Two days, the death of a terrorist leader is fueling calls for revenge. This time it s iran blaming israel after the assassination of a hamas leader inside tehran, with increasing concerns of an allout war is there anything the u. S. Or anyone else can do to stop it from happening. And torrential rains in vermont, unlike anything they ve ever seen. Two months worth of rain dropping in a single morning turning roads into rivers is and tearing homes into pieces. The downpour obliterating the area s record for rainfall, which was set more than 110 years ago. And by the way, it s still coming down. But we start with the battle for black voters, and donald trump heading to chicago as recent polls show his support with them slipping. Today he s sitting for a live q a at the country s largest annual convention of black journalists. It s the first time any republican presidential candidate has attended the event in 20 years. Trump had boasted of making inroads with black voters while joe bide
Homes simply gone. Cnn s pete muntean is where an ef2 tornado struck in pennsylvania. Pete, what kind of damage are you seeing? reporter: ana, the officials here are describing this damage as devastating after the ef2 tornado came through here only less than 48 hours ago. Governor tom wolf just finished updating folks here and said that there were hundreds of calls for water rescues. The issue here is not necessarily just flooding, although that has been widespread throughout montgomery county where there have been three deaths, maybe a fourth death that we were just learning of. Governor tom wolf of pennsylvania joins me now. Governor, what s the priority now that we are more than 36 hours away from when the storm passed through? what s the focus? the focus is on cleanup and getting people back to their normal lives as quickly as we possibly can. You can see given the magnitude of the devastation, that s a big, big job. There are a lot of people working, as i said in my comments earli
Nearly 5 million are still under flood warnings. Still dangerous conditions in a lot of places. At the same time, we re moving into a recovery mode and a cleanup mode. The recovery process for this is going to take months. We now know that at least eight tornados hit multiple states. New jersey was hit with its strongest tornado in 30 years. In louisiana and mississippi where 13 people were killed, hundreds of thousands of others still face fuel shortages, power outages, and sweltering temperatures. The heat index in parts of louisiana will top 105 degrees today. Let s start there. Cnn s adrian broads is in new orleans, adrian, you re up first. You ve been talking to people and bringing us their stories, desperate for gas and food and some comfort, electricity. Describe what you re hearing that they want to hear, what they want to see from president biden. Reporter: when president biden comes, they want answers. These are people who are starving for hope. You got to keep in mind, this
More protests against masks and vaccines. This crowd inside oklahoma state capitol. Because this is like custer s last stand. We got to be heard. We have a common enemy. And that common enemy is the virus. Duncan: storm threat, fred powers up in the gulf coast. Grace not far behind as monsoon rains swamp the southwest. And later the volunteers making miami beach accessible to all. Oh, man, this is so good. This is the cbs weekend news. From new york, here s jericka duncan: good evening. A lot of news to get to today. America s nearly two decade long involvement in afghanistan is coming to an abrupt and chaotic end. Today taliban fighters took control of the capitol kabul. President ashraf ghani suddenly fled the country. Then this, taliban fighters were seen rolling up the afghan flag inside the presidential palace. And tonight president biden is deploying another thousand troops to kabu rpart of a 6,000g contingent to help evacuate americans. And take a look at t u. S. Helicopters hav
serious threats of flash flooding. idalia is now a category 1 storm, but it made landfall as an intense category 3 storm earlier today. the area of florida s big bend took the biggest hit, big bend is the part of florida where the panhandle meets the west coast of the peninsula of florida. this was the town of steam hatchy. so much standing water in the streets that only the roofs of these homes and businesses were visible. up the road near the town of perry, florida, the brutal winds toppled this gas station awnings. the winds gusted to 85 miles per hour earlier today. and look at this storm damage in keaton beach, also in the big bend area, the eye of idalia came ashore shortly before 8:00 this morning. this home has been ripped apart. the entire roof in front of the structure are gone. debris scattered all across the yard. the city of st. petersburg shared this video with us saying it rescued more than 75 people so far. more searches are still under way. the national weath