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the last to die at the hands of terrorists in afghanistan in this war. that happened when a suicide bomber took their lives at an airport checkpoint. congressman michael waltz, pete hegseth and dave sears have all served in afghanistan. they re standing by as we await the president, which we re moments away from waiting for an update on when that will happen. let s check in with peter doocy who is live outside the white house. hi, peter. martha, good afternoon. we re waiting for an update on timing. we re told the president would be at 1:30. and then 2:45. a few minutes ago, they said just wait for us to call you on the overhead page system. so the president is going to come out. we re getting new idea about what the we should expect to hear from him. we should expect to hear him take credit for the success of this airlift. the press secretary is on social media right now talking about how the president is going to praise the military for airlifting 124,000 people out ....
carrying the last troops to leave the country, ending america s two decade long war in afghanistan and ushering in a period of uncertainty for the afghan people. civilians were flown safely out of the country. this despite an attack at a gate that killed 13 u.s. service members and 100 afghan civilians. tony blinken says diplomatic efforts are underway to get 200 americans and afghans with special immigrant visas out of the country still. mean time, in a very rare move, vice president kamala harris presided over a brief senate session today as the chamber increased payments to american citizens returning from afghanistan to help with transportation, housing, and other costs. that bill now heads to president biden for his signature. joining us is the senior white house correspondent and nbc news correspondent courtney kube and raf sanchez in doha, qatar and matt bradley. so shannon, we re expecting to hear from the president. his remarks are already a little delayed. wha ....
mile-per-hour winds ripping a catastrophic gash across southern louisiana. at least one person is confirmed dead at this point in time. ida is now a tropical storm but there is still extreme danger with up to 8 inches of rain yet to fall in some cities. the mayor of one louisiana town calling this total devastation. the storm overtopping levies and trapping people on roofs, with no way to rescue them. more than 1 million people are currently without power. this includes the entire city of new orleans, exactly 16 years after hurricane katrina hit. and while ida has weakened some, there is still this big threat that we re tracking of flash flooding and dangerous storm surge and tornadoes. also breaking this morning, rocket fire overnight. targeting afghanistan s international airport. video obtained by cnn shows the burnt out car this was apparently used as an improvised launch pad to fire five rocket. five hours earlier the u.s. carried out a preemptive drone strike on ....
might save one life, maybe 1,000 lives. i don t know. i want his story to be told. michelle, thank you for telling danny s story. we, too, hope thank you. that people hear it and understand the stakes, as we see this surge in coronavirus cases affecting even people who do not have the disease. michelle, we are so sorry for your loss. i just firmly believe that everybody needs treatment when they need treatment, especially for life-saving treatments. you re right, michelle. michelle puget, thank you so much for being with us. you re welcome. thank you. new day continues right now. very good morning to viewers in the united states and around the world. it is monday, august 30th. i m brianna keilar with john avlon. good morning. good morning to you. we have breaking news on two fronts. hurricane ida has been downgrade ed to a tropical storm after inflicting devastating, catastrophic damage in new orleans. the day is early. we re trying to get a se ....
this as president biden s deadline to get out of the deadline quickly approaches. hello, everyone. i m sandra smith, monday morning here in new york. nice to see you, john. john: in washington, d.c., a little bit of a time difference but not much. [laughs] hope you had a good weekend, sandra. i m john roberts in washington, good to see you. this, after five rockets were fired at the airport over night, when making it through defense systems and landing inside the perimeter. u.s. officials are stressing this is the most dangerous time of the mission, the phased withdrawal of u.s. and couldn t leave the forces still on the ground even more vulnerable to attack. sandra: indeed. we ve got a packed hour. just ahead, walid phares will join us, morgan ortagus coming up, and congressman peter meijer is here, as well. fox team coverage begins now. bill hemmer will join us in moments. john: but first to the pentagon and jennifer griffin to kick us off this monday afternoon. ....