First, we re tracking tropical storm henri. This is new satellite video from noaa capturing the moment when tropical storm henri made landfall. It packed high winds that knocked out power to more than 80,000 customers in rhode island. Close to 4,000 people in massachusetts and 2,000 on long island without power. We ll have the latest on the path of the storm which, in fact, is slowing. One bit of good news, though. The storm surge warning has canceled for all areas. A lot of folks breathing a sigh of relief. We got kathy park, who is standing by for you in narragansett, and tracking this whole thing is bill karins. I want to start first with kathy. This storm making landfall just east of you, so talk us us through what you ve been experiencing and what you re experiencing now. Our understanding is henri made landfall about 30 minutes west of es, but nothing like what we saw in the 12:00 hour when we were barely hanging on. You can still see the waves crashing behind me. Earlier today,
People climbing onto planes, flooding the tarmac. The u. S. Military has managed to secure its half of the airport and flights are taking off, both military and commercial. According to the pentagon, this is happening but the situation is still tense and very, very desperate. Chief foreign correspondent richard engle has the latest from kabul. Richard, what are you seeing? reporter: the evacuation flights are coming in frequently now. You can sense there s urgency about them. They land, they re only on the ground a few minutes before they take off again. It is clear the u. S. Wants to wrap it up as quickly as possible. Kabul airport this morning is back up and running, evacuation flights for u. S. Embassy personnel and contractors in full swing. Flights were stopped yesterday and tens of thousands of afghans stormed onto the runways desperate to leave, clinging onto aircraft, trying not to be left behind as the americans pull out. U. S. Troops found themselves overwhelmed, as they trie
Of people out every hour in the next 24 hours, and a maximum of 5,000 to 9,000 people each day, and the other goal clearly is to find order in what has been turmoil. This shocking photo taken on sunday has gone viral and it shows a military plane jampacked with 640 afghans fleeing their country. According to defense 1, some of those folks pulled themselves up on the cargo s plane open ramp as it was preparing to take off. New photos from the airport showing more order, but no less urgency, and the taliban is holding a news conference. We will keep you posted on that. And an answer to a question people have asked for months, do i need a booster shot and when? the white house is now onboard with booster shots, so when will you need one? we start in afghanistan with the crisis and evacuation efforts. Brittany cuby, and mike memoli, and we are joined by the president of the council on foreign relations and the author of the world: a brief introduction. Courtney, you just got out of the pen
Require 25,000 workers, at least, in his department to get that covid vaccine. What happens if they don t? also, they are remembering the kids going back to the classroom as the delta variant fuels more hospitalizations. What dr. Fauci is saying about keeping kids safe in school. Kerry sanders is following the growing controversy over masks in school. And also we re at the iowa state fair that is back after being canceled last year. That is in direct defiance. There was a protest for mask mandates in south florida. Take us through what you re seeing. You know, craig, it is really turning to say they would like to see a mask mandate. That would be in defiance of what the governor here has stated in the state. That there can be no mask mandates. We have seen several communities saying that they don t care what the governor says, they re going to put a mask mandate in. And the forth largest school district is miamidade. The governor said anyone that defies this, the school superintendent
Next question? next question, cbs. Thanks, kevin and thanks for taking my question. A quick followup on sabrina s. What is the latest data about children and long haul symptoms after they recover even from mild cases? and then jeff, for you, now that more entities are requiring vaccines, is administration reconsidering something like a qr code or a passport to help verify people s vaccination status and if not, what are you doing to stop the proliferation of fake vaccine cards? thank you. Dr. Walensky on the children long covid question. Right, thank you for that question. We are examining covid in children and we are seeing long covid symptoms, mostly fatigue and headache. They appear to be happening in rates lower than adults, 2 to 3% but data with delta among covid need to be followed differently and longitudely with alpha. More data to follow on that. On to vaccination verification. There are a number of ways people can demonstrate their vaccination status. Companies and organizati