Lets go outfront. And good evening, everyone. Im in for erin burnett, breaking news. President biden in louisiana, hes now meeting with local leaders there after surveying the catastrophic damage from Hurricane Ida. The presidencycyt seeing Unreleg Storm that Hit Louisiana and mississippi. A storm that left 800,000 people there still without power. There is much to be done. Were working around the clock with the governor and the elected officials there until we can meet every Need Yall have. As you can see from these images, new images, the cleanup has just begun. And even days later, the Flood Waters have yet to reseed in somepl places. With the sweltering heat, no power, no water, Food And Fuel shortages, many people on the ground are begins to fear the worst. I got to sleep in the car. My kids are hot. We hungry. We going to die in here. Where is fema . Where is the Red Cross . We need help now. There is an urgent need for help across the northeast, as well. The Death Toll rising to
Catastrophic flooding in the northeast. The Death Toll rising to 50 as searchers look for those missing and underwater. Were learning that foreign terrorists are looking to exploit the u. S. Withdrawal from afghanistan as well as the 20th Anniversary of 9 11 next week. Is that a threat to national security . We want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. Im wolf blitzer, and youre in the Situation Room. This is cnn Breaking News. And we begin with president Bidens Tour of Hurricane Damage in louisiana. Our senior white House Correspondent Phil Mattingly is covering that breaking story for us. Phil, we heard the president speak just a little while ago, promising to support Storm Survivors and acknowledging their frustrations. Whats the latest . No question about it. President biden showing up down in louisiana making clear he saw the victims. He wanted to personally see the aftermath of that storm and that the federal Government Support was both expansive
Then these extreme storms and the Climate Crisis are here. From powerful hurricanes in the south to historic flooding in the northeast to fires out of control in the west, the desperate need to climateproof american infrastructure. Plus, the schools risk it all in florida to try to protect kids from covid but all in starts right now. Good evening from New York, im chris hayes. The dead of night they did it in the dead of night, five republican Supreme Court justices including three appointed by donald trump, a man who lost the Popular Vote in 2016 by nearly 3 Million votes, they destroyed a womans right to bodily autonomy and reproductive choice, first in the state of texas, but who knows whats next. And they did it shortly before midnight, no big Public Announcement with an order that is barely more than a page long. I am struggling to come up with the proper words to describe to you how both cynically reckless and contemptuous the actions of the court were last night. It was essentia
Could get . Dixie is has already burned 1400 square miles of land. Dixie has destroyed nearly 600 homes. Its only about half contained at the moment. It is the second largest fire in california history. The Caldor Fire just outside of Lake Tahoe has destroyed even more homes. At least 622 homes and counting. It is raging right now toward even more populated areas. Only about 25 of the Caldor Fire is contained. Both of those fires have multiple Evacuation Orders and warnings in place. The Fire Season is just unrelenting and merciless. Firefighters working in basically inhuman conditions now for weeks on end fighting unprecedented fire after unprecedented fire. Just a huge devotion of resources, human and otherwise, and so far no end in sight. In the northeast we have watched all day as the Death Toll has climbed from the floods that left behind by the trailing ends of Hurricane Ida Last Night. This is Hurricane Idas remnants hitting the most densely populated part of the country. As it
Range to the other. The Dixie Fire is about a Hour Northwest of the Camp Fire. Remember when the Camp Fire burned multiple towns to ground in 2018 and that felt like the worst it could get . Dixie is, has already burned 1,400 square miles of land. Dixie has destroyed nearly 600 homes. It is only about half contained at the moment, and the second largest fire in california history. The Caldor Fire just outside of Lake Tahoe has destroyed more homes and at least 622 homes and counting. It is raging right now towards even more populated areas, and only 25 of the Caldor Fire is contained. Both of those fires have multiple Evacuation Warnings in place, but the Fire Season is just unrelenting and merciless. The firefighters are working in inhumane conditions for weeks on end and fighting unprecedented fire after unpres dencedented resources, human and otherwise, so far no end in sight. In the northeast, we have watched all day as the Death Toll has climbed, from the floods, that Left Behind