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hello, again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. right now, desperation setting in as cities from the gulf coast to the northeast deal with the aftermath of hurricane ida. at least 50 people are dead across the northeast and many are facing flood warnings again today. and we re just learning president biden will visit new jersey and new york tuesday to survey the damage. the death toll in louisiana and mississippi stands at 13. many hard-hit communities there are running short on food, fuel, and other supplies. in louisiana, the desperation is turning deadly. a man was killed after reportedly cutting in line at a gas station. fuel supplies are growing more scarce by the day. police say the shooting proves how desperate people are. it s unbelievable that people can t act like adults in this situation. ladies and gentlemen, the services are here. we don t have enough gas. we don t have enough gas being delivered to stations. we don t ha ....
continuing to deploy thousands of american troops, we will maintain the fight against afghanistan and other countries, we just don t need to fight a ground war to do it. paul: let s bring in retired army general petraus served as commander in coalition services in afghanistan and director of central intelligence agency. general, great to see you again. thanks for coming in. so now that we are out, the u.s. troops are out, how do we get those americans and afghan allies who are still there out? well, we are going to have some kind of relationship with the new rulers of afghanistan. obviously the taliban. they have still not completely formed their government but it s taking shape. we know the leader will be some of the key ministers, we have a diplomatic presence in qatar which is the location in which the negotiations with the taliban were carried out. a lot of countries have removed embassy from kabul and establishing a shadow embassy again in doha, qatar. that s whe ....
announcement this afternoon which came suddenly and sooner than expected with the last c-17 transport lifting off just one minute before the president s self-imposed august 31st deadline arrived in kabul. he ll be addressing the nation tomorrow. the secretary of state spoke just a short time ago and addressed the issue of americans remaining in afghanistan. we believe there are still a small number of americans, under 200, and likely closer to 100, who remain in afghanistan and want to leave. we re trying to determine exactly how many. we re going through manifests and calling and texting through our lists. and we ll have more details to share as soon as possible. our commitment to them and to all americans in afghanistan and everywhere in the world continues. the protection and welfare of americans abroad remains the state department s most vital and enduring mission. he said the state department would help americans leave no matter when they decide that they wish ....
hospitalizations in the u.s. hit alarming heights not seen since the winter surge announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt substituting tonight and reporting from new orleans, tom llamas. good evening. i m tom llamas in for lester we are coming to you tonight from an american city in crisis and a region in need of help hurricane ida causing catastrophic damage. the view from above just a glimpse of the actual pain felt on the ground families in la place, louisiana running from ida s surge overnight, and today pulled from their homes in boats hospital staff caring for sick patients as parts of their buildings came apart in grand isle, ida s force and surge captured on camera in realtime and now a cleanup under way so people have some place to stay and tonight you ll meet the nurse who cared for dozens of babies in a nicu unit, unable to see her own children to help infants in need of all of this as new orleans faces a new type of disaster no power anywh ....
the question is do we have a full picture of the damage yet? and the european union takes the united states off its safe travel list amid a surge in covid cases. the question is will we see countries issue new travel restrictions for americans? it is way too early for this. what s up, everybody. welcome to way too early, the show that is coming to you from the great city of los angeles live. i m jake soboroff on this tuesday. the last american troop boarded a c 17 aircraft shortly before midnight in kabul last night, marking an end to a chaotic entry from the country. more than 122,000 people were evacuated since late july, including more than 6,000 americans, but despite the massive number airlifted out, officials estimate between 100 and 200 u.s. citizens were left behind. look. there s a lot of heartbreak associated with this departure. we did not getter about out that we wanted to get out, but i think if we had stayed another ten days, we would not have ....