Credibility with the iranian population given the travel ban and the decertification of that bill. The second thing they can do is put regime on notice, and put a regime notices that theyre cracking down. Like singling people out . Singling people out. Making sure that apps used to communicate in iran based in the u. S. , not shutting them down. Not shutting them down. What effect do you think that would have . As much as iranian leaders say they dont Pay Attention to what the u. S. Administration says or western europe, they absolutely do, because the people do. The people look to it. They look to it for moral support. So, i think putting people on notice to say, listen, the world is watching you has a huge effect. Is there a risk, that if the americans and this administration embrace these protests too much, that it kind of feeds the narrative that
youre hearing from Senior Leaders in iran that are starting to say this is westerndriven . Yes. Foreign enemies are using this opportunit
become rescued from floodwaters after hurricane ida after of ravaged the gulf coast. the damage is widespread. just look at the destruction in grand isle, louisiana, captured by cnn on a flight with the u.s. coast guard yesterday. more than 1 million customers are still without power in louisiana and mississippi. and they re now being warned that it could be weeks before it is restored in this brutal summer heat that the gulf is experiencing. donnie romero is live in new orleans with the very latest. what are you seeing there today? reporter: well, it is really what we re feeling, kate. and it is the heat you re talking about. we re about 2 million people in this area. it is so hot and then top of that you have people with no power. more than a million and the numbers keep climbing, instead of going in the opposite direction so you don t have a chance to cool off. there is no a.c. whether you don t have power. this is why. this transformer fell down during the storm on top of the car
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i was on the air at 6:00 am. 185,000 people without power this morning, four days in and it s been i was watching the her a four incredibly cold there. ph maine there s 85,000 people still without power. here to talk about grudge w no christmas lights and no heat unfortunately. take a look at the weather map and show you what s match . going on. i don t know why are they didn t temperature wise this is what you re waking up to and moving a little bit call this raging bull . closer to the northeast and you can see why this is a problem. it is two aging boxers and they near 2 degrees in burlington, vermont. 1 in syracuse. are trying to squash the rivalry up around water town it is below zero and that s areas without power this morning. really rough time out with one final grudge match. there. white christmas, you ve got that. this may be a time you don t want a white christmas, you don t have power. the script is oh bad. across the west big snow has left a white christmas, kevin heart