Out front next, President Biden in Louisiana tonight as the misery mounts and the death toll from Ida continues to rise.

Now 50 dead in the northeast. We're live on the ground.

Plus, CNN learning that the White House may have to scale back its ambitious plan for booster shots.

How big of a setback is this for getting COVID under control?

And America's economy hitting a roadblock, hiring down drastically. What's behind the slowdown

and should Biden be worried? Let's go out front. And good evening, everyone. I'm Biana

Golodriga in for Aaron Burnett. Outfront tonight, breaking news,

President Biden in Louisiana. He's now meeting with local leaders there after surveying the

catastrophic damage from Hurricane Ida. The president's seeing firsthand the unrelenting power of what

was a category four storm that has left 13 dead in Louisiana and in Mississippi, a storm that

has left more than 800,000 people there still without power.

There's much to be done.

We're working around the clock with the governor and the elected officials here until we

can meet every need you all have.

And as you can see from these images, new images the cleanup has just begun.

And even days later, the floodwaters have yet to recede in some places.

And with the sweltering heat, no power, no water, food and fuel shortages,

many people on the ground are beginning to fear the worse.

I got to sleep in the car. My kids are hot. We're hungry. We're going to die in here. Where's FEMA? Where's the Red Cross? We need help now.

And there is an urgent need for help across the Northeast as well. The death toll rising to 50 there as rescue crews continue to search for survivors after the remnants of Ida tore through the region. In Pennsylvania, roads and homes are still underwater. In New Jersey, where 25 people were killed, at least six people there are still

missing, including two people who witnesses say were swept into a storm drain by floodwaters.

A lot to get into tonight. Our Pete Muntein is in hard-hit Pennsylvania, but I do want to begin with

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