Clogged with traffic from texas to alabama. Mississippis governor has declared a state of emergency. His state was also ravaged by katrina. The national Weather Service is underscoring the dire stakes warning that some places might be, quote, uninhabitable for weeks or months. We are covering all the angles of the approaching hurricane and the growing sense of urgency tonight. Lets begin with Meteorologist Tom Sater and the cnn weather center. How is it looking . Well, we just received the 8 00 p. M. Advisory from the national hurricane center. There are some changes, but the track doesnt change with this. Were going to get a lot more information for the 11 00 p. M. Advisory. When you look at an infrared satellite imagery, the bright colors, theyre the cold or higher cloud tops. A lot of Convective Activity around the core, as you would expect. When it really starts to circulate you know its still a breathing machine, but also on, of course, the feeder bands. Rain to jacksonville, southern areas georgia, into houston. What were finding now is the aircraft that are in this, reconnaissance aircraft, this is where theyre going to start to give more of the Information Weve been looking for. In fact, we had one out of lakeland, florida, a noaa plane, craft going through, making a couple of passes through the center. Then we have our Air Force Hurricane hunter that had to fly in from San Antonio because originally out of biloxi, but they had to leave that. Of course theyre coming in now. Ones working on the outer bands, ones working on the center. Its still a category two. At 3 00 p. M. , it was 290 miles south southeast to the mouth of the mississippi. Now its 200. In the last five hours, its gotten a little closer, about 90 miles per hour. Some of the warmest water on our planet is in areas of the Gulf Coastal areas. Were not talking about just 80s. Temperatures that are 88, 89 degrees, that is highoctane fuel. We are expecting some rapid intensification for the overnight period. Most likely later tonight could be a category three, by tomorrow a category four. The last time we had a category four was Hurricane Lar that devastated lake charles. Still thousands of homes still had the blue tarps. Thats important to know because these tropical stormforce winds are going to be moving in for the morning hours. Even though theyll be coming in from areas of the north once the center moves in, theyre still going to be strong enough to create more damage to those vulnerable homes that again still have sustained damage and not everythings repaired. Now were going to watch the core of the System Move in. This is where you get a category, say, four at 130 mileperhour winds. Think of the energy it takes for 130 mileperhour sustained winds. Those are not the gusts, those are stronger gusts. Then you take the circulation, and were going to see how close this gets, if it starts to edge and trend more to the east. Its going to mean maybe more in the way of damage for higher populated area. As it continues to move northward, it is hitting with such force, its going to sustain that energy and carry it further inland. I mean, this is not going to drop from a category four to a tropical storm in a couple of hours. It takes several hours. Now, earlier today in the 5 00 p. M. Advisory, they extended the warnings for the surge to go all the way to florida border, including mobile bay. Notice how the warnings are not just on the coastline. This is Saltwater Inundation that goes several miles inland. In fact, were going to be watching like in Morgan Escity where the surge is expected 10 to 15. This is not like katrina where in cases 17, we had 20, 24foot Storm Surges in areas. That was more of a Vulnerability Problem with the Levee System. This is going to cause problems. Now, the city of New Orleans can handle the surge. The Risk Reduction System that they have. They spent 20 Billion and the best engineers in the u. S. Came up to really help keep the surge from the city. The problem is when you have inundation like this, its not so much the surge from New Orleans, its the amount of rain thats going to fall from above. Now its all about the pumping system. Can they handle two and three inches an hour and get this. If it starts to back up weve got a world of problems because theyre pretty much in a bowl. Not only the inundation with the Storm Surge, heavy amounts of rain, it could drop 10, 15 inches of rain in New Orleans, in widespread areas. Then you toss in these winds, massive power outages, be prepared toout of power for be out of power for three weeks. This is just the beginning, not much of a change in the 8 p. M. , pamela, but well know more as time goes on. We just dont want to see this trend too much further to the east because youre getting closer to New Orleans. Nobody wants this landfall anywhere, but if youre going to have it have it in the marshy areas where the population is more dispersed. What you laid out there, tom, a concerning recipe. I know youll be tacracking all the developments. Thank you so much. Lets go southwest of New Orleans to a city in the projected path of the storm. Jason carroll is there. What are you seeing, jason . Reporter well, as you can imagine, its not just about what were seeing, which is a little wind right now, but what were expecting. This could be Ground Zero for this hurricane. This area as well as a town called houma, not far from where im standing. If you look behind me here, Emergency Officials are hoping and betting that this floodgate could be one of the main courses of defense against Water Overflow in this area. It was built after katrina. Its higher than most of the levees in and around the parish. The levees in and around the parish stand at about 12 feet. As youve heard from some of the predictions, Storm Surge could be up to 15 feet. That is why this area is under a mandatory evacuation. Houma also under a mandatory evacuation, population there about 34,000. When i was speaking to Emergency Officials about those mandatory evacuations, he said his belief is that most of the people who live south of this floodigate, e believes many of the people there have evacuated, many but certainly not all. Lot of people since earlier this morning, people were evacuating. We had an area, evacuation at the high school. So far about 350plus people evacuated so far today there. The system, what we had the operation they had to get those guys out of there. Reporter most of the residents, many of the residents, whats your guess i think weve got about 60, maybe 60 to 80 of residents has evacuated. Reporter 60, perhaps 80 at best. And heres another crucial point if you look out here, pamela, that is highway 56. And the reason why i point that out is because for those who do want to get out of this area, that road that youre looking at is basically the only way in or out if you want to make it to houma or beyond to safety. Thats why Emergency Officials are really urging people to heed that mandatory evacuation because if that road becomes compromised, theres no way in or out. Pamela . That is very concerning. Jason carroll, thank you so much. And sign up for email alerts from Cnn Meteorologists and reporters in the field, and stay up to date on extreme weather in your area. All you have to do is visit cnn. Com weatheralerts to subscribe. And as we watch the Hurricane Evacuations on the Gulf Coast, we are also watching the evacuations in afghanistan. Despite the Terror Attack that claimed 13 american service members, the work goes on. The latest numbers show nearly 7,000 people evacuated from kabul in a 24hour Stretch as of early this morning. Thats a drop in the daily numbers, and the White House warned well see that as the mission winds down. Those latest evacuations also came as the u. S. Carried out its strike against isisk killing two highprofile isis targets and wounding another. And now were hearing from president biden, quoting from his statement this afternoon. I said we would go after the group responsible for the attack on our troops and innocent civilians in kabul, and we have. The strike was not the last. We will continue to hunt down any person involved in that heinous attack and make them pay. Whenever anyone seeks to harm the united states or attack our troops, we will respond. That will never be in doubt. Cnn chief white House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins and Cnn Pentagon Correspondent Oren Liebermann join me now. Kaitlan, the president says another attack is likely. Tell us about that. Reporter yeah. This is obviously deeply concerning, pam, given what We Saw, the devastation this week with these 13 u. S. Service members being killed. Now he is being told by his top military commanders that another attack is not only probable, its highly likely in the next 24 to 36 hours. We have heard for days now from officials that they believe this really is going to be the most dangerous period of this entire Evacuation Mission which, of course, has not been safe at any point in time given the situation that these troops have been working in. But as they are drawing down their presence at the Kabul Airport in the lead up to Tuesdays Deadline to remove all u. S. Forces from afghanistan, that is what officials are most worried about the risk that it does pose to those troops who are still on the ground because there are fewer of them, they are having to move their weaponry, their machinery, their resources out of the area. And so that is what officials are watching. And of course, weve seen the response to isisk after that attack on thursday the attack earlier this week that killed those 13 service members. That Drone Strike that happened that you just referenced that they said killed two isisk planners, of course the reason theyre going after them is because theyre worried theyre planning other attacks. And so this is essentially something that the president is being constantly updated on at the White House. He has started his mornings every they week with a briefing like this. So this is something theyre watching incredibly closely as they were worried about these last final hours that troops were on the ground could be the most dangerous ones to them. And othey are saying they should have been told ahead of time. Could this affect the cooperation as Tuesdays Deadline nears . Reporter it certainly seems like it could. From the beginning this was a strained relationship. Not one built on trust or some sort of Allegiance Or Alliance or friendship or community. It was built purely on shared interests. The taliban wanted to see the u. S. Out of afghanistan and so did the u. S. And that shared interest is where this came from. Could the attack and the taliban Condemnation Strain the relationship especially in the crucial final hours . Yes, it could. But the shared interest remains. The taliban wants to see the u. S. Out. The u. S. Is trying to get not only its citizens out but its troops out. And the taliban is well aware that these are the final hours of the withdrawal and the evacuation. On top of that, there is one more shared interest that is key here that is both the taliban and the u. S. See isisk as a threat and an enemy. There is Information Sharing with the taliban on the ground there, not only to try to expand the Security Corridor but to share information that would help prevent attacks even if they are especially highly likely in this final period. Yeah because we are concerned about that, as you and kaitlan pointed out, with the warning of another attack. How chaotic are things right now inside the White House . Reporter theyre basically on Edge Kind of, watching this. They wont be surprised if theres another attack, but obviously No One wants to see one. And so they are working their best to try to thwart one. But the difficulty of this is that its not just intelligence, its what We Saw this week where it is a Suicide Bomber who goes in wearing something they believe under what he has on, and he can get in so close, of course, to those troops, slipped past the taliban checkpoints. Thats a big concern. Its not always easy for them to spot, of course. And so the question is what effect does this have on the evacuation numbers, as well. We know there are still a lot of afghans who want to get out, who have helped the u. S. , that simply so far have not been able to. And we did just get an update from the White House, pam, from today at 3 00 a. M. To 3 p. M. , a total of approximately 2,000 people were evacuated. Thats 11 military planes and seven coalition flights which is with major u. S. Allies. So youre already seeing those numbers start to go down, still a high number of planes actually going out of there. But this comes as they have been saying you are going to see a reduction in these numbers as we get closer to tuesday. And of course that is the Numberone Concern for a lot of veterans, a lot of people in the military is making sure they can help the people who helped them get out of there before that deadline happens and really it becomes incredibly uncertain once tuesday passes. Certainly does. Kaitlan collins live from the White House, Oren Liebermann from the pentagon, thank you both. Up next, we remember the 13 american heroes lost in afghanistan including this marine whose love of Duty Led to this remarkable moment with an afghan toddler. And as we track Hurricane Ida, how much more can louisiana hospitals handle . We are live with the top Health Official from New Orleans up next. Life is full of surprises when you least expect it. woman laughs and open. What happened to all your things . I know you needed a place to study, so. And other times, it pays off knowing what to expect. At university of phoenix, you can count on fixed, affordable tuition from the moment you enroll to the day you graduate from your program. Learn more about our Tuition Guarantee at phoenix. Edu get ready our most popular battery is even more powerful. The stronger, lastslonger energizer max. Real progress . When youre affected by schizophrenia, you see it differently. 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Last year we were in the cone of uncertainty for hurricanes eight times. So even then during the pandemic we had a lot of Practice Sort of understanding what we needed to do. And theyre doing the same. Theyre making sure they have appropriate staffing, theyre discharging anyone that can be discharged, and we are urging our residents if you do not have an emergency and you do not nationwide hospital care, this is not the time to come to the hospital. And doctors like yourself need to stay to take care of the patients during the storm. You cant just evacuate like so many others are doing right now. So what is being done to keep you and your colleagues safe, as well as your families . Im sure it would be nerveracking, theres a hurricane and youre working at the hospital and youre not with your family. It is. And some of us have worked long enough to remember katrina and certainly the stress of that. But everyone knows when you are a Health Care Worker in louisiana, really in the Gulf Coast or anywhere thats a hurricaneprone area, you know what youre signing up for. Youre signing up to preserve life, preserve health, and that means sacrificing being with your family. So many of us kissed our loved Ones Goodbye this morning, and sent them off to places where they could ride out the storm more safely. And were here taking care of patients because thats where we need to be. You mentioned katrina. The 16th Anniversary Of Katrina is tomorrow. What is the feel like right now in the hospital . You said some of the people there actually were there when katrina hit. What is the feeling like . You know, i think its really difficult for us every year when the anniversary comes around because of, you know, everyone has a Katrina Story that is deeply personal and affected them. And you know, even 16 years later, we still feel that. So i do think that we all realize that weve learned some very good lessons from katrina. We are more prepared, better prepared, we believe that our Levee System is fortified in a way that it simply was not during katrina. And i do think that gives us some confidence. But its hard, and my colleagues are doing their best not to wear their emotions on their sleeves. But i think we all have to acknowledge that for many of us we hoped we would never even be close to this again. I dont think this will be a katrina, but certainly it does bring up those emotions. And naturally so because youre humans, too, and you have been on the front lines fighting this pandemic for so long now. And now youre dealing with a spike In Covid cases and icus filling up. Now you see this massive storm heading your way. What is the feeling . I mean, what does that feel like to be in your shoes right now . Well, you know, we certainly pride ourselves on being resilient and being strong. And being able to face unbelievable challenges at the same time with with good Nature And Humor sometimes. I think that explains a lot of our culture. But you know, im proud that New Orleans is a really well vaccinated city, and we put in a mandate several weeks ago that were starting to see the effects of. We are starting to see hopefully a sustained downturn in cases, some Leveling Off of hospitalizations. So i hope well be in as good shape as we can to weather whatever comes, whether its covid or a Natural Disaster at the same time. And as you talk to me right now, what is your bigger worry, covid or the storm . I think our immediate we always think of whats going to happen right now, what is the acute need. Certainly our acute focus is getting through the next 24 to 36 hours and assessing what its going to do to us, but really thinking about what its going to do to our neighbors who might be taking a direct hit and how, you know, what do we need to do for them. And then its going to shift to the Poststorm Recovery and also making sure that whatever people needed to do right now to stay safe, whether it was sheltering with people who they dont live with or going out of town to places that are also covid hotspots, that it doesnt spark another surge of covid when they return. So were making sure we are Testing Folks in shelters, if theyre in shelters, and well have robust capacity hopefully when they come back, to make sure we dont continue to have two crises at once. Thats very important. The reality is as we await this storm to hit your state, many people are also choosing not to evacuate. So how will hospitals handle certain Hurricane Patients that they will receive when theyre already dealing with Icus Maxed with coacvid patients . Yeah. We will certainly handle whatever comes our way. Im in a hospital right now, and i know that theyve been very diligent about working with every partner we have to make sure people can be discharged safely to a place that theyll be able to ride out the storm. And you know, as our hospitals have done when they need to take patients because they are ill and cannot safely go home and ride out a storm, theyll do that. You know, were very good at making the most of our resources and flexing and ill say points to the how good our staff is. They know what theyre getting into. They know they might be called to take care of more patients or be stretched in ways that theyre not used to being. And theyre showing up anyway. Just incredible effort, and we all thank them for their heroic effort during all of this. Dr. Jennifer avegno, thank you so much for joining us tonight, best of luck as we look ahead to the storm. Thank you. They are casualties of a war that started when many of them were just babies. Up next, stories of the 13 u. S. 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Another marine, 23yearold Sergeant Nicole gee of sacramento, california, had posted a week ago on instagram a photo of her holding an afghan infant and wrote, i love my job. Her friend who served with her posted a tribute on Social Media saying, gee cared about people, she loved fiercely. She was a light in this dark world. Gee was one of two female u. S. Service members among those killed. The other was 25yearold marine sergeant from lawrence, massachusetts. In a conversation with her mother yesterday, she spoke of her daughter as a vibrant young person who wanted to give back to the community. And as a result of that, it is her mothers desire that she will be brought back to the city of lawrence as the hero she is. Reporter in addition to the 11 marines killed one army staff sergeant, 23yearold ryan knauss, and one navy hospital man, 22yearold maxton soviak, were also killed. The last time soviak spoke to his mother, she told him to be safe. The family said soviaks last words to her over facetime were, dont worry, mom. My guys got me. They wont let anything happen to me. His mother said she realized they all just went together. The tribute written about Sergeant Nicole Gee by her friend also talked about the fact that some of the younger generation may have only served in on peaceful missions, that theyve heard a lot of War Stories from iraq and afghanistan veterans, but may have felt somewhat removed from that. But until last thursday, that is. Thursdays explosion really brought home the realities of americas longest war. And in that post, as she said it definitely made this a very personal experience for them, pamela. They were all so young and had so much life ahead of them. Natasha chen, thank you. The ongoing Covid Surge is taking its toll on patients. The majority unvaccinated. And the people trying to save their lives. One Icu Doctor is here to share the frustrations he and his staff are feeling, up next. 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Doctor, thank you for your time. You are frustrated. Why . Thank you, pam, for having me. Were frustrated because were tired of seeing people die and suffer because they did not take a vaccine. The vaccine has been available since december 14th. And its readily available. Over 350 Million doses have been given in the united states. And were tired of telling the families that their Loved Ones are not going to make it, were tired of telling the patients, you know, what do you have to say to your daughter or your son. I recently had a patient thats 37 years old, has two kids, and she was not vaccinated. And she had to facetime her kids for the last time before she had, you know, a tragic end. I mean, what you just described could have been me if i wasnt vaccinated. I mean, that is the scary thing. I think that is the important point is that at this point in the pandemic, if you are not vaccinated, you could be that person you just described. How much more difficult is it right now to fight the coronavirus compared to this time last year . Well, this variant is eating away at the lungs. Its causing collapse of the lung. Its causing air to escape and surround the heart and compress the heart. And were seeing the patients die faster with this variant. The patients are requiring, you know everything we have, we have no medicines to help us with this. The only thing that we see that is preventing death is a vaccine. When they make it to your hospital, its too late by that point. So given what you laid out, is it harder to have sympathy for those who come in sick when many of those with covid right now are only sick because they didnt get the vaccine . We still have sympathy. I dont want to be in any of their shoes, but its a simple thing they could have done. Because of a lot of Misinformation And Hesitancy to take the vaccine, theyre among the ones that are getting admitted to the icu and the ones that are dying. We do not have a single patient in the icu that has been vaccinated, and we have not had a single patient that had the vaccine that has died. So what are the patients saying about their regrets about not getting the vaccine once they are so sick they have to go to the hospital . What are you hearing from them . Its very sad because just just before theyre placed on the ventilator they wish they had taken the vaccine. Its really hard to see this this round were seeing the younger patients, 30, 40, 50 years old, and theyre suffering, you know, theyre hungry for oxygen, and theyre dying. Unfortunately, this round theyre dying faster. Were putting them on a ventilator and, you know, some are dead within 24 hours. Some are lasting a few days. Some are lasting a week or so. And we have to go through extreme mshteasures to keep the alive. At the end theyre going. Theres no magic medicine. Weve been trying everything that anyone can think of globally to try to prevent these people from dying. But its not working. The only thing that were finding is that the vaccine is preventing death. Its preventing patients from coming to the icu. And yet as we speak right now, there are still so many people in the country who are eligible to get vaccinate whod refuse to. What is your message to them . My message is, you know, dont take a chance. Theres a simple thing that you can do is just take the vaccine, and its going to fight this virus, its going to prevent you from getting into the icu and dying. If i had told you that theres a lion in the Back Yard and get into your house and protect yourself, youre going to take that youre not going to even look for the lion, youre going to get in your house and protect yourself. So that virus is that lion. And all you have to do is take a vaccine. Its like a force field. That Lion Cannot touch you if you have the vaccine. So thats my message. It has to be were tired of seeing these people die just because theyre not vaccinated. Its very frustrating. The nurses are overwhelmed. The nurses are crying. My Pack Trractitioners are cryi. E even i when talking to somebody and telling them this is it, do you have anything to say to your Loved Ones for the last time, youre not going to say anything else, were going to put you in a chemically induced Coma And Youll be dead in a few days, its difficult to say that over and over again. Thats got to take such a tremendous emotional toll on you. What is that like having to go through day in, day out . It is very difficult. You know, if it wasnt for my wife and my kids to go home to but its ea as even harder its your friends. I have a patient now thats the father of one of my sons classmates. And hes not expected to make it. He was not vaccinated. And i also have an Icu Nurse that was just delivered a baby and didnt take the vaccine because she didnt know if it was safe or not, and its not her fault, its not anyones fault. We just urge people to take the vaccine because we dont want to lose anybody else. And youre having to say this to people, youre seeing people you know. Its just too much to handle. What are you doing to take care of yourself . Believe it or not, you know, i try to spend more time with the kids and go out and spend more time with them. But its not easy for anyone. Its No One can really fully understand it unless they are in your shoes. But you helped us you helped give us a window into it, doctor, and we thank you for that because it is so important. Thank you very much. Thank you. All right. And one we explore one thats been paved and one thats forever wild but freedom means you dont have to choose just one adventure you get both. Introducing the Allnew 3row Jeep grand cherokee l jeep. Theres only one. vo how do you know when youve found your team . Whether youre winning, or just doing your best. When youre on the lanes, theyre right behind you. Reunite with your team. Go bowling. 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Misinformation is persuading some people to grasp for unproven medicine, including medicine for horses and cows. Why in the world would an individual want to take a medication for live stock . Reporter it can be used to treat worms and lives but its mainly used by vets to deworm livestock. We typically sell maybe ten of those a month, but in the past month, wie probably sold 50 to A Hundred of each. I highly suggest people stop injecting them with the Vie Row Max and start injecting themselves with the vaccine. Reporter calls to patchy Control Centers have tripled compared to what they were getting at the start. People are calling because they may have toxicity as a result of ingesting Livestock Medicine to Selftreat Or Selfprevent covid. Reporter this week, the cdc revealed that one adult was hospitalized for nine days after drinking a Cattle Form Lachlt another bought pills on line and took five of them every day for five days before they, too, ended up in the hospital. 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