good morning and cwelcome t this special early edition of "new day." i'm boris sanchez. >> i'm christi paul. states of emergency are up in several states. officials are urging people to stay indoors and get prepared for this. the outer rain band of henri already lashing parts of the east coast. in just a few moments we'll take you live to areas already feeling impacts from the storm and we'll lay out the timing and what you'll see throughout the day. henri is bringing major flood threat specifically with

some areas expecting up to a foot of rain. tonight's full moon could increase the flood threat, as well, for areas along the coast. we'll explain that. "new day" starts right now . good morning and welcome to your "new day." it's sunday, august 22nd. thank you for waking up with us. good morning to you. >> good morning, boris. we're all watching henri. this category one hurricane is closing in on the northeast. the first hurricane to directly hit new england in 30 years, which is part of what is so significant here. >> this is an area that typically gets these kind of storms and several states have issued states of emergency ahead of the storm, which is expected to make landfall soon in southern new england. about 50 million people are

under hurricane or tropical storm warnings and mandatory evacuations are already under way in some coastal areas and officials say the time to leave before conditions get worse is right now. >> you know, a lot of people don't like to leave, especially when the sun is still shining and that's certainly the time we want people to make the transition from their house to somewhere else out of the storm's path. >> now, heavy rains, strong winds could bring some widespread power outages. there's also dangerous storm surges and flash flooding that's expected as this storm moves in. our team of correspondents is really fanned out across the northeast and new england tracking the impacts of hurricane henri. we'll check in with them throughout the morning and you can see where they are there. first the latest on the forecast itself. >> cnn meteorologist allison ch chinchar with the latest. we just got the latest advisory, what is the latest information? >> it is still a hurricane.

we did not see a downgrade at the 5:00 a.m. advisory. still hurricane henri and sustained winds 75 miles per hour and gusting up around that 90-mile-per-hour range. the forward movement slowed a little bit at 18 miles per hour. this is important because the more it slows down and the more time it has to dump a tremendous amount of rain. hurricane warnings and tropical storm warning and tropical storm in blue and hurricane warnings. this is the main area where we anticipate the impacts for this storm. hurricane hunters are out and the key thing they're looking for at this point is where is that center? where is the storm? is it starting to intensify? is it starting to weaken? those are the things it is going to take a look at to help us with the rest of the forecast. we still anticipate having landfall likely in the eastern portion of long island and perhaps even the western portion of rhode island and still likely around lunchtime today.

from there comes further inland before making that sharp turn out towards the east and over the open atlantic. here's a look at the live radar. tons of very heavy bands of rain really starting to spread into areas of new jersey and eastern pennsylvania right now. so, philadelphia, toms river, even down around surf city. you're looking at very moderate to heavy rain constantly just kind of being pushed into that area. some of the outer bands also now just starting to slide into areas of eastern massachusetts, portions around newport, rhode island and again even some of those bands starting to push in along eastern long island. again, the hamptons, montauk seeing some of the rain bands move in. for now they're light but really starting to pick up, not only in frequency but also in intensity as we go through the next several hours. storm surge is still a concern. areas of new jersey should start to see that threat go down as the storm gets closer because of the direction in which those winds are. but the threat is still going to

remain from boston stretching all the way down towards the hamptons. here's one thing to note, too. we've talked about this yesterday. high tide for today could end up being very similar to the landfall time. that's a concern because you have all that water being pushed in from storm surge. at the same time, you're dealing with very high tides because this isn't just a normal high tide. the full moon is today. you have astronomical high tides in some of these places especially right there along the coast. now, we're going to break down rain. how much has already fallen? how much more do we expect and we'll talk about the potential for power outages, boris and christi, coming up in a few minutes. >> we know you'll keep an eye on it. allison chinchar, thank you so much. two towns in a mandatory evacuation orders and an electric company says more than half of the state's residents could lose power. for some it could last, they say, could last three weeks. here's connecticut governor ned lemont. >> we're going to have an

astronomical tide. i mean, astronomical in the sense that we have a very full moon. the highest tides you can have. that combined with the wind gives real risk of flooding along the coastline and interior flooding given the saturation of the soil. we could have 70, 80 80-mile-an-hour winds. that makes the trees a lot less secure. they go over. power goes out. >> let's get straight to cnn's brian todd in connecticut in gratin. brian, how are things looking where you are? >> well, boris, a growing sense of anxiety here. you heard the governor talk about a storm surge and tide. that is a big concern here. and, you know, one of the concerns also is these are heavily populated areas all along the coast of connecticut here, rhode island, massachusetts. another concern is we start to get hit with the early bands of rain from hurricane henri is that these are areas that are surrounded by water many of these towns. you have the river in xwrauten

and the tide has not come up yet here and long island sound over my left shoulder. convergences of two bodies of water and they go right into the sound and you talk about high tides and storm surge. three to four feet of storm surge and high tide and that will push the water up from these neighborhoods here and see how close some of these houses are here. the mayor of groton keith hen drk we talked to him for a mandatory evacuation in this neighborhood and another neighborhood in a low lying area of town. the water can be pushed up and he is worried about the areas getting flooded. we talked to him last night about his concerns. what are you most worried about here? >> well, i'm worried that once we get flooding, i can't get access to them. so, if they have a medical emergency, i can't get my first responders here. and that's my concern. if somebody has a medical

emergency or they have a fire or anything else then if the water is flooded, we're not going to put a boat on there to go to somebody's house. >> the mayor concerned about that. he did tell us when this storm passes, but that's not going to be until probably after midnight on sunday, then he's going to send his first responders out, his police and fire and see if anybody here is in need of assistance. a lot of people have elected to ride this out. we talked to some residents here and in another neighborhood. part of the reason, guys, they just don't get hurricanes here very much. the last hurricane to make landfall 1991, they did experience super storm sandy here nine years ago and technically not a hurricane. it did do a lot of damage here and places near here. the storm surge coming with the high tide at 9:50 a.m. here. that's the first one. that is very dangerous and we'll be here watching the is. bors and christi. >> you all take good care there.

brian todd, we appreciate it. a lot of the damage from the storm is expected to happen in rhode island. that's where we find cnn derek van dam live in new port. so, i see, it looks like you're starting to feel the outer bands? >> yeah, this s in fact, the first experience of henri that we had here in newport, rhode island. of course just to our west new york city getting hammered with heavy rain. over six inches in a very short period. we saw that unfold overnight last night. we are preparing for the first landfall in 30 years. this is really significant. the impacts of the storms but i walked around newport last night and people here, remember, this is high tourist season. people acting and behaving as if there wasn't a hurricane on its way. quite surprising. really the only people that i experienced yesterday taking this storm seriously were some of the ship captains and the

boat owners. take a look at how this person prepared himself for the oncoming storm. >> i didn't think i would be protected, i would already be gone. if those projectiles start coming at me, really not a lot i can do. you have all the boats in the harbor. i don't think they're all leaving. so, if any of those come loose, wherever they end up, they end up. some things are just out of your control. you can just take as many precautions as possible and hope for the best. >> rhode island is one of the many states in new england that have declared a state of emergency in advance of henri's arrival. this is going to be a multi-day event and i think allison touched on this. power outages are going to be a major concern. take it from me as a meteorologist. i withstood some pretty nasty storms in the great lakes last week. lost power for four days. that is inconvenient. that is impactful. if you are not prepared for that. if your bathtub is not full, you will not be able to flush

toilets, use water. basic necessities at home. but be assured there are so many crews on standby ready to restore power here as quickly as possible once conditions remain safe. 12,000 crews from 30 states and even canada that will help restore power within new england once henri departs. storm surge a threat. you are looking at newport harbor here and three to five feet is what is forestcforecast. we'll work our way to low tide but, again, the most impactful part of the storm could coexist with high tide. so all those things coming together. we'll be watching and monitoring it and bringing you updates all morning. christi, boris. >> really a tough confluence of events. hopefully everyone made the preparations necessary to avoid headache. derek van dam, thank you so much. so, the severe weather we're seeing isn't limited to the northeast. catastrophic flooding also hitting tennessee leaving at least ten people dead and dozens

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about 15 minutes past the hour right now, a live look of martha's vineyard this morning as we're watching hurricane henri slowly approaching the new england coastline. some areas that have already declared states of emergency. there are local officials urging people in henri's path to stay off the roads and prepare for the worst. we'll continue to watch this. allison chinchar back with the forecast in a few minutes. we want to get you up to speed on some of the other top stories we're following for you this morning. ten people including two small kids have died in flash floods in tennessee. 31 people are still missing from the humphries county area about 60 miles west of nashville.

about 10,000 residents there still without power and tennessee national guard troops have been deployed to help with search and rescue efforts. out west, the fast moving dixie fire in california has consumed more territory. the fire now burning through 717,000 acres in a span of just 38 days. windy conditions are causing this fire to spread. firefighters are hoping to make some headway as weather conditions begin to improve. from the political arena, vice president kamala harris is in singapore. she's spending the day meeting with the prime minister and other top officials and looking to deliver a foreign policy win for the white house on this trip to southeast asia. the biden administration under intense scrutiny from withdrawal. the vice president received national security updates throughout her travels. and australia's reporting hundreds of new covid cases just a day after violent protests erupted in the country. new south wales recorded more

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here's cnn's evan. >> reporter: this tampa 11-year-old had a strange first week of middle school. >> in two classes i had like five kids quarantined. >> that seems like a lot. >> it is. >> was it scary? >> no. but one of my friends said everyone around her was quarantined so i am pretty much she was scared. >> are you worried you might be quarantined? >> maybe. >> at least 15 states have now mandated universal masking inside school buildings. following cdc guidelines for safer reopening amid the delta surge. >> the masks are uncomfortable, but it's for safety. if i wear my mask, i get to see my friends. i'll just wear a mask. >> cdc data showing the hospitalization rate for children is 33% higher than it was in january. the previous peak. as cases have stacked up, school systems have faced widespread quarantines and rushed to make policy changes. between the first and 13th of

august, mississippi reported around 6,000 cases among students. 1,500 among staff. and that's just from the counties reporting data. mississippi leaders reinin reininstituted hybrid learning options. pandemic politics remain. in florida the state board of education vowed to punish two school boards that passed mask mandates. defying governor ron desantis who opposes universal masking rules. >> just try to interrupt as much as possible. if you look at the guidelines it just said if everybody wears a mask what i understand from it, there will be less quarantine. even if you have the same positive cases. >> reporter: more than 8,000 cases among students and staff have been reported in florida's largest school districts. more than 29,000 people have quarantined so far in just those districts. and the largest district, miami-dade, hasn't started school yet. president biden said he will

step in vowing legal action to protect school leaders battling desantis over masks. >> we're not going to sit by as governors try to block and intimidate educators protecting our children. >> reporter: but desantis is refusing to budge on school policy seeming to relish a fight with the white house over schools. >> seriously if the federal government can come in and overrule the rights of the parents with covid and force masking of kindergartners and first graders given how covid is such a small risk relative to past flus and other respiratory viruses, will they be able to do that every single school year? >> reporter: cnn, new york. >> thanks for that report, evan. we want to tell you in georgia a group of mayors is sounding off on brian kemp over his executive order that allows businesses to disregard local covid safety measures. >> later this morning, we'll talk to the mayor of savannah. he has something to say to the governor and he'll say it here.

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so, more than 50 million people are under tropical alerts as hurricane henri approaches and it is bringing heavy rains and damaging winds to an area that normally does not get hit by these kind of storms. some places have already seen record rainfall in the last 24 hours. look at this in hoboken, new jersey. flood waters making it difficult for drivers. as many as eight inches of rain have also fallen in parts of new york. people in a lot of areas there have been advised to evacuate as this storm is closing in. amtrak, in fact, has canceled trains. fema is ready, we know, to provide federal resources to the affected areas and more than

12,000 crews from at least 29 states have been mobilized to help people who lose power in this storm. ryan murphy is with us from southampton, new york, right now. emergency management ad administrator there. thank you so much, sir, for being with us. we appreciate it. talk to us about what you're hah hearing from residents right now. >> we're definitely bracing for this storm to come up our way. residents have been preparing, hopefully, you know they've heeded our warnings and we were out last night going and making sure that hopefully people were making the right choice to leave but identifying those that were choosing to stay behind and getting contact information and quantities of people that were going to be out there. but i will say a lot of them did make the wise choice to remove themselves from an area where they are very susceptible to high wave action and flooding.

we did see a lot of other people moving out of the township last night, a lot of traffic on the roadways with people getting out of the area, which was a good thing to see. it's unfortunate in the middle of the summer, but it was probably the safer choice for everybody to get out there and make. >> no question. better to be safe than sorry, ryan. i'm curious about what your biggest concern is right now. you have winds stronger than 75 miles an hour. but some fear the storm surge. what's on your mind this morning? >> i would agree with you, 100%. that is what we have as probably our highest targeted concern right now. and that's the storm surge possible inundation to our coastal areas, our inlands and our canals and any of our bays. we're looking at, you know, two to five feet of possible inundation of water above ground level. and so that's definitely concerning for us.

and try to convey to people that two to five feet of water is not necessarily like you're getting splashed with water. this is water that can stick around for a little while. you're standing there in two to five feet of water and that's one of the reasons we really encourage people that if they are in, you know, a surge zone, surge zone one which we identified for possible voluntary evacuation of individuals yesterday and late the day before that they took that advice and listened to it because that water, you know, could definitely have some serious impacts to people. >> you said something that made me think about something that we have been hearing from connecticut, which is a pretty jolting number there. their power company saying that there could be a loss of power that could last up to three weeks. what is your expectation of getting back to some semblance of normal after this in terms of the timeline? >> yeah, it's going to have a

large, you know, impact on us if we lose the power the way that, you know, we could. we have not been hit with, you know, a direct hit from a storm in quite a number of years. you know, bob was probably the closest thing to it and it didn't necessarily even make landfall on long island and had some pretty serious impacts. we've been in conversation with the power company. they are staging crews and they have crews in our area ready to respond. i know they brought in a lot of assets from out of the area. we're hopeful that we don't see a lot of outages, but people have already been noticed that they should expect that power could be out for, you know, seven to ten days. maybe even two week phys if we t to see significant devastation in the way of trees coming down on power lines and a large amount of debris. we dealt with a lot of debris in irene and sandy and we know what those impacts can be.

but you're talking about a situation that is a little more similar to gloria many years ago, if it were to, you know, hit our area as a cat one. we're hoping it stays off to the east and we dodge the bullet on that one. >> yeah, we're hoping so, too. we're hoping that folks are prepared and that crews are not facing any real challenges when they get out there after the storm passes. ryan murphy, thank you so much for the time. keep us updated if there is any information you need to get out there. >> thank you, sir. >> thanks so much. so, heavy flooding threatening the northeast as he was just talking about right now. i mean, the amount of rain that could be dumped over this region is pretty severe. new york central park already broke a daily rainfall record back from 1888. >> some say that that rainfall could be even more of a problem than the hurricane's strong winds. you just heard from ryan there saying as much.

meteorologist allison chinchar joining us from the cnn weather center. allison, how much rain is exactly coming down in these places? >> i think the rain is going to be the most widespread of the problems that we're facing here because it's not only going to impact areas along the coast but also as we go inland. let's look at how much rain is expected. you can see some of the outer bands coming in and even some thunderstorms across areas of new jersey and eastern pennsylvania. now starting to see some of the lighter bands even begin to push in across portions of massachusetts, eastern long island, as well as rhode island. here's a look at where we had the heaviest rain really so far in the last 12 to 24 hours and that's from new york stretching down to atlantic city where we picked up two to four inches in some spots and even isolated higher amounts. flash flood watches in green and the flash flood in red again in anticipation of having additional rainfall. not like what we got yesterday is all we're going to get. but even if was, these are impressive numbers. 6.3 inches in brooklyn.

prospect park picking up over five inches and, yes, central park picking up about 4.5. remember, this was yesterday. this does not take into account how much they had so far this morning. this was just yesterday. 4.45 inches. that breaks the previous record just over four back in 1888. now, again, we talked about the outer bands. again, they're starting to move in and now continue to slide further inland as we go through the day and eventually impacting areas of upstate new york, vermont, new hampshire and even places not along the coast. here's a look at how much more rain is expected. that yellow, that widespread two to four inches but look at those pockets there the orange and even the red. six to ten inches is not out of the question. not for just a spot or two but you could be dealing with multiple locations that you could pick up a foot of rain. one of the other concerns we talked about is winds. 50 to 70-mile-per-hour winds, boris and christi. when that ground is saturated is

all it takes to bring trees and power lines down. >> yeah, potentially a lot of issues on the way. this confluence of event as you noted earlier, allison, potential for a lot of problems. allison chinchar in the weather center. thank you so much. as the united states races to evacuate americans out of afghanistan, the u.s. military is now being forced to establish alternate routes to get to the airport. we'll explain why. also the pentagon confirms some americans had been harassed and even beaten by the taliban. if they tried to get out of that country. the latest on that dire situation, next. hands feel dry? like sandpaper. introducing new dove handwash, with 5 x moisturizer blend. removes germs in seconds, moisturizes for hours. soft, smooth. new dove handwash. what makes new salonpas arthritis gel so good for arthritis pain? salonpas contains the most prescribed topical pain relief ingredient. it's clinically proven, reduces inflammation

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we're just about 40 minutes past the hour as we are tracking hurricane henri while it nears the northeast coast. we're taking a look at live pictures out of montauk on long island. an area that is already seeing some rain from henri. now under a hurricane warning at

this hour. of course, we're going to keep watching the hurricane and bring you any updates that we get throughout the morning. we do want to pivot right now to the situation in afghanistan where a terror threat is forcing u.s. officials to alter their evacuation plan. a defense official says there is a strong possibility that isis an islamic state group based in south asia is trying to carry out an attack. the group could target crowds outside the airport in kabul. >> the u.s. military looking for alternative routes to get americans and afghans to that airport now. more than 26,000 people have been evacuated so far. but in a sign of how desperate the situation is around the airport, authorities say seven afghan civilians died after they were crushed by the crowds that were swarming the gates. president biden monitoring the situation, we're told. we do expect to hear from him later this afternoon. u.s. officials say they're

trying to evacuate americans and afghans from this country and as quickly, obviously, and as safely as possible, which is really part of the problem and the real immediate wording there, boris, safely. >> yeah. let's get the latest on the evacuation effort. it has been a difficult one. cnn international security editor nick paton walsh joins us now live from doha in qatar where many evacuation flights have been landing. nick, the number of people evacuating has gone up. it's now more than 18,000, right? >> a situation that is beyond the logistics even the united states military may be able to deploy. 18,500 people trying to get off the base as of this morning according to a source familiar with the airport. they believe also, too, 2,000 people at each of the maybe two, three gates around that airport.

so, you do the math, there are probably either trying to get on or on the base as many people at this point as the united states and their allies have taken off the base already. our calculations just about 26,000 have been taken off. so, this is a task of staggering enormity. the terror threats which have been sort of talked about by u.s. officials of late, well, to be honest, always look to kill americans, that's what they're about. the fact that they might be trying to focus more on the air base may feed into a narrative about the deteriorating situation there and operations going forward. interesting to hear the pentagon spokesperson john kirby talking about a battle between time and space. that's obvious for anyone who has seen the airport and the conditions itself, but i think we may be going from a place where the united states talking about having potentially an indefinitely presence until the job was done to essentially realize there is a time limit on this.

they can't do this forever. they simply can't do this forever. it's probably a week worth of evacuation flights and people already on that base judging by the sort of 4,000 today. highest level that was announced yesterday. they got 3,800 off yesterday. let me tell you one other thing that startled me. speaking with a source familiar with that airport. the reason why there are so many people, many of them who are not part of the official process is this. i hope we can show this to you. essentially in very good faith because the special immigration program wasn't really moving fast enough, this particular document and hopefully we're showing you here what is a u.s. visa piece of paper that would normally go into a passport has been adapted without names or numbers to permit to essentially give people a pass on to the base. now, i receive an electronic copy of this myself. essentially it went out to some people and they seem to have screen shotted it and made an

electronic version and then around the population of kabul. i got one. i have seen it in multiple different places and people use that to get on to the base. the reason that we're likely dealing with this complicated humanitarian situation on the base, this complicated issue where filtration appears to not have been what it should have been is frankly due to this benevolent measure brought in to expedite those who should be on and now it seems to be used to get people who shouldn't get on. many other means that people use to get on to that particular base. but it is, it is startling that this particular good faith measure seems to have resulted in such chaos. i have to tell you at this stage looking at the numbers, looking at the volume of planes that seem able to land and looking at the heat, the deteriorating situation around the airport, looking at the fact this is an indefinite task to some degree. tens of thousands of afghans who would happily get on to their base and go to a life in the

united states, i do not see how this challenge is easily surmountable. we're talking about a week probably of aircraft, if they can't speed things up. that's if they stop letting people on to the airport. so, valiant as this task has been and it's so distressing to see people crushed to death in the crowds and the heat and pressure was immense. i was in it earlier myself. valiance is the task of the state it apartmendepartment and point they'll have to accept it is finite and when we hear that, that will certainly change the mood outside the airport. back to you. >> you have to wonder how the taliban might respond if that mission winds up going beyond the august 31st deadline for u.s. officials to get out. nick paton walsh, excellent reporting, as always, from qatar. thank you. >> nick, thank you. so, there's a shift in haiti this morning. you know, it's been a week since that massive earthquake struck there. the rescue effort is beginning to transition to a recovery

effort now. >> survivors of the 7.2 magnitude quake say their biggest need is the basics. water, food and shelter. cnn correspondent matt rivers has an update on the situation in haiti. >> well, we managed to have a conversation here in port-au-prince on saturday with the man leading the response for usa i.d. here in haiti. they are here in support of the haitian government as they continue their search and rescue operations. unfortunately now more than one week after this earthquake hit, this representative from usa i.d. telling me the search is beginning to happen. going from a search and rescue operation to more recovery operations moving into the next phase of what will surely be a long recovery process from this earthquake. they haven't officially made that yet, but he said that shift is beginning to happen. he talked about how usa i.d. spent the day in concert with haiti civil protection agency

visiting several different hard-hit villages and basically going and figuring out what each one of these towns and villages very hard hit by these earthquakes need. what they were told the top needs are. water, food and shelter. shelter in many different places according to usa i.d. the number one concern at this point. in good news, they say they do have a lot of air assets and even barges that they believe they can use to get aid to where it needs to go. but basically saying they want to strike while the iron is hot and take advantage of the fact that they have the air assets that they didn't have earlier in the week to get aid to these places. we're told the haitian government, the civil protection agency is trying to prioritize. which places are the worst and which are next and which are next in order to get the aid where it is needed the most. that is the status of the what is still a search and rescue operation moving into the recovery phase more than one week after this earthquake hit here in haiti.

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"jeopardy!" is searching for a new host just days after naming the replacement for alex trebeck. here's chief meetia correspondent brian stelter. >> reporter: just one day after taping the new show, offensive comments about women and minorities and sony's failure to vet him. >> everyone is talking about this. >> reporter: richards is a long-time tv producer and host who became the "jeopardy!" executive producer last year. he briefly overlapped with alex trebeck who kept hosting during pancreatic cancer treatments. when trebek died this lucrative tv franchise needed a new star. ken jennings filled in at first

and then richards. >> here is the executive producer of "jeopardy!" mike richards. >> reporter: he implied that he was filling in because a-listers like savannah guthrie could not get to l.a. as covid cases were on the rise there. >> very literally at the last minute that the decision was made for me to step in and keep the show going. >> reporter: some viewers liked him a lot but questions about his daily double role. was he in the running while auditioning others? for some a bucket list experience. >> a life dream for me. >> reporter: while others were notably snubbed like laura coates who trebek suggested and some felt shelved until the end of the season. the bosses at sony who run the show went with richards despite the appearance that he picked himself or manipulated the race. >> wow, what are the odds? exactly the same as me getting

named stephen colbert magazine sexiest man alive. >> reporter: old lawsuits that he mistreated colleagues at "the price is right" and found his old podcast with a be funny and provocative were not acceptable and he pledged to be a role model. but the dnl damage was done. richards taped five episodes and thursday, but friday's shows were condanceled. ghost hosts take over again next week. he will remain executive producers. the smartest game show on tv made a rookie mistake. brian stelter, cnn, new york