just look at this video here on your screen. flooding is wide spread. and some areas could see up to 20 inches of rain. more than 700,000 homes and businesses are now without power. and that number is sure to climb. officials say it could take weeks to fully restore power. now within the next hour or two, new orleans will be seeing its highest winds and heaviest rain. the levee system was vastly upgraded after katrina and holding as of now. south of the city, the rainfall and storm surge have pushed water over our levee in plaquemines parish. a flash flood emergency is in effect. i spoke to a critical care doctor in baton rouge bracing for the worst. we would be able to be the most significant event of our lifetime. we currently have a full hospital, but we re the regional medical center and so we are essentially acting that role. we have over 700 providers in the hospital. 50 of those are physicians. 400 are nurses. 300 are non-clinical. we re split into two staffs. we wil
five years now, tried to tell paul ryan, off and on air, before he endorsed donald trump the day or two after he called him a racist, that he s a bully and you don t you don t negotiate with bullies. and you don t grovel, because when you grovel with bullies, they spit in your face. and that s what s happened time and time again with republicans. and, you know, again, all this groveling what has it gotten the republican party? minority status in the senate, the house, they ve lost the white house. they now seem to be their two main planks right now seem to be voodoo when it comes to health care, letting people die. they re on the side with wild anti-vaxx conspiracy theorists. and then basically forgiving the violence of what happened on january the 6th. trying to forget the violence, ignore the insurrection. so voodoo and violence. that s really not something that a party wants to side up with. but, mika, again, though, on this personal front, you cannot suck up to a bull
underscores their unfairness. if there was any case for such action after the capitol riots when trump was said to be encouraging violent extremism, it vanished during his six months out of office. legally it will be hard for trump to prove that private companies can t set their own rules but politically it s indefenseable and the most appalling part is most of the mainstream media, the supposed champions of free speech are fine with the digital cancellation of trump because he s trump. they keep talking about donald trump all the time including on social media but are pleased that his mega phone continues to be confiscated. i m howard kurtz and this is media buzz. howie: the 4th of july of a time for patriotism but in our media culture it s a time for high decibel arguments over patriotism especially over the founding fathers and declaration of independence which included no rights for enslaved black people but after the civil war should that mar america s image today. lis
for the president. extreme heat in the west. storms in the east. we ll have the forekcast. great to have you along. washington has acknowledged the next president of iran. they announced the election as fundamental. ne nearly everyone who might have challenged a fight has been disqualified. iranians were denied the right to choose. the conservative chief justice won. it was the lowest turn out in 14 years. fred pleitgen has more. reporter: conservatives celebrating a major victory. a man very close it iran s supreme leader will soon take over as president. with the help of god and the help of isi, we will do a good job this man says. while turnout was historically low, he managed to garner more than 60% of the vote the interior ministry says. he won his landslide victory, they are putting on a show of force, and they re celebrating after the moderates suffered a crushing defeat. while some shops in this market have hung up raisi posters, other question the election afte
live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to all of you watching in the united states, canada and around the world. i m kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom. the rye rainian government says friday s election of ebrahim raisi az the next president was the lowest turnout since the 1979 revolution. washington criticized iran from blocking other candidates from run running. in a statement they said we see they announced raisi the winner on friday but iranians were denied to choose their own leaders in a free and fair electoral process. here is fred pleitgen in tehran. reporter: conservatives celebrating a victory. ebrahim raisi close to iran s supreme leader will take over as president. with the help of god and with the help of said ebrahim raisi, he will do a good job this man says. i am happy. happy. reporter: while turnout was low, raisi garnered more than 60% of the vote the interior ministry says. after even ream raisi won his landslide victory, his f