Five to ten inches in that area. So Hurricane Warnings are currently in place, and that means the next 24 hours we will be seeing things deteriorating in this area from Baton Rouge to morgan city. Right now the national Hurricane Center extending these tropical storm watches into portions of mississippi to alabama. I want to make this very clear, we are not seeing this Forecast Chiselled in stone. It could make its Way East or west in the next few hours. And then you still have a chance of a different kind of landfall in areas of maybe even texas to alabama, mississippi. Now, this forecast for rainfall really important. If it slows down at least 20 inches possible for New Orleans. We already know what that looks like. Youre going to see Flooding Rain across Lake Pontchartrain and even the mississippi river. 10 to 15 feet Storm Surge, 10 feet is a one story building. On average 15 feet is a two Story Home so this will be extensive damage from more Dan City All The Way into the biloxi ar
Served on the front lines on that day. Gonel described what he and his fellow officers encountered. What we subjected that day is from a medieval battle. We fought hand to hand, inch by inch to prevent a overtaking of the capitol. And we re also following breaking news out of the biden administration. Any minute now the cdc expected to announce must masking guidance for those fully vaccinated in areas with high covid19 transmission rates. We re going to have a lot on that. We start with the pandemic and that breaking news. New mask guidance from the biden administration. Now the delta variant is fueling the price in the nationwide. But some vaccinated americans are being advised to wear masks indoors in areas of the country with high covid transmission rates. According to multiple sources, a key point on what is driving this decision, new data suggesting fully vaccinated individuals are not just contracting covid19 but could also be carrying higher levels of the virus than previously u
Jillian: todd piro is at the club. Todd: what is this? 12? all the people on the show that are men, which one is your american boy? the guest from illinois? joe concha? so many questions. Jillian: good morning. Todd: let s get to it. Masks are back, the cdc says fully vaccinated americans should cover their nose and mouth as delta variant cases surge. Jillian: the president s message to unvaccinated americans. Reporter: the cdc director says it wasn t a decision they took lightly but the science is changing. Information on the delta variant indicates on rare occasions some vaccinated people infected with the delta variant after vaccination may be contagious. This new science is worrisome and warns of updates a recommendation. Todd: a stark reversal. Reporter: even fully vaccinated people should mask up in areas of high transmission rates, shift for schools too calling for universal masking while teachers, students and visitors in k12 classrooms regardless of vaccination status, this is
Straight ahead. All as nbc news has learned a decision is expected really any time on sweeping new protocols for federal workers. The president strongly considering requiring the vaccine or else strict testing for all government employees, plus the cdc with an aboutface, vaxed and masked in certain places. And the politics of the pandemic taking center stage. Republican governors and lawmakers from coast to coast pushing back saying not in my state and not legal. We ll give you the reality check on both claims and correspondents standing by. On capitol hill the january 6th committee already planning their next hearing. Well talk about when that will be and who will be there as the justice department moves not to defend a republican congressman in a riot related lawsuit. Senator elizabeth warren to talk about it and the fragile infrastructure deal and the push to cancel student debt. I m hallie jackson in washington with mike memoli at the white house, gabe gutierrez in atlanta, morgan
It seems just like yesterday. One of our 100 day challenges is asking the american people to mask up for the first hundred days, the next 99 days. The mask is become a partisan issue unfortunately but it is a patriotic act, the fact is it is the single best thing we can do, more important than the vaccine, give it time to work. Laura: being goal knew that the hundred days appeal was just a shtick. The mask became a political symbol for too many left, they didn t want to give it up so soon. This emergency will never pass. Remember, it was 15 days to slow the spread, 100 days to mask up. They keep changing the rules of the game because that is what they do. Just as with 100 days of mask wearing there s always a catch, the good news always comes with the big fat but whatever marginal benefit we get from what cloth masks, they became a security blanket for democrats who wanted to get rid of trump and all the old traditions of america, bad actors inside and outside government perversely end