate tie over a cabinet nominee. president trump's supreme court nominee is meeting with more lawmakers today including some democrats. neil gorsuch talked with chuck schumer and lawmakers from nebraska and idaho. democrats have been questioning sessions' commitment to civil rights but the senate just voted to move ahead on his nomination and he's likely to come up for a confirmation vote tomorrow. a central appeals court will begin hearing arguments over president trump's travel ban. they will decide whether to reinstate the ban after a washington state judge blocked the order last week. that sets up another busy afternoon in president trump's first 100 days in office. >> reporter: it has been a difficult first 100

trump administration trying to get these cabinet nominees confirmed. democrats said they'll do another late night talk-a-thon to get it done. for the first time in history, a vice president cast the tie-breaking vote to confirm a presidential cabinet nominee. >> the vice president votes in the affirmative. >> reporter: betsy devos becomes the nation's education secretary despite all night protests from democrats. they don't think she's qualified and they're concerned about her support for private and charter schools. >> a vote for ms. devos is a vote to destroy our public school system. >>. >> reporter: a final vote on jeff sessions as attorney general. >> he's the wrong, wrong, wrong choice. >> it's all politics. >> reporter: president trump met with sheriffs to

federal appeals panel. >> i actually can't believe that we're having to fight to protect the security -- in a court system to protect the security of our nation. >> it is absolutely clear that the intent of this is to discriminate against muslims. >> reporter: the administration is confident they'll win despite 18 states, dozens of national security officials, mostly democrats and nearly 100 tech companies arguing against them. >> we're going to prevail on this on the merits of the case because it is done in a very lawful way. >> reporter: a ruling is expected to resume the ban or keep it on hold. now, those oral arguments start just under two hours from now and they will be streamed live online. so you'll get to hear them. if it looks like the court is siding with the opponents, the government's come up with an interesting argument saying the ban could be limited just to people entering the u.s. for the first

today's hearing will not focus on the constitutionality of the president's immigration order. rather the federal judges will decide whether the order can be reinstated while arguments are heard. there are two sides to the debate. arguing against the ban are washington and minnesota with the support of 15 other states. debanding the ban for the president will be the united states justice department. the state wills argue that reinstating the ban will unleash chaos again at the nation's airports. people that came in over the past few days would have to leave and customs agents would have to stop issuing visas. they also say the ban would separate families and leave students currently studying in the u.s. stranded abodroad. the justice department will argue that at the very least the temporary order should be t

previously admitted who were abroad and need to get back to the u.s. federal law says the president has the authority to, quote, suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens for national security purposes. >> here's a look at how that hearing is going to work. attorneys from both sides present their arguments with the justices via teleconference. each side will have 30 minutes to make their case. there's no telling how quickly the justices will issue their ruling. but, again, they're only deciding whether to allow the travel ban to be reinstated while more arguments are heard. this hearing is not about whether president trump's executive order is constitutional. our coverage of this busy day in washington just getting started. we'll dig a bit deeper later with mark murray and talk about what all this means. breaking news now at prince

a murder investigation that has metro riders stepping off the train near a crime scene this afternoon. police say a man stabbed another man in the chest in the parking lot of the gas station in seat pleasant, this after the two men had reportedly been arguing at the intersection of central avenue and addison road. police are still looking for the suspect. in northern virginia there is growing concern for a missing teenager and her young baby in fairfax county. today police returned to the apartment complex where the teen lives, hoping to find some new clues. news4's kristin wright has the story in springfield. >> reporter: it has been more than three weeks now since anybody has seen 16-year-old lizzie and her newborn son aidan. detectives are going door to door here in her apartment complex in springfield handing out this flyer in

where this teenager and her 5 month old baby might be. police are telling us they do think that lizzie and the baby could be with the baby's father. police are very concerned about that because lizzie has a protective order against jose and also police say rivas has gang ties. >> we think that she probably left out of fear of him. it's not a healthy environment for her or the child. >> reporter: what else police are doing to find lizzie and aidan. it is one of the leading causes of death in women. first at 4:00, the new study that suggests it may be up to you to get better treatment. you may not want to answer the phone if you don't recognize the number of the caller id. we're working for you on a new scam police say you need to know about. we first showed you the video yesterday. a small plane plme

local neighborhood in the woods. today the man in the pilot seat

any pepco summecustomers ou there, people are calling residents threatening to cut off their electricity if they don't pay their bill over the phone. d.c. police are receiving complaints about this scam and are offering this advice. you could call pepco at 202-833-75

ask suspicious callers to provide their address and phone number and who they represent. if you think you have been victimized by a scam, be sure to report that crime. a new study suggests if you're a woman at higher risk for breast cancer you need to speak up if you want genetic testing. in a survey of more than 2500 breast cancer patients, only half at high risk for the gene mutations were actually tested. and testing can impact cancer treatment plans. most of the women in the survey who were not tested say their doctors didn't suggest it. from the campaign trail to the quiet life, hillary clinton is breaking her silence. >> we need strong women to step up and speak out. we need you to dare gre

>> her message to her supporters and to women everywhere. and talk about wild weather, dangerous storms to our south, record-setting weather here and a big plunge on the way. doug is about to join us to tell us how much snow we could get.

afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me. despite all the challenges

that, yes, the future is female. just look at the amazing energy we saw last month as women organized a march that galvanized millions of people all over our country and across the world. >> in her first video statement since president trump's inauguration, hillary clinton says she's confident about what lies ahead for women. the video was made for the 2017 makers conference, a gathering now underway in california, focusing on women's leadership. the former democratic presidential candidate says the world needs, quote, strong women to step up and speak out. >> as i've said before, i'll say again, never doubt that you are valuable and powerful and deserving of every chance and opportunity in the world. >> clinton also encouraged attendees to set an example for other women and girls who are worried about what the future holds and wher

the three-day conference wraps up tomorrow. we're getting new information on a police-involved shooting we first told you about this morning. it left several witnesses shaken in southeast d.c. police now say at least two officers fired their guns at a man suspected in a robbery. d.c. police say he had a gun, but didn't fire any shots. paramedics took him to the hospital in critical condition. the officers involved have been put on administrative leave. the investigation will involve a review of body camera footage from that incident. we are continuing to follow breaking news from louisiana, where at least three tornados have touched down. one in eastern new orleans. dozens of injuries are reported, but no fatalities so far. an ems spokesman says the victims are walking wounded with minor cuts and scrapes. there's been heavy damage in eastern new orleans, roofs have been ripped off homes, vehicles

one woman says it's the second time her home has been destroyed. is that weather down there that we're seeing -- does that have anything to do with our weather here. >> 100%. you don't get this warm this time of year without some kind of a big storm happening. we have that big storm going on right now. there's rain from canada all the way down to the gulf coast. in boston they went from snow right over to rain. this weather roller coaster will continue over the next couple of days. take a look outside right now. you know it's warm. as a matter of fact, it is simply gorgeous. the afternoon high temperature for may 1st is 72 degrees. guess what? we hit that earlier today. right now we're at 71. the record high temperature today was 64. we have shattered that by going over 70. it's above 70

everywhere. 72 in frederick, 72 in baltimore. 75 in fredericksburg. it is all because of that storm system. that temperature trend, 72 today, 62 tomorrow, and then another storm on the heels of this storm will drop those temperatures on thursday and friday down into the 30s. yes, we have some snow to talk about too. on the ray dor nodar now, nothir region. the thunderstorm activity starts down into tennessee and atlanta, down around portions of alabama into the panhandle of florida. these are the same storms that came right through new orleans. all of this bringing up that incredibly warm air into our area. that's why we're going to stay warm most of the day tomorrow too. temperatures tomorrow right back into the 60s. i don't think we'll hit 70s. as the front moves

temperatures begin to fall. then our next storm system moves in. tomorrow some cloud cover. more clouds in tomorrow night. here's where the temperatures start to fall and here comes our next storm. look at the rain developing in here around 2:00 a.m. notice that rain/snow line. watch that line come right through the d.c. area at 5:00 a.m. now, this is a storm that really increases off the coast, really makes its way up the coast and gives a lot of snow to areas like philadelphia. for us, we're going to get snow and it's going to be heavy from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. we'll have a couple of hours of snow and then lit will lighten p around 11:00. because we're so warm, the roads, we think, should be okay. here's what i'm thinking. this is our first call for snowfall, 1-3 inches to the north and west of washington, up to an inch south and eastward. we're calling for wet, messy

mainly grassy accumulation. we have a very low impact from this storm from washington down to the south but a moderate impact in frederick, leesburg. next couple of days, 62 tomorrow, 38 with snow on thursday. that's your weather alert day. 37 on friday. then we go right back to 70 on sunday, a chance of rain on monday. most of next week temperatures look above average. >> our bumpy weather isn't making things easy for drivers. what you should do when you come across a crater in the road. it could help to smooth your ride out. see what happens when a president becomes a former president. the video

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starbucks is giving their employees and their families free legal help for immigration issues. starbucks has also promised to hire 10,000 refugees around the world. a legal victory for first lady melania trump. her attorneys say

a, quote, substantial settlement in a liable lawsuit. she sued a maryland blogger by the name of webster tarply for definition. the article contained unsubstantiated rumors that melania trump once worked as an escort. trump's lawyers say tarply has since issued a retraction and apology. this next story, i had to share it on my facebook page. former president barack obama and vice president joe biden have been out of office for a few weeks now and we're getting a look at what they've been up to. >> just in case you've been wondering, looks like it's a split between work and play. first on the work front, joe biden headed back to washington now. upenn has named him a benjamin franklin presidential practice professor. he's going to lead the penn, biden center in the district. the center will open later this year. >> the former president not ready to get

yet. your social media timelines have no doubt be lighting up with these images. former president obama has taken up kite surfing. he's been practicing down in the british virgin islands with billionaire richard bran soson. mr. obama won the challenge to see who could stay up on the water the longest. branson joked the next time obama visits, he's going to be demanding a rematch. rather than seeing the bumper stick that says gone fishing, this one should say gone kite surfing. >> that's right. when you see his smile on some of those -- i think back to president reagan and president george w. bush, it has to be the feeling of literally the weight of the world off your shoulders. he lived through a plane crash and he's now tain

it. brand new on news4 at 4:00, hear from the pilot of a small plane that plummeted into the woods in a local neighborhood. a controversial sign of the past, where it went, why it was just moved. and of course, weather is going to be a huge story over the next couple of days. team coverage as the threat of snow looms.

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the man who went down with this plane is now talking to news4. >> chopper 4 was flying over the crash scene yesterday in prince george's county. the pilot told us the engine just cut out in the air. tracee wilkins is live at the airport. just how much does the pilot remember? >> reporter: this is absolutely incredible. after seeing that plane, it is incredible that he was able to tell us exactly what happened before the plane crashed and remembers quite a bit of what happened after the plane crashed. we talked to him outside of prince george's county hospital today. he was able to actually walk out of the hospital and looks pretty good. his head was wrapped up and one of his hand pretty swollen. he says the hospital told him he had a fractured sternum, lacerations to his head. he has been flng

ten years. this is something he spent a lifetime learning how to do. he says a lot of that expertise came in handy when that plane started to go down. >> i saw some nice bushes near some trees and that's what i aimed for. it's one of those things that you're trained for your whole time, almost right from the very beginning. they teach you how to deal with engine failures. so with all the training, it just kicks in when the situation confronts you. >> reporter: he's from rhode island. he's down here to spend some time with his grandchild. he says that now he has an even better reason for spending some extra time here. he'll be recovering at his son's home. coming up, i asked him does he think he'll ever get in a plane again. wait until you hear what he has to say about that. >> wow. i can't even imagine. we also got

developments in the search for a woman who went missing along the potomac river. recovery teams suspended their efforts today around great falls due to rain. the search teams went back out around 8:00 this morning. today we've learned the driver of a car accused in a deadly hit-and-run on u street is a repeat offender, charged in d.c. back in 2011 and again in montgomery county in 2012. now he's charged with killing a woman in a cross walk last night. meagan fitzgerald found out what the victim was doing just minutes before. >> reporter: family members say 65-year-old carolyn ellis has just left a meeting right along this stretch of u street. she was using this cross walk here on u and 10th heading too her car when she was struck and

killed. the driver of the black nissan didn't stop after ellis was struck. but moments later police found the vehicle and driver nearby. he was too intoxicated to undergo a field sobriety test. jones is expected to appear in d.c. superior court for his arraignment this afternoon. robert e. lee's statue could be on the move in virginia. charlottesville officials voted to remove the statue and rename the park where it stands. now the city has to come up with an alternative place to display that statue and a new name for lee park. the city is facing a few legal hurdles as well because it's against the law in virginia to alter any memorial to a

veteran. >> the temperature roller coaster that we've been riding this weekend, you know is going to mean lots of potholes. the district says it needs you to call so it can get out there and fix those potholes. the goal is to fix the problem within 72 hours of the problem being reported. >> we've got crews out in the field every day working potholes. they're always an issue for us given the volume of traffic in the city, but we are working as best we can to try and get to them as fast as we can. and we are working for you and with you to get those potholes fixed. if you spot one in the road, snap a picture of it and tweet that picture to @4potholefix. as we have been reporting all afternoon, we are in for big changes over the next 36 hours. temperatures plunge, snow is moving in. tom kierein is in

center. i feel like you're forecasting an entire year's worth of weather in a matter of days. >> at least a couple of seasons in a matter of days. a big plunge on the way here in the next 36 hours. don't be lulled into a false sense of spring. there is the sky over washington now. high clouds coming through, a little sun trying to come through the cloud cover. temperatures are unreal, culpepper 73, reagan national 71 degrees. a little breeze off the bay, a little cooler there, but hovering in the low 70s, smashing records in washington, dulles. no rain coming from these clouds right now and all around our region we'll say with the southwe southwesterly flow. this area in green might get a few sprinkles of light rain passing through and moving east and drying out during the day tomorrow. we've got new hour by hour

after that. you saw it right there on the radar. this is the perfect time to download the nbc washington app. you can get the power of storm team 4 right in the palm of your hands. if you already have it, you can get alerts when some severe weather moves into your neighborhood. you could even set weather as your home page. young athletes in their prime suddenly sidelined. meet the local man diagnosed with a rare disease that's afciafc i -- affecting some young people. he served his country in war. now the restaurant he visited is honorg hisin

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in news for your health, we have new information about a rare disorder that can stop even the healthiest among us in our tracks whanch tracks. >> it can be tough to diagnose. go >> reporter: 34-year-old joel patton is an i.t. specialist and a fitness trainer. >> the moment i get the chance to move, i'm happy i'm alive. >> reporter: but a rare disease which can affect young athletes almost cost him his legs last year. >> they started to talk about amputation efforts right there. >> reporter: the symptoms had

gradually got worse. >> it was one leg, just the left side. i just noticed, again, my leg from the knee down went from very, very bright red to very pale to very dark blue. it was not regular color. >> reporter: he was also in increasing pain, even though diabetes runs in his family, he tested negative for that and other illnesses. the doctors were puzzled. >> you're so young and active and everything on paper checks out as far as you being healthy. >> reporter: but after an mri doctors sent him immediately to dr. mallic. >> joel had a relatively rare does ordina disorder. he had popliteal artery entrapment

>> reporter: once the artery goes below the knee it breaks off into three different branches that supply blood to the leg. >> the band of muscle was squeezing on his arteries. every time he worked out he was damaging his artery. >> reporter: it's almost always congenital and can be activated by exercise and it is rare. >> he had quite add vavanced laf blood supply to his foot and he was at risk for loss of his leg without treatment. >> reporter: he treated joel with blood thinners to get the leg in better shape for operating. >> went very, very well. we were able to see a muscle band con trickestricting the ar >> reporter: his right leg seemed fine but it's rare for only one leg to be affected so he operated on joel's right leg a few weeks later.

questions why this happened to him, he feels grateful it was caught in time and he's working towards building up his strength and getting his life back on track. >> he's a lucky man. joel is now on his way back to his former fitness level, knowing how close he came to losing his legs has given him a whole new perspective. >> it has been a wild day here in washington. from an historic vote on capitol hill to the fate of the travel ban now hanging in the balance. we'll dig deeper into what all of this means when nbc news senior political editor mark murray joins us live. the surpring newis

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a federal appeals court will begin hearing arguments on president trump's immigration order.

temporarily blocked the order last week. the appeals court will decide whether to reinstate the travel ban. mike pence made history. he's the first vice president to break a tie vote for a cabinet appointment. the senate was dead locked over betsy devos's appointment. we want to talk about that unprecedented vote on capitol hill. >> mark, no cabinet nominee has ever needed the vice president's help to get confirmed. what kind of message does this send? >> the good news for the trump administration and senate republicans is that they end up getting the education secretary pick across the finish line. she's going to be confirmed. the bad news for them is that she comes out of this incredibly wounded and being able to kind of have a mandate and kind of respect for colleagues, particularly when you want to build

be able to get any big stuff done when it comes to education out of capitol hill. so having someone come out by the narrowest of margins, 51-50, isn't necessarily good news for the trump administration and the republicans on capitol hill. >> that razor thin vote came after senate democrats staged an all night talk-a-thon. is this the new norm on capitol hill? >> it's the new norm for senate democrats. the resistance they've shown seems to be a little bit new and reflective of the base that seems to want them to fight more. what you end up hearing from democrats is we're getting the message, we're going to fight these tooth and nail. we're going to continue the fight. >> about an hour from now an appeals court is going to hear arguments for and against the president's travel ban. what happens after the judges make their decision?

depends on what that decision actually is. i think there are really big stakes involved, at least in the short-term. if the ninth circuit ends up basically still temporarily blocking the ban, that keeps the defeats for the trump administration and the judicial level to keep oncoming. on the other hand, it would be a nice win for the trump administration if the ninth circuit says we actually think the lower court ruling was wrong. i don't think we have any idea how this is going to come out. it's going to be fascinating to watch. our coverage of this busy day in washington is just getting started. watch for team coverage on nbc nightly news with lester holt coming up at 7:00. we want you to weigh in on the nbc washington facebook page about this. how do you feel about the president's immigration order? so far more than half of you say you oppose it. >> even in the middle of its huge maintenance

project, metro has a good problem on its hands. what to do with all that land surrounding metro stations. >> we are getting our first look at some of those changes that could be coming to the area around busy metro stations. new at 5:00, adam tuss is digging deeper and looking at how this could improve things for riders and non-riders. also new tonight, an incredibly piece of medical technology. it is so small you can barely see it with the naked eye. here's a phrase you may not have heard in a while, net neutrality. it has to do with how much internet we can use and the rules could be changing under president trump. susan hogan is breaking that down for us at 5:00. doreen and i will join you in just a few.

today? >> we did. >> when does this all change? >> how many hours here? it's going to happen really quickly. we're going to notice a big change. my calendar says it's february. does yours? >> oh, yeah. >> mine says july. >> we fast forwarded three months. it actually felt more like early may here than early february this afternoon. there's the sun getting low on the western sky. there's a plane coming in probably going to national airport where it did get up to 72 in the last hour, shattering the record from way back in 2008. right now at 71 there, it's a little cooler right on the bay water. but elsewhere it is in the low 70s just about everyone across maryland, virginia even into west virginia and the shenandoah valley as well. there are some rain showers m

kentucky, eastern tennessee. this is advancing off to the knot a north and east. but the timing on this showing just a few sprinkles of rain at 2:00 a.m. early tomorrow morning. then after that we'll get a little sunshine breaking out tomorrow morning. but then clouds will be on the increase as another area of low pressure approaches us on thursday bringing in the colder air. right now we're in the upper 60s, low 70s. by 11:00 p.m. low 60s and mid 50s by dawn taomorrow around 8:0 a.m. then the temperatures will plunge all of the way down into the 30s on thursday morning. actually, the coldest temperatures on thursday will likely be in the upper 20s by late in the day. it's earlier in the day,

thursday morning, 3:00 a.m. the area in green the rain, the area in lavender is snow. around 4-5:00 a.m. on thursday morning we'll see it change from rain to snow in the metro area and continue with some wet snow, 6-7:00 a.m. then by 8:00 a.m. it starts to taper off, tracks off east of the bay. by 10:00 a.m. it's all over and moves on out. leaving in its wake how much snow around the region? we may get 1-3 inches in this dark blue snow, northern montgomery county. metro area maybe up to an inch, most of that mainly on grassy areas. kind of wet messy snow maybe lingering into friday, because friday will be a cold day. getting mild again on the weekend. look at sunday, near 70 again. then it's pretty nice after that and no snow after that. believe it

dictionary sitting on your shelf just became outdated. >> among the additional ones, additional means for ghost and shade. >> throwing shade is an indirect or subtle insult. >> conlang is an invented language. >> remember the term safe spaces? those are areas on college campuses that are intended to be free of bias, conflict, criticism of threats. giving back, a veteran who brought a big smile to a virginia restaurant every day for years gets a heart felt sendoff from the workers who

a restaurant in chesterfield, virginia, is remembering a korean war veteran. they call him bob. every day for the past 20 years he ate at the same chick fill a. how this food court regular became a very special friend. >> reporter: it was the same

the chesterfield town center. >> as soon as the mall opened at 9:00, we would have him coffee made. come 11:00 or so, he would be ready to order his lunch. it was a deluxe sandwich with colby jack cheese. >> reporter: he had to have the same sauces here. >> we have a 20 ounce cup that we would fill with ice cream and you had to make sure you pounded it down and give him honey to put in the ice cream. >> reporter: bob even had his own button on the cash register. it was a routine that dawn beam had come to love. >> he was a very special man. he got to know a lot of people here. >> reporter: naturally when beam heard her friend bob had passed away, she was crush. >> we were very saddened.

was like family. >> reporter: so what does family do when a loved one passes away? >> we called the niece up and asked her, can we do a dinner for you guys after the funeral? >> they had a long line of tables set up with a table cloth, fresh flowers, a picture of my uncle, cards. there were three cards filled with signatures and well wishes. >> reporter: it was a small gesture that brought such joy to a family in mourning. it brought bob's actual family together with his adopted family. to celebrate his life at the place where he loved to be, the chick fill a at the chesterfield town center. >> what they're going to do with the restaurant is leave bob's photo on the counter for all to see and honor him. news4 at 5:00 starts now. right now at 5:

getting a first look at new video showing the moments leading up to an accident that killed a woman on u street. what we're learning about the victim and the driver accused. police say he's a repeat dui offender. growing concern about the fate of a missing teenage mom and her newborn baby. the new information police are releasing this evening as they try to track them down. only on news4, the pilot of the plane that crashed just after takeoff in prince george's county yesterday shares his story. we begin tonight with some breaking news, major damage to homes and businesses in parts of new orleans after several severe thunderstorms barrelled through dropping at least three tornados. thanks for joining us. i'm jim handly. >> i'm doreen gentzler. there are no reports of fatalities. we know of at least eight people injured and a massive effort to search homes and clear debris is underway. that same system will create

the next few days too. we have team coverage of all this tonight. we begin with kichris lawrence the live desk. >> to say this is a pretty severe storm sound like an understatement. it has been ripping down power lines and lifting homes right off their foundations. right now there are dozens of people who have some minor scrapes and cuts. at least two serious injuries, but there have been no reported deaths. some 10,000 homes are now without power, which has prompted louisiana's governor to declare a state of emergency. a lot of people in new orleans say they have never seen destruction like this. >> i'll say to the people of new orleans we have had our fair share of tragedies but you know the people of new orleans are as tough as they come. >> people are being told to stay off the roads and out of the affected areas. lis are doing house by house searches to make sure no one's trapped by falling debris or damage.