Reproductive care. In theory, turnout would be low, making the initiative easier to pass, and therefore the fall vote on abortion harder to pass. The problem, voters saw through it, and turned out in droves, resoundingly rejecting the gop effort to make it harder to protect access to abortion. An outcome prominent members of the state party worried was inevitable as explained by republican state rep, jamie calendar to ali vitali on this show yesterday. Whats the lesson for your party come tuesday night or wednesday morning, the Ballot Initiative fails . Maybe we should spend more time thinking through things before taking the step. Reporter maybe less read meat for the base, more thoughtfulness. There is a way to provide the red meat and do things in a thoughtful way. And im afraid this was rushed a little bit. Because we had to make a certain deadline to be able to get it done. And i think it could have borne a little more debate. And im not sure if i would have voted to put it on the
it is chilling to see, and anybody who s been there will recognize that stretch immediately. it s popular with tourists and locals alike. have you been able to get in touch with your family members? no, we ve gotten in touch with a few family members that were able to walk towards the beach and get minimum cell service but we re still missing a lot of family members. we don t know where anyone is. we re hearing reports of them getting evacuated further northern, so we don t know where any of our family members is. it s pretty traumatizing right now. can you tell me what it was like when the flames started coming in? the wind had been strong all day, and it s not uncommon for brush fires to start when we have strong wind, but i would say maybe at about 4:00, the smoke had started getting closer to our house, and i could hear the explosions from the restaurants and the gas stations
residential construction took place in this country in 2020, as i understand it, but a lot of it was not built to code or built to a standard that s going to withstand the hazards that we re seeing on a regular basis and the increasing hazards with the changing climate. we re going to have to leave it there. brock long, former fema administrator, thank you for your time, sir. terrifying moment in new orleans, a driver trapped in their car as the water rises. you can see someone open the door to help them out as the water is up to their waist. this is on interstate 10. the driver, we can tell you, is okay. right now new orleans, just catastrophic damage. again, 1 million people without power. 911 systems down in some of the hardest-hit parts of the state. one woman rescued by a passerby. in mississippi we are seeing heavy range, flash floods, more than 125,000 people are without power in that state right now so far.
16 years to the day that hurricane katrina devastated louisiana. hurricane ida slammed into the state with 150 miles an hour winds. one of the strongest hurricanes to ever make landfall in the united states. the storm has left all of new orleans and more than one million people throughout the state without power. 911 lines have been restored in new orleans but are still down in parts of southeast louisiana. so far two deaths are attributed to storm but louisiana s governor says that number will likely increase. search and rescue efforts are under way with president biden saying more than 5,000 members of the national guard have been deployed to help. the storm is slowly moving through mississippi where 85,000 are without power. storm surge warnings are in effect there as well as on the