devastated the state 16 years ago today. it s too early to assess ida s huge swath of damage, but the wrecking power is obvious. just look at this video right here. flooding is widespread in ida s path and some areas could see up to 20 inches of rain. more than a half million homes and businesses are without power, and that number is sure to climb. officials say it could take weeks to restore power. the levee system in new orleans vastly upgraded after katrina is holding so far. the state s governor says hurricane ida will be the levee s most severe test. let s go to the cnn weather center and meteorologist tom sater. tom, are you surprised this is still a category 4 storm hours after it made landfall? very surprised really. we knew it was going to hit with a punch, and we knew because it was kind of small and compact in its size that it would act as a cannonball and shoot inward. just moments ago, we can now say it s weakened to a category 3. that s still amazing to me. to
we have a team of doctors standing by to ansz those questions. post them on twitter with the #msnbc answers. one way to address the once in a generation problem, vaccinations. for the first time in nearly seven weeks one million doses of the vaccine were administered on thursday. that includes $560,000 people getting their first dose. ly talk with a small business owner that got 92% of his workforce vaccinated after most of them initially refused. his advice for how other small businesses can do it, too. i know it is a lot to digest, and just thinking about going back to the office with everything going on can give anyone anxiety. we re here to help. ahead, advice on protecting your mental health as you return to the workplace. we re kicking off the hour on the future of work. jake ward is in san francisco, the first major city to require vaccinations for indoor activities. great to have both of you here. jake, workers there will be required, as i understand it, to show proof
tonight the white house ramping up its vaccination push as the u.s. passes 100,000 cases in a single day. in seven states alone, florida, texas, missouri, louisiana, alabama, mississippi, states with some of the lowest vaccination rates account for about half of new cases and hospitalizations in the past week, despite making up less than a quarter of the u.s. population. reporter: a level that at one point seemed it would never be reached again. with the delta variant surge gripping nearly the entire nation, a reality that s driven a return to a near singular daily focus ramping up vaccinations. today i want to emphasize one fact that remains true. and that is the vaccines are working against the delta variant. reporter: numbers that continue to tick upward with more 164,000 vaccinations on wednesday, more than 560,000 first-time shots, the highest daily total in more than a month. clearly americans are seeing the impact of being unvaccinated and unprotected. and th
charges? and cnn has learned that the impeachment probe into new york governor andrew cuomo is nearing completion. how much longer can he hold on? welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blither. you re in the situation room. let s get straight to the white house where there s growing concern right now about this latest covid surge. our senior white house correspondent phil mattingly is working this part of the story for us. phil, how is the white house reacting to this very alarming sharp acceleration with the covid virus now topping 100,000 cases a day here in the u.s.? wolf, it s a jarring number, but white house officials say they are laser focused on one thing, getting shots in arms, and they are seeing some results, particularly in some of the lowest vaccinated states. however, it is one state in particular in that group of low vaccinated states where it s not just public health issues they are having. it s also political pr
there? brian: also the music is appropriate too. ainsley: it s country? brian: and? our last guest is going to close the show. i think it s also important to point out that ainsley lived there for a while. unlike what she did yesterday, adopting my area as her hometown, you have not said my state of texas. ainsley: it depends on the story we are talking about. because i have lived in texas. i have lived in massachusetts and i have lived in new york. brian: just adopted and rolled. ainsley: everyone adopted me when i moved to texas they made me a part of texas. resident there, paid taxes there they welcomed me. texas is so fun. two things i love to have fun. [laughter] and i love god. brian: you are pro-fun. ainsley: i am pro-fun and love god. both of those big part of texas. will: both of those make you unique in the state of texas. who else loves texas and happens to be in texas is our lawrence jones who is having breakfast with friends in fort worth cpac. look at that he ha