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will still likely be weeks before power is fully restored. and the white house announced a short time ago that president biden will visit louisiana on friday to tour the damage. and about 2,000 miles away in california, a desperate battle sunday way right now to try to save south lake tahoe as thousands of firefighters are struggling to deal with a series of wildfires burning across that state and the caldor fire's growth now heading to the nevada state line forcing people to flee the region just before the labor day weekend. we're going to begin this hour with the aftermath of hurricane ida. joining us to start off our coverage nbc news correspondent sam brock in la place, louisiana, roughly 30 miles northwest of new orleans and nbc news correspondent shaquille brewster in the big's. shaq, you're one of the places seeing long lines and lots of people waiting to get supplies they need just for basic survival. tell us about the situation as you've been observing it today.

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