And President Biden heads to california hoping to help Governor Gavin Newsom avoid getting fired in the recall election. We want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. Im Wolf Blitzer and youre in the situation room. First lets go straight to Capitol Hill for the latest on a new security scare. Our congressional correspondent Ryan Nobles is working the story for us. Ryan, this comes just as Capital Police Issued an Energy Declaration ahead of a right Wing Rally this coming saturday. Reporter thats right, wolf. The area im standing right now is capital hill square. This area is someone you can walkthrough out a special credential. In a couple of Days Capital police are ready to resurrect that fencing that wraps around the square that will keep people from coming in and out as they prepare for a worst Case Scenario ahead of a major protest happening this weekend. Tonight as Capital Police Issue an Emergency Declaration ahead of a dangerous protest this weekend
The little town of lafitte. And a Flash Flood Emergency warning has been issued. The Towns Mayor spoke about the harrowing circumstances residents find themselves in right now. A whole bridge was taken out. Our levees were topped. Our Surge Levees were topped. T the school system, government buildings and hundreds of homes. Its never happened before. And all the outside areas were just hit so hard. We suffered storms before, but ive never seen water like this in my life, and it just hit us the worst way possible. It was such a massive storm that it just totally devastated us. So all of orleans parish, which includes the city of New Orleans, is without power. Statewide, more than A Million customers have no electricity, and at least one person we know has died in The Storm so far. Pedram javaheri has been tracking this dangerous storm as it moves across louisiana. Where is it right now, and what can you tell us about the strength . Hi, pedram. Good to see you. Hey, robyn. Good seeing yo
The United States and Around The World. In is Early Start. Im christine romans. Im laura jarrett. Its 5 00 a. M. Here in new york. The Breaking News this morning is Hurricane Ida. One person already confirmed dead. More than A Million people without power as the storm slows to a crawl over louisiana. Deputies responding to a scene in prairieville, louisiana sunday evening. Found a tree had crashed into a home killing the storms first victim. All of New Orleans parish, including New Orleans, now In The Dark after catastrophic damage to the transmission system. The Power Company said some of the customers could be without electricity for weeks. Theres extensive flooding across the state. The levies have overtopped around the town of john will feoff. Here is the lieutenant governor. When you see the boats and ves vessels bouncing around out of port fourchon, the wind that has broken those vessels loose and just tossing around like small coins. We havent seen anything like that since katri
Devastated the state 16 years ago today. Its too early to assess idas huge swath of damage, but the Wrecking Power is obvious. Just look at this Video Right here. Flooding is widespread in Idas 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 States Governor says Hurricane Ida will be the levees most severe test. Lets 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 its weakened to a category 3. Thats still amazing to me. To see the outline in
Clogged with traffic from texas to alabama. Mississippis governor has declared a state of emergency. His state was also ravaged by katrina. The national Weather Service is underscoring the dire stakes warning that some places might be, quote, uninhabitable for weeks or months. We are covering all the angles of the approaching hurricane and the growing sense of urgency tonight. Lets begin with Meteorologist Tom Sater and the cnn weather center. How is it looking . Well, we just received the 8 00 p. M. Advisory from the national hurricane center. There are some changes, but the track doesnt change with this. Were going to get a lot more information for the 11 00 p. M. Advisory. When you look at an infrared satellite imagery, the bright colors, theyre the cold or higher cloud tops. A lot of Convective Activity around the core, as you would expect. When it really starts to circulate you know its still a breathing machine, but also on, of course, the feeder bands. Rain to jacksonville, sout