Bill. Good evening, joshua. We are getting in the new 8 00 p. M. Advisory from the national hurricane center. We are also now for the first seem seeing the center of the storm on radar. Thats the green you see here beginning to show up. That is about 275, 285 miles from New Orleans at the current time. So the white is the clouds. The green is the rain bands. And those will be moving on shore as we go throughout the overnight hours. This is the Satellite Imagery and we color it to kind of see the brighter reds. Kind of lets meteorologists know where the stronger portions of storm are. This is the new advisory. 105 miles per hour so the winds did not increase. Thats great. We want to keep this as weak as possible. We dont think it is going to get weaker before a landfall but we do expect it to get stronger. Hurricane center still thinks it could become a category 3 hurricane overnight. It may be right before landfall, possibly getting up to a category 4. So we should expect major Hurrica
Today thousands marched through streets of d. C. And other american cities like phoenix, miami, and atlanta. The protesters united against the gops sustained attacks on Voting Rights. Made possible by State Legislatures in gop control. Today new president of the aflcio, the largest federation of unions in the united states spoke to Nbc News onto shrines of a rally in phoenix. We are concerned about what were seeing in terms of Voter Suppression all across this country. And really, in my opinion, the action is out in the community and on the ground. And so thats why i wanted to be here in Phoenix Today because these activists, theyre ready to march, theyre ready to mobilize, educate, register voters. And we want to do whatever we can as a Labor Movement to be good partners on the ground to make that happen. Not many people are aware that that march 58 years ago was for jobs and freedom, because the two are so interrelated. And we fight for Workplace Democracy and the Trade Union Movemen
Five to ten inches in that area. So Hurricane Warnings are currently in place, and that means the next 24 hours we will be seeing things deteriorating in this area from Baton Rouge to morgan city. Right now the national Hurricane Center extending these tropical storm watches into portions of mississippi to alabama. I want to make this very clear, we are not seeing this Forecast Chiselled in stone. It could make its Way East or west in the next few hours. And then you still have a chance of a different kind of landfall in areas of maybe even texas to alabama, mississippi. Now, this forecast for rainfall really important. If it slows down at least 20 inches possible for New Orleans. We already know what that looks like. Youre going to see Flooding Rain across Lake Pontchartrain and even the mississippi river. 10 to 15 feet Storm Surge, 10 feet is a one story building. On average 15 feet is a two Story Home so this will be extensive damage from more Dan City All The Way into the biloxi ar
The attack killed 110 afghan civilians and by some counts systems 20. The u. S. Troops are still in danger warns the pentagon. Later ill speak with democratic congresswoman ill Ilhan Omar. Preparations are under way to mark the anniversary of the 1963 March On Washington. Demonstrators in cities across the country gather to urge congress to enact federal protections for voters by passing federal voting Rights Legislation. 58 years ago today over 200,000 people took part in the March On Washington for jobs and freedom in the Nations Capitol. Notably during the even, civil Rights Icon Dr. Martin Luther King junior delivered his famous i have a Dream Speech. My poor little children, well one day live in a nation where they will not be color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today. The march was successful In Pressuring president John F. Kennedys administration to Dmvr Strong Civil Rights protections at the federal level. Clearly these kinds of federal pro
To vote, unsiege right now in many State Legislatures nationwide. We have reporters out in the streets on this historic day. It is just one of the major stories we are following this hour. We are also tracking Hurricane Ida as it takes aim at louisiana, and we are keeping a close eye on afghanistan where the u. S. Launched a deadly response to the recent Suicide Bombings at the airport. More on all of that in just a moment. We begin this hour with Breaking News and a sea of Voting Rights marches across the country under way right now. Im going to show you a live look at the crowds in washington, d. C. Right now Tens Of Thousands of people flooding the streets in more than 40 cities, all to commemorate the 58th Anniversary of the historic 1963 March on washington, to call on congress to pass federal legislation to protect voting access. Nbcs Josh Letterman among the Rally Crowd at d. C. s national mall. We can hear the speaker loud and clear behind you. Talk to me about the atmosphere i