Announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with robyn curnow. The taliban are pushing ahead with their offensive in northern afghanistan in their quest to take control of the last holdout for resistance fighters. On sunday, fierce fighting was reported in the panjshir valley with both sides claiming to have made gains. Now, the leader of the national resistance front says he supports calls for an end to the fighting and is ready to talk once the taliban withdraw their fighters. Meanwhile, a vital lifeline for afghanistan has reopened. The kabul airport is now seeing more domestic flights resume, and on sunday aid planes brought in more than 50 tons of medical supplies and food. And while the taliban have taken a key step in reopening the airport, they still haven t announced what their new government will look like. Nic robertson has the details on that. Nic. Reporter: the taliban are still yet to announce who s going to be in their government. They said it would be inclusiv
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Good evening. From virginia up into new england, at least 46 people have now lost their lives in what was once optimistically referred to as the remnants of hurricane ida. We begin tonight with new video just in of what it looked like as two members of the new york police department rescued a driver last night in central park. Yeah. I mean, get your stuff. I m here. I ll hold you. Yeah. Just like that. That s in new york central park. That water rescue one of many overdmiet in the city and across the region. The storm also shut down new york subway system and commuter rail throughout the new york tristate area. The flooding here was of a kind last seen when superstorm sandy hit. At least eight tornados struck as the storm moved north and sadly every measure of destruction is likely to rise in the coming hours and days. Cnn s miguel marquez begins our coverage tonight. He joins us from new brunswick, new jersey. Miguel. Yeah. Just shocking how powerful this storm was. Nypd says that it
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President biden addressing the nation today telling americans the war in afghanistan is now over and marking the end of america s longest war. The president vigorously defending his decision to completely withdrawal u. S. Troops in the chaotic final days as the united states military airlifted more than 120,000 people out of kabul s airport. Tonight, more than 1 million people along the gulf coast, mostly in louisiana without power after hurricane ida s devastating blow but wide spread power outages could last for weeks amid excessive heat and a restrictive state abortion law could take effect tonight in texas. If it s not blocked by the courts, it could effectively end roe v wade. I want to go to john harwood now and also political commentator charlie dent. Gentlemen, thank you for joining us. Apr appreciate it. John, president biden delivering a forceful defense withdrawing not giving an inch to his critics. What is the strategy here? don, think what you saw today was part strikeateg