You pay. Republicans blame biden. Its a picture of weakness and incompetence. In new covid cases as kids head back to the classroom. The virus is so incredibly contagious, it is spreading among the population, including our children. Sourced by the best reporters now. Welcome inside politics sunday. Im Manu Raju in for abbey. Getting battered by Hurricane Ida this morning. The storm is getting stronger every hour and already is lashing louisiana. Allison chinchar is in the Weather Center with the latest. A new forecast from the Hurricane Center just out . Literally in moments ago. Those Wind Gusts up to 185 miles per hour. It now makes it a Highend Category 4 storm, only 7 miles an hour off from being a Category 5. Hurricane hunters, not one, but two different missions are out, investigating this storm, taking as many measurements as they can, before this storm makes landfall. Its expected to be around noon local time or 1 00 p. M. Eastern time today in louisiana. It is expected to strengthen further. Theyre actually calling for landfall to be at 155mileperhour. Again, doing math, that would be 2 miles an hour off from a Category 5 storm. From there, it starts to slow its forward speed and weaken as well. When it slows, it also has more time to dump a tremendous amount of rain. Theyre starting to see those outer bands beginning to push in, very Heavy Rain across areas of New Orleans, especially the northern suburbs. We have a Tornado Watch valid until 8 00 p. M. Tonight. Not just for New Orleans but biloxi, mobile, several other cities around the area. That goes through the evening. Storm surge is going to be b biggest concern with this threat. Grand is lechlt, total of 12 to 16 feet. Purple areas you see here, 8 to 12 feet. You have these areas on the northern side that are up to 4 feet as of now and those numbers will continue to climb. Wind speeds, in excess of 110 miles per hour. We already have had reports up around the 90mileperhour Range among the very extreme southern points of louisiana. Those numbers are going to tick up. T this, manu, is why Power Outages will be a widespread concern. Not just New Orleans but a lot of the surrounding areas as well. Huge storm coming in, near Category 5 storm. Allison, thank you for that. Well check in throughout the hour. Now to our other top story. Stark warning to President Biden. Another attack on the Kabul Airport could be imminent. Statement released yesterday. Biden said our commanders informed me an attack is highly likely in the next 24 to 36 hours. And this, of course, comes on the heels of Thursdays Suicide Bombing that killed 13 Service Members and 130 civilians trying to flee the country. Islamic spinoff called isisk claimed responsibility for the attack. In a Statement Yesterday Biden promised more retaliation is coming. Arlette saenz joins me from the White House with more. What did biden mean by further retaliation . Reporter manu, biden has decided to respond in a time of place of their choosing but has not given any further details about what further retaliatory action might look like. That Air Strike that took out two isisk targets was done with overthehorizon capabilities. And it was an unmanned strike. Thats a jet. It was done, originated from outside of afghanistan. That is something that pentagon Officials Yesterday said is that they would continue to maintain that Overthehorizon Capability even as american military troops withdraw from this country. But this all comes at a very precarious and delicate stage in the Situation in afghanistan. The president was warned by his Military Advisers that there was likely going to be another attack in in the 24 to 36 hours as of yesterday. He has ordered his commanders on the ground to go ahead and go toward maximum Force Protection and ensure that those military people on the ground have the resources needed to protect themselves at the airport. This also comes as that Evacuation Mission is still under way as well. Something that this administration is really trying to focus on. Not just going after those responsibility for Thursdays Attack at the airport, but also for those to evacuate many americans and afghans as possible. President biden is on his way to dover Air Force Base it sounds like. Reporter President Biden is heading to dover Air Force Base to meet with the families. And for that dignified Transfer Process of the 13 u. S. Service members who were killed in that blast on thursday in afghanistan. The president and the First Lady will be on hand for those dignified transfers. While this will be the first time that biden is participating in a dignified transfer as commander in chief, he has gone to dover in the past as Vice President in the waning days of his vice presidency, he was in dover for a dignified transfer. This will be a very solemn and somber moment for this president as he meets with those families and is on hand for those dignified transfers of the 13 Service Members lost in afghanistan. Sad for any president especially after thursdays horrific attack. Well keep monitoring. In doha, qata, Nick Paton Walsh is also monitoring the Situation. 130,000 have been evacuated, nearly all afghan nationals. Put that number into perspective for us. How many afghans want to be evacuated . Many still. Airport staff working on this process, i was told by folks familiar with the Situation were getting tons of messages from afghans who still want to leave. This will be a pressing issue for Tens Of Thousands of afghans moving forward and as many u. S. Officials will have to accept, many they will not be able to help. The question will be after August 31st, tuesday, when we should see the entire Military Departure from that aircraft, how quickly will civilian flights open up and will the taliban prevent those people on the list, for example, from leaving the country . Evacuation process as it stands at the moment appears to be tapering down from the remarkable pace they were at a week ago. Last numbers given out most recently over the 12hour people suggest only 1,400 people have been taken out by the united states and 600 by the allies. 2,000 quite a significant Number But Nothing like the 20,000 in the 24 hours weve seen earlier. The pentagon said yesterday 1400 were there. Its not clear if thats the same 1400 that the latter reported. Yesterday still miraculously getting on through the gates, pulled through the gates. Essentially that seems u. S. Troops even after the damage of the blast on thursday, still risking themselves and putting people in. Its dropped remarkably. The level of evacuation is nothing like it was. And now were seeing the focus, of course, turning toward the military withdrawal, the Retro Gad as we call it. Weve just seen a c17 has left the airport. Bear in mind, tomorrow is most likely the last day there. It would be very doubtful if the pentagon chose to run it right up against the August 31st deadline, given both the heightened Security Risks and how their evacuation appears to have significant draw down. Joint base andrews, President Biden and his wife, jill, getting on to Air Force one, heading over to dover Air Force Base to deal with the arrival of that dignified transfer. A solemn moment. The arrival of those victims, Service Members, 13 who were killed in thursdays horrific Suicide Bombing at the Kabul Airport. Nick paton walsh, thank you for joining me. Gi joining me now, covering national security issues for the wall street journal, nancy, talk about what happened over the weekend. This strike ordered by President Biden on isisk, does that degrade isisks capabilities in any way . The united States Military said they struck facilitators but havent told us who these were, where they were killed or how they fit in the hierarchy of the organization. More moreover we often think of them in a monolithic way but, in fact, there are factions within the islamic state. So until we learn more details about who was struck and how they fit within the islamic state, its hard to determine if it had an impact, if these are people who could shape the organization or if it was just in retaliation for the Suicide Bombing on thursday. Leon panetta, and his opinion. Were going to have to go back in and get isis. Were going to have to go back in when Al Qaeda resurrects itself. Were trying to get our troops out there have, but the bottom line is we can leave the battlefield but we cant leave the war on terrorism. Nancy, do your sources agree that the u. S. May have to go back in . So, a couple of things. Remember when the u. S. Came up with this Counterterrorism Strategy . It was really contingent on the availability of u. S. Training Afghan Security Forces and both have disappeared with the fall of kabul to the taliban. So the u. S. Will depend on drones to try to keep an eye on the rise of Extremist Groups within afghanistan from afar. To the question of whether the u. S. Will come back in, its contingent on two things. If we see strikes emanating from afghanistan against targets outside of it, and if the u. S. Finds that the intelligence it would gain from afar is not enough to monitor and keep these gr groups in check. So, its something that everybody will be monitor. Theres so many challenges that come with it. There are several terror groups and there is a Power Vac in afghanistan. And if the taliban is not able to fill it fully, it will likely lead to the rise of other Extremist Groups that can also operate in that country, making Intelligence Gathering and curtailing the threat from that country. So many people who die d in the attack were so young, not even alive on 9 11. An afghan infant on instagram a few days before her death. He was this sergeant was just a toddler when that began. In that photo she post Identity Love my job. The oldest amongst those lost was 31. The most common age among them was 20. So, some were not born when the 9 11 attacks happened. Some were only children. All of them were only children when the attack happened. Not only their ages but the enormous task we put on such young soldiers. These Service Members were being asked to guard the Gate And Figure out who should be let in but deal with thousands of people a day at their most desperate Point And Help fac facilitate their passageway out of afghanistan. And the task we put on them is really quite overwhelming. You can see in the fphotos and stories of their families, a mission that was predicated on helping others, helping allies, those who helped the united states government. Such a tragedy all the way around. Our hearts go out to the families. Nancy yousef, thank you for your reporting. Kaitlan collins joins you us now from the White House. Tell us about Joe Bidens plans. Youre seeing pictures on your screen of him on Air Force one, about to take off, head over to dover Air Force Base. Manu, this is the first time, obviously, President Biden has done this since taking office. Its one of the most somber aspects of the entire presidency, Go Ing and getting these families who have just gotten the worst news they could possibly get. Now we do expect to meet the families of these 13 Family Members of those Service Members killed in afghanistan. You will see this dignified transfer take place. Just to give you a little history on this, its only bins since 2009 that the pentagon has allowed these ceremonies, in part, to be photographed. The familyies are not shown out of respect for privacy. They have to sign off on the media to be there at dover Air Force Base for these ceremonies. This is where the president will go and greet these families on the tarmac, see the military planes, often a c17 come. Thats where you see the Cargo Hold is open and they bring out flagdraped coffins and a ceremony where their families are often seated nearby. One of the greatest aspects of this entire day for this since they got that phone call, finding out one of their Loved Ones had been has been killed. President biden is no stranger to this. He was Vice President. But this is the first time he will take part in one of these ceremonies and we believe its the first time he will come Face To face with several of these families of the 13 who were killed ranging in age from 20 to 31. Often these ceremonies are done by the military at dover, they go through the cargo, prayer said and they are taken on to, of course, their final destination where they will be buried. Its an inkcredibly brave Situation. I remember john kelly, general kelly, he was talking about his own experience with this, given his son was Kill Ed in afghanistan. And he was talking about just what the aftermath of this is like and how solemn it is for these families. And one thing that he said was the most significant and most meaningful parts of it was hearing from his sons friends who served with him overseas, saying those were the calls that meant the most to him after finding out these news. As we hear the stories of these 13 people, so young. Some with chirp on the way, some had just been married, talking about future aspirations, it is one of the greatest parts of the job of being president. President biden, well see there, in a few moments greeting these families. Watching Air Force one take off from Joint Base Andrews to dover Air Force Base. Do we expect the president to make any remarks publicly about what happened here, about the incident thursday and his meetings with the families . Reporter i dont anticipate well hear from him. He will go and likely spend some time with these families. Allys of this president often talked about when he was running, his ability to be able to connect with people in moments like this. Of course, he is a president himself who has experienced a lot of loss. Unfortunately, he has a lot of history with this and can often connect with families in a way that is often really difficult for a lot of President S that have to deal with such moments of gravity as this one. We may hear from him later on today, of course. We know this is something that really shook the West Wing after this Suicide Blast happened earlier this week given, as they found out, about the casualties and fatalities that happened to Service Members. We could hear from him perhaps tomorrow or later this week on what this is like for him. After we found out they had been killed on thursday when he came and spoke to us on the White House, he said it has been a really tough day. Thats how aides described it as well, a somber, quiet move in the West Wing as they grapple with this. We should note also, manu, the president has talked about why hes getting out of afghanistan. 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Hurricane ida has strengthened to nearly a Category 5 storm and is hitting louisiana on the 16th Anniversary of hurricane katrina. Erik Van Dam is in southeastern loui louisiana. What are you seeing on the ground . Reporter manu, this is the stuff of nightmares. I used to tell my Kids Monsters didnt exist. Basically the same distance from where im standing. What were experiencing now, periodic rainfall. The wind is consistently increasing. Youll occasionally see some of the trees starting to move around. I dont know how well you can see it on your Tv Screens but the clouds are moving very quickly in the distance as major Hurricane Idena approaches and nears this particular area where that water touches land, from the sky or the ocean, will be impacted from the storm. We also know that the storm doesnt stop at the coast. Impacts will be felt well inland. Baton rouge, were talking to you. Were talking up into Northern Louisiana as well. This storm will slowly progress through that area. Lastminute preps need to be done. Theyve taken in lots of furniture from the hotel were staying at. By the way, we do have a safe shelter to back away from the storm if need be, by the way. Tropical Storm Force winds. This is interesting. Extending 140 miles from the center, Hurricane Force winds out 40 miles as this storm continues to breathe and strengthen from those warm gulf waters. On the back of the covid pandemic, low vaccination rats, 41 in the state of louisiana, and high hospitalization rates. We talked to a nurse who was born and raised in houma, louisiana. She told us she has only been evacuated once from her hospital, thats katrina. This time there are no open beds in the regional area so there are nowhere for patients to go. Manu . Joining us here in the bureau with the reporting, Cnns Phil mattingly. John Han Martin of the new york times, Rachel Bade of politico. Jonathan, youre basically a New Orleans resident yourself. How much anxiety is there on the Gr Ground . Are they prepared this time around . Yes, to the latter. More so than the past, but I10 East and west was full. This City And State means a lot to me and my family. I think its important for every american watching this to realize how indispensable New Orleans is to the american family. This city has offered so much to the country, to the world. Culture, music, On And on. I hope folks watching at home will keep the City And State in mind and do everything they can. Think back those sugar bowls, Madderi Gra Mardi gras that you went to. Phil, this is yet another crisis for the president on the heels of afghanistan and everything else. Slow august has not existed for that White House. Day after day, week after week of extraordinary critical events and in some Cases Crisis events. When you talk to White House officials, these are the specific moments they believe the president was made for. Theyve worked in government before. The President S team is well versed and they think they can put it into effect. Its what they thought he brought to the table much better than his predecessor. The president made clear this is a focus of his. He has made clear hes being updated throughout this entire process. Fema is very active on the ground there. You never want something else on the plate when youre dealing with so much. How are they going to balance this . There is an additional degree of difficulty with this hurricane because it comes amidst covid. Hospitals are full. Thats a big, additional challenge as we see this unfold in the coming hours and days, how thats going to impact the response and the Human Toll here. The White House is prepared. The president has had briefings and is vup dated. Theyre offering support. But that just adds this extra element here that well have to watch closely. You mentioned covid. Just this week we saw the number of hospitalizations reach 100,000 people for covid cases for the first time since january. Whats the next shoe to drop here . Its a tough month for the White House. Talk about politics at a moment like this. From a political standpoint, this is the time when President Biden wants to talk about the agenda. He had a huge victory in july or august about infrastructure. They got a big schedule in the fall. Right now, they Cant Talk about any of that because there are emergencies right now and he has to deal with those. A great testament to the longestablished. Every president is defined by external events that no President Plans for. George w. Bush was not planning for the attacks of 9 11, obviously. I dont think President Biden President Trump was planning for a global pandemic when he ran in 2016. This is what President S and legacies are made of. 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I remain concerned that terrorists worldwide will emboldened by our retreat. This has been a devastating, deadly episode, attack over the weekend, that Suicide Attack that occurred thursday. How much damage is this doing to Joe Biden right now . Look, when the crisis first began, the White House was pretty confident not confident but thought if nobody died and they could get out everybody quickly, this would be a blip in the radar for his presidency and people would move On And americans, as we see in polls, dont really follow foreign policy. With 13 american soldiers dead, this will perhaps be a Derching Moment for his legacy. You heard White House officials calling this the worst day of his presidency. We played the clips of republicans. The party right now is again, not to sound crass, but theyre seeing it as a way to attack this president. Youll hear leaders talk about it. There are questions about the u. S. Reliance on the taliban. We had reporting earlier this week about a list of american names and afghan allies that were shared with the taliban in hopes that they would help evacuate them. Already some republicans and even democrats on The Hill are saying, wait a second. We need to have oversight of this. This was a bad idea. Theres going to be, again, oversight of the president and potentially if republicans flip the house next year, we could see them do a bigger style. Theyre already signaling thats what theyll do, investigate what happened here in afghanistan. The White House, it seems to be betting, or appears this will not become a major issue in the midterms. Can you explain this dynamic . We tried to look to see what the public was really saying about what was unfolding and talked to voters in pennsylvania and georgia, and we talked to people both before and after the explosion on thursday. What we saw was broadly this is what the White House will say. Broadly americans support the exit. Most felt like it was time to get out. They had been there long enough, they didnt want to see american boots on the ground. How about people felt about the evacuatiOn And how they felt about the president was the difference. Democrats tended to be more sympathetic to the idea it was going to be messy. And they still stood with the president whereas republicans were more critical. I think well see how this plays out. Obviously this isnt over yet. The White House is betting on the idea, i think, that they can finish the evacuation, get out and say this the president is maybing his argument we dont want to see more loss of life. The reason were getting out. Theyll keep coming back to the big argument. We dont want to see more loss of life. Its not our place to be there. Theyre hoping that argument does resonate with people. To rachels point they think ultimately the top issues with the american people, the economy, covid. Surging inflation, covid cases rising, the Eviction Moratorium got struck down by the Supreme Court over the weekend. Its a difficult period. The honeymoon is obviously over, to put it mildly. Yes. I think six months from now, obviously, will still be around but most americans tend to focus on their own lives and how their faring. Thats why the economy in covid is so key here. The hit hes taken over his handling of covid. That issue as far as all polishes and thats his biggest challenge. Its easy to understand. Most americans look at this with a onesentence view. I thought covid was over, period. The fact that its not, obviously, you cant put that at bidens feet. The data they lived experience, if you will, for a lot of americans, is i thought it was over. The president came out July 4th and said were declaring independence from the virus and were moving forward. And so and he ran as someone who was going to get control of the virus. So i think people are looking to that. To reimpose competence in qatar. Afghanistan. Maybe you dont like it but im not going to be embarrassed. Look, here we go. Covid is back, inflation. This is the key point. If you went through the first five months, passed 1. 9 trillion Rescue Plan rather quickly. Covid felt like it was defeated, to a lot of americans. Your legislative agenda seemed like it was mostly on track. The courts of the last five, six weeks it seems its taken left hook, right hook, left hook. You know the legislative Situation better than anything. No pitfalls there but still on track. Not as transitory as people thought. I think on the afghanistan issue, everything changed with the Suicide Attack. The White House thought that if they could just get to the 31st while evacuating 130,000 people or helping that process out the overarching argument that the president has never waivered on, that the people support withdraw, would end up winning the day and the domestic achievements and path forward on legislative affairs would be far more important. 13 people die. Even though they knew it was possible, people will remember that. When you talk to White House off officials, theyve been very cognizant of political imp impli implications, but it changed everything in this moment. Listen to how a republican who obviously is one of the most outspoken trcritics of Donald Trump talked ed about whats happening in afghanistan. There needs to be accountability and President Biden needs to take better responsibility of this americans want leaders who take responsibilities. Is anyone going to be held accountable, do you think . Its one of the issues of the White House, moving on from this. This isnt going to go away on the 31st. Obviously there will be continued efforts to get anyone left out. But there will be these hearings. Republicans will be pushing for information. Democrats also want information. The White House, i think, will be held to these standards. And the republicans have been in afghanistan in particular, have been divided themselves on the offensive here, Attacking What Biden did. Kevin mccarthy last week said biden, quote, will face a recore reckoning. Mccarthy alctually backed donal trumps efforts to draw down troops. The at that time ban must prove to the world they are ready for peace. He was asked about his differing opinions at a News Conference last week. You said he shouldnt be negotiating with the taliban. Trump did that too. Trump also had conditions. Trump never gave the names of americans to the taliban. Trump has never left Blackhawk Helicopters more than australia has. How are they going to be able to walk that line, rachel . President bidens political issues on this are clearly front and center. Republicans have their own issues on this matter. Youre seeing a divide in the party where you have the Trump Wing wanting to make this an antiimmigration issue and suggest that President Biden did this on purpose so he could bring afghans here and, quote, change the body politics. There are conspiracy theories, clearly. Then you have a duty to the afghans who helped american troops. These are colliding talking points. Still the party of trump. Its an awkward Situation for republicans and want to hold biden accountable but have their own problems internally. Youll see the distinction between the withdraw and the execution of the withdraw. What were generals telling you . What was the planning . No question, next few days so critical as the final americans continue to evacuate and afghans evacuate. More on Breaking News this hour, the Louisiana Coast is already feeling the effects of Hurricane Ida. Center of the strong category 4 storm is still out in the Gulf Of Mexico and expected to make landfall this afternoon. National Hurricane Center is warning of Heavy Rainfall, catastrophic Wind Damage and lifethreatening storm surge. Get the latest on the Situation from nadia romero. What are you seeing on the ground . Reporter manu, this storm is rapidly intensifying. Were seeing it now. Were finally getting really Heavy Rain as Hurricane Ida barrels toward us. Im on iconic bourbon street. Normally this would be full of people walking about. This place never shuts down except for now because of a hurricane. All of these shops are boarded up, closed up. You can see the Sand Bags lining these different taverns, bars and restaurants getting ready for the storm. Especially when people had you heard this could be worse than hurricane katrina, katrina was a category 3. Hurricane ida a category 4 and could go up to Category 5. The storm was 80 miles per hour yesterday. Now 150. Thats how quickly the storm is intensifying. We met people who were Plan Nin a vacatiOn And decided to come anyways, not really sure if the storm would materialize, deciding to roll the dice. They did. And listen to how one family, a group of Family Members and fri friends, how theyre faring in the storm after surviving superstorm sandy, they were without power two weeks. Now theyre here in New Orleans, stick stuck stuck. No flights out. No flights out. Were stuck. Reporter so what are the plans . Humpger down in the hotel. Try to enjoy it as much as possible, whatever is open offer whatever is there at the hotel. Reporter so you heard them say saying they just have to see what happens. Theyre going to have to ride out the storm. They are in a hotel. They say they are a few floors up so feel pretty good about things. Theyve been through storms before. Theyve never been through a hurricane. This will be different for that family. 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Making a plan might feel like homework, but it will help you and your family stay safe during an emergency. This was supposed to be the summer we declared freedom from the coronavirus. The Delta Variant surges. A fraction of americans were vaccinated. 61 of americans have at least one shot. Meanwhile judges in the two hardestHit States say tschools are require masks if they so choose. Cnn medical analyst dr. Reinhart. Look at these hospitalizations in florida and texas, showing that a Record Number of kids hospitalized in those states, florida and texas, how much do you think that rise is aattat attributed to a lack of Mask Mandates . A lot of it. Kids under 12 is the vulnerable population. Not a single child under 12 in the united states is vaccinated. Were sending them back into schools where most places Teachers Arent require d to Hae Vaccinations and in places where Mask Mandates arent universal, particularly places like florida and texas. And thats the largest sort of Growth Area for the virus in this country. And this leaves us at a perilous inflection point. Whereas you said we have more dea deaths now than we had in the darkest days of the winter. There are signs in the united states that the virus is slowing. Oneweek Growth Rate is only 8 . For the first six weeks of the summer, the cases were doubling every ten days. But kids are going Back To School. And that is the fuel for this fire. Unless we protect them, the train will go back in the other direction. Take a look at these numbers in florida. Poll numbers out of florida about Mask Mandates in public schools. This is what it says. 61 support, 38 oppose, Quinnipiac Poll from last week. Why do you think Ron Desantis is making such a big deal out of this . Ive been struck not only by the governors but in virginia, Glenn Youngkin is running for this fall, making this a hill to die on, being opposed to Vaccine Mandates, particularly Vaccine Mandates or Mask Mandates. Thats the best way out of this, is to get folks vaccinated. I find it puzzling. I think theyre beholden to a base which they assume is probably more hard core on this issue than they are in reality. I think theres a larger group, a majority, if you will, of voters in this country who just want to get back to normal and who largely the vaccine is the way to do that, mandating it, so be it. Theyre Making A risky choice here. If you want to know why the White House there are very real policy and public reasons why the White House has Governor Desantis in particular but also governor abbott. Theyre worried about the political ramifications of going on the offense about masking in schools right now. There are major Public Health concerns about the kids going Back To School in the middle of delta, but they feel like theyre on very politically solid ground. They made it very clear me at least that they dr. Reiner, wee seeing this bear down, the hardest Hit States in the country. How worried are you about this Making A very bad Situation worse . I talked with a colleague in New Orleans, and he is a grizled veteran of hurricanes, and he is worried. The problem now is that whereas in prior hurricanes, you would transfer patients to higher ground, so to speak. There is no places to send patients. All the hospitals in the south are filled. So, all the hospitals in New Orleans and in mississippi and in the path of this hurricane are filled with people now who cant be moved. And if there are Power Outages, Supply Outages or problems getting oxygen to hospitals, people are going to die. Just read five days, the book on what happened in hospitals during katrina. Im very worried about it. They are somewhat encouraged that Vaccination Rates are going up. Theyve seen numbers increase in august. The question from doctors, is that enough as you return to school . Could that Put Pressure on increasing cases . A very strict mask mandate, you cannot go into a restaurant or any business in that city and sit down and not have your Vaccine Card checked. Theyre very strict about it. Cases are dropping. More importantly in the city of New Orleans, the Vaccine Rate is soaring because people said i just have to do it. Very busy morning. Thank you all for joining us. Thank you for tuning in this morning. Join us here every sunday at 8 00 a. M. Eastern and the Weekday Show Noon eastern as well. Up next a special State Of The Union with jake tapper. His guests are Senator Mitt Romney, peter meijer, Seth Moulton and chris murphy. Thank you for sharing your Sunday Morning with us. Someone once told me, that i should get used to people staring. So i did. Its okay, you can stare. 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