Former president donald Trump Meet for the first time ever in what could be their only president ial debate of the election cycle. Can they sway voters in a race that is Neck And Neck . The Cbs Evening News starts now. We are just hours away from the show down america has been waiting for. Kamala harris takes on Donald Trump on the Debate Stage good evening. I am norah odonnell in New York and thank you for being with us. This is where it is happening, at philadelphias national Constitution Center, and it is hard to overstate how pivotal tonights performances from the Vice President and former president could be. Election day is eight weeks from tonight, and right now, the race is all tied up nationally, and in a handful of Battleground States. Tens of millions of americans are expected to tune in to see the candidates argue their positions in what could be their only debate. The stage is set. You see the podiums there. Harris chose the podium on the right. Trump will be on the left. W
Areas, up to 35 inches of rain, because this is a massive rain making system, and due to complicated weather patterns, chad can explain, itll probably stall out in texas. Weve lost power to 63,000 homes in this area, thats Corpus Christi, theyve put together a boil order, thats a recaution, with so much water around here, essentially the citys Drinking Water could be contaminated. And the wind are not expected to dramatically die down any time soon. So, the hard shp really is not coming to a end, were shifting to a more difficult phase. Martin, well have chad along in a moment, there are 131 Miles Per Hour winds. How does this compare to the other hurricanes youve covered. You and i have both been out in a lot of them. Time. Because if the water does pile up as is expected, it could cut off not only rescue efforts to come in but Escape Routes to get out. Thats what you saw in new orleans after katrina. This is not a katrina, its a very different circumstance, but the danger is extremel
out of here. the rainfall numbers, big numbers, eight inches or so. confidence level is a five out of five in the pink area. anywhere in portions of pennsylvania into southern new england, 8-10 inches of rain. like i said, no name as far as a hurricane or tropical storm, but a big, big impact, probably one of the biggest impacts on the northeast so far this season. te no norah, it s all yours. o donnell: we ll be watching that tomorrow. lonnie quinn, thanks so much. we re going to turn now to afghanistan, because today, president biden was defiant in defending the withdrawal of u.s. troops to the american people in an address the war should have ended years ago. we re also seeing new images of the last flights out and the taliban celebration. cbs ed o keefe reports from the white house. my fellow americans, the war in afghanistan is now over. reporter: president biden tonight fiercely defending the pullout. i take responsibility for the decision. reporter: while a newly empo
have the center two-thirds of time anywhere in that error cone. we have to watch for it as it approaches the florida coast. a little wiggle and you re closer to the coast. if it turns early, you re on the other side. the extended portion of the forecast, going to see impacts wednesday and thursday, going to bring some rain, storm surge to georgia and also the carolinas. look at these rainfall numbers. that s what we re talking about, over 20 inches of rain over the bahamas. some areas along the coastline could get even more rainfall. we re looking at it here at the hurricane center. we ll keep you posted. laura: very good. that is ken graham, the director of the national hurricane center, giving us an update on what to expect with hurricane dorian. when he was talking about the storm, of this size, when it makes a shift it s like turning a massive ship. so a lot still to go with this one and we ll continue to bring you the very latest on that. mike: new projections showing
we are not talking landfall until later this evening. it is going to be during a lot of potential rain. the future forecast taking to 4:00 pm with heavier rain working its way and i think not until 8:00 will we see the heaviest rain with this system but it drops a lot of rain, winds 60 to 70 miles and as far as rainfall numbers go we are getting over a foot in some cases. this is early but you see that is getting up to 12 inches causing flooding in areas that don t handle that much water because of the topography of that region. this will be a tough spot. the tropical models taken out over the island and we spend so much time over warm water turns into florida, that is getting into sunday. i think there s indecision with the florida part of this, things are going to be tough in the next 12 to 24 hours in puerto rico. those models are very united at this point.