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strength in the hours ahead. the potentially catastrophic hurricane forecast to slam into the louisiana coast on sunday. possibly, as a category 4 storm. hitting the state on exactly the same date as hurricane katrina, 16 years ago. now, the national weather service in new orleans says storm surge and high winds could leave some locations uninhabitable for weeks or even months. now, both mandatory and voluntary evacuations have been ordered for several louisiana parishes as the national hurricane center warns of life-threatening situations. officials say if residents are to leave, do it now. now, nearly all of the floodgates in louisiana s hurricane and storm damage risk reduction system have been closed down ahead of the storm. those still open will fema says it is moving supply trucks and generators into louisiana ahead of ida s landfall. there are 10,000 linemen in the state, already. another 20,000, on standby. and making matters worse, many hospitals in the area ....
late. nearly all of the understood gates in louisiana s hurricane and storm damaged risk reduction system have been closed ahead of the storm, those that are still open, right now they re going to be closed in the next few hours. prolonged power outages also a major concern. fema says it s moving supply trucks and generators into louisiana ahead of landfall. there are 10,000 linemen in the state already and another 20,000 on standby. many hospitals in the area are already maxed out, short of beds due to covid-19. health officials asking residents not to go to hospital unless it is a dire emergency. now, on saturday, louisiana s governor stressing the dangerous and historic nature of ida s threat. when you talk about rain totals that could be up to 15, 16 inches in isolated, about 20 inches, with that kind of rain, that kind of storm surge, that kind of wind, this is just a very serious storm. it will be one of the very strongest storms to hit louisiana since the 1850s ....
landfall as a strong category 4 storm in the next hour or so. the national hurricane center is reporting catastrophic storm surge and hurricane-force winds moving onshore right now. also happening right now, president biden is at dover air force base where he ll attend the dignified transfer for the 13 american servicemen and women killed in kabul on thursday. we ll bring you those moments when they happen. stand by for that. also this morning, the pentagon says a u.s. drone strike took out a suspected isis-k car bomb which was targeting kabul s airport. full reporting on that as well. we have a team of reporters standing by, first of all, in louisiana, ready to take you inside the storm as it makes landfall in the next hour or so. let s get right to cnn meteorologist chad myers. where is the storm now and what s the latest projection? when can we expect landfall along the louisiana coast? sure. we call landfall when the center of the eye crosses over a beach or a ....
the dangerous category 4 storm making landfall just a few hours ago along louisiana s southern shoreline with maximum winds of 150 miles an hour. louisiana governor john bel edwards just finished his latest briefing on the state s response while president biden was briefed earlier today at fema s washington headquarters. this is going to be a devastating a devastating hurricane, a life threatening storm. please, all you folks in mississippi and louisiana, mississippi and god knows, maybe even furtherese, take preindications. listen, make iters isly. over the next hour we will bring you the latest on hurricane ida along with the costs, of course, the political impact of hurricane ida as the president has to contend with extreme weather at home and continued chaos in afghanistan after a week of violence ahead of tuesday s withdrawal. all that on politics nation. with me tonight for the hour is msnbc s richard lui. first, we go live to new orleans, where msnbc s al ....
in a near impossible position to succeed. and the pandemic has further exposed the racial disparities. black folks are getting the covid-19 virus at a much higher rate than white folks. if you don t see how the killing of george floyd and the protests that followed are tied to reparations, well, then you may need to go back and watch every single episode of united shades of america. then you ll discover we are way past time for reparations. did you just get naked for beads? it s not even mardi gras. most people coming to new orleans, they come for this. music, party. weirdly colored drinks loaded with alcohol. but this isn t the whole story of new orleans. it s a big, vibrant city with a lot of stories to tell. we re not here to talk about the parties. we re talking about reparations. you might want to fix yourself a stiff drink. as the race for 2020 starts to heat up, so is the debate over reparations for slavery. oh, it s coming, everybody. chris knows it. ....