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along the gulf coast we expected from such a storm. it ripped the roof off the lady of the sea hospital in galliano which is south of new orleans. you can see the damage in louisiana there. tonight, as we mentioned, the power is out for hundreds of thousands of people. louisiana governor john bell edwards says his state s entire national guard is activated. more than 4,000 are out in support of the emergency effort, but officials are warning residents to prepare for at least three days of sheltering in place. this historic hurricane comes on the 16th anniversary of another historic hurricane, katrina. thankfully, officials expect the levees in the new orleans area to hold this time. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson continuing our special coverage of hurricane ida. welcome to the week. let us begin with the latest on hurricane ida s path. meteorologist bill karins joins us now after a very long day, and bill, we just got the latest updat ....
who s in homa, louisiana. derrick, talk to us about what s happening on your end. reporter: yeah, okay, people are leaving this area and rightly so because they know what is looming. they know what is 250 miles off the coast of where i m located. just hearing these very ominous words from the louisiana governor really just perked my ears and my crew s ears up but it certainly perked up anybody who decided to stay and ride out this storm s ears as well. take a listen. this will be one of the strongest hurricanes to hit anywhere in louisiana since at least the 1850s. we can also tell you that your window of time is closing. it is rapidly closing. and just like we said yesterday, by the time you go to bed tonight, you need to be where you intend to ride this storm out. so it s still questionable whether or not the individuals behind me, who are currently sandbagging, are expected to leave. we had a mandatory evacuation order set in place at 6:00 a.m. this morning. ma ....
to get his own party on board with his economic agenda. the capitol hill battle growing more heated by the hour. a big step in the fight against coronavirus as the fda fully approves the pfizer vaccine. a stunning new time line by dr. anthony fauci of when this pandemic will be over, with americans asking this morning, that long, really? and breaking overnight, new york has a new governor, but andrew cuomo has one last message for critics about his record as a governor and as a dog owner. a very good morning to viewers in the united states and around the world. it is tuesday, august 24th, and overnight, the u.s. reporting major progress in the evacuation efforts in afghanistan. an estimated 4,500 people are now waiting for flights inside of the kabul airport zone which is more than 15,000 less people than when we went on the air yesterday. a source telling cnn the majority of those who are waiting for flights are afghans. cnn has also learned that special immigran ....
from the week before. in six states, alabama, florida, louisiana, mississippi, oregon and washington, new admissions of patients with coronavirus are currently at their highest levels since the start of the pandemic. hospitalizations and infection rates for children are also on the rise. nbc news reporting, as of wednesday, u.s. hospitals were attending to an average of more than 1200 children a day. twice the number from the end of july. alabama admitted nearly 260 kids between august 10th and 16th. an average of 37 per day. and an increase of more than 300% from the previous week. florida leads the nation entrails children hospitalized with covid-19, averaging 54 new admissions a day over the past week, according to the cdc. of course, florida s republican governor, along with a number of other republican governors across the country, are still banning mask mandates in schools. but parents and school boards, they are fighting back. millions of students in florida, tex ....
the taliban rapidly gaining more ground, controlling more than half of the country s provinces. afghan security forces on alert, bracing for more fighting as militants close in on kabul. also developing tonight, that highly contagious delta variant fueling a staggering surge. the white house reportedly planning to give booster shots to more americans. what we re learning as infections spike more than 900% just since mid-june. and the troubling rise in cases among children. icus filling up. the intense debates over safety measures at schools. what parents need to know tonight. new york governor andrew cuomo speaking out. the governor granting his first interview since announcing plans to step down, saying he is not a martyr, after state lawmakers announce they re dropping their impeachment investigation. and new harrowing details in the deadly middle school shooting in new mexico. why the local police chief is calling the student who was killed a hero. plus, the ....