the us central command has responded to those media reports. gabriel alexander has more on this the sent come spokesperson saying that they are investigating that they are aware of the media reports and that they are saying that they can not yet confirm that. but in the statement, they are saying that there were powerful subsequent explosions after the drone strike insinuating that the drone strike is the vehicle. and then there were that caused one explosion, killing those inside. but then there were perhaps, according to that sent com, subsequent explosions as well emanating from the vehicle. they say again, they're still investigating, but they say sent. com says that if any innocent civilians were killed they would be deeply saddened by by that just to back up again. what al jazeera has been able to to confirm from our sources at least is 6 people killed and including 3 children . but late on sunday, there were more media reports coming out of the u. s. and elsewhere identifying that it was actually 9 members of one family, including 6 children that were killed al jazeera, still work

well, gabriel alexander is live for us in just so gabriel. give us a sense then of what it's like me. well, welcome to main street in the town of sturgis, south dakota, and welcome to the sturgess motorcycle rally. as you can see behind me, there are motorcycles, for as far as the i can see if there's any sort of motorcycle that was ever made. it's year in sturgis, over the next 10 days, they're expecting $700000.00 participants this year. that's a record. and they come from all over the united states and even a couple other countries as well. it's a huge event that goes on for several blocks in the small town, a small town that is only has a population of about $8000.00 people. but for 10 days, every august, since 940, this rally has been held here. it's a little after noon right now. you can see how busy it is already. and this goes on through the evening. there's people that are writing through town, there's rock concerts at night. people go out to eat. there's all sorts of different venues, but it's made basically a place for modal motorc

the us central command has responded to those media reports. gabriel alexander has more on this the sent com spokesperson saying that they are investigating that they are aware of the media reports and that they are saying that they can not yet confirmed.

ok, gabriel alexander was more from washington dc. what we're hearing is is that the, from the white house and from the pentagon is that they're keeping all options open .

let's course live now to gabriel. alexander in washington. they say hello, they gabriel. the deadline of august 31 eas, looming. what's the latest on the evacuation f and f kennestone? well, just within the last hour, the french minister of the armed forces tweeted out that the friendship ended their evacuation mission from cobble. they say that they evacuated about 3000 people. of those about 2600 were afghans. so the french are now no longer taking part in the sort of evacuations. in terms of the americans, they very much still are just some latest numbers here on august 15th is when the taliban, when a couple fell to the taliban, the latest information from united states. is it 811000 people in the last 13 days or so? have been evacuated from afghanistan, some more numbers the, the us saying that just in the last 24 hours. while the, after the attacks tech took place, 540-5400 people have been evacuated. and that right now, it's believed that there are about 5 to 600 americans still in afghanistan, that the state department says they have direct contact with that they

against ice ok and retaliation of thursdays, deadly bombing that killed at least a 175 people. gabriel alexander was more from washington. what we're hearing is, is that from the white house and from the pentagon, is that they're keeping all options open on a potential another strike against iso k in terms of the threat to the airport to the people either outside the airport or to us service members guarding inside the airport, where the evacuation the white house is not saying exactly what the threats are, but they clearly are very clear and very credible threats. and joe biden says that he met with his top military commanders and intelligence officials that say it's very likely that attack could happen. come within the next 24 to 36 hours. the taliban says cabal airport will be under its complete control very soon as it bolster security around the complex. the group is now escorting some outcomes into the airports. the last, british military flight has left capital carrying the u. k. is remaining diplomats and troops out of have gone to stun the final flight carrying afghan civilians left earl

it happened in the province of easton, none harm gabriel. alexander, as more from washington dc, was an unmanned air strike against what the us military is calling a, an eyesore k planner, planner being singular. so it appears that it was against one person. the us military is saying that they believe that the strike was successful and that the target of the strike was killed. also saying that the best of the knowledge of the u. s. military so far, no civilian casualties to report. the u. s. embassy in afghanistan has put out another alert for all american citizens to leave cobble airport immediately. that our warnings, another attack is likely and the next few days could be the most dangerous. the refugee agency says up to half a 1000000 people could leave afghanistan by the end of the year. its appeal to all neighboring countries to keep borders open. opposition protestors have scuffled with police in peru after the government of president pedo. kasteel won a vote of confidence in congress opposition is promising to challenge the members of kristi is left with confidence, one by on

the us central command has responded to those media reports. gabriel alexander has moved from washington dc. the sent come spokesperson saying that they are investigating that they are aware of the media reports and that they are saying that they cannot yet confirm that. but in the statement, they are saying that there were powerful subsequent explosions after the drone strike insinuating that the drone strike hit the vehicle. and then there were that caused one explosion, killing those inside. but then there were perhaps, according to the sent com, subsequent explosions as well emanating from the vehicle us president joe biden has taken part in a ceremony to receive the bodies of 13 u. s. service personnel killed and couple on thursday. they were among a 175 people who died in a suicide bombing at the airport. hurricane ida has made land for along the u. s. gulf coast as a category for storm. hundreds of thousands, the people taking shelter. the storm is threatening new orleans 16 years to the day since it was devastated by hurricane katrina. meanwhile, hurricane nora has been downgrade

decades, not forcing up the cost of living and hitting people who are the lowest wages hard . gabriel, alexander reports from east brunswick and the state of new jersey. it's another day heading into work for brian qu, us, and it's no easy commute to get to his job as a banquet server. it's 160 kilometers, almost 2 hours each way from his home and east brunswick, new jersey to his job in atlantic city. he doesn't do it by choice, but at a necessity it's the only job he can find where he makes enough income to survive each month, but barely people, i don't always think realize what it's like to have to live on half a penny. you know, i call it sometimes splitting penny. brian is one of an estimated 125000000 americans who live paycheck to paycheck. it's now even made harder by rising inflation. for many years, the inflation rate in the u. s. hovered around 2 percent, but it's been steadily increasing this year to where it's now about 5 and a half percent. the highest. it's been since $990.00 food, rent, energy, new cars. those are the sectors that have seen the biggest price jump. and economists

according to some media reports, 9 members of one family, including 6 children, are among the dead. gabriel alexander has moved from washington dc the sent come spokesperson saying that they are investigating that they are aware of the media reports. and that they are saying that they can not yet confirm that. but in the statement, they are saying that there were powerful subsequent explosions after the drone strike insinuating that the drone strike hit the vehicle. and then there were that caused one explosion, killing those inside. but then there were perhaps, according to the sent com, subsequent explosions as well emanating from the vehicle. you, as president joe biden has taken part in a ceremony to receive the bodies of service personnel killed in kabul, there among the 175 people who died in the suicide bombing at the airport on thursday. hurricane ida has knocked out power to the whole of new orleans, leaving more than half a 1000000 people without electricity. at least one person has died. it's now been downgraded to a category 3 stone. meanwhile, hurricane north and downgraded to a tropical

we'll get reaction from washington dc with gabriel alexander the last 10 to rob mcbride, who is in kabul. president j bought and keeping his word to withdraw from afghanistan on by the 31st of august. but of course it's come at a cost, took us through the events the last few hours. that's right. i mean, it's interesting in a couple of hours from now it will be dawn here and people in cobble people across . i've got this done. we'll start to wake up to what is a new reality that for the 1st time in 20 years? no. us soldiers on african soil. this is obviously being welcomed by the taliban and the taliban supporters. but for many people here in afghanistan, they will be trepidations about what the future holds. the departure of the americans in such a sudden fashion, the victory and the ascendancy of the taliban equally as suddenly here, inhabiting control of cobble and the rest of the country. with the collapse of the form of government and really looking ahead to a very uncertain future now solely in the hands of the new taliban governments. all of this started to unfold really quite quic

new afghan government will serve the country's national interest and washington will do it. gabriel, alexander has this report. after 20 years of war, america has gone from bombing the taliban to complementing them. i can tell you this though, about what the taliban has done. they established a firm perimeter outside of the airfield to prevent people from coming on the airfield during our departure. and we worked that with them for a number of days, but they were actually very helpful and useful to us as we close down operations. the u. s. military released this photo, they say is the last us commander on the ground cobble airport boarding. the last u. s. military flight out of afghanistan. in the past 2 weeks since capital fell, the taliban, 823000 civilians, and 6000 us citizens had been evacuated, making it the largest mass documentation undertaken by the military in us history. secretary of state antony, blinking, estimated under 200 us citizens were still in afghanistan, wanted to leave, but couldn't. and called on the taliban to live up to their pledge to allow them to do so. we will hol

thank you very much. gabriel alexander there in washington. watching alger, their ally from london flat on the program, and now the test for peruse and baffled new private and congress decides whether to approve his cabinet a man convicted of killing senator robert f. kennedy is granted parole at the 16th time of asking, ah ah, hi there notes a few, a lot of what whether it's a go around in this weather report. so we're going to start along the yangtze river valley with our plum brains steering into the yellow sea. and you know, these rains will also live further toward the north, along the yellow river valley, and that will impact young joe. of course, an area that does not need any more rain now toward the east. we do have heat alerts in play for japan, so we're talking chicago cou, q issue and haunch this does include tokyo are your $34.00, but with that heat index, it's feeling in the low fourties, but there is some relief come in. by tuesday we introduced some rain and your humid x will be about 34 so much more comfortable conditions on the way here. so it rains as they migrate fur

and has also promised further attacks against the ice ok in retaliation to thursdays bombing. gabriel alexander reports from washington. d. c. fridays drone strike big killed 2 ice o k members and wounded another was the 1st retaliatory strike against the group. but according to president joe biden, it won't be the last. it's unclear of those killed had a direct roll and thursdays airport attack the killed over a $150.00 afghans and over a dozen us military personnel. not the pentagon, won't release the names of the ice o k members. they killed only saying they were planning future attacks. i am not going to talk about specific capabilities. isis may have lost, and in the strike they lost a planner and they lost the facilitator and they've got one wanted. and the fact that 2 of these individuals are no longer walking on the face of the earth. that's a good thing. a good thing for the people who can stand. it's a good thing for our troops in our forces at that airfield. and i think i'm just gonna leave it there for the us. and the taliban are coordinating on airport security. that cooperation di

s. despite fee, as it will again, be a super spread or event for over $19.00. gabriel alexander has this report from the 10 day rally in sturgis, south dakota, the the sound of the world's largest baker party. it's called the sturges motorcycle rally. held every august for the past 81 years. these 3 women rode their motorcycle 2000 kilometers over 3 days to be here. the rock rally, what else you can ask for this year? an estimated 700000 bikers from all over the united states have descended on sturgess for 10 days of food drinking rock concert, lots of motorcycle riding on the nearby country highways. the event brings in roughly $800000000.00 to the local economy. party ever. got a lot of a lot of motorcycles, but not masks, social distancing, temperature checks, or mandatory negative covert tests. none are required. the last yourself, dakota made the controversial decision to hold the rally in august and weeks later, a surgeon covered 19 cases was linked to the sturges rally. the good news is many of the events are held out. doors slowing the spread, but still help. officials are worrie

health officials are increasingly concerned. gabriel, alexander reports from south dakota. the, the sound of the world's largest baker party. it's called the sturges motorcycle rally. held every august for the past 81 years. these 3 women rode their motorcycles, 2000 kilometers over 3 days to be here. the rest of the rally, what else you can ask for this year, an estimated 700000 bikers from all over the united states have descended on sturgess for 10 days of food, drinking rock concerts, lots of motorcycle riding on the nearby country highways. the event brings in roughly $800000000.00 to the local economy. biggest party ever got a lot of a lot of motorcycles, but not vast social distancing temperature checks or mandatory negative cova test. none are required. last yourself, dakota made the controversial decision to hold the rally in august and weeks later, a surgeon covered 19 cases was linked to the sturges rally. the good news is many of the events are held out. doors slowing the spread, but still help officials are worried. but in sturgess, the people we spoke to court

let's bring in gabriel alexander, who is in washington d. c. gave. we've had a response from the u. s. to these reports that civilians including children, are among the dead. in this latest us try and strike what exactly have they had to say? yes, sent com spokes person putting out a statement late on sunday in response to these media reports of a family that was killed including 6 children, the the sent com spokesperson saying that they are investigating that they are aware of the media reports and that they are saying that they cannot yet confirm that, but in the statement they are saying that there were powerful subsequent explosions after the drone strike insinuating that the drone strike hit the vehicle. and then there were that caused one explosion, killing those inside. but then there were perhaps, according to the sent com subsequent explosions as well emanating from the vehicle . they say again, they're still investigating, but they say send. com says that if any innocent civilians were killed they would be deeply saddened by by that just to back up again. or what al jazeer

at least 175 people were killed, including 13 us troops. gabriel, alexander has more from washington, dc. the us central command to saying that a drone attack strike if you will hit a, i saw k planner in the words of the us central command. and that the strike was successful and killed that person. they said this happened in eastern afghanistan in anger. har province issue in that province in the eastern part of the country, part of it borders pakistan. they say that there was no civilian casualties, that the u. s. military knows about now the reuters news agency here in the united states reporting for that information from unnamed us officials, that it was a drone that was launched from a base in the middle east and it killed this. i saw k planner who was driving a vehicle with another associate and they both were killed. we do not know exactly when this operation took place. and we do also do not know if this was one of more that or to be expected in the future. but clearly the united states, 1st retaliation for the attack outside the capital couple airport on thursday. well, let's

that killed at least a 175 people. gabriel alexander was more from washington.

thank you for that update. gabriel, alexander, i live for us in washington dc. appreciate that. us forces have resumed evacuation operations in afghanistan after those days. i still attack there are only 4 days remaining before deadline for all foreign forces to leave the country. but there are warnings at another attack, as we heard from our correspondent, eas, likely. and the next few days will be the most dangerous charlotte bell. it says in cobble where she spoke to victims and their families facing an uncertain future to come to had served as an escort soldier. he went to cavalier port on thursday, hoping his service would be enough to qualify him for an evacuation flight. the father of 4 was killed at the gate, shaders goes forth and he's a martyr because he died for a good course. he was the best future for his family because there's no work here and so much fighting. he wanted out of this place and he died for it to come to spend his childhood and final days, under telephone rule. he wanted life to be different to his children and hope to raise them in t

biden has also promised further attacks against ice ok in retaliation to thursdays bombing. gabriel alexander reports from washington, d. c. fridays. drones strike, they killed 2 ice, okay. members and wounded and.