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us here in united states, canada and around the world. i m kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom. hurricane ida is barreling towards the united states, gaining strength as it turns northward right now through the guchl of mexico. the storm whipped western cuba as a category 1 on friday and is expected to become a dangerous category 3 or 4 this weekend, putting the northern gulf coast states on high alert. hurricane warnings are posted for parts of louisiana and massachusetts coasts and evacuations are under way. forecasters say ida will likely slam in new orleans on the anniversary of hurricane at katrina. joining is meteorologist karen mcquinn this, what s the latest. forward to the hurricane advisory, they re complete updates that came in at 5:00, they say extremely dangerous major hurricane. those four words. if they don t get your attention and you are not from louisiana, please take heed at that. because this is probably going to coach the coast as a category ....
we still believe there are credible threats. in fact, i d say specific, credible threats. and we want to make sure we re prepared for those. reporter: the pentagon warning that these could be rockets or vehicle bombs. in kabul, families collect the bodies of their loved ones and survivors come to terms with what has happened. this man says that he was an interpreter for the british, and was among the hundreds of afghan wounded. i fell into the stream, and thought i was the only one still alive. i saw all the other people were dead. more than 5,000 evacuees are waiting for flights at kabul s airport and allies like italy and spain have already ended their missions in afghanistan. we have the ability to include evacuees on u.s. military air airlift out of afghanistan until the very end. reporter: the walls at kabul s airport are now stained with blood as afghanistan counts down the final days of america s longest war. now, jake, in the final days of the reign ....
martha raddatz with late reporting tonight and ian pannell s interview on this emergency effort in kabul. also tonight, major news on the pandemic here in the u.s. both pfizer and johnson & johnson tonight saying they now have evidence vaccine booster shots dramatically increase protection from covid. tonight, the new evidence and what it shows for the johnson & johnson one-shot and the booster. and for pfizer, the level of antibodies after the third shot. this comes with more than 100,000 people in the u.s. now hospitalized with covid. our team tonight inside a hospital at the breaking point in texas. patients now lining the halls. the new images coming in tonight. the raging wildfires in california. the caldor fire burning more than 123,000 acres. seven states now with serious concerns over air quality. from california to colorado. matt gutman standing by on the front lines. the heat wave building across much of the country tonight. heat alerts now in 29 states, ....
u.s. needs to do to get control to have some sort of normalcy by next spring. and new numbers just in tonight from the cdc for fully vaccinated americans, how quickly does the vaccine begin to wear off over time? just as these boosters, these third shots, will soon be made available. also tonight, breaking news from capitol hill at this hour. the major milestone in the house on the president s sweeping infrastructure plans. the $3.5 trillion budget blueprint narrowly passing the house. but a reality check tonight, karl is standing by.ead and jon- the scare forcing vice president harris flight to vietnam to be delayed for several hours. at least one staff member at the u.s. mission in hanoi stricken with what could be that so-called havana syndrome. th in cuba. authorities say it can cause headaches and potential brain injury. news on the missing tonight after those catastrophic floods in tennessee. tonight, we hear the 911 calls, the terrifying moments the water ....
the world. we have a lot to get to and we start with president biden facing a deadline from his own military on whether to extend evacuations in afghanistan beyond august 31. now, the military needs enough time to withdraw the roughly 5800 troops currently on the ground along with their equipment and their weapons, but complicating matters here is the taliban warning that staying past that august 31st deadline is a red line. and the number of evacuations is inching upward, about 16,000 people yesterday on u.s. and coalition aircraft. but the scramble to get people out still in high gear. and this different perspective, new satellite images of kabul s airport, huge crowds can be seen at multiple checkpoints and security gates. you can see groups of people on the tarmac waiting to be evacuated. and sam kiley is live at the kabul international airport this morning. sam, good morning. cnn has new reporting, just tell us how many people exactly remain at the airport and ....