The destructive Storm Crashing on shore as a category four. One of the strongest hurricanes to make landfall in the state of louisiana. On the same day as the 16th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The storm so powerful, it reversed flow of the mississippi river. Hears what we know. One person is dead. Louisiana State Health says a 60yearold Man died outside Baton Rouge after a tree fell on his home. More than A Million homes and businesses are still without power across the state and that includes all of the city of new orleans. We are Hearing Reports of catastrophic damage. 911 experiencing technical difficulties in certain areas, reports of people still trapped. President Biden Foegsly approving Emergency Declarations for louisiana and mississippi. We have a team of Expert Reporters safely across the region now. I want to start with Jay Gray in new orleans. What is the scene like there this morning . Reporter Finally A Little Bit of sunshine after what has been two days of hell. You
Think some have described as the worst capitulation of western values in our life times. i went to afghanistan and iraq couple weeks ago, it was a republic backed by the united states, backed by the west. now it is an emerging islamic emrat. we ll talk much more with you tomorrow on the official august 31st withdrawal. that does it for us. i will see you tomorrow morning. for now, stephanie ruhle picks up coverage. hi there. i am stephanie ruhle. it is monday, august 30th. we are following breaking news on now tropical storm ida, continuing a punishing track across the state of louisiana, with the real threat of more dangerous storm surges and flooding ahead.
Charge of security closer to the hotel. reporter: the taliban do all of the security, they control afghanistan. it is now the islamic emrat of afghanistan. it is a taliban country except for a mountainous area putting up some say heroic, some say a doomed resistance movement, but the taliban control the country. they are patrolling the outer perimeter, they re controlling check points throughout the city, they re limiting people to get to the airport, they are trying to find isis fighters because they don t want this kind of thing to happen because they want the process to move smoothly and americans to leave. at the gate itself, there is a hand over. i saw that earlier this morning. you drive and it is a bizarre thing to witness. we saw taliban fighters and their guns and traditional dress, some in american style uniforms, you pass them, a few
0 karen greenburg, thanks so much. that does it for this edition. chuck todd is up next with mtp daily only on msnbc. well, don t worry, andrea, you re not going very far. we re coming back to you in a moment. welcome back to mtp daily. a pair of explosions rocked kabul, have tloefr the u.s. evacuation efforts into turmoil, just five days before president biden s agreed to deadline to get americans out. u.s. officials tell nbc news at least three marines were wounded in the attack outside the airport. hospital officials are treating about 60 people injured and at least six killed. pentagon press secretary john kirby tweeted there were two blasts in what he calls a complex attack. one of those explosions at the abbey gate and the other at a hotel. the briefing he was supposed to have was postponed by events on the ground as was the covid task force briefing. the administration says the president has been briefed on the situation. it is our understanding he is in the oval office
Straight day of severe storms in that part of the country. we are thinking of all of those people. today the so-called american taliban, the first u.s. born detainee in george w. bush s war on terror was released from prison early on good behavior. john walker lindh oig fought with the taliban before he was captured in 2001 pe is out on probation. despite letters that he wrote to an nbc affiliate which he wrote in 2015 which show his support for isis. he wrote, i feel honored to have been able to take part in the afghan jihad and to contribute to the defense of the islamic emrat of afghanistan. ron mott is joining us from just outside the prison where lindh spent the last 17 years. reporter: it is now official, john walker lindh has been released from federal custody. we had a crew camped out here