Live in lafayette, louisiana. You said you were starting, you thought, to feel some of the bands of this coming through . Reporter we definitely are. The rain here is light, but it is certainly kicking up and has been i would say for the last 45 minutes or so. This is just the beginning. We are hearing stressed repeatedly that this is a very slowmoving storm. Thats a reminder not to become complacent. You mentioned tens of thousands without power. Some in new orleans being told to shelter in place. In other areas, there are coloterry, sometimes mandatory, evacuation areas. Not only does the storm bring a significant amount of rainfall, but we are talking about an area that is already saturated. A Mississippi River that is already swollen. For a better look at what is headed our way, i want to bring in cnn meteorologist Allison Chinchar who is tracking this storm. And were starting to feel a little bit of something here. Obviously, far more intense for some other folks just south and ea
authorities are also concerned about more violence and believe some rally-goers will be armed. one democratic lawmaker is calling on his gop colleagues to step up. republican leaders have to dissuade their supporters from coming to this rally. last time on january 6, they did just the opposite. this time i hope they do the right thing. hundreds have yet to be arrested and of those who were arrested, numerous prosecutions have not unfolded. when you don t do that, you don t hold people accountable and they think that they got away with it and you invite more of this type of behavior. joining us now, national security analyst juliet kime. a new polling shows that 56% of americans think that democracy is under attack. but i wonder what does that signal to you? people might think that democracy is under attack for different reasons. the right thinks that democracy is under attack because biden is in the white house. democrats may think that democracy is under attack
and i do want to point out that we are still under curfew for another hour or so. officials in this city and police are sort of patrolling the area, trying to make sure that most people aren t trying to come out and drive around town in the dark here. especially as this wind is picking up and also because you don t know where you re where you re going to run into flooded waters. we re on top of the staircase, and we can see water has come up over the bottom few steps. the river has completely flooded this area where there are typically trash cans and benches, where people can come and sit. so this is not an accessible area. they don t want people here at the moment. and of course, expecting the worst to come in the next few hours. erica? we ll continue to watch that from morgan city. also with us, juliet kime, security analyst, former department of homeland security, she s a former assistant secretary there, director.
there but you need somebody to show you some of the trade craft. the investigators and experts say things along the lines these were crude, not complicated bombs and that is true within the gamut of bombs but to do what they did is not something that would could pick up on the internet and run off and do. it would take training and practice. stay with us. i want to bring in former massachusetts homeland security security adviser juliet kime. and fran townsend who serves on the cia and department of homeland security external advisory board and senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin. what do you make of the information based on one government source that the suspect indicated that no foreign terrorist groups were involved. they have a lot of leads to follow, too. i understand that the cooperation with russian authorities has been good. the notion that one can self radicalize by being exposed to
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