Will still likely be weeks before power is fully restored. And the white house announced a short time ago that president biden will visit louisiana on friday to tour the damage. And about 2,000 miles away in california, a desperate battle sunday way right now to try to save south lake tahoe as thousands of firefighters are struggling to deal with a series of wildfires burning across that state and the caldor fire s growth now heading to the nevada state line forcing people to flee the region just before the labor day weekend. We re going to begin this hour with the aftermath of hurricane ida. Joining us to start off our coverage nbc news correspondent sam brock in la place, louisiana, roughly 30 miles northwest of new orleans and nbc news correspondent shaquille brewster in the big s. Shaq, you re one of the places seeing long lines and lots of people waiting to get supplies they need just for basic survival. Tell us about the situation as you ve been observing it today. Reporter: yeah
The question is do we have a full picture of the damage yet? and the european union takes the united states off its safe travel list amid a surge in covid cases. The question is will we see countries issue new travel restrictions for americans? it is way too early for this. What s up, everybody. Welcome to way too early, the show that is coming to you from the great city of los angeles live. I m jake soboroff on this tuesday. The last american troop boarded a c 17 aircraft shortly before midnight in kabul last night, marking an end to a chaotic entry from the country. More than 122,000 people were evacuated since late july, including more than 6,000 americans, but despite the massive number airlifted out, officials estimate between 100 and 200 u. S. Citizens were left behind. Look. There s a lot of heartbreak associated with this departure. We did not getter about out that we wanted to get out, but i think if we had stayed another ten days, we would not have gotten everybody out who wa
Carrying the last troops to leave the country, ending america s two decade long war in afghanistan and ushering in a period of uncertainty for the afghan people. Civilians were flown safely out of the country. This despite an attack at a gate that killed 13 u. S. Service members and 100 afghan civilians. Tony blinken says diplomatic efforts are underway to get 200 americans and afghans with special immigrant visas out of the country still. Mean time, in a very rare move, vice president kamala harris presided over a brief senate session today as the chamber increased payments to american citizens returning from afghanistan to help with transportation, housing, and other costs. That bill now heads to president biden for his signature. Joining us is the senior white house correspondent and nbc news correspondent courtney kube and raf sanchez in doha, qatar and matt bradley. So shannon, we re expecting to hear from the president. His remarks are already a little delayed. What do we expect
The u. S. Withdrawal from afghanistan is now entering it s final hours as the last evacuations. As many as five rockets were fired at the airport. We ll go live to the latest from the region and the pentagon coming up. We come there one of the most powerful hurricanes to ever hit the united states. Hurricane ida barrelled into louisiana near category 5 strength. Wind gusts were reported north up to 170 miles per hour making it one of the strongest storms to ever hit the united states. My colleague is in the scepter of the storm. Rescue efforts are under way right now. One person is confirmed dead, and officials expect that number could go up. More than a million people are without power right now including the entire city of new orleans. Some officials are warning that power in some areas could be out for weeks. Emergency services are down as well. And the disaster is putting even more strain on a hospital system already pushed to it s limits by a surge of covid patients. This is video
Exactly 16 years after hurricane katrina devastated new orleans. We ll get the latest forecast and talk to one of the heroes of katrina, retired lieutenant generous he will honore. 13 were killed by a suicide bomber, they come home with the president there to receive them. Thousands took to the strd to demand federal action on voting rights. House majority whip james clyburn is here to explain the next steps. I m jonathan capehart. This is the sunday show. We begin this morning tracking hurricane ida with wind speeds now just a few miles per hour away from becoming a category 5 hurricane. The powerful storm is expected to slam into louisiana within the next few hours, possibly causing catastrophic damage on the 16th anniversary of katrina. With winds at 150 miles per hour, the governor of louisiana put the storm in context with this dire warning. We can sum it up by saying this will be one of the strongest hurricanes to hit anywhere in louisiana since at least the 1850s. Joining me now