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. >> cedric -- you are we going to next -- is cantrell on, are you on? i don't think she was able to get connected. >> i don't think so, mister president. >> they can't get the resume call, the reason cantrell wasn't on the line is we in new orleans are not going to have electricity restored for at least 3 weeks and we had electric failures throughout the hurricane when the pumps didn't work. the american taxpayer paid $14 billion to increase and upgrade our levies and pumping system, they still didn't really work, the most galling thing, all day i've been watching all the networks, they are focused on afghans and bringing them to the united states. we can evacuate couple but can't evacuate our own people from the path of a natural disaster. they worried about afghans at risk. i'm worried about americans in new orleans tonight and it seems no one is worried about them now that the storm has moved northward. they are hurting and dying. >> don't worry because latoya cantrell has it covered. thank you for everything and we will pray for the people of new or

mayor latoya cantrell warned today the time to leave is now. >> prepare for damaging wind, power outages, heavy rain, tornadoes. what i am told is that this storm in no way will be weakening. >> reporter: people riding out the storm stocked up on the orelves.if they were still on there were runs on food, water, and other necessities just hours before ida makes landfall. gas lines were also long, as many filled up their cars and topped off canisters for their generators. sandbags lined the streets. >> your window of time is closing. >> reporter: louisiana governor john bel edwards: >> we can sum it up by saying this will be one of the strongest hurricanes to hit anywhere in louisiana since at least the 1850s. >> reporter: in st. bernard's parish, residents on the coast weren't taking any chances. many have already moved to higher ground and pulled their boats out of the gulf on what would normally be a busy day on the water. >> nobody was out there shrimping today. it's shrimp season, that ought to tell you. when i got in this morning, late last night, about 75%, 80% of the boats already

his mayor cantrell on? are you on? i don't think she was able to get connected. >> i don't think so, mr. president. pres. biden: you are hard-hit, weren't you? >> thank you you, mr. president. thank you. we have not had contact with grand isle. i talked to the mayor yesterday evening. some people could knock it off the island. we have not had contact with them since yesterday. i think she is on a helicopter to get him to the island. hopefully we will be able to communicate with them. it is very hard to not have any word from people on that island. the water was very high. they are doing search and rescue. we are sheltering people at a playground. the state will coordinate and move them out to alexandria. that is my understanding. our systems are down. we have no communication, no electricity, our water systems are down. we had to do a boil water advisory. our sewer system is based on electricity, so we will start having backups. we are encouraging residents out of the area to stay out. the people inside, we will have t

dollar infrastructure deal so, here to drill down on all the implications for wall street, lindi cantrell, head of public policy at pemco it's millions of provisions in there possibly do you have any sense of what's in this infrastructure bill and what it's going to do and where the sticking points might still be >> good afternoon. this is usually, as you know, the first two weeks of august are usually quite quiet in washington that is not -- >> not this year >> it's not the case this year again, as you said, we finally got the legislative text, and of course the devil will be in the details. but the largely, eamon, this is very much as predicted this funds traditional infrastructure, roads and bridges, also broadband and water infrastructure and as you know, this is bipartisan and this is very much a priority for president biden. it was something that he campaigned on. our expectation is that this will ultimately pass both chambers of congress and be signed into law probably by the end of september, if not a little bit sooner. so, big win for him for all intents and purposes >> this migh

. >> 16 years to the day after katrina's devastation, mayor latoya cantrel says her city is ready. >> now is the time that we have been preparing for. >> ida is the first stress test of $14 billion in upgrades to the levee system. >> will it be tested? yes, but it was built for this moment. >> here on the south shore of lake pontchartrain we are seeing heavy winds and waves already splashing over the wall. >> the threat from ida's wind, rain and storm surge is significant. >> we're were tect-- projecting 15 to 20 inches of rain over the period of today and into tomorrow. at times exceeding a rainfall rate of three inches per hour. >> and conditions are expected to worsen with night fall. >> we're going to ride it out. we'll see what happens. >> once the storm passes, there is something else to worry about, the pandemic. the city is considering opening up the convention center as a shell ter, but they're concerned about spreading covid. jericka? >> duncan: omar, thank you. we want to go now to cbs's mireya villarreal who is in homa louisiana near where ida came ashore. you lost power b

mayor cantrell, thank you so much for joining us.andfall 16 years to the day after hurricane katrina. as your team survey the damage today, how did new orleans fare? >> you know what, we held the line. the city of new orleans made it through this storm. it was definitely a category 4 that was over us for 12 hours. the worst-case scenario did not happen. we did not have another katrina. and this is something right now that we are absolutely so grateful for. although we are, you know, definitely dealing with significant impacts due to the hurricane, of course, the issues of power. that is a big problem here in the city of new orleans. right now we're trying to work our best way through that. where we do have sources of power it's generators only. and so that does speak to the need for fuel, and, again, we're working through that. the president of the united states, president biden has been definitely activated immediately on last night, ensuring that the federal government is providing the resources necessary and of course working with

and is mayor cantrell on? mayor cantrell, are you on?resident. but we have cynthia lee. >> oh, okay. >> parish president from jefferson parish, which includes grand isle and other places hard hit. >> you were hard hit, weren't you, madam president? >> yes, we were. thank you, mr. president, congressman, governor, thank you. we have not had contact with grand isle, congressman. you know the mayor. i talked to him yesterday evening. he thought 40 people were on the island, couldn't get them off, including some firefighters. we have not had contact with them since yesterday. i'm told that the mayor is in galiano and governor, i think he's on a helicopter by the state police is what i heard to get him to the island and as long as there's communication, we'll be able to communicate with him and see what's going on there. but it's very hard to not have any word from that island and the people on it since that time. in lafite, the water was very high. our first responders, the sheriff, firefighters, louisiana national guard, some coast guard ar

in new orleans, mayor latoya cantrell says with hospitals filling up, it's time to cover up. >> we havehere before. we've seen the movie over again. >> reporter: but there's still resistance to restrictions. >> government telling me that i have to get a vaccine or i have to wear a mask, i don't agree with it. >> reporter: and new pain >> reporter: and new pain ahead for millions of americans behind in their rent. a federal ban on evictions ends at midnight, with just nine states offering new protections, but that won't help ebony smith, a mother of four in dallas. what's your fear? >> catching covid. that's my biggest fear, especially for my kids, because i don't have nowhere to go. the most thing i can think of is put all of my stuff in storage and go somewhere else. >> reporter: you had been paying your rent. you just had brain surgery. you just had a baby. you've applied to the local and the state protections. what have you heard back? >> i haven't heard anything. >> reporter: property owners, like sam joseph in austin, say they don't want to evict renters but that they're under fina

. >> i just pray -- >> reporter: 16 years to the day after katrina's devastation, mayor latoya cantrell says her city is ready. >> now is the time, and we have been preparing for. >> reporter: ida is the first stress test of $14 billion in upgrades to the levee system. >> will it be tested? yes.r:he threat fro id signi. >> we're projecting 15 to 20 inches of rain over the period of today and into tomorrow. at times exceeding a rainfall rate of 3 inches per hour. >> reporter: and conditions are expected to worsen with night fall. >> we're going to ride it out. we'll see what happens. >> reporter: once the storm passes there's one thing to worry about, the pandemic. they are concerned about spreading covid. jericka? >> omar, t. >>> we wan to go now to cbs's mireya villareal where ida is ashore. you lost power before the storm hit. what's happening now? >> reporter: right now this is the moment everybody talks about hunkering down. we obviously are starting to see the northern quarter in the eye of the storm. we expect to be in the eye probably in the next hour or so. as you can see right

new orleans mayor latoya cantrell urged residents and visitors who hadn't evacuated to hunker down andreets clear so that first responders could do their jobs once the storm passes. >> we need you to stay in from this point going forward. all morning, all afternoon, all evening. as it relates to monday morning, we should see some signs that we're moving out of this, but you are not to come out until you receive more information from the city of new orleans. >> sreenivasan: ahead of ida's arrival, president biden approved emergency declarations for louisiana, and for mississippi, where the coastal city of gulfport was battered by intense rain as the hurricane approached. newshour correspondent roby chavez is in new orleans and he joined us this afternoon with more on the hurricane and what is ahead over the coming days. roby, tell me, how is new orleans preparing? >> well, hari, it's going to be a long night. the hurricane made landfall about 11:00 this morning, and officials expect this to be a very significant event causing catastrophic damage. currently here outside, you can see the

this pile of rubble is where a young louie armstrong used to play, mayor cantrel urged residents who road out the storm to stay home as first responders assess the damage. >> they're going block by block, neighborhood by neighborhood. no one will be left out. >> the city's levee system rebuilt after it was destroyed by hurricane katrina 16 years to the day, this time held firm. but the entire metro area will be without power for the at least several days. it is going to be hot here. so i know that people are going to be making accommodations to go some place where they can get air condition. >> reporter: we are outage is hitting hospitals hard. many filled with covid patients. one hospital wants backup generators forcing the staff to manually help patients breat. water flooded the first floor of new orleans childrens which is running on generator power. >> we have adequate fuel for a number of days to come. the longer this stretches on, the more concerning it becomes for us. >> utility crews are already at work trying to rebuild a power system decimated by ida, a job that could take

and is, is mary cantrell on? mary cantrell, are you on?cynthia lee, parish president from jefferson parish which includes grand isle, one of the places hard hit. >> you weren't hard hit, weren't you madam president, especially grand isle. >> thank you, mr. president, congressman, governor, thank you. we have not had contact with grand isle. congressman you know the mayor, i talked with him yesterday evening. he thought 40 people were on the island. couldn't get them off including firefighters. we have not had contact with them since yesterday. i'm told that the mayor carmel is in galiano. he is on a helicopter to get him to the island. as long as there is communication we'll know what is going on. it is hard to get any word from the people on the island to this time. in lafite, waters very high to -- charles: you've been watching president biden being briefed on hurricane ida at fema. we'll keep you updated as he makes more news. for now, good afternoon, i'm charles payne. this is "making money." sort of breaking off the monday blues. grow

let's go first to mike tobin where they are cantrell's telling people to leave the wonderful city.ve now if you can. >> something we see all the time when covering these stories, the party before the storm. you can see people behind me were opening up in line with the mayor. these people are making a decision to ride out the storm whether they like it or not. local radio reporting traffic is piling up, it takes about two hours to go 15 miles right now. you heard the mayor say about two hours ago she held a press conference saying they needed to make the decision been to hunker down for evacuate. that was two hours ago. you heard the governor of louisiana say people need to be in a safe location by nightfall and plan to stay there for a while so we saw some people took the opportunity to leave and others are staying. >> we are thinking about going, we decided last minute to say. we hope to ride it out. >> i hear those on the going to be about a dozen people trying to write about. it's going to flood. reporter: hurricane is expected to be a big made of it, roughly 2 feet in some spot

next few minutes, we'll hear from the mayor of new orleans, la toya cantrell to brief us.of that. >>> meantime, covering other breaking news out of afghanistan. we just learned two, not one, but two isis-k members were killed in the u.s. drone strike. the pentagon says the threat from the terror group is far from over. you're looking at brand new video we got, exclusive video obtained by cnn taken after the drone strike, showing damage left behind. pretty significant video. let's bring in democratic congressman that's a member of the house armed services committee. thank you for joining us. the pentagon says the u.s. drone strike killed two isis-k what they call planners and facilitators, and wounded one other isis-k member. how far do you think it goes degrading the threat from the terror group? >> i applaud the president for taking firm, decisive action to take out those members that killed our troops. it is a first step. we need to see what more needs to be done. anyone contemplating arming our troops, harming this country should be very clear that congress will overwhe

libby cantrell tashas the take away. >>> and the earnings of omaha has the big bet on one big stock.about it on monday, august 9th this is "worldwide exchange." welcome or welcome back. thanks for joining us for the week here on "worldwide exchange." let's get a look at the stocks and your money dow down 1%. technology stocks are up four po points pretty good start to the month for certain technology nasdaq up for the month. it is not the usual names leading the way. not the apple or amazon, but semiconductor names like nvidia and micron and bio-tech gaining 3% this month. we also, this morning, have to take a look at energy. oil is the big loser of the morning. concerns of the rise of china cases and maybe new lockdowns there. demand for oil may fall with one of the world's biggest oil buyers oil is down 4% watching that at $65.50. natural gas has been the quequiet story. natural gas above $4 that will have many ripple impacts through the economy. so much is powered by natural gas with energy and other products as well year to date, natural gas up 63%. something big to watch with th

our mayor in new orleans, cantrell, your favorite drop the mask mandate on the city friday but just ars before she attended a luncheon at a french quarter restaurant without a mask.. >> laura: [laughter] >> the mayor showed pictures with diners, laura. they were a mess but she didn't. >> even in the state of louisiana mime the first in the state to push for a mask mandate. it shouldn't be. people are dying. children are dying. >> according to the "times," laura, nine children have died in the state of louisiana from covid since it began. our children are dying all right but in the streets with gunfire taking them out. five people were shot on bourbon street. it looked like a crazed wild in the street. sunday morning a juvenile gun down and killed nearby. that is the pandemic this mayor needs to address and all of these mayors. they need to began to implement and display what they are trying to force the citizenry to adopt. >> laura: vote raymond, we have been on this since march, april 2020 when they ruled out the crisis measures and going up to look at their boats and families going

is mayor cantrell?don't think she was able to get connected. >> bernie sanders is older, but he's sharp as a tack. your dad, not near the age, but your dad has more energy than 1,000 men. i've never met anybody on his game. he was on this program unscripted, 35 minutes the other night. the week before, 40 minutes. a look at this, a while back i said i can't even joke about it anymore because it's not funny. that was something your father would never allowed to happen. >> it's unthinkable. it's truly unthinkable great when you watch this, you realize exactly why they will not allow biden to answer any questions fred he can't get through a sentence without stutteringti without messing up, without making a full out of himself and it's tragic. what isit he getting right? i'll answer the question. he's not getting anything right. he's not getting the border right, he's not getting afghanistan right, one of the most sacred grounds, the amount of time my father spent at that tarmac at to a.m. greeting fallen s

. >> no matter the fallout, mayor cantrell is promising immediate looked closer of any business that with her vaccine mandate. >> this will go into effect on monday and we will begin aggressive enforcement actions the following week. >> i would like to see aggressive enforcement happen. >> and independent running for mayor and the owner of a jim in midcity. >> we have a pandemic of crime going on in this city that's been happening for the last -- i mean, they have been running rampant and there's been no aggressive enforcement of crime. businesses that are suffering that are just trying to open and see the families, you're just going to aggressively a force those people when you can't protect the citizens -- that doesn't make sense to me. it's a gross mismanagement of resources. >> we are down 500 police officers and rhyme has been the highest it's ever been in the last 45 years. last year alone we lost over $5 million in just police enforcement. >> it's not only covid keeping tourists away, but also crime keeping our tourists away too. >> restaurant owners are deeply concerned about

and as mayor cantrell on?et connected. >> no, but we have cynthia chang who represents the parish that was hard hit. >> well, you were hard hit, madam president down there in grand isle. >> yes, we were, mr. president, and mr. chairman. we have not had contact with grand isle. and you know the congressman, i had contact with him, and he thought that 40 people were on the island and could not get them off, including the firefighters and we have not had contact with them since yesterday. i am told that the mayor is on a helicopter with the state police to get him on the island and as long as there is communication, we will communicate with him to see what is going on there, the but it is hard to have no word from the island and the people on it. in lafitte, the water is very high, and from the louisiana national guard and others are there doing the search and rescue. they are having to get the boats in and out, and we are sheltering the people at the park playground, and then the state is going to coordinate the

in june, mayor cantrell announced the plan to reduce gun violence in the city. that will focus on prevention, apprehension and intervention. the city is spending $1 million on 70 new cameras that will monitor 24 hours a day for crime and we've reached out to the new orleans police department to try to get some more details about the shooting. so far, we have not heard back but of course we'll keep an eye on this story as it develops. >> charles watson, thank you. more tragic news in america's crime crisis, a 19-year-old tiktok star died after being shot inside a southern california movie theater monday night. the man and his friend were both shot in the head in the la suburb of corona in what police call an unprovoked at the scene. police say the suspect is in custody and charged with murder and had no prior contact with the victims. barasas had nearly 1 million followers on tiktok. eric: now to the crisis at the southern border where the brutal summer heat is not slowing the surge of migrants who continue to pour into the country and now there are concerns that

mayor cantrell called for a mandatory evacuation only for residents outside the city's levee protectionsrelatively small sliver of the city's population. other parishes in louisiana did issue mandatory evacuations. but some residents say they're planning to hunker down i get bad. nothing when you sit down here, he's going to add it up and others in new orleans are bracing for the impact because they don't have any other choice. having lot of friends at all. >> primarily the reason they put because they left and mike upside of the country and then 6 600 a fronts. a $600 for a hit so expensive. >> people should heed the warnings for sure. that was shannon halligan reporting for us tonight. >> conference chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. lawrence. you're saying that ida could be possibly worse than katrina. yeah. could remember katrina 16 years ago on this very weekend, katrina made landfall. >> it was actually a category 5 but turned to a category 3 just before making landfall and you saw all the devastation katrina did well, here we go again. history repeats itself and whether and look

new orleans compared to 190 won this time last year, 65% increase according to city data, latoya cantrell reduce the plan to gun violence in the city that will focus on prevention and also $1,000,000.70 new cameras that will monitor crime 24 hours a day in new orleans police say the shooting on bourbon street early this morning is still an active investigation, will keep you updated as we get new details. alicia: charles watson, thank you. as eric mentioned will have much more ahead on america's crime crisis when new york city police commissioner howard safir joined us later this hour. eric: the center for disease control with indoor mask last week even for the fully vaccinated a lot of confusion across the country, doctors are putting up the covid vaccine is changing with more dangerous delta variant, the president biden is suggesting new restrictions can be coming as a delta variant continues to spread across our nation, mark meredith live at the white house with what plans can be at the president sleep. >> good afternoon the vaccination rates are going up and that is good news as feder

. >>> to new orleans where la toya cantrell is giving an update for her city. >> we are now on emergencys relates to 911 calls, you will hear more from our leaders following me. so what we're going to do now, we'll ask our director of homeland security, to come forward. we'll move through trying to be as fast as possible, again, so that everyone can get out of harm's way. thank you. >> good morning. we've talked for several days. we've gone over this. this is short and sweet. hurricane ida is here. tropical storm winds have arrived. as ida moves closer, it is near certain that we will see sustained winds of 75 miles per hour or higher to 110 miles per hour in new orleans. let me be clear, these are life-threatening winds. they will cause downed power lines, structure damage, downed trees and projectiles. you absolutely need to be indoors for the remainder of this storm. hunker down and stay put. we'll be with you through the storm. text 77295 for text alerts to know what's going on throughout the day. please understand the public safety officials will likely not be able to respond during

new orleans mayor latoya cantrell spoke to reporters this afternoon and said the city had avoided a worst case scenario, but she urged residents who had evacuated not to return yet. >> we did not have another katrina. that's something we should all be grateful for. however, the impact is absolutely significant. while we held the line, no doubt about that, now is not the time for reentry. >> yang: the storm tested a $14.5 billion levee system that had been overhauled in the aftermath of hurricane katrina. many new orleans residents like stephen timphony said they felt lucky. >> this was a lot of wind damage and katrina was more flood. like katrina, we got about two feet of water in here that just stayed for about a week or two. but, this was just a lot of wind damage and no power. >> yang: but officials worry that the power outage in new orleans could make the city, which relies on pumps to clear storm water from streets, more susceptible to flooding in coming days. in addition, and hundreds of thousands of residents remain without air conditioning or refrigeration. in nearby jefferson par

but i will tell you, i have a great relationship with mayor cantrell. both are looking out for each other and our citizens during this hurricane. >> mayor, before i let you go, because i'm sure you have a lot of work you need to be doing today on behalf of your city, the thing that, of course, makes this moment different than katrina, beyond the infrastructure that has been put in place, is that we are now contending with covid-19. we're contending with a pandemic. what does that mean for a city like yours? what does that mean in shelters? what does that mean in hotels? how do we make sure one emergency doesn't lead to another? >> you're absolutely right. we have to make sure that as people go into shelters, specifically, that they get tested, and that any individual that is covid positive has to be put in an isolated area with others. but we also hope that this serves as another important signal for our citizens to go get vaccinated if they have not been vaccinated. and so here we are in the midst of a major hurricane weather event, and against the bac

that's new orleans mayor, latoya cantrell urging residents to heed the warning to get out while you cank back in as things develop. jacqui. jacqui: president biden is moving forward with withdrawing u.s. troops from afghanistan in the next three days after 13 americans were killed in the bombing at the kabul airport. joining us now for analysis is democrat strategist and former from the department of homeland security, and director of the national security law at mason university and for the senate foreign relations committee. thank you for being with us. there's a long ways to go before it's all over, but when it's over there's going to be plenty of time to pick apart specific decisions made carrying out this withdrawalment more bradley speaking for the purpose of the panel discussion, the president maintained it's time to end the war in afghanistan and withdraw and he stands by his decision. is that the right decision, we've had troops in japan since world war ii and in south korea for 70 years. i'll go to you first. >> we've have served for a long time, but those troops were welcome.

his mayor cantrell on? are you on?he was able to get connected. >> i don't think so, mr. president. but we have cynthia lee sheng, the parish president from jefferson parish, which includes places that were hard hit. >> president biden: you are hit, were new? >> we wear. thank you. we have not had contact with grand isle. you know the mayor, i talked with him yesterday evening. he thought 40 people were on the island, couldn't get them off, including firefighters. we have not had contact with them since yesterday. i'm told that the mayor is in galliano and i heard he was on a helicopter with state police to get him to the island. it's very hard to not have any word from that island and the people on it since that time. in the feet, the lot it was very high to the roofs of houses. our first responder the sheriff, and our firefighters, louisiana national guard, some coast guard, are they are doing. they are having to get votes in it out. we have -- i believe the state is going to coordinate for pick up and move them to a