President Biden to survey Hurricane Ida damage in New Orleans

President Biden planned to travel to New Orleans Friday to survey damage caused by Hurricane Ida.

President Joe Biden planned to travel to New Orleans Friday to survey damage caused by Hurricane Ida, meeting with local leaders and demonstrating the federal response to the storm that made landfall in Louisiana before devastating much of the Northeast United States. Biden was scheduled to head to hard-hit LaPlace, La., just outside New Orleans, to receive a briefing from local leaders, tour a neighborhood and make remarks. He planned to then take an aerial tour of particularly battered communities in the area, including Lafitte, Grand Isle, Port Fourchon and Lafourche Parish, according to the White House. Later, he was scheduled to travel to meet with local leaders in Galliano, La., south of New Orleans.