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Infections ravage the unvaccinated. Protesters mark the historic March On Washington with demands to protect Voting Rights. Voting rights is determining what we are all about. Diaz and later, baby boom. How these Labor And Delivery nurses are keeping busy becoming their own patients. Thats definitely a light in the darkness in a world that is really hard right now. This is the Cbs Weekend News. From chicago, heres Adriana Diaz. Diaz good evening. Hurricane ida is just hours from roaring ashore, and in a cruel twist, tomorrow marks exactly 16 years since Hurricane Katrina devastated the region. This video from the international Space Station gives a sense of Idas Size and power. Right now, its a category two storm, but its expected to grow into a Lifethreatening Category four hurricane. Millions are in its path, and today people fled the coast, Packing Highways ahead of idas punch. Cbs News Meteorologist and climate specialist Jeff Berardelli is tracking what could be a catastrophic storm. Jeff. Reporter good evening, adriana. So, we just got the latest information from the national hurricane center. Winds are up to 105 miles per hour. Its entering its rapid intensification phase. And also now the track has shifted earlier. That means less time to prepare. That is the track. A cat four is expected to make landfall early Tomorrow Afternoon Right on the South Coast of louisiana. But New Orleans is still in the cone so we still have to watch that very closely. As of right now, it look likes will the worst impact is going to be the South Coast of louisiana. Hurricaneforce winds possible by morning. Watch what happens in the afternoon. Gusts well over 100 miles per hour, in fact over 130 miles per hour possible. Then the storm causes damage as it moves inland. Perhaps the biggest impact, Storm Surge. Could be 1015 feet of Storm Surge on the South Coast of louisiana, and rainfall as much as 1520 inches possible. If youre told to evacuate, please co. There are only hours left to prepare. Diaz all right, Jeff Berardelli, Thank You. Time is not on the side of the people of New Orleans who are scrambling to get ready. Cbs Omar Villafranca is there. Omar. Reporter adriana, the before is urging people to leave if they can, but if theyre going to stay, if theyre going to hunker down, he wants them in place by midnight tonight. And people seem to be listening. Theyre getting ready for the storm and the aftermath. On the streets of New Orleans, The Sound before the fury, Business Owners boarding up their windows, the Plywood Mark would the names of the Hurricanes Theyve survived. Bumpertobumper traffic clogged the roads and highways out of New Orleans as people try to move out of the dangerous and powerful storms path. Mayor Latoya Cantrell warned today the time to leave is now. Prepare for damaging wind, power outages, heavy rain, tornadoes. What i am told is that this storm in no way will be weakening. Reporter people riding out the storm stocked up on the orelves. If they were still on there were runs on food, water, and other necessities just hours before ida makes landfall. Gas lines were also long, as many filled up their cars and topped off canisters for their generators. Sandbags lined the streets. Your window of time is closing. Reporter Louisiana Governor John Bel edwards we can sum it up by saying this will be one of the strongest hurricanes to hit anywhere in louisiana since at least the 1850s. Reporter in st. Bernards parish, residents on the Coast Werent taking any chances. Many have already moved to higher ground and pulled their boats out of the gulf on what would normally be a busy day on the water. Nobody was out there shrimping today. Its shrimp season, that ought to tell you. When i got in this morning, late last night, about 75 , 80 of the boats already left. Reporter Mayor Cantrell says theyre getting ready for a response after the storm. Theyre working with the national guard to set up a shelter at the convention center. The governor also said that theres buses and coaches that are being spread across the state to come into New Orleans to move people if need be. Adriana. Diaz all right, Omar Villafranca, Stay Safe down there. Thank you. Now to the dangerous situation in afghanistan. Today, president biden warned nt that a new Terror Attack at Kabuls Airport was highly likely in the next 2436 hours. This as were getting more details about last nights deadly u. S. Airstrike. Cbs Skyler Henry has more now from the White House. Skyler. Reporter adriana, good evening to you. The president also said in that statement the airstrike that killed two isisk terrorists and injured another wont be the last. Defense officials adding this morning the u. S. Will continue to defend itself with just three days to go before all of this is complete. The president appeared before Cameras Today providing a briefing on the danger posed by Hurricane Ida, but he didnt speak about afghanistan. It was up to the pentagon to reveal details about the deadly Drone Strike in afghanistans nangarhar province. Officials say isisk planners and facilitators were targeted and killed. The fact that two of these individuals are no longer walking on the face of the earth, thats a good thing. Reporter officials say the move allows the u. S. To keep pushing ahead with the huge operation of getting americans and afghan allies safely out of the country by The End of the month, but said the threat remains. Make no mistake, nobodys writing this off and saying, well, we got them. So we dont have to worry about isisk anymore. Not the case. Reporter president biden releasing a statement this afternoon saying we will continue to hunt down any person involved in that heinous attack and make them pay. Also today, the Department Of Defense released the names of the 13 Service Members killed in thursdays massive bomb blast. They include 23yearold marine Sergeant Nicole Gee from sacramento, california. She posted this photo on her instagram just six days ago as evacuees were planning to leave afghann. Were not supposed to be at war. Were not supposed to bury our children. Reporter the family of 20 Yearold Lance corporal Dylan Merola in tears, one solg one another after their marine is gone. He served his country to the greatest of his extent and made the ultimate sacrifice for us. Reporter the president called those fallen Service Members heroes and went on to say that their Bravery And Selflessness has enabled more than 117,000 people at Risk Reach Safety thus far. Adriana. Diaz so many lives lost. Skyler henry, Thank You. The State Department said today that about 350 americans are still awaiting evacuation from afghanistan with the Deadline Cbsrlie Dgata rtsow from doha, Landing Spot for many evacuees. Reporter the Mass Evacuation at Kabuls Airport has now entered the final phase, and also the most dangerous, made even more volatile by concerns of Isis Retaliation for that Drone Strike that killed two of its own. Most European Coalition aircraft and forces have already left with britains final flight today. The british ambassador vowed not to abandon afghans to the mercy of the taliban. We havent forgotten the people who still need to leave. Well continue to do everything we can to help them. Nor have we forgotten the brave, decent people of afghanistan. They deserve to live in peace and security. Reporter new eyewitnesses have emerged of the bombing, accusing u. S. And turkish forces of Opening Fire on the crowd in the immediate aftermath of the explosion. She wasnt killed by taliban. He wasnt killed by isis. The bullet went inside of his head, right here, near to his ear. Reporter Something Today the pentagon would not confirm. More than 170 civilians and 13 u. S. Service members were killed. But amid the death, a birth, a Baby Girl born to an afghan woman on an Evacuation Flight to the u. K. , a celebration of new life and the chance of a new life away from the world she left behind. Today, the taliban criticized the u. S. For not informing them before the Drone Strike on isis suspects, saying it was a clear attack on afghan territory, and they should have known about it. Adriana. Diaz charlie dagata, Thank You. Tomorrow on face the nation, more on afghanistan. Guests include White House national Security Adviser jake sullivan, Senator Lindsey Graham and former Deputy Director of national intelligence, sue gordon. Now to the pandemic. A new study finds troubling news concerning the Delta Variant and the unvaccinated, this as new infections now average more than 150,000 a day. Thats up 21 in the last 14 days. Cbs Lilia Luciano has more on this dangerous trend and the latest data on delta. Reporter covid patients are overwhelming hospitals from Coast To coast, driving the Summer Surge the Delta Variant which a new study finds more than doubles the risk of hospitalization for the unvaccinated. E. R. S like this one in atlanta are turning ambulances away. Its difficult at this point to find a single hospital thats not on some type of diversion. Reporter in seven states, more than 90 of i. C. U. Beds are full. Alabama has zero beds left in its i. C. U. S, prompting a rush in vaccinations. I had covid once, and i dont have no intentions of catching it again. Reporter nationwide, deaths from covid are up 355 since early july. Louisiana hit a record high this week. In south carolina, this Funeral Home has never seen more covid deaths. It puts a stress not only on us but the families we serve. Reporter but there are stories of survival. Hi, im dr. Rauf i admitted you to the hospital so good to see you reporter one of colorados first covid patients returned to serenade the doctors who saved him. The biggest Thank You that anyone can give their Healthcare Provider is to go get their covid vaccine. Reporter jacob, who spent 20 days in the hospital last spring, got his vaccine, as did almost 60 of people here in l. A. County, though thats still short of the 70 thats needed for herd immunity. Adriana. Diaz Lilia Luciano, Thank You. Today, thousands of people gahered in washington, d. C. , and dozens of other cities demanding legal protections for Voting Rights. It comes 58 years after the historic March On Washington, a pivotal moment in american history. And as Nikole Killion explains, some say theyre still fighting the same old battles. Black lives Matter Reporter standing shoulder to shoulder, the nations top civil rights leaders led thousands of supporters in a Call To Action for federal Voting Rights legislation. We are not going to let you filibuster away our voter protection. Reporter the group was joined by the brothering of the late congressman john lewis. They touted a bill named after him that was passed in the house this week scpurnlged the senate to act. It protects the rights. Reporter Devon Dickerson traveled All The Way from georgia, one of more than a dozen states that has passed Voter Restrictions this year. We feel the need, that we need to be in the place, hopefully thats going to protect our basic rights. To lessen suppression. Reporter this event comes on the 58th Anniversary of the Beach On Washington and dr. Martin Luther King Jr. s I Have A Dream speech. Those here, including his son, hope just like march galvanizes the political will to enact change. What does it mean for you as a family to be here in this particular moment . Well, Number One, in a real sense, someone may be asking the question, does History Repeat itself . Once again, we are here demanding that Voting Rights be expanded for all people. All of the thousands and thousands of people that are coming out today believe is that this democracy is for us all. Reporter including the next generation. So we can stop talking about the dream and start living the dream. Reporter Nikole Killion, cbs news, washington. Diaz straight ahead on the Cbs Weekend News, one mans mission to diversify americas great outdoors one campfire at a time. And later, meet the Labor And Delivery nurses with a special baby bond. Its the Number One doctor recommended brand thats scientifically designed to help manage your blood sugar. Live every moment. Glucerna. Oh, i had never seen a picture of her scientifically designed to help manage your blood sugar. Until i got on ancestry. 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When we were driving through holbrook, arizona, the petrified forest, i had this thought this is my legacy. Reporter Hunter Quit his job as an executive in the r. V. Industry, making it his business to get black people out and into the great to get black people out and into the great outdoors. Yeah reporter like brian myers, from columbia, south carolina. When you live in, you know, these four walls, thats all you see. Thats all you know a lot of times. Reporter we met outside pisgah national forest, around what Hunter Calls will the unity blaze. Its a place for sharing and tough talk about the past. Carlos grant is a new camper from greenville, south carolina. Link it back to slavery and the aspects of what a tree meant to the black man. So i know i was always taught, or, you know, whether it was good or bad, you know, black folks dont camp. We dont go swimming. We dont go canoeing. Thats white folks stuff. Reporter hunter wants to end that fear by connecting Business And Tourism to a neglected demographic. The size of the outdoors industry, plus the Spending Power of our black population, what will that do moving forward . I think its a 100 Billion loss every year by the industry not driving it to black folks. Reporter his mission to get black folks to camp with anyone any everyone. Were going to get everybody around that campfire and start having some conversation and were going to find out we have more sames than differences. Absolutely. Reporter illuminating ther e possibilities one c possibilities one campfire at a time. Jessi mitchell, cbs news, brevard, North Carolina. Diaz still ahead on the Cbs Weekend News, pigs may not fly, but cows do. Well explain. Just two pills for all day pain relief. Aleve it, and see whats possible. Oh my, with Chase Freedom unlimited, i earn all this cash back . Oh, i gotta tell everyone. 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Nearly a quarter of the nurses in this unit were pregnant together, and they all work in Labor And Delivery, including jordan murrah, sarah hansen, and tina trickel, who is 13 weeks along. Some say some something in the water as a joke you know. Diaz is there something in the water . Maybe. It is ironic that it all happened at the same time. Were all just so similar with where were at in life. Reporter they attribute their synchronized timing to coincidence. Knowing what you know about labor, do you feel more comfortable about it, less comfortable about it . Im asking for a friend. laughter i feel comfortable with it, but i also have friends that are going to be my care team, so i think that makes a huge difference. Diaz the friends have leaned on each other, shared baby showers, decorated each Others Hospital rooms, and even helped deliver each others babies. Hi hes so little. Diaz like ely, ellione, and isabella. What was it like for you guys being pregnant with your colleagues, all eight of you . It was the best. It made is so much more fun. Diaz what do you love about being a Labor And Delivery nurse . I love the dads reactions. Even the toughest dads, when the baby is born, its a whole different ballgame and its beautiful. Diaz what are you most looking forward to about the baby . Im going to cry. So my husband and i went through three years of infertility, and so, this is actually an i. V. F. Pregnancy, so just, like, the thought of seeing her Face Diaz you waited a long time. Yeah, we waited a really long time. Diaz The End of a journey the nurses can all celebrate together after a difficult year for healthcare workers. Going through pregnancy with my friends feels like a total gift. Thats definitely a light in the darkness in a world thats really hard right now. Diaz that is the Cbs Weekend News for this saturday. I will be on Maternity Leave for the next few months, and ill miss our saturdays together. But my colleagues will be filling in until im back. And we will continue to follow Hurricane Ida first Thing Summer on Cbs Sunday Morning with jane pauley, on cbs face the nation, and at any time on cbsnews. Com. Im Adriana Diaz in chicago. Thanks for watching. Good night. Captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by Media Access Group at wgbh access. Wgbh. Org Captioning Sponsored by cbs captioned by Media Access Group at wgbh access. Wgbh. Org live from Cbs Bay Area studios, this is kpix5 news. Were tracking the Air Quality, the big question, will it improve . Plus, a horrific craft takes a life of an east bay. Local singer for afghans in crisis. What they are demanding right now. Public Transit Announcement is outrageous hours before the niners face off against the raiders. Was to give live look out of san francisco, dublin, and Berryessa Peak in the North Bay. The North Bay and east bay, sing the worst Air Quality this weekend. Darren peck joins us now with hopefully is getting better. Second half of the Day Tomorrow so that is the hopefulness. It is not all going away but we are going to get moving onshore flow that will help, and really for monday, but we are not there yet. Every Red Dot on here is where an Air Quality sensor is registering unhealthy. Just unhealthy period, mean for anybody to be outside reading the erin. It is just unhealthy for sensitive groups. Red dots show up for the entire valleys of the inner east bay

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