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Do, we have a Customer Service hot line that we turned into a nonemergency call center, and weve asked the residents if they need to be rescued and its not an emergency, or if they think they might need to be rescued, that they call that 311. Most of the people unless they get hit later or are near the river. W we are prioritizing those, the residents that can get out of their homes, like i said, were prioritizing them. And also we they do know that we will wait until daybreak. Because of the st...

Prepared to shelter in place. dr. jeffrey elder telling me this is a worst-case scenario. >> this is a large hurricane. we have to be ready for that. we know were going to have higher census because of the covid patients in the hospital, and so were preparing for both simultaneously. >> reporter: louisiana has one of the highest covid-19 case rates per capita in the country. the storm already forcing some testing and vaccine sites to shut down early. as residents race to prepare, and evacuations...

And these unofficial networks will not stop trying to save these afghans, even after the military pulls out. theyre pleading with the administration to muster all available resources to help get afghan allies out to safety. david? >> martha raddatz and ian pannell with me every night of the week here. thanks to you both. our coverage of afghanistan here tonight. but we move on this evening to the major hurricane threat were now tracking tonight, hurricane ida heading over the very warm waters ...

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After the victim or the party that they disagree with instead of having a substantive, effective, coordinated response. and for us, this is incredibly shameful that this is where we are when, in fact, there should be many more federal personnel on the ground restoring access to those remote and rural areas in both puerto rico and the virgin islands. that has yet to be done. youre a democrat. at the presidents allegation, i guess, made on twitter is that the democrats instructed the san juan mayo...

Middle of katrina atop of the other issues going on, it would have been so scandalous. it would have been remarkable. it would have added a new layer to katrina. i think whether or not the president is turning a blind eye is up in the air, but he does not know how to focus when everyone in the world is saying you need to focus on both puerto rico and the virgin islands as the islands are americans but not feeling theyre treated as such. >> should we be surprised? we have a track record with the ...

>> i think there are two things. one, we have to not separate this from the idea that there are people who think that puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands are being treated differently because, one, theyre not the mainland, but these are people not in peoples minds, who arent characteristically american. theyre an island of people of color. the same argument was in katrina. people thought its a majority black city. people arent being treated the same because of the color of their skin. im not...

Skills with first responders. so were trained to respond to chaos. were ready to go. so our folks got on the ground monday. weve been doing boat operations since monday. well continue to do those until the community doesnt need it. >> youre focused on long-term. >> we expect well be here for a few months. what we generally do is wait for the waters to recede, so its safe for the volunteers to come in and then start working on long-term operations. >> thats the thing, general. obviously, theres t...

Ground since before it started is lester holt. anchoring nbc "nightly news" from houston. he is joining us now live. lester, ive been, obviously, watching your coverage all weekend long. its unbelievable. you are somebody who has covered storms before. i know you have. compare this to what youve seen in the past. >> well, the first thing that comes to mind, of course, is katri katrina. but thats kind of a loaded comparison. but certainly in terms of the number of urban rescues. people being pluc...

Like chumps. you guys are being played like fools by this con man. >> so is medicare part d a big government program? is that republican? is -- >> katrina -- >> is that republican? because your republican establishment has delivered just that -- >> katrina, there is nothing -- >> here is what we do know, rick and katrina, the anti establishment candidates are topping the polls right now. yet, despite this, katrina, trump continues to go after jeb bush even though his ratings are sinking. althoug...