sharon weston broome, do stay safe as you try to do your best to keep the residents of that large metro area safe as well here in the wake of hurricane ida. we are learning that the president is at fema headquarters at washington, d.c. right now. he's getting a briefing. we will get a report from the white house on all of that in just a moment. before we do, let's go to msnbc's morgan cheskey, who is in houma, louisiana, southwest of new orleans. morgue arngs how are things looking right now? you have run the gamut on this day from being literally unable to speak to me because the wind has caught your breath to where you stand right now. how do things look? >> alex we had to move to a more secure location. we have a concrete reinforced parking garage that is kinds of our safe haven throughout this storm. we came down to the bottom floor. we got a chance to see some of the damage that has already been caused, just the beginning of what's to come from ida. as we pull out on this shot here you can see a carport started to