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Travelers Pack Airspace and fans fill College Football statements as new cases in the u. S. Hit the highest level since january. Plus, the state with the highest Labor Day Gas price ever. Crime wave in chicago, at least 55 people are shot in the city over the Holiday Weekend, including a four yearoldboy, the new crackdown on illegal Gun Sales. A small town cries foul workers at a Minnesota Factory are worried their jobs will be outsourced to china. Unbearable, why officials in tahoe are telling residents to be on the lookout for bears. And surfs up a different kind of therapy for front Line Healthcare workers. This is the Cbs Evening News with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Yuccas good evening, to our viewers in the west and Thank You for joining us. Im Jamie Yuccas in for norah. Tonight, millions of Storm Victims from the Gulf Coast to the northeast are bracing for yet another blast of Heavy Rain and possibly even more floods. Flash flood watches and heat alerts a
Behind and what comes next . Well be talking to one of the only lawmakers who actually witnessed the chaotic evacuation firsthand and that is where we start, with the fallout from The End of our nations longest war. President biden defending the Troop Withdrawal in afghanistan, saying in a very fiery speech it was the right thing to do. That was the choice, the real choice, between leaving or escalating. I was not going to extend this forever war and i was not extending a forever exit. He also called the evacuation a major success, but it comes as he faces bipartisan criticism with up to 200 americans still stranded in afghanistan. In kabul, the taliban claimed victory, taking control of the airport and looking here at unusable Military Equipment that was left behind. This morning, we also have exclusive new details about how the taliban worked with the u. S. So we could get out. I want to go deeper and bring in Peter Alexander at the White House, Courtney Kube at the Pentagon And Raf
States down south are still without power. And it could be for weeks before that power is restored. The storm left a trail of destruction in louisiana and mississippi, and now comes the scorching heat with no power. Temperatures could hit 103 degrees today. Overnight, two people were killed when floods washed out a major roadway between mississippi and louisiana. First, afghanistan, the challenges still ahead, and the legacy of what has been left behind. Joining me now is pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby. Thanks so much for being with us. You know, im cognizant of the fact that you spent your life in public service, a big chunk of it in the military. Whats it like for you to wake up this morning and after 20 years, for the first time in 20 years, to have no u. S. Troops in afghanistan . Yeah, i think were all still processing that, john, to be honest with you. It is something that for two decades weve all been connected to, without question. And i think its going to take time for ev
Donoghue. The allies who helped our troops did not make it to the Airport Gates in time. We believe there are still a small number of american, under 200 and likely closer to 100, who remain in afghanistan and want to leave. The taliban celebrating the u. S. Withdrawal with fireworks and Gun Fire after midnight and taliban fighters surveying the Kabul Airport and the destroyed arms, Ammunition And Aircraft that the americans Left Behind. Coming up, well be speaking with former Defense Secretary and the Cia Director Leon panetta on the withdrawal from afghanistan and what comes next. Were also following the devastating aftermath of tropical storm ida. Millions of residents along the Gulf Coast could be without power for weeks. Louisiana Governor John Bell edwards is scheduled to hold a press conference. Well bring that to you live when it happens. First, the latest on afghanistan, nbcs chief white House Correspondent Peter Alexander And Pentagon correspondent courtney kube. As you noted