The committee will come to order. Without objection, all members will have five days to submit statement, extraneous material for the record subject to the limitation and the rules. Ambassador wells, miss friedman, welcome. Welcome to members of the public and the press, as well. We are glad to have our friends from cspan with us today, as well. We meet this morning so the committee can conduct oversight of the Trump Administrations policy towards afghanistan and ill now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. For months weve been attempting to get some visibility into the ongoing peace negotiations without success. We all want peace. We all want the fighting in afg to end, but Congress Needs to know when a potential deal looks like, members on both side need to have the chance to ask questions and offer views. In the last few weeks weve seen the afghan reconciliation proseses is go off the rails in a spectacular fashion. We learn trade president ial tweet that the administration wa
Al, whos in the danger zone here right now, lester, everyone from texas right on into louisiana has to worry about this its 30 miles west of galveston. 40mileperhour winds, moving north at 7 the flash flood watches extend into louisiana were looking at imelda slowly pushing inward tonight with rain and thunderstorms. Rainfall rates up to 1 to 3 inches per hour, and that could be lifethreatening flash flooding rainfall amounts generally from 6 to 12 inches of rain, but 18 inches are possible, lester, so this flash flooding is going to be our biggest concern lester all right al, thanks very much well have more from you shortly ahead in our series climate in crisis. Right now lets turn to that attack on those Oil Facilities in saudi arabia and mounting evidence tonight that iran was responsible for the strikes that sent shockwaves to the Global Oil Market Andrea Mitchell tonight with the new developmentsents. Reporter tonight, u. S. Intelligence indicates the reporter tonight, u. S. Intel
Assisted by drones. A sophisticated attack. The same source says theres a high probability they were launched from an iranian base near the iraqi border. U. S. Investigators in the middle east are working with the saudis to identify the missiles, the technology and hopefully find out who launched them. We have a team of experts, reporters around the world covering this story. Our International Diplomatic editor Nic Robertson is in riyadh, saudi arabia. Our Senior International correspondent Nick Paton Walsh joins us from tehran. Good morning to you both. Nic, lets begin with you and the reporting you are getting this morning. Many important details on where this attack was launched and with what. Yeah, poppy, what were learning from a source familiar with the investigation is that some of these missiles, these lowlevel Cruise Missiles that are sort of a hybrid of Cruise Missile and drone technology, that unlike the traditional Cruise Missile that the United States or other governments
Him of rape, meeting with the nfl in a marathon session. And tonight what patriots owner robert kraft reportedly said about his decision to hire the controversial star the american swimmer who made history crossing the English Channel four times, over 130 miles, without stopping. You dont have to give up and let it define your entire life the Health Battle she overcame and the tributes pouring in tonight for a legendary journalist this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening. That disturbance in the gulf of mexico we told you about last night quickly spun up into a Tropical Storm today, and within an hour, made landfall in texas. Tonight the popup storm is sitting at houstons doorstep, where forecasters are warning of lifethreatening flash flooding along parts of the upper texas coast. Lets get right to al roker now with the very latest al, whos in the danger zone here right now, lester, everyone from texas right on into louisiana has to worry about this its 30 miles west of
Company suddenly shut down. Well remember pioneering journalist Cokie Roberts. And the inspiring story of a cancer survivor swimming her way into the record books. What she did to celebrate. This is the cbs evening news with norah odonnell. Odonnell good evening. This is our western edition. Were going to get to the new reporting by cbs news on the saudi arabia attack in just a moment but as we come on the air, there is breaking news. A Tropical Storm is hitting americas fourth largest city tonight. Imelda formed just a few hoursa, targeting the houston area with lifethreatening flash floods. Chief weathercaster lonnie quinn from wcbs is tracking the storm. Lonny, imelda seemed to pop up out of nowhere, and now there are flash flood warnings for six million people. Without a doubt. Im talking three hours. This went from nothing to a tropical depression to a Tropical Storm. It made landfall around houstond this afternoon. Ghook he sig all the bright color shows you where the heavy rain