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It is good to see you. Thank you for being with us. I m geoff bennett for another hour of msnbc reports. How a texas restrictive abortion law is driving patients to neighboring states and how residents are stepping up to protest the law. And now, how the death toll of hurricane ida is continuing to climb. Up to 70 in multiple states. The president is going to new jersey to tour the devastation after he visited louisiana where hundreds of thousands are without power after a week after the storm. Also, this hour, the latest on the covid pandemic, and the u. S. Is hitting 40 million cases over the weekend, and the number of people dying daily is rising amid another surge from this holiday weekend. But we start with the staggering damage and devastation from ida. Joining us now from louisiana is nbc s vaughan hillyard in lafayette, and we have john in st. Jhn parish and anne is our msnbc correspondent reporting on the devastation. So, we go to you, vaughan, what have you seen? it is diffic
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Major or u. S. Airlines to help transport evacuee withs once they re out of a afghanistan. Jackiejacqui heinrich. Reporter: the president will address the nation this afternoon, we have not had a preview of anything he ll say, but he met with his national security team today. They discussed the ongoing evacuation effort among americans and allies as well as the diplomatic and military effort to have third countries work as transit points to ferry people out as they re doing that evacuation. We also know he s going to touch on the storm off the coast of new england. But there s immense pressure for the president to square some of the statements that he s made this week with the reality on the ground in afghanistan. Some of the more notable fact checks, he claimed that americans haven t had trouble with the taliban getting to the airport. Other cabinet if officials confirm that is not true. Ea also maid none of the nato allies criticized the u. S. On the world stage, but there are report