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Of actions like today. standing together, standing in unity, speaking truth to power. and so that's why we're doing what we're doing today. >> and i'm very glad to have the two of you standing together. derek johnson, congresswoman joyce beaty of ohio. derek, you had one speech, you've got another one coming up. appreciate you making time for us on msnbc. we have breaking news to share on hurricane ida. thousands across the gulf coast are making last-minute preparations as this storm is taking direct aim at louisiana. it is expected to strengthen to a category 4 hurricane. officials along th...

That's a forecast, a possibility. >> reporter: the mayor of new orleans is asking people outside the city's levy system to head to higher ground. those sticking around know time to prepare is running out. >> time to buy water and we are going to look at at generator. >> reporter: ida makes landfall 16 years to the day hurricane katrina struck. np. a day no one wants to relive. >> our thanks to chris there. south dakota sees another surge no covid cases, not a coincide either. you'll remember the sturgis motorcycle rally there a couple weeks ago. here we are two weeks later and seeing the imp...

Path or stay home and hunker down. we have team coverage, fox weather meteorologist adam klotz is tracking the storm, but we begin with mike tobin live on the ground in new orleans. mike? >> and jon, i can tell you that traffic is backed up on i-10 and other exits from town as a lot of people are heeding the warning of local officials and getting out before night fall tonight, after which time officials say it will be too late to be moving around. what you can hear and see behind me is the party before the storm. a lot of people are taking the option that evacuations were optional. they are co...

Attention and evacuate, if told to do so. let's take a listen to collin arnold from the new orleans office of homeland security. take a listen, everyone. >> 74 to 1110 miles an hour can cause downed trees, structure damage and prolonged power outages. heavy rain in excess of 10 to 15 inches in isolated areas that could be higher, can cause flooding. dangerous storm surge could cause flooding outside of the levy system and cause some overtopping potentially on the west bank. hurricane warning is in effect for all of new orleans. a storm surge warning is in effect for the areas outside the levy ...

City didn't even have enough time to issue a mandatory evacuation order for areas inside the levied barrier and the residents should get ready to hunker down for the storm. what does it mean for the people who live there? i remember this all too well. people having to go to the tops of their houses, punch holes in the roofs so they can hang out on the rooftops until rescuers arrive. i hope we don't see a situation like that all over again but is that a possibility? >> it's possible. the levy system has been reinforced. the corps of engineers did a great job to building a category three protect...