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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 m ....
counterparts throughout the world and our allies, as has the general or, excuse me, i keep calling him a general but my secretary of defense. the fact of the matter is, i have not seen that. as a matter of fact, the exact opposite, i ve gotten. the exact opposite thing. we re acting with dispatch. we re committing to what we said we would do. look, let s put this thing in perspective here. what interest do we have in afghanistan at this point with al qaeda gone? we went to afghanistan for the express purpose of getting rid of al qaeda in afghanistan as well as getting osama bin laden, and we did. imagine just imagine if that attack if bin laden had decided, with al qaeda, to launch an attack from yemen. would we have gone to afghanistan? would there ever be any reason we would be in afghanistan? controlled by the taliban? what is the national interest of the united states in that circumstance? we went and did the mission. you ve known my position for a long, long ti ....
to leave the country today. that said the goal is more like 5,000 today. however, just getting to the airport may be difficult or impossible for many. these next photos explain why, but we have to warn you first they re very tough to see. if you have children in the room you might want to have them turn away. now. these photos were taken by a los angeles times photographer on a road packed with people trying to leave. you can see an injured child, lying on the pavement a woman also bloodied. he said taliban fighters use whoops and stricks and sharp objects on the crowd. he doesn t know why the talpen fired into the crowd and we don t know how badly they were injured. he said they re taking it up in talks through a channel with the taliban. a pentagon spokesman john kirby was also asked about it. do those discussions with the taliban include talk about allowing americans or afghans through some of these taliban check points or even potentially expanding the perimeter a ....
good evening. a lot happening tonight including a look ahead at president biden s planned announcement tomorrow on covid booster shots for most vaccinated americans. we begin, though, with afghanistan. we learned late today the president spoke with british prime minister boris johnson about the situation there including the safe evacuation of westerners and afghan nationals. to that end another 1,000 troops have landed in kabul since we left you last night with another 2,000 or so on the way. according to the white house 700 to 800 americans, afghans and other foreign nationals managed to leave the country today. that said, the goal is more like 5,000 today. however, just getting to the airport may be difficult or impossible for many. these next photos explain why, but we have to warn you first they re very tough to see. if you have children in the room you might want to have them turn away now. these photos were taken by a los los angeles times photographer and forei ....
violence, members of congress are allowed to spend campaign money on their safety, some members of congress travel with personal security while in their districts and states, there is a police present when requested. the capitol itself it heavily guarded there are police everywhere, metal detectors and dogs trained. it is there safety is prior toyy number one for members of congress. but what about you? are you safe? do you feel safe? could your neighborhood benefit from greater police presence. is your place of work armed with metal detectors or guard dogs? do you have personal security when you travel? i understand full well why members of congress spend money on their personal safety. i just don t understand why some members of congress don t feel the same way about your safety. if their safety is the highest priority, shouldn t your safety be too. corey bush represents st. louis, missouri in congress, she wants to defund the police, she wants to defund your police, ....