luis armstrong stadium. look at yankee stadium taken by broadcaster michael k, the entire outfield under water. a number of funnel clouds and tornados were also reported across the northeast. earlier in the day the storm swept through maryland and the washington d.c. area. news correspondent tom costello has those pictures. reporter: touching down in and around annapolis, maryland, tornados on the ground for many miles after spinning off from hurricane ida that slammed louisiana. please make sure you re inside. please make sure you re in the lowest level of your house. reporter: in downtown annapolis, power lines and signs ripped down. roofs torn off and trees uprooted. in frederick, maryland, flash flooding caught a bus driver off guard, 11 school kids rescued as the bus was submerged. ida unleashing rain on the nation s capitol. a tornado watch well into the evening. three inches of rain swamped the region, tearing down trees, flooding intersections and trapping dri
president biden will address the country this afternoon about the end of america s longest war. this photo shows the last american service member to leave afghanistan. in all, 123,000 people were taken out of the country. 123,000 in about two and a half weeks. an unprecedented evacuation mission. he said the u.s. would stay to get them out. the u.s. did not stay. there are thousands of afghan allies in the country still as well. this morning, the taliban is celebrating the u.s. withdrawal. we have this new video which shows taliban fighters exploring a hangar. some military equipment was removed from afghanistan. other items disabled. in the meantime, more than a billion homes and businesses in the southeast, a million homes and businesses in the southeast are without power this morning after hurricane ida, and that could last for weeks. on top of the catastrophic damage, severe flooding and the lack of electricity comes with scorching heat. temperatures in louisiana and mi
just look at this video here on your screen. flooding is wide spread. and some areas could see up to 20 inches of rain. more than 700,000 homes and businesses are now without power. and that number is sure to climb. officials say it could take weeks to fully restore power. now within the next hour or two, new orleans will be seeing its highest winds and heaviest rain. the levee system was vastly upgraded after katrina and holding as of now. south of the city, the rainfall and storm surge have pushed water over our levee in plaquemines parish. a flash flood emergency is in effect. i spoke to a critical care doctor in baton rouge bracing for the worst. we would be able to be the most significant event of our lifetime. we currently have a full hospital, but we re the regional medical center and so we are essentially acting that role. we have over 700 providers in the hospital. 50 of those are physicians. 400 are nurses. 300 are non-clinical. we re split into two staffs. we wil
of the strongest storms ever to hit the state. now one of the concerns is how well the state s levies will hold up. one levy has failed leading to flash flooding. and this is what it looked like when this deadly storm moveda, shore. the storm surge and winds were so strong it partially reversed the flow of the mississippi river, something experts say is extremely uncommon. right now all of orleans parish, including the city of new orleans is without power. state wide more than a million homes and businesses have no electricity and at least one person has died so far. people that evacuated are staying in shelters and many decided to ride it out at home and the louisiana governor says rescue efforts will begin soon. we are better prepared now. but when you have mother nature throw at you a storm this strong with the surge, wind, rain we are talking about with hurricane ida, there will be devastating impacts. we have to do everything that we can to save lives in the immediate
suicide bombers. we are hours away from president biden evacuation deadline tomorrow. there are hundreds, could be thousands of americans that are going to be left behind in afghanistan. the state department has made a decision that the 31st is the deadline. they re allowing taliban to dictate our foreign policy. any time you allow a partisan political decision designed for a photo op, it will lead to a fatal national security problem on the battlefield injury. jillian: it is the start to another bees week. you re watching fox & friends first. i m jillian mele. todd: i m todd piro. we begin with hurricane ida, a failing the flood gate and bridge collapsed forcing hundreds of residents begging to be rescued. jillian: we have team coverage with steve bender on the ground in lafayette, louisiana and senior meteorologist janice dean tracking the storm in the studio. we start with jeff paul live from new orleans where the entire city is out of power this morning. jeff, what s