are madhouses. all of this very familiar to folks who call this part of the country home, many with fresh fears after a historic hurricane season last summer. this is stronger than laura from last year. this will be a life-altering storm for those who respect prepared and ready aren t prepared and ready to take what ida s going to throw at us. reporter: people in neighboring alabama and mississippi, as you heard rick saying, also on alert. heavy rains and possible storm surge is potentially capable of happening there. the impact of ida very far of reaching, it is a monster storm. but the path is pretty much locked in. not a whole lot of deviation, it sounds, and louisiana, no doubt, it appears once again will be taking the brunt of another hurricane. back to you. jacqui: casey stegall, thank you
for 20 years, more time, more troops, more treasure, we can fix this. there is no winning a counterinsurgency. you need a strong political partner. we ve never had that in kabul. jacqui: okay. so we ve got to exit, and we ve got to do so responsibly, but we cannot, we cannot win a counterinsurgency in afghanistan. jacqui: congressman, really appreciate your time. we ve run out of time. hope to talk to you again soon. likewise. griff: fema is warning that anyone in the path of hurricane ida should complete final preparations as soon as possible. the storm expected to make landfall as a cat 4 hurricane. president biden is set to hear from fema if leaders about preparations later this hour. we ve got team coverage. casey stegall in baton rouge, but let s start with rick reichmuth with the latest in the weather center is. hey, rick. rick: griff, interesting storm. we re starting to see the center
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with the same band of showers. anywhere you see red, eastern part of rhode island, coastal areas of connecticut. the center is nudged off towards the east. i had think that will keep the winds down a little bit across parts of long island and rhode island and parts of cape cod as well. probably significant storm surge especially across narragansett bay. heavy rain falling including areas of long island where we fine fox weather s steve bender. we ll check in with him to see what you re seeing. steve? reporter: good morning, rick. we re starting to see the rain pick up. we arrived a half hour ago it was a light drizzle. you can see the overcast conditions. really the story is behind me. we re at smith point beach, just to the east of fire island. they have closed off eight miles of this beach to the public. they also closed off the bridge, when we talked to to a park
remember i m watters and this is my world. with [ ] pete: two major fox news alerts to start this sunday edition of fox & friends weekend. seven people killed in chaos near the kabul airport in afghanistan as thundershowerses of americans are desperate to escape. rachel: millions are bracing for hurricane henry. will: category 1 storm is closing in on the east coast. rick reichmuth and lauren brand charred are standing by.