The national weather service warning the storm could hit some places in southeast louisiana and make those places uninhabitable for weeks or even months. That warning just released. Hurricane ida is expected to make landfall in that state, louisiana, as a category 4 hurricane tomorrow. Almost exactly to the day, 16 years after hurricane katrina landed as a category 3. Our team of reporters is covering the storm from all angles. Nadia and jason are on the ground for us. Let s begin with allison chinchar at the cnn weather center. What is the update from the weather center? brandnew update, showing gusts have ticked up a bit to 105 miles per hour. The forward movement is the same. Northwest at about 16 miles per hour. It s a category 1 now, but it is expected to intensify and strengthen as it moves through the very warm waters of the gulf of mexico. Likely becoming a category 2 sometime in the next few hours. A category 3 by this evening. Then a category 4 by tomorrow morning. It s expec
Newsroom. I m jim acosta in washington: for standing by for the louisiana governor set to give an update as hurricane ida barrels toward the gulf coast. The storm is projected to reach category 4 strength is expected to pummel louisiana tomorrow, the 16th anniversary of hurricane katrina. The national weather service urgently warning residents to complete preelparations today, adding, quote, some places are uninhabitable for weeks or months. Storm surge of 0 to 15 feet is expected along with winds as strong as 150 miles an hour. Mayor of new orleans says if you re going to evacuate, now is the time to leave. Evacuation orders are in effect across the state. As you can see right there, look at this video. Highways in new orleans look more like parking lots as people try to evacuate. We re tracking this hurricane from all angles. Cnn s derek van damme and nadia is on the ground. Tom, what s the latest forecast? this thing is strengthening, no doubt about it? no doubt about it, jim. What
The president promised to take action to in response to the attack that left 13 service members dead. This appears to be part of the effort, this is a drone strike near the border with pakistan targeting an individual referred to as an islamic state planner who was in the midst of preparing for future attacks. The details are some scarce on this and not clear if this person was involved in this week s bombing but a u. S. Official says this individual was hit while in a vehicle with an associate in this follows to fords from the administration yesterday. With the president says we will hunt you down and make you pay, what does that look like, is he going to order a mission to kill the people responsible or will he be satisfied if the captured and processed. He made clear he does not want them to live on earth anymore. The airport in kabul meantime in the final few days of the u. S. Control is on high alert for another possible attack. The evacuation is continuing in the u. S. Embassy is
Who are still there valiantly carrying on in a horrible situation. Here is what the president of the united states said about this shameful tragedy. These american service members who gave their lives, it s an over used word but totally appropriate here were heroes. The lives we lost today were lives given in the service of liberty, the service of security, the service of others. To those who carried out this attack, as well as anyone who wishes america harm, know this, we will not forgive. We will not forget. We will hunt you down. And make you pay. We will not be deterred by terrorists. We will not let them stop our mission. We will continue the evacuation. But how will it be changed to reduce the risk that this happens again? now, not since a chopper crash in 2011 have we seen death on this scale of our own. 13 dead. 18 others injured, some very badly. 60 afghans may have been killed. More than 100 afghans injured as well. We don t know the real numbers because we don t control the
States and all around the world. I appreciate your company. I m michael holmes and this is cnn newsroom. U. S. Military leaders are warning that the deadly suicide bombings outside kabul airport are likely just the beginning. We re about to show you some very graphic video of the scene. It is difficult to watch, but it is also important that we document the brutality of what is happening. More than 90 afghans and 13 u. S. Service members were killed at the airport s main entrance gate for evacuees. And also, at the nearby baron hotel. The jihadist group, isisk, has claimed responsibility for the attack which the u. S. And others have been warning about for days. What you see there is a scene outside of a kabul hospital as families gathered hoping they would hear the names of their loved ones who were getting medical care. The u. S. President joe biden vowing to continue the airlift that has now brought more than 100,000 people out of afghanistan. And he s ordered the u. S. Military to