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In part because they have been so successful in getting democrats engaged on that national message, wolf. >> all right. we'll see what happens later tonight. thank you very much. meanwhile, the secretary of state, antony blinken was back in the hot seat today facing bipartisan criticism from lawmakers as he defended the chaotic u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. cnn national correspondent has details. >> reporter: secretary of state tony blinken back in front of congress for a second grilling. this time in person, defending the administration's response to the collapse of the afghan governmen...

You in isolated spots. emergency management officials say that the levees are holding at this time, and the pumps appear to be doing their job. the governor says, however, people need to be prepared for long-term power outages, just in the last few hours, we have watched that number climb. there are some 20,000 linemen that are here, on standby, positioned all across the state. half of them, 10,000 came in from other states, ahead of ida to help out once this thing gets through to start putting up the lines and restoring power as quickly as possible, but the governor warning that some people c...

Says it is moving supply trucks and generators into louisiana ahead of ida's landfall. there are 10,000 linemen in the state, already. another 20,000, on standby. and making matters worse, many hospitals in the area are already maxed out due to covid-19 cases. health officials are asking residents not to go to the hospital, unless it is truly a dire emergency. now, on saturday, louisiana's governor stressed the dangerous and historic nature of ida's threat. >> when you talk about rain totals that could be up to -- to 15, 16 inches and -- and in isolated areas, above 20 inches. with that kind o...

Late. nearly all of the understood gates in louisiana's hurricane and storm damaged risk reduction system have been closed ahead of the storm, those that are still open, right now they're going to be closed in the next few hours. prolonged power outages also a major concern. fema says it's moving supply trucks and generators into louisiana ahead of landfall. there are 10,000 linemen in the state already and another 20,000 on standby. many hospitals in the area are already maxed out, short of beds due to covid-19. health officials asking residents not to go to hospital unless it is a dire emerg...

Category 4 storm, it is forecast to pummel the louisiana coast sunday, the same date hurricane katrina hit the state 16 years ago. power outages are a major concern. fema says that it is moving supply trucks and generators into louisiana ahead of ida's landfall. there are 10,000 linemen in the state already and another 20,000 on standby. and making matters worse, many hospitals in the area are already maxed out due to covid-19. health officials are asking residents to not go to the hospital unless it is dire emergency. let's check back in with tyler mauldin. what is the latest? >> preparations...