the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan is now entering it s final hours as the last evacuations. as many as five rockets were fired at the airport. we ll go live to the latest from the region and the pentagon coming up. we come there one of the most powerful hurricanes to ever hit the united states. hurricane ida barrelled into louisiana near category 5 strength. wind gusts were reported north up to 170 miles per hour making it one of the strongest storms to ever hit the united states. my colleague is in the scepter of the storm. rescue efforts are under way right now. one person is confirmed dead, and officials expect that number could go up. more than a million people are without power right now including the entire city of new orleans. some officials are warning that power in some areas could be out for weeks. emergency services are down as well. and the disaster is putting even more strain on a hospital system already pushed to it s limits by a surge of covid patients. this
with the president s response. bill: twice as many americans say the president is doing more harm than good. this is they feel the strain on everything from food to lodging to energy and gasoline to the white house we go for reaction. jackie heinrich is there on the north lawn. what are they saying? good morning. good morning. you guys said it. voters are very concerned about inflation. they feel like the biden white house is making matters worse for them and really interestingly 2/3 of people say inflation has caused them financial hardship. when you look at lower income people, that number jumps to 3/4 of the respondents in the poll. 17% say they are better off financially than a year ago. by more than 2 to 1 people say the president s economic policies have hurt rather than helped them personally. nearly half of americans, 46%, believe the massive social spending bill that the white house sees as the solution to this inflation would only push inflation higher. democrat
e-a-g-l-e-s! excitement as the biggest event in america s sporting calendar the super bowl kicks off in phoenix, arizona. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s almost a week since the devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria in which so far more than 33,000 people have died. the united nations, however, says it expects that figure to double. remarkably, though, survivors are still being pulled from the rubble. united nations aid vehicles have now begun arriving in syria but the head of the un s relief mission says many people have a right to feel abandoned. part of the problem is that rebel groups still control parts of the north west, following years of civil war. 0ur middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville, and cameraman robbie wright have managed to gain access and sent us their first report from inside the rebel held area. a border and a catastrophe shared, but in the aftermath of the earthquake, syria and turkey c
good morning. 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz-balart. we begin this very busy hour with breaking news from the supreme court. in a major 8-1 decision, the court upheld a statute that bars people subjected to domestic violence restraining orders from having guns. joining us now, nbc news washington correspondent yamiche alcindor. good morning. break this down for us, if you would. reporter: this is a supreme court saying there are limits to the second amendment and in this case if you are somebody who is found in violation of domestic violence laws, and restraining order, you can temporarily have your firearms and access to firearms be taken away from you. i think it is interesting here because as you said, it is an 8-1 opinion. we talk about the supreme court being a 6-3 conservative majority. here in this case, you had liberals and conservatives on the same side, with chief justice john roberts writing the majority opinion here. the one dissenter is ju
A government response but also allegedly faulty buildings construction that has led to over 100 arrest warrants. members of turkey s opposition party have called on government for neglecting stringent regulations introduced after previous quakes. i am nowjoined by professor takako izumi, expert in disaster mitigation strategy at tohoku university s international research institute of disaster science injapan. it is wonderful to get you on newsday, professor. in terms of your experience, what is the rest phase what is the next phase of rescue efforts look like in the affected areas? thank you for inviting me. currently, the disaster effort is ongoing. the next phase will be providing more emergency assistance such as water and