On the Ground in Ida-Struck Louisiana

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4 • 494 Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana on Sunday as a Category 4 storm with winds of 150 miles per hour, one of the strongest storms to hit the region since Hurricane Katrina. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) discusses the damage caused by Hurricane Ida as over one million people in the region--including his own family--are without power. The United States is a day away from ending its evacuation mission in Kabul, marking the apparent end of a 20-year engagement in Afghanistan. AEI President Emeritus, contributing writer for The Atlantic, Harvard professor, and host of “The Art of Happiness” podcast Arthur Brooks discusses President Biden’s agenda, including the withdrawal from Afghanistan. Covid-19 vaccines for kids may be closer than experts originally expected, and countries in the EU are set to restrict American travelers due to variant outbreaks stateside. Plus, Elizabeth Holmes, founder and former CEO of Theranos, begins her trial this week, and her defense claims that her ex-boyfriend and Theranos partner subjected her to a “decade-long campaign of psychological abuse.” Unsealed filings also reveal Holmes plans to testify in her own defense.

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0:00.0	Bring in show music please.
0:03.0	This is Squawk Pod.
0:06.0	I'm C. N.C. producer Cameron Costa.
0:08.0	Today on our podcast, Hurricane Ida slams the Gulf Coast, an update on the damage and the path forward, with Louisiana
0:16.4	Senator Bill Cassidy on the ground in Baton Rouge.
0:20.1	We're going to make our country more resilient to natural disasters wherever they are.
0:24.8	We have to start preparing out.
0:27.1	And counting down to departure, President Biden approaches the deadline for withdrawal from Afghanistan, writer, podcaster, and professor, Arthur Brooks.
0:37.0	It's just absolutely classic. You know, the domestic presidents come into office and immediately get derailed by the exigencies of foreign policy.
0:45.0	Those stories plus Europe set to restrict American travelers due to COVID and Elizabeth Holmes is
0:52.1	poised for trial.
0:53.6	The next chapter of the Therinos Saga
0:55.8	and naturally yet another twist.
0:58.9	Her defense attorney's claim she suffered
1:01.1	a decade-long campaign of psychological abuse from her
1:05.8	former boyfriend and business partner Ramesh Sunny Balwani.
1:10.1	It's Monday August 30 30th, 2021.
1:13.0	Squack Pod begins right now.
1:15.0	Stand Becky by in three, two, one, fuel brief.
1:19.0	Good morning everybody.
1:21.0	Welcome to Squackbox right here on
1:22.8	CNBC. I'm Becky Quick along with Joe Kernan. Andrew is off today. But if
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