we have been keeping an eye on a number of alerts of damage from the storm, and power is the primary issue, and entergy is the power company, and they are out of power and it s causing an imbalance in transmission. this is a compounded problem because they need that for a lot of things, including pumping water away from the levees. let me be clear, we have no reports of damage to levees. there s reports of flash flooding and an emergency that has been issued by the weather service, but that s not pursuant to damage of the levees. we will keep an eye on that and continue to update you as the evening goes on. we have plenty of correspondents out in the field, and ali velshi is in new orleans, and janessa web, we ll start with you. what can you tell us? we are dealing with a destructive and deadly storm system and it s dark across southeast louisiana, and we saw the storm make landfall eight hours ago and it s downgraded to a cat 3. can you see that we re dealing with severe w
and the worst could be yet to come. rolling tornado warnings. highways under water and storm surges that could reach more than ten feet. all of this danger 16 years to the day after hurricane catrin arrived on louisiana s shores. cnn is on the scene across the gulf coast. let s start with brian todd in new orleans, a city all too familiar with hurricane devastation. we can see the winds are picking up. a short time ago, emergency services were suspended there. what can you tell us? jim, the intensity has really picked up in the last hour since i last spoke to you. you can see some debris flying down the street here in the french quarter. debris everywhere as the winds have really intensified. take a look down the street. see some of this debris. i m going to pivot this way and our photo journalist is going to take you through this. look at this collapsed roof. it came down across this intersection. insulation and all of this stuff, it was a very violent crash just before we
requested an immediately to the trump fraud case. and, as hurricane idalia continues, the plan to undermine climate change progress at all costs. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. we got some semblance of accountability for the darkest chapters of donald trump s attempted coup. a district judge has found giuliani liable for defaming to georgia election workers is part of his effort to spread trump s big lie of a stolen election. disgraced former mayor will go on civil trial to determine how much he must pay in damages to ruby freeman and her daughter sheamus over statements like this which giuliani has admitted in court proceedings were fault and defamatory. look at the ballots, nobody in the room, hiding around. they look like they re passing out dope. not just ballots. it is quite clear they are stealing votes. there is a tape earlier in the day of ruby freeman and shaye freeman moss and one other gentlemen obviously surreptit
south carolina continue to recovery from rains wind and cataclysmic flooding. ian slammed into south carolina just shy of category 5. the current death toll of at least 45 people likely to come in the days as search and rescue cruise go through blocked floodwaters, as of this morning, 1.3 million homes and businesses still in the dark. according to the latest estimate ian may have caused as much as $47 billion in insured losses which could make it the most expensive storm in the state history. the figure comes from core logic, that s a research firm that estimates losses from natural disasters. the estimates, combined ensured losses through private insurance, which typically covers wind damage. and fema s national flood insurance program that covers water damage. their estimates as of thursday, wind damage, $20 billion to $32 billion. flood damage, $6 billion to $16 billion. so the low end of the combined estimate would be $28 billion. before we spend, let s ask ourselves, is
hour. the category 4 storm is currently barreling across southwest florida with winds up to 150 miles per hour. more than 1.5 million people in the state are currently without power, and that number is growing. but the most imminent and life-threatening concern is the storm surge. some areas seeing 12 to 18 feet. to give you an idea of just how severe that is, a meteorologist for the national hurricane center says no one alive has seen 12 feet of storm surge in that area, and many areas could take years to recover. just take a look at this surge today. the dangers are a reality for many who chose to hunker down and wait out the storm despite the evacuation orders. take a look at what family told nbc affiliate wbbh as their house flooded. so this is ft. myers beach on cutlass drive. it s four of us. four of us? on cutlass drive. and you re on the second floor already? yeah. six of us in here. do you have do you have a roof? 15 feet of water now. there s 15 fe