Days ago. And, you know, wherever you live, episodic Power Outages are a fact of life, and you get through them, and you move on with more or less discomfort and inconvenience. But this is an order of magnitude greater. We are talking well over A Million people with not only no power and no prospects of power anytime soon, but in many cases, also no Running Water, no working sewage system, no working emergency response system, and in some cases, no passable roads because of the Storm Damage. Louisianas Governor John Bel edwards today telling residents of his state, if you have already evacuated, do not return until the office of Emergency Preparedness tells you it is ready to receive you. The Parish President from one Hardhit County in louisiana, st. John the baptist parish, told residents today, quote, the parish is without power, and were without water. So where you currently are now, if youre in a safe place with water and power, thats probably the best place for you to stay. St. John the baptist parish, la foesh parish, st. Tammany parish, jefferson patient, which is immediately just west and south of naurls New Orleans, that whole swath of southern louisiana is in trouble and without power tonight. Our fellow americans there are in increasingly difficult, uncomfortable, and dangerous conditions right now as we speak. Were going to have the jefferson Parish President joining us live in just a moment. We are used to preparing for landfall, thinking about when the storm is going to hit, planning our expectations in terms of disaster, in terms of when the storm arrives. In this case, the storm has arrived and left, and now the biggest challenge begins. Last night we reported that President Biden would be giving an address to the Nation Today on the end of the War In Afghanistan. And Last Night when we reported that, we didnt know the time the speech would start. I will tell you honestly when i learned today that the president s speech was going to be a mid Afternoon Thing instead of something he was going to do in prime time, i lowered my expectations. I sort of assumed that timing meant it wouldnt be a bigdeal speech. It would be more of an update, not a big statement about this moment in history. I was absolutely wrong in that assumption. He may have given it in the middle of the afternoon, but President Biden today gave the speech he will want to be remembered for when it comes to this war and his decision and his determination to end this war. You know, i remember where i was. You might too. I dont know. But i remember vividly where i was when i learned the War In Afghanistan had started. I was driving. I was working at a local Radio Station at the time, and i was i wasnt at work, but i was listening to that station while i drove. And the station that i worked at was a music station. It wasnt a talk Radio Station. Another deejay who worked at that same station who was live that afternoon and that night, i remember vividly something that i hadnt really heard before, but she dumped out of a song. She stopped the song in the middle of the song and got On The Air live, and she was very emotional, i remember, at the moment. Very emotional to say that the United States had started bombing afghanistan. I just remember it vividly. I just pulled over and listened for a long time. It was so soon after the 9 11 attacks. We were all so stunned and so inside out about those attacks and the huge Death Toll and the puncturing of this tacit sense of invulnerability i think we had here at home. But when the afghanistan war started, when that announcement came through, the bombing has begun, there was just this clear, very real, very heavy sense that our country had now changed. We had started on a new course, and what we were going to be embarking on was going to be big and probably dark, and it was going to be very hard to unwind over the course of our lifetimes. And, you know, i remember vividly feeling that way at the time. That was not an unusually prescient take on it at the time. I think that was pretty widely the perception of where we were and where we were heading. But even so, even with that widespread perception, this is a new course for our country, this is going to be a big deal, this is going to take a long time to ever change off this course again even with that widespread perception, who among us thought it would be two decades . Who among us that night could have thought it would be two decades before we would hear a u. S. President say it was over . 20 years. All the president s since The One who started it have said that it is time to end the War In Afghanistan. Every president since The One who started it has, in fact, campaigned on his intention and his promises to end the War In Afghanistan. But it was not until now, it was not until 20 years down the road, it was not until this president took office, President Biden, that he didnt just say he was going to end it. He didnt just say it ought to end. He finally determined that he would get it done, that he would bring it to a close today. My fellow americans, the War In Afghanistan is now over. Im the fourth president who has faced the issue of whether and when to end this war. When i was running for president , i made a commitment to the american people that i would end this war. Today i honored that commitment. It was time to be honest with the american people again. We no longer had a clear purpose in an openended mission in afghanistan. After 20 years of War In Afghanistan, i refused to send another generation of americas Sons And Daughters to fight a war that should have ended long ago. This decision about afghanistan is not just about afghanistan. Its about ending an era of major Military Operations to remake other countries. We saw a mission of counterterrorism in afghanistan, getting the terrorists and stopping attacks, morph into a counterinsurgency, nationbuilding, trying to create a democratic, cohesive, and united afghanistan, something that has never been done over many centuries of afghans history. Moving on from that mindset, in those kind of largescale Troop Deployments will make us stronger and more effective and safer at home. And for anyone who gets the wrong idea, let me say clearly to those who wish america harm, to those that engage in terrorism against us or our allies, know this. The United States will never rest. We will not forgive. We will not forget. We will hunt you down to the ends of the earth, and you will pay the ultimate price. To those asking for a third decade of War In Afghanistan, i ask, what is the vital national interest . In my view, we only have one. To make sure afghanistan can never be used again to launch an attack on our homeland. Remember why we went to afghanistan in the first place . Because we were attacked by Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda on september 11th, 2001, and they were based in afghanistan. We delivered justice to Bin Laden on may 2nd, 2011, over a decade ago. Al qaeda was decimated. We succeeded in what we set out to do in afghanistan over a decade ago. Then we stayed for another decade. It was time to end this war. Theres Nothing Lowgrade or Lowrisk Or Lowcost about any war. Its time to end the War In Afghanistan. I give you my word with all of my heart. I believe this is the right decision, a wise decision, and the best decision for america. Thank you. Thank you and may god bless you all, and may god protect our troops. President Biden Today. The War In Afghanistan is now over. Were going to be talking tonight with the leader of a major Veterans Organization whose members and whose leadership are becoming increasingly outspoken in their support for ending the afghanistan war and frankly getting increasingly outspoken about their anger with all the socalled experts who are quite wrong about the afghanistan War Effort all these years, but theyre now nevertheless being called on in the Peanut Gallery to criticize President Bidens decision to end the war. Weve got that ahead tonight as well as that look that i promised you in terms of the very difficult circumstances right now in louisiana. But i also want to put something on your Radar Tonight that is urgent and potentially very, very consequential, and it likely to unfold one way or the other over the next three to four hours. Now, i dont know if youve heard about this over the course of recent days. My guess is you may not have because what this is, is a sort of sneak attack, an Out Of The Blue legal quick strike to try to get the conservative majority on the United States Supreme Court to, tonight, effectively overturn roe v. Wade and clear the way for Abortion Bans in republicancontrolled states. And when i said tonight, i mean tonight, tonight by midnight central time, 1 00 a. M. Eastern. Heres whats going on. Three months ago, republicans in texas passed an Abortion Ban. Republicans in State Legislatures do this all the time now. They all get struck down by the courts. The Supreme Court court decision, roe v. Wade, restricts states from Banning Abortion in most circumstances. Thats been controlling precedent in the Supreme Court since 1973. And at first glance, this new texas Abortion Ban looks like one of the many bans that republican State Legislators have passed, which have then all been disallowed by the federal courts because of the protections that we have thanks to roe v. Wade. For what its worth, the Texas Ban says its illegal for a woman to get an abortion in texas if her pregnancy is more than roughly six weeks along. Six weeks is well before many women have any idea that theyre pregnant at all. Its estimated that 85 to 90 of all abortions in texas 85 to 90 of all abortions everywhere in america happen after six weeks. Texas ban would render all of those illegal. Now, as i mentioned, republicancontrolled State Legislatures and republican governors pass Abortion Bans all the time now even though they know theyll get struck down. Some of it a hobby. They just want to get in the habit of Banning Abortion whenever they can, even if it wont work. But some of it is planning, and what republicans have been banking on for the last few months for the last couple of years honestly, is that the three trump justices who joined the court are now going to be enough to collapse roe, to collapse the protections that women get now understand roe versus wade. And most their hopes and the fears of people who want abortion to stay legal in this country have been focused on a case in mississippi. This fall, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments about an Abortion Ban in mississippi that is designed overtly to be a Test Case for the republicanappointed judges on the Supreme Court to overturn roe v. Wade. The arguments on that are this fall. The ruling on that from the Supreme Court will likely be next summer. That is already looming. The very real prospective pektd that thanks to republicanappointed judges, next Summer Abortion could be banned in every state where republicans hold power. That has been looming on the horizon. But in the meantime, heres this sneak attack. Heres whats happening tonight. Texas is trying to push the ban abortion timeline even faster. It was may of this year when texas republicans passed their sixweek ban, meaning you cant get an abortion after youve been pregnant for six weeks or more. But even though other states have passed sixweek bans as well and theyve all been struck down, texas did theirs differently. They devised a weird, Convoluted System for enforcing it. Instead of saying that the state would just directly punish people who perform an abortion or women who get one, the new law instead kind of takes the state out of it in a way. It creates instead a weird Vigilante System whereby anyone in the country, any random antiabortion activist, any random individual, thanks to this new law in texas, will have standing to sue anyone in texas who aids or abets a woman getting an abortion. They can sue not only a doctor who actually does an abortion, they can sue anybody who works in any capacity at the clinic where the abortion happened. They can sue anybody who drove you to the clinic for your appointment. They could sue a Rape Counselor who advised you on your options if you became pregnant as a consequence of rape. They could sue a priest or any other religious adviser who talked with you about your decision. If you talked with your spouse about your decision to get an abortion, your spouse could be sued for 10,000 plus attorneys fees by any random person anywhere in the United States. Inviting antiabortion activists all over the country to figure out what woman in texas might be thinking about getting an abortion, to then hunt her down, find people in her life and start suing them. And if you get sued by a rando in this kind of circumstance, if you dont defend yourself in court against this lawsuit, by default the person suing you will win the case against you and get 10,000 from you plus legal fees for their attorneys. If a doctor or a Clinic Employee is the entity that gets sued, the state will then get to use that as a pretext to immediately shut that clinic down. What texas has devised is a bizarre, dystopian, Vigilante System For Hunting Women In Texas who seek abortions. A Vigilante System to effectively ban abortion and shut down all Abortion Providers in the state, not to mention terrorizing women who are seeking the procedure. But theyre using not the direct power of the state, but instead antiabortion activists as their vigilantes and the State Court System as their means of doing it. It is weird. It is deliberately weird. And as our friend Dolly Lithwick explains at slate. Com today, it is a quote, Convoluted System that texas republicans devised on purpose specifically to prevent federal courts from blocking this law. And so far, dahlia writes, these succeeded. This friday a court canceled a hearing on the kiegsality of the law. A cancellation of that hearing would effectively allow the law to take Effect Tonight at midnight, september 1st. This aggressive intervention by the fifth Circuit Court of appeals, quote, forced Abortion Providers to do what almost seems unthinkable. They were forced to ask the u. S. Supreme court for an injunction in an Emergency Filing. Yes, the same Supreme Court that agreed to hear a direct challenge to roe v. Wade only a few months ago. Dahlias piece explaining this at slate. Com today is headlined the Supreme Court has until midnight to decide the fate of roe v. Wade, and shes right. And its not like the Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling at midnight that says, we hereby overturn roe v. Wade. Im sure theyd be shy about that. Theyre going to wait until the Mississippi Case to do that. Instead, theyre going to take, in all likelihood, the easier path, if they want to. They may yet grant that injunction. But if they dont, its sort of game over. I mean all the Supreme Court has to do to effectively end the protections of roe v. Wade, to allow Abortion Bans to go into effect, all they need to do is do Nothing Tonight by midnight eastern, 1 00 a. M. Central time. Otherwise, Texas Bans abortion effectively starting tonight. Never mind roe. Joining us now is nancy northrup, President And Ceo of the center for reproductive rights. Her Organization Led the Emergency Request asking the Supreme Court to block the texas law. Just in the last few minutes, theyve filed a new reply in that petition tonight. Thank you for being here. I appreciate your time. I know this is a very intense time for you. It is an incredibly intense time. We have been back and forth with the fifth circuit and then going up to the Supreme Court yesterday and again just filed our reply at 8 00 eastern time tonight. Again working to get an injunction from the Supreme Court to block this, as you said, Dystopian Law that will go into effect at Midnight Tonight if the Supreme Court doesnt step in. So thank you for covering this because it is a very intense news time on important issues from afghanistan to the hurricane in louisiana. But this is also so critical because the constitutional rights of people in texas are on the line tonight. Nancy, what do you expect the court to do, and let me also just ask you if i effectively explained that right . I know its more complex than the way that i laid that out. But did i effectively get that right in terms of the hole that this will punch in the protections of roe v. Wade even without the court having to overtly say that tonight . They either act, or roe basically the protections of Roe Sort of get shredded. I think you explained it incredibly well. Texas banned abortion at six weeks, which is before most people know that theyre pregnant. And they decided, were not going to enforce it with the States Power because thats clearly unconstitutional. These kind of tactics have been tried before in other states. They were struck down in every state easily by the federal courts. They said, instead, were going to empower people to be able to be, as you said, vigilantes who Can Go Into Court and sue doctors and sue clinic staffs, and sue a sister who drives someone to a clinic, sue an aunt who perhaps helps to fund the abortion, all of that. But, again, getting an abortion is constitutionally protected activity, yet texas has said, were going to empower citizens to go after others, take them to court, you know, with a 10,000 Bounty Plus attorneys fees as a way to try to prevent us from being able to sue the state on this unconstitutional ban. But the effects are going to be just devastating if we dont get the court to step in with an injunction because the clinics are going to stay open, you know, for those first six weeks that will still be legal in texas. So i do want to make sure your listeners in texas do not just give up. They need to call clinics in the morning. So i want to make sure people know that and do that. But it is absolutely designed to burden clinics out of business, to violate the constitutional rights of the people of texas, and to try to evade court review. But we have gone to the Supreme Court. Weve asked for an injunction against this law. And if the court does what it should, it will certainly grant us that injunction because this is as if, you know, the State Of Texas denied people the right to vote flat out and said, well, were not going to enforce it. Were going to let other people in the state enforce peoples, you know stop people from voting. Nancy, you mentioned whats happening with clinics in texas right now. There was dramatic Reporting Today in the Texas Tribune citing the whole Womans Health clinic, their facility in fort worth. Among other facilities that are having a similar experience, according to the tribune, that clinic described themselves as engulfed with desperate patients today. Dozens of patients, over 100 patients flocking to that Clinic Today because they believed it might be that today might be the last day of legal Abortion Access in texas. Youre saying that even if the Supreme Court doesnt act between now and midnight central time, that there would be a few Weeks Grace Period before this went into effect, before the law actively went into effect. No, no, no. Sorry. I wasnt saying that. I was saying it will still be legal to have an abortion in texas for the first six weeks of pregnancy. Again, thats not when most abortions happen in the State Of Texas. But i do want people to make sure they do call the clinics, that they dont just despair. There may be help for them. I mean people will have to travel out of state, and that is really tough because, of course, this law is going to fall hardest on people who are struggling to make ends meet, people of color, people in rural areas who may not have the means and ability to get out of state, to get the child care, to get the time off from work. But, no, this unfortunately will go into effect at midnight and, you know, you mentioned whole Womans Health. You know, these clinics try so hard and against so many barriers to provide care to their patients, and it has just been a horrific day in texas today. We have another one of our clinic clients say in 50 years, they had never had such a terrible day for patients so desperate to get in. Nancy northup, the President And Ceo of the center for reproductive rights, who has in the last hour or two filed another Emergency Request, or response to an Emergency Filing in the Supreme Court. We are awaiting word from the Supreme Court tonight as to whether or not this new law will be allowed to go into effect in texas. It would be effectively the first Abortion Ban in the country in the era of roe. Nancy, thanks for helping us keep apprised. I know its going to be a long, late, intense night for you. Thank you. Thank you for covering it. All right. Weve got much more news ahead here tonight. Again, i will say, you know, and nancy mentioned this as well. There is a lot going on in the news right now in the afghanistan story, the louisiana story, and so much else that were covering. Texas passed its antivoting rights bill tonight, for example. Theres so much thats going on. But this issue with the Supreme Court and this Abortion Ban, this is something that we really have never seen before. It was this strategy was devised to overturn roe, to make it possible for a state to effectively ban abortion. Well know in a matter of hours whether it succeeded. Well be right back. Stay with us. Omeone who resembls Someone Else. I appreciate that Liberty Mutual knows everyones unique. Thats why they customize your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. [ nautical Horn Blows ] i mean just because you look like Someone Else doesnt mean you eat off the floor, or yell at the vacuum, or need flea medication. Oh, yeah. Thats the spot. Only pay for what you need. Liberty, liberty, liberty, Liberty Man my ex is dating a pisces. 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I was not going to extend this forever war, and i was not extending a forever exit. President Biden Today announcing the end to the War In Afghanistan, striking a tone, i saw described today, as both defiant and vehement. I think thats fair. Vehement in response to criticism of the evacuation and the drawdown of all u. S. Forces from the country. President biden is not the first president to promise to end americas longtime Military Engagement in afghanistan. Hes just the only one who actually did it, who actually succeeded in getting it done. And while ending the war was clearly a difficult decision to follow through on, it was not an unpopular decision. Poll after poll over the past few weeks have shown consistent support among the american people for ending the 20yearlong war. Also notable, support among u. S. Veterans for ending the war is just as strong. A recent poll from the Democraticleaning Firm Ppp found that veterans supported the decision to withdraw from afghanistan by a more than 21 margin. Today Iraq War Veteran and chairman of the progressive Veterans Group Vote vets Jon Soltz tweeted this. Joe biden sees this war like those of us who fought in iraq and afghanistan. He sees it as a man whose son served there. He understands our 20 years of pain. No academics or theorists can argue hypothetical whatifs with his pain and our pain. Today i am proud of what the mill was able to do in afghanistan, and people in d. C. Dont want to hear it. But President Biden, who accepted responsibility for what went wrong, deserves credit for what went right. Joining us now is Jon Soltz, an Iraq War Veteran. Hes the chairman of vote vets. Mr. Soltz, its really nice to see you. Thanks for making time to be here tonight. Thanks, rachel. So i feel like weve known Each Other for a long time, jon, and i feel like i have a little bit of a slightly keen perception into your way of thinking about these things, and i was really struck by your Decision Today to say, you know what . I am a veteran. For a tonight do that Speech Today with such strong leadership, to end a war that essentially four administrations passed the ball to Each Other, and it has been very difficult to watch for 18 days for the first time maybe the nation is paying attention, to pile on this president for frankly a lot of politics. Either it was maybe some progressives that were too quiet. It was republicans who supported this when Donald Trump thought it was okay. There was a lot of democrats that supported a surge into afghanistan under President Obama. And to see a president have so much strength to take on the entire establishment to do what you knew was right, which was essentially call the bluff on a Ponzi Scheme that weve seen for the past ten years in afghanistan, and do it with such conviction that he was really speaking as a father who believes his son died due to his service in iraq, was astronomical. And it was defiant and incredible, and it really changed American Foreign Policy going forward from one that was going to send american kids to fight and die in foreign countries where were more committed to the security of that country than the population, to one thats going to fight terrorism where it exists and refocus our national Security Strategy towards emerging conventional threats like russia and china. Let me ask you about that last point there. I was struck, and i played some of this sound at the top of the show, of The One very bellicose moment from President Biden today in which he said, to anybody who might misunderstand im Pa Paraphrasing Him here. But he said, were going to learn the less soon that we should not use major Military Deployment to remake countries in our own image. If you seek to commit a Terrorist Attack targeting us or our allies, we will hunt you down and make you pay. We will not forget, we will not forgive. That bellicose tone from the president. That sort of seriousness of purpose on a counterterrorism front, while also saying counterinsurgency and occupying that country in a longterm way, trying to change a country and make it into a democracy, that was wrong, but the Counterterrorism Mission has a stronger focus than ever. How did that Balance Strike you, particularly as someone who leads a large Veterans Group that represents so many people who fought in the war since 9 11 . Thats the Biden Doctrine. I think when people talk about his presidency and they talk about today, today was a clear day of how he defined what the Biden Doctrine is. Its a doctrine that weve supported for a very long time, which is we can be lethal against terrorists. We have drones, and people operate them in nevada. I mean most people dont realize, but the 82 Airborne who came to the airport in kabul came from Fort Bragg within 27 hours. So theres a huge amount of global lethality that our military can utilize to destroy the enemy. But a lot of that goes back to 2009 and 2010 inside the obama administration. Stanley mccrystal at the time was in charge of u. S. Forces in iraq and waged a very political war on background with reporters to push President Obama into the surge in afghanistan. Joe biden was against that surge, and a lot of what weve seen play out in the last week has its roots in those conversations. And what Joe Biden delivered today was essentially the vision that i believe he wanted to deliver in 2010, which was, we dont want to put 100,000 extra troops into afghanistan, that we want to focus on Bin Laden. And to be fair, if we had killed Bin Laden and left, it would have saved our country ten years of muddling through afghanistan where, you know, Hundreds And Thousands of people have been killed and billions of dollars have been wasted. Jon soltz, himself an Iraq War Veteran, the chairman of vote vets, jon, its nice to see you, my friend. Thanks for joining us tonight. Thanks for your willingness to talk on this. I know this can sort of be the Bleeding Edge of some of these discussions right now. I really appreciate you being here tonight. My pleasure. Thank you. All right. More ahead. Stay with us. Throughout tech every customer has their own safelite story. This couple was on a camping trip. When their windshield got a chip. They drove to safelite for a sameday repair. 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It stretches all the way down to the Barrier Island of Grand Isle, which is right next to where hurricane ida made landfall on sunday. In Jefferson Parish, Search And Rescue operations are still under way as we speak. And Jefferson Parish is facing the same problem as all of its neighboring parishes. No electricity, which means no airconditioning as heat indishes rise above 100 degrees this week. It means no refrigeration for food, which quickly, quickly becomes a crisis in most homes. It also means spotty communications. Theres also no Running Water in most of Jefferson Parish because of both water main breaks caused by Storm Damage and because the Sewage Systems rely on electricity, which doesnt exist right now. More than A Million homes and businesses remain without power in louisiana. It could be weeks before all of it is restored. And people are turning to generators for temporary sources of power, but those come with their own dangers. Carbon Monoxide Poisoning from poorly ventilated generators is a frequent killer in the aftermath of hurricanes. In kenner in Jefferson Parish Last Night, two residential buildings burned to the ground. Thats a fire the local Fire Chief said he suspects was caused by a generator. Thankfully no one was hurt or killed. The new york times is now reporting that New Orleans officials have not ruled out a Poststorm Evacuation of the city because the aftermath is growing so dire for residents who are still there. Officials in Lafourche Parish announced today that residents are allowed to return there, but they spelled out in brutal detail why they probably shouldnt even if they can. Quote, please know there is no clean water access. There is no power in the parish. It will not be restored for some time. Nearly all communication is down, including Cell Phone Service parishwide. Your home may be severely damaged and uninhabitable. We do not have access to food at this time due to the amount of damage to stores. So please bring all supplies you need to selfsustain while you are here. Again, that Warning Today from Lafourche Parish. It is just a very difficult situation in louisiana right now. Not clear how long things might stay this way. Joining us now is the director of Emergency Operations for Jefferson Parish, Joe Val Yen tay. Mr. Valiente, thank you so much for making time. I know its a really busy and difficult time for your parish right now. Not a problem. Im glad to be on. Can you tell us an overall briefing on the situation in Jefferson Parish, how things are in Grand Isle, how things are in other communities in the parish and whether you, in fact, have definitive information about every corner of the parish or whether that Damage Assessment continues . So lets start with Grand Isle first. So Grand Isle took the brunt of this storm, and it had a tremendous storm surge, and it had some of the highest winds that its experienced in quite a while. Last year we experienced seven storms and six Activations B you they were pretty much all glancing blows. This one hit us headon and did a tremendous amount of damage. We just made it to the Island Today with a Rescue Crew on a Search And Rescue mission, and they reported that the island is devastated, that its totally uninhabitable. Theres three to six feet of sand that was washed up on the gulf on the entire island. They have no power. They have no cell phone communication. So we are Staging Supplies now so that we can set up for a recovery process, but thats certainly going to take a while. And then also you have lafitte, which took a tremendous amount of water, upwards of 10 to 15 feet. And though that community is typically a little more resilient and higher off the ground, they suffered a tremendous amount of damage. We are Staging Supplies for both areas, and we are moving forward slowly. But were being hampered by the fact that we suffer with low water pressure, number one. Number two, weve lost 100 of our power grid, so we are completely without power. So thats causing issues like gas shortages. Theres nowhere to buy any food. We have a large segment of the population did not evacuate, and so now were struggling with exactly how were going to deal with this portion of the population. Were advising all residents in upper Jefferson Parish to seek shelter in another State Or Outside of this area because it is going to be a while before we can restore the services that are necessary for everyday living. In terms of those conditions that youre describing, thats just unimaginably dire. In terms of people who did not evacuate, is it your estimation that there may have to be i dont know if its going to be mandatory or not, but some sort of poststorm major Evacuation Effort . Those conditions you were describing not only sound uninhabitable now, but they seem uninhabitable for many days, potentially weeks or months ahead. If there are people in those communities who are piecing it together in these first couple of days, will there be an effort to clear them out . So to be totally honest with you, we have we are beginning to think postkatrina now where it doesnt look like were going to get a quick recovery in terms of infrastructure, in terms of water drainage. Sewage is a big problem for us because without power, you cant keep your Sewage Lines cleaned out. So we are thinking in that direction, and i think the longer that this goes, the high temperatures that are predicted for the next week, its going to make living conditions virtually unbearable. We have started taking Special Needs cases and bringing them to a shelter where theyre triaged and then theyre being taken to a special Needs Shelter in baton rouge. So were moving in that direction, but it really is baby steps because we are on total generator power, which is very limited at this point as to how hard we can lean forward and address these issues. The aftermath that youre describing and the kind of scale of effort that youre talking about putting into effect now is going to have to be a very resourceintensive effort. Do you have resources coming in . Do you have the right kind of communication with not just state resources but federal resources in terms of scaling up to do the kinds of remediation that youre talking about . Were talking about a lot of people needing to be moved and taken care of in a place that has very little resources to offer of its own. Are the right communication lines open, and do you feel like you have a way to tap the resources you need . So let me say from a political standpoint the response has been excellent. Weve had a tremendous amount of support from Congressman Carter and from cedric richmond, who you know is a major adviser for President Biden. Also Senator Cassidy and Steve Scalise was here today. So they have been extremely supportive of our entire effort, and Steve Scalise actually brought a large Megawatt Generator thats going to help us with our Sewage Plant and make that particular aspect of our infrastructure more resilient. I am truly impressed at the level of response that weve gotten from the federal government overall, and that that goes and from the governor, Governor John Bel edwards. I think theyve been in constant communication with us on a daily basis. I cant tell you how comforting it is to not have to even pay attention to the Party Affiliation of any of those officials as youre running down, hearing that youve been getting such support from everybody. Were so divided on so many thank you, thank you for giving us this opportunity to get our message out there. Emergency management has to have an excellent relationship with the news media. So you provide the platform for us to help us get our message out there. Were happy to tell the story. The challenges that you are up against right now, sir, we dont envy you. God bless you and all those working with you. Well stay on the story. Again, joe is the emergency director. What hes describing there Grand Isle and being uninhabitable, having lost 100 of the power grid. Theyre thinking in terms of postkatrina and evacuations needed then. This Storm Hit like a Sledge Hammer on the gulf. But what is happening in terms of the Aftermath Offer a broad swath of Southeastern Louisiana and even in the mississippi, while that water remains that high, while theres no access to food, water, sewage or any of the other things that make modern life possible, this is going to be a big lift and it is just starting. Well be right back. Stay with us. Starting. Well be right back. 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