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Barreling right through. the core is projected to go ove midnight. we'll be standing by to see what kind of punch that will deliver. but it's going to be extremely dangerous. we'll send it back to you. >> the image we're seeing it new orleans, and that's 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 unscheduled stop at fema, where he is a message, which was essentially a warn to the people of ...

Way through tennessee, west virginia, pennsylvania, new york, i mean, we're easily talking 3 to 5-inch heavy rain, and some just had to deal with hurricanes henri last weekend. so we'll 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 relent lieutenant right now. it doesn't sound like a whole

>> 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 crew now are hunkered down because it is no longer safe for them. this is what he said in the last hour...

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 it's 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. that's 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 jump into action when it's safe. gas is another potential issue. you asked about preparations, people...

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. highlighting something you said, 40% of the residents of the parish have stayed, that means 40,000 peo...