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Looting. so a lot of people on edge here, desperate for gas, desperate for power and hunkering down as well. we don't see in the city or out here a lot of people milling around on the street. a lot of people are either hunkers down or coming out in situations like this trying to get situations for their families. >> brian todd just outside of new orleans, let's get more on the breaking news right now. the adjunct general of louisiana national guard is joining us. general, thank you so much for joining us. i know you are responsible for coordinating the entire louisiana national guard. can you ...

Member travel to afghanistan and the surrounding countries would unnecessarily divert needed resources from the priority mission of safely and expeditiously evacuating americans and afghans at risk from afghanistan. now, the two lawmakers said that they flew on empty seats to avoid displacing any evacuees. there is a lot of focus on getting americans out of average, rightly. so but it is increasingly clear that loyal afghans, folks who have helped us for years, some them will be left behind. back to you guys. brian: yeah. thanks, doug. it's so clear even his own aides don't think this time sid...

>> bill: so two congressmen, one republican and democrat under heat today. they took a secret trip to kabul airport. they made it into afghanistan to witness evacuation efforts firsthand and they said it was indescribable. chad pergram picks up the story. nancy pelosi asked about this. what happened? >> that's right. house speaker nancy pelosi wrote to members yesterday urging them not to travel to afghanistan. pelosi wrote that member travel to afghanistan quote, would unnecessarily divert needed resources from the priority mission of safely evacuating people. lawmakers are struggling to get ...

Catastrophic event natural disaster or hurricane strike any area of the country, certainly we are familiar with it down here in the southeast region, we've been experiencing storms over the last couple of years, so we are well positioned to move resources as quickly and adapt in the environment as it changes. >> dianna, definitely seems the situation that the training that you give your individuals for their normal cbp duties is definitely on display during a situation like this, quickly in the 15 seconds we have remaining, explain why that is so? >> it's important for us to be prepared to res...

Job with limited resources and without frankly a lot of support for months on end. i'm very proud of them. i'm very proud of the dedication they bring to their duties, the fact that they didn't sign up for this. they want to catch bad guys on the border, stop criminals from exploiting that border and bring drugs into the country, but they've been pressed into service to really process, care for, address the medical needs, take children to the hospital for months on end now and they've done an incredible job. it's our responsibility ideally working with congress, but if not, working with intern...