Welcome back to our continuing coverage of the republican national convention which is taking c place, first night under way right now in milwaukee, wisconsin. This ismi happening, of course, during a frankly sort of insane time in the presidential campaign. And that counts for both campaigns. Since joe biden s performance at the first debate came very near to upending his candidacy, president biden has been demonstrating what an energized, fired up biden campaign looks like. He s made about two dozen public appearances including rallies and fundraisers and interviews. That fire hose of campaigning, a though, stopped instantly after the assassination attempt saturday night against his opponent in the race. Since then, joe biden as president has made a number of appearances and public remarks about the assassination attempt. It started with a written statement on saturday, saying he had been briefed on the incident, he was praying for donald trump and his family. Saying he expected and
Political thinking. A national tragedy, shameful, a staggering failure. Britain s biggest foreign policy disaster since suez. That is how my guest has described our withdrawal from afghanistan. He is tom tugendhat former soldier and former adviser to the commander of the helmand province, former adviser to the chief of defence staff. He is now chair of a foreign affairs committee of the house of commons and this is the series in which i have conversations with, not interrogations of, those who shape our political thinking about what shapes theirs. Their background, their values, their lives beyond politics. It was precisely that which led mps to listen to tom tugendhat in total silence as he spoke in the commons of his struggle with anger, grief and rage as he watched events unfold in kabul. I ve been to funerals from poole to dunblane, i ve watched good men go into the earth, taking with them a part of me and a part of all of us. And this week has torn open some of those wounds, lef
Really going on in british politics. A national tragedy, shameful, a staggering failure. Britain s biggest foreign policy disaster since suez. That is how my guest has described our withdrawal from afghanistan. He is tom tugendhat former soldier and former to the commander of the helmand province, former adviser to the chief of defence staff. He is now chair of a foreign affairs committee of the house of commons and this is the series in which i have conversations with, not interrogations of, those who shape our political thinking about what shapes theirs. Their background, their values, their lives beyond politics. It was precisely that which led mps to listen to tom tugendhat in total silence as he spoke in the commons of his struggle with anger, grief and rage as he watched events unfold in kabul. I ve been to funerals from poole to dunblane, i ve watched good men go into the earth, taking with them a part of me and a part of all of us. And this week has torn open some of those wo
As we track the hurricane it is pummelling louisiana. It is a massive storm. It s a category 4. It made landfall just about an hour ago and port four shun with winds of about 150 miles per hour. As we give you sunning video this is from a flight right into the eye of the storm earlier this morning. You hear about the hurricane hunters? this is what they see. The national hurricane center issuing an update. Nbc s meteorologist bill carans will brik break it down for us. We are in new orleans as the sewage and water board reports power out ans at the sewage pump stations at this hour. That s not the kind of news they want to have to deliver to the rents. Governor gen john bel edwards will be holding a briefing in the next hour on the state s response to ida. Duly noted, this hurricane comes on a historic day, 16 years to the day after katrina devastated new orleans in louisiana. Residents are being urged to stay indoors to stay safe. Stay inside. Do not venture out. No sightseeing. This
It s just after the top of the hour. President biden will speak to the world this hour as afghanistan falls under taliban control. We ll bring you the president s remarks, live. This is video we re about stto show you from cnn s team in kabul of american fighters outside the embassy. The embassy has been evacuated. The u. S. Sending back in thousands of troops to defend the airport now in kabul as civilians have been flooding the runways desperate for a flight out. Some people, even shasing and clinging to the side of a moving u. S. Military plane as you can see here. We have this very disturbing video to show you. It appears to show an object, it s possibly a person, falling from the aircraft just after take off. You can hear people gasp in horror. Cnn has not been able to confirm that anyone was still clinging to the aircraft when it took off. Let s start with nick payton wal walsh. He is live for us in kabul. We heard from pentagon officials say their plan is to evacuate a thousands