The vast majority in louisiana, new york, and my Home State of New Jersey. Over in connecticut, a Funeral Procession will Get under way within this hour for a state trooper, sergeant brian mould, who died with his Police Cruiser was overwhelmed by floodwaters. Hundreds of thousands of people are still without power. Some might not Get it back until the month of october. After touring the damage in both regions, President Biden said the crisis demands an immediate response. Climate change poses an existential threAt To our lives, our economy. Its here and its not going to Get any better. This is code red. The natiOn And the world are in peril. Thats not hyperbole. That is a fact. Lets dig deeper into all of this and bring in AlliSon Barber and sam brock, in louisiana, and Kathleen Miller in cranford, New Jersey. She is the mayor there. Sam, lets start with you. The numbers i am reading are crazy. 300,000 plus people without power, 3,000 in shelters, 25,000 displaced in hotel rooms. Its
Security to baggage handling. And they may have actually prevented some attacks. All of this raises the urgent question of what comes next for the administratiOn And the pentagon in this new and uncertain postwar era. As we await Secretary Austin, general milley joined by our own Courtney Kube at the pentagon, mike at the White House and former deputy national Security Adviser to george w. Bush and Nbc News national Security Analyst and ben hodges who served to the u. S. Army in europe is also with me who wrote very eloquently that military leaders need to admit that mistakes were made, as well. Let me start with you, courtney. What should we expect from this briefing and what shouldnt we expect . So we should expect to hear from general milley and Secretary Austin thanks to Thep Tos involved in this Evacuation Mission. As we heard from president biden yesterday they consider it a success they got 100,000 people out of aafghanistan, but It Cam at a high cost. Dozens of afghan civilians
Good evening. The united states says it is comforted that the last troops will be withdrawn before tomorrows deadline. Rockets have been fired towards Kabul Airport today. The pentagon as its investigating accounts that are us Drone Strike in Kabul Targeting is. Flames leap from a car after militants from the islamic State Group use it to launch rockets at Kabul Airport. They were intercepted by a missile defence system. But Planes Landing Today fired flares to try and protect themselves from further attack. Nearby, a family combs through the wreckage of a us Drone Strike launched yesterday. Relatives and neighbours are collecting remains of the victims to bury. They angrily reject american claims the vehicle targeted was being used by a Suicide Bomber from the islamic State Group. Translation if there was a bomb inside, the car would have been blown up. Amongst those killed, two year old sameya, 12 year old farzad, and these two twins, as well as narsa, who had previously worked along
The storms strong winds ripped their trailer apart in the middle of the night. They took shelter at a neighbours house. I aint got nothing left. House is gone, car is gone. Sorry. Emergency crews are now focused on rescue operations. The next step, recovery, will be long and difficult. Nada tawfik, bbc news, New Orleans. In tokyo, Jonnie Peacock has won a Bronze Medal in his 100 Metre Sprint final after being paralympic champion for the last two games. Elsewhere, there have been three more golds for great britain for Wheelchair Racer Andrew small, Archer Phoebe Paterson pine and for Sir Lee Pearson in dressage. He is the third most successful british paralympian ever. From tokyo, heres andy swiss. He couldnt do it again, could he . Jonnie peacock chasing a paralympic hat trick. Peacock has struggled with injury since the last games, but he roared out of the blocks. The rest were closing in, though, and the result was one of the most thrilling races in paralympic history. Felix streng,
Were among the dead. Lost ten persons include my daughter who was dead. Two years old, she was two years old. The aftermath of Hurricane Ida the waters are rising in the southern us, as the power was knocked out in New Orleans, and people survey the damage. The end of the road for Leaded Petrol. Environmental campaigners welcome the the elimination of the toxic fuel. Live from our studio in singapore. This is bbc news. Its newsday. Its six in the morning in singapore, six in the evening in washington and 2. 30 in the morning In Kabul. Americas longest war is over. A us Military Aircraft carried the last american troops out of afghanistan early on tuesday. More than 120,000 people have been moved from kabul. Now hundreds of americans and thousands of afghans left behind face an uncertain and dangerous future. General Kenneth Mckenzie of us Central Command announced that the us withdrawal from afghanistan was complete. Tonights withdrawal signifies both the end of the Military Component