as they pushed the limits for supplies risking is sierra leo on al jazeera. ah . car is foreign minister says his officials are talking to the taliban and working with tricky to help re open trouble airport as soon as possible. aah! you're watching. i'll just like for my headquarters in delphi, me getting you navigate are also coming up the u. n. war. and if a humanitarian and economic crisis in afghanistan with emergency food set to run

else by the end of this month, tropical storm, i'd sweep through the northeastern united states, killing at least 14 people, roads, or submerge and the subway in new york shot on the greek composer and politician mccue's case has died at the age of 96. he was a major symbol of resistance to military rule in the 1970 s. i thanks for joining us. the britain says it has no plans to recognize the taliban government being formed and have gone to stone, but is ready to engage directly with the group before. and secretary dominic rob was speaking here in doha, after holding talks with katherine for administer. how may been the rough man and fanny said, his government is working with the taliban to get cobbled airport back up and running. we are working very hard and also engaging with bought a bond to identify what are the gaps and the risks for having therefore

to back up and running. but we would remain hopeful that we wouldn't be able to operate it as soon as possible. or there are concerns who could run out within a month. the u. n. has war and if it catastrophe with about a 3rd of the countries $38000000.00 citizen facing hunger prices, if essential goods have stored. while the u. s. has frozen about $10000000000.00 in natural national reserves and getting air traffic moving is one of the 1st challenges facing i've gone asked on the new rulers, a 2nd category jet carrying a technical team has landed in couple that team is now evaluating how to resume operations, but has not yet agreed to provide technical assistance. jamal cl was at the foreign ministers press conference in dell home and has more details on efforts to restart operations a trouble airport. the country for mister chef. now the man, the tiny,

confirm that a technical team from his country was deployed to of kind of spun off 24 hours ago . they're there to assess how to get that airport up and running. obviously a lot of it was destroyed either by the huge amount of crowd she descended on it or intentionally by the occupying american forces as they left there. so it does require some sort of reconstruction or rebuilding. but the more important one is who is going to be running? it was going to be money gets into that. the country foreign minister said that his government was in talks with the turks as well as obviously to talk about the new rules on the ground to come up with some sorts of a mechanism. although that deal hadn't yet been finalized. he did indicate or point to the fact that they do expect something to be agreed within the coming days, which was corroborated to us. that's an extent by word we're hearing from sources inside of kind of son who said the taliban are hoping that domestic flights will be

resuming in the next few days and possibly international flights within a week or so as senior pottery source told me that the initial flight but potter would be helping to operate would be either humanitarian or evacuation ones. that is their main focus for now. not necessarily civilian. once the world health organization has worn, the afghan hospitals could soon run out of supplies. charles stratford has been to one of the busiest facilities in campbell. we went to a dialysis ward here, people being treated on dialysis machines. the doctor's very concerned. this in fact, is a world bank funded project. they haven't received any money for about 3 months now . that means none of the staff are being paid, they're running very low on vital equipments and medicine in that department. one doctor said that if the people they're being treated do not get treatment on on a regular basis. they could die within 2 weeks. they also spoke about the

fact that some medicines had arrived this morning, but only enough for a week. they were delivered by the organization medicine, cell phone chair, and they were actually for the emergency. not the dialysis, not the dialysis department here, a refill scenes as well. one poor, elderly woman on a stretcher. choking on on, on her own blood in a terrible state. and the elevators don't work simple things like that. she was having to be taken out on a stretcher for stories to the war to be treated so horrific and worrying seems there. we also went to the own college department. now this department is funded or was funded by the form of government a similar scenario there. the budget had been signed off by the government, but they haven't seen any money yet. big concerns there. that the tale bond,

we're not going to sign off on this money for whatever reason, whether it be seeing that that money could be used in, in a different sector. again, salaries hadn't been paid and death rates, mortality rates going off all the time. anyway. certainly people dying from cancer, again because of what people hear say is the mismanagement of funds that should be put towards raising greater awareness. many of the people coming to this hospital with stage 4 cancer and in a terrible state. so the situation here certainly is this hospital, and as i say it is the largest and that's gonna start is anything to go by the health. between this country is hemorrhaging. and there are serious concerns of the withholding of international money could make things even worse. richard brennan is the regional emergency director for the eastern mediterranean at the world health organization. he says the agency needs access to the airport to bring in medical supplies. we need to get the airport up and running in cable. so those commercial

flights can come in. we need security on the ground so that once those supplies do arrive, we can distribute them confidently to the clinics and hospitals that need them. we also need the boarders consistently open to humanitarian assistance. there are some restrictions from the neighboring countries right now, we can not launch across a large cross border 8 operation right now because of some of the limitations of the borders. the backbone of health care across afghanistan is what's called the the basic package of health services project. and this was funded by international donors through the ministry of health. and it supports essential health services in over 2300 clinics and hospitals across the country. because their own laws and regulations, both donors and now no longer allowed to channel the funding through the ministry

of health. and what we're looking at is the precipitous closure of up of those health facilities as of september the 5th because they are supported by non governmental organizations. and those n g o is the have a written to the government saying we can't sustain services beyond september. the 5th, this would be a precipitous and calamitous closure of health care at a time when needs skyrocketing, itala bon is still facing armed resistance in the pen. sure valley. the mountainous enclave is 150 kilometers north of couple. since the capital fell, its been the only province to hold out against the group. there is been more fighting after talks between the 2 sides fail to reach an agreement. dozens of people have been killed. and dozens of women in afghanistan, 3rd largest city of states to protest demanding the taliban preserve their rights. a group gathered in front of the governor's office and her ra,

holding cards and chanting slogan. taliban leaders have promised to allow women to work and attend university, but in separate classes. for many, many fear games and women's rights over through decades will be rolled back under the groups rule. now the u. s. supreme court has narrowly rejected an emergency appeal against the new abortion law in the state of texas. the court voted 5 to 4 to allow the country's most restrictive law to remain in place and bands the procedure from 6 weeks into pregnancy and makes no exceptions for rape or incest. anti gallagher reports on wednesday, the so called fetal heartbeat bill of texas became law making it one of the strictest abortion measures in the us. this is now the only state binding abortions after a heartbeat has been detected at around 6 weeks before many women even realize they're pregnant. texas governor greg abbott, signed the bill in may with the expectation of legal challenges they worked

together on a bipartisan basis to pass a bill that i'm about to son. that ensures that the life of every unborn child who has a heartbeat will be saved from the ravages of abortion. by midnight on tuesday, clinics across the state were turning women away, who are more than 6 weeks pregnant, were having really difficult conversations where patients are filled with anguish and worry and fear as they try to figure out what's next for them. i'm in the health group say it amounts to a total ban on a book. went away from that report for a mom and take a live to washington president biden speaking on hurricane ida, on the u. s. flood, let's listen. it imparts long island. this is the 1st time that such a warning has ever been issued for the city. people were trapped in some ways of heroic men or women. the new york fire department rescued all. or even though they

were trapped, we're seeing the same story of devastation and heroism across new jersey and pennsylvania as well. for now, 11 people in new york in new jersey who died because of the storm. and i want to express my heartfelt thanks to all the 1st responders and everyone is working through the night well into the morning to save lives and get our vac. there's a lot of damage and i made clear to the governors that my team and the federal emergency management agency fema is on the ground and ready to pride all this. this is needed. in fact, our fema director, administrator and dana girl well will, as was a chief federal response officer after super storm sandy in 2012. she knows what to do. last night, at the request of california, governor newsome, i approve me merge the declaration for california for the for the calendar fire,

which is burning aggressively toward lake tahoe basin. and in nevada. it's also one of the few fires that has ever burned from one side of sharon nevada's mountain range to the other. so far it's burned more than $200000.00 acres. tens of thousands of people have been had to evacuate their homes. the fires threatening are close 235000 structures, and more than 4400 firefighters from the state and my federal team are working to contain suppressed is raging wildfire. the department of defense has trained is deployed additional firefighters to support or ongoing firefighting efforts in california. this disaster declaration will help with evacuation, including sheltering and treating for those who have been displaced. i want you to know. i've seen these fire fires up close. their courage is astounding. and there

are some of the bravest people i've ever known. i've known a lot of my heart goes out to the my thanks is funded. thanks what they do. now i want to provide an update in our efforts to help millions americans down south recover and rebuild from hurricane i. we've been monitoring her in the circle closely and the devastation has caused. today. 6 deaths bought a 1000000 homes without power, louisiana, mississippi. while they catastrophic flooding wasn't as severe as it was during hurricane katrina, 16 years ago i was so powerful that caused the mississippi river literally to change direction. the flow change the flow temporarily. the good news is as result, significant multi $1000000000.00 federal investment and levy system around metro. new orleans, it held, it was strong, worked but too many people in too many areas are still unprotected and saw

a storm surge and flooding that was devastating. we've seen the reports of winds up to 170 miles per hour. it's not been confirmed yet by fema but 170 miles an hour. caution on the imaginable damage with debris and down power lines, making roads impassable, and slowing response efforts to save folks and property. now people continue to shelter in place tomorrow. i'll be traveling to louisiana and meet with governor john bel edwards, as well as the parish presidential mares and the local officials representing the fact that aries, governor evers encouraged me to come and assured me that my visit will not disrupt recovery efforts on the ground. that's what i want to be sure of. my message to everyone effect it is we're all in this together. a nation is here to help.

that's the message i've been making. clear to the mayor's governors, energy utility leaders in the region who my administration has been working closely with over the past few days. working with the governors in the area. even before i am a landfall, i should emergency declarations for louisiana and mississippi. help us respond quickly. fema preposition more than 4300000 meals and more than 3000000 leaders of water and other critical resources in the region. before it hit. we deplored more. we deployed more than 250 generators and we're working to get a more into the area, especially the hospitals in desperate need of the department of health and human services. deployed 250, a 250 bed federal medical shelter in new orleans and 5 medical assistance teams available throughout the state. so the hurricane hit more than

6000 members of the national guard have been activated louisiana, mississippi, alabama, texas, and other states of support, search and rescue and recovery efforts for those of lost their homes. states had been working with the red american red cross to open almost 50 shelters across the gulf coast. we know that there is much to be done in this response. on our part, we need to get power restored. we need to get more food fuel and water deployed. i get hourly updates and the progress from fema wellness, the knife and we'll be working around the clock until the critical needs of the region are fully met. and we will meet even as we tackle the core elements of the disaster response. we're also deploy new tools to help speed this recovery. things that have not been use very much in prior hurricane responses. working with private

companies and own and operate a lifeline infrastructure like electricity and communications. we've used the latest technology to accelerate restoration of power and cell phone service is beginning to get back up. there's a long way to go. for example, to minimize the amount of time will take to get the power back to everyone. i've directed to federal aviation commission, the f, a, a to authorize the use of surveillance. drones to assist, i'd is damage to assess either damage to energy infrastructure fall ensuring those flights do not disrupt area search and rescue missions. likewise, i've asked the pentagon, the department of homeland security, the department of energy to mediately make available any satellite imagery. they can help provide in assessing extent to the damage. drones and satellites can make the work faster by getting places that are most desperately in need. they can

another if i were, the lines are down, map to damage, help get the transmission lines back up and running in all the parishes of people. hard working people to the complicated and dangerous work for more than 25000 line in clarence cruise from 32 states in the district of columbia, racing the restore power and alabama to have died on the job. this is complicated, really dangerous work for moving as fast as you mainly possible get it done is important to know the region head by i'd it is a key center of our nation's oil production and refining the infrastructure. that's why we're not waiting to assess. the full impact of the storm is going to have on oil production and refineries removing already quickly to increase the availability of gas and easy the pressure on gas prices around the country. i've

directed the secretary of energy, jennifer granholm, to use all of the tools that her disposal, including using the strategic petroleum reserve to keep gas flowing to the pumps. in order to get critical supplies to the region, to beat the pandemic, i directed the department of transportation to renew and energy declaration to provide flexibility on how many hours a truck driver can drive. most people know there's a limitation on number of hours. you can be on the road. the transportation department is broadening at emergency declaration include transportation of gasoline and other types of fuel as well. in addition to medical supplies and food . in addition, the environmental protection, a pro, has approved emergency waivers for louisiana and mississippi, fell, expand the supply of gasoline that can be sold in those states and increase

availability at such a critical time. these actions should help reduce the risk of gas shortages and price increases as a result of hurricane. we also know a lot of people lost cell phone service because their particular cars tower went down or got damaged. a few days ago, i asked the federal communications commission, the fcc and my white house team to work with the cell phone companies to allow customers to use roaming services. so that means that folks in the area should be able to get a signal no matter what carrier there are. when. if they're one carriers down, they can roman use another carrier. they're not part of, are not signed up with. think of the sons and daughters moms and dads loved ones trying to reach each other. this feeling of fear. maybe something happened just because they can't. the cell phone is not work. think of the millions of people

reaching out for help. this is important. it's critical. now a lot of private companies and public kennedy's doing their part today. i'm calling on insurance companies not to evade the responsibility to keep the priorities they made their customers in the promises they may help. some folks who are hurting here's the deal. fema is providing critical needs assistance, for example, to help the hotel bill. you're wrecked up because you couldn't stay in your home during the hurricane. the department of housing and urban affairs hud is also offered assistance to families in impacted areas. right now we're hearing reports as some insurance companies may deny coverage for additional living assistance expenses, unless the homeowner was under a mandatory evacuation order. so people pay their insurance premiums.

they're supposed to get payments from their insurance companies, for relocation costs. but insurance companies in the face of the strongest storm since 1850 said no, no. we're not going to pay you what we owe you. because the fact is, parish isn't a wheezy anna. like new orleans and saint johns issued a voluntary evacuation order at 1st. and may not have even had enough time to make a mandatory one as the storm moved in so fast other parishes. the voluntary evacuation are suggested that residents could try to protect themselves by shelburne in place against the ferocious winds. we can all understand why folks felt safe this leaving their homes and going elsewhere out of the path. the devastating storm no one, no one planned this killer storm because they were looking for a vacation or road trip rainbow staying hotel. they left their home because they

felt it was flee or risk. death is not involuntary about that. so i'm calling on the private insurance companies right now at this critical moment . don't hide behind the fine print and technicality. do your job. keep your commitments to your communities. that you insure do the right thing and pay your policyholders what you all of them to cover the cost of temporary houses in the midst of the national disaster help those in need. and so all of us need to do. that's what we're trying to do. fame has pushed out $77000000.00 to the people of louisiana. so far individuals, my message, the people in the gulf coast. i'm going to visit tomorrow. we are here for you. and we're making sure the response and recovery is equitable. so though shit hard is get the resources they need and are not left behind. whether you're a homeowner,

a renter, a parent, a small business owner, no matter who you are. if you live in the affected area, please visit disaster assistance dot go, go online with disaster assistance dot go to find help. now. that's disaster assistance dot gov or call 1. 800. 621. fema f. e m a 1800. 621. fema f, e m a at 180-621-3362 there is helping to qualify for right away. i've talked, i've tasks my a senior advisor, cedric richmond, new orleans neighbor and former congressman from louisiana,

2nd district for 10 years to lead this relief effort. he knows the area, he knows the people, he knows how to get things done. you know, they get thing down when local, state, and federal level are all working together alongside the private sector. the people of louisiana, mississippi are resilient and resourceful. we're going to stand with you for as long as it takes to recover and allow you to rebuild into the country. the past few days of hurricane either in the wildfires in the west and the unprecedented flash floods in new york and new jersey is yet another reminder, strategic stream storms in the crime crisis crisis are here. so that's the usaa president joe biden, and he's taking from washington d. c. on the historic north east floods and the hurricane ida response. and as you know, if you've been following the story,

so might brought a months worth of rain on parts of the northeastern united states killing at least 14 people. and what the president said was the female, which is the federal emergency management agency, is on the ground right now and is ready to help those affected by hurricane ida. kristen is joining us prison salumi. that is, she's covering the story from new jersey. kristin so, so what do you think of the tone that the president struck during the news briefing and tell us what you've been seeing behind you. while the president is dealing with multiple natural disasters all around the country, not only here in the northeast from hurricane ida where, overnight, massive rainfall lead to now we're hearing 18 deaths out a minimum from flooding and people being trapped in their basements, people being run off roads and their vehicles as roads,

flooded and so on to wildfires in california of an unprecedented nature and still dealing with the remnants of hurricane ida in the south were more than a 1000000 people were left without power in louisiana and are still struggling to recover. so i think what we're hearing is the unprecedented nature of the disasters that have been striking, not just here in the eastern united states, but all over the country and the response. we're also getting a sense of just how much official at all levels are dealing with, from the federal to the state, local. and that's certainly the case here in new jersey where i am not only was there massive flooding where a family of 5 apparently was trapped in a home and killed where a 70 year old man was run off the road, swept away as authorities were rescuing the rest of his family from

a vehicle but also a tornado. the governor phil murphy of new jersey in southern new jersey. now looking at a neighborhood where a tornado touched down and so were really very much taken stock of the damage here in the northeast of new york. record setting rainfall, 20 centimeters over 20 centimeters in one night. as you said, that's normally what you would see for the entire month of september. and it was in one night and a new record for hourly rainfall that was more than that was 3 inches by us measurements here. and, and, you know, just on ok, put it on it and the systems were so much apologies for coming to the bottom of the hour. i'll have to leave it there. thank you so much for the time being. before we go, we'll tell you about greece,

because it's last one of its leading classical music figures. composer mickey's so that our kids died on thursday in a career spanning dec king. he was known for political resistance early on, and grew to personify the modern face of greek music. here's where a challenge with a look back at his career and life. go on my bush. me its pluck strings again and its dance me instantly recognizable and instantly say grief. scott mika said the ruckus didn't just soundtracks over the greek, the movie soundtracks his country to the world and with it countless greek holidays and to vern meals. ah, but this musical achievement was just one chapter, theatre offices near century and long life, life entirely, intertwined with greece,

his turbulence, post world war to history. always lived with 2 sounds, one political, one musical. he told the new york times in 1970. that was during the already veteran communist years in french exile after the greek military jones jailed and tortured him. that was the 3rd time he'd been imprisoned by right wing rulers of greece. when the just found in 1974, he returns to a hero welcome and immediately threw himself back into domestic let when politics as greece returned to democracy, becoming a communist party. m p. we have won again. we've proved that we are stronger. they have the tanks, but we have the ideals and the songs for theater, rockies, art and politics were inseparable. if art expresses the feelings of the people properly, then he never.