correspondent amy kellogg takes a look at the surge tonight from millan, italy, good evening, amy. it s being called far right government since mussolini and georgia mel lonnie looks said. it is already making history and some waves across the continent. a great day for europe say the continent s other far right leaders, a dark day for italy say center left attracters. georgia meloni says she will do her best to make everyone happy. it s important to understand that if we will be called to lead this country we will do that for all. we will do that for all italians. we will do that with the aim to unify its people. to say underline what unifies it rather than what divides it. m meloni garnered more votes than any other party. meloni will have to form a coalition. she plans to do that with the parties of four time prime minister and fire brand far right lead party leader. the victory of the right comes on heels of swedish voters overturning longstanding center left trad
scenario all the time as far as storm surge impact. dana: do you feel you have the resources that you need? yes. we have a lot of stuff pre-staged. we have things ready to go. we re trying to get the message out to folks to let them know that even though the storm has moved out and winds are subsiding they will still have another 5 to 6 hours of this surge problem going on today and not to go back into the areas or anything until the evacuation orders are lifted. dana: john, i hope everything is okay down there for your folks. i know you care a lot about them and we appreciate you being on. we ll no doubt be back in touch with you perhaps within the rest of america s newsroom. thank you, john mcdonald. dana: thank you. bret: let s bring in national hurricane center director michael brennan. thank you for being here. let s go through where the storm is now and what you are looking at.
extent. people are taking video from a fifth-floor building. why we wanted them to evacuate, we can t get to them. they may be stuck there for a while. video was forwarded to us, and you can satisfy how quickly the water will come in. it s going to stand there for a while. most people heeded the warnings, but some did not. now it s time before we can get there. it is the storm surge. luckily it s not tampa, because that would have been catastrophic from a dollar standpoint. they re not out of the woods by any stretch, but it s in the south florida area, going down to naples, where you re seeing the storm surge impact it s hat. there s hours ahead of wind and other dangerous conditions there before it won t be until midday tomorrow before we start to get a full assessment of how bad things are. frankly there will be many first floors and one-story, two-story
talking about this storm well inland, in fact, and then we re also going to see the storm surge impact where we could see three to five feet of storm surge across southeastern portions of massachusetts as well as long island and connecticut. the winds could be 74-miles-per-hour plus in those regions shaded in red, kate. jennifer, thank you so much. so, it appears to be a wrong answer for jeopardy tonight. just days after taking the job as the host of the iconic game show, mike richards quit. that s mike richards out from the host podium just one day after he started taping the new season. and now jeopardy, a show synonymous with smarts is mired in scandal over richards offensive comments over women. richards is a long time producer and host who became the jeopardy
in towards the city of new orleans. here is the thing. then everybody starts to wonder how does the storm surge impact the levee. right now this region we re expecting three to five feet of storm surge but as it comes pack over it has the potential to overtop the eastern edge of the levee on the mississippi river and then what happens to the water? it starts to flow backwards toward the city of new orleans. it basically becomes funneled and pushed all the way back. the concern then is if those water levels, jake, could get to 20 feet or higher, the levees will be overtopped and that is when you start to see new orleans begin to flood. thank you so much. let s go to gary tuchman live in new orleans. and city officials there say they have confidence in the levee and pumping system but people who live in previously flood-prone areas have good reason to be concerned. reporter: that is right, jake. the people who live in this area where i am right now have very