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louisiana's capital. all of this happening 16 years to the day, since the devastating hurricane katrina, came ashore. joining us now for the very latest on this storm is nbc meteorologist jen a so. up jessica, would you, have wears the storm headed? you know chris. we're still dealing with a deadly and destructive storm system that continues to race in. then the problem that is now for the last 11 hours, it has dramatically slowed down. so this is going to be a prolonged moisture, and the problem, is it's not just impacting southeast louisiana right now. now it is starting to see going into parts of mississippi, the panhandle of florida, into alabama as well. these bands are allowing severe weather as well to spark up, we've had tornado warnings now in place across central mississippi, and that is going to last for at least ten more minutes. yes it has been downgraded, the impacts are still the same. st. john's parish, is really a concern right now. as we are dealing with a five inch per hour rains. that

another badly hit area is houma, louisiana. that's where we join cnn's jason carroll, who is just getting hammered all day long. >> reporter: it is not letting up, jim. we are now on the backside, i'm told, of the eye of this horrific storm that just continues to take down and beat down on houma. it's been like this for the past three hours. at a certain point the wind shifts direction and we saw even more damage. from my vantage point and i'm using this brick structure right next to me here just as a way to stay on my feet here. we've seen trees surrounding me, another tree over here, that's been uprooted. a tree on the other side where we started doing our live reports -- still coming in to structures here in houma. again, with all of this happening, very obviously emergency crews are going to have to hunker in place. they won't be able to get out and see the true damage of what's happened here until this storm and this beast of a hurricane has passed through here. in the meantime, all they can do is hunker down, tell those w

louisiana, as a state, is getting battered by this. if these are the effects on the outskirts, you can only imagine what folks are going through in louisiana along the path of the eye of the extort. >> such a good point, shaq. you're holding on to something, bracing, meanwhile, talking about people entering the water. definitely dangerous. you and your crew stay safe. thank you so much. >>> sam brock is in baton rouge. i'm sure you're watching the reports from your colleagues, seeing what's headed for you, but i'm not sure that the residents there are also watching, because you've been driver an and nobody is boarded up. >> reporter: they may have been watching, but certainly not feeling it with the same sense of urgency. we're about 60, 70 miles away from houma. we are not yet experiencing those effects from the storm. in fact it'sing relatively calm. we're getting gusts, but i am told between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m., it will be hellacious here, as the core is expected to go right over baton rouge. the louisiana guard hav

we worked it really hard across southeast louisiana. and we ended up with search and rescue, we rescued 348 people, 48 pets and were able to get those folks to safety. we have, currently, you know, little over 5,100 guardsmen that are deployed across louisiana and 29 parishes. and we're getting more help from 13 states here from other national guards. and i would like to thank the governors, the generals from these other states, as well as the national guard bureau for helping us out as well as the active-duty service for doing it as well with the army, navy, air force, and marines. so holistically, don, we got a tremendous team assembled. lots of resources that we can pour into louisiana to meet the needs, to save lives, prevent human suffering, and protect key infrastructure. >> you said 348 people, 48 pets. and you had 5,100 guardsmen there in 29 parishes. so do you know how many more people still need help tonight? or you are still trying to figure that out? you are still trying to get to folks? >> well, right now, and that's the lo

and it is proceeding into south eastern louisiana. folks throughout south eastern louisiana and south western mississippi need to take this storm seriously. they need to be in their safe place now. hunkered down. if they still have power, we want them to plug in their devices to get a full charge in case they lose power. fill up the tub with water and make sure you're in a safe place. this is a very dangerous storm. and we want to reinforce what the mayor and governor and the entire team down there have been saying. get to your safe place now. >> and we just heard from president biden at fema head quarters a short time ago. what was his message to all of you when the cameras were not rolling there? they were rolling just for a brief moment and then the pool of reporters was ushered out. it sounded like he was really trying to rally the troops there at fema head quarters for a few moments. >> yeah. the president's message was clear as a bell to the fema team. lean forward and do everything you can to support the people of louisiana, mi

and the number of boats there just with the louisiana office is 150 that are staged across south louisiana. we have the potential to get to 900 such search and rescue people by monday if needed. the louisiana sheriff's association and the alcohol and tobacco control have also committed their personnel and assets to search and rescue efforts. the fire marshal's office is also working with two volunteer boat search and rescue organizations as well as state partners, including the national guard and wildfire and fisheries. they currently have 169 agents with trucks and boats prepared, staged, and ready for movement. i have an update for you on the number of linemen in the state prepared to respond to power outages. we now have 10,000 linemen staged in the state of louisiana. and that number will get up to 20,000 very quickly with out-of-state linemen who have already been contracted. they will be called in as necessary and when necessary. tomorrow, state offices will be closed in the same 38 parishes that we mentioned yesterday. we've also made the additional determination that on monday all

and senator from louisiana. what i'm going to do is make a brief statement and tell you what we are going to do for them, and hear from you. i know you're busy as the devil. you have a lot to manage in your states, the fact is, we both want to hear from you. we know hurricane ida has the potential to cause massive damage. is what we saw. we already know, at least one confirmed death, and that number is likely to grow. we've got a million people in louisiana without power. for time, ida caused the mississippi river to change direction. some folks are still dealing with the storm surge and flash flooding. the roads are impassable due to debris and downed power lines. people continue to shelter-in-place, if it is safe for them to do so. for those who lost their homes, the state is working with the american red cross, 50 shelters in infected areas -- affected areas across the both coast. we've begun search and rescue efforts. we are doing the best we can. more than 5000 members of the national guard have been activa

last hour, we told you there was a levee breach in louisiana. according to the national weather service, there has been another breach of a levee, this one in alliance. and they have sent out a warning, a flash flood emergency issued for northwest parish, which is in southeast louisiana. they say it's a particularly dangerous situation, that people who are there should seek higher ground. they're worried about lower water crossing creeks, highways. this happened in fact near highway 23. i want to bring into the conversation lieutenant general russell henry, to hurricane katrina in 2005. general, we appreciate you being here, and these are the kinds of warning that were issued back in 2005. >> [inaudible] there is a confluence, but then there is some leverage. i'm not quite sure what's you made reference to. when we have a hurricane coming to that area, it's not unusual for it to cause flooding. there is a lot of pressure on that levee system, but it look like this in the federal, and the reports that have come in so far. the big levee system, th

from florida to louisiana. they're no strangers to hurricanes and residents are making sure they're ready for when ida makes her presence known. michael holmes has that story. >> reporter: filling up and getting out. many in new orleans are leaving town. >> when katrina was here, i had to stay in the water stand on a bridge two days. not about to do that again. >> reporter: the lines leading out of the city showed just how many people aren't taking their chances with the storm named ida. many residents have been through major hurricanes before that officials say this one could be a monster. there are warnings in new orleans and the surrounding coastal regions to evacuate if at all possible by morning. one man says his neighborhood on a barrier island is emptying out. >> everybody's packing up, getting out. i hear only about a dozen people probably try to ride it out. you know it's going to flood. >> reporter: louisiana has taken the punches of many of these wallops storms before. it's still recovering from hurr

we've got a million people in louisiana without power. 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 loc

cnn's darryl forges is live from the baon rouge, louisiana. tell us what you see, what's going on now. >> reporter: well, the conditions continue to deteriorate here in baton rouge, louisiana. but it's nothing compared to what we're seeing in new orleans as the storm continues to churn slowly but surely toward the north, losing storm as a category 2 storm but still some very scary wind speeds and heavy rain. we do now know, michael, that the osner health system in new orleans is evacuating some of their patients because of the issues with some of their buildings because of hurricane ida. we also know now that one person has died because of this hurricane in a parish in between baton rouge and new orleans. and also, get this, people have been calling 911 hoping that first responders would get to them but we all know the first responders are not responding, being dispatched to calls right now because the conditions are just not safe at this point. and now, michael, many are actually second-guessing their decision whether or not to stay. >> i wis

louisiana into mississippi. you're going to get category 2, category 3 storm damage in those regions. very, very far inland, jim. >> and jennifer, a couple of questions. one is the false sense of security that people can get when that eye wall, that eye passes over them. people may be tempted to go outside if you can talk about the dangers of that. and also i'm just thinking about the time here. that this storm made landfall somewhere between 11:00 and 12:00, if i'm not mistaken. this has been going on for five hours. i know some hurricanes will move through a lot more quickly than that. this seems to be hunkering down and staying parked over this part of louisiana. that would tell me that there's going to be some significant damage, perhaps well into the evening hours as well. >> oh, you're right. the storm is moving at a snail's pace. very, very slowly. when you talk about winds in excess of 100 miles per hour over the same area for hours on end, that's going to be catastrophic damage. the storm is weakening v

we're hearing now from louisiana officials about 400,000 power outages in louisiana. that is up from the number we had earlier this afternoon. when you're looking around the area off camera, what are you seeing, jason, in terms of, are emergency responders out and about at this point or are they hunkering down? are you seeing people try to look and see what's happening. looky-loos, that sort of thing. are you seeing anything like that? >> good question, jim. a couple of things. in terms of emergency responders, i do know that a number of them are hunkering down at a secure location next to the courthouse. that is a brick structure so they are hunkering down and not going out. they are waiting for this to pass before moving out and doing any assessments. i can tell you that at this point, power is out. we've seen and heard, you know power outages coming through. we've seen -- we can see right now that light there, that flic. i've not seen one looky-loo out here. we've now shifted our location to a position against a bruck structure where there's a brick overhang and an

louisiana is doing better than we were doing. however, we can't take satisfaction because we have a a long way to go. we'll just continue to work. the other thing i'll stress is hurricane season is not over. we have a lot of work to do. we have to come together as a community, come together as a country to make sure we are lifting each other up. when we start talking about vaccinations that is part of beating covid-19. getting us back to normalcy. and moving the country forward. >> cedric richmond, thank you, sir. i really appreciate you joining us. is it your family, everybody good down there? >> everybody is good. i think we escaped serious property damage but we want to pay it forward and help those communities that really took a beating. that's what we'll focus on and i get to do that by working in the white house. >> thank you very much. my family is well as well. some lost power but i'm glad they're all here and safe. thank you cedric. i appreciate it. be well. talk to you soon. we'll be right back. ensing your movements an

we have 32,000 employees across louisiana. we have thousands that are in the bayou area that are going to be impacted by hurricane ida, and we're working on those plans of how we can help those employees as we get through the storm and how they go through the rebuilding process in their own personal lives as well. >> warner thomas, appreciate your time. thank you so much. >> next, bill karins with an update on ida's track. we're back after this. nope - c'mon him? - i like him! nooooo... nooooo... quick, the quicker picker upper! bounty picks up messes quicker and is 2x more absorbent, so you can use less. bounty, the quicker picker upper. an amusement park is like whooping cough, it's not just for kids. whooping cough is highly contagious for people of any age. and it can cause violent uncontrollable coughing fits. ask your doctor or pharmacist about whooping cough vaccination because it's not just for kids. subway®... has so much new it didn't fit it in their last ad. like this new and improved steak and cheese loaded with o

jason carroll, cnn, houma, louisiana. >>> and time is running out for those hoping to leave louisiana by plane. at new orleans louie armstrong international airport, all flights have been canceled for sunday. our affiliate spoke to a young couple visiting new orleans who said they are stranded and looking for bus routes out of the city. t baton rouge airport still have some flights, but after 10:00 a.m., all local flights are canceled. passengers are advised to contact their airline for the latest flight information. >>> mandy landry is a member of the louisiana state house of representatives, and she gijoin us from new orleans. thank you to making the time in what must be a very busy time for you. landfall probably just less than 12 hours away from now. what worries you most right now, the wind or the water? >> reporter: you know, living in new orleans, water is something that always concerns us. we're below sea level, we're surrounded by water here, we all, you know, the entire city, the entire state is having memories of katrina right now. so it is certainly the water. but we've al

that will happen all across southeast louisiana. with the partnership of the federal government and the state and the folks around the various parishes, especially those local first responders and the volunteer groups. the nonprofits, all of whom who stepped up and work extremely fast. that will come of and state rese to hurricane ida.

that will happen all across southeast louisiana. with the partnership of the federal government and the state and the folks around the various parishes, especially those local first responders and the volunteer groups. the nonprofits, all of whom who stepped up and work extremely fast. that will come of -- up online very quickly. we will announce our next press conference in the future. >> c-span's washington journal. we take your calls live on the air for the news of the day and we discussed policy issues that impact you. coming up tuesday morning, this week's deadline of military operations in afghanistan. we'll talk about the scheduled withdrawal of troops from afghanistan. watch c-span's washington journal, live, 7:00 eastern tuesday morning. join in the conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. >> the pentagon announced the end of the war in afghanistan, one day before the deadline for withdrawal of u.s. troops. john kirby and general mckenzie spoke with reporters.

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louisiana's governor says ida will be one of the strongest hurricanes to hit louisiana in nearly 170 years. now, it could make landfall as a category 4 along the louisiana coast in the coming hours. and on the exact same date as hurricane katrina 16 years ago. now, ida's already forced some evacuations. and the governors of louisiana, alabama, and mississippi have each declared a state of emergency. forecasters say a storm surge of up to 15 feet is expected in some areas. winds, perhaps, as high as 150 m miles an hour. now, the storm could leave some locations uninhabitable for weeks or even months. all right. joining me now for another update is meteorologist, tyler mauldin. what -- what's going on, tyler? let's update people on what's likely to happen in the hours ahead. >> so the latest from the national hurricane center, michael, has told us that the winds are still at 105 miles per hour. but that's deceiving if you're only looking at those numbers. you have also got to look at the pressure level. and over the last several hours, the pressure level has been dropping by two millib

the storm system is across northern portions of louisiana. still a menacing storm considering how far we moved we are since landfall, 12 hours. this system maintaining a strong category 1 intensity. again, it's going to be begin to move into portions of southern mississippi and within the next couple of hours, we do expect this to continue gradually we we weakening. at peak intensity, we saw a hurricane that produced gusts upwards of 150-plus miles per hour. this comes in tying hurricane laura as the strongest storm there for the state of louisiana and the first time in u.s. history a u.s. state has seen back back- back-to-back years with 150-mile-per-hour landfalling storms. you take a look. when it comes to this magnitude of a system, national hurricane center typically says the area that is impacted, which would be right along the southern tier of those parishes there where that area could be uninhabitable for a period of weeks or months. that's the concern when it made landfall, the concern into the overnight hours, the dangerous amount o

the louisiana governor _ louisiana. the louisiana governor i _ louisiana. the louisiana governor i understand i louisiana. the louisiana l governor i understand has louisiana. the louisiana - governor i understand has put it in stark terms saying that there is no timeline for when they can go back home. what is been the reaction in the local community to this?— community to this? right, i would say _ community to this? right, i would say that _ community to this? right, i would say that you're - community to this? right, i would say that you're in - would say that you're in louisiana, i think people are just kind of coming together i was at home in louisiana yesterday and it is reallyjust people trying to help each other and there is no power, there is no cell service, there is no internet and it's really just people coming together to try to help each other. certainly people who are in these disaster areas, i think a lot of them totally understand that not everyone has the resources or the means to be able to evacuate when the stomach this is coming and

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it's now headed straight towards -- right towards louisiana. >> reporter: ida is barreling towards louisiana as a major heroin, intensifying as it moves towards the gulf coast. >> it's going to be very severe, a category 4 when it makes landfall. >> reporter: 100 plus mile-per-hour winds, heavy rainfall, and according to the national hurricane center an extremely life-threatening storm surge of 10 to 15 feet. mandatory evacuations were ordered in parts of seven parishes. another nine issued voluntary orders. for new orleans the storm moved too fast. >> time is not on our side. therefore, the city cannot issue a mandatory evacuation because we don't have the time. >> reporter: residents spent friday and saturday boarding up homes and businesses and gathering supplies. those who chose to leave jammed the highways. >> a lot of people are scared. i'm scared. as you go from town to town, the hotels are filled up. so you just riding further and further until you find one. >> reporter: and on this 16th anniversary of hurricane katrina, louisiana's governor isn't downplaying how dangerous ida will b

think about what's happened in louisiana. the fact that we had so many patients in the path of the storm is a consequence of having nowhere to move them. all the hospitals in the south are filled with patients. and this is what we're seeing. this is the aftermath. >> you mentioned louisiana. i mean, it is seeing when you look at the stats, the highest case counts per capita in the country. and medical staff we learned because of the storm, they're having to manually ventilate patients when backup generators went down. i talked to one doctor at a children's hospital earlier on the show. he says that he's really worried about the staff. not only dealing with the hurricane which they're trained to do, but the employees and the wor workers, they have been pushed to the limit already with what they're seeing with covid. i mean, how do you handle it? >> these are the best people we have. the military and the people who work in our hospitals, when you want to look at what's worked in this country over the last 18 months. when you wa

hurricane ida barrelled into louisiana near category 5 strength. wind gusts were reported north up to 170 miles per hour making it one of the strongest storms to ever hit the united states. my colleague is in the scepter of the storm. rescue efforts are under way right now. one person is confirmed dead, and officials expect that number could go up. more than a million people are without power right now including the entire city of new orleans. some officials are warning that power in some areas could be out for weeks. emergency services are down as well. and the disaster is putting even more strain on a hospital system already pushed to it's limits by a surge of covid patients. this is video of a roof being ripped off of a hospital south of new orleans. ida remains at tropical storm strength as it goes northeast. more flooding is expected, and the risk of thor tornadoes is now threatening malt pl states. telling fema this will be a really long recovery. >>> and we're expecting to see president biden to hold a virtual meeting later this hour. my nbc

now you have a gas shortage as well and many areas around southeast louisiana, here in central louisiana as well. those are all things that people are vying against trying to combat as we await the arrival of ida. it's going to be a matter of hours right now, everyone is sort of holding their breath to see what it's going to deliver. the storm surge has been elevated 12 to 16 feet directly on the court, along grand isle and morgan city, in the range of 5 to 8 feet where we are. we're expecting 20 inches of rain in some spots, 16 perhaps in baton rouge, the city corps. waiting to find out. we're all watching this closely. >> all right. sam, we know you are watching it. michelle, let's bring you in here. what is the latest on ida's track right now? >> hi there, guys. yeah, it looks like we're going to make landfall in about seven hours and bill karins, our top-notch meteorologist here, said ida is challenging the records to be one of the strongest storms ever to hit louisiana. certainly looking good on satellite. you don't need to be a meteorologist to know that picture on satellite is sho

the reports on the south louisiana, texas, arkansas, the -- florida. give oxygen running out in hospitals where the patients are dying are younger and younger. what does this mean at this time of the hurricane close delta has been ranging this raging. the hospitals have already been at capacity for weeks now. i read a report that one of the hospitals into middle loss or generators. they lost power for a while. they're having to manually pump oxygen into people who were in icu and on ventilators that were not -- electrical system. and it is going to get really hot and humid. so weang a masis not ideal and people are with each other and in each other's homes at this time evacuation and in the times of the disaster aftermath, you know, community is what gets you through this. and being in a time we're supposed to be social distancing and not being in the same space is really hard, especially when you're going to start needing to rip out your walls and pull out your floors -- yeah, try to salvage what you have left. amy: i want to bring in another resident

l louisiana. you take ida's track and overlay it with the tracks in 2020, ida's going to go over some of the hardest hit areas in 2020. people who are still trying to recover. you hate to see that. we're going to see widespread power outages across louisiana, mississippi, and portions of alabama, too we have 22 -- power crews coming in from 22 states and d.c. to help restore power. michael, one of the worst impacts in addition to the wind will be storm surge. there are areas around the mouth of the mississippi river that could see up to 15-foot storm surge. >> yeah. we say water kills more than wind when it comes to hurricanes. 15 feel, that's amazing. we're going to check in with you later, tyler moore with the latest for you. i'm joined by national correspondent jason houma from houma, louisiana. what are you expecting to see in the hours ahead where you are? >> well, first things first. you're absolutely right, michael. it is pin drop quiet, like a ghost town here in houma. that's exactly how e

i know many people will want to help our neighbors in the louisiana. when you do that, make sure you are doing it with a coordinated team in a coordinated response. thank you. gov. reeves: thank you, commissioner. at this time, i will open the floor to questions. >> governor, can you talk about what the timeline or the indicators would be that would trigger going ahead and sending some of our people over to louisiana? is that once the storm has moved out? is it when damage assessments have been completed? gov. reeves: sure, that is a great question and it is one that is obviously, it is different for every storm and the assessment is ongoing. to give you an example, we had multiple search and rescue teams here in mississippi to support us from the federal government at our 9:00 a.m. meeting this morning, we discussed with everyone in the room and we made a joint decision -- ultimately, i made the city -- decision, that we would release those federal assets to go to louisiana as early as this morning. that came after many conversations with commissioner

jon: reporting live from baton rouge louisiana. thank you. hurricane ida causing massive power outages in louisiana were hospitals are already at capacity with covid patients we have more on that part of the story. reporter: casey did a good job touching on this 400,000 customers are without power and that is definitely expected to rise as the powerful storm continues catastrophic wins damaging powerlines are a concern here is president joe biden on the power outages. >> we have generators in place we are trying to restore power as soon as possible because a lot will go out and we should be prepared it can take a long time no matter how much we had positioned it will take a long time. reporter: the major electricity provider say those in the hardest hit areas can experience power outages up to three weeks crews will continue coming into the region from 30 states and dc helping with the restoration process oh three and damage could delay those efforts essential services like fire and police departments water systems in hospitals will be at the

hurricane ida has made land fall in louisiana. right now it's punishing the gulf coast with sustained 150 miles per hour winds. officials are warning people to stay indoors as ida moves further inland. the ininational hurricane centes reporting it moving on shore. this is one of the most powerful to ever hit louisiana. right now more than 100,000 people are already without power across louisiana. and it's only expected to get a whole lot worse as ida pummels the state. ed is in french settlement louisiana near a river where flooding is expected once the hurricane rolls through, amite river. how are people preparing where you're at? >> reporter: well, wolf, residents here along the amite river are bracing for a day's long weather event. this is the river. we've been talking to the owners of this property, phil and sheryl. they say this water has already come up two feet. they're handing here. you guys are scrambling to get ready for everything. what are you most concerned about right now? >> probably the wind. the high winds. more

., right into louisiana tonight. growing concerns over life-threatening flooding and devastating winds. and now, the calls for help. hurricane ida making landfall in louisiana. a catastrophic hurricane. violent winds reaching 150 miles per hour. one of the most powerful storms on record to strike the u.s., and 16 years to the day since katrina. tonight, the scenes of destruction coming in now. rooftops ripped off buildings. massive waves of water crashing into homes. relentless rain and flooding. in new orleans tonight, the roaring storm surge testing the levee system that went in after katrina. hundreds of thousands in louisiana without power tonight. reports of dozens trapped on a hard-hit barrier island. and the stunning video from a hurricane hunter flying into the eye of the storm, 17 miles across. tonight, hospitals already overwhelmed with patients with covid now sheltering in place. my interview with the doctor in chief of children's hospital of new orleans. hurricane ida now carving a path of destruction as

i am at the mall of louisiana. there are plenty of buildings that aren't necessarily prepared, if you will, for the eye of a storm coming right over it. it could be a category 2 or 3 hurricane force wind coming into baton rouge once it is 60 miles inlands. that's how far inland we are. we asked people, why didn't you vaccinate? some have relatives they want to look over. oftentimes people don't have the resources to do it. but others say, we are inland, how bad could it be? the eye of the storm is going the come through exactly where i am stands right now. one business here is boarded up. i was driving through downtown baton rouge. i was text to a building on the national registry of historic places. no boarding up of windows on that. stores, none of them with wood on the windows. they weren't boarded up. not many sandbags either. this does not look like at the moment that is bracing for the eye of a hurricane to spread through. however, the mayor says people need to be heeding the messages of their local officials

but when it slammed into louisiana, it was a powerful category 4. ida now tied with two other storms as the strongest hurricanes ever to hit the state. meteorologist derek vandam was there as ida moved through. >> reporter: this is what a monster category 4 hurricane feels like. it's pins and needles on every exposed part of your body. it feels a jet engine spraying behind you at 100 miles per hour. what you see behind me, if i stepped 20 feet backwards, i would not be able to stand. we are approaching the inner eyewall of hurricane ida. this is a significant storm, and the national weather service verifies that, because they have issued an extreme wind warning. our phones have been lighting up, left, right, and center with these alerts. i keep talking about that, because it's reserved for only the most dangerous of situations. sustained 115-mile-per-hour winds. there goes the camera lens from our particular camera equipment. all right, guys, bear with us. we are in the middle of a hurricane. conditions change very rapidly, and i want our viewers to

in louisiana tonight over a million without power. homes in some of the hardest-hit areas expected to experience outages for weeks. >> there are roads that are impassable due to debris and downed power lines. and we need people to continue to shelter in place if it's safe for them to do so. >> reporter: officials reporting at least three people are dead. that number likely to rise. the president declaring a major disaster in louisiana. >> we're going to stand with you and the people of the gulf as long as it takes for you to recover. >> reporter: the president activateing the national guard and fema resources to help in recovery efforts. motoring down streets turned into swamps with cajun navy volunteer michael, we came upon this family in laplace. you want to get out? >> reporter: marooned in their home and surrounded by water. denise cooper's family including her wheelchair-bound mother lucille matthews sheltered in an attic as they rode out the storm. the family asked me to help get lucille down that slippery staircase. michael had

we've got a million people in louisiana without power. and for a time, ie a da caused the mississippi river to literally change its direction. and some folks are still dealing with a storm surge and flash flooding, and there are roads that are impassable due to debris and downed power lines. we need people to continue to shelter in place if it's safe for them to do so. for those who have lost their homes, you know, states working with the american red cross have already opened 50 shelters in the affected areas across the gulf coast. we've already begun search and rescue efforts and we get folks who out there who need assistance. and we're doing our best we can. more than 5,000 members of your national guard have been activated from louisiana and mississippi, alabama, and texas to support search and rescue. and recovery efforts. and fema has prepositioned literally millions of meals and liters of water. they're already prepositioned as well as other resources in the immediate area. and we've deployed more than 200 generators and we already

todd: we are tracking hurricane ida as it makes its way through louisiana. we're live along the gulf coast all morning long. do not go anywhere. "fox & friends first" on a very busy monday morning returns after this. todd: it is monday, august 30th. this is a fox news alert. we are following two breaking news stories for you this morning. now tropical storm ida battering louisiana, knocking out power to the entire city of new orleans. we're tracking the monster storm as it churns inland towards mississippi. jillian: breaking news out of afghanistan a, the u.s. intercepting at least some of the five rockets fired at kabul airport as officials warn our final days inside afghanistan will be the most dangerous. it comes hours after the pentagon successfully carried out a drone strike on

as you may have heard, the fema administrator will be in louisiana tomorrow. i look forward explaining -- to extending the situation and the needs we have that they can assist with. i hope to also visit several of the affected parishes tomorrow. we are putting that schedule together as we speak. there are more than 5000 national guardsmen activated and responding to this disaster. more are on the way from sister states. we have known since before the hurricane hit that additional assistance would be needed in terms of soldiers of different military occupational specialties such as mps and engineers and so forth, and i can tell you, we have received commitments from 13 additional states, and these soldiers from his other states will start ling into louisiana within the next couple of days. the national guard search-and-rescue assets are already engaged, and the engagement area is about 29 parishes. they have got 195 high water vehicles, 79 boats and 39 helicopters conducting search and rescue since very early this morning. one of the numbers i got earlier today

as you know, it is now heading straight for right towards louisiana. this weekend is the anniversary of hurricane katrina and it is a stark reminder that we have to do everything we can to prepare the people in the region and make sure we are ready to respond. administrator griswald, you and i have spoken extensively about this. we were together yesterday. we spoke to the governors of louisiana and alabama and mississippi to ask what they need from us before the storm arrived. and i've already signed an emergency declaration for louisiana to make sure they're ready for the surgery responsibilities and capability to deal with whatever comes their way, our way, but it is their way. you know, we deployed 500 fema emergency response personnel in texas and louisiana. in addition to 2,000 fema personnel already supporting the covid response in the region. and we prepositioned food, water, generators and other supplies in the area. power restoration and mobile communication support teams are also enroute. we've also closely coordinated with the electric utili

louisiana's hospitals are full. and evacuation was not an option because all the hospitals across the entire region are also full with covid patients. so those patients and staff have been hunkering down in hospitals as this hurricane blows through. a nurse capturing this moment, when a piece of roof blew off a hospital in the new orleans area. that is one of two hospitals in that region that are reportedly climbing to transfer dozens of patients now just as soon as the weather allows. ida is making its way into louis's capital, all of this happening 16 years to the day since the devastating hurricane katrina came ashore. joining us now for the very latest on this storm is and bc meteorologist janessa. janessa, where is the storm headed? >> we are still dealing with a deadly and destructive storm system that continues to race inland. the problem is that for the last 11 hours it has dramatically slowed down. this is going to be prolonged moisture and the problem is it's not just impacting southeast louisiana right no

finally working its way out of louisiana. it has been a very, very long night for these people. >> and the work is just beginning here, chad. okay. thank you so much for that update. >> it's so amazing. they had 65 inches of rain, which is more than they usually get in a whole year by this time. so that storm came in and everything is soaking wet. you know, all of new orleans is without power this morning. across louisiana, more than a million customers are in the dark. cnn's mattie romero is live on the grounds. >> reporter: it's a transmission line damaged due to hurricane ida and that's the reason why we lost power here in new orleans for the entire city. we'll turn off our lights to show you just how dark it is here on bourbon street. pitch black outside. you can't see anything. we'll turn the lights on as i continue talking and explaining where we are. we're on bourbon. this is the area where tourists likely would be filling the streets and having a good time. of course, hurricane ida sent everyone indoors or evacuating

we took a direct hit in homa, louisiana. you are looking at southeastern louisiana. the eye wall went directly over us. i don't know how else to say it but it was a nightmare and unfolded in front of our eyes. it was a relentless never ending fury of category 4 winds. we thought we would go into the center of the storm. pedram talked about that, the eye of the storm. we did not get that. the storm moved to our north and east so it kept us in the eye wall of the hurricane for the entire duration. it was like taking winds an ef3 tornado, 136 to 160 miles per hour over a large area for a long period of time, three, four, five hours. my producers rooms were shaking. we are in a heavily reinforced concrete building that was built post-katrina. it was about 13 years old. that is post-katrina. it can different hurricane specifications it was built to withstand and it was still shaking. at the moment we are hearing the hum of generators. we don't have electricity. helicopters are flying around the area. the only cars we have seen are emergency vehicles, and that has been ver

i also have confidence in the people of louisiana. they always continue to inspire me with their goodness and decency and generosity and i know that they are going to do everything they can to protect themselves and their families and their neighbors, especially those who may have special needs, maybe their elderly. please make sure that you check on them and stay safe. i know it may not seem this way right now for many people across our state, but there is always light after darkness and i can assure you, we are going to get through this and i invite everyone to offer a prayer for our state, for the people of our state, that we get through this as soon as possible and in the best possible shape with the least loss-of-life. property is replaceable. lives are not. that is obviously our first order of priority. i am going to stop there and take a few questions. please feel free to direct your questions to any of the people that we have assembled here, and depending what you asked me, i may ask them to come up and answer the question any

is set to slam into louisiana on the anniversary of katrina. forecasters warning ida could leave parts of the gulf coast uninhabitable for weeks. governor john bel edwards urging people to take this eerie sleep. >> we can summon up by saying this will be one of the strongest hurricanes to hit anywhere in louisiana since at least the 18 fifties. >> new orleans hospitals also bracing for ida. already near capacity from covid. doctors are preparing for a dual emergency. we'll talk for one of those doctors coming up. >> and ida from the inside. one hurricane hunter has been flying in and out of the storm all morning. he is going to talk to us live from the air. >> plus, president biden vowing more strikes against isis as the u.s. warns of another credible attack near kabul airport. >> swollen service members arrived back in the u.s. today as we learn the names of all 13 of them. you're looking at them on your screen right now. and we will honor each of them as we say good morning. it is sunday, august 29th. i'm lindsay reiser. i'm joe in four canda

i've been in touch with the governors of alabama, mississippi, and louisiana. and my team at the white house has been in touch with other state, local, and federal officials in the region. and they know -- they know there will be the full resources and support of the federal government. so, i want to emphasize again, this is going to be a devastating -- a devastating hurricane, a life-threatening storm. 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. a

he already had done that for louisiana. ida is said to make landfall 16 years to the day after katrina. >> every storm is different. they all bring their own challenges. but also, i want you to know that we are not the same state that we were 16 years ago. morgan: people hope the post-katrina system of levees, pumps, and seawalls will help the city. >> this one is coming from the south so it will be pushing water up the whole entire time. so the water is my biggest concern. >> ida is like katrina, and i don't want to be the same. morgan: ida is expected to make landfall in the louisiana sometime sunday afternoon or evening. morgan norwood, abc news, los angeles. kate: president biden called hurricane ida very dangerous and urged americans to pay attention. he made the remarks yesterday during a briefing with the administrator of fema where he talked about the ongoing preparations. president biden: we will deploy 500 emergency fema response personnel in mississippi and louisiana in addition to 2000 personnel already supporti