hunkered down, stay sheltered in place until the storm has completely moved out because it could get dangerous very quickly and that s what they want to avoid. there is a lot along that waterfront in gulf port, hospitals nearby, a hotel, casino, we ll let you break off and look around. be careful as you do. thank you so much. we ll talk to the fema administrator in a few moments. we want to turn to afghanistan where the united states military is fending off attacks against kabul s main airport again. rocket fire reportedly targeting the airport, struck a nearby neighborhood on the eve of the deadline to withdraw from the country. the washington post reporting five rockets at least were intercepted by a missile defense system. it did not stop the stream of cargo jets taking off and landing at the airport. u.s. forces conducted a drone
fireball perhaps by the explosives in the vehicle. a spokesperson said, quote, substantial and powerful subsequent explosions resulted from the destruction of the vehicle which may have caused additional casuacasualties. he added the military is investigating further and said, quote, we would be deeply saddened by loss of life. isis-k took responsibility for the bombing on thursday that killed 13 service members and at least 169 afghans. let s bring in matt bradley, he s live in germany overlooking ramstein air base, the destination for most of the evacuating flights from afghanistan. matt, we are on the eve of the evacuation, one day left before the american forces leave afghanistan. what does the traffic look like into ramstein right now? reporter: we re actually we re still seeing that traffic, obviously. this is still going on at pace.
p we have had retaliations from u.s. military, drone strikes, the last 24 hours or so. but also messages now saying it s frankly too late to evacuate most of the afghan civilians, that they now need to, if they can t get out by tomorrow s deadline, find their own way, u.s. officials saying the taliban has agreed to respect the deadline, they won t interfere between now and then. we ll see. there s been debate as to how trustworthy the taliban is. but the threat by isis-k and other terror groups we re seeing the afghans trying to get out by other means, headed to land borders of iran and afghanistan looking to get out ahead of the clutches of the taliban. and there will be some americans who won t get out that will need to find their own way. it s their fate in the final hours that is paramount to the white house and the department of defense. the american intelligence and
the most vulnerable stretches of coastline in the country. you have the ongoing pandemic and millions of americans set to return to school and work with the highly transmissible delta variant still raging. but the high wire act by the white house in the next 24 hours, ahead of the deadline, really came to life with this incredible scene at dover air force base yesterday as the president met privately with some of those families of the lost heroes in afghanistan, and then participated for roughly an hour in the most solemn proceeding you can imagine. no sound audible other than the commands being issued by the honor guards and as the press pool that was there for that moment yesterday described it, the anguished sobbing of some of the family members who participated. we talked so often about this president s relationship with grief, the grief he experienced himself having lost two
what might happen in louisiana and mississippi and elsewhere, how does the projection match up to the reality this morning? unfortunately i think we ll see more damage than probably what we initially projected. not only was this a category 4 storm but it staid a category 4 storm for hours over southern parts of louisiana. having those high winds for several hours, storm surge for several hours and the intense rainfall. as we get up this morning we re hearing reports but we ll see more destruction. this is going to be a really long recovery. i know you have a busy morning we appreciate you taking time with us. thanks for being here. we appreciate it. still ahead on morning joe. more from afghanistan where we are seeing a steady stream of american aircraft carrying out evacuations at the airport in kabul. richard engel joins us next, just hours ahead of tomorrow s deadline. you re watching morning joe. we ll be right back. you re watc we ll be right back.