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biden approved a major disaster declaration for louisiana. i came to shore as a category four storm with maximum stints over 150 miles per hour. it has been weakening as it s moved inland but slowly. and it is now down to a category two but the natural hurricane center says that it is still bringing catastrophic storm surge, extreme winds and flash flooding, to southeastern louisiana. and that has brought scenes like this in the city of houma. the extraordinary power of those high winds, meanwhile the entire city of new orleans is in the dark, without power tonight. except for those with generators. the power company says ida caused quote, catastrophic transmission damage. across louisiana more than 930,000 people have lost power. we have also had our first confirmed death caused by this hurricane a 60 year old man was killed when a tree fell on his home, just south of baton rouge. of course this catastrophic storm is taking place during the pandemic in a state that h ....
in thursday a suicide bombing in afghanistan. u.s. has struck back at terrorist, two isis k bombers were eliminated by a drone less than 2 miles from the airport in kabul. the deadline to withdraw is quickly approach, we ll have more on the latest development in afghanistan, we begin with hurricane ida our report mike tobin is with us in new orleans. reporter: we re in one of the ebbs with the wind but it comes and goes, something that remarkable, is here on canal street, as far as the eye can see all power went out. the entire city went dark, about 45 seconds ago, all power came back on. power outages were feared and promised and are materializing, here in the crescents city we saw power out then return. one thing we re watching, are the so many light fixtures here. they are really getting a work out in terms of foundation as the wind picks up, they are moving. some minimal damage is that billboard it is dangerous. because it is made out of sheet metal, it has peeled o ....
we need heard a come home. then, they found her. launching a mystery that would divide this family, one daughter thought her stepdad math did. the other said, no way. and matt he had a theory all his own. this is not the first time she s run away, okay? had nique taken off and found trouble? now you re thinking someone gave her a date rape drug. that s a possibility. the trail would lead to this house of cameras. there is a big server tower that would indicate a large amount of data being stored. what they discovered, thousands of hours of tape. let me out of this room. it s absolutely a torture to listen to. and would reveal one shattering truth. i got down on my knees and just started crying. welcome to dateline. nique leili was juggling family life and a thriving career when suddenly she vanished. detectives turned to those closest to her for information then they discovered something unusual. nique s last months had been recorded on came ....
the course of during covid i ve been saying we can t use the word plan for anything we re talking about in our future. it s an idea i might do, x or y. i think in this news environment it s the same thing, and as long as this evacuation is going on in afghanistan, we can guess what we re talking about tomorrow night, but we re not going to know. it is true and it is humbling. but i am going to try. i m going to try and that s all i can say. i think you ll get it done. i think that s the night for it. good night, rachel. good night, lawrence. we ve been through this only once before in our history. before the evacuation in afghanistan, the americans had carried out only one evacuation from a war that we lost. that was from vietnam in 1975, and when the airport we were using came under rocket fire from the north vietnamese army and two marines were killed, the final two soldiers killed in combat in vietnam, republican president gerald ford immediately ordered ....
but we won t know. it s true, and it is humbling, but i am going to try. i m going to try, and that is all i can say. i think you will get it done. thank you, rachel. thank you, lawrence. i appreciate it. we ve been through this only once before in our history. before the evacuation in afghanistan, the american military had carried out only one major evacuation from a war that we lost. that was in vietnam in 1975. in vietnam when the airport we were using came under rocket fire from the north vietnamese army, and two marines were killed, the final two soldiers killed in combat in vietnam, republican president gerald ford immediately ordered the abandonment of the airport, and the switch to helicopters, dangerously taking people from the tops of buildings to finish the evacuation. president ford immediately ordered the evacuation speed it up. the president never gave a thought to try to avenge the deaths of those two marines, or in any way prolong the dangerous s ....