welcome from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. we have breaking news on tropical storm henri. we just learned the storm made landfall last hour. about 45 minutes ago or so, 12:15 p.m. right along the coast of rhode island, henri maximum sustained winds reached 60 miles an hour at landfall. the state is bracing for heavy impact over next few hours including widespread power outages with tens of thousands of people already in the dark. last hour the mayor of newport told me she is worried about storm surge and flooding. we have a concern about the surge and the high tides. we already pass one high tide and all the dots, the water was right up on it. if we have rain all day and we have another high tide with the full moon tonight, chances are we re going to have some flooding throughout new port. you re looking right now at an earth cam shot. the storm is causing threat ping conditions outdoors. bringing dangerous storm surge and rainfa
just putting out a new update this hour. bill karins will break it down in a few minutes. meantime, a live look at rhode island. where henri made landfall around 12:00 p.m. it s near westerly. the storm s maximum sustained winds reached 60 miles an hour at landfall. let s now get to a live look at our roving camera. that one has been driving through connecticut. we re going to move there now. it is near the rhode island border. while connecticut was spared from a direct hit, the governor in the last hour stressing we need to take the impact of this storm seriously. don t get complacent. as i said before, sandy, those were not hurricanes either. because the terrain is so wet, you do have, just a 40, 50 gusts. knocks over trees and that s why we re watching the power outage situation so carefully. and to give you a live look from the earth cam, we re looking at montauk, new york. the storm is causing threatening conditions. it has brought with it dangerous storm surge, stro
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the militant group in afghanistan. happy monday, everyone. the tokyo summer olympics are in full swing despite the pandemic and with a tropical storm on the horizon. organizers are now adjusting their mask policy on the o olympic podium allowing athletes to take them off for a photo. and the quest for gold is heating up, too. let me show you where the medal count stands at the moment. it could change quickly of course with 21 medal events on monday. meanwhile officials have confirmed at least 153 covid cases linked to the games so far. one of the new cases was a resident of the olympic village bringing the total number of cases from the village to 16. now, japan as i mentions also bracing for a tropical storm that s expected to bring rain and strong winds this week. cnn s world sport patrick snell in atlanta. let s start with patrick. and patrick, let s start with the current medals table and reflect a bit more if we could on that particular win from the team usa perspect
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