Storm this last hour has been the greatest intensity we have seen in terms of a Wind Gust And the volume of water. Sheets And sheets of rain are moving through unfortunately with the sundown i cannot Panic Camera around to let you see what has happened. In large part because power is out for all of New Orleans now. It has been described as catastrophic damage to the transmission system. What that means frankly And then we have to get the details on what that means over catastrophic damage. But we know whenever there is a storm like this the ground get soft in the trees get toppled they take out the Power Lines with them. In terms of damage we now in st. Bernard county, here in New Orleans let me back up And one who house has collapsed And an Adult Male was trapped inside the house. Twentytwo barges got loose they are blown around the river. We know in one town one bridge they are or at least a Barge Hit a bridge And officials are warning people to stay away from the bridge because ther
Said to be carrying multiple Suicide Bombers. And were hours away from president Bidens Evacuation Deadline tomorrow. There are hundreds, there could be thousands of americans that are going to get Left Behind in afghanistan. The State Department has made a decision that the 31st is the deadline. Theyre allowing taliban to dictate our foreign policy. Any time you allow a partisan political decision designed for a Photo Op it will lead to a fatal national Security Problem on the battlefield. Jillian it is a very busy monday morning. Youre watching Fox Friends First. Im jillian mele. Todd im todd piro. Moments ago, ida downgraded to a tropical storm, hundreds of residents still needing to be rescued at this hour. The storm hitting the Gulf Coast, putting over 1 Million people in the dark. Jillian we have Team Coverage with Fox News senior Meteorologist Janice Dean tracking the storm in the studio for us. We start with Fox Weather Multimedia journalist Will Nunly live in mississippi with
Peter meijer join me in a moment. Plus, brutally killed in a suicide attack, 13 Service Members along with 130 afghan citizens. A look at these brave soldiers who helped to save the lives of others. Hello. Im Jake Tapper in washington where the state of our union is trying to pull off an Infinity Number of miracles. Thats how one veteran described the race to Save Americans And afghan allies, still stuck in afghanistan. And in addition to the T Terrifying Situation on the ground in kabul were covering on this special Twohour State of the union, two other crises, second on the Gulf Coast of the united states where on this anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, folks are waking up to horrible news. Hurricane ida grew rapidly overnight to a dangerous category 4 storm. Well talk to John Bell edwards coming up. Of course, the third crisis, which has been with us since last year, covid. Well ask dr. Anthony fauci about rising covid deaths, boosters And vaccines for children. Lets begin on afghani
Were killed in that attack the Department Of Defense released their names a served in the Marine Corps, navy, army, servicemembes were killed. Here they are. Our hearts are with their families during this tough time. Thursday was the worst day of Joe Bidens Presidency when avoidable tragedy for those of forces in afghanistan in ten years. And now innocent people are paying the price. And to get add of afghanistan And with 350 american still trying to get out a department with a bad Track Record. Us military last night carrying out a Drone Strike to where the targets were killed And wounded. The president said today the strike will not be the last theres a lot of questions about this And we will have a report just a minute. The taliban blocking americans And biden is boxed in letting it happen from working with the taliban now. Biden says we may have even given the taliban a list of names to look for checkpoints or a Kill List as most people fiercely but heres the names of 12 people to
Days after Suicide Bomber killed 13 American Servicemembers at the airport. The attack coming as the biden administration continues to rely on the taliban to bring Men And Women home safely and despite the deadly seen the president is refusing to badge on his deadline consisting we will be out by August 31st although the administration is admitting that americans will be left behind. At no time in american history am i aware of it administration Leaving Americans behind let alone admitting they are willing to leave americans behind because of the deal they cut with a Terrorist Organization. Why was airport selected as a point of evacuation where there is a literal chokehold in the open exposed area leaving them vulnerable to an enemy attack. Why did the biden administration warned that a Terror Attack was coming two days ago but yet could not stop that attack . Why did the american government even negotiate with terrorist . Why the american government seems not only befuddled but willi