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 is video
In thursday a suicide bombing in afghanistan. U. S. Has struck back at terrorist, two isis k bombers were eliminated by a drone less than 2 miles from the airport in kabul. The deadline to withdraw is quickly approach, we ll have more on the latest development in afghanistan, we begin with hurricane ida our report mike tobin is with us in new orleans. Reporter: we re in one of the ebbs with the wind but it comes and goes, something that remarkable, is here on canal street, as far as the eye can see all power went out. The entire city went dark, about 45 seconds ago, all power came back on. Power outages were feared and promised and are materializing, here in the crescents city we saw power out then return. One thing we re watching, are the so many light fixtures here. They are really getting a work out in terms of foundation as the wind picks up, they are moving. Some minimal damage is that billboard it is dangerous. Because it is made out of sheet metal, it has peeled off and is blowi
There were parts in russia that people lived to be 120 years old, eat yogurt and you ll live longer. I ate it until i was 11 and heard that wasn t the case. Then i heard in japan, japanese live a long time so i started to eat sushi and then the french drink wine. What do they do in tulsa, oklahoma? like the president met with somebody who is like, 102? 106? 107? there were three over 100. Three over 100 and the male survivor grabbed my hand, he said, i watch you all the time. And started lecturing me about what was going on. I think what drove them in talking to them in all sincerity was they wanted the story out. Sometimes purpose can extend your life. Keep you going. I think that the purpose of them talking about what they saw, this viciousness, this murder, their loved ones being assaulted and killed because of the color of their skin, i think it drove them to keep living until they finally watched the president of the united states telling their story. Validating how amazing at tha
I will speak with a congressman. And attorney general merrick garland says the doj will turn its eye on new restrictive voting laws passing in states all across the country. We ll get to all of it. Welcome to the week. We begin with an astonishing story. Former attorney general william barr is attempting to distance himself from reporting that the trump doj seized the phone records of at least two prominent lawmakers. Barr tells politico that while he was attorney general, he was, quote, not aware of any congressman s records being sought in a leak case. The justice department has announced that the department s inspector general will investigate and democrats are calling on barr and trump s other former attorney general, jeff sessions, to testify before congress. But really none of us should be surprised. Remember, he literally called for this to happen. I call this receipts. Roll the tape. They ought to investigate adam schiff for leaking that information. He should not be leaking in
I will speak with a congressman. And attorney general merrick garland says the doj will turn its eye on new restrictive voting laws passing in states all across the country. We ll get to all of it. Welcome to the week. We begin with an astonishing story. Former attorney general william barr is attempting to distance himself from reporting that the trump doj seized the phone records of at least two prominent lawmakers. Barr tells politico that while he was attorney general, he was, quote, not aware of any congressman s cords being sought in a leak case. The justice department has announced that the department s inspector general will investigate and democrats are calling on barr and trump s other former attorney general, jeff sessions, to testify before congress. But really none of us should be surprised. Remember, he literally called for this to happen. I call this receipts. Roll the tape. They ought to investigate adam schiff for leaking that information. He should not be leaking info