Good day to all of you from Msnbc World headquarters in New York. Welcome to Alex Witt reports. Here is what is happening. New this hour, the Death Toll from Hurricane Ida is now at 65 with one additional death recorded in just the last few hours in louisiana. Most of those who lost their lives were in New Jersey and New York when the remnants of that storm hit this week. New today, President Biden announcing plans to survey damage in New York and New Jersey on tuesday. The president traveled to Louisiana Yesterday and got a firsthand look at the areas that remain uninhabitable. He promised Flood Victims that no community will be left behind. Meanwhile, a new investigation has begun into the death of four Nursing Home patients. They were among 800 patients packed inside a warehouse, taken there before ida struck louisiana. Health officials say they have significant concerns about conditions at that facility. Covering the very latest on idas aftermath, in New Jersey, in New Orleans and
Vaccinated against Covid 19. Magic. And one of the most influential Reggae Producers and performers, lee scratch perry dies injamaica, aged 85. Hello and welcome. Lets start with some Breaking News now. As many as five rockets have reportedly been fired near Kabul Airport in the last couple of hours. A us official said the rockets were intercepted by an american anti missile system. It is not yet clear if all were brought down by the defence system, nor if there were any casualties. It comes a day after the us led an Air Strike on a vehicle in kabul, reportedly targeting a Suicide Bomber who was about to attack the airport. Of course, well bring you more details as we get them here on Bbc News. One of the most powerful hurricanes to hit Americas Gulf Coast in 200 years is now approaching New Orleans. Hurricane Idas Centre isjust 30 miles to the west. Nearly One Million people are without power, including the whole of New Orleans, after whats being called catastrophic transmission dama
Requirement by august 31st. And judges in texas and florida push back against bans on mask mandates. The School Districts are violating state law. Parents rights are very important, but theyre not without some reasonable limitation. Im Pamela Brown in washington. You are in the Cnn Newsroom on this saturday evening. A monster named ida. The hurricane is intensifying quickly and drawing chilling comparisons to katrina. Ida is charging straight toward louisiana right now, and its due to make Landfall Tomorrow as a categoryfour storm. Near New Orleans and on the 16th anniversary of katrinas catastrophic siege of the Gulf Coast. Louisianas governor says ida will be one of the strongest hurricanes to hit the state since the 1850s. Parts of louisiana are under mandatory evacuation orders, and time is quickly running out to escape the impact zone. Mississippi, which was also ravaged by katrina, the governor has declared a state of emergency. The national Weather Service is warning that ida co
The State Department has contacted all the americans registered in afghanistan now and instructed them to report to designated locations for evacuation. Those evacuations have surged in the last few days. At least 70,000 total since august 14th. But the president has asked the military to be ready with contingency options to adjust the Time Table for final departure if necessary. Still mr. Biden issed a Today Mo that it is time to heave. The sooner we can finish the Better. Each day of operations brings added risk to our troops. Every day were on the ground is another day we know that Isis K is seeking to target the Airport And Attack both u. S. And allied forces and innocent civilians. While the military races to get everyone out, two members of congress made their way in. Democrat Seth Moulton and Republican Peter Meyer both military vets said they flew to kabul to conduct oversight of Evacuation Efforts but they did not give advanced notice to House Leadership or the Defense Departm
With the winner announced in may as coventry s year in the spotlight comes to an end. Colin paterson, Bbc News. Time for a look at the weather. This month has been a cloudy month but like yesterday although it is cloudy for most of us again today there are some breaks in the Cloud But Example in the Derbyshire Peak District but Todays Weather is driven by low pressure to the west of the uk. You can see the thick cloud in the west starting to dry outbreaks of rain into Northern Ireland but ahead of the main band of rain you can see some patches of rain moving into Southern Wales at the moment so it is going to continue to be quite damp peer over the next few hours. The best chance of seeing breaks in the cloud, Northern Scotland not doing too badly, but otherwise it stays put pretty cloudy. Overnight rain continues to push northwards and eastwards. There will be heavy bursts and probably Mist And Fog soaring over the higher ground particularly in South West Wales and over the pennines.