Coming to address the scale of damage from hurricane ida. It made Land Fall as a category four slamming into the coast with devastating wind and rain. It is one of the most powerful hurricanes to ever hit the mainland. Officials say at least two people were killed. Search and rescue operations are still underway in communities along the gulf. Ida came on shore with everything that was advertised. Yep. The surge, the rain, the wind. All of our levy systems, particularly federal systems performed magnificently. Having said that, the damage is still catastrophic. Catastrophic. The storm devastated the electrical grid. More than A Million customers without power in louisiana including the city of new orleans. The Citys Mayor issued a Warning Today for residents who fled ahead of the storm. Dont come back until further notice. We will have much more on the nights other major story just ahead. But First Ali is live for us in new orleans. You are virtually In The Dark, a city In The Dark. And the Number One question for residents is when Will Power be restored . Well, first of all, right in front of me, this is a roof from a neighboring restaurant. But take a look at this. This is the French Quarter right now. There is nothing you can see. The lights are off all the way through in the French Quarter. This is decater Street Right here. Normally the French Quarter never stops in this city. Completely dark. No traffic, no traffic lights. Far more than A Million people in this state. But in this city, you and i talked last night when the power first went out and the Power Company said theyre not coming back, theyre not getting power back at least overnight. What we learned today is most people will not be getting power back for 7 to 10 days. All of the transmission has stopped from entergy, the company that sends transmission out. They said it will take a long time to fix. While were seeing these Bucket Trucks out there trying to clean some of this stuff off the streets, they are trying to restore some of the power lines. In most places, that restores the power. Thats not the case here. Until entergy is able to flip the switch and get power back out, people are not getting power. Now, they will give priority to police, police stations, infrastructure, hospitals, the Sewage And Drainage system here in new orleans. They will try to get them going first. They have said they will be able to get most People Power within 7 to 10 days. But in the hard Hit Parts of new orleans and outside of new orleans in those parishes to the west and to the south where there is flooding and there has been more danger, they say it might be three weeks or longer. Thats a problem, chris, because while it is dried out and while the city did not flood, this Power Outage in the middle of summer in a city that feels like it is 100 degrees in the day is a big deal. We dont know how thats going to play out for the next few days. Everyone was told to prepare for a few days. The city was not under a evacuation order. The mayor said if you did evacuate, dont come back here because it is not going to be worth to coming back to a hot and entirely dark city. Were lighting this ourselves with Car Vehicles and battery operated lights. You saw one of them went out a moment ago and put me In The Dark. There are no lights. It is really, really dark. If you turn a corner, thats all you see. So thats going to be hard to spend several days doing that in the city. They have dodged a major catastrophe, but this Power Issue as it relates to power and Sewage And Drainage continues to be a major issue. In near by Jefferson Parish, theyre talking about getting busses to get people who stayed out of there because there is no water, power, cell service. Ali, amazing reporting. I know very little sleep. Thank you, sir. Take very good care to yourself. To The End of two decades of War In Afghanistan is tonight in the hands of the taliban. 17 military jets took the final flights out of kabul at one minute before midnight local time there. The last u. S. Soldier boarding the last u. S. Plane out of afghanistan. Hes major general chris donohue, Commanding General of the 82nd airborne. It comes after the evacuation of some 123,000 civilians over 17 days, including 6,000 americans. It also comes after the death of 13 Service Members killed in the attack while carrying out that evacuation. The President Today praised u. S. Troops in a statement that also said Military Leaders unanimously recommended to, quote, end our Air Lift Mission as planned and that ending our Military Mission was the best way to protect the troops. The best says he will address the Nation Tomorrow on afghanistan. This afternoon, the pentagon and the State Department both acknowledged that there are americans left behind in afghanistan. We will continue our relentless efforts to get americans, foreign nationals and afghans to leave afghanistan if they choose. We believe there are still a small number of americans under 200, closer to 100 who remain in afghanistan who want to leave. There is a lot of Heart Break associated with this departure. We did not get everybody out that we wanted to get out. But i think if we stayed another ten days, we wouldnt have gotten everybody out. Were also following important developments on the pandemic tonight. There are now over 39 Million cases in the u. S. Just seven days ago, there were 38 Million cases. The number of people who have been lost now tops 640,000. With that, lets bring in our leadoff guests on this monday night. Peter baker, veteran journalist and author, chief white House Correspondent for the New York times. Carroll, reporter for the washington post. Her latest book is i alone can fix it, Donald J. Trumps catastrophic final year. And tom nichols, Author And Professor of national affairs. And note that the Opinions Professor nichols expressed are his own. Good to have All Of You here tonight. Peter baker, what are you hearing from the white House Tonight about the Troop Withdrawal . Kind of put in perspective how big this moment is, not just for the administration but obviously for the entire country. Well, it is a big moment, obviously. It is a big moment in the life of a country when you lose a war, especially the longest war you have ever fought to leave the way that we have left 20 years after we first got there with great Promise And Hope is an ending that nobody could have obviously imagined 20 years ago. I was on the ground days after 9 11. I got there when i got there, the Cia Wasnt there yet. The american Special Forces arent there yet and the taliban was there. What we learned as reporters in afghanistan in that fall of 2001 was just what a wretched, miserable country it had been under the taliban rule for so long. I dont think anybody imagined at that time that 20 years later we would be handing it back over to them. So i think it is a tough moment for everybody all around. It is tough at the White House. Their calculation is that americans are glad to be out that after 20 years americans dont want to be fighting there any longer, but they recognize these last few days have been a mix of, you know, heroic efforts on the part of the military to get as many people out as possible but with the departure some americans left and obviously many afghan allies left is, you know, a mark that they had hoped not to have against them at The End of this operation. And the fact, tom nichols, that the majority of the american people wanted us out, that an awful lot of people agreed with the president s decision to finally withdraw from afghanistan, that does not change the fact of what we have left behind. And, so, i want to play this what we heard from Frank Mckenzie about isis. We know that isisk has worked very, very hard to strike us and to continue this fight. There are at least 2,000 hard core fighters in afghanistan now. That number is up and is as high as its been in quite a while. Thats going to be a challenge for the taliban. Tom, the point of all this was to keep America Safe from another terror attack. What is the challenge now for u. S. Intelligence with regard to Tracking Isis in afghanistan . And are we at risk . Are we at more risk . You know, were going to once were not there, there is always an elevated risk. I think everybody in the Intelligence Community and the national Security Community understands when you have a large ungoverned space and to call the taliban the government is probably generous. It is a large and contested space. You are going to have the possibility for more threats. But, you know, 20 years of staying there has changed the landscape and i think the idea that somehow we can simply contain all threats in the world by just being present where they are. You know, we have learned our lesson about that. You just cannot reduce the world to zero risk. So will there be more bad guys and is it possible there will be more dangers emanating from this part of the world . Yes. But i hope the american people have decided that they understand that you cant live in a world with zero risk and if they would rather have American Forces home, which i think they have said overwhelmingly and clearly to the commander in chief, then thats a risk that the american public is willing to take. I think were not blind. Were not suddenly, you know, without resources and were not helpless in that part of the world. It makes things more difficult, but it doesnt send us all the way back to square one, you know, 21 years ago. Carroll, as one of your colleagues points out further to that point is that the forever War Isnt over. Its entering a new phase. And, of course, President Biden followed a deal that was put in place by his predecessor, someone you covered deeply and knew well, donald trump. What was it about that administration and their dealings with the taliban that has gotten us to this point . It is such a good question, chris because donald trumps idea of how this would happen would be like, you know, the snap of a finger. In fact, some of his aids in the final weeks and days of this administration were proposing almost like a Victory Announcement about how the war had been ended overnight. And that caused incredible consternation in the pentagon, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general millie and other members of the pentagon top brass were on guard for an officer to come down from the White House for this overnight departure. They envisioned the scenes from saigon or something similar, you know, the last helicopter on the top of a building and people clawing for it. I would also say that, you know, President Biden has made his choice here. He is not he is not tied and bound to something that donald trump articulated, the Peace Agreement with the taliban. Biden could have chosen what he wanted to do there. But he is in agreement with the american people. Lets leave. And i would remind everybody of something pretty important that the u. S. Government said under President Obama and also under president trump. And that was that this war was failing. It was secretly failing behind the scenes. People in the pentagon were trying to sort of brush over it, paper over it, make it more attractive. But ultimately the success at stabilizing this country was only lasting as long as the Coalition Forces have been in these communities. The efforts to root out corruption, to make sure the taliban wasnt the grievous force that it is didnt last very long. Our architecture and our scaffolding there just didnt have the kind of penetration despite 20 years of our presence that people hoped when Peter Baker and others landed those first days. We have heard from the president in recent days, most specifically, peter, after the deaths of those 13 americans. What do you think that we might expect to hear from the President Tomorrow . Are you surprised, for example he put out a Statement Today and mentioned those 13 Service Members who were lost at The End of it. But were you surprised he didnt have something to say today . Well, i mean, it is a little surprising in a way. It is The End of a 20year war. Usually you hear from a president. If we hear from him tomorrow, i dont think that matters a great deal in terms of timing. I think what he will probably say is, you know, to defend his decision to get out. The points he made now is that he promised this. His predecessor promised this as well, this deal he made with the Taliban And Something most americans want. It is a conclusion people have come to after 20 years of war, that it is time to get out. What i will be interesting to hear him say is what does he say to the afghans who are left, who worked with American Forces who did not get out . And of course there are thousands left behind who feel that they have a target on them now under the taliban whip. What does he say to the 38 Million afghans who might not have worked with the americans but are now going to be living once again under a very, very brutal totalitarian regime . Those are important questions as well. But i think that he will portray this as, you know, progress for the american people that were pulling away from forever wars, as he calls them and, you know, it was never our idea to remake afghanistan in our own image, even though Thats Something we tried and failed to do. It is true that the most vocal critics of the president are veterans who are very concerned about the people who were left behind who were Side By side with them and who served them, the afghans who are interpreters and served in other roles. Here is what we heard from secretary of State Blinken Today about the taliban. While we have expectations of the taliban, that doesnt mean we will rely on the taliban. We will remain vigilant in monitoring threats ourselves, and we will maintain robust Counter Terrorism strategies in the region. Yet he also said that we are going to have to, tom, rely on them and that we do rely on them in terms of helping to in terms of those assurances that they gave the united States Government that they would allow the folks who want to leave to leave. Is that feasible . No. And, you know, at some point it does get the rhetoric about the taliban or the statements about the taliban coming out of the White House, you know, are really can really make you wince. But on the other hand, they dont have much choice at this point. This is just the situation were in. This is what Surrender And Retreat looks like. We will have to accept that this was always the option. We were either going to stay and just create a permanent Presence And Outpost in afghanistan or we were going to accept that it had to be handed over to the taliban. I think there is no point in not talking this way, but i think the language about relying on them and, you know, calling on them to be inclusive and other things that have come out of the White House and the State Department arent helpful. But i i think the other problem here is that we need to hear about an articulated policy about afghanistan. The war is over, but we still have to have a policy in this part of the world. And the Secretary Secretary Blinken started to talk about that. We will have robust Counter Terrorism capabilities and so on. But to follow up on peters point about tomorrow, you know, i hope the president says, and heres what happens in the coming days. Here is what were looking into because a lot of americans want to dust their hands off and forget this place that they were never that interested in the past few years. We cant afford to do that. There has to be some kind of policy about afghanistan, and it is going to have to include how we actually deal with and what we think of the possibilities of dealing with the taliban are. And, carol, before we go, i want to ask you about the House Committee investigating january 6th. We now know that they have asked 35 telecom and Social Media Companies to retain records involving communications from a group of gop members of congress. What does that tell you about where this committee is going, about their approach . Well, you can look at it in the most basic way, chris, which is that for any investigation, from, you know, a local Police Department to a federal prosecutor in New York, Phone Records are a Treasure Trove following who was talking to who. You dont always find the content. You know, you cant hear the conversation. This is not the nsa. But amazing things are learned when you discover who was calling who when. And it may prove very important because while you may not know exactly what, say, a Jim Jordan and a mark meadows, white House Chief of staff, may have said on january 5th. You now know you can ask a particular lawmaker about what he was talking about with the Chief Of Staff on january 5th. All of these things end up being really big and potentially powerful clues. Not answers, but clues. And it strikes me as well that what it probably indicates is that members of the committee and their investigators, probably more importantly, are hearing sort of side long information that points to specific lawmakers, that points to what lawmakers were saying at the time about their conversations and they have been sharing with their peers and hence those Phone Records become much more interesting. To be continued. Peter baker, tom nichols, thanks to All Of You tonight. Coming up, former Fema Administrator is here on the daunting Recovery Effort ahead for louisiana as the city of new orleans, as You Saw, remains In The Dark tonight. And later, how some hospitals being pushed to the brink by Covid Patients are having trouble taking care of those who dont have the virus. The 11th Hour just getting underway on a very busy monday night. The make way, coming through. Great. The storm alert. Dad. And the subtle but effective ding. Thats why we created low Cash Mode. The financial watch out that gives you the options and time needed to help you avoid overdraft fees. Its one way were making a difference. Because we believe how you handle overdrafts should be in your control, not just your banks. Low Cash Mode on virtual wallet from pnc bank. Introducing Aleve X. Low Cash Mode on its fast, powerful longlasting relief with a revolutionary, rollerball design. Because with the right pain reliever. Life opens up. Aleve it, and see whats possible. 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At one hospital, quote, an Emergency Generator lost power in the Intensive Care Units where patients rely on life sus staining ventilators. Medical staff manually ventilated patients and transported them to other floors. One doctor described it as katrinaesque. We welcome the chief Resilience Officer at one concern, a Technology Firm working to combat Natural Disasters and climate change. Good to see you. No one has more expertise than you on these things. Although, obviously, were always talking to you under the worst of circumstances. And, wow, Rescue Efforts in louisiana were going on all day. The governor has warned the Death Toll may rise considerably. So talk about the priorities in these first critical days after a storm like ida hits. Well, priorities will always be probably the same. It is always going to be the first focus is life saving, getting to those that are cutoff, getting to those that are injured, checking for people. And as You Saw today, a lot of areas are still flooded. They are having to go in by boat, highway vehicles, overflights. So that will continue. The second thing is the life sustaining. When Power Outrages across this region, remember, were still in summertime. This is a hot and humid area of the country. As temperatures start to rise again, heat, heatrelated illnesses and all thats taking place without electricity are going to add to that. Not to mention the fact that we tend to see as many injuries and deaths after the storm and in the recovery as we do the storm. The hospitals are jammed with Covid Patients. So the messages, are if you have evacuated, dont come back and let the Utility Crews do their jobs to stay off the roads because it is still a very dangerous time for recovery. But thats exactly the reason why there are officials in various places in louisiana, including right outside new orleans in Jefferson Parish who are saying were going to bring busses in. There are people in conditions that are unsafe. And i know the inclination of a lot of these folks is they want to stay and be in their house and protect their property but these are not safe conditions to stay in. No. Without electricity, and in many of these areas, they dont have water or they have boiled water orders, which if you dont have electricity, there is not much you can do there. There will be places where you are hearing restoration weeks or more. It may be better to move these people out of these areas to where there is airconditioning, power and stuff. And this may be something over the next couple of days well see more people choose to leave these areas where conditions dont start turning around. They get on the power, it will be touch they have to rebuild. They will be rebuilding the power grid. There was, my understanding, that entergy opened a new natural Gas Power Plant last year that was supposed to help in situations like this. Obviously we dont have a situation where theyre able to just get that up and running and suddenly everybody has power once again. Have utilities done enough, do you think, generally, not just in louisiana to deal with what we are seeing, which is what seems to be an increasing number, intensity of Natural Disasters and the association they have with climate change. Theyre learning. And, again, i think we see some utilities are starting to look at things like undergrounding for repeated storms and wild fires. Were seeing others that are looking at how to build more resiliency in the micro grids and ways to get power back in the areas quickly by doing new technologies. But i think this points out one of the themes that is as climate is changing, our infrastructure was really built for the past. It wasnt built for whats happening now and it is not built for the future. And as we go back in and we get these systems back up, we need to focus on how do we build more resilient infrastructure so when these storms do come in, yes, we will have damages and outrages, but it is not so widespread that we end up having to move more people out after this disaster. So do you think this needs to be a whole of government, a federal response . Im just thinking about the fact that a system, a 911 Communications System that was rebuilt after katrina in new orleans crashed yesterday. Yeah. Theyre in a process. I mean, the system they had was a new building. But their Technology Hadnt yet been updated. Theyre in the middle of that refresh. This is something were seeing at local levels, in the state where our systems are just not keeping up with either growth, demand or the impacts from climate. This is why the investment that the president is proposing and the Infrastructure Bills are a good down payment. Fema got additional money for mitigation programs. But the most important thing is we have to quit Rebuilding Stuff the way it was in these disasters and build it back for the Future And Focus on the risk were facing, not what we have been facing in the past. You have given us a lot to think about tonight. Thank you so much. And coming up, tonight the War In Afghanistan is finally over. But the political fallout from that 20year conflict is only just heating up. That part of the story when the 11th Hour continues. I want a sugar cookie. Wait. I want a bucket of chicken. I want. Its the easiest because its the cheesiest. Kraft. For the win win. 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What were seeing is the culmination of 20 years of wrong decisions by u. S. Military leaders. If anything, americans should feel proud of what the u. S. Government and military have accomplished in these past two weeks. President biden deserves credit not blame. Good to see you, gentlemen. Do you agree . Should Joe Biden get more credit for getting America Out of afghanistan . I think that was pretty delusional, chris. Sorry to say. Whatever you think about the War In Afghanistan, there is a lot of really good, incredible reasons why we shouldnt have been there to start with. I think Joe Biden was probably right during the Obama Administration when he said we should have been getting out then. Hes been consistent about this for many years. I dont really have any quarrel with that. I think in retro spect, with hindsight being 20 20, that makes sense. But what weve seen over the last two weeks i think gives me grave concern about his political standing going forward. I have real humanitarian concerns about the people hes left behind. We dont know how many people hes left there. This is a big Wild Card that the president has left himself. You can imagine and we could hypothesize all the worst case scenarios that could happen in the coming weeks and months. And i hope that it ends up being clean. I hope that his plan to have 97 countries working together with the taliban who even the president says he doesnt trust can get people out diplomatically. I think this is a big gamble, and he promised that we were going to get people out, and we really do need to get the americans out. And in addition to that, i think that we, you know, fell down on our Bargaining Tool to a lot of men and women that helped us over the last two decades. David, you know better than anybody that what Tim Miller says is right in terms of this is a president who was consistent. Im sure he was consistent in the Obama Administration. Hes been consistent since. He absolutely believes that history will judge him well on this. But what about the point that he has left himself and the united states and our allies who are still there exposed . Well, first of all, chris, there was no good time to get out. Okay . There was always going to be issues. And thats one of the reasons we stayed for so long. So i think that the big thing here from the american public standpoint is they wanted this war to be over. And Joe Biden delivered on a poor commitment from his president ial campaign. There is no question the americans left behind, they have spoken about that today. They will stay with it. Im sure we have intelligence assets there working with allies. So seeing that through will be important and continuing to help afghans who want to leave do that as well. But lets talk about the politics for a minute. If the republicans who are running for Senate And Governor and house this week, this time 12 months from now will make this the centerpiece of their campaign, that we should have stayed there longer, maybe we should have sent more troops in, thats not going to happen. So the substantive part of this is critically important. But dont you think theyre not going to talk about the withdrawal. They know that the majority of the american people are for the withdrawal. But they might talk about the way that it happened. In fact, theyre already talking about it. So you cant conflate the two, really. It is about how this was pulled off. And we dont know whats going to happen in the days, weeks and months to come. Right. Well, the republicans are largely talking through a friendly microphone. So campaigns are not that. Theyre political combat. You say something, your opponent will say something else. So i think at The End of the day, theyre not going to argue that. They will try and have it both ways. They will criticize the last couple of weeks without trying to then take ownership on what they would have done differently. You know, there is a bigger picture here, Tim Miller. The congressman said earlier today, look, that hes sort of tired of hearing from people like general patreus, mcmaster coming in and talking about it like theyre not part of the problem. This is a tragedy that went through four administrations. And, in fact, at least give President Biden some credit for getting out. Thats the other side of the argument youre making, right, that he made the best of what was a bad situation that developed over 20 years. I guess the question is did he make the best of a bad situation . Im not sure. And im not sure that what david laid out is going to play out for politics. Look, i voted for President Biden. I want President Biden to succeed. I want this Withdrawal Effort to succeed, even if im going to disagree with him from time to time on politics being a former republican. Im deeply concerned about this. I think that, sure, that Hr Mcmaster made plenty of mistakes in the trump administration. We could spend all night talking about the mistakes. I know democrats like to peg me with that because i worked for jeb. Im happy to say i agree with you that the Bush Administration made grave, grave errors 20 years ago. But he had to play the hand he was dealt. If it were leaving people who were american citizens in afghanistan in the hands of the taliban, im worried thats playing a bad hand badly. And thats the part that worries me on that decision. I hope im wrong. I hope using our intelligence assets and our diplomatic partners that this administration can prove me wrong over the next 12 months. But i think theyre taking a big political risk and i think pretending others would be following. 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One mother in texas issued this desperate plea after her son, a veteran, died of a treatable disease with no Icu Beds available. By the time he finally got treatment, it was too late. They had called all the hospitals in texas, arkansas, oklahoma, kansas and colorado. I just dont think people realize, you know, how how important this is, you know. It could be your mother, your son, you know, your daughter. For more, we welcome back to the program dr. Patel, clinical physician and former senior Policy Aid during the Obama Administration. Hes one of our Public Health experts and a nonresident fellow at brookings. Your Heart Breaks for that mother. They called five different states. They cant find an Icu Bed for her son and he dies. How worried should all of us be about the strain in hospitals right now . Yeah, chris, we all should. And by the way, that physician in texas, the Emergency Room Physician that was making calls to those outlying hospitals, she actually went on facebook to a physicians face Group Book that i happen to be a part of asking for help for anyone who could help get that patient transferred. And thats where were at. Were Crowd Sourcing Triaging medical care and thats insane. Everyone should be concerned because, chris, if you look at the map of a country according to the Cdc And Transmission states, the entire thing is a block of red. It could happen to you even if you are in more of a vaccinated area, parts of the northeast and northwest, for example. It is relevant and something that all of us should consider. More than anything, when you think about needing to go to the Emergency Room, be thoughtful about whether you need to make that Emergency Room visit. Many people dont need to go to an er and can find ways to deal with issues short of going into one of those hospitals thats overwhelmed. Yeah. If you are not sure, there is always telemedicine. Let me ask you about vaccines. I want to play for you a prediction from dr. Scott gottlieb who sits on the board of pfizer and he has information on the availability of the Pfizer Vaccine for children ages 5 to 11. Heres what he said. The fda sticks to its normal Time Line in terms of how it reviews these applications, you would expect that review to be a four to six Week Review for an emergency use authorization. So that puts you on a Time Line of late fall, early winter. I think thats an optimized scenario if everything goes right and this is an accelerated review like the other applications have been. Im guessing you get this question a lot. So does that time Line Sound right to you . And what about children younger than five . Yeah. Of course it does. And dr. Gottlieb kind of hit on all the points, the process that the fda needs to undergo and the fact that it is a pediatric Emergency Authorization obviously a lot of attention just like with the other vaccines but especially pediatric vaccines. For your question of under five. Lets consider all those trials are happening right now, but the fda did ask for more data for all Age Groups and under five also has a challenge in trying to make sure that we have enough cases. You cant have a robust trial without having a controlled, with people with no covid compared to covid. So right now we actually unfortunately have a lot of young children getting covid. It is possible we could see under five earlier than not earlier than 5 to 12, but earlier than the beginning of 2022, chris, simply because we have so much covid in young children right now. So there is a lot of folks suffering in louisiana tonight. Id like you to walk us through just how difficult this is. Obviously they had a terrible situation before a category four Hurricane Hit their state. What are the biggest concerns when you see hospitals like that what theyre facing, covid on top of what certainly will be and the big concern is that people who are left without power, without water, without communication, lots of places that were flooded. The possibilities are endless for health concerns. Yeah. This is near and dear to my heart. I helped out postkatrina. The levies broke and we were dealing with a flooding situation, but it is similar. So colleagues on the ground in new orleans, they have been prepared. They have been ready for this. They have generators and backup power, but this is a staff that will literally be living inside of these buildings. You saw what ali covered early on. It might be weeks before people get power. You can imagine how many people will come to the hospital because it can be a source of respite, too. Thats very obvious when it might be the only place that has power in a grid. So Number One, staff that have been overworked that are willing to make a commitment. Number two, people that are coming in, not just for emergencies but just to seek respite or shelter. Number three, we are going to see increased cases because of the Power Outrages and sewer backups. We will see infections and other illnesses on top of what were worried about with covid transmission. This might not be realized in numbers today, chris, but im very concerned about a spike In Covid cases several weeks from now. And those are people who will be going to outlaying states. When katrina happened when we were in houston, texas and we were able to put people in shelters and places, we had that capacity. We dont have that Capacity Today not even in a Health System or some of the outlaying areas. Let us not forget many of those folks were already exhausted just from covid. They may well have families who are suffering as well. They may have damage to their homes. They may have to leave their homes or have already evacuated their homes. The complications a boggled mind. Thank you and thanks to all those folks down in new orleans who are fighting the good fight there. Coming up, we will remember the heroes lost in last Weeks Attack in afghanistan when the 11th Hour continues. Ontinues where weve just lowered our Auto Rates. And savings like that will have you jumping for joy. Now, get new lower Auto Rates with allstate. Because better protection costs a whole lot less. Youre in good hands with allstate. Click or call for a lower Auto Rate today. You need an ecolab scientific clean here. And you need it here. And here. And here. Which is why the scientific expertise that helps Operating Rooms stay clean is now helping the places you go every day too. Seek a commitment to clean. Look for the Ecolab Science certified seal. 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