California is on fire. Louisiana is underwater. Hurricane Ida is ravaging the gulf coast and Meet The Press sent Al Roker out to cover the storm:
Roker (67) is shown in what is described as "a 15 mile-wide, F3 tornado".
Many people on the internet are criticizing Meet The Press for placing Roker out in the storm:
Another Twitter user added:
"It's 2021. I don't need to see Al Roker risking his life and his crew's lives to show me a hurricane. It can be reported on without standing outside in the middle of it."
Al Roker had this to say:
And then added this, to boot: