Im just praying to the lord to protect us. Margaret plus, the candidates for president together at a 9 11 memorial. Honoring the nearly 3,000 killed 23 years ago. And shaking hands just hours after their first debate. And wildfires out west scorch more than 100,000 acres. What we are learning about a man arrested for arson in one of the states biggest blazes. The Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening. Im Margaret Brennan in for norah odonnell. We begin with the breaking news. Hurricane francine just coming ashore, making landfall in louisiana, with wind gusts over 100 miles per hour. Relentless Storm Surge of 510 feet is inundating the coastline and beyond, into mississippi and alabama. And the worst is still to come in the hours ahead, as the powerful storm lashes New Orleans. As much as a foot of rain may fall over the next 12 hours as the Storm Moves inland. Evacuation orders and curfews are in effect. Cbss Dave Malkoff reports from the Impact Zone in southern louisiana. Good ev
who is trying to get to mobile, alabama, 2 1/2-hour drive, it took him nine hours. and i have relatives and friends who have been driving to houston, to florida. the drives were absolutely insane. as we watch the tumbleweed of ida, if you will, rolling behind you, the debris from buildings, we have warning lights over your left shoulder. glad you re able to sense and duck that one. let s head over to miguel almaguer in baton rouge, louisiana. and miguel, ida s headed your way. what are you seeing right now? yeah, richard. as you mentioned at the top of this round robin and bill karins confirmed it, many officials in baton rouge fear that this city could take a direct hit from the storm. over the last hour or so, we began to feel those outer bands of the storm. the rain here is flying sideways. we can see sheets of it coming down in some areas. it s been a pretty persistent wind picking up here. as a matter of fact, the mississippi river, which is only a few hundred feet from where
we ll take you there, and hospitals across the gulf states are already overwhelmed by covid, thanks in large part to policies pushed by governors like florida s ron desantis. will they be able to withstand a surge in patients injured by the storm? i ll ask charlie crist. plus, the digniied transfer of 13 fallen service members at dover air force base today. along with family members of those killed in the terror attack thursday at kabul airport. we ll have the latest out of afghanistan. hurricane ida is hurricane ida is tied for strongest storm to ever strike louisiana. tonight, louisiana governor john bell edwards is requesting a presidential major disaster declaration due to the severe impact of the storm. and just this hour, we re hearing reports that the plaquemines parish levees have overtopped with
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things, giving achilles to the a kill list to the taliban, where a group of interpreters, just last night was murdered by the taliban. it was captured on video. it was horrific. these are things the president needs to be held accountable for. without the accountability i feel people start losing faith in their government at a time when we need to come together and focus on getting every american out and our allies that helped us, that accountability should be front and center when talking about how we re going to respond and move forward. todd: our other focus this morning, of course hurricane, now tropical storm ida, battering louisiana on the 16 year anniversary of katrina. you are the ranking republican overseeing fema operations. is fema ready for the aftermath of this storm. i ve got to tell you, i ve been in touch with my colleagues in louisiana and they are in it.