extending a forever exit. in afghanistan, the taliban declaring victory, holding a press conference on the tarmac of the kabul airport with their own special forces. of course, now carrying american weapons captured from the collapsed afghan army, and in a remote province, the taliban even holding a mock funeral, parading coffins draped with american and nato flags. a speaker praising the isis suicide bomber who killed 13 u.s. service members and 200 afghans. at least 200 americans are still stranded in the country and countless afghan allies who helped u.s. troops over 20 years of conflict left behind. we re also keeping a close eye on ida as it brings torrential rain and wind leaving a path of destruction in its wake. millions across louisiana and mississippi are really suffering, dealing with the blustering heat and no power. a new law outlawing all abortions in the state went into effect at midnight, following all of the stories for you and let s begin with afghanistan
or thank you all for your service, because so many of these afghans, tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, have worked closely, have fought alongside and have died alongside american military service men and women over the past 20 years. and so i do think you will likely get some kind of response from afghanistan as the news of that speech trickles out, jake. so, dana bash, president biden 13 days ago said that they would get every american out by august 31st and would stay longer if every american wasn t out. obviously events overtook them. there was a terrorist attack, and the president said that it was the unanimous advice of his military and civilian advisers to withdraw august 31st. he said in addition in his speech just now that 90% of the americans who wanted to get out would get out and the administration was still going to work on getting them out, just not through military means. how do you think politically the american people are going to respond to t
afghanistan is over. the last american troop boarded an aircraft shortly before midnight in kabul last night, marking the end of a chaotic and deadly exit from the country. in total the state department says more than 122,000 people were evacuated since late july. including more than 6,000 americans. but officials estimate between one and 200 u.s. citizens have been left behind. look, there s a lot of heartbreak associated with this departure. we did not get everybody out that we wanted to get out. i think if we stayed another ten days we wouldn t have gotten everybody out that wanted to get out and there still would be people disappointed with that. it s a tough situation. i want to emphasize again that because we have left that doesn t mean the opportunities for both americans that are in afghanistan that want to leave and afghans who want to leave, they will not be denied that opportunity. the united states leaves afghanistan in the same position as when the mission st
exactly 16 years after hurricane katrina devastated new orleans. we ll get the latest forecast and talk to one of the heroes of katrina, retired lieutenant generous he will honore. 13 were killed by a suicide bomber, they come home with the president there to receive them. thousands took to the strd to demand federal action on voting rights. house majority whip james clyburn is here to explain the next steps. i m jonathan capehart. this is the sunday show. we begin this morning tracking hurricane ida with wind speeds now just a few miles per hour away from becoming a category 5 hurricane. the powerful storm is expected to slam into louisiana within the next few hours, possibly causing catastrophic damage on the 16th anniversary of katrina. with winds at 150 miles per hour, the governor of louisiana put the storm in context with this dire warning. we can sum it up by saying this will be one of the strongest hurricanes to hit anywhere in louisiana since at least
the u.s. has credible intelligence that isis has both the capability and planning to carry out such attacks. this according to a u.s. defense official i have spoken to. security concerns around the airport are one of the major reasons president biden cited for sticking to his august 31st deadline for the withdrawal of all u.s. forces. the white house just announced that about 19,000 people were evacuated in the past 24 hours, people like those you re seeing there. more than 82,000 people in total have been airlifted over the course of the last 11 days. we re expecting a live update from that pentagon podium this hour. we ll bring it to you live. we re covering all the fast-moving developments out of afghanistan. let s begin with cnn s nick paton walsh who is in qatar where many of these evactuation are going. we also have atika shubert. nick, this has been described as acute, credible and specific. what are you hearing? reporter: i can only agree with the notion that isis-k