We have you covered on a story that wasnt supposed to be. We knew that ida was barrelling to the Gulf Coast And did considerable damage to louisiana, that she wound then foster rains And showers And floods, possibly going north. But nothing like this. Nothing approaching the historic damage of these storms. Weve got Bryan Llenas in queens, New York And David Lee Miller In Hoboken, New Jersey. We begin with bryan. Bryan, queens has not the so great honor of having been hit the hardest among communities. Yeah, neil. At least 11 people died in their Basement Apartments in queens, New York like this one behind me. You can see the gapping hole. Horrific. A Mother And Son died. The Building Owner came down to warn them And in five minutes, it was too late. There was separation And tragically death. A 2yearold Boy ten miles away died. These Basement Dwellings were horrific places to be during a flash flood event. On top of all of that, were now getting word that a connecticut State Trooper a
Leader to say the taliban wasnt winning. Ghani reportedly telling biden, mr. President , were facing a full scale invasion. Republicans now want the full transcript released and slamming President Biden over the Phone Call. Its one example of the disastrous miscalculations that brought us to where we are now with hundreds of americans left behind in afghanistan because of Joe Bidens Execution of his decision to recall. They dont call him quit pro joe about nothing. The most important thing about this is the fact that he had to lie means he knew six weeks ago that things were going to go bad. Thats correct. He didnt address this strategy. He didnt warn americans in that country to leave. Meantime white House Press Secretary Jen Psaki is being called a hypocrite for refusing to give details about the call. Was the president pushing a false narrative in that call with the afghan president . I think its clear. Im not going to go into details of a private conversation. What We Saw over the
The president toured the devastated town of lahaina, meeting with first responders. Hes faced criticism for his handling of the federal response to the wildfires after not speaking publicly about the crisis for days. The president has also attended a community reception, where hes addressed a crowd under a banner reading lahaina strong. Speaking in front of the islands famous banyan tree, mr biden said his government is committed to the recovery. Were focused on whats next, rebuilding for the long term. And doing it together to help get us back on our feet, to rebuild the way we want to rebuild. The country grieves with you and stand with you and will do everything to respect culture and traditions when the rebuilding takes place. The states governor took part in mr biden s tour, and also spoke at the Press Conference. He had this message for the international community. All of the other areas of maui and the rest of hawaii are safe and open and available. The mystique and love and alo
A saudi official has dismissed the findings, saying the report isn t reliable. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams has more. mustafa is full of regrets. it s been more than a year since he lost his left leg on yemen s northern border. rehabilitation has been a long, hard road. he s still haunted by what happened the night he tried to enter saudi arabia. transation: we got shot at while we were walking. | immediately we all lie down on the ground. for about five minutes, i didn t even realise i was shot. but when i tried to get up and walk, part of my leg wasn t there. the shooting went on and on and on. yemen s rugged, remote mountains. huge numbers of people on the move, fleeing poverty and war at home, seeking opportunity in neighbouring saudi arabia.