To leave kabul, the question is will the U Stits have to extend its deadline to withdraw troops. Plus t New York Times says that the fda is looking to approve the vaccine. And tropical Storm Henri makes landfall triggering Flash Flooding and knocking out power for thousands of americans. The question is what is the full scope of the damage . Its way Too Early for this. Good morning. Its way Too Early. We start with the news. President biden says the u. S. Military is executing a plan to increase access to kabuls main airport. Amid mounting criticism, the president defended the u. S. Troop withdrawal, telling Reporters Yesterday that the exit from afghanistan was always going to be difficult. Let me be clear. The evacuation of thousands of people from kabul is going to be hard and painful No Matter when it started or how it began. Theres no way to justify it. Its just a fact. My Heart Aches for those people you see. Our first priority In Kabul is getting american citizens out of the cou
We have fox team coverage. Steve bender is live on Long Island, new york. First, to Brian Llenas the in connecticut. Reporter look, we are in old saybrook, the southeastern portion of connecticut. The tropical Storm Henri made landfall 36 Miles West of here. The sun is out and the worst is by us and the deck hands here have done a good job of tying up the boats. You can see well, Take A Look at the boats, theyre still there. Take a look at this video, youll see it was windy, it was there was rain, about 45, 60mileanhour gusts in the southeastern portion of connecticut. The tropical Storm Henri did essentially jog a little bit to the east and that was good news for connecticut in terms of wind. Dodged a bullet on the Wind End of things. When it comes to The Rain, while we were on the wet side of this tropical storm in connecticut, continues to get pounded by rain, particularly the western side of the state. Governor Ned Lamont spoke an Hour Andahalf ago. This is what he said about his b
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. Its near westerly. The storms maximum sustained winds reached 60 miles an hour at landfall. Lets now get to a live look at our roving camera. That one has been driving through connecticut. Were 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. Dont 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 thats why were watching the Power Outage Situation so carefully. And to give you a live look from the earth cam, were looking at montauk, New York. The storm is causing threatening conditions. It has brought with it dangerous Storm Surge, strong winds, also some f
Winds. Were seeing proof of that right now. Your Camera Operator is having trouble keeping a steady camera on you. Give me a sense as henri moves in. Reporter hey, alex, good afternoon to you. I have to wedge myself in between the balcony here so i dont blow away. The winds have started to pick up. Im not feeling a drop of rain which is interesting. Earlier this morning we were getting hit by Heavy Rain and high winds but the winds have intensified extremely. I want to show you, though, how much things are blowing around. You might see the light pole behind me shaking. This is Ocean Road and it is blocked off. It is a dangerous situation. You see the waves crashing along the wall. There is a little bit of spillover and that is what folks need to avoid. You do see some folks walking around taking this all in. Its probably a good idea to stay at home. Right now 8,000 people are without electricity including ourselves. We lost power about two hours ago. We can expect the number to go up t
First, were tracking tropical Storm Henri. This is new Satellite Video from noaa capturing the moment when tropical Storm Henri made landfall. It packed high winds that knocked out power to more than 80,000 customers in Rhode Island. Close to 4,000 people in massachusetts and 2,000 on Long Island without power. Well have the latest on the path of the storm which, in fact, is slowing. One bit of good news, though. The Storm Surge Warning has canceled for all areas. A lot of folks breathing a sigh of relief. We got kathy park, who is standing by for you in narragansett, and tracking this whole thing is Bill Karins. I want to start first with kathy. This Storm Making Landfall just east of you, so talk us us through what youve been experiencing and what youre experiencing now. Our understanding is henri made landfall about 30 Minutes West of es, but nothing like what we saw in the 12 00 hour when we were barely hanging on. You can still see the waves crashing behind me. Earlier today, it w