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>> thats a particular issue down here in louisiana. everybody is feeling climate change. this place is getting devastating. a lot of people are employed by the oil industry. as i drove here from houston, it was a six hour drive. a lot of the build boards talking about how they were the fiber of eastern texas. thats a big issue. both are struggling because they have been at capacity. the paris president was talk about people on vent laters and people with oxygen machines. these medical workers no...

>> the people who stayed, we arent getting any requests for shelter within st. bernard parrish now. this storm lasted for 14 hours and the wind did not stop. it was relentless. the people are resiresilient. a will the of our citizens evacuated the other areas. they know this process will be between two and three weeks before we get power. the whole region is 100% out of power right now because of those transmission lines. we met with entergy today and we feel confident in three weeks well be abl...

Maring them, that will not fix the problem. theres the massive transmission lines damaged. for most consumers it will be seven to ten days before they get their power back. people in hard hit areas, some of them are outside of it, it may be three weeks or more before they get their power back. it will be some power restored the the next few days but it will go to police, hospitals, to infrastructure. right now theres nothing. if you dont have a generator in new orleans and surrounding areas, you...

16 years to the day that hurricane katrina devastated louisiana. hurricane ida slammed into the state with 150 miles an hour winds. one of the strongest hurricanes to ever make landfall in the united states. the storm has left all of new orleans and more than one million people throughout the state without power. 911 lines have been restored in new orleans but are still down in parts of southeast louisiana. so far two deaths are attributed to storm but louisianas governor says that number will l...

Generaor power. they are going home to hot houses and places that dont have comfort. new orleans dodged the worst of this but this become a more serious matter with covid on the rise in this state. the governor of this state, unlike a couple other states that have low vaccination rate, the governor has been very responsible about trying to ensure that masks can occur where they need to. that people are free to do what they need to do in order to protect themselves. >> ali, youre the best. thank ...

We have people on oxygen. we have elderly people who just cant stay in their homes. if that need arises, we stand ready to open up a shelter for either power or just cooling place for people. we live in one of the best countries in the world. we live in the best area of the world. its responsibility our citizens have to get us back sooner than later. >> there lies the rub. i watch your show every weekend. youre wrestling with all of these simultaneous problems. if you could just wrap for us, wer...