head 20 miles of where we re at. we re going to home for the best. in lafourche parish, the best leverage system in the state of louisiana. we ve not have a levy break. this is a very dangerous storm, 140-mile-per-hour wind ida, she means business. i hope nobody gets killed and everything turns out to be the best but we ll put it in god s hands and take it from there. when you say there are mandatory evacuations, what has the parish done to keep people out of the way? we ve done everything, we ve evacuated nursing homes and people that are sick, you know. we ve got a lot of people in this area that know each other. almost everybody knows each other. and everybody helps out at the
hurricane katrina devastated la louisiana. this is what hurricane ida looked like tuesday as it struck cuba striking twice before heading to the u.s. and what is significant is, it did deteriorate even over land. that s part of one of the major reasons that the national weather service is warning this is a life-altering storm for a lot of people. that s a direct quote. for this particular storm that makes it particularly dangerous there s nothing in its path to keep it from getting stronger. new orleans mayor shared this warning. this is the sometime to take action, low lying areas out of the system, mandatory evacuation. voluntary evacuation for all others. cnn meteorologist allison chinchar is tracking the storm. i know this is going to be a major event, as they re calling it now. people need to take it seriously. i was struck by your reporting
good morning. welcome to your new day. saturday, august 28th. christi, i m struck by just how significant the news is right now. how important so many stories are, in particular, too. yeah. it is a little frightening, to say the least. there s a state of emergency right now, right? along the gulf coast that we have to talk about. yes. and the u.s. gearing up for what looks like a monster tomorrow heading to the coast with a direct eye on louisiana. hurricane ida has entered the gulf waters as a category 1 storm. the thing it could spin into a dangerous category 4 just before it s expected to make landfall expected tomorrow. what is significant here, this is 16 years to the day that
and you know what, it won t be years or decades from now. it will be sooner than you think. reporter: the elections bill here in texas passed the house of representatives on friday. it now heads back over to the senate where they will do some hammering out of differences for final language of the bill. and then it will very likely be sent to the governor s desk. and governor greg abbott, a republican here in texas, says he intends on signing that bill. meanwhile, democrats will continue to lobby congressional democrats to push for a voting rights bill that have been passed in several states across the country. phil and christi. ed lavandera, we appreciate it so much. thank you. look at your screen. that is one beast of a hurricane. ida, louisiana, is facing a direct hit from what is being dubbed as a potentially
allison, i know you ll be busy with this a moment, keep us posted. let s talk to city councilman daniel loraine from the louisiana s lafourche parish. councilman, thank you for being with us. i know you live along that liven. what can you tell us about evacuations right now and what residents are doing. yes, ma am, we have a mandatory evacuation check for 5:00 a.m. this morning which some people will leave and some will not. as you know, when you have to leave, it takes money and not everybody has funding, you know. we ll do the best we can. most people will probably leave. and we re located about 20 miles from gulf of mexico. and the port which everyone is familiar with, comes through through the port. and the storm is predicted to