In that exact part of the country. The hurricane is called ida. It looks particularly worrying because its large already. Because its moving slowly. Because the Storm Surge and rainfall amounts associated with it are epic. And because it is due to track over some very, very unusually warm waters on the way toward land. As a general rule of thumb, with offshore storms like this, the warmth of the Ocean Temperatures that the storm passes through on their way to land, those temperatures translate pretty directly to fuel for the energy of the storm. So, again, i know A Million things are going on now. It doesnt feel like weve got the Band Width to handle another disaster, but here she comes. Hurricane ida is going to be a big part of your News Diet over the weekend, obviously, if you are in the path of the storm, you need to pay close attention to public warnings and Evacuation Orders. Its a big one. Its one worth taking seriously. Well have more on that later on this hour. Also, in afghan
Saigon in 1975. How do you explain getting this so wrong . First, savannah, to be fair, the helicopter has been the mode of transport from our embassy to the airport for the last 20 years. But you know its not the helicopter. Its not the mechanism. No, no, its the Lastminute Scramble. You know that. Its the Lastminute Scramble when the assurances from the president himself were this is not what we were going to see. It is certainly the case that the speed with which cities fell was much greater than anyone anticipated, including the afghans, including many of the analysts who looked hard at this problem. And part of the reason for that, is because at the end of the day, despite the fact that we spent 20 years and tens of billions of dollars to give the best equipment, the best training and the best capacity to the afghan National Security forces, we could not give them the will. The scenes at the Citys Airport Today are staggering. Thousands of afghans desperate to flee as thousands of
More fights over mask mandates, and why hundreds of students were sent to quarantine just days into the school year. Brutal temperatures, with much of the country broiling, when will the Heat Break . E acgsosd inloda, T Ats of a new stoight i the new violence against Ride Share drivers. Cuomos future, a major development in the Impeachment Investigation into new yorks outgoing governor. Dream finish the field of Dreams Game turns back the clock and gets its own hollywoodstyle ending. This is the Cbs Evening News with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Dokoupil good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. Norah is off tonight. Im tony dokoupil. And we begin in afghanistan, where the final stage of americas longest war is playing out amid a relentless advance by the taliban. It now controls nearly all the major cities and is within 50 miles of kabul. A Pentagon Spokesman says the military is concerned by the speed of the taliban advance and the
Nato workers, Local Afghans who either worked for nato as interpreters or some sort of support staff role, and one of the men we met there was from kandahar. He said he arrived today and he talked about how the taliban militants were going door to door essentially looking for people who either worked for the afghan government or are working for the afghan government or worked with u. S. Or nato forces, and these are the kinds of stories weve been hearing over and over again, and this is the reason why so many people have ended up here from other provinces, as these towns and cities are taken over by the taliban. We did learn and confirm just in the past overnight hours, the past 12 hours or so that kandahar, the second largest city in the country also the Birth Place of the taliban, very symbolic city in that sense also the hub for American Forces over the past 20 years has, in fact, fallen into the hands of the taliban to key victory for them. We also understand that Lashkar Gah and h
Of the reduction of civilian personnel out of the embassy to help facilitate their departure from the country, to also help with the process of moving special Immigrant Visa Applicants out of the country and provide additional security at the airport. We believe this is a prudent measure given the Security Situation. Youre moving a lot of people. What is can you give any better sense of daytoday, what are they doing . Sounds like theyre that number of people, they must be responsible for getting people sounds like theyre taking over security at the airport. I wouldnt go that far, courtney. The turkish forces are still at the airport. Theyre still in the lead of security. We already have some Security Forces, united States Security forces at the airport including Aviation Elements. These 3,000 are there to bolster it and the airport can facilitate the movement of people, this is about prudent preparation. We want to make sure that we have enough on hand to adapt to any contingencies. So