Government, and that has presented a small window for afghan women to publicly demand their rights be protected. [ chants ] the women are demanding the right to work and to have a continued voice in the countrys affairs, especially on education and health. But as you can see here, even this small demonstration was enough to provoke the taliban to try to break it up. Meanwhile, antitaliban forces in the rugged Panjshir Valley are battling an incursion by taliban fighters. The panjshir has long been controlled by the national Resistance Front and has never been under taliban Control Journalist Ben farmer is in kabul where its 1 30 in the afternoon. He joins us by phone. Thanks for being with us. Lets start with the protests we saw from those women there in kabul a day after a similar one in harot. Tell us more about their pledge to the taliban and to the outside world. Reporter well, these are theyre not huge protests, a few dozen women. They are significant. The women are very brave for
Mixed messages. A former District Attorney is indicted following the shooting of ahmed arbery. Shes facing charges now. Were going to get through that in our legal brief thats coming up. And a u. S. Open stunner. Naomi osaka losing her match and her cool on the court. What shes now saying about her future in tennis. Always so grateful to have your company. Its saturday, september 4th. Welcome back, boris. We missed you. Thank you, christi. I was on vacation and my jacket feels tighter. That happens to all of us. Great to see you as always, christi. From the Gulf Coast Region to the northeast this morning, cities across the country are still reeling from the aftermath of haep ida. In louisiana residents are dealing with fuel shortages, Power Outages and Hurricane Ida being blamed for 13 deaths. 700,000 people are without electricity in louisiana. President Joe Biden got his firsthand look at the destruction during a visit to that area promising federal help for people who are struggling
The mixed messages. And growing backlash over restrictive new Texas Law banning abortions after six weeks. Why the states largest medical association is saying enough is enough. And a u. S. Open stunner. Omi the match and her cool on the court. What shes now saying about her future in tennis. We are always so grateful to have your company. It is saturday, september 4th. Thank you for waking up with us. Good morning, christi. We appreciate you sharing part of your Labor Day Weekend with us. From the Gulf Coast Region to the northeast, cities across the country are reeling from the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. In louisiana, residents are dealing with fuel shortages, power outages, and now, sweltering heat. Theyre facing long lines to buy food at Grocery Stores and Hurricane Ida is being blamed for at least 13 deaths in louisiana and mississippi. And still, more than 700,000 customers remain without power in louisiana. Now, president Joe Biden did get a firsthand look at the destruction du
Not happen. White House Correspondent Jacqui Heinrich starts us off Tonight Life on the north lawn. Good evening, jackie. Good evening, bret. On the Third Day since the Troop Withdrawal no answer on whether any more americans have made it out of afghanistan or how many Green Card holders or Siv Applicants remain. The White House is directing those questions to other departments and there a distinct Feeling President biden is trying to move on from afghanistan to his domestic agenda. There is a lot of damage. President biden addressed the nation about Storm Recovery but gave no update on afghanistan and took no questions from reporters as more than 100 americans and countless at Risk Afghans who helped the u. S. In the 20year war remain behind enemy lines. There are people who are eligible, we may not each know theyre eligible yet, right . It is hard to define those numbers. Meanwhile, accounts of reprisals, those afghans face, are getting more dire. ThiS Person said they killed 1 membe
[laughter] pres. Biden hey, buddy, how are you . Good morning, everybody. I am the fema administrator. I a. Really quickly, this is the national Response Coordination Center we have 22 federal interagency partners that have been gathered here since earlier in the week to support the planning efforts and preparedness efforts for the Louisiana And Mississippi as well as any other state that might be impacted by Hurricane Ida. As you know it did make landfall as a very strong category four hurricane just a few hours ago, and we are expecting catastrophic impacts from this. I have spoken to both the mayor of New Orleans as well as the governor of louisiana just a few hours ago, and we have teams embedded with them so we could respond quickly as soon as we know with the impacts are. We should start to see some of those impacts and i but we will not have the real picture until tomorrow, and that we can start with the resources and. Pres. Biden thank you. Well, folks, youve got your hands ful