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Joining us, first the obvious question, how are you? >> im fine, much better than we were today. tell us about the storm, tell us, did it hit as hard as you head anticipated it might? >> i dont think it would be this, bed i dont even know its a call. it was a monster. its absolute devastation in south louisiana. >> have you been able to see much? what are you able to see? can you assess the damage? >> the wind still kind of glow in about 30, but what were seeing on social media and my friends, f...

Mississippi, all the way to the florida panhandle. and even sections of alabama. you can see from our radar, its making its way, in and with this is torrential rain. and the spin ups of tornadoes that we are really going to have to watch throughout your overnight hours. the latest update just coming in, we are going to see this turn into more of a tropical storm as we go into tomorrow morning, but look how long this goes, this is going to drag out to about thursday afternoon, four sections of th...

This storm really does tell you just how dangerous it continues to be. janessa we will be checking with you all throughout the evening. thank you so much, stick around. lets turn now to msnbcs reporter whos been on the scene in new orleans is that city has been getting battered. a storm so powerful in reverse the course of the mississippi river. hate, weve been hearing reports from everything from winds taking roofs off municipal buildings, two barges on the mississippi being knocked loose. >> c...

And frankly, from every storm since. very few places have as much experience as new orleans does. obviously, you apply those lessons to try to prepare, like the way the u.s. army corps of engineers showed up the levees, rebuild the levees, but in terms of response, how much have we learned, and how confident are you that the resources are in place for the coming days, weeks, and potentially months, general? >> the federal government of the and the department of homeland security -- we built most...

Lady is up. >> let me go back to those people in louisiana, who dont have power. and the myriad of problems that come with that. and how that can get exponentially worse, as the days in potentially weeks go on. i know youve been talking to folks, and so, what did you see first of all when you came into the city, in terms of the staging of trucks. and what have you learned from both city officials and power company officials, about how prepared they are, about what kind of spread they have to get...

Intense. it was very intense. >> tell me how you were able to work in the night, because i know one a lot of places, they are saying they cant even start to assess the damage to do the cleanup until the first flight in the morning? >> i got some rescue vehicles. we have some vehicles. and we got lights, and were gonna work tonight so we can actually get around. right, now a lot of major roadways, at the southern end of our parish, it is pretty much filled with double trees and power lines. >> do...

That maybe isnt -- not having power very very fast. john stanton editor of the gambit in new orleans. its good to talk to you. >> it has been exactly 16 years since hurricane katrina struck louisiana back in 2005. that disaster, of course, was marked by a major infrastructure failure, when the levees and flood walls protecting new orleans broke, causing catastrophic flooding across most of the city. since, then the u.s. army engineers has helped rebuild the citys levee system, spending nearly 15...

Thats not gonna be the case. we are talking until wednesday until getting power back. >> and not to stay too much of the obvious, but were talking about a widespread power outage affecting hundreds of thousands of people in the sweltering heat of summer. >> yeah, and this is also very quickly to turn from a natural disaster to a humanitarian crisis. it is extraordinarily hot here. it is much harder once the storm pulls out. the city is kind of on edge because of covid, and of the new restriction...

We have is performing as its designed to do. thats good news, but right i do want to note that it is still under surge warning. we still have a way to go. we still have to monitor it, and watch whats happening in the storm. if i can say indicators -- that this system will likely not over top, and we hope that this trend can meet continues. >> with a power outage in new orleans, should we be worried about palms stop working. with that put pressure on the pumps? >> you have those that are internal...

Why is the situation right now in your community? >> were seeing rain bands, in our area, thats dropping tens of inches of rain, throughout our parish. our coastal force of water coming from lake pontchartrain, is causing flooding, in low-lying areas. from madison ville to slide all, we have trees that are down, we have power outages. over 90,000 customers, are without service, in over 3000 people with the washington state. without power. we are suffering from power outages, trees out, heavy rai...