threatening to hang mike pence as lawmakers and the vice president ran to safety. capitol police outnumbered and targeted. now the scene quite different. barriers and fencing around the capitol and hundreds of officers in position should demonstrations grow violent. we have a team of correspondents covering every angle of this. let s begin with shimon prokupecz and security on the ground. reporter: fred, i wanted to come inside the rally area and show you what s going on here. these are the people gathered. i would say there s more media here at this point than some of the rally goers and then i want to show you other situations. what s going on, a lot of people are gathering, going towards cameras and spouting whatever it is that they re saying. then you have the security. that s the big thing here, right, the security. the police behind us here, something may be going on, i see police moving. what s happening is some of the protesters, rally goers are out here, and there
battle the wildfire. driving the wildfire closer to lake tahoe. in the southeast, homes in grand aisle was stripped down to their stilts from hurricane ida. the number nearing dead is close to 50. and the yankees and where the patriots play, show the field completely submerged by water. sandra: remarkable images there, john. to kick off the hour, in south lake tahoe. and in new or leans. and burned as surrounded by floodwaters. brian? reporter: good afternoon. we are in new jersey and the fires are still trying to be taken out by the firefighters behind me. this was a banquet hall and it exploded after a couple feet of water. you can see the firefighters trying to douse the flames. the owner opened this business in 2018 and you can imagine in 2020, it made him very difficult to host events and then, he lost his business. he s absolutely distraught. listen to him. i bet everything in my life on this property. i worked too hard. [crying] i don t know what to do. i just ho
senators in the state as well as the mayor of new orleans and the governor, john bell edwards. he s out and about right now seeing the hardest hit spots throughout louisiana. they were hit by hurricane ida. one of the places he will be going to is aplace, louisiana. some of these homes were submerged. people had to ride out the storm on the roof or attics, people hoping someone would come with a boat to rescue them. people there have lost everything in certain situations. they re having to wait in line for essentials like food and water, relying on the kindness of others. in the mornings, we had a three-mile line waiting for us. starting at 6:30 people are lining up. we re not open until 8:00, 8:30. the lines are long. it s hot. president biden will get a chance to see the damage that is very vast throughout the state from the sky. he will hop in a helicopter to get an aerial tour to places like grand isle. this is a city or town here in louisiana along the gulf coast tha
several inches of rain. which is why you have the flash flood threat for several states. it s important to note earlier this week they had a lot of rain from the remnants of fred now you have two systems bringing a tremendous amount of rain saturating the ground. we talked about the high wind gusts it s not going to take much to bring trees and power lines down, which is why we re anticipating power outages. storm surge also going to be a concern. this area here, hamptons, nantucket, providence, talking 3 to 5 feet. but even around boston and down towards the jersey coast, still 1 to 3 feet of storm surge there. this is a multi-state issue and concern from this particular storm. allison, thank you. let s go to derek now where much of new england is buckling down for this. what kind of preparations, if any, are taking place now? reporter: there are preparations taking place. people have been removing boats from the marinas upshore from here. there s also been beaches and
a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters. welcome to alex witt reports. we ll begin with breaking news. the northeast is bracing for impact from hurricane henri. landfall expected within 24 hours and right now people have new york to new england are wrapping up their preparations as this storm is closing in. hurricane hunters flew into the storm today and reported winds up to 75 miles an hour, on the coast storm surge up to 5 feet is possible, and flooding rainfall expected on already-soaked lands. conditions are going to begin to worsen as soon as tonight. millions will be without power by monday morning. our meteorologist michelle grossman and vanessa webb are watching for us. let s talk about the latest forecast track at this hour. what are you seeing? alex, good to see you. we re seeing changes since the last time we talked. we have an advisory coming out at 2:00. now it s a hurricane category 1 and that s what we expect as it enters into new englan