now is evacuating american citizens, evacuating afghans who worked with us, and afghans who are at risk with the priority around women and children. and we have made significant progress in that regard. the race to evacuate both dangerous and urgent. these are live pictures from kabul near the airport where the american embassy advised u.s. citizens near three of the gates to leave immediately because of security threats. a defense official telling cnn the concerns are based on, quote, a very specific threat stream from isis-k about attacks against crowds gathered outside that airport. nick paton walsh is covering the story for us and he is live in doha. nick, 36 hours left. what more can you tell us about what appear appears to be the f stage of the evacuations. reporter: urgency for days but now clear according to a source familiar with the situation that this ends in 36 hours, friday essentially. and that will of course spark some elements of panic amongst those tryi
huddle with administration officials on how to fight back, after more attacks from russian hackers. a group known as cozy bear hitting the rnc. but let s start by bringing in antonia hylton in clearwater, florida, and michelle grossman, who has been tracking the storm. antonia, what s the big concern where you are? reporter: good morning, chris. elsa did its worst to this area, the tampa bay greater area last night. as you can see behind me, the effects are still being felt this morning, particularly high winds. what people are really looking at right now, as we approach high tide around noon today, there is still a risk of storm surge, of flooding, particularly to those who live in low-lying areas. and officials in the days ahead of this asked people living in those communities to please leave, to stay with family and friends on higher ground. some of them took officials up on the opportunity to stay in designated shelters and many of them are there throughout the day toda
harvesters at the dnc. but first, when you re in the end of another long week of joe biden, as usual, the president is malfunctioning in public, check this out. president biden: i left the list for the second one down there, okay. hold on. thank you. thank you. okay, now, speaker pelosi, maxie waller, and garcia. [laughs] how are you, man? senator, i hope. i m kidding, i m not. now, an equal opportunity commission related to eternal per procedures. bobby scott, speaker pelosi, and excuse me, suzanne bonamici. i m so used to knowing things. he s getting worried. dan: given by didn t struggles, who s in charge of the white house? is it ron klain, the chief of staff? is it susan rice? probably not kamala harris her at her as vp has been a debacle, a disaster, according to a new political report, 22 staffers are no speaking out about the dysfunction inside the vice president s office. it s only been six months, six months, that s it. you re already complaining. a backstabbi
changes to catholic law in four decades. pope francis cracking down on sexual abuse a rare access with agents patrolling the southern border, plus the father and son we encountered on a dangerous 20-day journey. where they are tonight. the show of support for naomi osaka after her stunning withdrawal from the french open the message from top rival, serena williams. and the wild backyard standoff, the team leaping into action to fight off a bear this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. i m peter alexander in for wleser lester another cyber attack targeting another major american company. this time, the world s biggest meat provider, abruptly bringing much of its operation to a halt the white house delivering a new warning to russia tonight ahead of the meeting with vladimir putin. it all comes after a similar attack forced an extended shutdown of one of the largest gas pipelines. now there are fears the latest attack could send high food prices climbing even high
that moment followed by a wild and chaotic scene as reporters jockeyed for position before being tossed out so the talks could begin. meeting was shorter than expected at about three-plus hours. both held separate back to back news conferences. putin went first followed by biden. i think there was no hostility. we don t share the same positions in many areas but i think that both of these sides showed a willingness to understood another. president biden is experienced. i said my agenda is not against russia. or anyone else. it s for the american people. it s not about just going after russia when they violate human rights. it is about who we are. we need to have some basic rules of the road. i came what i came to do. the tone of the entire meeting was good. the two leaders agreed to open talks on arms control, said the respective ambassadors would be returning to their posts. putin defended the provocative moves in ukraine and biden spoke of the two americans in priso