News with norah odonnell, odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. We are going to begin with the rising death toll and utter sevastation caused by hurricane laura, which barreled across the louisiana and texas coastlines overnight, leaving entire towns under water, plowing over neighborhoods and killing at least six, including a 14year old girl. Along the coast, the destruction goes on for miles. From above you can see whats left of cameron, louisiana, where the storm came ashore, sending a storm surge more than 10 feet high over homes and businesses and tossing mobile homes and cars blocks from where they once t. Lauras 150mileperhour winds also ripped across much of the state overnight, leaving rooftops shredded and tearing homes from their foundations. Nearly a Million People are without power in the region tonight, and rescue crews are still working to make their way through some of the hardest hit areas. In west lake, louisiana, thick, toxic smoke is still billowing f
welcome to msnbc s live coverage on this monday, september 5th. it is labor day. there is a lot happening this morning. we begin with breaking news from london, where british foreign prime minister liz trust was just named prime minister by the ruling conservative party, succeeding boris johnson who resigned amid scandal, beating out the former chance lor to lead the party and the country. i know that our beliefs resonate with the british people. our beliefs in freedom and the ability to control your own life in low taxes, in personal responsibility. and i know that s why people waited for us in such numbers in 2019. as your party leader, i intend to deliver what we promised those voters right across our great country. she will be formally appointed by queen elizabeth tomorrow and will be confronted by a looming economic crisis, as well as an ongoing energy crisis. we will continue following developments from the united kingdom. but first, we ll focus here at home. la
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