the national weather service warning the storm could hit some places in southeast louisiana and make those places uninhabitable for weeks or even months. that warning just released. hurricane ida is expected to make landfall in that state, louisiana, as a category 4 hurricane tomorrow. almost exactly to the day, 16 years after hurricane katrina landed as a category 3. our team of reporters is covering the storm from all angles. nadia and jason are on the ground for us. let s begin with allison chinchar at the cnn weather center. what is the update from the weather center? brand-new update, showing gusts have ticked up a bit to 105 miles per hour. the forward movement is the same. northwest at about 16 miles per hour. it s a category 1 now, but it is expected to intensify and strengthen as it moves through the very warm waters of the gulf of mexico. likely becoming a category 2 sometime in the next few hours. a category 3 by this evening. then a category 4 by tomorrow mornin
minneapolis to commemorate george floyd s life with his family and his community. joining me in a minute, his brother, philonise. and ultimately for the nation, it indeed has been a year that has tested the limits of america s stomach for real change in policing and criminal justice. and the sincerity of our lawmakers desire for racial equity as republicans continue to wring their hands over where i will race theory. but wave their hands at the idea that is critical to understand how and why our nation s capitol was breached, violated, and literally soiled four months ago. we ll have more on how the gop devotion to the big lie continues to chain them to the past, while criminal investigations tighten for donald trump and those that have followed in his image. but we start with criminal justice reform in the congress and a somber anniversary that is just days away. joining me now is the assistant to the speaker of the house, congresswoman katherine clark, democrat of massac
means getting back to normal sooner. there s also some big political news today, new census numbers mean seven house seats will soon change states and the shifts benefit republicans. house republican retreat designed as a unity meeting is instead exposing the party s sharp divide over donald trump and the insurrection. and as president biden nears the 100-day mark there s word today of a white house plan to target rich tax evaders. the white house says giving the irs $80 billion for this crackdown will bring in some $ $700 billion to help pay for biden initiatives. let s bring in kaitlan collins at the white house. reporter: this is significant news, we re hearing first from the cdc director announcing these changes, this new guidance for people who are fully vaccinated. and then in a little bit we ll see president biden himself talking about it as well and tying it, of course, to his entire covid-19 strategy. of course he was the one who put that 100-day mask guidance in p
this is american voices. we begin tonight with a quick demonstration of what it must have felt like this week to be president joe biden. many plates in the air. but the amount of political plates this president is balancing right now, no joke, he is issued a flurry of executive orders to address an array of crises, from the country s battle against covid-19 to the looming climate crisis. while the new administration may be doing their best to set the table for permanent solutions, the chaos brewing over in congress is presenting another spinning plate in need of balance. we ve got lawmakers calling for the removal of a freshman republican congresswoman from georgia who has used social media to endorse executing top democrats in the past, along with expressing approval of far-right conspiracy theories. that comes as house speaker nancy pelosi makes clear the tense atmosphere on capitol hill. the enemy is within the house of representatives. what exactly did you mean wh
jets to the region and they will reduce staff at the american embassy in kyiv, because of quote, continued threats of significant russian military action. so let s begin with kaitlan collins. so what is the plan for the video call next hour? well this is a call that has about nine leaders on there from europe. ukraine is not on this call. we just asked the white house about that. they poipnted to other conversations the biden administration has had with them, and including tony blinkent, but this is not on this call that will happen this afternoon from the situation room and a call scheduled as we know president biden is considering sending more u.s. troops in the sense of deterrence as they wait to see what the russian president is going to do and they don t know what move the russian leader wants to take next and they are watching. there was a report over the weekend after they believe russian was trying to install a pro-russian leader in ukraine. all of that is on agenda