States mill he tri and ouR Diplomats and military and ouR Diplomats and intelligence professionals. Howie howie extraordinary success, that phrase brought the President Plenty of criticism. The pentagon did good work in evacuating americans and afghan alleys. Allilies. We havent heard anybody say they did anything wrong. It was Donald Trump who signed the withdrawal agreement, also an attempt by Pro Biden pundits to conflate the decision to leave afghanistan with the awful execution that the whole world has witnessed. This broadeR Debate is so important that its our job to lift it above petty part sonship. Im Howard Kurtz and this is Media Buzz. Howie ahead my interview with Larry Elder, the California Radio Host who has a shot at becoming governor. As hard liners say it would have been better to leave some military contingent in afghanistan indefinitely, President Biden used his televised speech to reject those views. So when i hear that we could have, should have continued the socall
How it is hampering Search And Rescue operations. Americas longest war comes to an end. The final evacuations. We did not get everybody out that we wanted to get out. Odonnell the covid surge, 100,000 americans admitted to hospitals. The most since last winter. New reporting on when younger children will be eligible for the vaccine. Wildfire emergency, thousands evacuated as the Caldor Fire closes in on Lake Tahoe. And remembering one of americas favorite actors, Ed Asner. You got spunk. Well. I hate spunk wel this is the Cbs Evening News with Norah Odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening to our viewers in the west, and Thank You for joining us on this tonight we are following two major stories, the staggering destruction caused by Hurricane Ida along the Gulf Coast. Well begin with americas longest war tonight. Because that war is officially over. The last american military plane left from Kabuls Airport at 3 29 p. M. Eastern time. A moment in history as th
Louisiana. Looking live out of New Orleans more than half 1 million customers are without power in louisiana and the governor requested a major disaster declaration. Another live look now and minutes ago we learned the storm has been downgraded to a category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 125 miles per hour. The Storms Center 30 Miles Southwest of New Orleans. This is what it looked like inside the eye of the storm and some hurricane hunters flying through it before ida made landfall and we have new video of the storm at the Marina And Ida is hitting on the anniversary of hurricane katrina. The storm has hardly weakened since making landfall hours earlier with 145 mile per hour wind. Reporter the extremely dangerous hurricane made landfall in louisiana as one of the strongest storms in the States History as ida picks up strength. The impact is being felt and feared throughout the gulf. Conditions are changing rapidly, and obviously we have a very dangerous situation on her
Breaking news, now at 11 00. Claims inching dangerously close to the Sierra And Tahoe Ski Resort as the Caldor Fire heading towards Southlake Tahoe. We are live in New Orleans with the latest on hurricane ida. And how the Bay Area is already h elping. Here at home our Air Quality is about to get better over the next two days. We will begin with breaking news as the Caldor Fire takes aim at the sierra tahoe Ski Resort. Catching flames roaring up the hill behind the resort. Good evening. Taking a live look at that same camera. The Fire Spread has now slowed down you can still see the glow of flames we will have a report coming from that area coming up. The other big story. The entire city of New Orleans without years since the day it e 150 m was flattened by hurricane katrina. Reporter it is a tough night here in New Orleans, the range just keeps on falling here in this area a lot of people are just trying to survive the rising floodwaters in a city with no power at the same time rescuer
Vaccinated against Covid 19. Magic. And one of the most influential Reggae Producers and performers, lee scratch perry dies injamaica, aged 85. Hello and welcome. Lets start with some Breaking News now. As many as five rockets have reportedly been fired near Kabul Airport in the last couple of hours. A us official said the rockets were intercepted by an american anti missile system. It is not yet clear if all were brought down by the defence system, nor if there were any casualties. It comes a day after the us led an Air Strike on a vehicle in kabul, reportedly targeting a Suicide Bomber who was about to attack the airport. Of course, well bring you more details as we get them here on Bbc News. One of the most powerful hurricanes to hit Americas Gulf Coast in 200 years is now approaching New Orleans. Hurricane Idas Centre isjust 30 miles to the west. Nearly One Million people are without power, including the whole of New Orleans, after whats being called catastrophic transmission dama