In Rhode Island less than two hours ago. Look at the images out of new port, long island. Henri is dropping a staggering amount of rain in many parts. Winds are beginning to whip up, threatening to down trees and Power Lines. Chris cuomo is on long island. What are you experiencing there . Reporter here we are in East Hampton. Happy to be working for you today. The story here is duration. First, the headline is New York got lucky here. We were worried about another superstorm sandy. The hurricane that was a Category One that hit New Jersey and bounced in New York. It had So much Flood Surge that came along with a tidal surge from a Moon Tide. Here we were, again, seeing the track of henri coming and basically the same direction and a Moon Tide once again in the lunar cycle. Thats why there was So much concern. But henri, if its going to be remembered for Something, it will be remembered for being confusing. Its been shifting the track, and as it came close, it bounced east. Missed us in any real way. This morning it was pretty fr frisky out here at 5 00 in the morning when we were checking things out. Since then its been bands of rain. Heres the problem. It hit block island, about ten nautical miles off the eastern tip of the Southern shore of long island. Mon montague, ten miles away is block island. Small place, 2500 residents maybe in peak seaSon. What happened on that island . We dont know yet. Those reports will start coming out. Then the storm tracked to the west. And now it is slowing down. Now, what does that mean . The wet part of a storm, one step backwards, most dangerous part of a storm, northeast quadrant. You never want to be there. If thats where youre hit, its the whip of the force of the wind. Okay . Its like a turbo around there. Now, the western part, better. Southern and western, wet. Thats what were dealing with now. So july was a Record Rain Month in this area of the country. What does that mean if you have 6, 12, 15 hours of steady rainfall . Now, this is pretty spitty. But if it gets heavier like it was earlier this morning, that will give you pockets of flooding. Were already seeing that up island and toward manhattan. Remember from Last Night, new York City in Central Park got the most rain in a single hour its had since the 1800s. Okay . Random, weird, outer band of this storm before it was even anywhere close. And that happened. So will we see pockets of flooding . Will that mean that areas will get cut off and there will be Power Outages . Yes, yes, and yes. Watch it. The main story of the storm was it made landfall in newport, Rhode Island. Youre seeing 50, 60 miles per hour winds. Enough to take down Power Lines and trees. Now it moves west into connecticut. You have groten, connecticut. Brian todd is there managing the situation. Been landfall for a while. What are you seeing . Reporter you mentioned its confusing in the storm and the way its tracking. Right now this is a crucial juncture in the storm. Weve already gotten hit with one band. Were expecting another band to come Soon. The tides and the Storm Surges are critical here. High tide was an few hours ago this morning. Theres going to be another High Tide in about eight hours from now. Storm surge about 3 to 5 feet. Thats crucial. You can see powerful Storm Surge behind me. This is the point where the river intersects with long Sound'>Island Sound. A lot of bodies of water in low lying areas. Ill show you one of them here in grotten, connecticut. We will pan over there. This neighborhood over here was ordered to be evacuated. Mandatory evacuation for Shore Avenue in grotten and adjacent neighborhood. You cant pull People Out, but they had police knocking on doors, asking people to get to higher ground or another place further inlapd to get away from Some of the Storm Surge. They expected flooding. Then the bullet here, were not sure if we dodged it. Theres ominous clouds in the distance to the right. A crucial juncture of this storm, and you mentioned down Power Lines. I talked to the Police Chief of new london. He said they have downed trees on houses. Our team will check it out as Soon as im done with you and see the damage. A big part of the problem is that this area was already sat saturated. Southern new england where we are had had a lot of rain in recent weeks anyway. The ground is saturated. That means any wind will kick up vulnerable trees that will bring down Power Lines. That may be with were dealing with in the coming hours. And another High Tide eight hours from now. Again, were not Out Of The Woods here yet here in connecticut. Well check out the damage across the river. Yeah. Look, very important aspect of this is the water table. You have saturated ground. It makes the trees and the root systems weak. Its easier for them to come down. Youll have pooling of water. And then for the power guys, the men and women who to out to fix it as first responders, you got to get the trees out of the way. It gets complicated quickly. Lets go east of where we are to the eastern most point of long island, montague. Miguel is there. We are starting to deal with what Tom Saider was explaining earlier from the weather center. This Southern-band'>Southern Band thats bringing Some wind, i would say its gusting about 15, maybe 20 here. And bringing rain with it. This should sustain for 6, 12 hours. It had been slightly more intense this morning where you are. How is it now . Yeah. We probably didnt see gusts over 30 or 35, but now its come down substantially. And then were seeing everything from Sort of Blue Skies starting to open up to what were seeing now which is more and more rain. Were on the North End of the very end of long island, on the northern part of montague where theyve had Some of the worst weather because of the way that Storm Whips around. Well have Steve Go over toward the left here. If we went straight out that way, this is the Sound. If we went straight out that way, you would hit connecticut or Rhode Island. If you come along the beach here, you can see how much debris has washed up on the beach. Weve been driving around this area for much of the morning. We didnt see a lot of damage anywhere. Theres a lot of Some brarchs down. A lot of leaves down. For the most part, no damage in this area. Certainly they dodged a massive concern that they had for about how bad this storm could be in this area. And right now were just getting one of those bands back through with a little bit of rain, a little bit of wind. But not terrible. One thing that really helped this area is that as the worst of the storm came in, it was low tide. It was moving toward low tide. And then by the time another tide comes in, its going to be the storm is going to be beyond here. It looks like the worst for this area is over. Chris . All right. Thank you very much. Now, about ten nautical miles offshore from from miguel is, thats where Henri Made Landfall directly. Thats block island. Well hear stories coming out of that. Its a hard place to get to. I dont know that people were set up there to report. And you got to worry about them there. 1,000, 250,000 in peak seaSon. The mayor has been on with us and is monitoring the situation. Lets go to tom in the weather center. Once again, you were spot on. The Southern-band'>Southern Band starts to come down, ill give you 15, 20 miles per hour. I think its coming with, with Spitting Rain and the question is, how long, what does it do to already Soaked land . And what will that create instead of local flooding . Well, were getting to a story now where its thes have and the have notes. The have nots are wondering where is the storm . Its not raining. We dont have a storm. Then thes have have too much rain. This is getting to be a story of individual communities. To the north and northeast, its going to be a wind maker. To the South and Southwest, its still a heavy rainmaker. Now, the last couple images here on this radar, this infrared satellite that is, youll see a little eruption in South central, connecticut. The system is still breathing. Weve alSo adding another 10,000 without power in massachusetts. Were finding theres a lot of people that havent been through Something like this. This is the first named storm to make Land Fall in Rhode Island in 30 years. Go back to bob in 1991. You had the mayor of East Hampton on. Its good to hear things are better there. When you talk about the compariSon to Super Storm sandy, we remember the images and battery park. The difference is henri did make it up to a Category One. It was weakened and the adviSory at 7 00 a. M. This morning. Super storm sandy got up to a category 3. It had more emergency to bring with it. Its about the winfield. The winfield with henri, outward tropical force winds, 125 miles. The other was four times that this. The rain is the big issue. The tropical Storm Warnings here are just that. All of these Storm Surge warnings have been discontinued. Thats good news. What this does not show you is where The Rain is. This is for surge and this is for wind. But The Rain is the big concern. When you look at the Flash Flood watches in your darker green, embedded in that are Flash Flood warnings, a Couple Areas in connecticut. That will be expanded today. But alSo the light green in central New Jersey. Thats flood warnings. That means rivers and streams are already at their banks, and they do look at the possibility of more widespread tributary flooding. When you look at The Rain totals, and this is Something. This just came in. Central park is now exceeded 5 inches for two days. That is the wettest Twoday Period in Central Park since irene ten years ago. Ten years ago. I even remember terrible flooding in vermont. Thats Something to take vote. Urban flooding is much worse than rural flooding. I mean, west central tennessee, west of nashville, 17 inches. The greater 24 Hour Rainfall for the state of tennessee. 15 fatalities and 30 missing. Can you imagine with 7, 8, 9 inches already. And toss in another 6 or 7 inches. The urban flooding in the cities where it funnels down through, of course, the streets and the avenues on Concrete And Asphalt could be much, much worse. To the north and northeast, the winds are still going to remain strong enough where we could see Some more Power Outages. Very interesting. All The Rain is in the western flarng. As i pointed out earlier, i want to remind everyone, down to the South of this line here, you see where this rain is converging, it is started Last Night during the concert. And its going to stay there all day long. We have a system to the South thats preventing it from moving any more to the South. Its enhancing The Rain. We have problems here in the Southern flank with heavy rainfall. Youve got the core of the storm still with more rain, and the winds to go along with it. Its going to be a long day. Just because this is weakening, its not over with yet. Slowmoving storms are record breakers. Look, i think it is a point well made. You and i have been doing this a long time. Weve been doing it too long to hype the situations. But everything got its own Character Aspect you have to think about. These gusts that are 15 to 20 miles per hour in full foliage, youll take out old trees. And then youre going to take out power and have people with localized Power Outages. You got to get the trees out of the way to get the power back. Youll have the Heat And Humidity on the backside. Thats where the elderly are vulnerable. Well have to keep an eye on it. Sustained winds are still at 50 and gusts over 50. Thats still possible. Thats more than enough. Yes. And right here, right now, were not feeling it. You and i always have Some fun when im standing in the wind. Because 220 pounds, Sometimes im not moving around the way other correspondents are. But it doesnt mean the Wind Isnt here. Im feeling about 20 miles per hour, 25. We were looking at reports. Tom, thank you. Back to fred right now. Again, look, Toms Point is it gets really frustrating for people. You want things to end. And we did seem to get lucky here, but the story is not over. Thats right. You got to be patient. Chris, thank you So much. Tom, i mean, hes one of the best. Im in agreement. Thats why hes one of my favorites. All right. Joining me right now to talk further about the conditions, particularly, in the northeast, u. S. Coast Guard Admiral Thomas Allen Junior in boston. You oversee all Coast Guard missions across eight states from New Jersey to maine. You have quite the territory to keep a close watch on. Whats the situation . What are you seeing . Well, i think as you guys have been talking and describing, there was a lot of uncertainty with the storm. We watched it kind of move from Cape Cod all the way to new York City. And when you look at the marine Transportation System and how much our citizens rely on it, it made us prepare ports, work with the pilots to bring in the vessels, work with the ferries and fishing and recreational vessels. What we saw was as it came ashore, it was a little bit lighter than expected. But we still got a lot of rain, a lot of winds. Were asking people to stay off the water until this thing clears. Right. And while it is liegtder than expected, i wonder, i mean, Some people still want to test the conditions. Have you received any requests for rescues . So no, not yet. But what were doing is as you guys talk about, block island, thats one of our concerns. Certainly Marthas Vineyard, nantucket and the ferries are starting to move a little bit this afternoon. Right now people with r being good. And the commercial Fishing Fleet came in yesterday to get prepared for this. The we are sitting ready. Were bringing ins assets from Cape Cod, and all of our ships and boats that were taking refuge during the heaviest winds are moving to long Sound'>Island Sound and Soon to the shore of boston. Interesting. Youre seeing Some of the ferries are already in movement, nantucket, Marthas Vineyard nantucket and Marthas Vineyard are not. But others are doing that. We expect to hopefully get those ferries running inf. Theyll evaluate tomorrow. I would imagine they would be up tomorrow. All right. Obviously rescues we know u. S. Coast guard is there at the ready. What are the other means in which youre ready to assist if and when that time comes because of this storm . So i think as you guys talked about, were worried about coastal flooding. We brought in special assets sitting on the West Side of connecticut that will be able to get in and help our partners with urban search and rescue. Theyll be able to do that. Were taking runs into the port right now to evaluate the navigation to make sure the Container Vessels and ferries can get in safely as they bring in the vital supplies we need to function for 23 Million people. Those are Some of the things. Well be ready to the islands out there provide the ability to help people at the hospitals get to greater care if they need from the mainland. Well be ready to respond however our partners require. The ports you mentioned. This is the first time in a very long time that they have been closed. When might they potentially reopen . So i think what were going to start to see is this afternoon, New York is already starting to move. Statin ferry is going. As we start to work a little Bit East from there, were seeing more and more. I think New Haven will be open tomorrow. The recreational ports down on long Sound'>Island Sound probably tomorrow, and i think as we get into providence and new port and well open those this evening. Boston is open. All right. Steady as she goes. Admiral, thank you So much. Thomas allen junior. Appreciate it. Thank you for having me. I appreciate it. Thank you. All the best. All right. Coming up, 15 people dead. More than 30 still missing after devastating flooding in tennessee. The latest from humphreys county, still ahead. Staying up half the Night Searching for savings on your prescriptions . Just ask your cvs pharmacist. We search for savings for you, from coupons to lower cost options. Plus earn up to 50 extrabucks rewards each year just for filling, at cvs pharmacy. Challenging times are nothing new. Neither are resilient people. Theres strength in every family story. Learn more about yours. At ancestry. To run a growing business, is to be on a journey. And along the ride, youll have many questions. Challenges. 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And its sitting here thinking about that, yeah, its tough. But were going to move forward. Its the hard part. The small towns, small community, we know each other. We love each other. And ive always said one of our biggest assets in this county is one bad things happen, our people when rubber meets the road, our people are going to come out, and theyre out. Maggie from our Affiliate Wzt Tv in nashville filed this Report Yesterday on the ongoing rescue efforts. The Sound of helicopters and sirens surrounding homes in waiverly while first responders worked to get People Out of their homes to safety. Humphreys County Sheriff says he woke up this morning to a thunderstorm and thats when things took a turn. It hit hard and fast. Notorious for waverly, this area, not just waverly, but the county has been impacted. Rushing water. Cars and trees and homes destroyed. Its just a sliver of the day people in waverly had. For chris rawlings, today started when he heard people screaming outside. I stepped on the last step. I stepped into maybe two feet of water. I didnt know i was like Somehow knew god would get us through this. Reporter he has seen firsthand what its like for his neighbors to lose everything in a day. There were people here, they wouldnt sit in the lower level no more and helicopters were lifting them out. Helicopters were lifting them out. And they went theres a church out here, Compassion Churlg and other ones, theyre letting people go to the churches. As people seek a Try Place to spend saturday evening, the sheriff says more than 20 agencies helped with what the national Weather Service called a very dire situation. Maggie, from our affiliate in nashville. Thank you So much for that report. All right. Fema is closely monitoring the situation in both tennessee and along the East Coast with tropical Storm Henri. Joining me right now, the administrator for fema. Good to see you. Lets start with this deadly situation in tennessee. What are the main concerns . And what is being deployed to help . Thank you, fredricka. My thoughts and prayers go out to the families that have been impacted by these devastating floods in tennessee right now. I did talk with the State Director earlier this morning. I know that they are out in the communities assessing, and we are in close communication with them. If they need additional federal assistance, were prepared to help. And what kind of assistance are you anticipating they would need . I think they need to get through where theyre assessing the damages and the impacts right now. And then we can provide assistance based on their needs. Okay. Lets talk about henri. It continues to be a threat, even though were hearing from our meteorologist right now. It doesnt seem to have hit the northeast as hard as at first anticipated. But what are you preparing for . I dont want people to let their guard down just yet. While the Eye Of The Storm didnt hit connecticut, the bands of The Rain and the wind are still going from New York to massachusetts. Were going to continue to see rain, maybe even into vermont and new hampshire. There still is Some threat from Flash Flooding in an area thats been saturated over the last few weeks from tropical storm fred. People need to stay vigilant. Right. The threats dont always Come On the front end. But oftentimes, Some of these problems come as the storm the Back End of the storm hits the coastline, and even when its well inland. So what are you asking people to do . Because especially when the Eye Of The Storm, theyre starting to see Some sun, and theyre thinking oh, its okay. Let me go outside. What are you asking people to do . People still need to stay cautious. You know, one of the things im concerned about, again, is the Tree Stability where weve had this massive amount of rain over the last few weeks and more rain coming. It means theyre unstable. People need to be aware of their surroundings. They need to watch where the flooded roadways are. Dont drive in them. Dont walk in them. The water can be moving faster than they think. People need to be aware and keep themselves out of harms way. Thank you So much. Deann, appreciate that. Thank you. All right. Let me bring in now steve smith. Hes a Program Director and storm spotter, wzyp. Tell us the situation in tennessee. Was this Flash Flooding that caused such havoc from long periods of rain, but to have the Death Toll thus far and counting, i mean, its extraordinary. Were people caught by surprise . Most definitely. I woke up yesterday morning. We knew there was a Flash Flood watch. I woke up and saw a lot of storms in the area. They were training. Storms moving over the same area. When i got there, i expected to see normal flooding situations. You know, homes with water in them. Roads covered by water. Things like that. The water mostly receded at that point. But what i wasnt expecting was just the damage that you saw. I mean, it looked more like a Hurricane Or Tornado had gone through the area with the damage. So many cars flipped over. Just the power of the water when it came through the area. Im looking at the images right now, and to see Some of the structures toppled and moved and heavy things like vehicles, like this shot right here that looked like its now in a ditch. And were looking at the red car, a blue car. I mean, they seem mangled and have been pushed together. So you alSo talked to a woman who survived the storm. What did she say . Yes. Shes the first perSon i came across. She was in her home. It started raining in the middle of the night. Probably 6 30 water got into the house. And then the house started to float. Across the street from her is a logging facility. There was a huge trailer. You can see the images. The trailer pushed her house up against a tree and locked it into place. She was able to stop floating. Got to the roof and eventually the water came down. But i talked to her. Her Son was there. Her car not only are peoples homes destroyed, but their vehicles. They were parked outside. Theyre alSo gone. She was about to sell one of them and just had it cleaned up. Thats a story now as well. Just sad. You know . She had no Flood Insurance. He said Flood Insurance was not available at that location. Its remarkable Look Agent your images here. People have a hard time envisioning what high water can do. And when you look at the remnants, the damage left behind, and if, indeed, its exactly what we talked about, a Flash Flood, the water can come in high. Currents are churning. So big things like vehicles can be pushed with such great force that when the water then recedes and leaves, and you see vehicles pushed on its side or up against other structures, yes, it has the it looks like a tornado came through, but this is demonstrative of how destructive and forceful the water can be. It is powerful. And the video and images just do not do It Justice until you see the Raw Power of water in perSon. Theres one shot. You may have shown it. There was a home moved off the foundation. I saw plenty of those. It got pushed into a Convenience Store and then an 18wheeler got pushed into that home into the Convenience Store. Just crazy scenarios like that in the things you see just peoples perSonal items. I saw photographs. I saw record album. A Statue Of Jesus that was set up nicely on a bridge. Im not sure if Someone put that out there maybe and just washed up there just that way. But little things like that. Peoples lives just everywhere. Is there any way of knowing initially how high the water . Im seeing there was one home we just saw, and it looked like there was damage even at the top of a window sill. So is it conceivable that this Flash Flood, the depth of the water was as high as the rooftop, one story . I was not there at that point. I cant confirm. It looked like it got a few feet up. You can see Some Water Marks halfway up. One interesting thing is it was tough to get there. Theres three ways to get from the town into waverly, and all the routes had a Bridge Or Road Washed Out. I came across one. Theres an ambulance that kind of drove right into a Washed Out bridge. I came across that spot as the crew was out there returning it. I was able to finally get through and get into waverly. But the longest time, as far as media, i think i was it for just a bit. It was tough. Theres no cell service. When i was there, we were unable to get the information out until i left late Last Night. Look at that house. It was smushed. Nearly collapsed. Yeah. Gosh, steve, ive covered a lot of floods. Flash floods as well. I havent seen the remnants of damage to this extent before. So it will be interesting to know. The kind of calculations that will be made post storm now to look at the damage which is what meteorologists and scientists will use to calculate what went through here. The depths of the water. What precipitated it and the toll has yet to be completely calculated. But steve smith, thanks to you for giving us our first view of this damage in tennessee. Were wishing the best for the families, because theyre still going through So much. AbSolutely. Thank you for covering it. All right. Coming up, conditions are worsening at the airport in kabul as thousands are waiting desperately to escape. Much more on the escalating situation straight ahead. Wet dishes . Residue . Spots . Its not your dishwashers fault. Simply add Finish Jetdry 3in1 to rinse, dry and shine your dishes. Solve 3 problems at once with Finish Jetdry 3in1. Welcome to allstate. Phone Notification where weve just lowered our Auto Rates. And savings like that will have you jumping for joy. 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I understand the gates are mostly closed there. AlSo that through no fault of those officials processing, because of the chaos, families do get separated and often sent to other countries. Separate countries. It must be tragic and terrifying for them. So i think, a distressing situation on that base. Adding to this as well, im alSo learning from a Source close to the situation that there are growing concerns and anger about possibly hundreds of afghans that were employed by the u. S. Embassy. Now, remember when the u. S. Embassy evacuated, there was a pretty symbolic series of helicopters varying the u. S. Nationals out. Left behind, sadly, were local afghans who are part of the very many in the Capital City who cannot get to the airport. They are not being told to get to the airport as well. My Source i spoke to close to that situation said nearly all of them have special Immigrant Visas complete or pending. Those are not people whose possibilities to get to the united states are in doubt, but they worked Face To face with them. The response to that does say they have a Special Interest in trying to get those afghans through and theyre working tirelessly to improve access to the airport. But it is, im sure, Heart Wrenching for u. S. Diplomats who have worked there to know that the afghans, they sat next to worked Face To face with possibly the hundreds among those still stuck in kabul. The large question here is how much longer may this go on before we get an indication out of that from president Joe Biden in the hours ahead . Im being told we could be talking about four to five days. If there are 20,000 on that base and that number stays at that level, even at the extraordinary Fast Pace of 8,000 a day, thats probably two and a half days worth of flying. You have to remember, there will come a point when the u. S. Military realizes it has to start to withdraw the presence at the airport. And im sure well be hoping that all the refugees are off the airport by then, all the afghans are off the airport by then, So Some Sort of Chaos Or Panic arent sparked. I wonder if youre Hearing Anything about whether any special measures are being considered to try to get all of that staff you just talked to me about, afghan perSonnel, who already had their special Immigrant Visas to try to retrieve them from wherever they are, their homes, et cetera, and find Some other means in which to get them to the airport since the gates have been closed for the masses to get into the airport, but that perhaps there still are plans to get them on a plane and out . Theres obviously difficulties, im sure here with u. S. Officials. They want everyone to know theyre doing things but they cant say what they are without jeopardizing those things. As far as we know at this stage, my colleague at the pentagon got the phrase alternate routes about what is necessarily happening. I can tell you outside of that, which details shouldnt be shared, that the separate stories i have heard of u. S. Veterans doing extraordinary things, going to extraordinary lengths to find that gap in the fence, to get their afghan colleague to that gap to try and get a warning Somehow inside the base to let those people on and that is happening day after day after day, and this Sort of frantic desperate move to get those people with whom they served who they saw people die, who they went through horrifying times with into safety. But it is awful, frankly, that were at this point of desperation, and i think its important alSo to be aware of how long this special immigrant Visa Program has been in effect considered by a federal judge. Untenable in 2019. So much more could have been done and right now its the panic to do those things fast that could have been done before. Yeah. I think weve all run out of super superlatives. Its a bad situation. Nick Paton Walsh, thank you So much. 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The White House released a photo where you see the secretary of Defense And Secretary of state as they updated the president on the latest on the Evacuation Efforts in afghanistan as well as the Security Situation at the airport. Now, earlier today a white House Official said that over the past day, there has been about 78 00 people evacuated from afghanistan. Half of that group was flown out on u. S. Military planes and the other half on coalition flights. Additionally the pentagon is mobilizing 18 commercial airliners to help transport the evacuees. The flights will be taking evacuees from the Third Party sites and bases where they were transported to as they are moving on along their journey. This all comes as there are still questions about how many americans remain in afghanistan. So we will see if the president has any further update on that or further break down of who exactly has been evacuated from the country. And we will alSo see if the president will speak anymore to the Counterterrorism Operations against that group, Terror Group known as isisk. Defense officials say they can developed alternative routes of transports people to the Kabul Airport because of the possibility of threats at that airport. In fact, national Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the threats are real and acute and that it is of paramount priority to this administration to try to stop and disrupt any possible threats surrounding the airport. As the situation, the Security Situation there is constantly evolving. Now, the White House has said that President Biden will speak virtually with g7 leaders on tuesday as there are questions from allies about the u. S. Response and the drawdown from afghanistan. In addition to afghanistan, the president will be providing an update on the federal response to tropical Storm Henri. The president over the past day authorized and approved Emergency Declarations for the states of connecticut, Rhode Island, and New York. And fema has alSo been working. They deployed reSources to the area to try to prepare the region for this oncoming storm. In a little over an hour, well hear directly from President Biden himself about where Evacuation Efforts stand in afghanistan as well as what else the government might be doing in response to this approaching storm. All right. A lot to address. And well all be acutely attuned at 4 00 eastern time. Thank you So much, arlette. Thank you. Still ahead, covid cases are surging across the country. The cdc says the rates of hospitalizations for children and young adults are at their highest levels since the beginning of the pandemic. But the debate over masks in schools, that goes on. Gillette proglide. Five blades and a Pivoting Flexball designed to get virtually every hair on the first stroke. 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Between the first and 13th of august, mississippi reported around 6,000 cases among students. 1500 among staff. And thats just from the counties reporting data. Mississippi leaders reinstituted hybrid learning options. Despite the urgency of the numbers, pandemic politics remain. In florida the State Board of education vowed to punish two School Boards that passed mandates. Other boards had mandates, defying the governor who opposes universal masking rules. Just try to if you look at the guidelines, he just said if everybody wears a mask, what i understand from it, there will be less quarantine. Even if you have the same positive cases. Reporter more than 8,000 cases among students and staff have been reported in the florida largest school districts. The largest district, miami dade, hasnt started school yet. President biden said Hell Step in, vowing legal action to protect School Leaders battling desantis over masks. Were not going to sit by as governors try to desantis is refusing to budge, seeming to relish a fight with the White House over schools. Think seriously about if the federal government can come in and overrule the rights of the parents with Covid And Force masking of kindergartners and first graders, given how covid is such a small risk relative to past flus and other viruses, will they be able to do that every single School Year . Cnn, New York. Still ahead, stunning images from tennessee where at least 16 people are dead, and more than 50 are missing after devastating Flash Flooding. Well have more on the search and rescue, next. You are live in the Cnn News live from new York City. One hour from now the president will be addressing the nation and provide an update on the Mass Evacuation in afghanistan and the ongoing response to tropical Storm Henri. Well bring you that live. Right now were tracking henri. The storm made Land Fall a short time ago. This is the scene in newport. Wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour bashing the coasts and heavy rains hammering the northeast. The conditions already resulting in 100,000 people without power across the region. And that number could go way up. The rhode Island Governor says more than 100,000 people in that state alone could lose power. Flooding is expected all the way from Southern-new-england'>Southern New England to eastern pennsylvania. Potentially affecting Some 40 Million people in the coming days. Lets go first to our brian todd. He joins me live from connecticut. Brian, what are you seeing there . Well, were in new london, connecticut. As the storm passed, were tracking through the aftermath of tropical Storm Henri as it passed through a couple hours ago. I talked to the Fire Chief in new london, connecticut. He believes they b