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the end of the vietnam war. and president jerry ford never said a word. never once. there was no press conference. there was no statement to the country. he issued a written statement after the final helicopter came out. there was none of what we re seeing in these last two weeks. and, so, we have seen two of these. we have seen two big losses after multidecade wars. this is very different from vietnam. and it is actually a good point. we saw the commander today formally announce that the last aircraft was clearing afghan air space. we then saw secretary of state blinken give a formal address to the country explaining things in terms of the diplomatic mission of doing those things. we have just seen tonight a statement from lloyd austin. but now we re going to get another speech on this matter. we have seen several already from president biden. he says he s going to talk about his decision to not extend past august 31st and the military advise he got not to do that an ....
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 city s mayor issued a warning today for residents who fled ahead of the storm. don t come back until further notice. we will have much more on the night s other major story just ahead. but first ali is live for us in new orleans. you are virtually in the da ....
hurricanes ever hit the u.s. mainland officials say at least two people were killed. search and rescue operations are still underway in communities along the gulf i became unsure with everything that was advertised. all of our levee systems, particularly our levee system performed magnificently. having said that, the damage is still catastrophic. catastrophic. the storm devastated more than 1 million customers in louisiana the city s mayor issued a warning today for residents who fled during the storm, don t come back to further notice. we ll have much more on the other major story just ahead. but first now our reporter is live now in new orleans with the very latest. l.a. you re virtually in the dark. a city that s in the dark. in the number one question for residents is, when will power be restored? first of all rain front of me, this is from a neighboring restaurant, this is the french quarter right now. there s nothing you can see. the lights are off all the way ....
repeatedly making 55,000 phone calls, sending 33,000 e-mails since august 14th. they solved problem after problem to keep the mission moving forward. they did this because this evacuation operation was very personal. many worked hand in hand for years with afghan partners. many of whom became trust friends. we also lost church members of our foreign service community in afghanistan. we ll never forget them. helping americans, our foreign partners who have been by our side for 20 years and afghans at risk at this critical moment was more than just a high stakes assignment for our team. it was a sacred duty. the world saw how our diplomats rose the the challenge. u.s. service members in kabul did heroic work. they are also providing vital support right now caring for afghans on military bases in europe, the middle east and here in the united states. we have seen pictures of u.s. service members cradling baby, comforting families. that s the kind of compassion and courage ....
biden approved a major disaster declaration for louisiana. i came to shore as a category four storm with maximum stints over 150 miles per hour. it has been weakening as it s moved inland but slowly. and it is now down to a category two but the natural hurricane center says that it is still bringing catastrophic storm surge, extreme winds and flash flooding, to southeastern louisiana. and that has brought scenes like this in the city of houma. the extraordinary power of those high winds, meanwhile the entire city of new orleans is in the dark, without power tonight. except for those with generators. the power company says ida caused quote, catastrophic transmission damage. across louisiana more than 930,000 people have lost power. we have also had our first confirmed death caused by this hurricane a 60 year old man was killed when a tree fell on his home, just south of baton rouge. of course this catastrophic storm is taking place during the pandemic in a state that h ....