Huskered Down News Today

Barreling right through. the core is projected to go ove midnight. well be standing by to see what kind of punch that will deliver. but its going to be extremely dangerous. well send it back to you. >> the image were seeing it new orleans, and thats not even the eye, which is barreling your way. stay safe. a busy day, of course, at the white house, as president biden monitoring hurricane ida, as well as the rapidly changing situation in afghanistan. heidi? >> reporter: the president making an ...

Way through tennessee, west virginia, pennsylvania, new york, i mean, were easily talking 3 to 5-inch heavy rain, and some just had to deal with hurricanes henri last weekend. so well be talking about this storm at least through wednesday the most significant wind damage is happening right now. we want to bring in guy mcginnis, the president of st. bernard parish. we know you are safe, huskered down, but we know the conditions are worsening. what are you seeing and hearing? >> the wind is just...

>> we are going to play it four again in just a moment. we are going to see the roof completely torn off listen. >> oh, the roof is coming -- [ bleep ]. >> the crashes there into power lines. this is what everybody has been worried about. there are already hundreds of thousands of -- more than 200,000 plus power out ans reported across the state in louisiana. these winds, this rain not something to be fooled around this. morgan sheskey filed this report from louisiana shortly ago. he and his cre...

The state of louisiana with no power. over my how would, if you look carefully, you can see dozens and dozens of utility trucks back there that will be deployed. the bucket trucks, as soon as its safe to get out, will start restoring power. they have the meals ready, as well as 2.5 million liters of water, 139,000 tarps. thats just fema right now. the concern at this point certainly will be not just electricity and not just the wind damage, but possible loss of life. therefore teams ready to jum...

So except some storm surge issues there. for the most part, the firefighters telling me their chain saws are out as soon as it gets safe enough for them to go out into the neighborhoods and start checking on people. they anticipate cutting trees off of homes, clearing roads of power poles that are going to be snapped by these incredibly powerful winds that ida looks to bring sooner than later. >> there is wind whipping debris around you morgan. we want to make sure you and your crew are safe. hi...

Family, chantal and david. -- are you guys state of, first of all? where are you? >> we are safe, in uptown new orleans, in an area called broadmoor. its windy out there, and were sitting -- weve got a lot of gusts, and weve heard that the rain is yet to come. its raining, but not downpouring, right? >> we want you guys to be safe. if you do need to leave the bay window, please do so, and we wont hold you to it. talk to me about what you are seeing outside. talk to me about the winds. are you se...

Im going to let the water pass and ill tried to get back out there so i can assess whats going on. thank you so much and stay safe throughout there. much more of our coverage of the tear through louisiana when we get back, but first we want to share the news that legendary actor ed asner passed away. the actor, activist and farther died peacefully surrounded by his family. he rose to fame as the gruff lou grant. younger generations may know him for an image you saw earlier. he was the grumpy...

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Can right. theyre expecting about 3 to 6 feet of storm surge here, but it gives you an idea of what they know could happen in places. >> yeah, im glad you guys for you a place. we can see that wind whipping you around. stay safe. so you around. thanks very much, stay safe. as these areas are struck by hurricane ida, louisiana, mississippi, the state of louisiana and the south, really, already experiencing a flood of covid-19 patients. how are hospitals preparing? i want to bring in the chief...