and welcome. it s time to break down the big stories with some smart people. today, we re asking while everyone waits to see if president biden drops out of the race is kamala harris? for also sure. to replace them at the top of the ticket. does the same old same old. did donald trump s shifted his speed from reflect job to vindictive win him any new supporters and going retro young married couples ripping a page out of the i love lucy playbook in a surprising trend, experts say is healthy. the panel is here and ready to go. so sit back, relax, and let s talk about up first, president biden is in delaware. this weekend physically isolated fighting because of covid and politically isolated from many in his party who want him to quit the race. but while his campaign says he is not dropping out, that s not stopping some democrats from pushing him both privately and very publicly some the pass the torch and let us choose a new nominee democrats hitting the airwaves with a new
the other would likely follow soon thereafter. i m amara walker in atlanta in for pamela brown. you are in the cnn newsroom. one full week after hurricane ida slammed louisiana and the death toll is still climbing. the details are horrifying. in louisiana, more than 600,000 homes and businesses are still without power. and the merciless heat proved fatal for an elderly man in new orleans. it could take several more weeks to restore power to everyone in the state. in new york, heroism and heartbreak from ida s deadly visit there. this is a new york police officer wading into chest deep waters wednesday to investigate reports of people inside the flooded basement of a home with stuffed animals and toys bobbing in the filthy, murky water. the officers were blocked by locked doors and live electricity. firefighters brought in specialized equipment and discovered the bodies of three people, all of whom had drowned. let s begin with polo sandoval in new york. video released tod
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. iron
hurricane katrina 16 years ago. the national weather service office in new orleans says storm surge and high winds could leave some locations uninhabitable for weeks or even months. both mandatory and voluntary evacuations ordered for several louisiana parishes and the national hurricane center warns of life-threatening situations. officials say if residents are planning to leave do it now. on saturday the governor expressed the dangerous and historic nature of ida s threat. when you talk about rain total that could be up to 15, 16 inches, and in isolated areas above 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 and ironically scheduled to make land fall on the 16th anniversary of hurricane katrina. and we have the latest on the storm. t moments ago upgraded to the category 4. what does that mean? it s a ba he llith. hurr behem
the area immediately. and biden administration officials now saying there are approximately 1,500 americans still in afghanistan with now less than a week to go before the u.s. military withdraws. also tonight the house select committee investigating the january 6 attack seeking a massive trove of documents from multiple federal government agencies signaling a wide ranging investigation. let s go right to cnn s pentagon correspondent oren liebermann, oren, good evening you to, thanks for joining us. this is an ominous warning tonight, tell us about the security concerns at the airport. reporter: it s not just the warning that s the problem here, don, it s the timeline in which the u.s. has to operate. the u.s. embassy in kabul already operating out of hamid karzai international airport is warning americans to stay away from three entry points to the airport, saying there are security threats around there. they also say the embassy will contact americans when it s safe and