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the governor there, john bel edwards, will be holding a briefing shortly to update the situation in the state. we are going to monitor that and bring it to you if it makes any news. vaughn hillyard is standing by for us from houma, louisiana, to bring us updates from there. you know, vaughn, one of the things i have noticed about the storm is that it is different than storms we covered in the past. it hit louisiana and it hit across the country. it kept hitting and hitting, it struck in areas where you were and up in the northeast where i was covering as well. folks there very much still grappling with the aftermath of ida. reporter: yasmin, that s right. as you saw yesterday yourself, and the folks here, now seven days without power are seeing that the impact of these storms are much greater than the few hours of winds and rain. we are talking about not only sustained damage here, but you are talking about an entire town with businesses shut down, restaurants shut down, gas statio
who joined the majority. liz mclaughlin in austin, joyce vance, thank you as well. you will be joining us later on in the hour. erica sackin will be here in a little bit to talk about where this fight goes next from their perspective. so just a couple of hours ago we learned the president is going to make his way to new york and new jersey on tuesday to survey the damage, of course, caused by the remnants of ida earlier this week. a cleanup and rebuilding efforts across the gulf coast as well and parts of the northeast, they re underway this holiday weekend after the storm battered communities with catastrophic flooding and winds. i want to bring in nbc s gary grumbach following this for us in jersey and nbc s josh lederman in louisiana for us. gary, i know where you are, you are in manville, new jersey. i was there just yesterday. the damage there is awful to see. the president, as i mentioned, will be headed to that very location likely on tuesday when he visits parts of the
injected him with an overdose of ketamine without even conducting a medical examination. he was handcuffed, clearly posed no threat, and then, as always, the coverup. so these officers have no credibility. this police department has shown no accountability, and it has been the opposite of transparent. paul butler, thank you for your voice on this as always. we appreciate it. thank you, sir. you re welcome. we are awaiting a news conference from louisiana governor john bel edwards on ida s impact. we will be monitoring that for any developments and bringing it to you as they come. coming up, how nursing homes already struggling because of this pandemic are handling this new layer of stress. we will be right back. we are go for launch. t-minus two minutes and counting.