The patients will die. And that is what we heard over and over again from these medical groups, from these Hospital Officials who continue to say, this is a matter of life and death. We do not care what else is Going On in the world. We understand that there is a shortage of oxygen but we need help because again this is a matter of life and death. Thank you very much, kristen. New day continues right now. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and Around The World, im Brianna Keilar alongside John Avlon on this monday, august 30th. And breaking overnight, Hurricane Ida downgraded to a tropical storm but not before leaving behind catastrophic damage in louisiana. Right now at least one person is confirmed dead. 1. 1 Million customers are without power. This includes the entire City Of New Orleans. Exactly 16 years after Hurricane Katrina hit. Now, this storm has sent water topping levies. It has trapped people on their roofs. Rescue efforts
After hurricane katrina. And hospitals across the south are now running out of oxygen as people who still are not vaccinated Push Icus to the limits. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. And we begin this hour with Breaking News in our World Lead hours before the u. S. Is due to leave afghanistan completely, there are still some 250 American Citizens in the country who want to leave and have not been able to. That is according to a senior State Department Official. The 20yearlong War In Afghanistan, americas longest war, does appear almost over. It is now August 31st In Kabul, and the massive Evacuation Operation is coming to a close. The pentagon claims that the u. S. Has evacuated or aided in the evacuation of more than 116,000 people from afghanistan since august 14th. A huge number. But the danger there remains very real. The u. S. Carried out a Drone Strike In Kabul to eliminate an imminent threat believed to be a suicide bomber. The strike inadvertently killed as many as ten afgh
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 states 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, im Joshua Johnson continuing our special coverage of Hurricane Ida. Welcome to the week. Let us begin with the latest on Hurricane Idas path. Meteorologist Bill Karins joins us now after a very long day, and bill, we just got the latest update from the national h
Whos in homa, louisiana. Derrick, talk to us about whats 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 im located. Just hearing these very ominous words from the Louisiana Governor really just perked my ears and my crews ears up but it certainly perked up anybody who decided to stay and ride out this storms 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 its 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. Mandatory curfew at 6 00 p. M.
The world. We have a lot to get to and we start with President Biden facing a deadline from his own military on whether to extend evacuations in afghanistan beyond August 31. Now, the military needs enough time to withdraw the roughly 5800 troops currently on the ground along with their equipment and their weapons, but complicating matters here is the taliban warning that staying past that August 31st deadline is a red line. And the number of evacuations is inching upward, about 16,000 People Yesterday on u. S. And Coalition Aircraft. But the scramble to get people out still in high gear. And this different perspective, new Satellite Images of kabuls airport, huge crowds can be seen at multiple checkpoints and security gates. You can see groups of people on the Tarmac Waiting to be evacuated. And Sam Kiley is live at the Kabul International Airport this morning. Sam, Good morning. Cnn has new reporting, just tell us how many people exactly remain at the airport and who exactly are they