Streets, homes and, as you can see here, the subway. At least 13 deaths were reported in new york. Most of the victims were found in basements that flooded before rescuers could reach them. The streets of new jersey were filled with water. Look at this. These are rescue operations happening. This is happening in new jersey there in newark. Also, this is in boundbrook. We have live pictures up for you now. You can see just at the edge of flooded roadways there. We know in new jersey and pennsylvania, delaware as well, there are rescue operations happening. We have seen people stranded on roof tops. Crews are using excavators, rafts to pull people trapped in their homes. President biden outlined earlier the federal help that he s deployed across several states. And i want to express my heartfelt thanks to all of the first responders and everyone who has been working through the night, well into the morning to save lives and get power back. There s a lot of damage, and i made clear to the
What is difference about this law is who can enforce it. The governor cannot be the enforcer. It deputizes private citizens to bring a civil suit against providers or anyone knowingly aiding and abetting a pregnant person seeking an apportion in violation of this ban. Of course the concern with that part of the law is it s vague. What does that exactly mean? is it a ride share driver who drives somebody to a clinic? is it a family member? is it clergy or someone who donates to a legal fund that pays for abortions. The law puts an bounty guaranteeing $10,000 per violation proven that has to be paid by the provider or the individual that was sued. Texas right to life has already set up this anonymous tip line for people to talk and report abortions that may violate the law. With me is jeffrey toobin. Let s start where diane left off, which is there isn t criminal liability associated with this. This law allows strangers even to sue in civil court anyone who helps a woman get an abortion.
They will resonate for years. Will the president s next words? we re covering this remarkable moment from every angle with our team of reporters and experts standing by. I want to start with the white house. Jeff zeleny is there. How did the president spend his morning preparing and any insight into what he might say? reporter: we know the president and vice president spent at least part of the morning with their advisers getting the final briefing on the final day of america s longest war in afghanistan, getting operational briefings and hearing about the final flights that took off yesterday afternoon here in washington time. At midnight in afghanistan. We know the president is going to lay out a series of what led him to this decision. We know this is a decision that president biden has long wanted to make. It goes back to a trip he took six days before he became vice president in january of 2009. As a senator as vice president elect he went to afghanistan on a fact finding mission
Leaving the taliban in full control of one of the most vulnerable countries in the middle east. Moments after the u. S. Departed, taliban fighters were seen celebrating. Here is the video. Entering a hangar and checking out helicopters and other equipment the u. S. Military left behind. Today they showed off their new convoy of military suvs and aircraft as well. Now, i should say the commander of central command says the dozens of u. S. Vehicles and planes left at the airport have been demilitarized, which means that they re inoperable. Right. But these are operable, whatever they re driving around in here. Yes, we don t know if they commandeered these from the afghan military. We will get into that. Let s bring in phil mattingly, senior white house correspondent. What is the message that the white house wants to relay through this address from the president today? reporter: victor, i think you will see the president start off by highlighting what has transpired over the course of the
Strike, so that was the only option you guys used, was there any other option to stop the bomb with the vehicle. I m let the general i ll ask the general to provide context. Only thing i would say is that we ve use td word dynamic a lot and i know that sounds like pentagon speak, but that is really how the best way to describe the threats we re facing. Dynamic, moving, fluid, quick. And because that is how isisk operates. And we have to try to be as quick and as nimble as they are. And when you have what we believe to be an imminent threat and we believe this to be an imminent threat, we took the action that we believe was the most necessary at the best opportunity to thwart that attack. Commanders will always minimize collateral damage. This is one of the key tenants of what we how we operate. In this case, just like mr. Kirby said, that this strike prevented a high profile attack against both, you know, coalition and u. S. Forces and other afghan civilians. And so as we looked at the