hour gusting up to 90. that forward movement pushing it to the north-northeast at 17 miles per hour. now, the ewe did start to see some of the watches and warnings expand a bit. you can see the tropical storm warnings in blue. hurricane warnings are in red, including new haven, islip, and montauk. the track still expected to basically move north until just a few hours before landfall. we expect a slight shift off to the west. that s why we figure at this point the best landfall location still likely to be long island. timingwise we re looking at lunchtime on sunday. it will move farther inland before making a sharp turn to the east, going back out over open water. there you the evening hours tonight, really some of those outer bands will mostly impact areas of new york city and especially around portions of new jersey. then we start to see it fill in across connecticut, rhode island, and massachusetts as we through much of the day sunday. now, even though the areas around the
there were cabinet meetings. stephen miller peddled his racist his steer yeah. he and his enablers would undermine anything from special immigrant visa issue and demonstrating it. more on that in just a minute. president biden said he is focused on getting americans out any way possible. we re running into everything, everything that we can to provide safe evacuation for our afghan allies, partners, afghans who might be targeted with their association with the united states. i can t promise what their final outcome will be but as commander in chief, i can ensure you i will mobilize every resource needed. 5800 troops are at the airport in kabul to get americans out. approximately 2500 americans have been evacuated. over the past 24 hours 3800 people have been ferried from kabul in six c-17s. we are committed to this highly important mission to bring americans and siv applicants out and vulnerable afghans including women and children safely out of afghanistan. since the e
situation. in the past 24 hours, 2,000 people have been evacuated, far short of the goal of 5,000 to 9,000 a day. of those the pentagon says only 300 were u.s. citizens. it s not about the math. it s about what s ready to fleig fly. you know, who is on the airfield ready to leave a holding area and get on the aircraft. reporter: the dangerous scene unfolding on the ground underscores just how difficult it may be for these words from the president to come true. there are afghan women outside the gate, i told get them on the planes. get them out. get their families out if you can. reporter: defense secretary lloyd austin and chair. joint chiefs general mark milley arriving at the white house to brief the president and vice president. the president spent the day out of public view after insisting in an abc news interview on wednesday that chaos was always inevitable. but the idea that somehow there s a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing, i don t know how that
explosives and as you heard, negotiations continue. plus, the rush to evacuate thousands of americans from afghanistan picks up pace, president biden now says the chaos there was inevitable. contradicting what he said just weeks ago. former cia director and retired u.s. army general david petraeus joins me just ahead. later, the white house threatening legal action against states like texas, florida, and arizona as republican governors stand firm trying to block masks in schools. welcome to mtp daily. i am chuck todd. breaking news here in the city, rattled place as it is, hasn t been that long since january 6th, the u.s. capitol police, federal law enforcement are investigating an active bomb threat, outside library of congress, across from the u.s. capitol complex. here is the captain police chief with details last hour. around 9:15 this morning a man in a black pickup truck drove on the sidewalk in front of the library of congress, near 1st and independence south
show taliban fighters beating on afghans, they are trying to sell themselves as a kinder and gentler taliban. dana: it says they will respect women s right despite evidence to the contrary. bill: bidden administration relying on the group to guarantee safe passage for thousands of americans scattered all over the country with only one exit. that s at the airport in kabul. remember, six weeks ago the president insisted he did not trust the taliban. this morning the criticism about him and his decision continues unabated. our government is putting faith in the taliban that their want for legitimacy and international rule is above their want to kill us. they re stuck between a rock and a hard place. they either tell americans to shelter in place and get the military into a shooting war to get americans out. the taliban are a brutal regime and how they govern. dana: mike gallagher is standing by with reaction. trey yengst the latest on the situation at the airport and