For the best. The fencing around the u. S. Capitol is about to go Back Up, days before a rightwing rally, as Police Today arrest an armed neonazi blocks from the capitol. Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. We begin today with our health lead. While President Bidens new Covid Vaccine or Testing Mandate on businesses continue to face fierce opposition from some republican governors, a new Cnn Poll shows that the majority of the american people support these mandates for workers, for students, and for everyday public life. And now were learning that the biden administration is expecting to make more announcements in the fight against the Delta Variant, as the Death Count keeps climbing up. Now averaging 1,600 covid deaths a day, 1,600 in the united states. And more than 100,000 Hospital Beds are currently filled with covid patients nationwide. Some good news, well, we are seeing Case Numbers at the lowest point in three weeks. In New York, today is the first Day Youll have to show proof of vaccination to enter restaurants or gyms or entertainment venues. And as Cnns Athena jones reports, today is the first day that all new York City students are welcomed back in the classroom since last year. This is the day we have been waiting for. Reporter a pivotal day in new York City, as people of all ages face new requirements aimed at beating back covid19. And many of the citys municipal employees return to their workplaces. Youre going to remember in the history of this city, this day, september 13th, 2021, a day that was a game changer. Reporter proof of vaccination or a negative Covid Test now required at indoor restaurants, bars, gyms, and entertainment venues. With companies that dont enforce the rule facing fines. Children under 12 too young to be vaccinated, will have to mask up. Same goes for the nations largest school district, where all students and teachers must be masked, as fulltime Inperson Learning begins. And all Public School employees must receive at least one dose of vaccine by september 27th. Meanwhile, at least seven schools in fulton county, georgia, reverted to virtual learning today, due to a spike in covid cases. With the Cdc Director Warning of the Delta Variant i would say dangerous is more transmissible, right . If it is more transmissible, we have more kids with disease, we have more kids with symptomatic disease and more kids ending up in the hospital. Reporter experts say widespread mandates could be key to ending the pandemic. I think that if you get trusted public messengers who put aside political ideologies and convince people to get vaccinated the other way to do it is to have many, many more mandates. Reporter one Reason President biden announced that companies with more than A Hundred vaccines must require they be vaccinated or tested weekly. Weve heard a lot of feedback. The problem is, im trying to overcome resistance, but the president s actions in a mandate hardens the resistance. Reporter and after too many Maternity Ward staffers at one upstate new York Hospital quit over vaccination requirements, a stunning step. We are unable to safely staff the service after september 24th. The number of resignations received leaves us no choice but to pause delivering babies at Lewis County general hospital. Reporter and there are nearly a 100,000 people hospitalized with covid nationwide. Intensive care units in several places are overwhelmed, even maxed out, like in alabama. The Washington Post reporting that a man who was having a cardiac emergency died because he was turned away from 43 hospitals, none of which had an Icu Bed available. Jake . Athena jones, thank you so much. A brandnew Cnn Poll in the politics lead gauges our support for mandatory vaccines in the u. S. Right now. I want to bring in harry enten, hes cnns senior political writer and analyst. So, harry, this new poll shows that more americans are in favor of requiring vaccines. Break it down for us. Sure. So, look, Take A Look right now across different specific actions that you might take. Attend school in person, attend a sporting event, work in a grocery store. Look at that and compare those numbers to april. You see increases across the board. Now 55 if for Attend School in person. Work in person, 54 . Even shopping in a grocery store, where you only have a minority, look at that increase. A 15point Increase from april. On these specific things you do see majorities on most. But the general idea of a Vaccine Mandate and here what we see is far less agreement. Overall, acceptable to increase vaccinations of Vaccine Mandate for everyday activities outside the home. Only 51 say its acceptable. Compared to 49 , well within the margin of error, unacceptable infringement on rights. And look at the partisan break between those two. Theyre basically Mirror Images of Each Other with democrats very much in favor, and i think when you saw Governor Asa Hutchison of arkansas speaking that republicans are against it, you really see it on this question. He says it hardens opposition and skepticism. The poll also asked about children wearing masks in schools. Theres been a lot of debate about this. What are the results of that. Clearly in favor. Americans are clearly in favor of that. A clear majority. Both democrats and independents are in fair. Republicans are not at just 33 , but if you can get 33 of republicans to go along with 93 of democrats on anything, thats pretty impressive. And thats where we see a lot of folks in favor of masks being required for kids in classrooms. And this poll looked as a postpandemic world and asked if Mitigation Efforts should keep going once covid cases go down. How did people respond to that . They agree, we should have different things going forward. If theres one thing the pandemic has done, its not just change fithings for now, its change things going forward. People mask on mass transit, schools offering remote learning, and perhaps my favorite, Movies Debuting In Theaters and streaming at the same time, 81 i really like that. I like the idea that i can stay home and dont necessarily have to go to a Movie Theater and spend 15 to 16 as you have to do in New York in order to watch a movie on its first run. Thats a sloth. That has nothing to do with health, harry. Thats, thats maybe you know, im a little bit lazy. I like staying at home, drinking my diet a W Cream Soda and enjoying a nice movie on my couch. Thats a nice Side Benefit of this. Lets discuss this with dr. Ashish jha. Good to see you, as always. We saw that most americans are in favor of Vaccine Mandates for work and the overwhelming majority say the pandemic is not over and theyre still taking extra precautions every day. What are your takeaways from these numbers . Jake, thanks for having me back. My takeaway is while everyone agrees the pandemic is not over, we all want it to be over. People are ready to put this pandemic behind them. And the fastest way to do that, the most effective way of doing that is getting most americans vaccinated. So policies that really push vaccinations forward, i think, are popular for that reason. Dr. Scott gottlieb, hes the former commissioner of the fda, hes on the board for pfizer, i think, also, he said sunday he believes President Bidens new Vaccine Requirements ultimately might discourage some skeptics from getting vaccinated. Take a listen. In the nearterm, a lot of businesses that might have mandated vaccines are now going to sit on their hands and say, im going to wait for osha to tell me just how to do it and give me more political cover. In the nearterm, it can actually discourage some vaccination. Do you agree . You know, i have enormous respect for dr. Gottlieb. I think the experience so far has been that when people have put in mandates, it has worked. That 98, 99 of employees get vaccinated. Companies that sit on their hands and choose not to are just creating an unsafe work environment. So i dont know how much of an impact its going to have in the negative. I do think its going to provide political cover for companies that want to do a Vaccine Mandate, but are struggling to figure out how to do it. So dr. Fauci, President Bidens chief medical adviser was asked if he would support Vaccine Mandates for airline travel. That has not been instituted yet. Heres what fauci had to say. I would support that. If you want to get on a Plane And Travel with other people, that you should be vaccinated. Its an easier call constitutionally, since the president clearly does have powers when it comes to interstate commerce, that are less debatable than other steps hes talking about. Do you think its inevitable, at this point, that airlines will require a Covid Vaccine . I do. I think that the reason that the white house, i suspect, didnt do it is because we dont think theres a ton of spread happening on airplanes. That said, jake, you know, i would feel more comfortable flying if i knew everybody around me was vaccinated. And i think over the upcoming months, more and more airlines are going to require either vaccinations or a negative test. And i suspect the administration is going to push them towards that direction. Were also Coming Up on the September 20th Start Date for the biden Administrations Booster Shot rollout. Not without controversy. There are two departing leaders of the fda. They were among a panel of international scientists who say that Covid Vaccines do not currently show a need for boosting. What do you think . Yeah. I read that editorial in the lancet. I thought it was a little bit odd. Its certainly at odds with the data that i am seeing coming out of israel and other places that suggest that for highrisk individuals, elderly people, frail individuals, immunocompromised and chronically ill people boosters clearly are going end to up being an important part. Its not just israel, germany is doing, the uk is doing it, other places, as well. The Big Question right now is what about young, healthy people. There, the science is far less settled. But for highrisk people, boosters are going to be much more necessary. And finally, dr. Jha, even though covid cases are rising, were starting to see Case Numbers fall, deaths go up, but Case Numbers are falling. Is that a good sign, do you think . Are we starting to get on the other side of the Delta Variant . Yeah, its a great question. So it is the Case Numbers are starting to fall, down about 10 from its peak, thank goodness. You know, deaths will always lag a few weeks. Im hoping that this is the beginning of a longer trend, but this is really about what we do next. If we stay on with indoor masking, if we ramp up testing, get more people vaccinated, the Delta Variant can be put behind us. But not if we sort of Let Everything Go and get complacent. Dr. Ashish jha, thank you so much. Appreciate it. Coming up next, hours left in the California Recall Race and now President Biden is hoping to boost democratic Governor Gavin Newsom and some of the president s own Agenda Items at the same time. And the massive effort now underway to resettle some 60,000 Afghan Refugees inside the united states and it is predictably not easy to do. Well take you inside this delicate process. Stay with us. Ear something not o crazy, remember its a Business Dinner not a Costume Party. 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The president using his trip to push his infrastructure and Climate Change agendas and to give one final push in support of his fellow democrat, california Governor Gavin Newsom, one day before the recall. Cnns Jeremy Diamond joins me now from boise. Jeremy, interesting choice to push Climate Change in ruby red idaho. Reporter No Doubt about it, jake. This is a state that President Biden lost by 30 points back in the 2020 election. But when you think about it, and last week, President Biden has visited red and blue states affected by extreme weather events, which experts say are being made worse and more frequent by the threat of Climate Change. That is why you saw President Biden today arguing that Climate Change and combatting it shouldnt be a democratic issue, instead that its an american problem. And he talked about what his administration has done so far to combat those wildfires in the region. 22 of the 81 active large fires are here in the state of idaho, but the president also talked about what his administration wants to do going forward. And a lot of that has to do with that bipartisan infrastructure bill, which both of those these states republican senators actually supported and the president talked it up while standing alongside the republican governor of the state of idaho. Now, the president is also looking to push that Budget Reconciliation Plan that is moving its way through both chambers of commerce. That is something that we expect President Biden to talk about tomorrow, when hes in denver, colorado, talking about the other climaterelated proposals, included in that, including tax incentives, for example, for clean energy. As for today, the president is headed to the state of california. Hes expected to survey the damage of wildfires in and around the sacramento area, and of course hes got that Campaign Event with governor gachvin newsom. Now the nonpolicy politics, biden holding an Event Tonight with california democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, who is hours away from a recall election, where his job and his political Future Hang in the balance. And as cnns Kyung Lah reports for us now, the democratic party in california is pulling out as many big names as they can to push their voters to turn out to try to save newsom. Reporter early ballots in california, preparing to be counted when polls close across the state tomorrow night, with just hours left to vote, president Joe Biden is out west, rallying democrats to vote no in the recall of Governor Gavin Newsom. Vote no, no, no, no. Reporter newsom needs a simple majority to stay on the job. Hes Hit Rally after rally, Up And Down the state, telling democrats the election is not just about california, but the national democratic agenda. The contrast and the stakes could not be higher. This election is a matter of life and death. Public health is on the ballot. Reporter policies on masks and vaccines that democratic voters could fear could roll back if newsom is recalled. When you have another candidate whos very similar to what we had four years ago, thats not what we want here in california. Barack obamas Joe Biden i was called the black face of White Supremacy. Reporter that candidate is republican larry elder. Hes among 46 names of challengers on the second part of the ballot. Theyre trying to federalize this election when this is about california. Reporter in these final hours of campaigning, elder is pulling a page from the trump playbook, questioning the Election Results before the votes are even counted. Were going to file lawsuits in a timely fashion. What i believe is that no matter what they do, and i believe that there might very well be shenanigans, as there were in the 2020 election. Dont think for a second this recall lives in isolation. His Closing Argument is,ly file a lawsuit because of the Voter Irregularities in this race, with no evidence whatsoever. Its act two of the big lie. Thats what were up against, democrats. Reporter now, its not just elder throwing around these baseless claims of fraud, of election fraud. Donald trump issued a statement today, also saying and questioning the validity of mailin ballots and throwing around these accusations of election fraud. A reminder, jake, not a single ballot has been counted yet. That doesnt start until after the polls s close tomorrow nigh. Further proof in these final hours that whats happening here in california is indeed a proxy war. Jake . Yeah, i mean, no evidence of any fraud, and yet theyre talking about fraud. What to expect from a pig but a grunt, i suppose. Kyung, is what youre seeing out there more biden boosting newsom, or is it newsom trying to boost bidens Progressive Agenda . Reporter that answer would be very different, just a few weeks ago. Certainly, it was the governor then who really needed Joe Biden. This has really become a healthy marriage of sorts, because now what the president potentially stands to gain is a governor with the wind at his back. We are hearing increasingly, very positive vibes from the governors office, feeling very confident about whats going to happen tomorrow, jake. All right. Kyung lah, thanks. I will see you tomorrow night. Tomorrow night, you can join us for cnns special coverage of the California Governor Recall election. It starts at 9 00 p. M. Eastern, 7 00 p. M. Pacific. Coming up, a massive effort now underway to resettle Tens Of Thousands of Afghan Refugees. While back in afghanistan, the taliban are reverting to form and cracking down. Were going to go live to kabul next. Stay with us. 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Ever since the first flights of evacuees landed at Dulles International Airport in early august, the number of afghans coming to the united states has soared. The u. S. Ape anticipates the arl of more than 60,000 u. S. Refugees by The End of the month. Already, they felt built small cities on eight bases. Those bases now hold 53,000 atrisk afghan. Ft. Bliss in texas was the first to grant media access. Here, Theres Housing for more than 10,000 afghans. Theyll get Covid Vaccines, medical Screen Welcome and the beginning of a new life. At joint Base Maguire Diction Lake Hurst in new jersey, the afghans have broken up their vigil into counsels. The leaders of these counsels meet with Base Officials on afghan society within a u. S. Military facility. Already two babies were born on different bases. Some of the first New Americans from the afghan evacuation. Some afghans who were far along in their Visa Application left the bases within days, but that Number One u. S. Official said, was not large. Many may be here much longer, months, even, as they work through a complex visa process. At dulles airport, officials discovered three confirmed cases of measles. Another case was confirmed at ft. Pickette in virginia, and a fifth in wisconsin. There are no 100 guarantees with any of this, but i am comfortable with the extreme Vetting Process that we were briefed on today. The multilayered, the biometric, all the background checks. Reporter the discovery of the highly contagious disease prompted the military to pause the flights of afghan evacuees from europe to the united states for at least seven days. We want the people who work on these bases and the families who live there to know how seriously were taking it. One Homeland Security Official said this is likely one of the most important missions theyll ever work on, as the u. S. Tries to draw a better future for Tens Of Thousands of afghan evacuees. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken was grilled on the Security Screening and the medical screening of afghan evacuees before they entered the country. To help speed that, dhs has added some 400 employees overseas to help move that screening along. But make no mistake, this is a process that will take time. Its unclear how long these afghans will been u. S. Military bases, but the military says its ready to house them as long as is needed. All right. Cnns Oren Liebermann at the pentagon. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. Back in afghanistan, a country on the verge of a complete collapse according to the United Nations, the food is running. The taliban is reverting to form, beating journalists, barring some girls from school, Beat Women In the streets. Lets get to Nic Robertson in kabul for us. A senior taliban official told reuters that women should not be allowed to work alongside men. Other taliban officials have said differently, that women and girls can still work and still goo to school under their conditions whats the reality on the ground . The reality is that the taliban have really yet to take strong control and take real direction on how theyre going to run the country. We know what theyre saying on education. That is going to be segregated. Girls can still go to school, but therell be separate or divided classrooms. Women who work in Government Offices have been told to stay at home and wait until the proper conditions have been made. If you go back 20odd years went the taliban were last in power, that pause on women who work in Government Offices lasted five years. Its not clear really if the taliban are actually going to implement some of those old policies. Are they really going to keep women sitting at home . And part of the reason that the taliban havent made progress on these issues seems to be divi divisions that in the taliban about how to run the country. To that point, the deputy prime minister, the man who negotiated with the united states, essentially allowing the taliban to come back to power issued an audio Reporting Recording and a written statement saying he hadnt been injured. The fact that he didnt appear on tv to say that as a lot of people here on Tv Worrying that there actually is a serious dispute going on and he may be inj injured. So i think these are zwrurnd lying issues that these issues havent been resoled and theyre not clear yet, jake. And the United Nations has pledged more than 1 Billion in aid for afghanistan. Is there any guarantee that that aid will reach the afghans who need it, given the degree of corruption in that country . Yeah, not clear. Not clear at all. The taliban are saying, yes, they will guarantee that access. The u. N. Is saying that there has to be an environment, a safe, secure environment, where humanitarian aid officials can get out to the sort of, you know, and oversee these Aid Programs across the country. The taliban dont fully control or have security in all areas. They certainly dont have the institutions and the infrastructure built to sort of manage the management of Get Aid all across the country. But its a desperate situation. 90 of the people here live on less than 2 a day. The u. N. Says close to half the population, 18 million, depend on humanitarian aid. 40 of the gdp of the country under the last government came from remissionings of aid to the country. It is a difficult situation. I think the international community in the united states is offering 64 Million worth of medical aid to come in through u. N. Organizations and other ngos, not to go directly to the taliban. Its going to be fraught. I mean, lets be really clear about that. Its going to be fraud. The international community wants to do it, because need is great. But its far from clear that its one of these things that has to be said. Its far from clear how its actually going to be managed. This is a country thats going through a huge, huge monumental change right now. Cnns Nic Robertson in kabul, afghanistan, thank you. Stay safe, my friend. Coming up, a man with a machete and a bayonet arrested today outside the democratic headquarters in d. C. , in a truck that had white Supremacist And Nazi symbols inside. The details and the fears of new violence at the capitol later this woeek. Thats next. Visible is wireless that doesnt play games. No surprise fees, legit unlimited data, for as little as 25 a month. And the best part . Its powered by verizon. But it gets crazier. Bring a friend every month, and get every month for 5. Which is why i brought them. Two 5amonths right here. both hey. Plus the players in my squad. Hey. Whats up . Then finally, my whole livestream. 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C. , which is in support of those arrested for their actions on January 6th. Its a rally that Law Enforcement officials are warning could very well turn violent. Theyre certainly concerned. Cnns Melanie Zadona joins me from Capitol Hill. What did we learn from this Capitol Briefing about their plans for saturday . Reporter were starting to get a very clear picture of exactly how the Capitol Police are preparing for this September 18th rally and how seriously theyre taking the threat. Earlier today, the Capitol Police chief told me that the temporary fencing will go Back Up around the capitol later this week and come back down a few days after. The Capitol Police issued an emergency declaration, which will allow them to deputize outside larm officials to help with response officials that day if needed, although no mention of the national guard calling them up. And finally, the Capitol Police have been holding regular planning meetings, as well as hosting Security Briefings for officers and lawmakers. And its worth noting that this level of Transparency And Communication is a stark contrast from January 6th, when there was a serious lack in intelligence sharing, and that was actually cited as one of the reasons for the Security Failures that day. Even Speaker Nancy Pelosi after the briefing said that the planning this time around is much better, although she also noted, she doesnt have much to go off of, since congressional leaders did not receive a similar briefing out of January 6th. Thats the planning by Law Enforcement. What about the planning by the protesters. They dont have President Trump proclaiming, you know, that this date is the one to come to washington, et cetera, as they did for January 6th. Is this protest or whatever it ends up being expected to be similar in scale to what We Saw January 6th . Its probably going to be smaller in scale for a few reasons. Number one, the Crowd Size Estimate is somewhere in the hundreds right now. There are no highprofile speakers that were aware of. And its also taking place on a saturday when the house is in recess. That being said, the Capitol Police confirmed our reporting from last week that there is some concerning online chatter surrounding this event. They are clearly bracing for potential Violence And Unrest and not to mention the Capitol Police just announced today that last night, they arrested a California Man who was near the dnc in his truck, had multiple illegal knives and White Supremacy images on his truck. Even though we dont know whether he was willing to attend the September 18th rally, it is a reminder of the type of very real threats facing Capitol Hill. Jake . Melanie zanona, thank you so much. Joining us now, the former Assistant Secretary to the department of Homeland Security and professor at harvards kennedy school, Juliette Cay Kayyem joins us now. So they arrested this man, he was armed with a bayonet, a machete, his car had swastikas drawn inside the door, you see one right there. He was speaking about white supremacist ideologies, if it can be called an ideology. Its unclear if he was attending if he was planning on attending the rally saturday. But either way, it kind of almost doesnt even matter, because its all really part of the same extremist rightquing ideology thats been uncorked and in some ways mainstreamed by the former president. The stew. Its the hate stew. And so the idea that youre going to separate antisemitism from racism from islamophobia, its all part of the same and it was nurtured for years and years from the president , as we know, as We Saw. It was done sort of indirectly at first and then We Saw it done much more directly for the protests or the insurrection on January 6th. And now were Coming Up to a saturday. So first of all, it only takes one guy, right . So this could have been very damaging. We dont know how many people will show up on saturday. And one of the reasons why youre seeing the Capitol Police come out so strongly is one, they can. Theyre not being stopped by any political entity. And i think they are putting republicans who nurture this stuff on notice, right . In other words, they are coming out publicly and saying, we know this is a threat. If you nurture it, if you embrace it, if you show up, its on you. Because the Capitol Police are doing everything they can at this stage, including putting up fencing again. And dont forget, a few weeks ago, there was another rightwing extremist, who allegedly had bombmaking materials. He was arrested and republican Congressman Mo brooks issued basically a statement of like, i disagree with his methods, but i understand why people are being driven to this type of statement, which is nuts, and no major republican decried it. And in the political story before this one, you mentioned th that the president is already undermining the California Recall Vote by saying its fraudulent. Thats part of the same narrative, that things are being taken away from these people. That the voting is not accurate. Saturdays rally is not about trump being president. Its about the fact that the people who were arrested and in jail are freedom fighters. The people who committed crimes. Exactly. So you i were covering the 9 11 commemoration on saturday in Lower Manhattan and it was pretty remarkable, you and i both listened to former president george w. Bush, who very directly talked about both foreign islamist terrorists and domestic extremists and how they both pose a threat. Lets run a little bit of that exc excerpt. Theres little cultural overlap between violent extremists abroad and violent extremists at home. But then theres disdainful deplorism in their disregard for human life, in their determination to defile national symbols. They are children of the same foul spirit and it is our continuing duty to confront them. Hes drawing a direct line, not only between Al Qaeda and other islamic extremists and domestic extremists, including the January 6th insurrectionist, but how the first threat was not listened to and the second one needs to be paid attention to. Thats exactly we talked about this Connecti Ive tissue that bush of all people was the one to raise it. No one else had raised January 6th, until the former President Bush, the Connective Tissue between 9 11 and January 6th of the hate. And in some ways the hate that was unleashed after september 11th, the xenophobia, the islami islamophobia, later, the antisemitism that became part of unfortunately some of the extreme reactions to the attacks on september 11th. But like you, i think that former President Bush was warning us that he underestimated the Al Qaeda threat on September 10th and we should not underestimate this threat, as the former president , Donald Trump already starts to try to undermine the Recall Vote in california. And not surprisingly, even though former President Bush didnt mention President Trump, he took it personally. You must be talking about me, ri right. Well talk about that in a little bit. A major Tropical Storm is hurdling towards the gulf coast, right after Hurricane Ida devastated parts of the region. The fears of more flooding with almost 2 feet of rain predicted. Stay with us. With 5g than the other guys. Tmobile. Americas largest, fastest, most reliable 5g network. Meet jeff. 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Only 4 of the year days in the year have this alert. But theyre responsible for 40 of the fatalities. This is important. Do not pay attention that its just a Tropical Storm. Sure, it could become a hurricane. The waters are like 87, 88 degrees here, and its moving at a slow pace. And haas the problem. We expect this to really put on the brakes. Much like Hurricane Harvey did a few years ago, and we remember those pictures. We do have a Hurricane Watch in pink, but it doesnt matter. Youre not going to know the difference between a 65mileperhour Storm or a 75. We do have an issue with some surge. Sure, theres an area here of 3 to 5 feet. But this is all about the excessive rainfall and the rates that we may see. Urban flooding, its going to be a problem. Remember the images that we had in pennsylvania, in new jersey, in areas of New York. Submerged cars, water rescues, 911 calls to get evacuations from home. Sure, some of the coastal areas can handle a good 6 to 12 inches, but you get in the cities and the communities with the concrete and the steel, and that includes houston. Houston area, especially areas to the east, were going to see the possibility of 8 to 16 inches. Some areas will see 20 or more. And that is a big problem. Corpse christie has already had their heavier amounts earlier today. It looks like theyre on the backside of this. But as the Storm System moves up, its going to spread to the east, and areas we do not want it. We have over 12 Million now that are under Flash Flood watches and that includes areas that were hit by Laura And Lake charles, louisiana, and of course, ida. They could have floodinging from this Storm System, as well. Weve got exposed homes and power that is still out. This storm means business. It will take a couple of days to move through this region, but its all about the massive amounts of rainfall. 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First, however, leading this hour, secretary of State Antony Blinken right now facing tough questions on Capitol Hill in the wake of the chaotic and deadly u. S. Withdrawal from afghanistan just weeks ago. Secretary blinken defending the way the evacuation was carried out, saying the u. S. Did extensive preplanning for the drawdown and saying ultimately, the u. S. Evacuated almost all american citizens in the country, though at least about 100 american citizens still remain in afghanistan who want to get out, according to blinken, to say nothing of afghans and legal permanent residents. As cnns Jessica Dean reports for us, both republicans and democrats alike got heated in their demand for answers from the secretary. This was an unmitigated disaster of epic proportions. I never thought in my lifetime that i would see an unconditional surrender to the taliban. Reporter the house foreign Affairs Committee Questioning secretary of State Antony Blinken for the first time since the united states pulled out of avs and 13 american service members died in an attack outside of kabuls airport. The taliban made abundantly clear in many public statements, private statements, to us, to others around the world that it was going to hold us to the deadline to the previous administration negotiated in terms of withdrawing the remaining american forces. I want made very clear that if we moved past that deadline, it would resume the attacks that it had stopped on our allies and forces, as well as commence the onslaught on the cities that weve seen in recent months. Reporter Blinken Making The Case that the biden administration was beholding to former President Trumps agreement with the taliban. We inherited a deadline, we did not inherit a plan. The agreement reached by the previous administration required all u. S. Persons to be out of afghanistan on may 1st