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Thats -- >> brian, im just going to cut in because we were having trouble hearing you right now, which is just a sign of what is going on there on the ground in new orleans where you are where its really getting the worst part of the storm right now since it made landfall. brian todd, thank you very much live for us on the scene of new orleans where the city is completely without power. the only way you have power in that city is through a generator. >> just moments ago, i spoke to cynthia lee a...

Of wind. >> the reality is you dont know the extent of the damage, and the damage is still happening as we speak because that storm is still packing a strong punch in parts of louisiana. what is your biggest fear when you wake up in the morning and its daylight about what youre going to see with the damage? >> the widespread damage because of the extensive, slow moving storm with the high winds, the pounding on businesses and homes, the trees, the power lines, the widespread damage and the time ...

Keep its strength once it got to land. i dont think anybody thought it would stay as strong of a category as it is. it is relendless. it not given up. we are really catching the devil here and seems like it will be this way through the night. >> your mission is to try to help people but you have a powerful storm that is moving slowly over louisiana and its night fall there. so what are you able to actually do right now? >> well, you know, we have guys coming in from all over the country and righ...

Helping people in a moment of need is probably the best call and the best thing we can do. so, again, one plate of food at a time doesnt solve every problem but at least it brings relief in real time as quick as we can so we can start thinking always about reconstruction. >> jose andres, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you for having me. and im pamela brown in washington. you are in the cnn newsroom on this sunday evening. it is busy tonight. we are in breaking news coverage. hurric...

Make it for the first 72 hours if at all possible just to make sure that they can do that while we engage in our search and rescue and of course, were very optimistic that nobody is going to have to wait 72 hours for someone to respond to the call. but we wont know more until the sun comes up. >> youve been warning residents how dire this will be andi its turning out to be the monster you advertised. where do you think louisiana is with this storm? it hit landfall this morning and still packing ...

People of louisiana right now? >> first of all, in many respects, were a different state, stronger and better prepared. there are $14 billion invested in the protection system around orleans, jefferson parish and elsewhere and you can see the lights are flickering here. but were better prepared now in terms of that protection system but when you have mother nature throw at you a storm this strong with the surge, the wind, the rain that we are talking about with hurricane ida, there is going to b...

Next couple hours. theyre going to be dealing with it for several more days. >> that is such an important point, ed. we still dont know what the ripple effect will be from hurricane ida. there is still so much unknown right now including the extent of the damage there. a lot of people weve spoken with tonight are nervous about waking up in the morning, what theyll see, and what lies ahead in the days ahead as you just pointed out. ed lavendera, thank you. we just learned ida is a category 2 st...

Pumps but the entire parish of orleans went out in terms of the power thats being provided there. but thats true for most of the southeast louisiana. were up to getting close to 800,000 outages. not unexpected when you have winds that come in at 150 miles per hour. and so this storm, as you mentioned, is everything that was advertised in terms of the wind, in terms of the storm surge and quite frankly, the rain thats falling, as well. so this is a very devastating storm. >> yeah, in fact, last h...

Sniffling and we arent sure whether it is because they are wet or have covid. the biggest concern right now is covid but we have nowhere to bring these people. we were prepared because we have some supplies. we have tons of food, snacks, water, gatorade we stored in warehouses that are ready to go. at this stage we were not prepared for this type of destruction. and even on our scale of having supplies im worried. >> you have all these people calling in needing help but you cant help them right ...

And that always adds another layer of, another terrifying layer to having to deal with storms of this magnitude. and the power outages are starting to pile up through the region. here in the baton rouge area a hundred thousand people already without power. those numbers will continue to grow in the hours ahead. pamela, it is important to point out this isnt just these communities trying to get through the brunt of the storm. its the rainfall as the storm continues to push north and the rainfall ...