National convention set to kick off in just hours. What to expect from president bidens Prime Time speech and what new polling shows about where the race stands. Also tonight, protesters gathering already outside the dnc with thousands more expected. The Security Plan in place and the concern about clashes with police. Extreme weather across the country. An intense Thunderstorm Look at this, sending this Bounce House Airborne and the Dangerous Rip Current threat on the East Coast as the cleanup from ernesto begins. Here in washington, new video appearing to show a Beating Outside a Shake Shack. What the victim is saying tonight. A Terrifying Scene at a Music Festival. This Ferris Wheel erupting in flames. The new crackdown on Retail Theft and how california is going after shoplifters and car thieves in what could be a blueprint for the rest of the country. An nbc News Exclusive. Inside operation we will find you as u. S. Marshals track Down Hundreds of missing kids in just six weeks. A
Team who risked their lives to bring them to safety say the federal government had very little to do with it that comes as the talibans reportedly preventing at least six planes at an airport in northern afghanistan from taking off. Secretary of state Tony Blinken claims the taliban not blocking americans from leaving and said the biden administration is working with the terror group. They said they will let people with Travel Documents freely depart. We will hold them to that. So will dozens of other countries. The international community is watching to see if the taliban will live up to their commitment. Without personnel on the ground we cant verify the accuracy of manifests, the identities of passengers, Flight Plans or Aviation Security protocols. So this is a challenge. Jesse and if you think the situation is bad in afghanistan now general Mark Milley says things can get a lot worse. My Military Estimate is that the conditions are likely to develop of a Civil War. I dont know if
Shift blame and tries to lie his way out of this disaster, at least one white House Official is ripping off the veneer. Telling politico they were, quote appalled and literally horrified that President Biden left americans stranded in afghanistan adding, quote we have failed in that no fail mission. Did you ever think in your lifetime you would witness an american president bragging about leaving americans behind and defending the indefensible . Choosing perceived political gain over the lives of americans, choosing to create a new terrorist Safe Haven over Safety And Security and choosing to actually spin for the taliban instead of standing up for american allies . The Tragedy Unfolding in afghanistan is a stark reminder of the deadly consequences of the lefts woke agenda where facts are also victims and hostages as they are sacrificed to false narratives and desperate and deadly lies. Consider bidens now infamous conversation with the now former president of afghanistan ghani. Which
No one is certain where they are or how they are going to get home. The White House has not commented. What is so interesting thAt The contract that informs as is over the past week get this Thing Administration has overseen the evacuation of tens of thousands of unvented afghan nationals. Many of whom will now be moved to the neighborhood around the united states. They did not seem to encounter any problems in doing this. Upper thanks to meticulous and thoughtful Planning Operation Change america forever came off precisely according to plan. It worked flawlessly. But a Couple Of Dozen American Schoolkids Trapped in afghanistan, the White House is not really interested in what happens to them. So the past that purple yield to Tony Blinken, which shows you how completely unimportant take consider it. If theres left in afghanistan, we are going to stay until we get them all out. Right. He did not mean that. So what is Tony Blinkens plan to get them all out, to rescue the american Citizen
Hospitalizations in the u. S. Hit alarming heights not seen since the Winter Surge Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with Lester Holt substituting tonight and reporting from New Orleans, Tom Llamas. Good evening. Im Tom Llamas in for lester we are coming to you tonight from an american city in crisis and a region in need of Help Hurricane Ida causing catastrophic damage. The view from above just a glimpse of the actual pain felt on the ground families in La Place, Louisiana Running from Idas Surge overnight, and today pulled from their homes in Boats Hospital Staff caring for sick patients as parts of their buildings came apart in Grand Isle, Idas Force and surge captured on camera in realtime and now a cleanup under way so people have some place to stay and Tonight Youll meet the nurse who cared for dozens of babies in a nicu unit, unable to see her own children to help infants in need of all of this as New Orleans faces a new type of disaster no power anywhere in the city at least O