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the british government has authorised the border force to turn back small boats carrying migrants across the english channel from france. it marks a new approach by the home secretary, priti patel. up to this point, migrants found in english waters have been brought back to the uk mainland to be processed. she has also threatened to withold £54 mllion of funding which the uk pays to france to patrol their side of the channel. the french interior minister said his country would not be blackmailed and uk plans to return boats were in breach of maritime law. this is the english channel, the stretch of water separating the uk from the continent. in the past week alone, over 1500 people have crossed on small boats and dinghies. that brings the total making the journey so far this year to 12,500, far surpassing last year s total of almost 8500. while the uk continues to see far fewer arrivals and asylum claims than many of its european counterparts, the numbers are increasin ....
let s begin with our meteorologist danger van dam on the ground in louisiana not par from port fourchon. we ve seen conditions deteriorating there rapidly. what are you experiencing? reporter: yeah. wolf, this is the stuff of nightmares as we eye down a monster hurricane that is only 30 miles away from the location where i m located. it s unfolding before our eyes. conditions deteriorating as you mentioned. an extreme wind warning continues to pop up on our screen. my team, our phones continue to blare, because that is held specially for these moments. the national weather service reserves it for critical life threatening winds in excess of 110 miles per hour. that is approaching, because we understand that the eye of major hurricane ida is moving toward this direction. now, the concerns here is that the storm has made land fall. there are people within the path of the eye. just like homa, louisiana where i m located. what you re going to see so you understand what yo ....
the pentagon calling the blast a, quote, complex attack with one suicide bomber setting off explosives while being searched at the gate to the airport. u.s. service members killed are the first american casualties in afghanistan in 18 months. in a statement defense secretary lloyd austin said in part, terrorists took their lives at the very moment these troops were trying to save the lives of others. we mourn their loss. we will treat their wounds, and we will support their families in what will most assuredly be devastating grief. but we will not be dissuaded from the task at hand. an affiliate of isis has claimed responsibility of the attack, believed to be an adversary of the taliban. it came hours after western governments issued multiple warnings about the possibility of a terror attack. the u.s. embassy in kabul last night urging americans to stay away from the perimeter of the airport. the situation remains very fluid. the president has been briefed on the situat ....
helicopters have rescued 169 americans from a hotel outside the airport in kabul. this comes hours after president biden claimed americans were not having issues getting through the taliban blockade. we have no indication that they haven t been able to get in kabul through the airport. we have made an agreement with the taliban thus far. shannon: other parts of the biden administration have conceded that does not line up with the reality for some on the ground, as the white house admits it is unsure how many americans are in need of evacuation from afghanistan, and the pentagon corrects the commander in chief on his claims that al qaeda is gone, and the u.s. will be able to monitor the terror threat to americans from afar. look, let s put this thing in perspective here. what interest do we have in afghanistan at this point, with al qaeda gone? al qaeda is a presence, as well as isis, in afghanistan. and we have talked about that for quite some time. we do not ....
without showing viewers at home a few of those who cling to the wing drop from several thousand feet above the airport in kabul. monday, good morning. moment of history together. dana: i m dana perino this is america s newsroom. for the afghans clinging to the plane i think two things. the pilot knew what was happening and had to get out anyway and the second thing is that they were willing to face a certain death because the alternative to them staying was worse than trying to leave. bill: so many times the images that you remember for years to come may very well be this one we re showing you right now. i think if you watch the video overnight in the darkness of the airport and here on the tarmac again. when people run like this it shows the inner fear they have that they are trying to get away from. that s the reality now in afghanistan. here we go. next two hours we ll see what we get. dana: that s a image today. images in days to come could be even worse. am ....