as a second official added that the mission isn t accomplished if americans are left behind. the top military officer says it is possible the u.s. will cooperate with the taliban when taking on other gnomic terrorist groups like isis-k as a national security visor struggles to define a relationship with the group that helped facilitate the september 11th attack. coordination against isis-k. it s possible. what is the taliban? are they now our frenemy? are they are adversary? what are they? it s hard to put a label on it in part because we have yet to see what they are going to be now that they are in control, physical control of afghanistan. shannon: thought admission as the new reality on the ground is kabul is fierce. the declarations of victory continue as the taliban parade american grade weapons through the street and long lines formant bands many try to withdraw their savings buried at present by and sticking to the script in his oval office meeting with ukrai
dark. the entirety of the parish went out. there s still isolated places with generators and the turbines are still operating to operate the pumps but the entire parish of orleans went out in terms of power being provided there. now, the first deaths from the hurricane was reported in just the last hour, a person killed by a falling tree. ida made landfall sunday as a powerful category 4 storm, slamming ashore on the 16th anniversary of hurricane katrina s landfall. it has now, as we speak, weakened to a category 2. but the winds, the flash flooding, the storm surges are all still major concerns. there are also worries for the folks in grand isle, a small barrier island which has completely lost contact with local authorities. we ve lost contact with grand isle, so that is the island right on the gulf of mexico that i ve been very, very concerned about. we lost contact with them. we ve not been able to reach them. i don t know what they re going through. and then closer
strength in the hours ahead. the potentially catastrophic hurricane forecast to slam into the louisiana coast on sunday. possibly, as a category 4 storm. hitting the state on exactly the same date as hurricane katrina, 16 years ago. now, the national weather service in new orleans says storm surge and high winds could leave some locations uninhabitable for weeks or even months. now, both mandatory and voluntary evacuations have been ordered for several louisiana parishes as the national hurricane center warns of life-threatening situations. officials say if residents are to leave, do it now. now, nearly all of the floodgates in louisiana s hurricane and storm damage risk reduction system have been closed down ahead of the storm. those still open will fema says it is moving supply trucks and generators into louisiana ahead of ida s landfall. there are 10,000 linemen in the state, already. another 20,000, on standby. and making matters worse, many hospitals in the area are al
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