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Allowed to leave but at the same time, obviously, the notion of an area in kabul that is outside of taliban control is kind of unworkable. most importantly here is clearly a heightened threat environment for those remaining troops on hamid karzai international airport. its unclear who is behind the recent blasts. initial reports suggests eisis- but its a fast-evolving situation. >> yeah. looking at live pictures the airport and not seeing much movement there. lets talk about what happens next. t...

Underway in louisiana this morning. among the crews are members of the volunteer rescue group the cajun navy. theyre assembling boats lending resources to high-water rescues and other concerns. >> for more on the effort, well bring in jordy westworth from the cajun navy. its one of the reasons they asked people to get out of the way because theyre so worried about this particular period when you have people asking for help in a dangerous situation and help cant quite get there just yet. still to...

Building like we have. we have to think and pray for the people here this morning. >> yeah. we are listening to the wind. feeling it on the ground, i know, is different. thank you for being there for us. stay safe. well come back to you in a little bit. >> a beast of a storm here. some residents told to evacuate immediately because of a levy failure and high tide in grand isle, louisiana about 30 minutes away from now. the flood threat is active. our meteorologist is tracking this monster storm ...

The only emergency vehicles we see on the roads are the blue lights flashing occasionally. i think theyre making sure trying to scope out the situation, of course, well get a better idea of the devastation once we get first light here in the next couple of hours. it was a scary moment for our crew yesterday as the worst of the storm came in and that was about 5:00 p.m. evening time. it was still daylight but then once it worked its way into my time, it was a disaster. there was natural gas leaks...

This is a wind event. >> do you feel like you have what you need to prepare for something like this. there have been reports for some time that things could be pretty ugly. do you feel you have the resources on the ground to have what you need? >> caller: yes. i think we have everything in place. this is our 60th year doing this, unfortunately. its the situation we help in but we kind of have what we need down to a science, for the most part. >> remind our viewers you know what the cajun navy is...

Outbreak here because the people refuse to take the shot and the hospitals are full. >> joining us now is alan levine, former secretary of health of florida and louisiana. familiar with emergency services during a hurricane. thank you for your time this morning. louisiana hospitals have had enough on their hands in recent weeks. now hurricane ida complicates everything that much more. what is status of the hospitals and their patients. >> you know before a hurricane hospitals before the coast wi...