It could make the final days of evacuations even more complicated. Focusing first on Hurricane Ida, it had been forecast to strengthen rapidly and over the past few hours, and it has done just that. Just a little while ago the national Hurricane Center up graded the potentially Catastrophic Storm to category 4. It is forecast to slam the Louisiana Coast Today hitting the state on the exact same date as Hurricane Katrina 16 years ago. The national Weather Service Office in New Orleans says Storm Surge and high winds could leave some locations uninhabitable for even weeks or months. Both voluntary and mandatory evacuations have been ordered for several louisiana parishes as the national Hurricane Center warns of life threatening situations. Officials say if residents are planning to leave, do it now. Louisianas governor is stressing the dangerous and historic nature of todays threat. When you talk about Rain Totals that could be up to 15, 16 inches in an isolated area above 20 inches, wi
Tomorrow . [ inaudible ] he just lost that court case. Hes got covid hes dealing with. Hes got afghanistan. Hes got Voting Rights and infrastructure. A lot on his plate. Thats what it means to be the president of the United States. Ill take it a wa, continue with our Breaking News and well see you back here at midnight. Thank you, sir. Ill see you soon. This is Don Lemon tonight. This is our Breaking News. The United States and the world grappling with the Nightmare Scenario of the deadly Terror Attack In Afghanistan. Twin Suicide Bomb blasts in kabul, taking the lives of 13 u. S. Service members, including 10 marines, wounding 18. Officials in kabul say more than 60 af aghan, men, women were killed. Bluntly warning the terrorists who carried out the attack will pay. To those who carried out this attack as well as anyone who wishes america harm, know this. We will not forgive. We will not forget. We will hunt you down and make you pay. I will defend our interests and our people with ev
Wounded along with 140 afghans. The militant Group Isisk claiming responsibility for the deadly attacks. To be the President Biden calling the fallen Service Members heroes and drawing plans to hunt down the terrorists and make them play. The president also saying the u. S. Will not be called, that the evacuation will continue through Tuesdays Deadline to withdraw. We have the very latest now on the developments from cnns pentagon kcorrespondent. Reporter two bombings tore through the crowds, killing 13 u. S. Service members and dozens of afghan civilians. President Joe Biden promising the u. S. Will strike isisk and any others who attack. We will not forgive. We will not forget. We will hunt you down and make you pay. I will defend our interests and our people with every measure in my command. This Graphic Video Laying bear the horror of the attacks. The victims thrown across the street. This man able to sit up after the attack, unlike so many others. Afghans so desperate to flee the
Retribution against those responsible. We will hunt you down and make you pay. Right now things are remarkably calm and empty around the Kabul Airport. Many people appears too scared to crowd at the entrances to get people with the u. S. With special Lastminute Access Request to the airport, there were about 4500 people at the airport awaiting departure, that is inside of The Gates as of this morning. About 12,500 people were evacuated in the last 24hour Period. In total now the u. S. Has evacuated more than 100,000 people. This since august 14th. We have a team of reporters as we do every morning covering this story for all angles. We begin with Nick Paton Walsh In Doha. Tell us the status of the evacuation. It should be noted that even in minutes following this attack, flights were still taking off and theyve continued. How are they managing that and with what sort of pace . Reporter yeah, i mean, it is quite clear it seems that the security is playing on how fast the evacuation coul
Last 24 hours. The operation is picking up pace with just six days to go until the u. S. Withdrawal deadline. As the mission plays out, the White House says its closely following threats from the Terror Group known as isisk. Cnn has learned of very specific threats against crowds outside the Kabul Airport. Were covering it all with our correspondents, analysts and guests. First lets go to Pentagon Correspondent oren liebermann. The administration is stressing the scope, the Complexity And Danger of this evacuation. Theres No Doubt that as this comes down to the final days and the u. S. Begins at some point in the imminent future to begin drawing down the troops in afghanistan, this becomes more risky as there are fewer troops on the ground, fewer troops to cover Each Other and a limited amount of security. All along they still have possibly up to 1,500 citizens to get out and a race to get out as many afghan evacuees as possible. In the span of ten days, the u. S. And its allies have m