And the cdcs new Covid Travel Warnings just ahead of Labor Day. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with Lester Holt good evening. Im Tom Llamas in for Lester Tonight we start with breaking news. The dangerous Storm System on the move, remnants of Hurricane Ida hammering the east coast. The new images of an apparent tornado ripping through annapolis, maryland. Tornado watches and warnings in effect from North Carolina to maryland, including washington, d. C. And philadelphia torrential Rain Drenching the midatlantic and the northeast at this hour students rescued from a School Bus in maryland after it became trapped in rising floodwaters and over night, waters also surging into an apartment in rockville. A 19yearold killed at least one person still missing. And later, well tell you about millions more americans facing extreme weather from the Gulf Coast to fire out west Nbcs Tom Costello starts us off tonight from annapolis, maryland. Reporter Touching Down In and around annapolis, mary
Now on bbc news, dateline london. Hello and welcome to dateline london. Im martine croxall. This week, we discuss the Unfolding Tragedy in afghanistan and we ask do Extinction Rebellion s two weeks of disruptive demonstrations here in London Help or hinder the response to the Climate Crisis . Our guests, the french Journalist And Commentator marc roche, the North American Broadcaster And Writer Jeffrey Kofman and with me in the studio, still suitably distance, is the bbc s chief Environment Correspondent Justin rowlatt. Now, justin covered afghanistan for almost four years of course as the bbc s South Asia correspondent. He was in a Mortar Attack by the taliban, so he is well placed to talk to us about the events of this week. Welcome to all of you. And so lets start with that then, shall we . On thursday, a Suicide Bomb Attack at Kabul Airport targeted people desperate to flee the country after the taliban takeover. 90 people were killed, mostly afghan civilians, and 13 us military pe
Hello and welcome to dateline london. Im martine croxall. This week, we discuss the Unfolding Tragedy in afghanistan and we ask do Extinction Rebellion s two weeks of disruptive demonstrations here in London Help or hinder the response to the Climate Crisis . Our guests, the french Journalist And Commentator marc roche, the north american Broadcaster And Writer Jeffrey Kofman and with me in the studio, still suitably distance, is the bbc s chief environment correspondentjustin rowlatt. Now, justin covered afghanistan for almost four years of course as the bbc s South Asia correspondent. He was in a Mortar Attack by the taliban, so he is well placed to talk to us about the events of this week. Welcome to all of you. And so lets start with that then, shall we . On thursday, a Suicide Bomb Attack at Kabul Airport targeted people desperate to flee the country after the taliban takeover. 90 people were killed, mostly afghan civilians, and 13 us military personnel. A local branch of islamic
To dateline london. Im martine croxall. This week, we discuss the Unfolding Tragedy in afghanistan and we ask do Extinction Rebellion s two weeks of disruptive demonstrations here in London Help or hinder the response to the Climate Crisis . Our guests, the Frenchjournalist And Commentator marc roche, the North American Broadcaster And Writerjeffrey kofman and with me in the studio, still suitably distance, is the bbc s chief environment correspondentjustin rowlatt. Now, justin covered afghanistan for almost four years of course as the bbc s South Asia correspondent. He was in a Mortar Attack by the taliban, so he is well placed to talk to us about the events of this week. Welcome to all of you. And so lets start with that then, shall we . On thursday, a Suicide Bomb Attack at Kabul Airport targeted people desperate to flee the country after the taliban takeover. 90 people were killed, mostly afghan civilians, and 13 us military personnel. A local branch of islamic state called is K Or
After the taliban takeover. 90 people were killed, mostly afghan civilians, and 13 us military personnel. A local branch of islamic state called is K Or Isis k said they carried out that attack. Throughout the week, about 100,000 people were evacuated but thousands more have been left behind. There is a huge Refugee Crisis in the making and a possible humanitarian disaster in afghanistan as money runs out and food disappears. It couldnt be much worse, or could it . Justin, lets start with you. You know afghanistan well. You used to be in contact regular with the taliban. They are a highly organised group of people but to what extent was it inevitable that afghanistan would fall to them and fall so quickly . Well, when i was covering afghanistan, the government held most of the urban centres and the taliban held most of the countryside. So if you just looked at the area of the country controlled by the taliban, it controlled more than the government. And this was in the period when the