tested not only today but tomorrow and the rest of the week is that rainfall works its way into lake pontchartrainngs a lake levels up. we'll have to see how the levees handle the increased pressure. taylor: given the timeline, wind we started to get an assessment of the damage? rob: in regards to the wind damage, that will probably be later today and tomorrow. the winds are down. the storm is about 50 miles north of baton rouge. crews can get out there and assess how long it will take to restore power. from what i understand, has been some transmission damage. that will take time to replace, but in regards to water -- runoff, flash flooding --, that will probably continue wednesday and thursday. tom: anthony emails in. he says he is driving from philadelphia to nashville this weekend, which is the heart of all the follow-on rain. is the follow-on rain normal or not? rob: it will be excessive. the good news is that it should be out of the continent of the u.s. by the weekend. the system will be a tropical depression moving to the west of jackson, mississippi. by tomorrow afternoon, it is 200 miles

storm surge a big deal here at lake pontchartrain about 9 feet or so. go south like homa and morgan city, that's more like 11 to 15 feet. could be higher. and rainfall, we're talking 20 inches of rain in some spots. the no matter how you slice this storm, it's a dangerous storm that still has room to strengthen because of these extremely warm waters. above average warm waters for the gulf coast. we're talking water temperatures 88 to 90 degrees. and those temperatures go way down deep. normally we get something that is called upwelling. the system pulls up water, it brings up colder water from down below. there is not that much cold water to bring up. so there's no cutoff mechanism for all that warmth and all that energy. this system is a beast. it still has room to grow. and we're going to continue to monitor it. alex? >> okay. al roker monitoring very ably so it is extraordinary what you're experiencing. thank you for sharing it with us and giving us the dire warnings. we're going to heed them. stay safe, my friend. we'll check back in with you. again

these live images you see here from the lake pontchartrain area. residents boarding up. forecasters saying the region could get up to 20 inches of rain in some areas. ida now gaining strength in the warm waters of the gulf of mexico, expecting to make landfall tomorrow as a category-4 tomorrow, bringing a dangerous storm surge, flooding rain, and powerful winds. rob marciano timing it out in just a moment, but first victor oquendo leads us off from louisiana. >> reporter: tonight, ida rapidly intensifying and closing in on the louisiana coast. more than 6 million americans now under a hurricane warning. ida already lashing parts of cuba with high winds and heavy rain. new orleans' mayor warning residents -- >> prepare yourselves. if you're going to leave, you need to do that now. >> reporter: many heeding that advice. large crowds at the airport. traffic jams across the storm zone as families evacuate. our trevor ault is on interstate 10 near the texas/louisiana border. >> we're just crossing the state line into louisiana and look at all the traffic headed out of the sta

. >> lake pontchartrain behind me behind me sent a surge of water into low-lying areas like irish buyout we are tonight. we thought this was a safe place to ride out the storm, clearly that was not a good idea, so lingering storm surge continues to cut off critical access points throughout. hampering efforts by first rsponders to tuesday those roads to gain access to the hardest hit communities to assess the damage and rescue those trapped by the water. in some places, it could taketht several days for the water to recede. norah? >> o'donnell: jonathan viglioti, that debris field is just incredible. thank you. and tonight we're hearing gas prices could go up as much as by 15 cents a gallon. that is because about 95 percent of the gulf's crude oil & gas production are shut down. we're talking hundreds of oil platforms serving at least nine refineries in the region. all right, as ida heads north, flood alerts stretch from the gulf all the way to southern new england. the forecast now from, cbs' lonnie quinn, who is in the path. >> reporter: let's get right to t i will tell you right now, l

just checking lake pontchartrain new orleans getting a bit of a break but we are seeing that lake rise about four feet just in the last ten hours. that is going to allow the storm surge to really be a problem. wind gusts they are not really an issue across southwest louisiana and even baton rouge getting lucky at this hour but the bulk of the quadrant of the storm system sitting in new orleans. winds have calmed down in the last hour but we are still seeing gusts up to 59 miles per hour. with some isolated wind gusts up to about 80 miles per hour. power is still going to be an issue and i do want to say it is very muggy across this section of the country. people dealing with warm air in place of winds blowing in the power currently out. the national weather service this just updated here saw a category two storm but you can see winds are now down to 100 miles per hour. the reason for that is the pressure of the storm system is starting to go up and that's going to allow wind gust to really go down. it's a very slow movement in the north northwest at nine miles per hour and that is goin

lake pontchartrain is 18 to 13 feet and the surge between 5 to 8 feet.7 and 19 feet how, how high the levees are, and expecting a surge 8 to 12 feet. we think that will be safe that will be fine and survive. areas outside of the levee protection system, all the orange and reds in here and those are the people that had the mandatory evacuations and were told to get out of there. near the cutoff, a spot that's protected, houma does have a levee that protects it. the parish president said it was at 12 feet and that gets iffy. you're talking 12 foot levee and the surge is between 12-16 feet. that's going to be a close call. the same for morgan city. they have a levee near their location. as far as the storm surge goes, here is how it works. as it moves in, it moves in quickly when you get the peak winds coming in. a three feet water depth you can picture what that would be. a little gauge on the side of the house. that's three feet. moves up to the bottom level. all of the houses in this portion are on pylons, on stilts and they have certain restrictions how

where here at lake pontchartrain. you can see the winds are blowing. we've had wind gusts of about 35 miles per hours. the sea is up. it's very rough. but we're going to be looking at, today we had some lightning out here as well. so, as the system gets closer and we get those outer bands starting to push in, we had some really heavy rain about 20 minutes ago. a lot of lightning. a lot of activity going on. and driving here from center city, the streets are deserted. people have heeded the warnings. traffic, yesterday, was a nightmare. trying to get in and out. my crew and i, my producers, we were like salmon actually swimming upstream. because everybody was getting out. i mean, the lines at tsa were just crazy. people have had rental car counters. out the door. trying to get cars. because flights have all been canceled, as you might imagine. the airports are close. mass transit shut down yesterday at noon. so, people have heeded the warnings. but now, of course, in fact the area we are in right now, they have closed floodgates. because this was one of

- you don't know necessarily if you are in clear in terms of flooding, you remember katrina lake pontchartrainhe wind, the water pushed then wind eased off that water came rushing bark back, what slushing water in lake pontchartrain served to deteriorate the levees, because it worked it back and forth like that as we see worse of storm passing new orleans, that does not mean the worst of the damage has passed new orleans yet. >> great points mike we learn that the hard way, mike tobin live for us on scene. >> i want to say breaking news louisiana governor newsom -- governor edwards said: this is about freeing up money to get help to his state. we'll have continuing coverage of hurricane ida, now a category 3. striking louisiana. welcome to allstate. ♪ ♪ you already pay for car insurance, ♪ why not take your home along for the ride? ♪ allstate. here, better protection costs a whole lot less. you're in good hands with allstate. ♪ trelegy for copd. ♪ birds flyin' high, you know how i feel. ♪ ♪ breeze drifting on by you know how i feel. ♪ ♪ it's a new dawn... ♪ if you've been taking copd sitting d

. >> 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 before the storm hit, what is happening there now? >> so right now this is the moment where everybody talks about hunkering down. we obviously are just starting to see the northern part of the eye of the storm. we expect to be in the eye probably in the next hour or so but as you can see right

everyone to get out from southern louisiana up towards morgan city and towards houma and even lake pontchartrain. and then on the east side of norms, the area in red, could get up to an 11-foot surge. on top of all of this mess, 1 to 2 feet of rain, and, of course, with a hurricane this strong you are going to get extreme winds. we are thinking right now some of the strongest winds will be morgan city and houma. these are estimated gusts. i think they actually will be higher than that, lindsey. the bottom line is we are only about 45 minutes away from the new update and path from the hurricane center. everyone in new orleans will be watching this one closely. that little shift we saw earlier today, a little wobble of ida has made the storm get a little closer to the highly populated area that was hit by katrina 16 years ago. >> all right. nbc's bill karins. thanks for tracking that for us. we know you will keep us updated. we appreciate it. >>> here in the nation's capital a summer of voting rights protests is culminating with crowds of tens of thousands demanding lawmakers enact federal legisla

just checking lake pontchartrain new orleans finally getting a little bit of a break, but we are seeinghat lake rise about four feet just in the last ten hours, that is going to allow the storm surge to really be a problem. wind gusts, they are not really an issue across southwest louisiana. and even baton rouge getting lucky at this hour, the bulk of the east quadrant of this storm system, sitting in new orleans, winds have calmed down in the last hour, but still seeing gusts up to 59 miles per hour. with some isolated wind gusts up to about 80 miles per hour. power is still going to be an issue. and i do want to say it is very muggy across this section of the country, so people dealing with warm, air in place, along with winds blowing, and the power currently out. the national weather service, just updated, here to a category two storm, but you can see winds now down to 100 miles per hour. the reason for that the pressure of the storm system is starting to go, up and that's going to allow wind gust to really go down. it's still very slow movement out of the north northwest, and nine m

you've gotten orleans got lake pontchartrain right there. all that energy that forward motion of the storm and the winds com ine we could be talking about a storm surge between about 7.11 feet that is an unbelievably powerful storm. we're going to keep watching that all weekend long. that expected. come on shore on sunday. >> still ahead, why the department of defense's detonating explosives in the desert. >> and in sports, we're less than 48 hours away from the forty-niners and raiders. pre season game in our own kylen mills will have reaction from the head coaches. that's coming up. make this the summer you taught them what it means to serve. the summer of hauling happiness by the ton. and bringing home hardware by the handful. where traditions were passed down on the tailgate. and the only thing more powerful than the feeling was the truck that took you to it. make this the summer of ram. right now, get 0% apr financing, or well-qualified returning lessees can lease the 2021 ram 1500 for $309 a month. ♪ ♪ >> people on the outskirts of las

we are on lake pontchartrain. you can see we are already looking at a category 2 storm. 105 mile-per-hour winds moving northwest and 16 miles per hour. this storm system will go over very warm gulf water. so we expect rapid intensification to continue. in fact, by sunday afternoon it could be a category 4 storm. with 130 mile-per-hour winds and continuing to move up and on inland as we move on into monday afternoon, but slowing down. we do have right now storm surge forecasts up to 15 feet along the louisiana coast, and rainfall amounts, jose, upwards of 20 inches of rain and, of course, you know we'll continue to track this all night long. jose? >> al roker in new orleans. thank you. >>> now to the latest developments in afghanistan, and president biden's new warning that another isis attack to happen there as soon as tomorrow. we have the latest details. >> reporter: president joe biden warning that another terror attack in afghanistan is imminent. the president in a statement saturday echoing what warns given t

extreme wind warnings to the west side of lake pontchartrain. tornado watches all the way to destine and pensacola, the mississippi and alabama coast up to hattiesburg. timing this out, the next couple of hours, this has been a stubborn storm. the second lowest pressure to ever make landfall in louisiana, by the way. it will stay for only a bit. but go down to 3 and 2 as it passes baton rouge. getting into mississippi still as a hurricane tomorrow morning. look at that, you wake up monday morning, you are saying, wow, we're still dealing with hurricane ida in southwestern mississippi, with hattiesburg getting those outside winds. then it stays a depression, hard-hit tennessee getting flash flood watches now. flash flood potential up to pittsburgh. as it hits a stationary front. this is a storm we'll be talking about through the midweek and unfortunately throughout history. >> all right, ginger zee, you and the team stay safe. i know the wind gusts are very dangerous, so get back under cover. we do appreciate it. >>> and hospitals already full wi

that there could be up to five feet of storm surge this weekend on lake pontchartrain.includes mobile. now i want to take you to where if the hurricane -- it's a tropical storm right now. it will intensify. called ida and will clip western cuba and will get into the gulf of mexico where there are warm water temperatures that will supercharge it right toward the coast and the track taking it in as a cat 3 in the boot of louisiana sunday afternoon or evening. remember, there is a cone for a reason. this will narrow. we will be able to see exactly the track, tomorrow is a great day to focus that energy but right now is the time to prepare because you could see up to 11 feet of storm surge and up to 20 inches of rain. amy? >> not what they need. all right, ginger, thank you so much. >>> coming up, a lot more to see in beautiful greenland. looking forward to that. >>> we have two super teens about to take over "dancing with the stars." jojo siwa and suni lee from the olympics joining us live. >>> plus, we go back to atlanta. t.j. is there. getting ready for a big surprise fo

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 wind and rain not as bad where we are, but just due east, that eye of the storm, i guess is a tropical storm, moving north. in new orleans, not just is there no power, but that has also affected wa

>> i think draining part of lake pontchartrain was a necessity.ppen. what we were hearing is about the pumps in new orleans and a few of the pumps were not working. if they hadn't done that the levees could have overtopped. some levees overtopped in st. bernard parish. but the levee system worked and new orleans did not flood like hurricane katrina. >> dana: these people have a lot of cleaning up they have to do. thank you for all your efforts. we'll stay in touch as this continues. >> bill: colleen udell with the cajun navy. police department in new orleans now deploying anti-looting 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 are

of the storm on the western side of new orleans right now, so anywhere on the west side of lake pontchartrain very strong. when the winds go over the lake, they don't have the frictional component or the houses or the trees so the winds will be really strong, especially with that southerly wind coming in. the winds have come down a little bit. you will remember they were 82, 83 miles an hour. 71 at the lake front. we haven't seen incredible winds in baton rouge. we're at 44. with the winds passing to the east, i think hammond will have more winds. the winds with more potential will in the hammond area. the levees have protected the new orleans area. we're getting the heavy rain tonight. match winds 80 to 100 miles an hour, that should be just about over with. most of the damage has already occurred and there's the category 3, 120 miles an hour. once the winds begin to knocking down, we'll start to switch over to tracking all the flooding problem. >> all right. you're staying with me. thank you. >>> communities across louisiana are hunkering down as hurricane ida brings rain and heavy winds to

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in the one part of the city that is fairly high, and the mississippi river over there, and lake pontchartrainhat they are preparing for and there was a sense they avoided that with this particular storm, but these winds have been high. they have been devastating. i have been feeling them now for nine or ten hours. it was pretty intense. i came here overnight, when i got up -- i did not get up, i drove from houston and i have been up all night, and i was driving around new orleans watching people walking around and walking their dogs and jogging, and this morning it seemed normal, and tonight it's crazy. if they did not leave, they have been told they can't get help and now they don't have power. that's the situation right now in the city of new orleans, and we, as you can see from the maps you have been showing, we are not even in the direct path of this thing. this has been a much more devastating hurricane than people thought it was 12 hours ago, particularly in the city of new orleans. joshua? >> object lesson as to why evacuation orders are what they are, and the number of threats you cou

we are right along lake pontchartrain bracing for hurricane ida.he national hurricane center just said that preparations to protect life and property should be rushed to completion today for everyone in the warning area and that's exactly what we're seeing. residents now scrambling to prepare for the storm. we saw long stretches of cars lined up at gas stations in new orleans. others boarding up and bagging sand. city officials working ahead closing those levees, new orleans mayor telling residents it's time to shelter in place. and all of this in the middle of what doctors tell me has been their worst covid surge yet. in louisiana, with one of the highest covid-19 case rates per capita in the country, the numbers are so high hospitals will not be able to evacuate patients. the storm already forcing some testing and vaccine sites to shut down early. about 2,000 fema personnel have been deployed to the gulf coast and they have pre-positioned additional resources like food, water and generators, president biden has already been in touch with the gove

i saw a shot of lakeshore drive, there is a reporter i saw by lake pontchartrain on the lakefront and there is water coming out of the lake spilling onto the street. i noted the road we normally drive to cut over to meterie is flooded up to his knees. that makes me nervous about the storm surge and the wind you're talking about. >> you know new orleans so well and so you're absolutely right. and this is very early to be seeing that on pontchartrain. pontchartrain and mississippi river is what the levies protect new orleans from. if you're seeing water topple over that, that's not good news. what we're hoping is the levee systems hold which is what didn't happen in katrina. >> they've been fortified since then. all right, rick like mitt, thanks, rick -- like mitt, than. eric: heavy rain and flooding in new orleans, you'll remember the impact of hurricanes on that wonderful city, this exactly 16 years ago when hurricane katrina swept through. that flooding and the devastating winds killing about 1800 people. jeff paul now live, he's on the mississippi banks of the river, in river front

if that kids a little bit closer than orleans them worried about lake pontchartrain flooding floodingnew orleans, which is traditionally a bad place to get any type of storm like that. we're talking about a storm surge coming on with this system. maybe 7, maybe 11 feet high where the eye of that storm comes on shore. so a scary weekend. ahead this expected. come on shore on sunday morning. all right. back out west. we go we've hazy skies out there right now. looks like more of that on the way for us high pressure building overhead that clears out your skies, not going to be much in the way of fog and low cloud forced tomorrow morning. sea breeze kick in but fairly calm right now, just a light breeze out there. call nevada calm and of little calm in the congo right now. overall, though, the northerly winds will still kick in and that is going to bring the smoke back into our skies that means it's going to be hazy out there. so expect that hazy hot all around the bay area. triple digits inland 101 in concord, one o one of the more 91 in san jose about 77 downtown san francisco out over

so it laplace just south of interstate 10 baton rouge and new orleans and lake pontchartrain. >> anysly new orleans, they think of what they saw during katrina. we're awaiting daybreak, they want to know if that's what you're dealing with. do you have any sense of what you're dealing with? >> it's going to be very close to the same amount of damage. a little bit different type of damage. a lot more wind and things of that nature, i think. the flooding is there, just not quite on the same large scale area flooding. but the same effect of flooding as far as devastating waters in the areas that did get the flooding. but it's hard to say right fou. i'm not seeing anything and not being daybreak and no one really getting to assess damage yet. but, definitely does not look good for katrina comparison. >> jordy, look, as you all head out and start to survey the scene, we're going to be in touch. we want to know what you're seeing and understand the damage and what is facing new orleans and louisiana. we appreciate you joining us this morning. thank you so much. >> no problem. >> that's righ

so on one side of the bowl, you have lake pontchartrain. on the other side, you have the mississippi. when flooding gets in the middle of that bowl, it just shifts around and just stays there. it stays for a long time. the water doesn't have anywhere to get out. that's why so many people are leaving. hotels are forcing people to leave their hotels as they evacuate. everyone trying to get out of the city. wolf? >> be careful over there, nadia. we'll get back to you. nadia in new orleans for us. allison chinchar at the cnn weather center. much more coming up on hurricane ida, potentially a category 4 hurricane when it hits louisiana tomorrow. much more on that coming up. >>> we're also following other breaking news. this news out of afghanistan. right now, the u.s. military now says it has conducted a drone air strike against an isis-k militant who was believed to be planning attacks at the kabul airport. right now, at the airport, it is a truly desperate race against time to evacuate all americans with just three days before a self-imposed u

lake pontchartrain, 5 to 8 feet of storm surge, mouth of the mississippi river, 10 to 15 feet of storm's inundation. that's the maximum that we could see at any one of these points. that's water up your pant leg. that's an incredible amount of dangerous water. >> you were part of an award-winning team that made critical repairs to new orleans after hurricane katrina. is new orleans ready for this storm given what you just said? will the levees hold? >> that is what it's looking like now. i think there's some local levees that you have to be careful about. these are people that really need to get out of those areas. but the big part is the rainfall as well. it's not just the storm surge. even the improvements with the levees, if we keep back that water, look at the rainfall forecast here. we're talking 10 to 15 inches of rain, some places getting 20 inches of rain. in addition to these other hazards that i talked about, this is a very life-threatening situation. even with the rainfall, right along the center, our forecast, something similar to that, but that center and right side puts n

hurricane went kind of to the north and then the winds swung around and pushed all that water from lake pontchartrain into those areas. this was a category 4, almost a 5, and while -- it's almost apples to oranges. on the face of it, it doesn't look so bad here in new orleans, you go to the south and to the west, and it's a lot worse. there you've got not just power failures, but there are some levee overtoppings, there are failures of water systems, sewage systems. so for those folks, this is far worse than katrina, and in fact a number of people, our colleagues like matt brock and -- sam brock and morgan mess chesky said when they've talked to law enforcement and first responders, they said it's the worst they've ever seen. so while katrina was a benchmark for a lot of folks, i have a feeling when all is said and done, ida is going to be really a devastating storm. and when you think about it, louisiana now is the first state to have back-to-back category 4 hurricanes within a year. they had -- i'm forgetting the name of the storm now just a year ago, the "l" storm, and now this one. and so it's ju

he's on the the west end of lake pontchartrain. he winds shift out of the southeasterly direction, to a southwesterly direction, it will start taking and pushing all of the water that is in the lake and it begins to stack up on our side, our end of the lake and we'll see another rise in water again. we think this afternoon. >> wow, that is good to keep in mind. folks might think that the danger is passed, but you're saying it could get worse once again. i wonder, with power lines down, as well as a lot of cell towers down and so on, how are you finding people? how are you getting in touch with people? or are you just out there looking? >> sporadically people have been able to get through on the the 911 system. that is been up and down all evening and into this morning. i've been receive texts quite a bit. but i find that i can't respond. i'll get a phone call and i could hear a voice but when i speak, they can't hear me. so our service is very sporadic right now. we've had some people that walked out of these neighborhoods that wade

hurricane ida that were still kind of hanging around were going to shift some of the tides of lake pontchartrain don't know, at this moment, whether that actually happened. but slidell was very hard hit by some flooding and what we saw today, it was nearly waist deep in flooding. we could not transmit from there because there were no signals available. so we had to shoot our video and then leave. then, we caught up to some people at a very, very long line for gasoline in st. bernard parish. not too far from downtown new orleans. these people were waiting in line for two hours, three hours, per person. we talked to a lot of them. they were desperate for gas. some of them needed it for their vehicle. some of them needed it for their generators at home. um, the owner of the gas station told us that he had started the day with 5,000 gallons. by the time we left him at about 7:00 p.m., he was down to about 2,800. he thought he was going to run out of gas tonight but he had spoken to a refinery. he was hoping to get another delivery of gas by tomorrow. but you can see from these lines in the video tha

now, i have to tell you that i'm concerned about the pictures that i saw from lake pontchartrain outer the stairs there. there's some stairs that we used to sit on -- well, i didn't fish, but my daddy would fish. you can't even see those stairs right now, that's how high lake ponte chair train is. you know, listen, guys, we are going to be watching and reporting on this throughout the evening, and we are praying for the people of louisiana, mississippi, alabama, tennessee, whoever is in the path of ida. and, you know, we just want to stick together as americans, and we are also, of course, thinking about our troops over there in afghanistan in harm's way. so that's it from husband here -- eric: absolutely. arthel: thank you for joining us. eric, thank you. eric: thank you, arthel. arthel: yeah. thanks, everybody. ♪ ♪ >> hello, everyone. i'm jackie deangelis along with joey jones, lara trump, leo terrell, and welcome to the "the big sunday show is." first, hurricane ida slamming louisiana. the hurricane hit with a 17-mile-wide eye, 16-foot storm surges forecasted. >> we're praying for

different from a lot of other areas because new orleans biggest problem is below sea level it has lake pontchartrainsissippi river. it floods easily. there have been billions of dollars spent since katrina, since 16 years ago today. 64 or $74 billion spent on pumps and levees and making the levees higher and things like that. but it's not all done. as you just heard from the gentleman, there are things they have been studying and trying to do and some won't get done until 2024. if the storm is big, if the storm surge is big, if the flooding is high, it could over top some levees. some are designed. i mean, this is a lot in the weeds engineering, but a lot of them are designed protects the area that's are most vulnerable and overtops into other areas. so new orleans is not safe, regardless of the fact that the storm moved a little westward, this storm is -- this place is going to be hit by a lot of water and that is what the problem is. we've been saying that for years. water is the risk in hurricanes. i will say, and bill karins can confirm this in the weather folks, when you have wind of 125 miles

quickly as its away from the swampy water and over the land to the west of new orleans and lake pontchartrain. the back side of the storm is starting to fall apart, but all of these feeder bands in the east will be a huge issue. the winds are going to start to come down. new orleans, you had your peak winds. they were in the 80-mile-per-hour range for most indicates. one news station they had a gust over 100. right now, they're in the 50 to 70-mile-per-hour range. there's 750,000 people in louisiana right now without power. population of louisiana is about 4.5 million. so roughly 1 out of every 5 people in the state doesn't have power, and almost all of them are in new orleans and southeastern portions of the state. we'll get additional power outages tonight from hammond to baton rouge. this is where the strongest winds will be remaining. as far as the strongest gusts, at landfall, what a beast of a storm this was. you will see a lot of destruction of even well built structures with 140 to 150-mile-per-hour gusts in grand isle, and in new orleans, that 87 was at the airport. we still have the

that's what pushed all the water from lake pontchartrain into the city. i had a chance to speak with someone named charles washington who lives in the lower ninth ward. his house was flooded 16 years ago. he said he has faith in the new system. sorry, we're getting some crazy sounds. want to make sure we're okay. i'm going to move in a little bit. yeah, anyway, he was telling me he showed us the marking on his house in katrina where his house was flooded, where the water level is. he says he has faith in the system and he's praying to god. he wasn't able to evacuate. a lot of people just ran out of time. it's not that they were irresponsible. it's not that they didn't have the means, though that did happen. there's always people around new orleans who don't have the means to evacuate, but the storm got so big so quick that even the mayor said she couldn't order a mandatory evacuation for the city because it would have made the traffic even worse. i have an uncle who lives here who is trying to get to mobile, alabama, 2 1/2-hour drive, it took him nine hou

we are along lake pontchartrain. rob just mentioned it. today is the last day to make sure that you have your hurricane plan in place and the time something definitely eerie. tomorrow marks 16 years to the day hurricane katrina made landfall. this morning, hurricane ida gaining strength barreling through the gulf towards louisiana expected to rapidly intensify into a category 4. residents are desperately preparing. overnight, long stretches of cars seen lined up at this gas station in new orleans. others boarding up and bagging sand. >> i've come pretty close to getting sand in my house several times. so you have to do what you have to do to protect your property. >> reporter: city officials closing the levees and the new orleans mayor saying it's time to shelter in place. >> we are not calling for a mandatory evacuation because the time simply is not on our side. we do not want to have people on the road and therefore in greater danger because of the lack of time. >> reporter: in louisiana, with one of the highest covid-19 case rates per

even at lake pontchartrain, it accumulates 4 to 7 feet, so any one of these areas, you've got to listen ready for the water. storm surge is the leading cause of fatalities in these systems and we need to be ready. >> it was henri last weekend and now we've got ida through the gulf coast this weekend. thank you for keeping us abreast of all the details and important information. >>> meantime, thousands of people are making their voices heard about making their voices heard at the ballot box. we're going to take you to one of several rallies next. (naj) at fisher investments, our clients know we have their backs. (other money manager) how do your clients know that? (naj) because as a fiduciary, it's our responsibility to always put clients first. (other money manager) so you do it because you have to? (naj) no, we do it because it's the right thing to do. we help clients enjoy a comfortable retirement. (other money manager) sounds like a big responsibility. (naj) one that we don't take lightly. it's why our fees are structured so we do better when our clients do better. fisher investments

levy system, residents here tell me was that created a backup of water flow especially from lake pontchartrainme they have flooded to this level twice, once in 2012 and again with hurricane ida. back to you. >> it's just a tragedy there for all of the people concerned. thank you very much. with the u.s. military now gone and no diplomatic presence remaining in afghanistan, what is going to happen to the tens of thousands of afghan allies and others under taliban rule who have been left behind? i was just talking about that r leon panetta. he says it's a sacred obligation to do something to get them out and joining me now is "new york times "michael crowley and chief correspondent ayman nowaz. they hosted just within the hour of the final departure day on the tarmac, the ambassador, the flag, the corps of consular officials who have done so much to try to get both. they got out and i know the white house is frustrated and not focusing on the 100,000 that did get out and those this left behind were either on the siv list and denied, even though they're veterans buddies said there's no reason. he

you're going to see flooding rain across lake pontchartrain and even the mississippi river. 10 to 15 feet storm surge, 10 feet is a one story building. on average 15 feet is a two story home so this will be extensive damage from more dan city all the way into the biloxi area. this storm system, lindsay and aaron, is just beginning. >> janessa, thank you for starting us off with that. >>> more breaking news in afghanistan. the u.s. carrying out a drone strike against isis-k in response to thursday's deadly bombing at the kabul airport. now u.s. officials say the target was a member of the militant group thought to be involved in planning future attacks against the u.s. forces there. president biden had vowed to retaliate in the aftermath of the suicide bombing that killed 13 u.s. service members and more than 150 afghans. >> this morning we're learning more about those americans killed in the line of duty. you can see, i believe we have nine of them right there on your screen. their friends and their fellow troops are still on the ground in afghanistan trying to get the remaining amer

the problem that i have with this, this is the bands making their way across lake pontchartrain.ould see some torrential rain that they don't need. so the storm surge is definitely going to be up. and we'll watch some high tide that will make its way in later on tomorrow morning. so you can see the front end, now we're dealing with a cat 2 hurricane. it is starting to lose its force a little bit. what happens here is the pressure starts to go up and then the wind speeds, they start to go down. so new orleans, still seeing some isolated wind going through that area. 90 miles per hour at the ampt. that's probably the gustiest we've seen. reserve parish, 72 miles per hour. now baton rouge, it's really starting to pick up, 52-mile-per-hour winds. that's the heaviest we've seen so far. so this storm system making its way north and east. now, the i have currently about eight states that are dealing with these impacts. this is a very large system, so we're just actually getting started. sustained winds of 105 miles per hour. there is that west-northeast-west movement of 9 miles per hour

people made in la plaz, again, about 30 miles or so from new orleans on the western edge of lake pontchartrain, 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

lake pontchartrain was the problem during katrina 16 years ago yesterday with that lake filled out and nowhere for water to go. the levee system didn't drain the water out as planned. it does not appear yet, however we shall wait throughout the rest of the day to see whether or not the levee system held this time. right now it seems to be okay. >> dana: we'll keep you updated. president biden was getting briefed on the storm along with afghanistan. yesterday the president was at dover air force base for the transfer of 13 service members killed in thursday's kabul terrorist bombing. overnight the u.s. missile defense system intercepted five rockets fired at the kabul airport. in casualties reported there. fox team coverage with peter doocy at the white house. let's go to lucas tomlinson at the pentagon and hear from pentagon leadership in about 90 minutes. >> that's right. u.s. forces continue to be attacked at the kabul air fort. five rockets intercepted one day before the august 31 deadline. the blame game over who lost afghanistan has begun. here is sullivan blaming the generals for

know for example that the northshore area is going to get pounded a little later, north of lake pontchartrain up through livingston to st. tammany parish and the rain and wind is going to be huge and could be those 20, 24 inches that were advertised in those areas. the heaviest rainfall is along the track off to the east but i will tell you, nobody is out of the woods in southeast louisiana yet and we'll be dealing with this hurricane until sometime well after midnight. >> and we should note again remind our viewers this is all happening on the 16th anniversary of hurricane katrina. tragic reminder of how often your state deals with these kinds of natural disasters. what is your message to the people of louisiana right now? >> first of all, in many respects, we're a different state, stronger and better prepared. there are $14 billion invested in the protection system around orleans, jefferson parish and elsewhere and you can see the lights are flickering here. but we're better prepared now in terms of that protection system but when you have mother nature throw at you a storm this strong with

i think we're going to see a preview of what al had in the distance from now and lake pontchartrain we waves picking up. to further michelle's point, whether it ends up at 155 miles per hour or 157 pushing ida into category 5 status, a 155 mile category 4 storm is 333 times more destructive than a cat-1 at 75 miles an hour. we are looking at potentially historic levels of damage right now, jonathan. just to give you some more historical context to all this, there have only been four cases in history where cat-5 has made landfall in the continental united states. 2017 was the last time. folks remember hurricane michael. the rarified storm is sitting on our doorstep with the gulf of mexico providing jet fuel for propelling it into the coast of louisiana. and where it lands is so important because at this point the storm is also widening its footprint as well. hurricane-strength winds, jonathan, are now 15 miles extended from the core of ida. which is to say it may clip new orleans. it would encompass baton rouge. when you talk about the wind speeds you're starting to look at potential in

stations that surround the city, move the water from the canals into the mississippi river or lake pontchartrain. there are new pumps in some areas as well and that's keeping the water out of the bowl that is new orleans below sea level. >> jay gray reporting for us from the french quarter. let's turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins. good morning, the storm is downgraded now to a tropical storm. we saw winds yesterday morning bumping up against category 5 speed, 150 miles an hour sustained winds. what are you seeing now? where is this path headed? >> good morning. it's incredible to think yesterday we had 150 mile per hour, category 4 hurricane make landfall, it was a category 4 for eight hours, it didn't get downgraded to a 2 until it was due west of new orleans. some storm chasers were able to get some video before sunset but we haven't seen the damage yet. some of the flooding pictures that we haven't seen, the storm surge because we haven't been able to get in those areas. those pictures will come and we'll show you those during the day today. we'll deal with the flash flooding and rainfall

areas across lake born, the lake that feeds into lake pontchartrain, the one held by a levee in towards from new orleans. new orleans is in a bowl. all the rain they need to pump out of the system. parts of louisiana, mississippi, 15 to 20 inches of rain. we'll see flooding across parts of mississippi, western tennessee as well. but in the short term new orleans are in the cross-hairs. definitely the flooding, certainly hurricane force winds, possibly tornadoes. that is where our madeleine rivera who is live right there now. what are you seeing? reporter: hey, good morning, rick. yes we've had rain on and off all morning but it is the wind gusts that are really starting to pick up. as you can see i'm struggling here to hold my hat down to my head. we got a wind advisory on our phones not too long ago said we could see 115 mile-an-hour, to 150 mile-an-hour winds. i to want to give you a look at the scene right over here. this is canal street. as you know this is a very busy street. there were some people, there are some people still here but for the most part it is pretty empty. you can

backside that pushed all the water from pontchartrain ambassador levies it's not that katrina caused it but the levee failure from just the wind coming across lakerain and that is what broke down the levies and ultimately poured all of that water into new orleans. because that's with a population was with so many fatalities, then media energy went to new orleans around katrina but the truth is that was because of the levee failure not the hurricane the hurricane did all of its damage across the mississippi coastline. after that they spend all of that money $14 billion to shore up the levies and now this is the first really big test and so far it certainly appears that all of that work has paid off. >> let's hope it stays that way. we appreciate you explaining that. that has been the biggest comparison the past couple of days. thank you for being up early with us this morning. and a painful memory as making landfall 16 years ago. >> someone of the things i could tell you with the levee system so what it is the absence of bad news specific to new orleans? and whether the levee system and that redundancy held up. but outside of the new orleans leve

but in that case but that counterclockwise motion pushed all of the water across lake pontchartrain andack towards new orleans. and the levees were not sure that and that levee failure is what then allowed all the water in lake punch a train to drain because the levees have failed you cannot get the water out of their. >> detrimental. things for being with us this morning we appreciate it. now we go to make tobin who has been on the ground all night. the rain is all but gone after he watched hours and hours and sheets of rain coming through new orleans. we are getting the first reports of damage done . quite serious. plaquemines parish we have information one of the levee walls or a floodgate i should say run alongside the mississippi river has failed resulting in flash flooding causing emergency evacuation despite the conditions despite telling people to get out of that area. that is outside of the levee system of new orleans. so the floodgate was very serious water is rushing up highway 23 are also earlier in the evening we had some information that water had overtopped the levee. so