Good evening, joshua, were getting the 8 00 p. M. Advisory from the national Hurricane Center that were seeing the center of the storm on radar. Thats the green you see here beginning to show up. Thats about 275, 280 miles from New Orleans at the current time. So the white is the clouds, the green is the Rain Bands and those will be moving on shore as we go throughout the morning hours. This is the satellite imagery, and we color it to see the brighter reds or top of the thunderstorms, lets meteorologists know where the stronger portions of the storm are. The winds did not increase. Thats great. Were 18 hours or so from landfall, we want to keep this as weak as possible. We dont think its going to get weak before a landfall, we think its going to become stronger, category 3 overnight, and right before landfall possibly getting up to a category 4. We should expect a major Hurricane Landfall in Southeastern Louisiana tomorrow afternoon, direct impacts, grand isle, home of Morgan City. Th
and honoring malala. the youngest person to receive the nobel peace prize. tonight there are calls from around the world accountability and for prosecutions after the senate report on torture by the cia. the world s media and even some american allies are using language like scandalous, devastating and a grave violation of democratic values. there are many here in the united states defending the agency and the tactics it used on terror suspects. libby casey reports. water boarding, sleep deprivation, tactics used by the cia on tee takenees in the post 9/11 era. experts say that s not president s call. it s not the president of the united states to conduct a criminal inquiry as to the action hes of somebody who works at the cia that s an independent prosecutor, who can look at this without any sort of political interference and conduct an investigation and reach a conclusion based on their own view of the facts. reporter: but there were calls on the senate floor from dem
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to do things like flip. the attorney general who has been under fire by the president quite a bit has release his own statement pushing back on the president. this is consequence because the attorney general did this right as he was going to the white house to meet with the president on criminal sentencing. here is what he said. while i am attorney general, the actions of the department of justice will not be improperly influenced by political conversations. i demand the highest standards and where they are not met i take action. however, no nation has a more talented, more dedicated group of law enforcement investigators and prosecutors than the united states. i am proud to serve with them and proud of the work we have done in successfully advancing the rule of law. just another note. i spoke with the doj official after that statement came out, asked what the mood is at the doj, and the person s
But they re deeply integrated with al qaeda. and we have seen the weakness in their security forces and security service. so keeping al qaeda under control will be difficult, and as we ve noted they re rivals with isis-k which is still there, so the challenge for them, if they re willing, will they be able to control the whole country. it s one thing to wage an insurgency, very different to cure entire country. greg, good to see you again. thank you very much. still to come, president biden s poll numbers dropped sharply this week, particularly over his handling of afghanistan and covid. but there s more to those poll numbers than just his approval ratings. we ll show you just ahead. stay close. ratings. we ll show you just ahead. stay close your mission: stand up to moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. and take. it. on. .with rinvoq. rinvoq a once-daily pill can dramatically improve symptoms. rinvoq helps tame pain, stiffness, swelling.
Ed. president biden says another attack on the civilian airport in kabul is highly likely, possibly tomorrow. meanwhile, the evacuation continues, large crowds return to the airport desperate to escape afghanistan. it has only been a few days since the terror attack killed more than 100 civilians and 13 u.s. service members. in response, the president authorized a drone strike. pentagon officials say the strike last night killed two high profile isis targets. the air lifts have evacuated more than 117,000 people so far. many more are waiting to be taken to safety. the plan is for america s longest war to end in three days. and the president is holding firm on u.s. troops leaving afghanistan by the august 31st deadline. how significant has the evacuation been so far? and what remains to be done? let s discuss it with greg myrie