along the gulf coast we expected from such a storm. it ripped the roof off the lady of the sea hospital in galliano which is south of new orleans. you can see the damage in louisiana there. tonight, as we mentioned, the power is out for hundreds of thousands of people. louisiana governor john bell edwards says his state s entire national guard is activated. more than 4,000 are out in support of the emergency effort, but officials are warning residents to prepare for at least three days of sheltering in place. this historic hurricane comes on the 16th anniversary of another historic hurricane, katrina. thankfully, officials expect the levees in the new orleans area to hold this time. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson continuing our special coverage of hurricane ida. welcome to the week. let us begin with the latest on hurricane ida s path. meteorologist bill karins joins us now after a very long day, and bill, we just got the latest update from
good morning. welcome to way too early. the show that has really had enough of those insects! i am kasie hunt on this wednesday, june 9th. we will start with the news. president biden s talks with a group of republican senators on a sweeping infrastructure package collapsed yesterday, shifting the debate on one of his key domestic priorities. nog meetings between biden and west virginia governor fell through after the two remained far apart on a final price tag for the bill and which types of projects should be included and whether to raise any new taxes. now any hopes of a bipartisan deal falls to a group of senators that includes republican mitt romney and democrat joe manchin who met three hours hashing out their own agenda. at the same time, democrats are separately laying the groundwork to pass some 0 all of the package on its own through requisition. president biden spoke with nancy pelosi chuck schumer. there is no clear path forward on another hugely important to
plus scorching conditions flare wildfires in western u.s. states. now thousands are under evacuation orders. and chinese apps like tiktok and wechat face fresh scrutiny by the biden administration. we re live in beijing for reaction. joe biden has kicked off the first foreign tour of his pres presidency, determined to shore up damaged alliances and send a strong message to russia and china. the american president is now here in cornwall, england, where the g7 summit will get under way on friday but first he has a big meeting with the host, british prime minister boris johnson. joining us now we have nic robertson who is live. nic, are you with us? reporter: i am indeed. i think we ve lost nic. we ve got nic. all eyes at the moment are going to be on this relationship between the prime minister boris johnson and president joe biden. based on what we know of both men and their political styles what can we expect from their meetings and what areas might they converged
rely on the experts at 1800petmeds for the same medications as the vet, but for less with fast free shipping. visit petmeds.com today. it s a problem that has plagued american presidents for decades, north korea is bearing its teeth once again and now it s president biden s turn to confront it. the suspect in the colorado mass shooting is expected in court in the next few hours as more harrowing stories emerge about what happened. and the activity has been picking up and i ve got a feeling that, you know, the worst is yet to come. cnn spent some time in a texas town where illegal border crossings from mexico happen every day. live from cnn worl d japan s prime minister is calling it a threat to the peace and security of the country. earlier this pong they warned the biden administration not to raise a, quote, stink after the prime minister visited japan and south korea to strengthen ties. will ripley was reported from there many times and joins me from hong ko
a.m. friday localtime. the pentagon says the air strike was in response to recent attacks against american and coalition personnel in iraq, including an attack in erbil this month that killed a civilian contractor and wounded a u.s. service member. officials say the u.s. response targeted a transit hub used by militia fighters near the iraq/syria border and that multiple facilities were destroyed. here s defense secretary lloyd austin speaking last night. we re confident that that target was being used by the same shia militia that conducted the strikes. we were very deliberate about our approach, as you would expect us to be. we allowed and encouraged the iraqis to investigate and develop intelligence, and that was very helpful to us in refining the target. can you say why this was important to do, mr. secretary? and was this your recommendation? it was my recommendation. as we said a number of times, we will respond on our timeline. the attack against the iranian-ba