Sam kiley is in doha, qatar, and with u. S. Cnn military retired general. Orrin, lets start with you. What do we expect to hear in these remarks . In terms of the expectation of how this plays out, we expect austin and milley, and then some time for questions. Generally when these two spoke in front of the press, it lasted a tight 30 minutes and thats what we expect here. Second in terms of what we expect to hear, i think it will focus on a message of support and a message of absolute confidence in the troops, and a message of mourning for those that lost their lives in 20 years of war, including the 13 Service Members of lost their lives last wednesday, and then support for 8,000 other Service Members that served in afghanistan over the course of two decades of war. I dont think we will hear too much insight on the disagreements and the insights of going into the withdrawal and the process of the evacuation, that they are almost certain to keep themselves, and we hope to get in there for the questions. In the major estimates from the highest levels of the administration, that is president joe biden, this is the first chance we expect to be able to ask questions of the highest level of the administration, and thats worth noting even if we dont get too many questions in. At least we have the chance here or expect the chance here to pose questions here, and thats certainly worth something. How important is it after such a tragic and chaotic end to the war to hear from milley . What they say are very important to the troops forgive me, general. Lets listen in. Good afternoon and thanks for being here. Its been a busy time for all of us in this department, a proud one and a sauolemn one, too. We have concluded our historic evacuation and ended the last mission of the war in afghanistan. Americas longest war has come to a close. Now, both as secretary and as a veteran of the afghan war, my thoughts have been with the Brave Americans who stood up to serve after Al Qaeda attacked us on september 11th, 2001. My heart is with their families and Loved Ones, and with our friends and allies and with our fellow citizens whose lives were lost or changed forever over 20 years of war. We remember 2,461,000 Service Members that played the ultimate price in this war. And more than 20,000 wounded americans, some still carrying the scars that you cant see on the outside, and we also remember the thousands of american contractors that lost their lives. Hundreds of our allies and partners from nato and beyond, and Tens Of Thousands of afghan soldiers and Police Officers, and Tens Of Thousands more afghan civilians. Now, we have just concluded the largest Air Evacuation of civilians in american history. It was heroic. It was historic. And i hope that all americans will unite to thank our Service Members for their courage and compassion. They were operating in an immensely dangerous and dynamic environment. But our troops were tireless, fearless and selfless. Our commanders never flinched. And our allies and partners were extraordinary. United states evacuated some 6,000 American Citizens in a total of more than 124,000 civilians. We did it all in the midst of a pandemic and in the face of grave and growing threats. I am incredibly proud of those that made it happen, and they made it happen with Grit And Skill and humanity. Our outstanding men and women showed steady judgment under crushing pressure, including some very young Service Members who summoned up exceptional courage at close quarters. They ran an International Airport. They sped up visas. They fed the hungry. They comforted the desperate. And they got plane after plane after plane into the sky. Our forces risks their own lives to save the lives of others, and then of our very best paid the ultimate price. Many of them are too young to personally remember the 9 11 attacks. United States Military will always honor their heroism. We mourn with their families and we owe them support through the days and years ahead. It is noteworthy that on the day of the attack at the airport our troops and their partners pushed hard and carried on, putting 89 rescue flights in the air in the span of 24 hours. Lifting 12,500 souls to freedom. It has been an enormous achievement, not just by the u u. S. Military, but also by the military of our allies and partners and by, of course, our teammates at the State Department. Now the war is over and were entering a new chapter, one where our diplomats and interagency partners take the lead, and we are part of an urgent Team Effort to move e evacuees into international partners, and i will be traveling next week to thank our partners who have done so much to help save and shelter afghan civilians. Now some of those brave afghans will be coming to make new lives with their families in america. After careful screening by our security partners, and we are sheltering these evacuees at some of the Military Facilities here at home, and i am proud of the way our military communities have welcomed them. Some of these courageous afghans fought alongside us. And they and their families have more than earned their places in the land of the free and the home of the brave. In welcoming these afghans, its not just about what theyve done, its about who we are. Now as one mission ends, others must go on. Even during our afghan retrograde, this department was racing to help victims of Natural Disasters at home and abroad, and we still are. We have been driving to end the pandemic. We have continued to tackle Security Challenges from china and russia, Iran And North korea. Its our duty to defend this nation, and were not going to take our eye off the ball. That means relentless Counterterrorism Efforts against any threat to the american people from anyplace. It means working with our partners to shore up stability in the region around afghanistan. And it means a new focus to our leadership in this young century, and to meet the Security Challenges from china, to seize new opportunities in the Endo Pacific and elsewhere, and to deepen our ties with old allies and new partners. And to defend our democracy against all enemies. But for today i want to end with the word to the force and their families. I know these have been difficult days for many of us, and as we look back as a nation on the war in afghanistan, i hope that we will all do so with thoughtfulness and respect. I will always be proud of the part that we played in this war. But we shouldnt expect afghan War Veterans to agree anymore than any other group of americans. Ive heard strong views from many sides in recent days, and thats vital. Thats democracy. Thats america. As we always do, this department will look back clearly and professionally and learn every lesson that we can. Thats our way. But right now its time to thank all those that served in this war because you are the greatest asset that we have. You, the extraordinary men and women that volunteer to keep us safe and your families. So my prayers are with you, and with the Gold Star families that lost Loved Ones in afghanistan, and with the warriors that mourn their fallen brothers and sisters, and with those who bear the wounds of war to body and to soul, we will never forget what you did and what you gave. Our country owes you thanks that wont fade. And support that wont falter. The war has ended but our gratitude never will. Finally, just a word about the Navy Helicopter Mishap overnight off the coast of california. I know that the navy is working diligently at Search And Rescue operations. On behalf of the whole department i want to pass on our thoughts and prayers for the best possible outcome. Its yet another reminder of the dangers our men and women face every day overseas, at sea, and here at home. Let me now turn it over to the chairman. Thank you, secretary, and good afternoon, everyone. Three weeks ago the United States military received the mission to conduct a noncombatant evacuation from afghanistan and support the department of state in order to evacuate American Citizens, and the department of State Designated Afghans with a directed Completion Date of 31 of august. The key military tasks were to secure and defend the International Airport in kabul, and evacuate all Embassy Personnel and evacuate all American Citizens that wanted to Get Out and evacuate other afghans as designated by the department of state and retrograde all of the u. S. Military. In short, the United States military was tasked to conduct two highly complex missions simultaneously of retrograde while in contact with the enemy, and in a nonpermissionive environment. We executed that mission in a highly dynamic, dangerous Operating Environment from a wartorn country and it was conducted across nine countries and 26 intermediate bases and safe havens. Some were deployed based on our contingency planning. These elements came from the 82nd Airborne Division Special Forces in the Marine Corps along with Air Force and marine personnel. And as well as incredible support from the transport aircraft, the pilots and crews of the United States transportation command, and we had a carrier strike crew. We flew 187 u. S. Military C17 And C130 shorties, and enabled 391 nonmilitary sorties, and evacuated a total of 124,334 people, which included almost 6,000 American Citizens, third country nationals and afghans designated by the department of state. We will continue to evacuate American Citizens under the leadership of the department of state as this mission has now transmissioned from a Military Mission. Evacuees complete medical and Security Screening and vetting in accordance with the lead federal agencys guidance, the department of homeland security. Currently theres approximately 20,000 evacuees in seven staging bases in five countries and central command. Another 23,000 in seven staging bases in four countries in europe. And as of this morning, there are approximately 20,000 afghans who arrived at eight different Military Bases in the continent of the United States. This mission costs 11 marines, one soldier and one navy corpsmen their lives, and 22 others were wounded in action. In addition to over 100 afghans killed and wounded in a horrific Terrorists Attack on the 26th Of August at abbey gate. Those soldiers, sailors and marines gave their lives so others may live free. They literally gave their tomorrows for the tomorrows of people they never knew. Those 124,000, they never knew the 13 that died and will never know the 22 who are wounded, as well as the thousands of dead and wounded that came before them, and they will now live in freedom because of american bloodshed on their behalf. Nearly two decades have passed since that horrible dark September Day in our nations history, when 2,977 lives were murdered. Since then the men and women of the United States military and interagency partners fought tirelessly to defeat afghanistan and terrorists around the world, both at home and abroad, their talent and efforts have carried this Fight Day and night. In afghanistan our mission our Military Mission has now come to an end. We will learn from this experience as a military, and how we got to this moment in afghanistan will be analyzed and studied for years to come. We in the military will approach this with humility, transparency and candor. There are many operational and strategic lessons to be learned. 800,000 of us in uniform served in afghanistan over the last 20 years. Our nation spent over 1 trillion, and most importantly, 2,461 soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines gave the last full measure of devotion, while 20,691 were wounded, and untold thousands of others suffer with the invisible wounds of war as we close this chapter in our nations history. All of those casualties alongside our allies and partners and we should never forget that 60,000 Afghan National Security Forces gave their lives in the conduct of this war. Our Counterterrorism Efforts in afghanistan and that region, over 20 years has protected the american people from Terrorists Attacks and the men, women and children who were just evacuated will ultimately be the legacy to prove the value of our sacrifice. For the past 20 years, there has not been a major attack on a homeland, and its now our mission to ensure that we continue our intelligence efforts, continue our Counterterrorism Efforts and continue our military efforts to protect the american people for the next 20 years, and we in the american military are committed to do just that. For those of us in uniform, who served in afghanistan, for our families who have suffered and sacrificed along our side, and for those who have supported us, these have been incredibly emotional and trying days, and indeed, years. We are all conflicted with feelings of Pain And Anger, Sorrow And Sadness combined with pride and resilience. There are no words that i or the secretary or the President Or Anybody else will ever do to bring the dead back, but we can always honor them. One thing i am certain of, for any soldier, airmen or marine and their family, your service mattered. It was not in vain. Thank you. Okay. I think we have enough time for a few questions. We will start with you, bob. Thank you, mr. Secretary. Looking ahead in afghanistan, a question for both of you, but given the experience of the past couple of weeks at the Kabul Airport where u. S. Commanders were coordinating or at least communicating daily with the taliban commanders to an affect that general mackenzie said at times was very helpful, and General Milley in your case, you had facetoface meetings with taliban leaders on a couple occasions, and i am wondering what you think these experiences say about the prospect with the United States relationship where the taliban to include the possibility of any kind of coordination in Counterterrorism Operations against isisk in afghanistan . First of all, let me applaud the insuritiatives of the commanders on the ground that would stop at nothing to accomplish the mission that they were provided of evacuating as many American Citizens and thirdcountry nationals and sivs as possible. We were working on a narrow set of issues, and it was just that to get as many people out as we possibly could. I would not lead to i would not make any leaps of logic to a broader to broader issues. I would just say that, again, i am immensely proud of what our troops have done to this point, and its hard to predict where this will go in the future with respect to the taliban. I would just say, bob, you know, the secretary and i both served in afghanistan and many of us did, and you all did, too. We dont know what the future of the taliban is, but i can tell you from personal experience that this is a ruthless group from the past, and whether or not they change remains to be seen. And as far as our dealings with them at that airfield or in the past year or so in war you do what you must in order to reduce risks to mission and force, not what you necessarily want to do. Any coordination against isisk with them . Its possible. Going forward, bob, again, i would not want to make any predictions. I would tell you that were going to do everything we can to make sure we remain focused on isisk, and understand that network and the time of our choosing in the future hold them accountable for what they have done. Lets go to helene cooper. Thank you so much for doing this. I have a question for you and then another one for General Milley. Mr. Secretary, perhaps its possible that theres no exit from afghanistan that would not have been chaotic given what we now know and for all the reasons that the administration has mentioned, but i would like to know now in hindsight, is there one thing that you wish you or the pentagon would have done or could have done differently . Thanks, helene. I would just tell you that there has not been a single operation that i have ever been involved in where we didnt discover that Theres Something we could have done better or more efficiently or more effectively, and i would also say that no operation is ever perfect. I will tell you that we will do what we always do, and that is to look at ourselves and do after Action Reviews and we want to make sure that we learn every lesson that can be learned from this experience. But i want to take the time to do it the right way and so well do that in the days in the days ahead. Reporter do you think that oh, sorry. I was just going to say, i would just say again that i am enormously proud of our men and women that worked hard to accomplish what they just accomplished, which i think, as i said earlier, is historic and heroic. Go ahead. Do you think maybe you should have the previous administration did leave, i understand biden did put a lot of hurdles in the way of the Siv Program that this administration had to deal with upon arrival. Do you think at all because the pen the gone worked so hard with these people, these translators and interpreters that we should have thrown the whole book out . What i would say, helene s. The Siv Program is obviously not designed to accommodate what we just did in evacuating over 100,000 people. So perhaps this program should be looked at going forward. It is a it is designed to be a slow process. Secretary blinken and the State Department worked hard early on to shorten the timeline that it takes to work your way through that process. But, again, for the type of operation that we just conducted, i think i think we need a different type of capability. For General Milley, i wanted to ask you about sundays drone strike. Can you take us back to that morning. You have intel that isisk is plotting another attack and a military spots a vehicle that you believe is full of carrying explosives, and we take the car out with a doan strike, and reports say as many as 10 civilians may have been killed. Because of the urgent Threat Environment at the time in the preliminary assessments, does it looks like we may have rushed, relaxed or waived altogether the checks and balances we do before a strike like that . As we always do on all of these things we initiate the investigation, and we are res reviewing all the video. We had very good intelligence that isisk was preparing a specific type of vehicle at a specific type location. We monitored that through various means and all of the Engagemen Engagement Criteria was being met and we took a strike. That we did. Secondly, we know there were secondary explosions. Because there were secondary explosions theres a reasonable conclusion to be made that there was explosives in that vehicle, and at least one of those vehicle that were killed was an isis facilitator. Were there others killed . Yes. Who they are, we dont know and we will try to sort through that, and we believe the procedures i dont want to influence the outcome of an investigation, but at this point we think the procedures were correctly followed and it was a righteous strike. We will go to boearb for the last question . Your messages from both of you are compassion and gratitude, and thats understood, and in the last few days both of you have issued these kinds of messages and statements, and what i am curious about is what do you see in the country with troops, with veterans, that makes you feel its a rare thing that makes you feel these messages must continue and you have put out so many in the last few days . General milley, you used the word Pain And Anger that you understood was out there, and as a Combat Veteran Yourself of afghanistan, can you help people understand that . Where does your Pain And Anger come from, if you can both answer your views on this. I will start by saying this is the longest war in our history, so there have been a couple of generations that participated in this war, and as we have gone about ive gotten input and reactions that are from all sides of this issue, and as i said in my opening statement, thats to be expected. Of course, i respect that, and i think we have to provide ourselves the time and space to adequately deal with everything that our veterans have been through, and we will work through those issues, and the system will be there to support our veterans as we work through those issues. I just think, again, we need to respect each others views and be supportive of each other. One thing i would say, barb, is that people will process this differently, and for those who need help please seek help. We are there for you. You heard me say a number of times before, you know, Mental Health is health, period. So this will take time to work for people to work their way through, and there are varying opinions on each side of the aisle and thats to be expected and respected. Can you theres a question for General Milley. You asked where my Pain And Anger comes from, and i served and i was not born a fourstar general. I walked through patrols and been blow up and shot at with rpgs and everything else, and my Pain And Anger comes as the same as the grieving families and the soldiers on the ground, and last night i visited the wounded up in walter reed, and war is hard and unforgiving, and yes, we have all Pain And Anger, and when we see what unfolded over the last 20 years and the last 20 days, that creates Pain And Anger. Mine comes from 242 of my soldiers killed in action over 20 years in iraq and afghanistan, so yeah, i have that, but i am a professional soldier so i will contain my Pain And Anger and continue to complete my mission. We have to go, guys. Thanks, guys. General milley that was Defense Secretary Lloyd austin as well as the joint chiefs chairman, general Mark Milley, and they are addressing not just the people but a operation focused on the military, and i will bring back my guests that we were discussing prior to that briefing and those remarks, and general let me start with you because you got interrupted as we went to that. There was no talk about winning or losing, and the tone was somber and there was talk about pain, and they were talking about anger around the situation, and there was also a lot of talk about pride and the members of the military, and how do you think that message was received . I think it will be very well received. It was a very strong message. It did have a lot of emotional content in it. I think it did express conflicting feelings and concerns that all of the people that served there have had, and i think its the kind of message that the troops can understand and relate to. When Mark Milley says hes a professional soldier, thats what we are listening to. Thats what our troops believe in. Hes the symbol, the top man in uniform, and i thought he did very well and the secretary of defense struck just the right tone and i thought it was a good briefing and they told of the magnitude of the operations as well, and a lot of our allies and those that would wish us harm, and they have to look at it and nobody else would have done the mission the way we did it. Its interesting to hear that message coming from the u. S. And theres still a lot of uncertainty how they responded to questions related to what is next in terms of the threat of the taliban or the threat of isisk in the region, and already, sam kiley, i know the taliban is coming out with a very different tone than what they had with the evacuations still under way there in afghanistan . Well, they are still putting out a conciliatory tone, and they are telling their soldiers to have a different attitude than they struck in 1996, when they came to power. They are being held to that particularly here in doha where arguably those in qatar have and can relay messages to themselves from the international community for the taliban to continue to act the way they said they would act which is to moderate their whole approach, and the problem with it is that all of the talibans statements are in the context of their interpretation under sharia law, and that, of course, is open to interpretation and in the past it has been extremely draconian. I think the Combat Veterans not only in United States and across europe and nato, they will struggle have they fought the 20year war to only see afghanistan return to the same place it was in 2001, or be it perhaps minus the capacity at this stage to allow groups to prosecute the 9 11style Act of terrorism, and the taliban will be facing continued insurgency from isisk, and kabul is the last hold out of former government supporters, so they have a lot on their plate in afghanistan. But from a taliban perspective, they won, they won and they will be saying nobody retreats quite as efficiently as the United States of america and its coalition partners. They will and have been having a Victory Parade particularly in kandahar today, which is where all their movement began. One thing that was interesting is when they discussed this new chapter in the mission regarding afghanistan. We heard from the secretary of defense that, you know, the next chapter looks like relocating, you know, the Tens Of Thousands of people who have evacuated, the ones that did Get Out, and yet there was not a direct plan for the 100plus americans who are still trapped in afghanistan, who, were told, do want to leave. I thought that was interesting. What do we know about that 100 plus that is still there, americans in afghanistan. Why werent they able to Get Out . There was a brief discussion about this in the course of the last few days and almost none at all from Defense Secretary Lloyd austin and general Mark Milley, they did not address this. There were issues they had to stop bringing americans 12 hours before the last flight for operational reasons and the wrapup of the u. S. Forces there, and they acknowledged theres still 100 or 200 americans in the country looking to Get Out. This is something we heard just in the Press Conference here, and its a diplomatic issue, and they are not going to rely on Special Forces going in and grabbing them and putting them on a military flight, but its now a diplomatic effort and a embassy Working Out of qatar working with other countries to try and locate those americans and get them out. There has been in the course of the past few days of the evacuation, coordination with the taliban to move americans to the airport. General Mark Milley addressed this, and he said you do what you have to do to minimize your risks, not what you want to do, and is there some sort of coordination with the taliban continues, and of course thats a possibility, but not through the military but instead through the State Department, through a diplomatic effort. We certainly want to know more about the efforts to get them out but it simply was not something that came up allot here, and if it did come up i suspect it would have kicked over to the State Department and viewed it as a Diplomatic Mission and not a Military Mission. There was no talk of winning or losing, only references to it, both from austin and milley. Austin said, we will learn every lesson we can on how this ended, and milley said this moment will be studied for years and the military will approach this with humility and there are many tactical and lessons to be learned, and this is a clear statement this is not how the u. S. Wanted it to end or what a u. S. Victory looks like. What stands out to you on the lessons to be learned . I think the first thing is the need to be culturally adept when you go into a mission like this, to have clear instructions, to have as president biden said, what is the End State that we are looking for . Sit realistic . Is it obtainable with the forces and capabilities we will put in there . Thats the second thing. The third thing is you have to have the ability to sustain the force and execute the other missions simultaneously. Unfortunately afghanistan, the mission there became what we would call an economy of force mission, and people took their eye off the ball and got ready to go into iraq, and they mixed up the counter einsurgency, and you negotiate when you are building strength, not when you are trying to come out and cut strength because you lost your leverage. Of course you could hope you never have a successful, the allies were cut out, and what we wanted was out, and we didnt have congrewant objectives with our party, with our government that we put in place at the end. This is a lot of lessons here about the military as the tactical and operational level as well as democracy as you pull that altogether. I want to say one other thing. The u. S. Military would study this whether we came out with a Victory Parade or the way we came out the way we did, because this is what we do in the United States armed forces, we always do after Action Reviews. I think what Mark Milley was trying to say and Secretary Austin was saying, we are going to do it and i hope it will bring together the whole interagency, and the diplomats that are the socalled gray beards, and we will bring them in and let them unload, and we have all kinds of emotions from those that served as different times, and there are many valid points to be made and studied and in some cases, refuted. Going to be quite an endeavor. General clark, thank you for being with us and thank you for your service, and orrin, and sam, thank you for being part of the conversation. Now to the southeast, out of power, dangerous heat. The situation there growing more and more dire, especially in louisiana where residents are scrambling to find food and gas. 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We are morgan stanley. Were following Breaking News out of winston, salem, north carolina. Authorities are reporting on a School Shooting. Martin savidge is reporting. What do you know . This is occurring at mt. Tabor High School. Local reporting is that around noon there was a call that came in from that High School from a local Resource Officer of a shooting that had taken place on the school campus. Its a fairly sized school, 1,600 students, grades nine through 12. Winston police put out a statement saying there was a shooting on the School Property and we have secured the campus and are doing everything possible to keep students safe. We are actively investigating what happened. We will share confirmed information when that is available. The Sheriffs Office also arrived on the scene. What would typically happen in a situation like this, if there is no active gunfire, then officers would make a controlled entry to the campus, and the Sheriffs Department would get one sector and the police get another and they would do a sweepchecking on children and put them in a central part of the school and begin to take them to other places off campus. We dont know if thats happening at this time. It would be and has been the standard procedure in incidents like this in the past that we have covered. Again, a shooting has taken place at mt. Tabor High School, and salem Winston Police are investigating, and authorities are there and working the scene. We will bring you more when we have that. Again, reports of a School Shooting in north carolina. Martin savidge, thank you. Unbearable conditions in Louisiana And Mississippi nowadays after hurricane idas devastating impact. Over 1 Million people still without power and for some it could stay that way for weeks. Many also without water, without cell service. Gas the category 4 Storm Being blamed for five deaths since sunday. Highwater vehicles are searching parishes and look whats left behind of grand isle. It is now uninhabitable. 100 of the structures there damaged. Cnns Ryan Young is in New Orleans where the Heat Index is expected to top 100 degrees today. It is obviously super humid and hot, ryan. Thats just compounding the misery for so many people where you are. Reporter yeah, you just cant get comfortable, ana. People come out and talk about they dont have Air Conditioning or a refrigerator to keep their food cool. On this street alone you have so many people who are senior citizens and theyre trying to figure out exactly what to do with all the food they have theyll have to start throwing out soon. One of the other things people are looking for is ice. Thats starting to melt in these coolers. At night when you try to sleep with no Air Conditioning, its very tough to get a good Nights Slope because its so hot here. Its stuff like this, trees on top of houses. In this house right here we talked to a woman who was On The Inside when it came down. Shes been through dozens of storms and said there was nothing like the power of this storm when the wind came through. This woman said she doesnt think shell ever decide to go through a storm again. Believe me, i never i didnt stay for katrina. And i dont think ill ever stay again. This was catastrophic. My Heart Aches because weve gone through so much. Weve gone through katrina. We got back on our feet. Then covid and now this. Now, you think about all this being compounded with root systems like this, with trees everywhere. Cruise are trying to Get Out to get these folks out. Theres mud everywhere. And then you think about the hospitals that are running low on fuel. The national guard is now bringing fuel to the hospitals so they can get those generators energized because obviously you have that critical care that needs to be taken Care Of. On top of that, ems is seeing a spike of a 195 more calls into the centers to get people out of areas just like this one. In fact there was a house that was nearby here that 12 people had to be rushed to the hospital. Why . There was a generator On The Inside of the house. Seven children had to be taken to the hospital as well. So think about that. People are running generators trying to stay cool. At the same time you cant have them On The Inside. But people are fearful pause they know if they leave it on the outside, someone could try to steal it. There has been looting. There have been warnings from officials that say, hey, look, well have Police Officers out there. But you know if people get desperate and the lines get longer and longer at Gas Stations and people are looking for water, people are starting to do desperate things. You can understand how dangerous this can be in the next few hours with people running generators and looking for some sort of rest from this heat that is pretty oppressive at this point. Ana. Ryan young, thank you. Lets bring in Tom Foreman for more on these Power Outages and gas shortages. Tom, some people are facing the possibility it could take a month for power to be restored. Where exactly and why so long . Well, lets Take A Look at the numbers. New orleans, which is about a quarter of the population of the state of louisiana, theyre showing 983,000, a little more, customers. There may be more than one person connected to each customer so a tremendous number of people there. In mississippi a much smaller number there. There is some power coming on in a few places. New orleans east a little bit in midcity, some over in the Warehouse District a little bit. Its coming on slowly, very promising sign. New orleans and louisiana has some of the highest Electricity Use per capita in the entire country, in part because almost every place has some kind of Air Conditioning. Thats the only way they endure the soaring heat and the humidity that goes with it. Gas stations, that is a challenge. Baton rouge right now, the percentage of stations that have no gas, 52 , almost 53 . Baton rouge not hit as hard as New Orleans where its 52 also no gas. Lafayette, down at about 13 . Lafayette did much better than people thought at one point. Beyond that there were other difficult things to deal with here, beyond fuel. Dwindling water, food, medical supplies. If you dont have electricity, you dont have Air Conditioning, you dont have freezing, hard to keep a lot of these things flowing properly. Limited flights in and out of the airport. What were trying right now is to get power back to the main services. First responders, hospitals, nursing homes, things like that and then into supermarkets, ice suppliers, things like that. Its taking time. Theyre making some progress. But for some people it may take a couple of weeks, for others a month. We saw the images in ryans report in all those downed trees on top of Power Lines so you can see how much work there is to be done. Tom foreman, thanks for breaking it down for us. That does it for me today. Ill see you back here tomorrow at 1 00 eastern. Follow me on twitter and well keep the conversation going there. The news continues next with alisyn and victor. My Retirement Plan with voya keeps me moving forward. They guide me with achievable steps that give me confidence. This is my granddaughter. Shes cute like her grandpa. Voya doesnt just help me get to retirement. Theyre with me all the way through it. Voya. Be confident to and through retirement. 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