this is load off from the secretary of defense been a resounding success. of course if you subtract the 13 dead americans, the two dozen trapped school children, the afghans falling off airplanes, or the fact that we armed the taliban with $90 billion worth of automatic weapons and helicopters, it s been great. they are saying this so often, however, that it may not be propaganda. it is starting to seem like everyone in the biden administration actually believes they just won. that might explain why they are promoting jennifer rubin columns from the washington post and walking away from reporters without taking any questions. they don t have to explain themselves. it s obvious this is a victory. watching all of that should worry you. there are only two explanations for it. either every senior government official in washington has been chugging i waltzed out and departed from reality on the early train, and that s possible. or on some deeper level, may be they are actually t
can come avoid any unnecessary travel. flash flood warning for the area has been extended to 3:00 a.m. eastern. of the flooding also stranding air travel, with water rising in new york international airport. earlier, tornadoes touched down in new jersey, dozens of homes destroyed. joining us now for more on the situation is new york city councilman, in staten island, one of the hardest hit areas. joe, can you hear me? i can, thank you very much. what does it look like where you are right now? it s more widespread in terms of damage that hurricane sandy. with that storm, it was the storm surge and some of the low lying areas. we have the coast affected come almost predictably. with this, just the sheer volume of water is something i have never seen in all my years living in staten island, and it just overwhelms the sewer system and has backed up so many basements with sewage water and flooded garages and flooded houses, and i have to say, i ve never seen damage this wide
in the events she missed. plus, tennis star rafael nadal talks about his support for simone biles. drinking and cancer: the new study that links alcohol use and cancer. the number of drinks that could put you at risk. cbs news investigation: you know the a.s.p.c.a. s commercials. what we re learning about how the animal charity spends the hundreds of millions of dollars donated. hundreds of flights canceled: what s to blame for the travel woes. and the spirit of the games: how fierce rivals come together in the name of sportsmanship. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donne o donnell: good evening, to our viewers in the west, and thank you so much for joining us, and as we start out a new week, there is both good news and alarming news in the coronavirus pandemic. the biden administration just announced that states with the highest rate of covid cases are seeing vaccinations more than double, and although it s nearl
and, why max the springer spaniel is getting an award, after helping thousands of people cope with lockdown. max helped me from recovering from depression and if he can help others now, and our other dogs, if they make people smile, then i say bring it on. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. the duke and duchess of sussex have confirmed to the queen that they will not be returning as working members of the royal family. as a result the couple will now no longer hold the honorary military appointments and royal patronages given to them by the queen. in a statement buckingham palace said that in stepping away from the work of the royal family it would not be possible to continue with the responsibilities and duties that come with a life of public service. prince harry and meghan have committed to continue supporting the organisations they have represented saying service is universal . andy moore reports. ever since meghan and harry moved to north america, their long te
milderfor england and skies developing today. and also milder for england and wales than it has been recently. across scotland and northern ireland things are going to be changing because we have wind and rain approaching. that is courtesy of a weather front which is piling in from the north west. quite windy conditions as well. further south high pressure still dominating the weather so for the rest of this afternoon across england and wales we have sunshine breaking through. still some cloud drifting around was the channel islands in particular. further north the rain moving in and the wind strengthening up to around 50 miles an hour across northern scotland this afternoon, even stronger overnight. temperatures still mild for this time of year, eight, i! still mild for this time of year, eight, 11 degrees. then this evening the rain slowly clears from scotland and northern ireland arriving across parts of england and overnight but severe gales developing for the likes of or