I use it at some point. Maybe when youre on vacation or something. Thats such a good one, putting that right over there in the steal File Right over there. You know, i have a history, a short history that ill tell you about sometime of having things cross stitched on pillows when they strike me as the right thing to see from a particular broadcast. So i might get with my Needle And Thread posse and make you a little pillow with that one. Thats The One. America should hear this again. Elections have consequences, even if impeachments dont. Perfect. Coming soon to a tshirt near you. Thank you, rachel. Thank you, lawrence. Thank you. Immediately i dont know left a President Biden left a marker for history today. The bar could not be lower for honest and accurate president ial speeches on afghanistan, especially considering the woefully inarticulate president ial speech that started the War In Afghanistan with george w. Bush making promises that were filled with absurdity by the time his p
And just doubled the capacity here. How do things look on your end . Perfect because were building a better network every single day. Were following two major breaking stories tonight. First, all u. S. Service members are out of afghanistan, officially ending our countrys longest war. But up to 200 americans and countless afghans who helped u. S. Troops have been left behind. Plus a desperate search under Way Tonight after Hurricane Ida ripped through louisiana. Homes are demolished. Entire neighborhoods now covered in water. And more than A Million people are without power. Two people have died from the storm and the governor is warning that he expects the number to rise considerably. This is as Louisiana Hospitals are already stretched thin by the covid19 crisis. I want to get straight to cnns Alex Marquardt with the latest on the final u. S. Troops leaving afghanistan. Reporter just as the day of august 31, the deadline to leave, began in afghanistan, the announcement was made. Im h
The end of the vietnam war. And President Jerry Ford never said a word. Never once. There was no press conference. There was no statement to the country. He issued a Written Statement after the final helicopter came out. There was none of what were seeing in these last two weeks. And, so, we have seen two of these. We have seen two big losses after Multidecade Wars. This is very different from vietnam. And it is actually a good point. We saw the Commander Today formally announce that the last aircraft was clearing afghan air space. We then saw Secretary Of State blinken give a formal address to the country explaining things in terms of the Diplomatic Mission of doing those things. We have just seen tonight a statement from lloyd austin. But now were going to get another speech on this matter. We have seen several already from President Biden. He says hes going to talk about his decision to not extend past August 31st and the Military Advise he got not to do that and why he thinks its a
Along the Gulf Coast we expected from such a storm. It ripped the roof off the lady of the Sea Hospital in galliano which is south of New Orleans. You can see the damage in louisiana there. Tonight, as we mentioned, the power is out for hundreds of thousands of people. Louisiana Governor John Bell edwards says his states entire National Guard is activated. More than 4,000 are out in support of the emergency effort, but officials are warning residents to prepare for at least three days of sheltering in place. This historic hurricane comes on the 16th Anniversary of another historic hurricane, katrina. Thankfully, officials expect the levees in the new Orleans Area to hold this time. From nbc News World Headquarters in New York, im Joshua Johnson continuing our special coverage of Hurricane Ida. Welcome to the week. Let us begin with the latest on Hurricane Idas path. Meteorologist Bill Karins joins us now after a very long day, and bill, we just got the latest update from the national h
Clogged with traffic from texas to alabama. Mississippis governor has declared a state of emergency. His state was also ravaged by katrina. The national Weather Service is underscoring the dire stakes warning that some places might be, quote, uninhabitable for weeks or months. We are covering all the angles of the approaching hurricane and the growing sense of urgency tonight. Lets begin with Meteorologist Tom Sater and the cnn weather center. How is it looking . Well, we just received the 8 00 p. M. Advisory from the national hurricane center. There are some changes, but the track doesnt change with this. Were going to get a lot more information for the 11 00 p. M. Advisory. When you look at an infrared satellite imagery, the bright colors, theyre the cold or higher cloud tops. A lot of Convective Activity around the core, as you would expect. When it really starts to circulate you know its still a breathing machine, but also on, of course, the feeder bands. Rain to jacksonville, sout