among the crews are members of the volunteer rescue group the cajun navy. they're assembling boats lending resources to high-water rescues and other concerns. >> for more on the effort, we'll bring in jordy westworth from the cajun navy. it's one of the reasons they asked people to get out of the way because they're so worried about this particular period when you have people asking for help in a dangerous situation and help can't quite get there just yet. still too dangerous. where are we on the spectrum of hunkering down to full blown rescues? >> caller: we are getting close to rescues than the hunkering down part, thankfully. it's been a long night waiting to get to sunrise and better conditions to get to some of the people that are trapped. >> we're hearing reports of downed bridges and water levels as high as people's chests, in some cases. to any victims potentially listening to this, if they can, given the power situation. what advice can you offer to help them through now? >> caller: as hard as it is, just try to remain calm. if you can get on top o

clyde cain, thanks to you and all the folks working hard in the cajun navy. i'm sure you're going to go out there and save some lives today. >> for us at louisiana cajun navy, appreciate you getting the word out and sending us help and giving us the exposure we need. >> good luck to you. >> thank you. >>> live special coverage of the storm continues just ahead. we'll speak to emergency officials across the louisiana coast as some people still wait to be rescued from their flooded homes. >>> plus a cnn exclusive. january 6th select committee is looking to preserve the phone records of some lawmakers who participated in the stop the steal rally. find out which trump family members also made the list. >>> and the isis affiliate in afghanistan is now claiming responsibility for a series of rockets fired overnight in kabul as the u.s. has just one day left before it leaves. s important to have confidence in the nutritional drink you choose. try boost glucose control. it's clinically shown to help manage blood sugar levels and contains high quality protein to help

we'll talk to a member of that cajun navy coming up >> and we'll speak to the governor and he may be able to answer some questions. tom is in the french quarter there. what are you starting to see as the sun is up? >> reporter: good morning. we're seeing a lot of damage you see pocket es of destruction like this behind me. this is parts of a roof and a traffic pole has collapsed onto a balcony, taking down parts of that balcony along with an awning we see pockets like that throughout the french quarter, but it seem miss structures survived the big trob as al said was the catastrophic damage to the power grid there is no electricity in new orleans. that means there are no power going to homes, to sewage pumps and to some cell phone towers. we're also following reports that a massive electrical tower collapsed into the mississippi that's part of the problem right now. i had a chance to run into some of those power crews as they were getting out to assess the damage around here i could listen in and their manager was giving a pep talk saying this was going to be a marathon as hurricane

michael from the cajun navy offered take us in. this entire town is submerged. we're driving on the main street. and there we saw a flotilla of small boats on the water, carrying out the stranded and the exhausted. and it was on dry land that we met these two. you didn't expect it would be this bad? >> we didn't expect it to be this bad. we stayed because we were in a two-story home and we thought we would have been safe. the rain just kept coming, it wouldn't stop coming. the rain -- >> reporter: we pushed further into la place, seeing entire neighborhoods submerged. the stranded flagging down anyone with a boat. >> that's where the water was at. >> reporter: jackie and denise's mother is disabled and they asked me for help to get her down the stairs. you guys going to come back? >> no. >> no. >> reporter: did you think at any point you might not make it? >> yeah. >> reporter: michael had gone back to get help, needing more boats. sure enough, within a half hour, he was back. we then drove to the hard-hit city of houma. on the way, so much destruction. that pai

motoring down streets turned into swamps with cajun navy volunteer michael, we came upon this familyou want to get out? >> reporter: marooned in their home and surrounded by water. denise cooper's family including her wheelchair-bound mother lucille matthews sheltered in an attic as they rode out the storm. the family asked me to help get lucille down that slippery staircase. michael had left to get reinforcements, and sure enough he came back. the coopers were able to evacuate with just a single suitcase and a few bags in hurricane ida coming 16 years to the day after hurricane katrina. >> the worst case scenario, it did not happen. we did not have another katrina. and that's something, again, we should all be grateful for. however, the impact is absolutely significant. >> i am concerned about our state. i am concerned about the health of the people in south louisiana. from one end of the state to the other. >> reporter: dr. catherine o'neal is the chief medical officer at our lady of the lake in baton rouge. >> it's different from katrina but in many ways it's the same. >> reporter

and joining me now is todd terrell, the president of the united cajun navy.ng from a dozen states, boats to assist with water and rescue missions. i guess my number one question, given the work you guys do, do you feel like you have advocate resources given the scale of what we think is coming? >> for the first time i'm worried myself. we have resources coming from 13 states currently. we have guys from tennessee, north carolina, you know, florida, georgia, all over the country. we need that. even though in louisiana we have our own boats and stuff, a lot of people are going to be devastated here. this is something that i am worried about myself. you know, going back to katrina, today is the anniversary of katrina and many of us lost a lot back then. i think when this is over we will see mass destruction and, you know, hopefully, there won't be any casualties. in this one here, we are looking that might not be the case. >> you mentioned katrina. obviously, a lot of us became very aware of kind of how you guys operated. one of the questions coming in when you

>> you know, the cajun navy was really started as guys in boats doing rescue. we, our focus is not going to be search and rescue this time. ours is going to be helping people clearing roads, move trees. there will be a lot of flooding here. and the people in those flood zones for the most part have evacuated. we are working with authorities and what they have asked us and what we have agreed to do is let them do the rescues. if we do have guys with boats and they will be here and we are very capable of doing the boat-type rescues. but that's not a majority of what we do any more. you know, the flooding is when you're in need and you need those rescues, it happens. certainly hurricane harvey, our group rescued over 4,000 people during the 2016 flooding where we really got rolling. and we rescued tens of thousands. just countless people just helping out in boats. but people didn't evacuate for harvey. they didn't really evacuate for the 2016 flooding and it caught people off guard. we had a couple day's notice and most of the people had the need for rescue have h

just moments ago i spoke with the president of the united cajun navy.out hurricane ida right now. >> well, the main thing making me nervous right now even more so is that it has continued to keep its strength. once it got into land. i don't think anybody knew this thing was going to stay this strong. this is relentless and has not given up. it has not given up. we are really catching the devil over here. it seems like it will be this way all through the night. >> your mission is to try to help people but you have a powerful storm that is moving slowly over louisiana and it's nightfall there. so what are you able to actually do right now? >> well, we have guys coming in from all over the country and we're trying to cut our way into houma and go a little bit south. there's a lot of people trapped down there. the problem is a lot of power lines across the road and stuff. we have air boats going in. one of the main needs we have right now is high octane fuel air boats. we're having trouble finding that right now. but it is a dire strait. people in their hom

they are the cajun navy.aster relief foundation, dedicated to helping people, all over the country during emergencies. this time, they will have to go far. the group founded in louisiana, in 2016, and has been preparing for days to his sister own neighbors, affected by hurricane ida. the storm as you know hit the state sunday afternoon, with sustained winds of 150 miles per hour, throughout the years, the cajun navy has been credited with having rescued thousands of people, and they are ready to do it again. joining me now, the thing captain of the louisiana cajun navy, captain, thank you for joining us tonight. i know your boats are at the ready, tell me what your expectation is. what are you going to need to do. >> just try to get where we're going as fast as possible. trying to leave as soon as we can, but we have to wait so daylight, so we make sure the roads are passable you don't have trees or power lines down or things like that. we have some work to do. >> i know you've talked about the fact that your

joining me now, the fleet captain of the louisiana cajun navy.aptain, thank you for joining us tonight. i know your boats are at the ready tell me where expectations are what are you going to need to do expectations are what are yo going to need to d just trying to get where we going. trying to leave as soon as we can we have to wait to daylight so we can make sure that things like that. >> i know you've talked about the fact that organization has the technology that you need to identify and get the people. tell us a little bit about what is going on, so that when the moment, comes you could safely go out and you are ready to go. >> well starting some of the storm -- the process has been pretty much devastating. i've been in contact with st. john parish, and i'll be heading there in the morning, and between now and then, i have my team ready. oh probably have about 20 troops or so to start directly under me. we're gonna go to the sheriff's department, and do some rescues. close to 40, maybe more phone calls, text messages things like that of peop

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thanks to you and all of you in the cajun navy appreciate your time. >> yes, sir. thank you very much. >>> let's get to bill karins now, nbc meteorologist just north of the center on the right side, that eye will beat the crap out of you. it beat them up for hours and hours. it was horrible. >> and houma was on the back side, on the western eye wall for six hours, a major hurricane after land fall, almost unheard of you're right, warm, swampy water. let me take you through what happened today and what's going to happen in the next couple of days this ended up being the fifth strongest hurricane land fall on record and it tied lara louisiana has the distinction, unfortunately -- the first ever with back-to-back 150-mile-per-hour hurricanes max sustained gusts, the area that was just crushed with the strongest wind well-built structures, ones that were built to withstand a major hurricane have reported significant damage flash flooding around new orleans, back toward biloxi and gulf port. those are done the areas in blue there, we have a lot of river flooding going o

one of them are low shallow boats driven by the cajun navy going in and louisiana national guard with the high water vehicles, also we saw about a dozen or so of those vehicles going off in that direction, too. i spoke with one gentleman who lives in laplace. here's what he experienced last night. >> the water i got was from the roof collapsing, ceiling. i have three rooms that are totally -- >> demolished. >> -- demolished. >> reporter: sorry, man. that's tough. >> i'm insured. >> reporter: the communication was so strong many were forced to social media to flag down to authorities they were trapped in their aticks. one was successful reaching the nbc station in new orleans describe how they were hanging on to beams as water was rising in their home. when i spoke with the captain fleet for the cajun navy he said he started about 10:00 at night, really didn't stop until 1:00 or 2:00 in the morning. some families 6 to 12 feet of water in their home, had nowhere to call. it is those folks right now that are going in, trying to rescue. >> sam brock live in louisiana, thank you for your r

lots of cajun navy rescuing people from the hotel on the other side there. this place is completely, completely destroyed. >> reporter: more than 5,000 members of the louisiana national guard are helping in the rescue effort, using 95 high-water vehicles, 79 boats and 34 helicopters. also helping in the mission, locals like vincent otello, responding to people by facebook and reaching them by boat after getting their address. it was the second strongest hurricane to hit louisiana, with wind gusts up to 172 miles per hour. >> kind of what my wife says about childbirth. you can explain it to people, but until you experience it you can't appreciate it. >> reporter: the representative of houma >> reporter: later today, homeland security alejandro mayorkas will be surveying the damage with louisiana's governor. >>> part of new orleans and louisiana could spend weeks without power. nearly 1 million customers are in the dark. that means no air conditioning in the sweltering heat. and it could mean long-term water and sewage treatment problems. some desperation is a

cajun navy facebook page. there, we will post updates, live videos, things of that nature with immediate needs. they constantly change. we try to keep everybody posted via social media teams. >> thank you for communicating and for everything you do. thank you both. when you see rescue missions, it is reminder. on a normal day, you talk about how divided the country is, how much infighting. in a time of crisis, amazing to see americans come together, support one another. >>> coming up, the end of america's longest war, prompting very big questions. what can we learn from the last 20 years, how do we move forward? massachusetts congressman, marine veteran jake auchincloss is here next. consolidate my credit card debt. i needed just one simple way to pay it all off. it was an easy decision to apply with sofi loans, just based on the interest rate and how much i would be saving. there was only one that stood out and one that actually made sense and that was sofi personal loans. it felt so freeing. i felt like i wa

we spoke with the cajun navy in louisiana and we're getting updates throughout the day. the most recent one is when they arrived at 7:00 this morning, a lot of the flood water had actually receded from the area and folks who were trapped in their homes were able to walk out. others did actually need a rescue by a high water vehicle. we captured some of that video today of people being escorted by the national guard and cajun navy from their home to dry land. certainly people that live there are terrified by the ordeal they just experienced. there's been one confirmed death from prairieville, when a tree toppled and hit a man's house. 60 years old. the governor of the state, john bel edwards, says he is expecting the death toll to rise. there are 1,600 search and rescue crews out right now going through the neighborhoods by ground and air to see if there's anyone else that may be stranded or perhaps was not able to escape. we're following that very closely. this is an evolving situation and a power struggle right now in terms of trying to get power restored. it seems like

the cajun navy and search and rescue teams are out there trying to get to those people. it's not like in new orleans where this was a surprise, nobody saw it coming, and people had to signal and flag down helicopters or boats to let them know that they're getting out. at least in the most populous part of this state in new orleans, that part hasn't happened. >> okay. ali velshi, good to see you. sam brock, thank you as well. i want to take a closer look in new orleans. joined now by a city councilman who represents the western edge of the city. joseph, thank you for joining us. what more can you tell us, councilman, about the situation in your district right now? >> ali hit the highlights. the numbers have gone up since this morning. we heard about 850,000 people in southeast louisiana without power. you all just reported it's over 1 million. that's a quarter of all of louisianans now who don't have power. that picture actually we just took, i think, on twitter that you show right now of the gas station in my district where it fell over on one of the pumps, i would say h

of course the cajun navy made their name with katrina.an, can you get out and about. >> well, we are waiting for the sun to come up to fully assess the damage. one of the things that happened overnight is a major transmission line, basically a tower that holds the transmission lines from the west bank to the east bank and mississippi river, the tower fell into the river. this has cut power out to the entire east bank of jefferson parish just west of new orleans and the entire city of new orleans. we don't know how long it will be before they will be able to get out and restore any power it could be a month the officials are saying. but, we are hoping we can get safely some of our aircraft in the area so we can get up in the air and start assessing the damage. ainsley: brian, i know that you have been preparing for this the past few days. what exactly have you been doing at the warehouse? >> we have been taking in donations from all around the country. we already had a lot of donations, a lot of water reasonable medical certainty gatorade,

i just got off the phone with a fleet captain for the cajun navy there are reports of several thousand people, frances, requesting rescue there. that fleet captain told me those are accurate they are waiting right now, cannot get to people in that community, which is just south of lake pontchartrain, because of how dangerous it is in terms of rising water, live wires, potentially not being able to navigate boats in the dark there are reports of people stuck in their homes is it several hundred? that's how many they have a head count for. the fleet captain told me it's in the thousands of people that need rescue, and anywhere between one foot and 12 feet of water that have hit those homes with about six feet, he told me, being the average. in new orleans proper, no power at all the eight major transmission lines going in and out of the city according to the main energy provider there say they're down so no power in new orleans what's the fallout of that they are looking now to find a pathway to restore power that was not achievable tonight as conditions continue right now here as far as

fanning out across louisiana and mississippi, along with local first responders and the volunteer cajun navy, plucking hundreds from the water. >> i paddled a boat as far as i could and i've been walking about 30 minutes. >> reporter: those transmission lines and towers were reinforced after katrina, now they're lying crumpled. officials is say it could be a month before all power is restored. the august heat making it feel over a hundred degrees today. in new orleans officials opening cooling centers and handing out fee meals. there is no power here and families have become desperate they're trying to fill up their vehicles but also jerry cans for their generators. now, there are so few gas stations open here that this line is over an hour long and stretches beyond the interstate, it's even backing up traffic on the off-ramp. jeremy has a 2-year-old and a 3-month-old baby at home. he's been looking for an open gas station for two days now. >> it's crazy. they got people cutting line, all that. >> reporter: yeah. i hear it's pretty desperate in some places, people are getting very -- >> oh,

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back to lafayette where we are reporting from because we have power, later this afternoon, the cajun navy continues those rescue missions and we hope to pass along those stories and that is what we will try to do. jillian: meantime, president biden breaks his promise to bring every american home before withdraw all troops from afghanistan. todd: the 36 year army veteran will tell us what happened now to allies left behind. .. jillian: a fox news alert 90 retired military generals demanding defensive austin and joint chiefs of staff mark resigned over afghanistan. >> the us military leaders right that austin and millie should have done everything in their authority to stop the hasty withdrawal including resigning in protest if the president ignored their warnings. >> ronnie jackson and former army general, the last united states soldier exiting kabul while hundreds of americans and thousands of allies remain stranded intel and occupied territory. >> a small number of americans under 200, might be closer to 100 who remain in afghanistan. we worked to relocate afghans who worked alongside us

for the latest on the conditions let's turn to the fleet captain for the volunteer rescue group cajun navyank you so much for talking with us captain. >> yes, ma'am. >> what are you able to tell us about conditions right now in baton rouge, and what are your concerns and challenges in the hour ahead? >> conditions are better than i antic anticipated. the storm moved east and kind of saved a lot of baton rouge, i think. it is much better than i anticipated. still pretty strong. but that is going to probably be the big thing i want to get out of here and start to help others that were more affected than we have been. trying to get around the trees and the power lines and things like that. >> you are very lucky to be sitting there with your power. of course the residents were told to evacuate the area but some did not. they will need to be rescued in the morning. that is part of your task ahead. how do you decide who to go to first and what is the whole process involved with rescue operations and how you work in with other groups that are doing the same? >> i have my teams ready and on stand

>> probably deactivate all rescue crews the cajun navy, wildlife, national guard, first responders, their equipment and the firefighters to get in there to those areas that people may have stayed and need help. getting out and hopefully they can get to high enough ground to survive the storm surge. jon: have you heard any reports since the storm came ashore of any particular problems or rescues that have you concerned? >> there is a dock in grand isle one has said his whole business is gone and he had people staying at his house and part of the house has been torn away. he was concerned for his people that arrived on the island of grand isle. i have never heard dean blanchet so sure cannot. he is concerned for the safety of those people that stay behind in his home to protect his business down there. jon: the storm surge could come in and essentially wipe out a house. >> and this is moving so slow that constant beating, many homes won't stand at even if they made it through the first wave. this slowing down will not help a lot of these people that stay behind or the structures that may no

we'll stay in touch as this continues. >> bill: colleen udell with the cajun navy.ng teams throughout the city which is without power. the mayor says looting will not be tolerated so the warning is going out yet again today and keep you posted how things go from there. >> dana: you see the man walking through the wreckage of his house. a long way to go. as casey stiegel pointed out the heat adds to the mystery. >> bill: yes, without the power, no air conditioning, things get hot. >> dana: our thoughts with them. mass evacuations in the lake tahoe area as a huge wildfire keeps spreading. the war in afghanistan ends but the finger pointing continues. what lawmakers from both parties are demanding from the commander-in-chief. we're live on capitol hill next. one call can save you thousands every year. and it's easy. there's no money out of pocket and no upfront fees. and while some banks are raising their rates, newday is holding the line for veterans. lock in your rate. aaaand welcome back to guess the price. sal. what do you do? oh, i'm a retired postal worker. fanta

volunteer search teams known as the cajun navy have been out trying to reach the most desperate.arts of louisiana. volunteer search teams known as the cajun navy have been out trying to reach the most desperate. even on dry land, many were overwhelmed by the damage to their homes, to their lives. right now, i've got nothing. all i got here, i got a backpack with a few clothes in, in case i had to run out. but i didn't know where... i didn't know where... i would end up in. it's the worrying. it's the worrying it's the worrying. it's the worrying i don't _ it's the worrying. it's the worrying i don't like — it's the worrying. it's the worrying i don't like. i'm just glad that i'm here _ i don't like. i'm just glad that i'm here and — i don't like. i'm just glad that i'm here and can start again. more resources are beginning to pour into the region. 5,000 national guard members have been deployed to help local authorities. the storm has left behind a massive mess. nearly one more mcmillian residents in louisiana are without power. it's well over1 million people. on monday, crews fr

the cajun navy and other volunteers out in force.laplace we joined michael from the cajun navy as we traveled on what were once clear roadways and power lines submerged. >> did you find people? >> national guard's up there. >> reporter: gas stations and fast food restaurants now islands. you can hear all the alarms from the hotels sounding because the power is out and there are people stranded there. see submerged tractor trailers on the other side of that gas station, another tractor trailer is flipped over. michael gingerly lifting those power lines from that stuck semi struck. -- truck. >> we finally got out. >> reporter: leslie rode out the storm thinking she'd be safe. >> we didn't expect it to be this bad. the rain just kept coming and wouldn't stop coming. >> did you worry at one point that you might not make it? >> i called to tell my children i loved them. >> reporter: on grand isle dozens of people didn't evacuate, but a sign of hope. the coast guard spotting stranded residents in the fishing community clearing a roadway. o

the cajun navy comes to mind and other private citizens who came with boats to try and help.eing all of this patchwork assistance. i just spoke with a man who was about to sell his house. look at the video from inside. the ceiling hascaved in, exposing the rafters. the interior of homes are coming apart at the seams right now. i spoke with a gentlemen right next door to where i'm standing right now about the effects on his house and the rescues he witnessed. how many people do you think were rescued here from your observation? >> my observation, at least 300. >> reporter: in this community? >> i believe so. i saw boat after boat coming up and down the street. >> reporter: obviously the impact here has been just so tremendous on so many people. you're watch right now as they're towing a car away with supplies in the back right now. this is a very difficult time, not only because people are witnessing this flooding but the fact that there's no electricity at the moment. it's 90 degrees right now. no power, no electricity, people are in dire need of water. this is the reality on

we spoke with the cajun navy this morning. then they said they arrived at 7:00 this morning and it reseeded. receded. then high water vehicles were going in this area, in impossible roads, and put people there and took them to safety. i'm told from our camera crews on the ground there was dozens of people, if not more. one woman said the water first came up to her angels, her knees, her waist. when it got to her chest she went to the attic. this morning when the national guard arrived they took her from the water back to dry land. that is just one of the pieces of the puzzle here. we have been driving around paulina and it appears the eye of the storm must have been somewhere around here. i'm looking at a gas station that has a transformer dangling in the air and the cars are trying to get to the one working gas pump. there are power lines across fields for blocks. pools in front of homes that did not exist before. overturned tractor trailers. the visuals are powerful. the wind was so strong that it just tore things to shreds

cajun navy and others are in search of -- once it's safe to do so, once the winds come down, we don't know when that will be, there are people, there are 9-1-1 systems that are out across the state. in part because of the electricity. energy company says that it has provided power to the sewage and water system here in new orleans, so we don't have new problems. so far the levees in and around new orleans, many of them newly built since hurricane katrina in the city 16 years ago today, are holding up. we do have word of levees that have been over topped in some surrounding parishes. but not yet in new orleans. that's we know for now. this is still a city that is in danger. chris. >> ali, he obviously can't hear me, but we are glad we are able to hear and see him. we will continue to check in in new orleans. now i want to go to nbc miguel l maguire in baton rouge, where winds of it picking up speed over the last hour or so. i can see it behind you. i can see the way the winds are swirling around. why is the latest from the state capital? >> chris, we've seen pretty violent in pretty st

they were just waiting on the wildlife and fishery and cajun navy to rescue them.ing through people's yards to get to my house. the water was so high. i got my neighbor's boat and i started to get my stuff. i'm walking through the water, i'm just telling people come on. i was bringing them to the church up there. i had one girl on my back. the video that you saw, it's what i ended up finishing at like 6:30, 7:00 at night just me going back and getting the gas and water and stuff that i had in the back of my truck for the people that were at my truck. they ended upbringing a couple back. by that time i was tired. it was a 12-hour day out there. >> we know that a lot of people didn't have much time to -- let me cut you off. we have to go to the white house. president biden is now delivering the speech at the end of the war in afghanistan. >>> last night in kabul, the united states ended 20 years of war in afghanistan. the longest war in american history. we completed one of the biggest air lifts in history with more than 120,000 people evacuated to safety. that numbe

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the governor's team, cajun navy, wildlife fisheries, all of those people are ready to deploy to rescue those left behind. hopefully we'll be able to rescue them and not find them perished because they stayed behind for something they shouldn't have. >> and that is just going to be a desperate situation when rescue crews, first responders head into those communities and parishes. but i want to ask you, lieutenant governor. we know because of covid-19 and the delta variant that the hospitals were already in pretty dire situation. they were in dire straits before hurricane ida made landfall and started to wreak havoc across your state. what about the hospitals? are they prepared? what kind of conversations are you having with those hospital officials about how they are doing? >> well, you know, i know the governor has reached out to the president and knowing that we may need additional resources deployed here in louisiana to handle those people that may be injured. that need to get medical attention because you're right. the hospitals were filled up before this hurricane. and it's going t

. >> the fleet captain of the louisiana cajun navy. jordy, thank you for your time. best of luck in your efforts as you try to help those around you there. good on you. and well done. >>> joining me right now, ken graham, the director of the national hurricane center. ken, we have seen each other too often lately, but i am glad to have you here. what is the very late west ida? has it gotten to be as bad as you anticipated now that it has made made landfall? better than anticipated? right on the line? or worse than you anticipated? >> i think, alex, it's one of these situations that we have made landfall -- the readings we got, at 150-mile-per-hour winds. it is going to take time to see what happened in those areas. but with that kind of wind there is catastrophic damage around grand isle, port fourchon. it is not over, though, it's just starting. >> what are your concerns about what happens next? i know we will have power outages. that comes with the territory. when you weigh the ravages of flooding versus the wind, what do you focus on first? >> you look back in his

in -- west of new orleans and elsewhere outside the city members of the volunteer cajun navy are conductingons along with other volunteer and other official agencies. one fleet captain telling us he believes there are hundreds of people, possibly more, stranded in their homes. but again, hard numbers are still very difficult to come by. in lower laffite south of new orleans flooding reportedly sent some people to their rooftops. same in another town nearby. levee overtopping being blamed for some of it as well. however, unlike during katrina which hit 16 years ago to the day before hurricane ida the big levees protecting new orleans did not give way. so there is a lot to be thankful for. not seeing anything like what transpired back then. >> there's been a preliminary damage assessment of levees today, people getting eyes on those levees. we don't believe there was a single levee anywhere now that actually breached, that failed. >> and that is no small thing. cnn's ed lavandera joins us now from gonzalez, lieu ewe on the road between new orleans and baton rouge. what kind of damage have you

this is the same neighborhood in laplace where we saw all the cajun navy boats and national guard andrangers coming in with their own boats trying to rescue people here. we are 40 plus hours removed from when ida whipped its way through louisiana, and you will see a couple smaller cars struggling, which is happening over my shoulder currently. the amount of water in the street, this far removed from ida, if i put my foot in it would go completely in and would be up to my mid shin, and i did not bring my rain boots and that was not a good move, and one gentleman said they could have expected this because in 2012 isaac brought a lot of water, too. it was the wind damage they were not anticipating. here's how one man described the experience of ida rolling through. >> it sounded like for 3 1/2 hours to 4 hours sounded like a train was coming through here. that's what it sounded like, a train, nonstop. a lot of water. more water in this 20 years i experienced living here. >> reporter: this tops anything you have seen? >> yeah. >> reporter: this is just what we can see. over my shoulder, i

the cajun navy doesn't want to deploy boats. while it's dark, there could be live wires in the water. it's extremely dangerous. and then south of that, jacob, we have a fleet who says there are a couple of hundred of people in danker with a levee overtopping. we're heading out to laplace right now. hopefully we'll be able to provide you an update. >> sam brock eastbound. a hard-hit place, normally a beautiful drive, pitch black as sam brock talks to us this morning. thanks, sam. >>> still ahead, we'll be following the path of tropical storm ida all morning long. >> and we'll bring you the latest from afghanistan where overnight the united states shot down rockets aimed at kabul airport. we'll be right back. airport. we'll be right back. most bladder leak pads were similar. until always discreet invented a pad that protects differently. with two rapiddry layers. for strong protection, that's always discreet. question your protection. try always discreet. >> tech: every customer has their own safelite story. this couple was on a c

there are search and rescue teams like the current cajun navy ready to go out at first light tomorrowably i'm guessing now close to a million people, if not more than that, in this state without power. more than 500,000 of them are in the city of new orleans. there's no power here chld and there's lots of power out in surrounding parishes in baton rouge and places like that. so this becomes another problem. the one blessing is it's a little bit cold right now. if you've been out in the rain with a few hours it's cold. but it's cool, we don't probably have heat issues in people's houses overnight. but this could now be three or four days. until this wind drops down to a manageable level. nobody is going out to hardly even inspect the damage or repair electrical wires. and more importantly, we've had this so-called catastrophic event and this generation transmission plant here in new orleans and throughout louisiana. we have to solve this. we don't know what that is. are there even people attempting to fix it right now? our comment from energy is, it will not be fixed tonight. that's a

, and it turns out hundreds of calls and after the water had receded the national guard and the cajun navy went in, and using high water boats to take people out. and we spoke to folks, geoff, who said that when the water was coming in, it was at the ankles and the waist, and when it was closer for the chest, they would go up to the attic to wait and not knowing the fate. several of the individuals were rescued this morning, and so that is the reality, and also, i would add that driving through the area of grammercy and paulina, i would say that this is a pool of water here in st. james boating park, and this is a day after all of the water came down, and there is still all of the water, and i watched as ali was talking about trying to get the gasoline, and you want to get out, because you don't have electricity, and a line of cars down the highway for 30 to 45 minutes for a single gas pump as a transformer from a power pole was dangling over them, and that is speaking to the level of desperation that people are experiencing in new orleans, without gas or electricity and strain on the wate

volunteer search teams known as the cajun navy have been out trying to reach the most desperate.o their lives. right now i've got nothing. all i got here, i got a backpack with a few clothes in, in case i had to run out somewhere. but i didn't know where... i didn't know where... i would end up in. so ijust stayed here. it's the worrying that i don't like. i'm it's the worrying that i don't like. i'm glad — it's the worrying that i don't like. i'm glad i'm _ it's the worrying that i don't like. i'm glad i'mjust it's the worrying that i don't like. i'm glad i'm just here. it's the worrying that i don't like. i'm glad i'mjust here. i it's the worrying that i don't like. i'm glad i'm just here. i don't know what _ i'm glad i'm just here. i don't know what to— i'm glad i'm just here. i don't know what to do— i'm glad i'm just here. i don't know what to dojust i'm glad i'm just here. i don't know what to do just start over again. more resources are beginning to pour into the region. 5,000 national guard members have been deployed to help local authorities. the storm has left behind a

and the cajun navy said they're going to be in there this morning trying to rescue people.e there. we'll see what that looks like at daybreak there and a new flash flood emergency issued for alliance, louisiana, a small community on the mississippi river, they said the levy breached there on highway 23, i was looking at the maps and seeing what the population is, it's a small area but what jumping out at me is the phillips 66 refinery is there too right in the middle of the flash flood emergency. not only do we have potential to have injuries and fatalities from the flash flooding but you look at what the environmental impacts look like from the storm. let me bring you to the latest from the storm, it's been downgraded to a tropical storm. it was amazing how long this stayed a hurricane. it was almost 18 hours after landfall it was still a hurricane. a lot of that had to do with the warm swamp water in southern louisiana. the winds are at 36 in mccomb. the winds aren't causing too much damage. the highest winds were obviously at landfall we'll show you those pictures when w

we've heard of a lot of reports of the cajun navy, we've got the national guard and just local municipalitieses who are trapped. we even know some parishes kept a list of people who chose to stay, got all their information down, and are now going through the process of going back to those neighborhoods and checking them off one by one. >> they went house to house with a few dozen officers identifying people's names, their phone number, where they live and the number of people in the house. >> reporter: right now a million people, more than a million people throughout louisiana, are without electricity. and officials say that's going to be the norm for the next couple days if not weeks until they get power fully restored. and they're also telling people to just keep their heads up as far as, you know, falling trees from all that saturated ground and also, if they can,ning stay off the road because a lot of emergency crews, power crews, people that are trying to get new orleans and louisiana back on its feet are trying to use those roads. so faster they can do that the, the faster we can get th

there is a cajun navy crew that is trying to get in there and unsuccessful today but that's why theyey would've gotten their boats to help out, but now it's up to the coast guard with helicopters to try to rescue those still stranded. we will have more updates throughout the day. back to you, sandra. >> sandra: those are heroes that go in there to help so many after the aftermath of the storms and hurricanes. thank you for joining us. we will check back in soon. that is steve spender, watch one fox whether launches in october he is part of the new team. great to have the onboard. >> john: the occasion navy knows how to get it done as does the weather team, we are awaiting the remarks from president biden as afghanistan begins a new era under the rule of taliban. the last u.s. troops leaving yesterday, our next guest worked at the white house when the u.s. first entered afghanistan in october 2001. ari fleischer was the white house press secretary during the george w. bush administration and joins us now. you would think ending a 20-year-long war which is america's longest war. on one

the national guard is helping with rescues, along with volunteers, the cajun navy are here as well.ther concern is the availability of fuel, water and other supplies. if you go to gas stations in the new orleans area, most of the ones we've been to are without fuel and any that do have it, there are long lines of people trying to get it. the white house says they're monitoring that fuel shortage and will take steps necessary to mitigate it. fema is also bringing in 200 generators with more than a million people without power right now. and they're bringing in other critical supplies as well. finally, another major concern is the looting. the new orleans police department has an anti-looting team, they are monitoring the streets in new orleans and they have already made some arrests. one final note, as i mentioned, million people -- a million customers in louisiana still without power. no estimate when they might get it back, although some estimates are that it could be weeks. accue weather estimates total damage and economic loss between 70 and $80 billion. the search and rescue ope

volunteer search teams known as the cajun navy have been out trying to reach the most desperate. to their lives. i've got nothing. all i got here, i got a backpack with a few clothes in, in case i had to run out. but i didn't know where... i didn't know where... i would end up in. so ijust stayed here. it's the worrying i don't like. but when you're away you're worried too, because you don't know what you're coming back to. i'm just happy here and i thought of what i need to do to start all over again. it's a lot. more resources are beginning to pour into the region. 5,000 national guard members have been deployed to help local authorities. the storm has left behind a massive mess, nearly one million households in louisiana are still without power. on monday, crew5 from the energy company began repair5 where it was safe. still it could take weeks before things are up and running again. ida was one of the most powerful storms to hit the united states. it is certainly one residents here will not soon forget. let's speak now to patrick andras, who is in new orleans. and to alessandr