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welcome from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. we have breaking news on tropical storm henri. we just learned the storm made landfall last hour. about 45 minutes ago or so, 12:15 p.m. right along the coast of rhode island, henri maximum sustained winds reached 60 miles an hour at landfall. the state is bracing for heavy impact over next few hours including widespread power outages with tens of thousands of people already in the dark. last hour the mayor of newport told me she is worried about storm surge and flooding. we have a concern about the surge and the high tides. we already pass one high tide and all the dots, the water was right up on it. if we have rain all day and we have another high tide with the full moon tonight, chances are we re going to have some flooding throughout new port. you re looking right now at an earth cam shot. the storm is causing threat ping conditions outdoors. bringing dangerous storm surge and ....
first, we re tracking tropical storm henri. this is new satellite video from noaa capturing the moment when tropical storm henri made landfall. it packed high winds that knocked out power to more than 80,000 customers in rhode island. close to 4,000 people in massachusetts and 2,000 on long island without power. we ll have the latest on the path of the storm which, in fact, is slowing. one bit of good news, though. the storm surge warning has canceled for all areas. a lot of folks breathing a sigh of relief. we got kathy park, who is standing by for you in narragansett, and tracking this whole thing is bill karins. i want to start first with kathy. this storm making landfall just east of you, so talk us us through what you ve been experiencing and what you re experiencing now. our understanding is henri made landfall about 30 minutes west of es, but nothing like what we saw in the 12:00 hour when we were barely hanging on. you can still see the waves crashing behind m ....
department are only compounding the problem. biden is americans are able to get to the airport we have no indication they haven t been able to get problem through the airport. we made an agreement with the telegram far, they ve allowed them to go through, so we know of no circumstance where american citizens are carrying american passport trying to get through the airport. the u.s. military last night had to rescue 169 americans by helicopter were just 200 yards outside of the airport, on the other pentagram back president, revealing americans are being attacked on the way there. we know of cases, a small number we know of, we are aware of the radical cases were there is no harassment going on some physical violence has occurred. aishah: to make the issue even more obligated tonight, the u.s. embassy and afghanistan issue security alert that reads, because of potential security threats outside the gates at the kabul airport, we are advising u.s. citizens to avoid tr ....
president biden says this evacuation is going very well weempleght have no indication that they haven t been able to get into kabul in the airport. we made an agreement with the taliban this far. they allowed them to go through. it s in their interest for them to go through. so we know of no circumstance where american citizens are carrying american pass poured are trying to get through to the airport. but late yesterday the pentagon announced it was forced to rescue mission and grab 1 of 9 americans 200 yards away from the front gazette the airport because of the chaos. measures were unable to get in. think chook helicopters launched from the airport and landed just over the walls to a nearby hotel to snatch those americans. there were these are the same 169 americans president biden mentioned in his speech yesterday at the white house. with qatar now closing stores to afghan refugees because they say there is no more room u.s. is announcing evacuation flights to g ....
a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters. welcome to alex witt reports. we ll begin with breaking news. the northeast is bracing for impact from hurricane henri. landfall expected within 24 hours and right now people have new york to new england are wrapping up their preparations as this storm is closing in. hurricane hunters flew into the storm today and reported winds up to 75 miles an hour, on the coast storm surge up to 5 feet is possible, and flooding rainfall expected on already-soaked lands. conditions are going to begin to worsen as soon as tonight. millions will be without power by monday morning. our meteorologist michelle grossman and vanessa webb are watching for us. let s talk about the latest forecast track at this hour. what are you seeing? alex, good to see you. we re seeing changes since the last time we talked. we have an advisory coming out at 2:00. now it s a hurricane category 1 and that s what we expect as it enters into new ....