Good evening. From Virginia Up Into new england, at least 46 people have now lost their lives in what was once optimistically referred to as the remnants of Hurricane Ida. We begin tonight with new video just in of what it looked like as two members of the new York Police department rescued a driver Last Night in central park. Yeah. I mean, get your stuff. Im here. Ill hold you. Yeah. Just like that. Thats in new york central park. That Water Rescue one of many overdmiet in the city and across the region. The storm also shut down new York Subway System And Commuter rail throughout the new york tristate area. The flooding here was of a kind last seen when superstorm sandy hit. At least eight tornados struck as the storm moved north and sadly every measure of destruction is likely to rise in the coming hours and days. Cnns Miguel Marquez begins our coverage tonight. He joins us from new brunswick, New Jersey. Miguel. Yeah. Just shocking how powerful this storm was. Nypd says that it affe
Indication Americans hadnt been able to get tHrough to the airport. Then what the Defense Secretary said today in a briefing with lawmakers and what the pentagon acknowledged today. Ian Pannell Tonight live from kabul. Martha raddatz live in washington. And stephanie ramos with late word from the White House tonight. Also this evening, that Tropical Storm Set to become a hurricane in the coming hours. Tonight those warnings and watches up right now in the northeast. Alerts in six states as we come On The Air tonight. Henri gaining strength as it moves up the east coast. Wind gusts potentially topping 75 miles per hour. New jersey, New York, massachusetts tonight, connecticut already declaring a state of emergency. Rob marciano standing by with the new track now shifting inward. News on the coronavirus tonight, the u. S. Now recording its worst day in nearly seven months. Nearly 158,000 new covid cases in 24 hours. Tonight from florida to mississippi to oregon, what theyre now seeing. T
Cant guarantee safe passage to kabul. The pentagon saying it has not dispatched troops to retrieve them, despite reports of beatings at taliban check points. At least a dozen people are reported killed in and around the airport in the four days since the taliban takeover. The u. S. Is ramping up the Evacuation Efforts but the numbers fall short in the race to safety. And heres the Human Face of the stakes involved. Small afghan child asleep on the floor of a military Cargo Plane as it leaves kabul. That child draped in a coat from a u. S. Air force member. What happens to those still trapped . Those terrified to the taliban now ruling the country. Denial of a Wall Street Journal report that he ignored advice to leave behind enough troops to prevent the chaos. Your top military advisers wanted you to keep about 2500 troops. No, it was split. That wasnt true. That wasnt true. They didnt tell you they wanted troops to stay . No. Not in terms of whether we were going to get out in a timefr
Require 25,000 workers, at least, in his department to get that Covid Vaccine. What happens if they dont . 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 were 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 youre 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 dont care what the governor says, theyre 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 and
U. S. Officials near the White House including one victim on the president s national security team. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We started today with our Health Lead and president Joe Biden this afternoon announcing the united states will share hat least 20 Million additional doses of coronavirus vaccines with other countries. Thats in addition to the 60 Million doses of the astrazeneca vaccines that the White House has already pledged to send. Also good news in the fight against covid here in the u. S. This nation recorded only 16,864 new cases of coronavirus yesterday. Thats the lowest level since march 2020. For comparison there were periods during this pandemic when the Infection Rail was more than 300,000 new cases every day, but there does remain much confusion about the cdcs abrupt reversal on Mask Guidance announcing thursday fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks. The Cdc Director now admitting this is fully dependant upon the Honor System and nonvaccin