Im chris hayes. One as american americans say the aftermath at The End of the 20year war, many people have noted that the violence in afghanistan itself, is not over. Far from it. There are millions of afghans. These are of course people like you and me, family members, jobs, hopes, dreams. Who have known only a war, their entire lives. In the history of human life, on this planet, most political conflict has been resolved violently. Conquering empires. But he Civil Wars. Ethnic cleansing. Its a great miracle, of a functioning Liberal Democracy. Like the one we find ourselves in. That we find a way to resolve the inherent conflict, two different factions in beliefs and religious and ethnic groups juries without resorting to violence. That the idea. The idea is we resolve those differences, through democratic struggle. In protest. And free speech, politics. And all those other features we have, of liberal democratic nations like our own. But all that is being threatened right now, befor
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, orleans parish, which is the city of new orleans, Lafourche Parish, st. Tammany parish, terrebonne parish, which is where houma is, which has been very hardhit, Jefferson Parish, which is immediately just west and south of new orleans, that whole swath of
And a cocktail of other material. it s really upsetting to hear that. dr. marianne gausche-hill, board side emergency medicine physician. thank you very. much thank you. thanks, my friend. much appreciated. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour on what has been a historic day. also just an intense day in the news. right now tens of thousands of americans in mississippi, more than 1 million americans in louisiana are without power for a second day in the midst of stifling heat and fairly widespread destruction from the category 4 hurricane that slammed into the gulf coast two 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