homes simply gone. cnn s pete muntean is where an ef-2 tornado struck in pennsylvania. pete, what kind of damage are you seeing? reporter: ana, the officials here are describing this damage as devastating after the ef-2 tornado came through here only less than 48 hours ago. governor tom wolf just finished updating folks here and said that there were hundreds of calls for water rescues. the issue here is not necessarily just flooding, although that has been widespread throughout montgomery county where there have been three deaths, maybe a fourth death that we were just learning of. governor tom wolf of pennsylvania joins me now. governor, what s the priority now that we are more than 36 hours away from when the storm passed through? what s the focus? the focus is on cleanup and getting people back to their normal lives as quickly as we possibly can. you can see given the magnitude of the devastation, that s a big, big job. there are a lot of people working, as i said in m
for afghanistan, and a momentous decision from president biden. our correspondent in washington will update us on the political fallout there. also on the programme: nearly 1,300 people are known to have died in a massive earthquake in haiti, and a tropical storm is now heading towards the devastated country. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in washington, where president biden has sought to defend the manner of the us withdrawal from afghanistan. it comes after chaotic scenes at kabul airport, as desperate afghans try to flee the country following the taliban s takeover on sunday. people have crowded around departing aircraft, with some even clinging on as planes took off. mr biden said he stood squarely behind his decision, and that there was never a good time to withdraw. our first report is from washington, and our north america editorjon sopel. the sudden capture of the country s capital has shocked the world. whatever
now a tropical storm is bearing down on the country. hello. we begin in washington, where president biden has sought to defend the manner of the us troop withdrawal from afghanistan. he was speaking after a day of chaos at kabul airport, as desperate afghans were prepared to cling onto aircraft as they took off, to escape the country. the taliban have taken control of most of afghanistan, encountering very little resistance on the way. but mr biden said he stood squarely behind his decision, and that there was never a good time to withdraw. our first report is from our north america editorjon sopel. the sudden capture of the country s capital has shocked the world. whatever the political bent of the network. the taliban has taken over afghanistan, seizing control of kabul. ..the verdict today has been unanimous and brutal. the biden administration is redefining the word i incompetent . an epic humiliation of us foreign policy, a woeful mishandling by president biden. just a
the streets of kabul there s widespread fear the regime will bring repression. so what does the future hold for the people of afghanistan, especially women, under the taliban and will the threat of international terrorism also increase? i ll be discussing that with guests from washington and india. also on the programme: nearly 1,300 people are known to have died in a massive earthquake in haiti, and a tropical storm is now heading towards the devastated country. live from our studio in singapore, this is newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in washington, where in the past hour or so, president biden has sought to defend the manner of the us withdrawal from afghanistan. it comes after chaotic scenes at kabul airport, as desperate afghans try to flee the country following the taliban s takeover on sunday. people have crowded around departing aircraft, with some even clinging on as planes take off. mr biden said he sto
decision from president biden. i ll be speaking to our correspondent in washington about the political fallout there. also on the programme. nearly 1300 people are known to have died in a massive earthquake in haiti, and a tropical storm is now heading towards the devastated country. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in washington, where president biden has sought to defend the manner of the us withdrawal from afghanistan. it comes after chaotic scenes at kabul airport, as desperate afghans try to flee the country following the taliban s takeover on sunday. people have crowded around departing aircraft, with some even clinging on as planes take off. mr biden said he stood squarely behind his decision, and that there was never a good time to withdraw. ourfirst report is from washington and our north america editor, jon sopel. the sudden capture of the country