d.c., where martin luther king jr. shared his fifth dream 58 years ago today. good morning, everybody, it is saturday, august 28th. i m lindsey reiser live from washington, d.c. i m aaron gilchrist in for kendis gibson in new york. we have a team of reporters and analysts following the latest for you. we want to track the breaking story, the category 1 hurricane taking aim at the gulf coast with landfall expected tomorrow on the 16th anniversary of hurricane katrina. forecasters are warning, though, this storm could be much stronger when it crashes ashore tomorrow, potentially leaving behind devastation that could last for months. hurricane ida has been intensifying so quickly that the mayor of new orleans says there is no time to issue new mandatory evacuation orders. meaning many people will be forced to take cover at home. we want to get right to nbc news meteorologist janessa webb who s tracking the latest for
i m aaron gill chris in for candice gibson pat 30 rock. we have a team of reporters and analysts following the latest for you. we want to begin overseas. the u.s. striking back targeting an isis k planner a drone attack in eastern afghanistan. that s less than 48 hours after the group claimed responsibility for that devastating suicide bombing at the kabul airport. now the air strike fulfilling a vow president biden made to the nation thursday promising to retaliate after 13 u.s. service members and more than 150 afghanis were killed. and this morning we re learning more about who they are, eight of them you see here on the screen. the nation remembering them as heroes. and time runs out to evacuate remaining americans and u.s. allies out of afghanistan. u.s. forces are working under heightened security and threats of another attack ahead of tuesday s withdrawal deadline. nbc s mat bradley at is airbus
days. let s get reaction now from democratic congresswoman susan wild of pennsylvania. she sits on the house foreign affairs committee and has been briefed on the situation in kabul. congresswoman, we appreciate you being here this morning. before we talk about new threats, this air strike we learned about overnight, against isis k planner, is that enough or does more need to happen. good morning, aaron and lindsey. thanks for having me. i don t think i don t think the president intends that this is going to be the end of it. i want to commend the president for his swift and decisive action in striking isis k. he has made it clear there is going to be repercussions for the attack on the airport. and i hope this early strike will make the rest of this evacuation process safer. but i m quite certain that this is not the end of it, and that after august 31st isis k better watch out. well, you know, i know that you ve been briefed along with
the pig. all right rb rev al sharpton thank you for joining us on what is going to be a busy day for you. we appreciate your time. aaron. thank you, lindsey. still ahead president biden promised revenge for the attack in kabul and he delivered. but is it enough to scare off isis k? congresswoman susan wild dives into that with us and her state s efforts to help afghan refugees. and later representative i will hand omar joins live on velshi discussing the unfolding situation in afghanistan. watch velshi today at 8:00 a.m. eastern on msnbc. msnbc most bladder leak pads were similar. until always discreet invented a pad that protects differently. with two rapiddry layers. for strong protection, that s always discreet.
processed before being put on commercial flights heading to the states, almost all to dull he is international airport in virginia outside washington, d.c. that effort is continuing. because they re at capacity now we hear there are other evacuee flights flying to smaller airbuses in europe, ablinia, italy, putting for places to put the massive overflow of evacuee. matt thank you for starting us off this morning. joining us is major general dana petard, served multiple combat fours in middle east. he traveled to afghanistan for weeklong assessment in 2008 and 2012. he co-authored this book, hunting the cal i fate. what is your assessment of the overnight retaliation? do you expect more to follow. good morning, lindsey and aaron. the retaliation was successful. it hit two isis k individuals in the province in afghanistan. but it was a tactical action,