and that is an extreme eastern portions of orleans parish. and again i want to reiterate the threats that we are expecting are winds and surge. this is been a rapidly changing condition as far as the hurricane approaching the gulf coast. and each update we have been kind of catching up as far as getting with the hurricane the hurricane warning and also upgrading the storm surge warning and upgrading the values and so this is because the storm is intensified and also the fast rate of speed approaching the coast. those are the two things i want to get across. and that is all i have today. thank you, freddy. followed by chief mcconnell. thank you, mayor and good afternoon. since 7:00 a.m., the new orleans police department has been at 100% staffing and work around the clock split up into two 12
prayer walk to help las vegas heal from the worse mass shooting in u.s. history. when the vice president begins his remarks, we will take you live and cover those for you. but we begin with hurricane nate. expecting to gain strength before reaching the u.s. gulf coast. 13 million people under watches and warnings as the center approaches rapidly. nate is being blamed for 22 deaths and wid spread destruction in parts of central america. the storm will ip tensefy into a category two before it makes landfall in the coming hours. i m going to encourage all louisiana to stayin formed and take this storm serie li seriously and the power of this storm has been deadly elsewhere. so the governor very giving of the warning signs. a quick update from bonnie schneider joining us with the latest on the path of hurricane nate and also talk to us about the strength and when it is expected to make landfall,
including sesame street and big bird. the actual big bird is 8 feet talk. it is a fake march. anyway. we have got a multibillion dollar storm clean up to worry about and sequestration cuts and expiration of all . bush tax rates and these people are mad about puppets. okay. ed henry traveling with the president. edward good to have you. how are thingings - things out there. we are here with the president and in all seriousness he will have a big rally in ohio . a big crowd in the gym. it is one of those key subbushes. but four years ago when he was a rock star cand date. one of his final rallies on
california to help repair power lines, power s coming back on in parts of new york and my belief is that by well, you and i, we re going to argue over fema and whether it s worth it because i disagree, that s okay. i m very, very the only agency we have to deal with these problems. neil: i m concerned where you re going to get the 14 billion, 12 billion, just go deeper into debt? well, look, what we need this is about a month and a half of what we spent in afghanistan. so, let s be clear. if in new york and new jersey and connecticut and pennsylvania is not worth a month and a half of what our country is spending in a place that most of us will never ever see. neil: okay. i don t know where our priorities are. neil: all right, congressman, thank you very much. and the scene right now ocean county, new jersey. the storm goes on and floods go on, a lot of big questions as to the best way to help these people. these people. we shall see, we shall see. captioned by closed
the pump, sorry, you ll have to come tomorrow. that should go down well. anyway, reaction to all this have and what could be a storm whose final tally could be north of 50 billion dollars and former ceo of payne webber and so many others, keep them rolling below his name. how do you think it goes down. new yorkers come through it s a serious problem. the lemtations of the infrastructure in new york and around the country, this is the topic that was promipromine couple of years ago, and now, the infrastructure is old, you see it in the infrastructure, the roads, and the ability to delivery gasoline. and fortunately we have a great mayor in mike