a stunning turn of events in kabul. lara: a victory forged in the blood of an american betrayal, almost 20 years to the day since 9/11. here racing to kabul airport to flee . two people who held to the military plane that was taking americans to save tie, were so desperate they never let g barely visible as they tumbled through the air to death. in the war against islamic terrorists here. muslims have long paid the heaviest price, women and children have been targeted by the taliban and other islamic extremists, like the girls at this school, in the afghan capital kabul, three explosions this year, tore through flesh and bones, leaving 85 dead and fear in their wake, afghan families have buried up to 70,000 policemen and soldiers, since 2001. according to a week report from brown cost cost of war project. casualty rate so high, military convention said though army could sustain it. after heading to battle day and night for 20 years, without end, the scale and speed of u.s.
a stunning turn of events in kabul. lara: a victory forged in the blood of an american betrayal, almost 20 years to the day since 9/11. here racing to kabul airport to flee . two people who held to the military plane that was taking americans to save tie, were so desperate they never let g barely visible as they tumbled through the air to death. in the war against islamic terrorists here. muslims have long paid the heaviest price, women and children have been targeted by the taliban and other islamic extremists, like the girls at this school, in the afghan capital kabul, three explosions this year, tore through flesh and bones, leaving 85 dead and fear in their wake, afghan families have buried up to 70,000 policemen and soldiers, since 2001. according to a week report from brown cost cost of war project. casualty rate so high, military convention said though army could sustain it. after heading to battle day and night for 20 years, without end, the scale and speed of u.s.
believe this is new haven, connecticut. rhode island, new york. six states in all will be impacted by this storm. it will feel the brunt of this storm. rain coming down as you can see in new haechb. other video we can show you throughout the hour of storm surges already. we have a team of reporters.rt we re going to begin with hurricane henri getting ready to crash into the northeast coast. expected to make landfall within a few hours. can see janessa webb there, poor thing hanging on to a railing from then strong wind d rain. long island, southern new england are bracing for a direco hit for the first time in 30 years. as we saw from janessa s live shot, areas are already experiencing initial impacts. look at this video from new york city. eastern parkway behind the brooklynhi library. people in henri s path are emptying shelves like this one at a walmart in connecticut where flashlights are usually stocked. those close to the coast boarding up windows and in some kies
close by to make sure this can happen safely. but outside the airport perimeter still chaos according to a information british soldier who says his wife was among those getting crushed in a stampede. another urgent issue the pentagon hasn t solved. 000 evacuate those who can t get the kabul airport. the u.s. military did reveal that it is communicating with taliban commanders on the ground and that there have been no taliban hostilities against americans and u.s. operations. that truth has to hold to locate and rescue as many as 10,000 americans who remain and many more afghans who helped the u.s. we ll hear from the white house at this hour as this crisis unfolsd. the taliban are formally reintroducing themselves to the world. a short time ago they held their first official news conference since taking power. what s their message and what does it mean for the future of afghanistan, the region and u.s. national security? let s bring in cnn senior international correspondent s
how are they feeling and what was your takeaway? she seem pumped and psyched. whether you are in that rocket or looking at that rocket you re pumped. something that jeff bezos has been doing going back 21 years elon musk and richard branson. no rush to be first but a rush to be right. he has taken some slings and arrows on this being the second man in space but his blue origin company is pointing out he will go higher than branson did. 66 miles versus 53. a back and forth on what s really space. i think when you re up there and see the black contrasted with the blue of earth you re in space. once you are there for 2 or 3 minutes it is a big achievement. a huge achievement. sandra: susan lee is with us as well. i love that he chose his brother, mark, to accompany him. his little brother. he is a firefighters here in westchester county outside of new york city and runs a financial firm as well but brothers going to space and an 18-year-old oliver damon, a dutch teenager and