Service warns tHe damage from ida could be, quote, catastrophic. Hello, welcome to Fox News live. Im artHel neville. Eric hi, thank you for joining us with tHe late breaking news. Im eric shawn. Hurricane ida came ashore just before noon local time as a category 4 monster, sustained winds just under category 5, 150 miles per hour. Thousands of Gulf Coast residents have already evacuated, thank goodness, after tHe warnings tHe storm could be as bad to make rescues impossible. ArtHel and all of this, 16 years to tHe day after Hurricane Katrina made landfall in louisiana as a category 3, bringing scenes of devastation in New Orleans and tHe Gulf Coast that quite frankly we wish we could forget. Eric absolutely. Cant believe its only been 16 years for all tHe Storm Coverage lets begin in New Orleans, Jeff Paul is tHere in French Quarter with tHe very latest. Jeff. Reporter yeah, eric and artHel, tHe winds are really starting to pick up. THe rain is coming down pretty hard and you can see j
Newsroom. Im Jim Acosta In Washington for standing by for the Louisiana Governor set to give an update as Hurricane Ida barrels toward the gulf coast. The storm is projected to reach category 4 strength is expected to Pummel Louisiana tomorrow, the 16th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The national Weather Service urgently warning residents to complete preelparations today, adding, quote, some places are uninhabitable for weeks or months. Storm surge of 0 to 15 feet is expected along with winds as strong as 150 miles an hour. Mayor of New Orleans says if youre going to evacuate, now is the time to leave. Evacuation orders are in effect across the state. As you can see right there, look at this video. Highways in New Orleans look more like Parking Lots as people try to evacuate. Were tracking this hurricane from all angles. Cnns Derek Van Damme and nadia is on the ground. Tom, whats the latest forecast . This thing is strengthening, No Doubt about it . No doubt about it, jim. What weve
To vote, unsiege right now in many State Legislatures nationwide. We have reporters out in the streets on this historic day. It is just one of the major stories we are following this hour. We are also tracking Hurricane Ida as it takes aim at louisiana, and we are keeping a close eye on afghanistan where the u. S. Launched a deadly response to the recent Suicide Bombings at the airport. More on all of that in just a moment. We begin this hour with Breaking News and a sea of Voting Rights marches across the country under way right now. Im going to show you a live look at the crowds in washington, d. C. Right now Tens Of Thousands of people flooding the streets in more than 40 cities, all to commemorate the 58th Anniversary of the historic 1963 March on washington, to call on congress to pass federal legislation to protect voting access. Nbcs Josh Letterman among the Rally Crowd at d. C. s national mall. We can hear the speaker loud and clear behind you. Talk to me about the atmosphere i
Nearly 6,000 u. S. Troops on the ground helping in the evacuation. The president saying i Cannot Promise what the final outcome will be or that it will be without risk of loss. The president saying he had no indication americans havent been able to get tHrough to the airport. Then what the Defense Secretary said today in a briefing with lawmakers. And what the pentagon acknowledged today. Ian Pannell Tonight live from kabul. Martha raddatz live in washington. And stephanie ramos with late word from the White House tonight. Also this evening, that Tropical Storm Set to become a hurricane in the coming hours. Tonight the warnings and watches up right now in the northeast. Alerts in six state as we come On The Air tonight. Henri gaining strength as it moves up to coast. Winds topping 75 miles per hour. New jersey, New York, massachusetts tonight, connecticut already declaring a state of emergency. Rob marciano standing by with the new track now shifting inward. News on the Coronavirus Ton
Young to be vaccinated masking is the most effective strategy for preventing transmission in schools. Their data shows, quote, more than 7,000 children and adults acquired the coronavirus attended school while infectious because of close contact with those cases more than 40,000 people required quarantine through Contact Tracing and testing, however, we found only 363 additional children and adults acquired the coronavirus. We believe this Low Rate of transmission occurred because of the Maskon Mask School environment, both the infected person and close contact wore masks. In other words, theres a less than 1 chance of Passing Covid on to a Peer Or Adult in school if Universal Masking is in place. This is sound research from Reputable Health Experts but then again so is this. On the same day, another article was published prominently on the Home Page of the Wall Street Journal with this headline, the case against masks against children, its abusive to force kids who struggle to sacrifi