biden approved a major disaster declaration for louisiana. i became sure as a category four storm with maximum sustained, winds over 150 miles per hour. it has been weakening as it s moved inland, but slowly. and it is now to a category two. the national hurricane center says 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 companies is 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 storms taking place during the pandemic, in a state that has one o
is this the only option that you will use. did they stop that ball. i will ask the general to provide context. but used the word dynamic a lot. dynamic, moving, fluz, quick, that is how isis k operates. when you have what we believe to be an imminent threat, we took the action that we believe is the most necessary at the best opportunity to thwart that attack. commanders always minimize collateral damage. in this case like mr. kirby said, this strike so as we looked at the information that we had at the time of the strike, we took all of those measures in place, and we decided to thwart that. so the u.s. protection measures engaged those rockets and apparently it hit one of them or you didn t engage the other ones. one did land in an area that was not effective. you didn t intercept? yeah, we intercepted one and it was effective. i just want to clarify the numbers you stated earlier. about 122,000, is 5400 part of that number or is that a separate number? 122,00
then the landfall about 20 miles farther west than it was forecast to be. the cone shifted about 20 miles farther to the west, closer to tallahassee, making significantly more wind damage there as you shift that cone farther and farther to the left. something else i ve noticed there, seeing lightning now around the eye. that means the storms are getting stronger, getting bigger around the eye itself which means the storm is not losing strength. in fact, it s going the other way. when you see lightning in the eye, it s getting stronger. wind gusts around 30. sarasota, every time you see one of these cells head over your home, that s when the wind is going to pick up. the cell goes by and the wind will be gone. what the deal is with this whole storm is as it moves up into this big bend area, that s where the catcher s mitt effect is going to happen and we ll see all that water get caught with the storm surge that. surge is going to be 15 feet high. if you re on land and right t
it like a karaoke moment you ve got to applaud that. thanks so, much laura coates, appreciate it. so, rudy giuliani texting his way into trouble and donald trump singing no, no, no, like destiny s child, and the secret service driving that train will brief on cocaine. i am john berman. and this is cnn tonight or, as i like to call it, cnn very nearly two more. because there is new news tonight on legal jeopardy for rudy giuliani, a new campaign drama surrounding the ultra. but before what just happened, what will happen. tomorrow. pretty early, in fact. the secret service is expected to say what it know is about the cocaine found in the white house. not since willie nelson smoked a joint on the white house roof have drugs inside 1600 pennsylvania avenue raised so many questions. by the way, it will email something really happened. jimmy carter confirmed it. the cocaine situation has been way more mysterious and the source of way more wild and baseless speculation, a
sentence. how did danielo cavalcante manage to escape from prison. and welcome to a special second hour of josé diaz-balart reports. we begin this hour with the big week ahead in georgia, the clock is ticking for the final seven defendants in the wide ranging election interference case to enter their pleas or get ready to appear for their arraignment on wednesday. joining us now nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian, danny cevallos and veteran prosecutor paul henderson. ken, where do things stand now as we await that wednesday deadline? good morning, jose. obviously the court s closed on this holiday, and we fully expect that all of these defendants will either waive appearance or come in and enter a plea in what is really a formality, this arraignment. the big questions looming over this case have to do with scheduling, have to do with whether mark meadows will be successful in his bid to get his particular portion of the case moved to federal