It evening from New York, i am chris hayes. Well, its been a brutal few weeks for the country. Particularly for the Democratic Party, for the broad pro Democracy Coalition in this party. Three weeks ago we were all holding our breath ahead of the first president ial debate, the early is such a debate had happened in the modern era. You know how that went. In the aftermath of that, messy and painful as Joe Biden and the Democratic Party try to find a way forward. And last weekend, Donald Trump was injured in a near miss Assassination Attempt. I mean, i was looking today, but near miss understates how close this came to being a catastrophe. It was the first time in more than 40 years we saw shots fired at a President Or President ial candidate. And then just 48 hours, trump named an extreme rightwing senator, Jd Vance of ohio, as his running mate. On the first day of the republican national convention, the David Judge Aileen cannon handpicked Donald Trump throughout the entirety of the s
Of that country will only increase. The last u. S. Planes carrying u. S. Troops and State Department left personnel left Kabul Airport at 3 29 p. M. Eastern time. They cleared afghanistan airspace and thats when we heard from the general. It marks the end of 20year mission which began shortly, of course, after the September 11th attacks. Roughly 6,000 americans have been evacuated since august 14th. About 250 roughly are believed still to be on the ground in afghanistan with the taliban now in control. Meantime, The Big Story here back at home in the u. S. Rescuers are trying to reach people trapped by floodwaters across louisiana as residents are being told not to return to New Orleans and other areas across the southeast. More than 1 Million customers in Louisiana And Mississippi, including all of New Orleans left without power after Hurricane Ida made landfall as a category 4 storm. And many of them tonight are still without power down there. At least one person was killed as a resu
In our backtoschool series, the search for Three Million students nationwide who havent been to school in a year. In depth the eviction wave. We will meet a landlord who is homeless, after her tenants stopped paying rent. Heat and humidity. The 95 Million americans who face extreme temperature. Plus, why Lake Tahoe now has the worst Air Pollution in the country. Williams sisters drop out. Why two of tennis top players are skipping the u. S. Open. And, the power of determination. How a wounded warrior became a paralympic medalist. This is the Cbs Evening News with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. There is a lot of News Tonight out of afghanistan, where the u. S. Withdrawal has reached a critical phase. As the evacuation of americans and our afghan allies reaches the final days, we have just learned tonight that the u. S. Military is secretly rescuing americans stuck outside of the kabul air
And judge less. And love more, and less hatred. Hello, im Brianna Keilar In Washington where the state of our union is worried about friends at home and abroad. Outer bands of tropical Storm Henri have begun to pummel the eastern coast of the United States. Henri is expected to make L Landfall in hours on Long Island or new england. All the latest and an update about expected Flooding And Storm surge ahead. Now, we are also watching the situation in afghanistan, at the Kabul Airport, growing more dangerous and desperate by the minute with 14,000 people there waiting to get out. The State Department warning americans in afghanistan not to travel to the airport, as a top u. S. Official warns there is a strong Responsibility Isis will attempt an attack there. A Pentagon Spokesperson did not rule out the possibility that u. S. Troops would leave the airport to rescue americans who could not get there safely. And President Biden promised to evacuate any americans who wanted to leave as well
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