bracing for ida. already near capacity from covid. doctors are preparing for a dual emergency. we ll talk for one of those doctors coming up. and ida from the inside. one hurricane hunter has been flying in and out of the storm all morning. he is going to talk to us live from the air. plus, president biden vowing more strikes against isis as the u.s. warns of another credible attack near kabul airport. swollen service members arrived back in the u.s. today as we learn the names of all 13 of them. you re looking at them on your screen right now. and we will honor each of them as we say good morning. it is sunday, august 29th. i m lindsay reiser. i m joe in four candace gibson. we want to give you a live look right now at what is happening in new orleans as the brace for hurricane ida. it is come very no but it is a different story in the gulf right now where this storm has really intensified. overnight, many people have already evacuated. others are staying put and hunke
tomorrow? [ inaudible ] he just lost that court case. he s got covid he s dealing with. he s got afghanistan. he s got voting rights and infrastructure. a lot on his plate. that s what it means to be the president of the united states. i ll take it a wa, continue with our breaking news and we ll see you back here at midnight. thank you, sir. i ll 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 an
responsibility for the attacks. more than 60 afghans also dead and 140 wounded. a short time ago, president biden spoke to the american people from the white house and promised retribution. for 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. the president repeatedly struck a defiant tone. at one point saying, quote, america will not be intimidated. i need to warn you not just about what we re about to show you, but throughout tonight s broadcast, video of the aftermath of the attack outside the airport. it s brutal, it s sickening. that s precisely why we want you to see it. it s this time of barbarism that the united states and others are up against . this is just the sort of threat that u.s. forces had been most concerned about, and those 13 u.s. service members died while facing. in fact, here is video that a reporter from pbs who is on the ground
18 u.s. service members. gunmen and two suicide bombers targeted the thousands waited near the airport yesterday who were hoping to escape afghanistan and the taliban s rule. the first blast came outside the gates and then another attack at a nearby hotel where people were waiting. isis-k, the islamic state terror group s afghanistan affiliate has claimed responsibility for the blast. earlier in the day the u.s. embassy warned americans to stay away from the airport, citing an attack. as we showed you, president biden spoke at the white house yesterday where he condemned the attacks and vowed to make the terrorists pay. chief white house correspondent peter alexander has more. reporter: days after president biden s deadline to end america s longest war, the commander in chief addressing what is one of the deadliest days for u.s. troops in the entire 20-year conflict. these american service members that gave their lives it s an overused word but it s appropriate here w
state says they did it. what now for the us led evacuation from afghanistan? live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in the morning in singapore and 2.30am in the morning in the afghan capital kabul, where there has been carnage at the airport after twin explosions killed at least 60 people, according to a health official. the first blast is thought to have been the work of a suicide bomber, passing among the crowds gathered for more than a week at one of the airport s main gates to try to get flights out of the country. the second was at a nearby hotel. along with afghan civilians, 12 us military personnel have died. the uk ministry of defence says there were no british casualties. the initial explosion took place just before dusk outside the abbey gate at kabul airport, leaving bodies strewn all over a sewage ditch. the second blast happened near the baron hotel, which has been used by some western nations as a staging point for evacuatio