Laplace, louisiana. people are trying to get in contact with their loved ones after reports that some people are trapped in their attics because of how high the water is in laplace, louisiana. one woman tweeting out saying, we lost contact with my aunt in laplace, louisiana. the last thing she told my dad was the water is getting high fast. she s alone with two small dogs. and again, 911 cannot be dispatched to these areas, michael because it is just unsafe. the conditions are not ideal for those to respond. but governor john bel says as soon as the conditions are okay they will be out to those places as soon as they possibly can. michael? yes, some harrowing stories starting to emerge. darryl forges, thanks so much, appreciate it. all right. let s bring in retired lieutenant general russell honore in batton rung. he s best known for coordinating military relief efforts after hurricane katrina. sir, thanks for being with us.
After hurricane katrina made landfall in louisiana, hurricane ida is slamming ashore, threatening the same communities. retired army lieutenant general russell oderey was responsible for coordinating military relief efforts after katrina in 2005. he joins us with more. thank you for joining us. appreciate your time. good to be with you. jacqui: in your view, has there been enough preparation for a storm of this kind of magnitude to mitigate its impact? has there been enough evacuation efforts, structural improvement, resiliency efforts, things like that? well, we have made a lot of progress in resilience. i don t think we are ever really ever ready for a category 4 or 5 storm or the wind and damage that it can provide. we are a lot better than they were before katrina as you
Has evacuated. i fear they have not. congressman neal dunn of florida. congressman, our thoughts and prayers are with you. okay? stay safe. thank you. we ll be keeping you informed. we are staying on top of hurricane michael. this is a live look from water sound, florida. we re going to check in with a man who coordinated the military relief efforts for hurricane katri katrina. we ll talk to him about how you prepare for a storm that really did gain strength so quickly. also turning energy into votes, does the democratic party have the leadership right now that it needs to capitalize on the momentum in its base?
Talking about. she wants to make sure critical supplies get to the people who need them the most. gabe gutierrez is in san juan. reporter: the reason many of the shipping containers are still here is because of the logistics nightmare. there s no power, no phone lines and many drivers are not showing up to make deliveries. so much of the splice aren t getting to those in need. the acting homeland security secretary is set to visit today as the trump administration is criticizing that the federal government was caught off guard. this morning at san juan s shipping port. many containers are sitting there not getting to those who need them in the wake of hurricane maria. this is stifling relief efforts. we have not scaled up quick enough. reporter: the former general who coordinated military relief efforts after hurricane katrina said maria is a bigger challenge and the trump administration is not doing enough. we have to do better than what we re doing now, otherwise we won t get
Them in the wake of hurricane maria. a distribution bottle neck stifling relief efforts in. we have not scaled up quick enough. the former general who coordinated military relief efforts after katrina says maria is a bigger challenge and the trump administration isn t doing enough. we have to do better than now, otherwise we won t get this done and more people are going to suffer. the white house says there are now enough resources on the ground, including 10,000 federal relief workers and 7200 others. the president is behind you. the president tweeting fee in a and first responders are doing a great job in puerto rico. massive food and water delivered. docks and electric grid dead. elaine duke to flying to puerto rico today. are you satisfied so far with the federal response? i am satisfied. reporter: at the port we saw mounting frustration. thousands of evacuees standing