Now that our fighting is done, it is only natural we revert to diplomacy. again, diplomacy based on taliban actions. courtney, can you give us a sense when we talk about americans left behind, 100 to 200, are these people desperately trying to get out, trying to get to the airport or people that are actually just living there? reporter: it is a combination of both. there are some, one category, i don t think gets a lot of attention, are people that are american citizens, dual afghan, american citizens with family members that are afghan and don t have any american citizenship at all. we heard anecdotal cases of people that have come to the airport, they have access, were allowed to get in with the blue american passport, but family members couldn t. they had to make a difficult decision, many times right there on the spot to leave without their family members or stay behind. we are hearing a lot of cases of
We have our reporters covering every angle of this across the region. want to start with sam brock. 24 hours ago you and i were talking about hundreds of people trapped, needing to be rescued. please tell me they re safe. reporter: largely from what we can gather they are, stephanie, amazingly. you said the name of the town correctly. laplace, la feet, two areas that saw so many rescues going on. we got mixed signals whether there needs to be hundreds of folks rescued, then we saw it with our own eyes that there were high water vehicles coming through communities. this spot, the big issue is when. the power lines are strewn in the yard. this is a microcosm of what you ll see on highway 61. there are power poles turned like this, 45 degree angles, barely hovering above the
Through a roof, things like that. instead of having boat rescues going on, we have people out with chain saws, equipment, companies like lakeview demolition, they have bobcats and are cutting through things for us. what do you think your mission will look like in days and weeks ahead? starting this morning, i m about to be in laplace in a secure location. we have donations from around the country. some stuff that we have on hand year-round to be the initial push for events like this. we re asking for donations. we ll set up a spot, when everything is ready, start serving hot meals daily, between 1,000 and 1500 meals a day we serve, water, nonperishables. all the necessities people need and lost to give a sense of normalcy. that will stretch out for the course of weeks as long as we
Days, people here basically said, we re in louisiana. we see this kind of thing all the time. we re not overly concerned, and certainly, we re too far inland for this to impact us, so i haven t seen a ton of traffic on the road. the problem with saying we re too far inland is what i talked about a second ago. the wind power has not died down. we re looking at a potential catastrophic situation. don t see a lot of folks on the road now. i m sure many folks wish they had gotten out when they could have. there s no flights out today and the highways were a mess when the window was open. you talked a little bit about the expectation of power going out for a pretty long period of time. how else have residents been told they need to prepare for the days and weeks ahead? food, nonperishables, flashlights, certainly, if you re talking about an extended period of time with no power. fema has ramped up, thankfully for louisiana and his mis, they gathered up 32 million meals, 2
Nevada, once one of the fastest growing economies. las vegas now dubbed ground zero for job loss.sands. with the aisles being cleared out, there s nothing left. so hopefully we ll be able to get some nonperishables here that we so desperately need. reporter: people tell me they have run out of money or will soon. many people i spoke to want to work. they re looking for jobs, any job that will allow them to provide for their families. eva, thank you. on the front lines tonight across the country, many doctors asking, where is the remdesivir, after the president and dr. fauci celebrated early data on the drug. some are asking when will it arrive? how to get access for those who need it. here s matt gutman. reporter: david theile s father has been hospitalized for ree eks fightif it s mr ofife an