so what about us? we are work with them. we support them. demonstraters in greece clash with police over new rules that force health workers to be vaccinated against covid 19. and one of the most influential reggae producers and performers, lee scratch perry, dies injamaica aged 85. thank you very much for being with us. one of the most powerful hurricanes to hit america s gulf coast in 200 years is now approaching new orleans hurricane ida s centre isjust 30 miles to the west. nearly a million people now without power, including the city of new orleans. after what is being called catastrophic transmission damage . it comes exactly 16 years since hurricane katrina devastated new orleans. this is the scene right now. it is nightfall over the city. tens of thousands of people have already been evacuated. nada tawfik sent this report from new orleans as the storm made landfall. well, conditions are deteriorating rapidly now that hurricane ida has made landfall, the wind gus
in rhode island less than two hours ago. look at the images out of new port, long island. henri is dropping a staggering amount of rain in many parts. winds are beginning to whip up, threatening to down trees and power lines. chris cuomo is on long island. what are you experiencing there? reporter: here we are in east hampton. happy to be working for you today. the story here is duration. first, the headline is new york got lucky here. we were worried about another superstorm sandy. the hurricane that was a category one that hit new jersey and bounced in new york. it had so much flood surge that came along with a tidal surge from a moon tide. here we were, again, seeing the track of henri coming and basically the same direction and a moon tide once again in the lunar cycle. that s why there was so much concern. but henri, if it s going to be remembered for something, it will be remembered for being confusing. it s been shifting the track, and as it came close, it bounced ea
to travel to the kabul airport because of potential security threats from islamic state terrorists reported thousands of people are still trying desperately to escape the country nearly a week after the taliban take over welcome to fox news live. heartfelt and neville are off today. the alert from security less than 24 hours after president biden pledged to get all americans home safely and to do whatever we can to illuminate afghan allies but still so many trying to escape the chaos continues. john her because money. we are going to try to save and orderly way making sure nobody gets hurt to the maximum extent possible so what you are seeing out of our state department colleagues is a prudent notification to make sure that whatever movement there is propagates from outside the airport is done as safely as possible and people have the information they need to make the best decisions for themselves. we have team coverage on this developing story. president spending the d
tensions over ukraine, no doubt, on top of that agenda. and mourners pay their respects to antiapartheid hero archbishop desmond tutu. we ll go live to africa. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it s thursday, december 30th, with just two days left in 2021. we are now seeing the coronavirus pandemic explode right around the globe. according to johns hopkins university, the world is averaging an all-time high of more than a million new infections a day. experts warn things will only get worse. this virus will continue to evolve and threaten our health system if we don t improve the collective response. concerned omicron will be more transmissible, circulating at the same time as delta is leading to a tsunami of cases. infections are also rising quickly in the u.s.. the country is averaging more than 300,000 new cases a day in the past week, and that s another record. johns hopkins reports close to 490,000 cases on wednesday. and more
road. don t hurt yourself. jesse: our founding fathers debated a proper form of government. federalists wanted a strong government. the anti-federal governments didn t. the minority tells the majority what they need. leaders believe they have the authority to speak for others. some of these people get offended on your behalf even though you were never offended. you see it all the time. publicists apologize when their client was not sorry. sharp ton claims he represents black america. he never has. on tv pundits swear they know what is best for women and immigrants. the white house press secretary pulled the curtain back after tweeting this: she accidentally tweeted a message that was supposed to have come from joe biden. biden is not compose his own messages. we are living in the land oz. the real power in washington is behind-the-scenes. feinstein s aid tells her how to vote. we are represented by people we didn t elect. they claim they have our back, but they toni