Quickly, about 16 miles per hour. That puts it about 30, maybe 40 miles from the Rhode Island coast. By 2 00 p. M. Its clearly on shore, and then its just going to rain itself out. Notice the winds are not an issue as we get through this evening. The highest gusts will be out on long island, possibly block island, newport. The legacy of this Storm Weve already had tremendous amounts of rain around new York City and portions of new jersey. Still a Couple Flash Flood warnings. 36 Million people are in flood watches. It is going to pour this afternoon, all night tonight, and periods of tomorrow. We are going to see additional Rainfall Totals up to about 5 to 6 inches. Im happy to see weve gotten the storm a little bit weaker, now down to 65 miles per hour. Bill karins, one question for you. Did i hear you correctly that you say this is going to impact 36 Million people . Thats how many people are in the potential Risk Area for flash flooding. So not all of those people are going to get fl
Very good and busy Monday Morning to you. Im jim sciutto. And im poppy harlow. A tragic scene erupting at kabuls airport. Look at this. Those are people scrambling to leave their country as the afghan government collapses and the taliban take control. Incredibly disturbing videos being posted all over Social Media this morning. Afghans swarming the runway, trying to chase down u. S. Air Force Pla planes, some clinging to the sides as they taxi down a runway. Witnesses tell Cnn Theyve heard gunshots fired. Its hard to see how thats, at all, a safe situation. The u. S. Embassy has been ev eva evacuated. Officials are warning americas who are still in the capital not to travel to the airport. The u. S. Has dispatched an additional 1,000 Combat Troops for a total of 6,000 to secure the perimeter at the Airport And Help get american diplomatic personnel and others out safely. About twice as many who were there for the counterterror mission. President biden has been monitoring the situation
Prevented the pilots from being able to take off. Just moments ago, we confirmed from three u. S. Officials that officials are going to start at the airport on the Military Side. Meanwhile. They are bracing for the group of Taliban Rule by removing images of women from store fronts like this beauty salon. The White House says well hear from them soon. Thats where we start this very busy hour. Richard engle is on the ground in kabul. Mike memoli is near camp david. Were also joined by doug olivant. He is also a retired Army Lieutenant Colenel in afghanistan. Good to have all of you here on a very important day. Richard we have to start with you on the ground. The situation still very much unfolding. What are you seeing right at this moment . So courtney just confirmed that the flights out of kabul are supposed to resume soon. We are very close to that airport. I have been watching it for the last several days. We have not seen those flights resume at the moment. But the operation that h
london. hundreds of thousands witnessing the queen s coffin. her crown resting on top. the final procession. the long walk to windsor castle. then, removing the crown from the coffin, and symbolic breaking of the wand of office, signifying the end of the queen s reign. and in a final solemn image, queen elizabeth s coffin lowered into the royal vault at st. george s chapel. reunited with prince philip. james longman and deborah roberts right here with me tonight. the other major news this monday night, the catastrophic hurricane in puerto rico. the deadly storm causing widespread destruction. up to 30 inches of rain possible in some areas. more than 1,000 people rescued from dangerous flooding. utility crews tonight racing to restore power after the entire island went dark. what the u.s. can expect later this week. rob marciano tracking the storm. there is also news tonight about a prisoner exchange between the u.s. and afghanistan. the last-known american hostage held by
the uk home secretary, james cleverly, says conservative plans to introduce a form of mandatory national service if they win the election, would get young people out of their bubble. under the plans, 18 year olds would be given the choice of either joining the military for a year, or taking part in community service. non compliance wouldn t mean prison, but there d be some form of sanction. helen catt reports. the return of national service is certainly an eye catching policy, but it wouldn t be national service quite like these men experienced between 1949 and 1963. instead all 18 year olds would have to choose between a year s military service or volunteer work in public services. it s about addressing the fragmentation that we have seen in society. too many young people living in their own bubble, whether it be a digital bubble or a social bubble, and we want to get back to the situation where people are mixing with young people from different areas, different economic g