Because there is nowhere to receive them. I ll talk about just bottlenecks and i think i talked about that earlier. As we those that depart kabul and get to those staging bases within u com or cent com aor, we are ensuring that we place evacuees in one of the 14 locations to prevent a bottleneck sos that our increased throughput, increase that number that they re able to hold there, cent come and u com are continuing to coordinate together and with the joints staff in trans com of where to put those evacuees to allow flights to leave kabul. Those on kabul, there is no constraint of allowing flights to leave today. We expect the throughput that we saw in the last two days to be able to continue with no bottleneck and others. We continue to manage that on an hourly, minute basis to ensure in a we know where to fly people to. Do you have enough people in the airport compound now in kabul i don t have the exact number. But there are evacuees on kabul right now being processed through all s
Hurricane henri is closing in on the northeastern u. S. Right now with landfall expected in the coming hours on either long island or southern new england. More than to 50 million people are under hurricane or tropical storm warnings and states of emergency have been declared in long island and connecticut. Heavy rain are already pounded parts of the region. This is what it looked like in hoboken saturday night storm surge, coastal flooding and strong winds are expected in parts of the northeast. All right. Let s bring in meteorologist you ve been tracking this. What is the latest, tyler? we can now see the eye or the center of henri on radar imagery. About 150 miles to the south of rhode island. This band of rain to the north is about to swing into southampton. Southampton that rain you re dealing with in 45 minutes to an hour is directly related to henri. Eventually push into new york city which is now dry, finally. That rain has tapered off and pushed down to the south and west and
Way out, but the state department has reiterated it cannot ensure safe passage for americans trying to get there and the pentagon says u. S. Troops will not go out to retrieve them. Here is a look at the gauntlet where thousands of americans and afghans are risking confrontation with the taliban and the taliban s gunfire just to get close to that airport. According to reuters, 12 people have been killed in that area since the taliban took control of the capital. This video was taken outside of the kabul airport and it shows a woman pushing her way through, ultimately being pulled over the wall to safety by american soldiers. In the past 24 hours the u. S. Has evacuated more than 2,000 people from afghanistan, tens of thousands are still waiting for their chance. Nick paton walsh is cnn s international security editor. Nirk, you are in doha, in qatar. Earlier this week you were at the airport in kabul. Having been there, what is your take on the ability to ramp up this mass evacuation t
And a scramble to find survivors after the earthquake in haiti. A live report ahead. We do begin with breaking news on two big stories, the pandemic and the response to the crisis in afghanistan. Let s start with coronavirus. Top health officials in the biden administration are expected to recommend that most americans get a coronavirus booster shot eight months after being fully vaccinated. For those who got the one dose johnson johnson vaccine experts are still gathering data but it is expected that you will also need a booster. An official announcement could come this week and boosters could be started next month. Health care and elderly are first in line. This is coming as new cases and hospitalizations and deaths are surging in the united states because of the delta variant. Especially among the unvaccinated. Let s get to this news and get some context around it. Joining me now cnn chief medical correspondent sanjay gupta. How should people be thinking about these boosters. They a