The Pentagon Reporting 17,000 people evacuated in the last week. The u. S. Embassy In Kabul Warning Americans to avoid the airport until instructed because of potential tHreats. The president canceling his trip to wilmington, remaining at the White House. And tonight, the exclusive Interview Martha Raddatz oneonone with Defense Secretary Lloyd austin. Back here at home, News Tonight about the pandemic. The u. S. Averaging about 132,000 new cases per day. Six states in the south with Icus At or near capacity. Pediatric hospital admissions at their highest point in the pandemic amid the heated battle over School Mask mandates. Vaccinations topping 1 Million doses for a third straight day. And tonight, thousands of vaccinated people turning out for a massive concert celebrating New Yorks comeback. The possible new twist in the mystery deaths involving a family of tHree found dead while hiking in california. What authorities are now saying. An alarming story out of texas. A man shot dead y
of the titan sub were dismissed by the company s ceo. also on the programme: us presidentjoe biden and vice president kamala harris are joining the democratic national congress as well as other pro choice advocacy groups to mark one year after the us supreme court s decision to overturn its landmark 1973 ruling on roe v wade. and the tents have been pitched, the sun has been shining and now two hundred thousand people will spend the weekend enjoying some of the worlds biggest music stars. yep, it can only be glastonbury. tonight with the context, paul waugh chief political commentator for the i paper and jennifer carroll who was the former lieutenant governor of florida. hello to you both and will be taking us through our headline stories this evening. we start with those developments on the death of five people on board the submersible which went missing in the atlantic on sunday. canada s transportation safety board has announced an investigation because the titan s surfa
Abc 7 news at 5:00. we will see you back here in just 30 minutes. breaking news as we come on the air. hurricane henri picking up speed heading towards the northeast. new york and connecticut declaring states of emergency. hurricane and tropical storm warnings in effect from new jersey to massachusetts. the category 1 hurricane with winds up to 75 miles per hour set to make landfall on long island on sunday. voluntary evacuations under way in some areas. beaches closed to swimmers. businesses shutting down. people boarding ferries ahead of the storm. warnings tonight about possible power outages and a life-threatening storm surge. rob marciano with the timing and the track. deadly chaos in kabul. at least seven people killed, crushed in the crowd of people trying to flee. 3,800 airlifted out in the last 24 hours.
Curve, the engineer we now know had to manually push that train into the faster speed heading into occurb the exact opposite of what you do. i am guessing that the strike the impact on the windshield distracted him and that s what occurred. he maybe dived to get out of the way and push the throttle forward and i m hoping the memory comes back. it s an important piece of what happened. that would be helpful. thank you so much. great to talk to you. well the fbi is looking at other transportation concerns they are investigating a possible new threat that could affect air travel. a computer expert says that on several occasions he hacked into computer systems aboard a commercial passenger plane an was able to control an aircraft eng engine during a fight. cnn is in washington with more. is there any reason for us to be skeptical of this report? we ll see, mikaela. good morning. they say modern plains have a
It is rarely used but it is used in europe. there is a capability for air traffic control to read what you have selected not your altitude but what you have selected for altitude as well as your speed heading. it s called mode sierra enhanced. it is possible he was checking to see if this particular sector had that capability. the air traffic controller if he had seen it probably would have said excuse me where are you going right now, germanwings? and that might have been what was going on. wow. that s fascinating. even more sinister when you think about it that he was testing to see if they did notice. thank you very much miles. outfront next, a senior official calls hillary clinton s private e-mail account at the state department not acceptable. that s a damning thing to say. can bill clinton turn things around for his wife? at red lobster s create your own seafood trio. .if it looks tasty you order it. choose 3 of 9 dishes for just $15.99. like baked lobster alfredo. brown