pennsylvania, let s begin with laura in lower manhattan. two decades have passed that day and for so many people, 9/11 feels like it was just yesterday. a somber movie ceremony here at the world trade center, lower manhattan today and somebody lives were lost. ramseyer began today a holy bill after the world trade center was hit. the 2753 names of those killed were read aloud at the 9/11 memorial for the twin towers once stood. joe, we love and miss you more than you could ever imagine. our son is a spitting image of you. he lights up my world everything. i see you in everything he does. the world was a better place with you and your self miss after 20 years by your children and grandchildren whom you be very proud my uncle was a firefighter. inspired me to follow in your footsteps and become a firefighter, to. president joe biden and first lady along with former president barack obama and bill clinton and their wife brought a hand for today s ceremony. a firefighter wh
extremely dangerous category 4 hrk, 16 years to the day that hurricane katrina hit. some could see storm surges of up to 15 feet. the governor warns that ida will be one of the strongest storms to hit the state since at least the 1850s and the clock is stick ticking. you have a few more hours, really, to prepare, because early tomorrow morning we re going to have weather degrade rapidly. this news breaking just in to cnn, the embassy has moments ago issued a security threats telling all u.s. citizens in the vicinity of the kabul airport to leave the air immediately. this h is due to a specific and credible threat and it comes just hours after troubling new warning from biden on that front. the president saying his demanders are telling him that another terrorist attack in the kabul airport is, quote, highly likely in the next 24 to 36 hours. and as follows, the pentagon kirmg that two high profile isis-k targets were killed in a drone strike overnight, retaliation for the
tonight, why so many are being so misled. the pandemic gross around the country. then the january 6th committee issues a raft of document requests. what we know about their demand for white house records. plus, never mind the big lie. how every single house republican just voted against strengthening democracy and what you need to know about what is being called the stunning radical and terrifying decision by the supreme court. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. i ve been haunted the last few days by a little bit of a mystery. how is it that the daily death numbers from covid have topped 1,000 and how are we seeing this level devastation and death with the virus despite just over 60% of the eligible population fully vaccinated and 81% of seniors vaccinated, senior being the most vulnerable to the virus making up a huge portion of the deaths from covid we ve seen until now. how are we in this situation? we came across this new york tim
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 believ
some foal f el to their deaths. if el to their deaths. some 6,000 american troops are on the ground in afghanistan to do whatever it takes to get our people out. as many of those who helped us in america s longest war as well. remember, president biden has made just one statement since leaving for a weekend break in delaware in camp david. he defended his decision to pull out troops from afghanistan. that s actually not the issue. why did the exit go so south so fast? and where is president biden to address the american people now? white house national security advisor jake sullivan says we will hear from the president eventually. he is focused on insuring that the mission, which is to secure that airport and continue these evacuations, that that mission continues and is brought to a positive conclusion. that s his overriding focus right now. he is deeply engaged on it and yes at the right point he will absolutely address the american people. harris: the vice president