southwest mississippi should the need arise. after evaluating the storm, as it was making landfall, and looking at the conditions in south mississippi, talking to local law enforcement there, sheriff's office and police chiefs and mayors and reaching out to sheriff throughout southwest mississippi, it was determined that for the immediate needs today, that our efforts should be focused toward southwest mississippi. the situation there from a law enforcement standpoint seems to be in a very good lace -- place. we will refocus efforts along the coast, as we know in the coming days there will be a number of travelers coming back to louisiana, intending to come back to louisiana along i 10, so we will have troopers along the interstate to assist them on their return. i can tell you that are homeland security alone, with other agencies, did a number of swift water rescues. highway patrol's dive team also did, as well. and were able to save various families, which we were very proud of. having grown up on the mississippi gulf coast, i

he became field secretary for the naacp in mississippi and he roamed the state of mississippi, put about 40,000 miles a year on his oldsmobile. and so he went to naacp branches, tried to recruit members. he got involved in voting rights. he was involved in the protests and sit-ins that took place in downtown jackson. he wasn't involved in the sit-in but he was involved in the organization of students. we have one of them here with us tonight, joan trompauer is with us tonight. [ applause ] mike is here who wrote a book about that, glad to have you all here. [ applause ] it's kind of that iconic photo, if you've ever seen it, the most violent response to a sit-in in the united states during the early '60s. and so medgar, on the same night that president kennedy told the nation that the grandsons of slaves were still not free, medgar evers came home that night just after midnight and was shot in the back in his driveway. and his wife, children, heard the shot, ran outside, and saw his blood, screamed. and he was pronounced dead within an hour or so. 26 years later, i'm standing with his as

today also in mississippi, ellison barber went to ocean springs, mississippi. vaguely near gulfport, on the gulf coast. went there to try to understand what this kind of situation in mississippi means on the units. what it means for doctors and nurses in mississippi right now, who are in the midst of what is a national level crisis. trying to hold back this tidal wave of new very sick patients, as the state exhausts its resources. part of what ellison heard was that the fact that so many young people are getting so much sicker now is driving a lot of how hard this is on doctors and nurses. here's the director of critical care at singing river health in ocean springs, mississippi. >> there are often family members who want to talk to us one of the most difficult things is discussing end of life, and worsening status with family members of these young patients. so whereas before, we were talking to children of these elderly people who were often prepared in their minds for their eventual demise. now we're talking to parents. we're talking to young spouses. and th

, down by gulfport mississippi. he went on in the interview to say that one of the challenges that they are growing into now is nurses who are working so hard and working double time, triple time, nurses finding that ultimately they cannot keep working in the icu, they can't take it anymore under the circumstances, in part because of the frustration as he put it, that almost all of the suffering could be prevented if people just got vaccinated. frustration over that is driving nurses to leave critical care, at this critical time also with these increasing numbers of sick people, they are just exhausted and can't go on. >> we have a solution by getting the vaccine and wearing our masks and doing what we need to do. we're tired. nurses are so tired. it's getting to the point where we need help. we've been helping as much as we can and we need help from our community. i respect everybody's choice to get vaccinated or not but when it comes down to it it's just gonna continue to get worse. and it's gonna get to a point w

in the great state of mississippi. local officials today in mississippi expressed gratitude for the team of federal doctors and nurses and pharmacists and other medical personnel that have been deployed from the federal government as disaster-response personnel. basically, to try to save the collapsing-hospital system in the state of mississippi. >> our icus, today, are full. our patient beds are full. so, you know, we continue to be in that situation where the bed -- um -- the bed capacity is extremely tight. we do not believe that we're at a point where we've hit the peak or we're turning the corner. in fact, we think, you know, we are still on that upward climb. so, working with the department of health, with the governor's office, we made a request for these federal resources. and just learned, earlier-this week, that, in fact, we would get the team. they have arrived. they are assembling. and we are eager to start, tomorrow, actually having patient care provided here in this facility. we are -- um -- very thankful

will get back to regular weather in mississippi. the state has the budget in the monetary ability to handle anything that we see in the future for covid. every emergency starts local with local managers and hospitals and people that respond. if it overwhelms them, he comes to the state. if i did not have the assets and could not get it from the department of health or another entity, the plan has been ridden ended and it's always been there that we defer to the federal government and they starts outsourcing outside of the state to bring the zen. we mobilize the medical units or the mississippi national guard. those members are working in the hospital. we will trade one nurse at one location to another at another location. i didn't gain anything. we take everything into consideration. we have a good plan going forward. very confident in where we are headed and that is all i had to report on. any questions? gov. reeves: if you would just wait a second, that would be great. look, the reality is dr. dobbs, director mccranie, and their e

mississippi is maybe the only place on earth i did not feel gas lift. the divide between the reality of it and the dream of it. mississippi as is clean as the train tracks, still divide one half of any delta town from another. the academy and the defendant public counterpart. mississippi is the only place a white person has called me a negative or to my face without fear or trepidation. not out of a speeding car but in shared space. neither of us planning to leave the room before or after the exchange. mississippi is the reason the man brandishing the capitol on january 6 there's not any history maker. or refuse that superlative for many reasons. the beyond anything else the magnolia state made sure that was every day in the capitol. finally did the right thing and voted the confederate flag off their state flag. the best part of mississippi is the delta. do not delta means? change. mississippi filled me with wonder there's no way to hide from either side of it. they stare systemic iniquity the ridiculous weather, the living things consume me if i see y

there was the recent opening of the mississippi civil rights museum. so actually acknowledging what happened and trying to celebrate and amplify it in some sort of way is something that we've seen happen a lot of these southern states, but part of the redemption and the reconciliation is because there have been actual convictions. >> yes. >> because of the work that you've done. so can you talk about how you feel about how your work fits into the legacy of the history of mississippi. >> i think what's important is the first thing, before you have reconciliation you have to have truth. you have to have truth. i think it's been part of the problem that the truth hasn't been told. i mean, how many students learned about this in school and i think that's one of the reasons i do this on my facebook page and twitter pages because every day when i post these things i'm kind of amazed by how many people both black and white say i never knew this. so it's history as i always put it, it's not just black history, this is american history and i'm amazed by how it'

so, please, all you folks in mississippi and -- in louisiana, mississippi, and, god knows, maybe even further east, take precautions. listen. take it seriously -- really, very seriously. and, you know, the whole of government effort is ready to get to work. i can't think of any time where the federal, state, and local folks have worked together more closely and in advance of an obvious significant natural disaster. and folks, we -- we're going to be here. we're going to be here to help the gulf coast region get back on its feet as quickly as possible, as long as it takes -- as long as it takes. so, thank you, and may god protect those in the path of the storm. and god willing, we'll get through this sooner than later. but don't kid yourself, this is going to take a lot of resources, a little bit of luck, and as my grandfather would say, the grace of god and the goodwill of the neighbors. and by the way, look out for your neighbors. if you're in the region, look out for your neighbors. so, thank you very much, and thank you, commissioner. i really think it all works. i'm not -- i'm not

ideas impact felt in mississippi let's bring in the emergency management agency director in hancock mississippiir? >> a lot of storm surge, flooding in low-lying areas, power outages, and starting to get heavy rain. >> what was the evacuation? >> of all the low-lying areas and then people evacuating. jon: people are taking storms more seriously since katrina. would you agree? >> yes sir. absolutely. jon: that changed a lot of people's minds. some say i have been through hurricanes before i will ride this out. have you heard reports like that in your area quick. >> not at this time. i'm sure we did but we have not heard of anybody so far. we have had no rescue so that is a good sign. jon: what is the biggest challenge? wind or water quick. >> we started with more wind than expected but the water is a great challenge. jon: the storm surge as well as 15 or 20 inches of rain quick. >> yes sir. jon: we are already looking at footage of places where people left their cars in the parking lot in biloxi and that car appears to be stranded there will be a lot of that in the days and weeks ahead just a lo

the people of louisiana and mississippi are resilient. we can see the power of government and respond to the needs of the people if government is prepared and if they respond. that is her job, work together, if folks get knocked down we are there to help you get back on your feet. the most important element is coordinating all branches of government, state, local and federal. that is what we are trying to do -- were trying to do before this working hit. we are going to stand with you and the people of the both, as long as it takes for you to recover. i'm going to turn this over to john bell, governor edwards of louisiana. give us your assessment of what you have and are seeing out there? tell me what you're hearing and anything you need that we have not gotten to you? >> thank you, mr. president. you could not have picked a better person -- we look forward to working with him. let me thank you for signing our request for pre-lim for request for a declaration. hurricane ida came on shore with everything advertised. the surge, the rain, the

mississippi is trying to help our neighbor. we are sending resources, some of our national guard some of the supplies we had positioned thinking they would be needed, to louisiana as we help them try to rebuild from the damage they had from hurricane ida, which was more severe than in mississippi. host: what are you expecting in terms of assistance from the federal government after the storm? guest: there has already been a disaster declared, so fema will be able to reimburse counties for the cleanup effort as we talk about debris removal, trees , those sorts of things that are down. counties will and have crews out there clearing the roads, so that would be probably a large part. there were a handful of shelters open during the storm and the federal government will help reimburse shelter costs and expenses. mississippi was spared the brunt of the storm. today i'm meeting with my mayors, county supervisors, sheriff's to make sure they have everything they need. if there are any specific needs met we will try to coordinate with

for a time, ida caused the mississippi river to change direction. some parks -- something sir still dealing with flash flooding. there are roads that are impassable due to debris and downed power lines. we need people to shelter-in-place if it is safe for them to do so. for those who have lost their homes, states working with the american red cross have already opened 50 shelters in affected areas. we have begun search-and-rescue efforts and we have folks out there who need assistance and we are doing the best we can. more than 5000 members of the national guard have been activated from louisiana, mississippi, alabama and texas to support search and rescue and recovery efforts. literally millions of -- and liters of water are pre-positioned as well as other resources in the immediate area. we deployed more than 200 generators and we already moved in ahead of time. the administrator and her team at fema is working on getting more of those into the area. we are in close contact with local providers to see what they need. the private pirate -- the priv

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please, all you folks in mississippi and louisiana, mississippi and god knows, maybe even furtherese, take preindications. listen, make iters isly. >> over the next hour we will bring you the latest on hurricane ida along with the costs, of course, the political impact of hurricane ida as the president has to contend with extreme weather at home and continued chaos in afghanistan after a week of violence ahead of tuesday's withdrawal. all that on "politics nation." with me tonight for the hour is msnbc's richard lui. first, we go live to new orleans, where msnbc's ali velshi stands by. the latest on hurricane ida's landfall and immediate effects. ali, what are you seeing? >> reverend, it is windy. it is rainy. there has been a lot of damage. we have about a quarter million people just in new orleans without power right now, let alone the people west of here, baton rouge, houma, port fourchon, places like that, plaque win parish that have been without power for hours and are getting the harder part of the storm. i am in new orleans. lake ponchartrain over here, the mississippi river ov

nbc's shaquille brewster joins us now from gulfport, mississippi. again early this morning after braving the storm yesterday. what's it like right now where you are? >> reporter: you see some of the wind, some of the rain that is continuing to happen here as the storm makes its way through the country. you know, one thing that we noticed yesterday is just how quickly conditions can, there ws over the course of the day where there would be sun breaking through the clouds, and there wouldn't be much rain and wouldn't be much wind. then 20 or 30 minutes later, you have wind going horizontal -- or rain going horizontally being carried by the wind. gusts up to 60 miles an hour in this area. then there's also the concern of the storm surge. so not only do you have the idea of the wind picking up debris or causing tree limbs to go down, there's also the flooding concern that you're seeing i'll tell you we're right along highway 90, which is right along the coast here some of the road is already essentially washed up. it's impassable in some areas. that's t

shaquille brewster in gulfport, mississippi. let's start with ali velshi, who is standing right in the middle of everything. as i was watching the reporting over the last couple hours in new orleans, you were noting that the power was going out in your location. it comes and goes. looks like also maybe wind and rain has gone down a little bit, too. >> yeah. yeah, in fact, an hour ago when bill karins was saying he thought he saw a gust at new orleans airport of 95 miles per hour and he thought i might be getting about 75-mile-per-hour winds, things have changed dramatically. the rain is generally speaking falling straight down right now. winds are lower. i will say there's pooling of water, which wouldn't be a big deal in a hurricane under normal circumstances. it's always a concern in new orleans because this is a city that is below sea level. but they have invested $16 billion since this very day 16 years ago when katrina hit to avoid floding. we're a little more conscious of water pooling in the streets. it does not seem floo

so please, all you folks in mississippi and louisiana, mississippi and god knows, maybe even further east, take precautions. listen. take it seriously. really, very seriously. and you know, the whole of government effort is ready to get to work. i can't think of any time where the federal, state, and local folks have worked together more closely, and in advance of an obvious significant natural disaster. folks, we're -- we're going to be here. we're going to be here to help the gulf region get back on its feet as quickly as possible as long as it takes. as long as it takes. thank you. and may god protect those in the path of the storm and god willing, we'll get through this sooner than later. don't kid yourself. this is going to take a lot of resources, a little bit of luck, and my grandfather would say, the grace of god and the good will of the neighbors. and by the way, look out for your neighbors if you're in the region. thank you very much, and thank you, commissioner. i really -- i'm not supposed to take any questions, but go ahead. >> mr. president, on afghanistan -- >> i'm not

not enough in mississippi.oday mississippi health officials held a press conference to announce a second field hospital being opened in a second parking garage at the university of mississippi medical center. one of the doctors at the press conference today, dr. alan jones, said last week that the state was on the brink of the state's hospital system failing. a reporter today asked him to give an update on that, to let people know if that was still the case. this is what he said. >> in the systems of care right now, there are across the state makeshift icus. icu patients in hallways, icu patients being held in e.r.s, med-surge patients on high flow oxygen and more invasive devices that are in nontraditional areas that they should be. look, in terms of the state of the hospital system, we're standing in a garage with field hospitals. i think that speaks for itself. i mean health care in mississippi is not good right now in terms of what we can do just from -- just from the standpoint of being able to care for th

here's biloxi, mississippi the biloxi sun harold, from page today. nearly 8000 new virus cases today, part of an viral new spread on the gulf coast. here's the opelika-auburn news in alabama. in auburn alabama. only two icu rooms, in the state of alabama are unoccupied. here's the front page today in rome, georgia. the beaumont, texas rome news tribune. >> room scares for covid-19 patients. as covid cases rise, the influx of patients is stressing local hospitals. here in the left pride of your screen is beaumont texas. covid stretching the hospitals. mourners is needed. on the right side here screen, that's waco, texas, virus deaths and hospitalizations grow. look at this from melbourne florida today, the newspaper florida today. very dramatic front page from them today. it says we are on the precipice. that's their front page. look at that. our hospitals are overrun with covid patients. again that's melbourne, florida today. if you know, this i wanted to show you not the articles, but the whole front page of what they look like, because as big as th

repeated flooding on the mississippi river. the south is a predominately minority population and faces unique economic challenges which are made worse by the recurrence of flooding. this region is flooded in eight out of the last 10 years and most recently this year with nearly 300,000 acres inundated. flooding was worse in 2019 with over half a million acres under water for months. water over top roads closed three highways cat many residents are from leaving their homes 32 and 31,000 acres of cropland were flooded destroying livelihoods in a region where a group culture is the main income driver and wildlife was forced to flee to higher ground pick 686 acres were destroyed and two people were tragically killed. according to one study from mississippi state university the 2019 backwater floods resulted in residents with $2000 in a pocket expenses. q. in you imagine people refusing to build levees around the property to keep the floodwaters from encroaching. these are cost of many residents cannot afford. roughly one third of t

now to shack brewster from gulf port mississippi. shaq, i think i see a little bit of sunshine behind you? but still lots of wind. am i wrong? i can't see you, you are in a smaller box there on the screen. >> you are exactly right. we go from periods where you have the sun, then the winds, then the rain. you are confused about what is happening and the real intensity of this storm. 20 minutes ago you heard the roar this storm where the wind was whipping the rain pretty much horizontally. you saw, despite that cars driving around, peeking around. in a couple of seconds here you might see this car of people just looking out taking pictures and spectaing to see exactly what is happening. that is what officials are trying to avoid as best as they can. there have been police cars going up and down the shore here to enforce the curfew that has been in effect since 8:00 a.m. this morning. officials knew the effect of the rain that was coming, the impact of the wind. of course there is still a threat of not only the tornadoes but the storm s

there is a lot of rain in northeastern mississippi, near tupelo. also look at that heavy band up by nashville. the potential for flooding is certainly there in tennessee, and by the afternoon on tuesday, it's from nashville east heading toward knoxville and then will move into the mid-atlantic as we look at the forecast from the hurricane center down to a tropical storm by 7:00 a.m. down to a tropical depression by this evening. and then the storm makes its way into the mid-atlantic. look at all that rain that you are seeing there and the potential total six inches of rain not just in mississippi but into nashville and then also into d.c., philadelphia, places that have been water logged with the last several tropical systems. unfortunately we are looking at more rain and the potential for more flooding even as you get well away from where that storm made landfall. anne-marie? >> all right. thank you. >>> ahead on "cbs this morning," we will talk with fema administrator deanne criswell on where the worst damage is right now, the search and rescue e

now it's making its way into mississippi. we're watching the severe weather threat now the national hurricane center, you can see the latest forecast i do think this turns into a tropical storm for early-morning hours. but that's not the issue the category with this one does not matter it's the torrential rain it's the moisture content of this storm system that now going to go through the tennessee valley and if you are across the northeast by late week, we are going to be dealing with ida's rain also these feeder bands are starting to make their way into central mississippi. we have a wide area of power outages across this area into hattiesburg and biloxi as well they are making their way across i-10 now we're going to be dealing with major flooding on the roadways also alabama you're starting to get in on the mix and the florida panhandle where severe weather will continue to be a threat hurricane warnings are still in place across southeast louisiana, but now it's the tropical storm warnings. i'm really concerned they will

it's kept rain in the southern areas of mississippi and in through alabama. exclusively the rule of thumb is the winds have to be above 40, 45 miles an hour to get a power outage. macomb, hattiesburg, you could see that. the winds are still barreling high enough. we've had a couple of tornado warnings lately in southern portions of mississippi. if any tornados spin up, those could cause considerable damage and power outages. the heavy rain zone pushing into central mississippi and into areas of alabama. as far as the max wind gusts, there was that landfall on the ship, 172-mile-per-hour wind gusts. the highest in new orleans, 87 miles per hour at the airport. by landfall when the contin hels get up there, there will be extreme wind damage to a lot of structures, roofs torn off. it will look like tornadoes went through those arias. more toward new orleans, it's going to look more like peripheral damage, awnings, some roof damage, but you won't see completely devastated structure. the tornado warnings will go on throughout the day, biloxi, mobile, and pensacola

the center is now about 25 miles southwest of jackson, mississippi. they haven't seen the center move through. now look for mississippi to possibly have more power outages as the thunderstorms can create still some problems not only with the flooding but the tornadoes. this is going to be slow in the pace for another several hours here. so we have to really start to see it kick up in the speed by later on tonight. that will help but they're looking at heavy rain there as well. >> and there's still so much we don't know about what happened overnight and this morning. the rescues are just getting underway. tom, thank you for keeping track of where the storm is. let's turn to todd tarell. you are in denim springs, louisiana, east of baton rouge. you have teams all across the region. where is the situation most dire right now? >> houma, louisiana and la place. there's a ton of debris down everywhere, houses just smashed up. a lot of people hunker down in the houses since last night. they're just getting pulled out of the houses today. la place is a floodi

isolated tornadoes are possible in mississippi and even alabama. as far at the path goes, we take it tonight, drop it down to a tropical storm. by 1:00 p.m. tomorrow afternoon, near jackson, mississippi, that will probably be the end of it as a tropical system, then it will begin to be called an extra tropical system, kind of lake a regular storm, and then a big old rain maker all the way through southern new england come thursday afternoon. won't be a big wind event, but the flooding will be the issue. a high risk of flash flooding tonight in areas near new orleans. tomorrow, we're still going to watch the heavy rain. you have to remember, we had some significant flooding in the last couple weeks in areas of tennessee and we'll get a lot of rain there. flood watches up to nashville. 14 million people included in this. widespread, 3 to 5 inches of rainfall all the way up here to nashville, and eventually through kentucky, and remember, only a week ago that we had a tropical storm dump a ton of rain in southern new england. we even could get hit the

it is challenging in mississippi to mandate things. at the governor level, it is challenging because people have a lot of strong opinions on both sides of that issue. so he is in a very -- he is in a pickle. he is in a very tight spot. we are doing what we can do here at the medical center. we announced a couple of weeks ago that until the vaccine is approved and completely out from under the eua, that we have a phased-in approach requiring our employees and students are vaccinated or wearing n95 masks. once the vaccine is out from under the eua and fully approved from the fda, then we will require it just like we do with a lot of other vaccinations. but it is tough. it is a tough sell in this state. >> you know, normally people also have a really strong feeling about staying alive, right, and keeping their kids alive. i honestly -- and i don't mean to say that to be facetious. i cannot understand these sort of vehemence and rage around being told just do this thing to keep yourself safe, wear a mask or get vaccinated. at least wear a

. >> we're going to go live to mississippi. first let's go right to meteorologist bill karins for the very latest forecast. bill. >> yeah, good morning. with every storm, there's kind of like a fog you have especially right after a landfall. if you go through overnight, people don't have power and we can't tell what's going on in a lot of the areas. that's kind of what we're in right now. we know southeast louisiana was hit hard. we did get some video from the area that made landfall by some of the storm chasers out there. we won't get a real good scope of how bad the damage was until the sun comes up and we get helicopters in the air to show us what some of that looks like. in the new orleans area, we know the biggest issue is power, the power for sewage, the power for people in their houses. it's new orleans. it's hot. it's humid. everyone's had one very uncomfortable night and everyone is wondering how long that's going to continue. the majority of louisiana's power outages are right there? downtown new orleans. as far as th

that reversed the flow of the mississippi, but this is extremely rare. i'm sure we're going to find out more about this in the post-analysis of this storm. it is quite something. even the usgs put out a little bit of a forecast when it comes to the mississippi river. inundation for louisiana, 45% of the area. overwash for louisiana, 61% of the land. 41% in mississippi. then you look at dune erosion. again, that's all the force here. you're up to 67% of louisiana. 63% of mississippi. even 31% of alabama. so widespread effects with a circulation of ida moving in with the wind and the surge. inundation here but that negative flow in the mississippi river, that's very rare. >> very rare and just shows you just how powerful the storm has been. how dangerous would you say it still is at this hour for people who are in parts of louisiana, mississippi, and so forth? >> well, you've still got winds at 120. those are sustained winds. you have to think that of course the wind gusts are going to be even stronger than that. it is good to see this eyewall collapse. bu

highway 90 along mississippi's coast has been closed for hours. it actually closed about 5:00 yesterday afternoon. it has been closed since because water is still across the road. there is still debris there. it cannot be passed at this time. also flooding happening inland. so we're waiting for first light to bring you what is certainly going to be damage results here along mississippi's gulf coast, in gulf port and biloxi. it's incredible to wake up today and still see this endless tropical storm conditions battering this area. todd: thank you so much. fox news senior meteorologist janice dean live for us in the weather center. we always get the 5:00 a.m. update, it's now downgraded to a tropical storm. what can you tell us. >> it is weakening, it will continue to bring tremendous heavy rainfall for the gulf coast states and tennessee, kentucky and here in the northeast by wednesday and thursday, getting several inches of rain because of this system. we are going to see the tornado risk throughout the morning and into the afternoon on the right s

mississippi and alabama.o southern new england in the days ahead. under a moderate risk of flash flooding if you live on a stream or river including areas from new york city to d.c. into areas of kentucky and tennessee you have to watch out because it's been a wet summer, we've had numerous flash flooding events and this looks dangerous in the days ahead. ida is weakening wind wise but rainfall it's going to be a big issue all the way through thursday morning until it exits areas around boston. >> a million people without power in louisiana, including all of new orleans at last check. what are the implications of that? obviously the heat is the biggest thing for people in that city and state. it's as humid as it can be in louisiana if in late august, but what does that mean to have no power. we heard many of the power lines are down in the mississippi and officials are trying to recover those now. >> yeah, they're nottimeline, t hearing them make that mistake. but when they're saying it's going to take days t

diane: 30-year-old patrick weems grew up in mississippi.ms: and it wasn't until i was 18 and i took a specific course on african-american studies that i learned about emmett till. when i learned about what happened, the injustices, but also that young people made change, it compelled me to want to be a part of that change, too. diane: determined, patrick set about the work of preserving the mississippi courtroom at the center of the story and the task of making amends. patrick weems: it was here in this courtroom that two men got off for murder. and so, we decided that we needed to begin by apologizing to the till family before we could begin with our museum. out of that apology, we decided to restore the courthouse back to the way it looked in 1955 and open up the emmett till interpretive center. diane: that was 10 years ago when, as a 20-year-old college student at ole miss, patrick took the lead in seeking racial reconciliation. patrick weems: so, in 1955, carolyn bryant told the sensationalized story, and she did it to kind of persuade

and for a time ida caused the mississippi river to change it's direction.ssable due to debris and downed power lines and we need people to continue to shelter in place if it is safe for them to do so and for those that lost their homes and states working with the american redcross we opened 50 shelters in affected areas across the gulf coast. we started search and rescue efforts and we have folks out there who need assistance. more than 5,000 members have been evacuated from louisiana, mississippi, alabama, and texas to support search and rescue and recovery efforts. and fema's preposition literally millions of liters of water. and we deployed more than 200 generators and we moved into the region. they have been moved in ahead of time and the administrator is working on getting more of those into the area. we're in close contact with private providers to see what they need. we are doing all that we can o for the amount of time it takes to get power back up in the region. we have been working with the electric secretary throughout the night and all day to as

this is the mississippi. this storm is testing the city's flood protection system. >> reporter: those systems and levees were built up after hurricane katrina exactly 16 years ago. officials here are still worried about heavy rain causing flash floods. >> we always talk about the storm but it's actually in some cases as dangerous after the storm. >> the surge that's anticipated is sure to bring significant flooding, high winds and create deadly conditions. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands in the state are already without power. >> conditions are still severe. throughout the city of new orleans. but also we have now lost power. it's very dangerous. in addition to the storm, also without electricity. but this is citywide. so this is the time to continue to remain in your safe places. not a time to venture out throughout our city at all. it's unsafe. >> reporter: president biden visiting fema for a briefing, saying the agency deployed 2,400 employees to the region. >> as soon as the storm passes we're going to

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we're also talking about the mississippi river. water so powerful that it was actually flowing upstream. some of the gauges were reporting that. so this extreme wind warning that derek was mentioning, still in effect for the next 20 minutes or so. we'll see if that's extended. rapid onset of destructive winds, sustained winds of 115 or higher. that's equivalent to, say, an ef-2 tornado would be comparison to 115 miles per hour winds. so shelter in place where you are. get to that safe place. grand isle had winds reported of 136 miles per hour. that was until the ananamometer broke. we've had winds reported from 130 to 140 miles per hour. still a long way to go. we're going to see 110 max winds. could be felt as far north as baton rouge. so we're talking about a huge area. new orleans as well. we're going to see a lot of downed trees. be careful if you live in an area with a lot of trees around you. those trees could come down. power outages for sure. and we're still seeing the water rise. we have already had reports of more than fi

i heard from a friend in mississippi, they're doing okay.lso friends at a lower building, condo building in the lower garden district, they're already without power. so it's a mixed bag at this time, but where you saw mike tobin on canal street, that's where the hotel is i was talking about, it's downtown, and the building i'm referring to is not far from there as well. so the winds are very heavy. now, i have to tell you that i'm concerned about the pictures that i saw from lake pontchartrain out on the lakefront if where it's already, you know, spilling over its, you know, over 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

ron allen in jackson, mississippi for us.onal hurricane center is saying jackson is seeing sustained winds of around 40 miles an hour. what are you experiencing there? obviously we see the rain coming down. >> reporter: yeah, it's raining and more rain and more rain to come, craig. that's mostly what we're feeling here and have been feeling since the overnight hours. a real drenching in a place like so many around the country that's already saturated. and that's the big concern, how much more rain are we going to get. when we look at the radar, it looks like the biggest storm showers are to the east of here. but every time we think that it's ending or winding down or maybe not going to be as bad as it is, it feels like it picks up a little bit. so we are literally taking this hour by hour. the winds are not as bad as they were earlier this morning. there were some gusts reported as much as 50 miles per hour in some parts of the state, around here as well. most of the damage and power outages are to the south of here as the st

in mississippi the hospitals are full. the federal government and charitable groups are coming in setting up field hospitals in the parking garages of the state's flagship medical center. mississippi, the low vaccine uptake seems to have just doomed the state's hospitals as the huge number of new infections and newly very sick people are just swamping the system. in that state that, frankly, has enough to deal with they are now facing a new challenge related to covid. the mississippi state department of health confirming today that, quote, at least 70% of the recent calls to poison control in mississippi have been related to ingestion of livestock or animal formulations of ivermectin purchased at livestock supply centers. why are people taking livestock formulations of ivermectin in mississippi? that's a horse dewormer. literally people won't take the vaccine because they're super sprishs of that, but they're taking horse deworming medication that they're buying at a feed store? for covid? why on top of everything else mis

so please all you folks in mississippi and louisiana, mississippi and god knows, maybe even further easttake precautions, listen. take it seriously. really, very seriously. and you know, the whole of government effort is ready to get to work. i can't think of any time where the federal, state and local folks have worked more closely and in advance of a significant natural disaster and folks, we're going to be here. we're going to be here to help the gulf region get back on its feet as quickly as possible as long as it takes. as long as it takes. so thank you and may god protect those in the path of the storm and god willing we'll get through this sooner than later. but don't kid yourself. this is going to take a lot of resources, a little bit of luck, and as my grandfather would say, the grace of god and good will of neighbors. by the way, look out for your neighbors. if you're in the region, look out for your neighbors. thank you very much. i thank all our -- i'm not supposed to take any questions but go ahead. >> mr. president, on afghanistan -- >> i'm not going to answer afghanistan n