10 things you need to know today: September 4, 2021

Biden tours Ida damage in Louisiana, White House reportedly may need to scale back COVID-19 booster shot plan, and more

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1. Biden tours Ida damage in Louisiana

President Biden on Friday traveled to areas of Louisiana that were damaged by Hurricane Ida earlier this week. He vowed to not "leave any community behind: rural, city, coastal, inland." Biden met with Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D), emergency officials, and local leaders in LaPlace, Louisiana, where he was briefed on the fallout of the storm, which includes damaged homes, flooded streets, and downed power lines. In New Orleans, people without power were encouraged to evacuate amid high temperatures. Power, though, is reportedly due back for almost all of the city by next week.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.