cedric, a quick reaction from you to that, and then i'll bring in other voices.gree. it's extremely complex. and in the past, it was possible for this media to engage in interviews in a potentially sensitive subject. like at the time of the sars outburst, there were much more coverage of the disaster. there were much more criticism of the government. this time, it was actually after a short moment when online the chinese could comment on the covid—i9. there has been a wave of propaganda and a wave of censorship that just made them stop. steve vines, does that tally with your more recent experience? yes, i mean, it's always fascinating to speak to reporters and other people who are based in beijing, and then you discover that the experience that they're having is very much the experience that you're having in hong kong. i mean, in the past, just to give you an example, i was always hoping to quote people by name. that's what journalists do. it gives credibility to the quote. i now find myself in recent months and weeks never using people's names unless, of course,

now cedric, who are we going to next? i understand governor, you are not on video, but you are on the telephone. fire away. >> thank you mr. president. when we spoke on friday, you assured me that when we asked for the pre-landfall decoration you would immediately sign it and you did exactly that. i want to thank you for doing so. we are in a different position right now than our friends in louisiana. the eye of the storm is currently west of jackson. we probably have between 18 and 22 more hours of the storm being in mississippi. because it is such a large storm, our largest threat in terms of tornadic activity still remains along our coastline and in the counties just north. the storm, which really is challenging, has slowed down to about eight miles per hour. which leads to more rainfall. the bad news for us as we are going to get more rainfall than we originally anticipated. the good news is because it is moving so slow, the wind speeds have not reached where we thought they would be in the 65 to 75 mile an hour range

in now cedric, who are we going to next? video, but you are on the telephone, so gov, fire away. >> well, thank you, mr. president. when we spoke on friday, you assured me that when we asked for the prelandfall declaration that you would immediately sign it and you did exactly that and i want to thank you for doing so. we're in a little bit of a different position right now, obviously, than our friends in louisiana. the storm is the -- the eye of the storm is west of jackson so we have between 18 to 22 more hours of the eye of the storm being in the state of mississippi. we also have, because it's such a large storm, our largest threat in terms of tornadic activity remains on the coastline and the counties just north of there. the storm, which really is challenging, has slowed down to about 8 miles an hour and so that's the reason it's going to stay in the state for so long, which leads to more and more rainfall, so the bad news for us is that we're going to get even more rainfall than maybe we orig originally anticipated. t

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on one saturday morning i get a call, the operator says, "will you accept a collect call from the cedric btk on the phone. >> i have a recorder going if that's all right with you. >> sure. >> can you pinpoint when you knew that there was a problem coming? >> well, i would say probably even when i was in probably grade school i started having problems. >> what kind of problems were those? >> oh, sexual, sexual kind of fan attentions. mine were probably a little weirder than other people. >> he talked about the hunt. >> the hunt for the object. it was more of a high, i guess, than it was actually them. >> he told me he got a high from it. fnding the woman then ilkilling her. that was what turned him on. >> do you have any remorse over the killings? >> remorse? yes, i do, i do have remorse. i feel sorry for them. >> dennis rader told me that he felt sorry for the victims. well, no one believes that. >> it was more like he was are so sorry that he got captured. >> bottom line, i want the people of cedric county, the united states, the world to know that i am a serial killer. and i'm going to

you couldn't have picked a better person than cedric richmond.r a pre-landfall declaration, major disaster declaration. that's going to be very helpful. hurricane ida came onshore with everything that was advertised -- >> yep. >> -- the surge, the rain, the wind. the good news first is all of our levee systems, particularly our federal levee systems and the hurricane risk reduction systems, performed magnificently. they were not overtopped, none of them were breached. each our levee systems that were -- even our levee systems that were paid for with state and local are funding performed extremely well. it would be a different storial together had -- story altogether had any of those levee systems failed. having said that, the damage is still catastrophic. but it was primarily wind-driven. but we know that there were some areas that received tremendous rainfall as well. but we're going to be dealing with this, with this damage the for quite a while. you mentioned the power outage, that is critical for us. and it's really a million homes and busine

cedric and lead became real mentors. _ hadley. cedric and lead became real mentors. became real mentors. absolutely. he i real mentors. absolutely. he said the most _ real mentors. absolutely. he said the most important - real mentors. absolutely. he| said the most important thing anyone has ever said to me, you must make your bike your best friend. in other words, you can go to it with whatever you're feeling, tired, bored, randy, no matter what you're feeling go to and have a conversation with her. ., , go to and have a conversation with her-— with her. that is the mantra that has stuck— with her. that is the mantra that has stuck with - with her. that is the mantra that has stuck with you - with her. that is the mantra that has stuck with you your entire career. i don't want to sound like a cod psychologist but let me propose to you i thought which is that you have been frank about your family life being somewhat unusual and somewhat difficult in that by the time you came along, your father was actually bisexual and really was more interested in homosexual relatio

but these two, cedric and lett, particularly i think lett, became real mentors to you. absolutely. most important thing that anyone�*s ever said to me, which is that you must make your work your best friend. in other words, you can go to it whatever you're feeling. you're feeling tired, you're feeling bored, you're feeling happy, you're feeling randy, whatever you're feeling, go to your work and have a conversation with it, and that is... that's a sort of mantra that stuck with you for your entire career. yeah. so let me... i don't want to sound like a sort of cod psychologist, but let me propose to you a thought, which is that you've been frank about your family life being somewhat unusual and somewhat difficult in that by the time you came along, your father was actually bisexual and really was more interested in homosexual relationships than he was in a relationship with his wife. true enough. yeah. and you've always said that painting for you was about truth and it was about honesty. so i'm wondering whether actually turning to painting and giving yourself to painting was your

now, cedric -- who are we going to next?. >> president biden: i understand you are not on video but you are on the telephone. fire away. >> thank you, mr. president. when we spoke on friday you assured me that when they asked for the preland fall declaration you would immediately sign it, and you did exactly that, and i want to thank you for doing so. we are in a bit of a different position right now obviously then our friends in louisiana. the eye of the storm is currently west of jackson, so we probably have between 18 and 22 more hours of the eye of the storm being in the state of mississippi. we also have, because it is such a large storm, our largest threat in terms of tornado activity still remains a long coastline and the counties just north of there. the storm, which really is challenging, has slowed down to about 8 miles an hour. so that's the reason they been saying say for so long, but which leads to more rainfall. the bad news is we are going to get more rainfall than we maybe originally anticipated. the good new

before i let you go, cedric, i to want to get in one question.allenged dave chappelle. in this goes down, who you got? >> the old g. no! [ laughter ] >> you know what, this is a very funny idea. at this point in time, it just seems like dave chappelle would be unbeatable. he literally is in a crazy comedic moment. it will be fun to watch. damon will surprise people, that's for sure. >> i agree. and to cedric's point, if you both took off running right now, i will get out of this chair and take off running. if you know, you know. thank you so much. i love the show. looking forward to seeing more of it. coming up tomorrow on "the sunday show" with jonathan capehart, a retired general who served in afghanistan is wondering if it was worth it. his reaction and what he thinks of the president's decision. >> and tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. eastern on "the sunday show," you don't want to miss it. that's my pal jonathan capehart. we'll be right back. reason, or fun. daring, or thoughtful. sensitive, or strong. progress isn't either or progress is everything.

. >> cedric, what about the oil port? >> well, the governor or president sheng could talk about that. the president is inquiring about the oil port in port fuchon. >> i don't get any information on that and i only get information if it is on the national -- >>> and we have been listening to president biden detail the federal response to hurricane ida and getting an update from the leaders and governors and mayors along the affected region, and it appears that the comms there went south. so now, we will go to digital reporter shannon pettypiece, and how is the white house dealing with the confluence of challenges. it is testing and taxing the white house, and we are less than 24 hours away from the fall of kabul, the self-imposed biden deadline the drawdown the troops there, and now clearly dealing with this storm where you have more than 1 million people left without power in new orleans and the president saying one confirmed death, and he expects that number to grow. >> absolutely. this is really the first two dualing cr

i will work through cedric on that to make sure we can get the program up and running as soon as possible. i want to finish with the most important thing, we are still in a lifesaving phase here doing search and rescue. roads, highways into most of the affected area were completely clogged with debris, downed power lines, trees. we are making good progress, we started search-and-rescue this morning in daylight. we dispatch those forces. we already had search and rescue teams from 16 states in louisiana as of yesterday. it started moving to the affected areas at 3:00 this morning, 6:00 they were doing searches from 911 calls the came in over the night that could not be responded to. by 6:00 this morning, we were affecting rescues out of the air, as well. the last thing i want to say, the first rescues were at the hospital. by the u.s. coast guard, they are able to fly before any other assets could. they were able to move about seven patients from the hospital that had the roof taken off yesterday. your coast guard rescued and relocated those patients first thing this morning. we are very a

cedric richmond. brief statement and then go through and tell you what we are doing, and then hear from all of you. i know that you are busy as the double -- devil. i know you have a lot to manage in your states, but i want to hear from you, we both want to hear from you. we know hurricane ida had the potential to cause massive damage. that is exactly what we saw. we already know there has been at least one confirmed death. that number is likely to grow. we have got one million people in louisiana without power. for a time, ida caused the mississippi river to literally change its direction. some folks are dealing with the storm surge and flash flooding. there are roads that are impassable due to debris, downed power lines. we need people to continue to shelter-in-place if it is safe for them to do so. for those through that have lost their homes, states working with the american red cross have already open 50 shelters in the affected areas across the gulf coast. we have already begun search and rescue

. >> i want to talk to cnn military analyst and retired air force colonel cedric layton. also political scientist ian bremer, president of g-zero media and the you're rare sha group. colonel, what does it say to you about the situation on the ground that the president is bringing in nearly double the number of troops he initially deployed last week? >> i tell you, pam, it's really a crisis situation. you have something here that is extremely dangerous for the people on the ground. it also shows that what we're dealing with is really a way in which we've got to do something more to get people out in terms of afghan interpreters. so what we have here is from a strategic standpoint a very difficult situation. we have a problem that in some ways was of our own making, but in other ways was a result of ineptitude and corruption in the afghan military. and the resulting mess that we're dealing with now is one in which there are really -- no good way out, that's what we see here. we have a problem that is partially of our own making, but it is a very difficult way to extract our

so now, cedric, who are we going to next? >> governor reeves. >> okay. video, but you are on the telephone, so, gov, fire away. >> well, thank you, mr. president, and when we spoke on friday, you assured me that when we asked for the prelandfall declaration that you would immediately sign it, and you did exactly that. i want to thank you for doing so. we are in a little bit of the different position now than our friends in louisiana. the storm is, and the eye of the storm is currently west of jackson, and so we have had between 18 and 22 more hours of the eye of the storm being in the state of mississippi. we also have, because it is a large storm our largest threat in terms of tornadic activity remains along the coastline and in the counties north of there. the storm which, which really is challenging has slowed down to about 8 miles per hour, and that is the reason it is going to stay so long, and that leads to more and more rainfall, and the bad news for us that it is going to get more rainfall than we originally anticipate and the good news is that b

joyce vance and cedric alexander. thank you. we're waiting for president biden to give comments.et's hear the president. >> good afternoon, i'm president of the u.s. aw local 600 in deer born, michigan, home of the historic ruth complex and the for the lightning. mr. president, it is my honor to be with you here today. we know that uaw and joe biden worked together from the earliest days in delaware where we supported you and your first run for office. we were there at the beginning and we're so proud to be here now with our brother and the white house here today. uaw members are excited about the future. the batteries that go in them. we know the president biden has our back. we know he understands that we can grow our industry and preserve and create more good paying union jobs and build back a better plan. we know that this president understands that as we move towards this bright future, none of us will be left behind. that we are the true engine of making this technology work, grow, and power america's middle class. mr. president, you have our back and we have yours. thank y

retired air force colonel cedric leighton. colonel, thanks for being with us as things are just rapidly deteriorating in afghanistan. every few hours today we've learned about a new city captured by the taliban. are you surprised at the speed in which these major cities are falling? it's just incredible to watch. >> it really is, jim, but i'm not surprised. the reason, jim, i'm not surprised is because we have known for a very long time that the afghan military has had a lot of serious problems. including not only morale but also the ability to maintain the force. in other words, they don't have the ability to keep their people. there are a lot of desertions that have preceded even these drastic events right now. it was very enclclear to me froe very beginning that once we started the withdrawal process, the taliban would advance very rapidly. that's exactly what we're seeing right now. >> and i want to read more from president biden's statement that just came out during this program. . it says over our country's 20 years at w

jim sciutto, lieutenant colonel cedric lleyton, appreciate it.much. >>> more coming up. today tragedy in afghanistan. we'll talk live with a correspondent who documented the aftermath of yesterday's deadly attack. subway®... has so much new they couldn't fit it in their last ad. so, we're gonna use picture in picture in picture in picture in picture in picture in picture in picture in pict- man, you get the idea! there's so much new at subway®, it's too much to fit in all these pictures in pictures in- a lot of snacks are packed with air but not planters nuts. our dry roasted peanuts have an incredible ratio of size to substance a delicious, salty, crunchy ratio. planters. a nut above. [grunts] ♪ ♪ [grunts] pnc bank believes that if a pair of goggles can help your backhand get better... yeah! ...then your bank should help you budget even better. (laughing) virtual wallet® is so much more than a checking account. its low cash mode feature gives you at least 24 hours of extra time to help you avoid an overdraft fee. you see that? virtual wallet® wi

colonel cedric leighton is an air force veteran. and counterterrorism analyst phil mudd is a former cia official. colonel, i want to start with you. as we just heard, the stakes are getting higher. i don't know that we knew there were 4,100 u.s. citizens that still need to get out of afghanistan at this late date. we have six days left. and at the same time we're hearing from our u.s. officials a very specific threat stream from isis-k planning to attack the crowds outside of the airport. as a long-time intelligence officer as you were, what do you do with that information once you know about a specific threat? >> alisyn, what you end up doing is make sure that you're constantly following that intelligence target that is giving you that information. you're also seeking new intelligence sources to try to find out exact ly what they're saying, how they're saying it. you hope that the national agencies are providing all of the data that they have that pertain to your particular operation. if you're the intelligence information officer

that whatever you whatever you need, go to cedric, he need, go will get it to, me will to cedric will get to which you need. >>. joining us now, joining us msnbc now, anchor, msnbc ali who is in velshi new orleans. what is the latest. ali, what is the latest tonight? >> tonight? the latest >> the is that this is a dark dark city. latest is that this is a dark city. it's a roofing this is from a nearby building, a roof from a nearby that has collapsed. i'm building. here in the french quarter, this is which you know, would look from french quarter like this if you had which you know it would lights. but there look like this if you are no lights. nowhere had lights. but there in new orleans. are no lights anywhere new or that's new orleans, and because well the city's that's because while the levies and pumps city's levies and and all of, that which pumps, which they spent about they spent about 16 billion dollars 16 billion dollars on, since on since katrina, katrina worked works to keep the city to keep the city dry during the dry during the storm. take a look at storm. take this, thi

so i mean, officially bay is the thing that cause a 19 b k will know, campaigning, cedric cetera. but we've seen both parties and other political parties as well. sometimes i suppose breaking the so called law to campaign ahead of the election. you know, you brought up the airport and money from china. that's a perfect segue into the, the conversation that we need to have about the economy and debt and how much debt that the country actually has. so that's the broader issue. but before we get to that, i want to play something from, from some people and say, and be, and how they feel about the economy very specifically. and how it's affecting that . and let's listen to that. so i'm gonna head for the poles in the next few days with a name, $10000000000.00 debt hang over their hands, the debt as a balloon to every vote of the government appetites to borrow and spend. recently, the government defaulted in its payments in itself, in the junk state, feel anything affecting the confidence of citizens and business alike and looking at the needs for the people who get ahead of these lectu

. >> now, cedric, who are we goin to next? is mayor ken drell on? i don't think she's able to get connected. >> the reason she isn't on the line as because they are not going to have electricity restored for at least three weeks. by the way, there are electric failures when the pumps didn't work, that is after you, the american taxpayer paid $14 million to upgrade our levees in our pumping system, they still didn't work for the most galling thing about all of this, all day i've been watchin all the networks, they are focused on afghan ease and bringing them to the united states. we can evacuate kabul, but we can't evacuate our own people from the path of a natural disaster. they worry about afghanistan risca, i'm worried about americans in louisiana and set risca tonight and it seems like nobody is worried about them they are hurting in they are dying in new orleans. >> don't worry, because the mayor has it all covered. raymond, thank you, we will pra for the people of new orleans. a bombshell study confirms what the show has been telling you for mo

. >> cedric -- you are we going to next -- is cantrell on, are you on? i don't think she was able to get connected. >> i don't think so, mister president. >> they can't get the resume call, the reason cantrell wasn't on the line is we in new orleans are not going to have electricity restored for at least 3 weeks and we had electric failures throughout the hurricane when the pumps didn't work. the american taxpayer paid $14 billion to increase and upgrade our levies and pumping system, they still didn't really work, the most galling thing, all day i've been watching all the networks, they are focused on afghans and bringing them to the united states. we can evacuate couple but can't evacuate our own people from the path of a natural disaster. they worried about afghans at risk. i'm worried about americans in new orleans tonight and it seems no one is worried about them now that the storm has moved northward. they are hurting and dying. >> don't worry because latoya cantrell has it covered. thank you for everything and we will pray for the people of new or

. >>> let's bring in cnn military analyst colonel cedric leighton. good morning, colonel. always appreciate your expertise. let's talk about the situation on the ground. president biden admitting the white house doesn't know how many americans are in afghanistan. the state department's estimate this week was between 5 and 10,000 not to mention the thousands of afghan nationals that have assisted the united states that have put their lives at risk, that have an opportunity to get out of afghanistan. in your mind, what are the odds the military go get everyone it needs to out by that august 31st deadline? >> going to be tough, boris. good morning. so many factors here. one is that the perimeter -- that the allies, usually american forces control, is right by the airport. it's not -- doesn't extend beyond the airport very much. i receive messages from those who told me he waited from 8 p.m. all the way to 9 a.m. this next morning and no luck. couldn't get past the crowd. they have to speed up the in processing and that's something where they have to work really hard to get ev

and i am here with my senior advisor, and he knows louisiana very well and new orleans, and now, cedricho are we going to next? i understand you're not on video, but you're on the telephone. so fire away. is mayor cantrell? i don't think she was able to get connected. >> bernie sanders is older, but he's sharp as a tack. your dad, not near the age, but your dad has more energy than 1,000 men. i've never met anybody on his game. he was on this program unscripted, 35 minutes the other night. the week before, 40 minutes. a look at this, a while back i said i can't even joke about it anymore because it's not funny. that was something your father would never allowed to happen. >> it's unthinkable. it's truly unthinkable great when you watch this, you realize exactly why they will not allow biden to answer any questions fred he can't get through a sentence without stutteringti without messing up, without making a full out of himself and it's tragic. what isit he getting right? i'll answer the question. he's not getting anything right. he's not getting the border right, he's not getting afghan

cedric that things can be done on the roadmap, that is one problem the other problem is picking and choosing, cherry picking. i'm going to you because a a chance to finish up in just a few minutes. the first one quick question, you're talking about the instructional videos. there is a bill pulling through congress, billion dollars into specific targeted to provide some federal resources for some of this kind of work. it's gotten caught up in the current debate as well and again danielle, this is well worth supporting. daneille: i getting off i have for this question. the is not involved in the bill. we remain focused on the content and the teachers part of while i have four teachers basically read so thinking as personal pattern, i do think the bill is accountable and i do think we need investments in education and learning me to invest in the federal government part. that said, i do see principle that nicole collaborative federalism up. in my view about health federalist institutions hopeful, do think that the gravities for shipping work to be done in education should be at the state and di

cedric dark assistant profession sore of medicine in houston. dr. dark, welcome to the show.ay? it says facts first. just on raw numbers, black people at about 13% of the total population are not the biggest group of unvaccinated people either in texas or across the u.s. analysis by the kaiser family foundation found that white adults account for the largest share of unvaccinated adults. so lieutenant governor is wrong but what is your reaction? >> well, first reaction is don't blame black people for your failure to implement mitigation mechanisms like masking and, you know, vaccinating in the people who you employ. as you said, there are 3.7 million unvaccinated white people in texas, which is vastly more than black people in texas that are unvaccinated. 5.6 million versus 1.9 million. last time i checked, i'm a minority still in the population and there may be half trues that were told in terms of percentages of people vaccinated when you divide that by race. 40% of white people in texas have as you said, it's a numbers game. the more people you have, the more people that a

. >> colonel cedric leighton, we appreciate the insight. thank you for taking time for us, sir. >> you bet, christi. thanks so much for having me. >> absolutely. >>> so, what if any will be the political fallout for president biden over the troops withdrawal in afghanistan? we'll talk about that next. >>> plus, masks are now mandatory for all students and staff at new york city schools. and a judge will decide on who will rule on that mandate. all of that still to come. refresh where there is so much new, some say that it can't fit in one ad. i say... ...we're talking a new all-american club, deli-style oven-roasted turkey and... oh, that's the new steak & cheese. oh yeah, i knew that. that's the one with the new... ...seasoning. and that was the new mvp parmesan vinaigrette . right. which makes a next level foot... hold up. the subway logo? wait i'm out of time? mmm, licorice records. wonka, digital workflows for it tell us this machine needs updating... kids don't really have records anymore... but it tastes better on vinyl... servicenow.

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earlier i asked cnn military analyst colonel cedric leighton about u.s. security now that troops have left afghanistan. >> during the 20 years that we were in that country, we were able to actually make it impossible to almost impossible for terrorist groups to actually create a system where they could attack the west and especially the united states. now the other thing that we have to look at in this case, rosemary, is when we have a situation like this, the real difficulty that you end up having is could you actually do something in a way that would prevent that kind of development of terrorist forces in afghanistan from afar. and i think the answer is probably not. i would say that we have a very different environment that we're now dealing with and that difference will make it in some ways more difficult for the taliban to govern and it will also make it easier for groups like isis-k to gain a foothold there. >> with regard to the fierce criticism of the u.s. retreat, colonel leighton said there probably could not have been an evacuation of this type

let's talk more about cnn military analyst cedric leighton.ood to see you, colonel, there in washington. president biden promised a swift response to any attack on u.s. forces. he now says he's going to hunt the perpetrators down. how much pressure is there on him to follow through, and how does he respond if it's isis-k? how to reach them in a taliban-controlled environment? >> well, that's going to be the toughest thing, michael. one of the things that he has to do, of course, is vince his domestic political constituency that he's on the right path and americans tend to want a strong military action after something like this happens. in this case, he's got some difficulties because he's getting into an area where we have very little intelligence. we don't know as much about isis-k as we would perhaps have known about the taliban if they had done this. so he's going to have to deal with the intelligence challenges and then of course with the operational challenges. the terrain that isis-k inhabits is very forbidding terrain, kind of like what

. >> i want to continue the conversation with our guest, cedric lleyton, a retired u.s. air force colonel and a former u.s. ambassador to afghanistan. he currently serves as president of the american academy of diplomacy. a washington-based think tank. ambassador, let's listen to one of the things, the president said in his new interview with abc. >> you don't think this could have been handled better in any way? no mistakes? >> no. i don't think it could have been handled in a way that -- we -- we're going to go back in hindsight and look, but the idea that somehow there's a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing, i don't know how that happens. i don't know how that happened. >> ambassador, he is still saying there weren't any mistakes. that this was just inettable. was it? >> no. the decision to withdraw, that's one thing. the handling of the decision, abysmal. the president promised that we would continue support for the afghan security services. there was zero planning for how to do that, how to service the aircraft when we pulled the contractors out. so we gut

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. >>> let's bring in cedric lay ton, former member of the pentagon. and sir, colonel, thank you so much for joining us. i want to play what the president said last month. listen. >> the jury is still out, but the likelihood there is going to be taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely. >> should the biden administration have planned better for this? >> well, whitney, absolutely. this is one of those classic cases where we were blinded by what we would like to have happen instead of what is actually happening. and in this particular case, unfortunately, president biden was wrong. basically almost inevitable that things will get very, very bad very quickly here and that the remaining areas including kabul are very much at risk of being overwhelmed by the taliban. >> do you think this is at all reversible? how long do you think the taliban can hold on to these cities and is there any ground to be won here by the afghan government? what is the plan now? >> well, i think that, is it reversible? yes, but it would requir

cedric leighton, thank you so much, colonel. >> you bet, michael. any time.hanks so much. >>> we'll take a quick break here. when we come back, afghanistan's president has fled the country as the taliban take kabul. we'll take a look back at his rather complicated legacy. >>> also, how pakistan is responding to the taliban's rapid takeover of afghanistan. we'll be live in islamabad. inflammation might be to blame. inflammation: time for ache and burn! over the counter eye d drops typically work by lubricating your eyes and may provide temporary relief. inflammation: those'll probably pass by me! xiidra works differently, targeting inflammation that can cause dry eye disease. inflammation: xiidra? no! it can provide lasting relief. xiidra is the only fda-approved non-steroid treatment specifically for the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease. one drop in each eye, twice a day. don't use if you're allergic to xiidra. common side effects, include eye irritation, discomfort or blurred vision when applied to the eye, and unusual taste sensation. don't touch conta

a former chairman of the house intelligence committee and cedric lleyton, a retired u.s.or many americans, afghanistan is a world away, -- >> if you remember, the reason we're in afghanistan is because the taliban, the same taliban that's encroaching now, approaching kabul, is the same place that allowed al qaeda to train, finance, recruit, unmolested by any international force. and because of that, that's where all the planning took place, and again, the recruiting that eventually led to our 9/11 attack. and if you look at the territory that the taliban is taking over, it's regaining much of the territory that was lost to them when the united states showed up. and now the way this was laid out is just imposing panic i among people that we in the united states said women of afghanistan, if you come out and participate in society, you'll make afghanistan better, it will be more stable, and we'll be here to protect you. we walked away from all of that. that's what you're seeing, the panic. the reason the troops are protecting the evacuation is because they're afraid of the

incentivize vaccination and possibly -- you know, we will see in the coming weeks, but president biden and cedricn who is from this area might have to send additional resources, not just natural disaster resources but hospital resources and doctors down south as the crowding continues. >> as this hurricane makes landfall on the 16th anniversary of hurricane katrina and experts warn that these kinds of devastating storms will happen more frequently really due to climate change, we should remember that climate disasters are not equal opportunity events. a study outlined in scientific american shows that black neighborhoods are disproportionately harmed by flooding, including in the aftermath of katrina. ateama, as these storms get more frequent and intense, is climate action a racial justice issue? >> absolutely, 1,000%. you know, a lot of these black cities, particularly the ninth ward, are in areas literally built by design low lying areas, areas that white politicians did not prioritize for white communities. as a result you are seeing urban flooding in those areas like houston or chicago or new

. >>> let's bring in our military analyst and retired air force colonel cedric leighton. so important to have you on a morning like this. as you look at this entire situation unfolding so quickly, take a step back for us. so much money spent, so many lives lost. was going into afghanistan worth it? help folks at home try to understand this. >> good morning, laura. yeah, that is one of the most difficult questions that anybody can ask about this. obviously when you see those scenes, those riveting scenes from the kabul airport, you are thinking, gosh, turn the clock back 20 years and now where do we go from here. i think that we have to look at it in two ways. one of the big things that we're looking at here is not only did we go into take care of what happened on 9/11220 years ago a that is a terrorist attack hosted by the taliban in afghanistan, planning for the attack emanated in many ways from afghan soil, so we did that, we prevented terroristani years. but on the other hand, the other aspect of the mission that question got ourselves involved in, the so-called nation

. >>> let's talk more about this with cnn military analyst, colonel cedric leighton. let's listen to another part of president biden's speech a short time ago. >> we know terrorists made seek to exploit the situation, and target afghans or american troops and we are maintaining constant vigilance -- we are maintaining the constant vigilance to monitor and disrupt threats from any source, including the likely source being isis, ice ksis k, the afg affiliate known as isis k, and we are under no illusions about the threat. >> on the other hand he lies that out and says a lot could go wrong. what is your reaction to that? >> well, pamela, i guess he's trying to prepare us for whatever might happen next, and i, mean, in many ways the president was more direct in his approach with this speech than he had with his previous efforts, but what i'm seeing here is, you know, the fact that we are operating in a very hostile environment. we are dealing with a group hostile could us, and it's made up of so many different people that support a particular chain of command in other way

go to cedric, he'll get you what you need, if we can. >> joining us now, ali velchi in new orleans.what is the latest tonight. >> reporter: the latest is this is a dark, dark city. this is a roofing from a nearby building that collapsed. but i'm here in the french quarter that would look like this if you had lights, but there are no lights anywhere in new orleans. that's because while the cities levies and pumps which they spent about $16 billion on since katrina worked to keep this city dry during this storm, there are no lights anywhere. there is no power going to anywhere in this city whatsoever. the company that produces the power here says all eight transmission lines are dead. so there are bucket trucks and people going around fixing trees that have fallen on power lines. they're repairing all of that. but it doesn't matter because there is no power coming from the source. they will try to get power to people between 7 to 10 days. the sewage and draining company authority here, they obviously need to be able to sanitize water, so they're getting some help from the electric uti