extensive search and rescue operations are under way along the gulf coast. the storm crashed into louisiana as a category four hurricane on sunday. it was the second most powerful hurricane to strike the state only behind hurricane katrina which remarkably hit 16 years ago to the day. while tonight more than a million are without power including all of new orleans, and as we come on the air two deaths are confirmed. but louisiana s governor says it will undoubtedly increase. we have got a team of correspondents all over the region beginning with cbs mireya villarreal in houma, louisiana, good evening. reporter: hundreds of homes and businesses look just like this, completely destroyed in this area. this bowling alley where i am stading has been here for more than 50 years but now look at it. the roof is gone, the back wall is gone, there is nothing left inside and yet this place has survived several hurricanes. the owner telling me though ida was more powerful than anything she has
baltimore, in the aftermath of the freddie gray arrest which led to gray s death and to felony charges against six baltimore police officers, that city, the mayor in particular, made a request for a pattern and practice investigation of the baltimore pd, basically asking the department of justice to oblige, take a look, see if everything s on the up and up with the police department and that s happening. in the meantime, while they look, something else is going on. it has been a very rough month. look at the statistic on your screen. in the city of baltimore, 35 homicides in just the month of may. that is the most for any month in that city since 1999. cnn s suzanne malveaux is stading by live. i think a lot of people right away jumped to a conclusion, rightly or wrongly. are the police pulling back because of the scrutiny and fear they may be the next person to be charged with excessive force? and they re just backing off and saying you know what, deal with
look, in impound the unspent stimulus funds, and give a payrollayroll tax holiday. and tading immediately. and don t do anything to extend the bush tax cuts. three basicideas that would result in growth. which is the only way to get ourselves out of this mountain of debt we put on our kids. and today do very well for democra as ty head into the elections. a lot of the stimulus money has been allocated to the states, so it s hard to get it back. but i think what the obamas adamisatn s major mistake was in improperly setting up. and for example, i never would have said about the stimulus package, 8%, and exact, what we should have said, if you don t pass the stimulus, the unemployment ckrate will skyroct to 12%. and two, the auto bailout.