island is under some sort of warning, whether it s a tropical storm warning or a hurricane warning. new york city is under a tropical storm warning. nantucket is also under a tropical storm warning. we expect conditions to go downhill quickly after midnight, especially the closer we get to daybreak. once we get to 2:00 in the afternoon, this thing comes ashore as either a strong tropical storm or a low end category 1 hurricane. notice the track here. this is with the 11:00 p.m. update, so this is new. they ve shifted the track a little bit to the east. it looks like instead of a direct hit on the eastern edge of long island, we re now looking at possibly a direct landfall right on the border, right on the line of connecticut and rhode island. so that s an update here, with the 11:00 p.m. update from the national hurricane center. again, that will be a strong tropical storm or a low end category 1. once it makes landfall tomorrow afternoon, it s going to meander across new eng
fall-out from president biden s denial of any mistakes in the exit from afghanistan. cnn now learning that u.s. diplomats wrote an internal memo last night warning of a potential catastrophe in afghanistan. this hour i will get reaction from the president, the deputy national security adviser. he s standing by live. our experts are standing by as we cover this breaking story. we begin with cnn national security respondent over at the state department for us. this is major. what are you learning about this memo? reporter: wolf, what we re learning is that two dozen diplomats wrote this classified dissent memo to the saek tear of state tony blinken in july. they were urging the department to take more actions to prepare for what they saw as a massive evacuation effort that would be needed to get these afghans who would apply for these different visas and refugee status in the united states out of the country. the context in which they were making this suggestion is the fact t
attempting to get on top without inspiring bitterness or divisiveness. get on top of this covid pandemic. do it with a covid relief bill which he s been pushing which appears to be on track to passage, which is polling very well. obviously, the test is not simply going to be whether he can pass this bill, but whether it works. that s the ultimate issue. but at the beginning of the administration, this is an optimum time. he didn t have to do battle with any political opponent. he tried to shunt aside talk of trump. it wasn t a debate where you had to attack anyone. although those are the kind of things that tend to be polarizing. he was trying to present a unifying face to the country in that swing state. and generate some momentum as the house takes up that package which is going to do next week. rachel, before the town hall, we were wondering if you d be in sales mode. he still has to win over even some democrats. a couple of democrats, sinema and manchin, for some of the
co-sponsored legislation to put sanctions on the african apartheid regime. and expanded protections against employment discrimination based on race. today s mitch mcconnell, though, the one who strongly depends efforts to gut voting rights around this country is a very, very different person. he s telling you who he is so believe him. and we are grading president joe biden s first year in office. the question, will he pass? plus, everyone has something to say about mars new controversial imagery brand for the green m & m. and tensions are high between the u.s. and russians. we ll break down russia s power grab in eastern europe. i m ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. thursday marked one year in office for president biden and his report card from the american people is not good. a new nbc news poll out this week shows biden s approval rating dropped 10 points from april 21 until now. the lone exception you obviously know who it is, donald trump. president biden held a leng
in in loens exception you obviously know who it is, donald trump. now, to compensate, president biden t held a lengtsy news conference thursday looking to set the record on his first year straight. look. i didn t know a promise, what i have probably outperform what anybody thought would happen.ha can you think of any other president that s done as much in one year? let me be clear, before you think it s only the gop and its followers that are not feeling the love for biden, let s note the criticism of this administration, actually coming from across the political spectrum, including members of the president s own party, the democrats. people are frustrated, and people feel like government continues to not deliver for them. kre, we should still brate the american rescue plan, we should celebrate thee bipartisan infrastructure framework. but we have failed at connecting with realfa americans, particularly americans of color, on the ground, day-to-day, to hear their concer