ashley townsend _ to asia. thank you very much. ashley townsend foreign - to asia.on the latest out of washington today. meanwhile to the other top story this hour. hurricane ida landed a category for amplitude louisiana with maximum sustained winds of 140 km. today the search and rescue were fanning out across the state to assess the scale of the damage. and it is widespread. it's not as bad as katrina which devastated new orleans 16 katrina which devastated new 0rlea ns 16 years katrina which devastated new orleans 16 years ago. it would appear the levees, pumps have done theirjob. but still there are1 million people in and around the city without any power. and they will be for some time. we can go live now to dave cullen, he is news director of w ltv and louisiana. hejoins me now live from new orleans. thank you so much forjoining us and what i imagine pretty difficult conditions out there. you are currently on the ground in the affected area. talk us through what you're seeing in terms of devastation, what people are telling you that they need. the aood telling