The national hurricane center did a really excellent job with the track, with the winds, with the message of how powerful this is going to be. if it makes landfall at this wind speed, it will tie the record for the strongest hurricane ever to hit louisiana. but if it does make it at the predicted 155 miles per hour, it s going to be the strongest hurricane to cross louisiana s land. so this is really dangerous and we re going to be watching it very, very closely. for which we thank you so much, michelle grossman. it s important to be well informed what is heading their way. we appreciate that. we re going to take you back to the details happening in afghanistan. stay with us here on msnbc s velshi. velshi visibly diminish wrinkled skin in. crepe corrector lotion. only from gold bond. you need an ecolab scientific clean here. and you need it here.
no, nobody right now. one and only. it s dangerous as well. i told him, you focus on trying to get out right now. we ll go back for them. we will go back for them, and i guarantee you this, we will go back for them. i hope you see him very soon and have him in your arms. zora, thank you. thank you so much. good luck. okay, that s it from me this hour. i ll be back at noon eastern and i will be much more pulled together. it s tough. we ve got hurricane coverage coming your way as well. ali velshi will be back, a steely ali velshi at 8:00 a.m. he s landing in new orleans gearing up for hurricane coverage. i apologize to my colleague jonathan capehart who is taking over right now, about 20 seconds late. hurricane ida a monster category 4 storm is bearing down on louisiana.