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We've been monitoring this hurricane closely and the devastation it's caused. to date, six deaths about a million hopes are without power in alabama and mississippi, while it is not as catastrophic as hurricane katrina 16 years ago, ida was so powerful that it caused the mississippi river literally to change direction of flow temporarily. the good news is that as a result of significant multibillion federal investment in the levy system around metro new orleans, it held. it was strong. it worked but too many people in too many areas saw a surge that was devastating. we saw reports of winds up ...

Resource of the federal government to help them get power back on because we know how critical that is for gas, for ice, for all of those things in the area. and i think that that's the expertise that i bring. we were there. we know what the problem is. it doesn't mean that it's an easy overnight answer. but it means we're going to work like heck to get it solved. >> absolutely. and totally understand. it's hard for those, as you know appreciate when they don't have anything to eat, don't have drinking water and they're stuck. i know you -- it is dangerous what they're experiencing. you know l...

Risks. for instance, with flooding knowing if you are in a high-risk area to flooding, and fortifying our defenses. one of the success stories out of hurricane ida was the improved levy system in new orleans after hurricane katrina, which held up during the intense winds and storm surge and prevented flooding within the city limits itself. >> when you look forward, when you pull the thread forward, it seems to me it has been clear to folks like yourself what is coming and it has been more of the disfunction in our politics prevented us from acting. when you look forward now, what do you see? >...

Department was excellent and got about 12 to 14 days that worked all through the night of the hurricane. we had to stop at 185-mile-an-hour to get residents back to the firestation. we've been having a hell of a time. it was a miserable night. looking at severe damage everywhere you look. there's no way. there's no way. looks like bombs went off on this island. >> it looks so all of. i think it's fair to say, mayor, grand isle has been devastated. the devastation is enormous. i know you have no electricity. you have no water. the grocery stores are unable to open so food is scarce for those fo...

Because if you look over my shoulder right now, this is the amount of water that is left over from almost 48 hours ago that is still sitting here and several feet deep in this particular spot in the street. it goes back there i'm told five or six feet deep still right now and yet, with all of the rescues, hundreds of them here that took place, everybody is okay to the extent of our knowledge which is incredible. >> we spoke with the gentleman who lives across the street and asked him how he's reacting to this event and here's what he told us. >> i was very scared when that hit the house and th...