Island is under some sort of warning, whether its a tropical Storm Warning or a hurricane warning. New York City is under a tropical Storm Warning. Nantucket is also under a tropical Storm Warning. We expect conditions to go downhill quickly after midnight, especially the closer we get to daybreak. Once we get to 2 00 in the afternoon, this thing comes ashore as either a strong tropical storm or a low End Category 1 hurricane. Notice the track here. This is with the 11 00 p. M. Update, so this is new. Theyve shifted the track a little bit to the east. It looks like instead of a direct hit on the eastern edge of long island, were now looking at possibly a direct Landfall Right on the border, right on the line of connecticut and rhode island. So thats an update here, with the 11 00 p. M. Update from the national hurricane center. Again, that will be a strong tropical storm or a low End Category 1. Once it makes landfall tomorrow afternoon, its going to meander across New England for 24 t
Theyre in the crowd. We asked the pentagon for comment. We have Breaking News as well. New details of the top american commander in afghanistan. To be clear, these are not the ongoing talks between diplomats in qatar. This is a rear admiral speaking directly with the taliban. Also tonight, new groups that foresaw this. Telling you about the extraordinary action they saw to warn their boss that the situation could rapidly deteriorate and that they feared a catastrophe which is exactly what came to pass. Which is exactly why the biden administration is scrambling, why its now knows negotiate with the taliban and why despite Evacuation Efforts some of the growing number of transport planes are leaving kabul less than full. People who want to leave cannot safely get through Taliban Checkpoints to the airport. They have made it clear theyre not getting afghans and neither do they know how many afghans are still in the country. John Kirby Wouldnt say. He wouldnt give a number. I do not have
Catastrophe in afghanistan. When was he warned . A month ago. A month ago, he was urged to take swift action to get the afghans who have been helping us out of the country. Cnn has learned about the classified cable to tony blinken. Signed by more than a dozen u. S. Diplomats in midjuly which laid out how the State Department could speed up the process of afghans applying for Siv Or Refugee status because they knew afghanistan was falling fast. Again, they knew afghanistan was falling fast. According to department officials, those diplomats now feel their warnings were where we are and how we got here. Yes, this is also a rush to judgment about what is happening there. People are already concluding that its over. That this is a failure. We dont know that, yet. It is premature to judge. But the sooner the administration shows it can get more people out, the sooner the naysayers will have to shut up. But be clear. The situation on the ground is getting worse. This is how the taliban does