Later, the Washington Post reporter will discuss the arraignment of former Virginia Governor bob mcdonald and his wife following their 14count indictment this week. You can also join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal, live each more at 7 00 eastern on cspan. Next, the speaker of iraqs council of representatives talks about the violence, security concerns and political challenges facing iraq. Usama alnujafyi spoke at the brookings institution. His is just under an hour. In the name of god, the merciful, im really happy to be here with you today. As you know, iraq is a central and important country in the world at large, and it concentrates on iraq and you do know that we in iraq went through very particular experience in the middle east. We first get rid of an oppressive regime and it is followed by a military occupation. And a constitution that was written in unfavorable conditions and circumstances. There was also a road map that that the iraqis were not abl
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Live in lafayette, louisiana. You said you were starting, you thought, to feel some of the bands of this coming through . Reporter we definitely are. The rain here is light, but it is certainly kicking up and has been i would say for the last 45 minutes or so. This is just the beginning. We are hearing stressed repeatedly that this is a very slowmoving storm. Thats a reminder not to become complacent. You mentioned tens of thousands without power. Some in new orleans being told to shelter in place. In other areas, there are coloterry, sometimes mandatory, evacuation areas. Not only does the storm bring a significant amount of rainfall, but we are talking about an area that is already saturated. A Mississippi River that is already swollen. For a better look at what is headed our way, i want to bring in cnn meteorologist Allison Chinchar who is tracking this storm. And were starting to feel a little bit of something here. Obviously, far more intense for some other folks just south and ea
Emergency preparedness officials are warning there are possible tornadoes as this storm passes. Mississippis governor has joined louisianas in declaring a state of emergency already. We have cnn meteorologist Allison Chinchar with us now who has just gotten an update. What are you learning this hour, allison . Right, the latest update still shows what weve been seeing the last 24 to 48 hours, that the storm is still continuing to intensify. Albeit slowly, but that in and of itself presents a concern because the slower this system moves, the more time it has to dump a tremendous amount of rain. Heres the latest statistics winds still about 65 Miles Per Hour. Keep in mind thats less than ten Miles Per Hour off from being a categoryone hurricane. Were close, were just not quite there. Forward movement is west northwest at about five Miles Per Hour. We need it to start taking that direct northward turn before we can really pinpoints the exact landfall point. We still expect it to be this m