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
america s other epidemic shows no signs of slowing. this time a mass shooting at a rail yard in san jose, cam. there have been 17 mass shootings in the last week. 17 in the last week. deaths from gun violence in the u.s. up 23% so far this year. it s another case where the victims were front-line workers. last month it was a fedex facility in indianapolis, before that a supermarket in boulder, colorado. and now it s rail workers helping other essential workers get to work during this pandemic. these are the folks who are showing up every day throughout the pandemic to ensure that transit would operate every day to support members of our community to depended on transit for their livelihoods or for their lives and, you know, these are essential workers and they took risks to themselves, showing up every day for work, and now their friends and their family members are mourning their loss. the mayor says the gunman was a co-worker and the victims due them well. this is h
live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with robyn curnow. great to have you along this hour. the palestinian health ministry says israeli air strikes and killed at least 170 people in ga gaza including 140 children. the israeli military it struck the home of gaza s leader. this video reports to show that air strike. a spokesperson says he was not hurt. israeli war planes on saturday targeted this high rise building in gaza city. the associated press, al jazeera and other media outlets had offices there and were given one hour to evacuate. families living in the building also fled. the palestinian health ministry reports two more palestinians were killed, more than a dozen wounded in air strikes early sunday. a ministry spokesperson says five children were rescued from the rubble. the death toll rose to ten in israel on saturday as a rocket killed an israeli man. the israeli prime minister vowed to keep up the campaign until the rockets stop. israel responded forfu
7 million job openings and 250,000 people took a job. april was a disaster. biden created a labor shortage because he gave workers too much money. $500 a week unemployment plus a bonus just to stay home. that s $80,000 a year for a husband and wife not to work. but the president doesn t get. i know there has been a lot of discussion since friday s report that people are being paid to stay home wrather than go to work. we don t see much evidence of that. jesse: biden who has never run a business his whole life tells small business owners just pay your workers more. we need to recognize people will come back to work if they are paid a decent wage. my expectation is as our economy comes back, these companies will provide fair wages and safe work environments, and if think do that, they will find plenty of workers. jesse: so let me get this straight. a restaurant owner who got shut down all last year. barely survived. should start handing out $20,000 raises to bus boys? small
israel exchanging more rocket fire with palestinians. dana: republicans are slamming president biden s response to the pipeline hack and that s not all. president biden and his spokesperson were unnerving. they re naive, week and don t show an understanding of the problem. 110 days of marching to disaster. we re seeing the results right before us. this is exactly what happens when we project weakness from the oval office. it is not a good situation. bill: in a moment we ll check in with a mayor who owns a gas station in south carolina, stay tuned for that. karl rove has analysis. we begin with gillian turner at the white house from the north lawn. hello. good morning. the white house is feeling is pressure ratchet up by the hour. so far this morning as those gas lines get longer, prices rise, more stations continue to shut down. at the same time the white house knows this is not the only crisis they are dealing with right now. take a listen. when you walk in a