st. bernard parish is surrounded by water.ou were saying earlier about the city. i haven't heard those reports. but here if st. bernard, we have generators. all of our generators are working. they're powered up our pumps. so far we've been able to keep one the rain. god forbid, we lose some of our generators here in st. bernard, because we have to pump our water out. but that's not a concern of ours right now. the big concern is the power. the big power is post storm injuries or death. there is a lot of power lines down, a lot of trees down. we want our citizens to stay inside where they're at, where they evacuated to. and please wait to heed the advice of our officials who will do an assessment early in the morning. hopefully by noon we can get word out to the citizens when it's appropriate to come back and to assess the damage at your home. >> briefly, before i let you go, how confident are you that people have heeded the darnings -- heeded the warnings so far? >> you know, a lot of people got out of st. bernard parish. no o

st. bernard, st. charles, st. helena, st. james, st. john the baptist, saint maarten, st. mary, st. tammany, tangipahoa, washington, west baton rouge, and west feliciana. the easiest way to apply is by visiting disasterassistance.gov. if it is not possible to apply online, you can call. the toll-free telephone lines operate from 6:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. seven days a week. i know that cell phone coverage has been very spotty. electricity is practically nonexistent for most people in southeast louisiana, and so the internet may be a problem. but you have several ways to register and you have an extended period of time in which to do so. as soon as you are able, and if you have been impacted by the hurricane and live in one of these parishes, we encourage you to register for aid. the division of administration has also announced it has closed the state office in the same 25 parishes. we will let you know if there are additional closures in the future. in closing, i want to ask the people of louisiana to do what you always do best, and that is be a good neighbor. take care of yourself

st. bernard perish. >> it was 167 residents. the levy system is in place.not maintained properly. the new system is a $14.5 billion one that runs the perish, and people need to realize when you hear people say i've been through this before. you have not been through a category 5 hurricane like this. >> what -- >> i was going to say, it's an awful situation. but quickly, before i let you go, what steps are you taking to prepare for possible rez cues if residents who stay put, they get trapped by flood waters from their homes? zblerve who has called us to be evacuated, which we can't do in this weather, we have a list with phone numbers, medical conditions, we have rescue equipment in lower st. bernard and the louisiana national guard staged with high water rescue vehicles, personnel, and boats to do the rescue once this thing is cleared so we can go out and assess the damage and rescue anybody if necessary. >> well, good luck, john. good luck to you. good luck to everyone in your perish. we'll stay in close touch with you. we're watching this hurricane explo

st. bernard parish as well. obviously overtopping is concerns, but i want to make sure overtopping and levee failure are not the same thing. a levee failure can be much more catastrophic, and so they are not the same things. obviously we're going to continue to monitor this flood protection system. i can tell you right now, we have not seen any overtopping of the mississippi river levees or overtopping in the risk reduction system around the greater new orleans area. clearly -- you have seen the reports, and up until a short while ago i was able to look at live video feeds. there are very significant storm surge impacts ar grand isle. cpra has prestaged pumps and will deploy flood fighting assets to coastal parishes in need of dewatering as soon as it is safe to do so. this is obviously a very fluid situation, rapidly changing. that's why everyone needs to stay abreast by listening to news and following the guidance from your local fiducials. officials. really nobody in south louisiana should be on the roads, bu

st. bernard parrish now. this storm lasted for 14 hours and the wind did not stop. it was relentless.people are resiresilient. a will the of our citizens evacuated the other areas. they know this process will be between two and three weeks before we get power. the whole region is 100% out of power right now because of those transmission lines. we met with entergy today and we feel confident in three weeks we'll be able to get our power on. within the three weeks we'll be working ever day non-stop to clean up the debris and get our power poles back up and get the debris out of here to make sure that our schools and people can go back to work and get back to a normal life. >> if people did not shelter, as i recall, louisiana's vaccination rate is down in the 40s. if it's 40. do you have a concern now that any sort of sheltering would be largely unvaccinated people sheltering together and even if people were to try to move places like houston and other neighboring places also have hospitals at capacity. if there's injuries. it feels like the covid pandemic makes this a lot harder for wha

st. bernard parish as well.rtopping is concerning, but i want to make sure that everybody understands overtopping and levee failure are not the same. a levee failure can be more catastrophic, so they are not the same thing. we are going to continue to monitor this flood protection system. i can tell you, we do not anticipate any overtopping of the mississippi river levees or overtopping of the levees in the hurricane risk reduction system around the greater new orleans area. you have seen the reports and up until a short while ago, i was able to look at live video feeds, there are significant storm surge impacts around grand isle. cpra has three states pumped throughout south louisiana and will provide assets to coastal parishes in need of de-watering as soon as it is safe to do so. this is a very fluid situation that is rapidly changing and that is why everyone needs to stay abreast by listening to news and following the guidance from her local officials. -- your local officials. no one in southeast louisiana s

st. bernard parish just outside of new orleans. we can show you one of the buildings that was flattened by the storm. look at this house, the damage. taken down by the storm. this is one of the bracing periods after a major hurricane when local residents, local officials are just trying to get their minds around some of the damage that they're dealing with, and we can kind of -- we have to dodge cars trying to move around this. we can show you a little bit more of a scope of the house here that collapsed. louisiana state police just sent out an alert saying if you're stranded, they can't get to you right away. it may be some time before they can get to you. this is just one of those, again, daunting initial periods right after a hurricane where people are assessing damage like this, and trying to get help. we were told by neighbors that regarding this house, they don't believe there was anybody inside this house when the hurricane hit. that's good news. this is completely flattened, whatever they had is lost. you can see down here,

st. bernard perish as well. obviously overtopping is concerning but i want to make sure that everybody understands, overtopping and levy failure are not the same thing. a levy failure can be more catastrophic. they're not the same thing. obviously we're going to continue to monitor the flood protection system. i can tell you right now we do not anticipate any overtopping of the mississippi river levies or overtopping of the levies in the hurricane risk reduction system around the greater new orleans area. clearly you've seen the reports and up until a short while ago, i was able to look at live video feeds. there are significant storm surge storm surges around port fourchon and grand isle. cpra is prestaged pumps across louisiana and will deploy flood fighting in need of dewatering as soon as it is safe to do so. this is obviously a very fluid situation. it is rapidly changing. that's why everyone needs to stay abreast by listening to news and following the guidance from your local officials. really, nobody in s

st. bernard parish, the parish president warns that recovery will take months, not weeks, mona. >> t.j. on the ground in new orleans, thank you. >>> now let's get a closer look at where the storm is headed. >> meteorologist jeff smith from wabc is tracking it all. jeff. >> after causing tremendous amounts of destruction, the center of idol now approaching the louisiana/mississippi border weakening into a tropical storm as we head into the morning hours, but at the same time i mean a place like new orleans still going to be getting tropical storm force fos ouayeamoay the worsof teaer up toward jackson could be looking at 50 plus mile per hour wind gusts by later on in the afternoon and then the storm gradually weakens into a tropical depression but transports a tremendous amount of moisture in the tennessee and ohio valleys and appalachians. by the middle part of the week we could be looking at copious amounts of rainfall in areas and a lot of these places have had a lot of rainfall this summer so already saturated ground could mean a flooding threat. in terms of additional rain, maybe a

st. bernard parish, as well. overtopping is concerning, but i want to make sure that everybody understands, overtopping and levee failure are not the same thing. a levee failure can be much more catastrophic. and so they are not the same thing. obviously, we're going to continue to monitor this protection system. i can tell you right now, we do not anticipate any overtopping of the mississippi river levees or the levees in the hurricane risk prevention system around the greater new orleans area. host: the headline this morning in the times nola, all of new orleans without power after hurricane ida leaves catastrophic transmission damage. and to let you know, we expect further briefings from governor edwards and perhaps other officials as they are available. we will keep you posted about our live coverage plans either here on c-span or streaming on c-span.org. back to calls on afghanistan. west virginia, spence, good morning. democrat line. caller: i think it is time for united, we stand. i appreciate the gentlema

st. bernard parish, residence 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 surfing today. that should tell you. when i got in this morning or late last night 75% have an 80% of the boats had already left. >> we go from ida to our own issues here, air-quality. >> have a high-resolution forecast that shows how the smoke will be wafting around the state over the next 48 hours. take a look at the full screen. i want you to see the details. by now you're pretty familiar with looking at this map. you get into the purple and it is really high concentrations of smoke. what i want you to watch other streamlines showing you the way the atmosphere is moving. is is the map that shows us the entire column of the atmosphere. the smoke is getting put out today off the coast and a lot of it gets put back in with the onshore flow in the morning. here is why things are going to get better. i will let you -- i will let this

st. bernard puppy. look how big it is for a copy. the dog's owner is an evacuated sheriff's deputy.dog's name, oliver charles. he was clearly delighted to have company, as were of course the firefighters. >> best way to have a little break with a cuddly little dog like that. >> absolutely. >> world news tonight with david is next. >> for all of us here, thank you for joining us tonight. we will see you again at 6:00. ahhh. beautiful day in baltimore where most people probably know that geico could save them money on car insurance, right? you see the thing is geico, well, could help them save on boat insurance too. hey! okay...i'm ready to come in now. hello? i'm trying my best. seriously, i'm...i'm serious. request to come ashore. geico. saving people money on more than just car insurance. like you, my hands are everything to me. but i was diagnosed with dupuytren's contracture. and it got to the point where things i took for granted got tougher to do. thought surgery was my only option. turns out i was wrong. so when a hand specialist told me about nonsurgical treatments, it was a

surges a problem along a lot of louisiana's coast, these pictures from st bernard parrish give you an idea of how ida pushed water into the city of della crow that's a low lying area. east of new orleans and in new orleans, the heavy rain and wind from earlier today is taking a toll cameras captured images of debris flying around the french quarter this afternoon some buildings there sustained may. major roof damage fox news caroline shively tells us that tonight an estimated one million people are without power, including the entire city of new orleans. hurricane ida was so strong when it made landfall. it actually made the mississippi river flow in reverse right now, those winds are. still ripping through new orleans. the gulf coast rocked sunday by 150 mile per hour winds as hurricane ida came ashore as a category four. louisiana the state that is no stranger to hurricanes now bracing for one of its toughest test yet if you had to draw up. the worst possible path for hurricane in louisiana it would be something very, very close to what we're seeing residents have been warned to she

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 left. >> reporter: mayor cantrell says they're getting ready for a response after the storm. they're working with the national guard to set up a shelter at the convention center. the governor also said that there's buses and coaches that are being spread across the state to come into new orleans to move people if need be. adriana. >> diaz: all right, omar villafranca, stay safe down there. thank you. now to the dangerous situation in afghanistan. today, president biden warned nt that a new terror attack at kabul's airport was highly likely in the next 24-36 hours. this as we're getting more details about last night's deadly u.s. airstrike. cbs' skyler henry has more now from the white house. s

st. bernard parish, east of new orleans.arts of the city before the hu down, waiting to see what damage will be left behind. >> we will have no higher priority to make sure that our hospitals can remain in operation and functional. that will be a challenge. we expect wide spread power outage for some time. >> another major cause for concern, most hospitals in louisiana are already near capacity because of covid. the covid patients are take up the bed says, now this will stretch resources thinner. officials are worried about the spread of covid at the storm shelters. >> the danger brought assure by ida, you can see open fire search and rescue team loading up with supplies, took off hours ago, heading to the louisiana area. many teams heading there. without this team, they are not worried about responding to emergencies as home. one of 28 fema-sponsored teams in the country, responding to calls such as this one. we are back in 60 seconds, following breaking news in the tahoe region. the latest on the evacuation warnings for so

st. bernard county, here in new orleans let me back up and one who house has collapsed and an adult male was trapped inside the house. twenty-two barges got loose they are blown around the river. we know in one town one bridge they are or at least a barge hit a bridge and officials are warning people to stay away from the bridge because there is no way for them to check the structural integrity while the storm is so here. in terms of the storm itself , we certainly have seen a lot of wind damage but it is about due east of new orleans according to radar so that's why we have so much intensity of the storm upwards of 80 miles an hour in terms of what we have experience but the key issue is that the levees system fortified since hurricane katrina is being tested there is confidence with the design and investment into the levees system but all of this water coming in new orleans is below sea level so when it comes in it stays they rely on the pump system to get it out but now they are overwhelmed by the volume of water coming in. they can handle little less than 1 inch per hour what was pre

st. bernard. hopefully everyone got out because there is no way out other than the ferry which is obviously not running. they will be stranded there until after the storm if they did not get out. jon: you said you hope everybody got out what do you know about the evacuation? to people respond well? >> we believe so people only stay behind. but the word i am getting from grand isle and those that should have 100 percent of the people out, there were several hundred that were here and stayed. i have not confirmed that. but that will be the first priority is the storm passes to see if those people that did stay could get to high ground to survive the storm. jon: i imagine you don't have power and the affected areas? >> no. the outages are widespread throughout the area. i am baton rouge the wins are picking up. to see the strong of a hurricane this far north is something they have never dealt with. some are predicting category two in baton rouge there is a lot of homes that have never been to that ki

st. bernard parish, photos from the before and after.ges an hour apart from the storm coming in and after. this morning, we are waiting for sunrise to see how bad the damage really is i think the worst is overnight when the power is out and people could not see anything we are waiting for sunlight to see how conditions are and how everyone fared seema. >> a hopeful sign, valerie the surge was below the leave s levee protection system. i know you reported leavee failure. >> reporter: seema, it is unclear. most of the area is in the dark. there were reports of levees failing. you mentioned the mayor reiterated that they were confident the levee system in new orleans would hold strong after upgrades following katrina. >> valerie, thank you. >>> next on "worldwide exchange." a key cdc meeting today. we will talk booster shots and the fight against covid next first as we head to break, some of the other top headlines. >>> another million moderna covid vaccines in japan have been pulled bringing the total of shots suspended to 2.6 million. thi

st. bernard parish. 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 area as a huge wildfire keeps spreading. the war in afghanistan ends but the finger pointing continues. what lawmakers from both parties are demanding from the commander-in-chief. we're live on capitol hill next. one call can save you thousands every year. and it's e

st. bernard parish, not far from where we are, the president says it could take months, not weeks for recovery. live in portland, i'm t.j. barker, abc 7 news. reggie: the oakland fire department sent a task force to louisiana in the hake of hurricane ida. oakland fire is the host agency for california task for, -- four. they are trained to deal with dangerous storm surge. >> we have specialized personnel with the adequate equipment to mitigate any emergency pertaining to flooding, swift water rescue. we are willing and looking forward to stepping up and helping our fellow americans. reggie: open fire said this will not affect their response to local emergencies. they feel they have enough staffing. the task force deployed after hurricane katrina and are prepared to state for up to three weeks if needed. kumasi: more than a dozen large wildfires burning across california and today the office of emergency services is expected to give an update on the ongoing covering efforts. that is at 1:00 this afternoon we expect to hear from fina, calfire and the u.s. forest service, as the caldor fire burns

st. bernard parish. we know you are safe, huskered down, but we know the conditions are worsening. what are you seeing and hearing? >> the wind is just relent lieutenant right now. it doesn't sound like a whole load, but when you have 245 for hours upon hours, it really does damage. the outside of the protection system, which includes our commercial fishermen, recreational fishermen, all of their assets, we have about a nine-foot surge, so we know we'll be out couple weeks. last time when zeta came through with the same type of wind, not as much time but we were without power for about a week. we're hoping to assess this afternoon before dark. if not, we'll get up in the morning and assess, clean our roads off and people will try to get back to work here. right now in the upper right-hand corner, a few days you could see the rocks, and now in the storks on the bottom of the screen, you can see that storm surge just surpause passing that dam there. >> you're april inside. you've been warning people of going on. i want to play some of that. you talk about the overtopping of levees in

st. bernard county and lafite a bridge was hit, they warn people to not go over the bridge. and here.. roofs have pilled off, and degree moved around. but, you have to anticipate. it is. storm surge was 16 feet. flooding damage will be significant. but here in the town of new orleans, water just continues to come in, we have to assume that the pumps are overwhelmed. any of the low lying areas there will be significant flooding. the thing is a lot of people did not leave new orleans. heard mayor say ahead of time, evacuation here was optional, as i observed overtime about half said they will get out of town, a lot trusted fact that this town withstood a number of storms. buildings have been here since 1800s. as far as it goes, one thing that is remarkable, as dark as it is now, two things that are contributing, one the power has gone out. a few places with battery power or their own generators. but everywhere here in new orleans, it is dark. the sun just went down. there is so much cloud cover, usually when the sun just goes down you have a little bit of dusk. a little bit that you can

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st. bernard parish in louisiana, this has been a monster storm. ida has been downgraded to a category 3 hurricane but punishing the coast with sustained winds of 120 miles per hour and slowed down. what that means is it increases flooding potential. now at this hour, catastrophic storm surge extreme winds and flash flooding continue in parts of southeastern louisiana. new orleans is under a flash flood emergency and completely out of power. the only electricity is now coming from generators there. energy louisiana says some customers could be without power for weeks. the mayor of hattiesburg, what is your biggest worry right now? >> right now we're an hour and a half north of new orleans and the mississippi gulf coast and so certainly we think about our communities on the coast now dealing with the worst of it. but for us, when we think of we'll probably face our toughest times between midnight, 6:00 and 7:00 a.m. particularly now that it's slowed down. flash flooding is always an issue in our city so when you put potentially 8, 10 inches of water

st. bernard area, it really comes down to electricity and when we can get that back up.nd we just don't know yet. we've never had a hurricane of this magnitude hit the city and do this sort of damage. so we're still a little uncertain how long that may be. but like i said, anyone who has ever been to new orleans, it is hot. it is a city that you just can't really walk around in august or early september for too long without getting a little bit of a potential heat stroke. so we're awaiting for more guidance on that. >> representative ma this. landry, thanks for talks with us. >> and i hope everyone keeps louisiana in their thoughts tonight. >> absolutely. thank you. >>> and for more information on how you can help those affected by hurricane ida, just go to cnn.com/impact and you will find a list of verified organizations already making a difference. >>> still to come for many afghan evacuees, escaping the country was only the first step. thousand many are facing an agonizing wait for what comes next. my hygienist cleans with a round head. so does my oral-b my hygienist

st. bernard parish was loose. so that could continue to be a problem.l guard, the entire state national guard is mobilized. fema has done a great job getting ready. now we have to get individual assistance to people. we need to change that, if you'll give me just a second. >> very briefly, sir. >> right now, people will have to request individual assistance with no power. fema needs to change that. the house of representatives needs to change the rules, because when people had power, they could have requested assistance from fema and have a case number. right now we have about 700,000 people tomorrow without power or who are evacuated someplace trying to get online after the governor requested individual assistance. that needs to be fixed. >> right. lieutenant general russel honore, we appreciate you making time. thank you very much. >>> let's get to dr. patel, the chief medical officer in new orleans. as we mentioned, a number of the medical centers are dealing with the same power outages everyone else is dealing with. so we want to speak to you this e

st. bernard parish, nearly develop dozen barges have broken loose threatening to damage the water intake. the parish president saying he's never seen relentless winds like this in his lifetime. we get to derek van dam live in oklahoma ma -- houma. >> reporter: we have endured some incredible things here. we really think about the people who didn't have the luxury of reinforced building that we had here in terrabonne parish. it was like a direct hit from ef 3 tornado. winds over 140 miles per hour for several hours. the wind was the major concern here. storm surge along the immediate coastline but the wind is what got us. you see, during a powerful cyclone like this is an eye. that's where we find the strongest winds. there's typically a reprieve when the eye moves over a location. oklah we were supposed to be that location but it pivoted over us. it was scary. it was like white knuckle driving on the roadway fin heav traffic for hours at a time. we have broken windows in some of the accommodations here. we had a natural gas leak. we've had trees falling over on some of the vehicles behind

st. bernard.e very heavy and intense. unfortunately this storm is slowing down, which is a real problem. if the storm was going 25 or 30 miles an hour, it would be one thing. but if it's moving at a pace of 11 to 12 miles per hour and those sustained wind and rains stay over you, they can do persistent damage. we're seeing that in the houma area. the storm is moving up and coming over towards new orleans. i'm in uptown new orleans. you can see now projectiles starting to fly, which is why it's really dangerous. we're just in the beginning of this right now and we're expecting that it's going to last a fairly significant amount of time. people have been inside. you've got to stay inside, stay hunkered down. first responders can't get out in the wind and the rain. if people go outside, it's going to put them in harm's way. the governor and the mayors are working really hard to get out and get everybody safe as soon as it's safe for them to do so. our expectation is if this thing is going to get more

st. bernard and plaquemine parish, they should be encouraging people to evacuate. do a post storm evacuation. i heard the mayor of new orleans this morning encouraging people to stay in place, that they will build the supplies up in the coming days. i heard the president of jefferson parish encouraging people to take advantage of evacuating until they can get the grid back up. i don't see how you can maintain this many people in a metropolitan area. i've got a little bit of experience with that. the grid is broke. let me say it one more time. the grid is broke. the electrical grid is broke. if you can't communicate, you can't coordinate. the gas system is broke. we need gas at the gas stations. a lot of people will elect in a couple of days to couch surf with friends and relatives if we could get gas. we had to give them gas and generators for the gas stations. make a note, louisiana, after this is over with, we need a damn generator law that requires every gas station and pharmacy to have a generator and every hospital to have a backup generator. we need to get th

st. bernard parish. these storms are packing winds up to 50 miles per hour and this is a foreshadow of things to come. the conditions are just going to go downhill as we go through the coming hours. it is still expected to make landfall somewhere around grand isle to houma as a category 4 hurricane, gusts of winds as high as 150. and remember the eyewall replacement cycle could shift the center. so if it tracks a little to the east, because of the eyewall replacement cycle, it could go closer to new orleans. a little farther to the west, it goes closer to oregon city. regardless, we'll see major impacts especially on the east side of the system. that is where you see the worst impacts in the northeast quadrant, that is where you get the strongest winds, highest surge and biggest tornado potential. this is what the radar will look like later this afternoon going into this evening as it comes ashore. notice the thunderstorms piling up across southeastern louisiana, moving up into mississippi and alabama. o

st. bernard parish not far from downtown new orleans.ple were waiting in line for two hours, three hours per person. we talked to a lot of them. they were desperate for gas some for their vehicles some for generators at home. the owner of the gas station told us he had started the day with 5,000 gallons and by the time we left at 7:00 p.m. he was down to 2800 and thought he'd run out of gas tonight but had spoken to a refinery and was hoping for another delivery of gas tomorrow. you can see from the lines these people are desperate. they wait two to three hours in a long line that goes a mile down the street. the owner said he had to call the police a couple times to break up fights between patrons fighting over a place in line. it is getting more tense with the power out here and the power company saying that in some areas maybe not new orleans but we don't know, some areas will be without power for maybe a few weeks. entergy said #90% of their customers will not have to wait that long. they are not giving time tables for when the power

st. bernard parish. wear the same area just one hour later. completely submerged.escue efforts are now underway in this state. teams are using trucks and boats to navigate flooded neighborhoods. some armed with chainsaws to clear debris trap to people in their homes. 1 million people are without power right now as a result of incidents like this. we're in electrical tower was left utterly crumpled by the storm. it could take days or weeks even for power to be fully restored. it's obviously ominous in terrible for a number. reasons -- there's also the reality of the coronavirus which has been ravaging louisiana. one icu doctors and nurses were forced to manually pump air into patients lungs, after a generator failure caused ventilators to shut down. powering reminder that the virus does not pause for natural distractions. medical professionals are left balancing a once in a century pandemic on top of a changing climate. which meets extreme weather events more common in more dangerous. this reporter is a pulitzer prize-winning journalist, in a masterful account calle

st. bernard will be challenged with storm surge as well. 8 to 16 inches of rain with locally higher amounts possible. the higher amount could be 20 or more inches, and that's sunday through tuesday. and as a result, and, by the way, there's a bit-con fluency of all these areas. but again, stretching from lafayette through are baton rouge over to new orleans and points south, that's where they're expecting the heaviest rainfall. and you hate to make comparisons with other storms because every storm is different, but remember that last year with laura we had very strong winds extending through most of the state because of how strong it was and how large that storm was. but we're going to see something very similar with hurricane ida. with the rain amounts that i just mentioned, flash flooding is a very real concern. this is a very large storm. one of the things the national weather service told us that from the center of the storm extending eastward it could be up to 160 miles, and then another 130 miles over to the west. so you're looking at something that could be 300 miles long. river floo

st. bernard parish southeast of new orleans.reporting water has over topped at least one levee in plaquemines parish to the south. now for more i'm joined by the regional director for the southeast louisiana flood protection authority. thanks for being with us. as we said a lot of money was spent on katrina after katrina disaster on these defenses. briefly what were they designed to do and how well are they holding up? >> the federal government invested 4. #$4.7 billion in th flood protection system in louisiana for just this reason. so far they are performing as designed. they are being tested and we are being pushed. this is a monster storm. i credit the national weather service because they were right the whole time they told us what would happen so we were able to prepare for it the right way. and the levees are doing the flood walls, pump stations, all of these components, this complex system that new orleans is doing exactly what it was supposed to do. >> right. i think this has been a record wet year for louisiana, new or

st. bernard parish capturing the storm surge that occurred in just one hour.ee the water just rising up there. it's an incredible amount of water in that period of time. there's another example of it. right now the power is out. the water rising in much of southern louisiana as hurricane ida churns deeper into the state. now a category 1 storm. some good news there. it slammed ashore sunday as a category 4 and proving to be every bit as devastating as feared. going to show you some images now. they show the eye of the storm as it hit port fourchon. the first death from this storm has been reported. this was near baton rouge. amit hurricane force winds, heavy rain and flash flooding. more than 1 million customers statewide are without power. that could mean three or even four million people. and people in jefferson parish say the water in their homes is up to their chests. here's some of what the sheriff of la forge parish told cnn. >> we're still getting a lot of wind gusts and we still are not able to be able to respond to any calls for service. even if we wo

st. bernard parish flattened in a matter of minutes yesterday.wn around the other side of that house. this is some of the other danger that these people have to navigate around. these trees, this tree snapped in half. this other tree came down completely. and again i mentioned, jake, downed powerlines are a big issue right now. they are all over the place. officials are warning people not to go back into your neighborhoods. flooding is also an issue. while the storm has largely passed through this area, the dangers remain. louisiana reeling tonight from hurricane ida's brutal impact. >> we've just been through a horrendous night with winds, rain, gusts, water coming up, rivers rising, power outages. it's incredible. >> reporter: the category 4 storm brought pounding winds and devastating flooding that topped roofs in some places. >> they say it was 185-mile-an-hour winds, and i believe it. >> reporter: the storm so powerful it temporarily reversed the flow of the mississippi river. >> i don't want to mislead anyone. robust search and rescue is ha

st. bernard parish. here is the same area, just one hour later. completely submerged.e now underway in the state. teams are using trucks and boats to navigate flooded neighborhoods. some armed with chab chain saws to clear debris trapping people in their homes. 1 million people are without power right now as a result of incidents like this, where an electrical tower was left just utterly crumpled by the storm. now, it could take days or weeks even for power to be fully restored which is, obviously, ominous and terrible for a number of reasons. setting aside the massive inconvenience and the potential danger from the southern heat, which is very real. there is also the brutal reality of the coronavirus which has been ravaging louisiana. in one icu, doctors and nurses were forced to manually pump air into patients' lungs after a generator failure caused their ventilators to shut off. reminder the virus does not pause for natural disasters. and so, medical professionals are left balancing a once-in-a-century pandemic on top of our changing climate, which makes extreme-wea

st. bernard parish. not too far from downtown new orleans.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 that we're showing you here, these people are desperate. they'll wait two to three hours in a long line that goes a mile down the street. and the owner said that he had to call the police a couple of times to break up fights between patrons who are fighting over a place in line. so it's getting more tense, don, with the power out here. and, you know, the power companies saying that in some areas, maybe not new orleans but we don't know. in some areas, they are going to b

unsurvivable surges a problem along more than just louisiana's southern coast these pictures from st bernard parrish give you an idea of how i'd have pushed water into the city of delacroix that's a low lying area that's. east of new orleans and in new orleans ida has taken a toll with heavy wind and rain cameras captured images of debris flying around the french quarter of the afterr coverage tonight she tells us that a million people are without power in the area, including all of new orleans. hurricane ida was so strong when it made landfall and actually made the mississippi river flow in reverse right now, those winds are still. ripping through. new orleans stepped up the gulf coast rocked sunday by 150 mile per hour winds as hurricane ida came ashore as a category four. louisiana the state that is no stranger to hurricanes now bracing for one of its toughest test yet if you had to draw up. the worst possible path for hurricane in louisiana it would be something very, very close to what we're seeing residents have been warned to shelter in place and stay off the roads as it could be a wh

st. bernard parish, anyone highlighted in that fuchsia, that you have to treat it like a tornado.ing. tornado watches extending into the florida panhandle. the track is critically important here because yes, it will decrease in wind speed and pass just west of us, but the closer we are to that eyewall, the bigger wind speeds we'll see. that stays a hurricane all the way up to the state line of mississippi, so baton rouge watch out. storm surge first, and heavy loss et, and tornadoes. so much to look at here, but we'll be tracking it. >> you'll be tracking it all day. stay safe. >>> coming up, we'll talk with the army veteran helping evacuate afghan allies who left kabul just minutes before thursday's attack. his emotional journey next. kabul just minutes before thursday's attack. his emotional journey next. >>> before we go, so many have worked tirelessly through the past two weeks. former army ranger who served 15 combat tours in iraq and afghanistan, and he was in kabul working with other veterans to get afghan allies and their families out of the country, leaving just 30 minute

st. bernard parish, anyone highlighted in that fuchsia, that you have to treat it like a tornado.ng. tornado watches extending into the florida panhandle. the track is critically important here because yes, it will decrease in wind speed and pass just west of us, but the closer we are to that eyewall, the bigger wind speeds we'll see. that stays a hurricane all the way up to the state line of mississippi, so eatovy lo e tna. so much to look at here, but we'll be tracking it. >> you'll be tracking it all day. stay safe. >>> coming up, we'll talk with the army veteran helping evacuate afghan allies who left kabul just minutes before thursday's attack. his emotional journey next. kabul just minutes before thursday's attack. his emotional journey next. at usaa, we've been called too exclusive. because we were created for officers. but as we've evolved with the military, we've grown to serve all who've honorably served. no matter their rank, or when they were in. a marine just out of basic, or a petty officer from '73. and even his kids. and their kids. usaa is made for all who've hono

st. bernard parish is seeing heavy rains and storm surge.s caused some localized street nodding so -- flooding so, unfortunately, the worst yet to come for so many communities ida's path. jackie? >> yeah. this is going to be a storm that has a significant impact. casey, thank you so much for that. meantime, still ahead on the show, the lathes on the ground in afghanistan after -- the latest on the ground in afghanistan after a drone takes out bombers who were headed to the kabul airport. and we're continuing to track hurricane da as it slams -- ida as it slams the gulf coast. stay tuned for the latest on this powerful storm. ♪ breaking the norms. she had a dream and decided to pursue it. find the strong women in your family with ancestry. i'm so glad you're ok, sgt. houston. this is sam with usaa. do you see the tow truck? yes, thank you, that was fast. sgt. houston never expected this to happen. or that her grandpa's dog tags would be left behind. but that one call got her a tow and rental... ...paid her claim... ...and we even pulled a few

st. bernard parish, you see the difference in the flooding there from earlier in the day with dry ground and not much water there. an hour later, the storm surge came in and those flood waters really started to impact the area there this morning, we are seeing images from late yesterday of the damage around the state. we are waiting for daylight. joe. >> do we know, valerie, that the levees basically are in tact there are about $15 billion of improvements or reinforcements after katrina that people said hopefully they will hold and when we do get daylight, we are not expecting that horrific scene after katrina. we didn't know how bad it was until the daylight will we see that with ida? >> reporter: joe, from everything we he heard here in new orleans, the levee protection system was upgraded after katrina. the mayor was confident that things would remain and the levees would do the job in new orleans. we are hearing reports of other communities further south of here where they had failure in their levee systems. how bad the damage and the extent we are still waiting to hear joe. >> val ,

st. bernard's parish, the race was on to get boats out of the water. >> nobody was out there shrimping todaywhen i got in this morning, late last night, 4:00, about 75, 80% of the boats left. >> reporter: for those staying behind, the mayor had a final message -- >> shelter in place. hunker down. it is vitally important. >> reporter: president biden has already signed a federal emergency declaration for the state of louisiana. fema's also already planning to send about 150 medical personnel and dozens of ambulances to the gulf coast just in case they are needed because, remember, the hospitals here are strained by covid. but dana, at this point right now, little bit of time to plan and make plans to get out. and we got to wait. >> it's that early preparation that matters the most. thank you very much. >>> breaking overnight, the u.s. military is bracing for another possible terror attack during evacuation efforts in afghanistan. this comes after launching a deadly drone air strike near the border with pakistan against what's described as a planner for saisis-k. officials say the target was k

st. bernard parish, as well. overtopping is concerning, but i want to make sure that everybody understands, overtopping and levee failure are not the same thing. a levee failure can be much more catastrophic. and so they are not the same thing. obviously, we're going to continue to monitor this protection system. i can tell you right now, we do not anticipate any overtopping of the mississippi river levees or the levees in the hurricane risk prevention system around the greater new orleans area. host: the headline this morning in the times nola, all of new orleans without power after hurricane ida leaves catastrophic transmission damage. and to let you know, we expect further briefings from governor edwards and perhaps other officials as they are available. we will keep you posted about our live coverage plans either here on c-span or streaming on c-span.org. back to calls on afghanistan. west virginia, spence, good morning. democrat line. caller: i think it is time for united, we stand. i appreciate the gentlema