Welcome to your sunday, august 22nd. We are so grateful to have your company. Im crust christ. Good morning. Im boris sanchez. We have been following Hurricane Henri as more than 50 Million americans in the northeast are bracing for what could be the first hurricane to hit New England in more than 30 years. The outer bands of henri are already moving onshore. Amtrak canceling Train Services between New York and boston. The storm has brought recordbreaking rain to New York, Central Park, seeing nearly 4. 5 inches last night, but the big concern this morning is the storms strong winds which could cause major Power Outages across several states and dangerous Storm Surges on the coast. Utility companies, in fact, from across the country have sent more than 12,000 crews to assist with Pau Power restorations there. Listen to officials in connecticut. We have put out requests and they have been fulfilled for over 4,000 crews from around the country. I want to caution everybody to look out for
The Pfizer Vaccine can come as soon as next week. The news comes as hospitalizations reach their highest levels yet. Good morning. We are thrilled that you are with us, this saturday, august 21st. Thanks for waking up with us. Good morning, christi. Good morning, boris. Good to see you and good to have you all with us this morning. 5 Million people in long Island And Connecticut in the eye of the storm of Tropical Storm henri. The storm expected to strengthen into a hurricane later today. Its likely to make landfall on New Yorks Long Island tomorrow. If henri stays on the course, it will be the first hurricane to directly hit that area in 36 years. Connecticut and massachusetts, for example, have both activated their national guards in anticipation of the life threatening Storm Surges and widespread Power Outages that are expected ahead of henris land fall. Sc Massachusetts Governor Charlie baker said this about what people should expect. Were activating 1,000 members of the national g
The desperation is building for thousands and thousands of americans and afghan allies who are trying to escape from afghanistan. Here is what we know right now. We know that 3,000 people were evacuated in the last 24 hours on 16 Military Transport flights. That is a number that includes 350 americans and u. S. Permanent citizens. Now, for people on the ground, trying to get out is simply terrifying. This is harrowing. You see a video here of a young child being handed to american troops on top of a wall at the Airport Perimeter there In Kabul. President biden will be briefed on afghanistan later this morning and will address the nation at 1 00 p. M. Eastern. All u. S. Senators will also be briefed virtually this afternoon. We also have New Details about a classified cable sent to the State Department by u. S. Diplomats in mid July Calling for swift action to prevent a catastrophe in afghanistan. And in an extraordinary move, the top u. S. Commander in afghanistan has been leading the
Sources, victims were either new overnight the White House tells cnn that 1800 people were flown out of kabul, the airport the last 24 hours on military transports. Thats almost twice the number from the day before, but its nowhere close to where they need to be or where the president himself suggested the u. S. Should be. There are at least 10,000 americans still in afghanistan and Tens Of Thousands who worked with the u. S. The u. S. Embassy In Kabul warns it cannot ensure Safe Passage to the airport. And in a new interview, President Biden says u. S. Troops will remain in afghanistan until all americans are out, even if that means staying beyond the August 31st deadline for withdrawal. However, he did not make the same commitment to afghan allies to afghans who helped americans in the war. These scenes of Desperation And Chaos are unfolding across afghanistan. The taliban imposing a curfew over the entire eastern city of Khost Today after protests broke out there. Violent clashes ar
Out. Los angeles times photographer captured what appeared to be a brutal crack down by taliban forces. He spoke to Anderson Cooper overnight. I think a lot read on facebook that The Americans were taking afghans and taking them out of the country, so they didnt just want to try their luck. And this is on the road on the side of the airport, outside the airport. So, the taliban basically were doing Crowd Control. I watched several taliban fighters walk around with sticks, they used the butt of their rifles to hit people and chase them around and Shoe Everybody around. They just wanted everybody off the streets. I even watched one taliban fighter after firing some shots in the general direction of crowd smiling at another taliban fighter. Like a game for them or something. Again, this is what the photographer said was happening when people tried to get to the airport. Which again is the only way out of the country. He says he saw at least six people hurt including a woman and her child.