And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof tHrough the night that our flag was still there o, say does that starspangled Banner Yet Wave . Oe oer the land of the free, and the Home Of The Brave Rachel good morning. It is zick in New York. That was Lee Greenwood with the starspangled banner. I just love him. To me is just like a wonderful man. He is such a patriot. Should do Lee Greenwood every time. Pete would be okay with that. Official Anthem Singer of fox Friends Weekend. I like it. I dont know if you saw, rachel, Tribute In Lights, Twin Towers dominating the skyline. Rachel they say you can see it from a 60mile radius. It is pretty spectacular. Pete another reminder of a powerful day for All Of Us to be there. Spent the day a lot thinking about that. Frankly a lot about what you said, rachel at The End. We saw 20 minutes of what happened in real time, the remembrance and heroism. There is a lot of anger that comes tHroughout the day and what was done to us, ho
Remnants of Hurricane Ida battered the northeast with recordbreaking rain and historic and deadly flooding. At least 46 people have now died across six states. Many drowning in their homes and cars. More than 20 Million people remain under Flood Warnings this morning. The threat of flooding from rising rivers is expected to continue into the holiday weekend. And officials say that more than 500 New Yorkers had to be rescued from flooded roads, buildings and subway stations. The new York Police department even had to make a Water Rescue in Central Park. At least eight tornadoes touched down in pennsylvania, massachusetts and New Jersey. At times reducing homes to nothing but splinters. And now, the Cleanup And Damage assessment begins. We begin this morning with cnns Polo Sandoval who is live in hardhit bound brook, New Jersey. Polo, hey, whats going on . And what are you seeing over there . Reporter kaitlan, good morning to you. That nearby river is slowly its still a big concern here.
Children as some parents lose their minds over masks. Welcome to lead. Im John Berman. A look now at whats become the deadliest path of Hurricane Ida and the Death Toll keeps climbing. At least 23 people killed in the last 24 hours in the northeast. Hundreds more rescued. Scenes like this just arent supposed to happen. Thats floodwaters rushing tHrough a home in montclair, New Jersey. In New York, the rain fell so fast it could have filled 50,000 olympicsized pools, and this is what happened when all the water pumps and the barrier walls and the sewer lines couldnt keep up. Watch. Thats just unreal. One river near philadelphia rose so high today it floated awfully close to Traffic Passion on the bridge above, and look at this. This is a minor League Baseball Stadium in bridgewater, New Jersey. The water, at least five rows high. We want to go live to cnns Miguel Marquez in new brunswick, New Jersey. Miguel, this is one of the most trying days so many people around here can remember. It
Story. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in is the Situation Roo this is cnn Breaking News. Lets get right to the Flooding Disaster. See, Thats Miguel Marquez joining us right now. Half of the confirmed deaths are in New Jersey where you are tonight. Whats the latest . Reporter yeah. It is just incredible how much water was dumped in this area and that power of water. I want to show you what were looking at right now. This is the river near new brunswick. This was a Part Right in front of us. It is about 10 to 12 feet over Flood Stage. It has started to come down ever so slightly. Were just passed High Tide here. But these Rescue Workers here have a long way to go. Raging Flood Waters throwing across parts of the Northeast Tonight where active rescues continue. Officials estimate they have received calls in the thousands from people needing to be rescued from extreme flooding. The water was raised so high, i couldnt rush straight to the street. I wanted to go to the fire escape. Reporter in New J
Martha were expected to hear questions about that today and the full context of what that conversation was. My next guest knows what its like to sit across a Negotiation Table with leadership of the taliban. Chris galinda has fought the taliban as a commander in afghanistan. Hes sat down at the table in an effort to try to find a way forward for the country. He serves multiple tours in afghanistan and an advisinger to our top generals there. Hes the author of zero sum victory, what were getting wrong about war. He joins me now. Great to have you with us today, colonel. Obviously you have so much experience in country and dealing with this issue. So i think one of the things that i want to begin with based on your history of trying to solve this problem starting in 2017, 18, when you see the coordination that the pentagon and the military was telling us about, how hurt so many people were by it in terms of what was going on at the airport, seeing the united states saying well, we have t