henry - henry. hi, digby. i think we need to put this into context.his into context. henryjust referred — put this into context. henryjust referred to saigon, and those of us who are _ referred to saigon, and those of us who are old — referred to saigon, and those of us who are old enough remember the ignominy— who are old enough remember the ignominy of america generally pulling — ignominy of america generally pulling out with helicopters and people — pulling out with helicopters and people scrambling to get on board, knowing _ people scrambling to get on board, knowing what was waiting for them if they didn't _ knowing what was waiting for them if they didn't. and this has so many shades_ they didn't. and this has so many shades of— they didn't. and this has so many shades of that to it, and that is awfui~ — shades of that to it, and that is awful. putting this into the context. _ awful. putting this into the context, as you said, of the soldiers. _ context, as you said, of the soldiers, the relatives of those who died, _ soldiers, the relatives of

i“n agreeing with you, henry, i'm agreeing with you, henry, i'm agreeing with you, henry, i'm agreeinguse people must sit there and wait _ war, because people must sit there and wait for— war, because people must sit there and wait for the taliban is steam—roll through them and send them _ steam—roll through them and send them back— steam—roll through them and send them back to what happened in the 19905. _ them back to what happened in the 1990s, really awful, terrible regime _ 1990s, really awful, terrible regime. and people take advance —— take up— regime. and people take advance —— take up arms, they'll get them from within— take up arms, they'll get them from within and _ take up arms, they'll get them from within and without the country. i hope _ within and without the country. i hope i'm — within and without the country. i hope i'm wrong, we will see huge htood _ hope i'm wrong, we will see huge htood said — hope i'm wrong, we will see huge blood said. rememberwhen hope i'm wrong, we will see huge blood said. remember when we said let the _ blood said. remember when we said let

and henry of course immediately saw that, and henry would have said yes anyway, because his main motive would be serving the national interest. he is someone who would analyze foreign policy and history, all his life, and i'm sure he left it to chance to do something about it, in terms of policy, he had been adviser to jfk, and consulted with johnson and other presidents. so these are the main motives, and then what really brought them together, and it's in the foreword to the book that henry writes which is the common approach to foreign policy which we have seen examples of, namely the strategic conceptual approach that looks at the world and long-term trends that takes into account the impact of what to do in one area, with one country, and others, and does not just react in knee-jerk fashion to discrete events but ties them together in a mosaic. so it was clear they each shared this strategic world view which i think is probably a major reason that nixon chose him as well as the others i mentioned and clearly why kissinger was happy to join him. and they brought different strengths.

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henry said, as did my wife. look, you can go around waving a placard or you can stay here and work for piece and so given that background i almost left over vietnam for us to be working together and have a breakthrough was obviously emotional for me but i've been touched with the fact that he cites that at the top of his list. >> one last question who i'll expect before the audience. >> on -- on the night that the president made his resignation speech and he asked if he could walk nixon home from the oval office to the reasons, and i think trying to -- to cheer up nicks yon said,y in and i guess that helps on who writes the history t. 25 years since he died. how is history throating richard nixon? >> that's a god question because it's hard to generalize. it depends on what platform you're talking about. i think it's oversimplified for even us critics to point to the china open as if that's the only thing he did. you look at this exhibit. i must say in domestic policy whether it's the environment or women's right

now henry had also had learned spanish and rebecca had henry teach her spanish as well.the bridal wedding march was played for rebecca's ceremony and as you can imagine all heads turned toward the stairs when she appeared there on june 20th 1852 her wedding dress was a light shade of gray silk. nearly white and her veil was a very fine net which along with her dress trailed down the floor. they were married in cincinnati in a traditional jewish ceremony standing under the canopy or tupac. she had two bridesmaids and her aunt fanny also played hymns of praise and played the heart during the ceremony. for the week leading up to the wedding presents had arrived from all over the country and from germany where henry's family lived. and then after the ceremony preparation preparations were made for henry to take rebecca on her honeymoon over the santa fe trail. when she left her family urged her to write a diary. and here's a picture of rebecca as a young woman and then henry as a much older man on his 50th wedding anniversary to rebecca. he took her on a honeymoon with 50 me

this is coverage of tropical storm henri. parts of the east coast are already feeling the impacts of this extremely dangerous storm. imminent landfall is expected in rhode island. you're looking at a live picture from newport. 40 million people are in the storm's path. tropical storm warnings in effect from long island to cape cod. chris. >> fred, thank you very much. i'll tell you more about what's happening. the story in new york is a light story. we have one part of the storm cell is stalling over new york city right now. that increases the chance of flooding. we mow the story from last night, a lot of rainfall in areas that weren't expecting it, three, four, five, six inches. the main area for us will be in about an hour. that's when henri will make landfall. about 100,000 people without power, only 2,000 in new york. the bulk in rhode island as fred was referring to. about 65, 66,000. that's going to increase. connecticut, about 12, 15,000, that's going to likely increase. we'll be watching that. to start with where the

henry. and he learned while they were living in england that his company was broke. the local people there in england offered to loan him money but he was too proud. and with $5,000 they moved to chicago, illinois, and in 1874 started all over again opening up more businesses. this is rebecca's headline when she died in the 1930s. it said pioneer woman of early trail days dies at 93. rebecca mayer, 93, who was a bride of 15 crossed the old santa fe trail and died yesterday afternoon in her home. she accompanied her husband, henry, a trader on horseback and by covered wagon to chihuahua, mexico from the start of the trail and independence missouri. on that trip she was surrounded by a buffalo herd and as she rode horseback was rescued by her husband and other members of the party through what they considered a miracle. subsequently she took a half a dozen other trips, a distance which took them four months to travel. it goes onto say that they had lived there, and i might add henry died in 19

henry?ng afghanistan, they are saying today, oh, wow, that's what he looks like because it turns out he had been a key voice for them to speak tail for many, many years if they wanted to speak to the taliban, but at the end of the phone. a few journalists, of the phone. a fewjournalists, in of the phone. a few journalists, in fact, of the phone. a fewjournalists, in fact, i think no journalists knew what he looks like until he stepped forward today. so that in and of itself is kinda fascinating, and clearly he is very eloquent and clearly, you know, has having doubts without these journalists over the years is well versed in how to present at that taliban is doing in a way which they think might be perceived a little bit less badly in the west and among people in afghanistan to object to the taliban. and many people in afghanistan rejected the taliban. as we keep saying, it's cannot be allowed to obscure the reality. it is publicly —— relations. but, you know, that taliban wanted to take con

rob, what is next in store for henri? >> reporter: well, the wind and the waves are still up where henri came ashore. but this is transitioning into a rain event. we've already had a tremendous amount of rain including new york and new jersey. look at these numbers, nearly nine inches in new jersey, nearly eight inches in new york and it's still coming down in that area. the wind, that's a big story. gusting to 70 miles per hour and that's why we have over 70,000 customers without power. now it's going across and slowing down as it crosses connecticut but you see a western heavy rainfall, and that's going to continue. the winds will be gusty enough to take down trees and power lines over the next 12 hours, but in general the winds will be dying and rain continues over the next 12 to 18 hours, ground saturated here so we're looking for not just heavy rain but the likelihood of seeing more in the way of flash flooding. linsey. >> rob, thanks so much. we'll see you for an update later in the show. >>> and now to the desperat

>>> hurricane henri is barreling towards new york and new england. we'll tell you how communities are preparing for it. >>> cnn learns of one reason we may be seeing chaos like this at cable airport. those more fortunate are arriving at ramstein base in germany. >>> the united states records a surge in vaccines even as a prominent civil rights figure is counted among the latest cases. live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world. this is "cnn newsroom." >>> hurricane henri is closing in on the northeastern u.s. right now with landfall expected in the coming hours on either long island or southern new england. more than to 50 million people are under hurricane or tropical storm warnings and states of emergency have been declared in long island and connecticut. heavy rain are already pounded parts of the region. this is what it looked like in hoboken saturday night storm surge, coastal flooding and strong winds are expected in parts of the northeast. all right.

tropical storm henri. 65 miles north of montauk. it was supposed to slow down a little more than s this. landfall looking like 2 p.m. or 1 p.m. landfall may occur as early as 11 a.m.? noon? maybe even as early as 10 a.m. you can do the math yourself. only three hours from landfall if it doesn't slow down. it should asl little bit. as far as the forecast, landfall sometime around noon. it may be slightly earlier than that. as far as watches and warnings go, these will be changed. there will no longer be hurricane warnings in effect because it'se no longer a hurricane. predicted winds, it could get into the 70 to 80 mile per hour winds.le i think it will be tough to get the 70 to 70 mile per hour wind gusts on long island. the wind totals have to be dropped. the reason that's important because wind gusts, 50-mile-per-hour plus with leaves on the trees to start getting widespread power outages. from islip to new york city, i don't expect any power outages. best chance of power outages in rhode island. storm surges continue even going d

applause please welcome henry snaith.essor of physics at oxford, and through his engineering of low—cost photovoltaics, henry discovered a thin film henry discovered thin film solar cells made of perovskite. it could be a hugely significant discovery, as henry hopes it will eventually double the efficiency of solar power and halve the cost. danielle merfeld is an electrical engineer who is chief technology officer and vice—president of ge renewables. ge is the biggest creator of wind turbines worldwide, and she and her team currently have over 40,000 wind turbines out in the field. she'sjoining us by video link from north carolina, usa. kristian eikeland holmefjord is here from norway after braving 10 days�* quarantine on arrival in the uk. kristian is at the forefront of efforts to develop battery—powered ships as project director of fuel cells at corvus energy. wind, solar batteries, ships — please welcome our panel. applause so, we're going to start with talking about where we are now, and i wanted to start with you, d

we are tracking henri and another system across the northeast. we have a lot of moisture moving across pennsylvania and new jersey. flooding will be a problem as we begin the work week. this system, finally getting out of the region as we transition into the tuesday future radar showing us the stormy conditions we are anticipating for monday with areas receiving between 8 to 12 inches of rain. >> coming up, a horse escapes from a racetrack and takes off down the highway. >> and a third covid-19 shot and how much protection it provides. >> and a wild [♪] cooking and eating at home more often means food odors get trapped in your home's fabrics and released back into the air so you smell last night's dinner the next morning. for an easy way to keep your whole home smelling fresh try febreze fabric refresher. febreze's water-based formula deeply penetrates fabrics to eliminate trapped food odors as it dries. spray febreze fabric refresher when you clean up after meals to ensure your entire home smells fresh and clean. try febreze fabric refresher. br

and what is now tropical depression henri battered the northeast. it made landfall yesterday in rhode island as a tropical storm. it packed winds of up to 70 miles per hour. the storm also uprooted trees in massachusetts damaging homes and cars and knocking down power lines. causing major floods across the country. >> my mom and me being rescued. >> reporter: search and rescue efforts are under way in middle tennessee after record-breaking rainfall caused deadly flooding. >> it is a devastating picture of loss and heartache. >> reporter: among the dead, 7-month-old twins ryan and rieligh who were yanked from their father's arms by the raging water. 2-year-old kellen cole burrow is still missing. he was ripped away from his mother and four siblings. >> they were on the clothes lines hanging on. she had hold of all of them. trying to ting to keep all of . >> reporter: many victims from waverly, west of nashville. >> our friends and families and our people that we associate with is all that matters. >> reporter: in the northeast, tropical storm henri m

henri has made landfall in rhode island. take a live look at live pictures of newport where henri is thrashing the coast. the storm turning slowly, prolonging its potentially dangerous impact. you can see wind is kicking up in some parts. sometimes it doesn't look like much, but the waves are churning up and beginning to grow. our chris cuomo is on long island for us. chris. >> reporter: fred, good to be working for you today. we're in east hampton on the southern shore of long island right off new york. we're here because this was the fear of concern path early on, a beach front community, reminiscent of super storm sandy. did not happen, not going to happen. that was a hurricane that bounced off new jersey and then came here. new york will not be directly impacted by this. there will be flooding. we do have some power outages. now it's about time, this storm. as fred was laying out to you, there is a stall. why? because when storms go over land, they slow down and can change direction. henri has been the storm, if you're g

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. >>> tonight, tropical storm henri hammers the northeast. tens of millions in the storm's path as it barrels across several states, bringing drenching rain and flooding cars submerged people rescued from rising waters. nursing homes evacuated and hundreds of thousands without power. and a deadly disaster tennessee flash flooding leaves at least 21 people dead and 50 still missing. >> this is almost of biblical proportions here. >> the race against time to find survivors. >>> crisis in afghanistan. the u.s. orders commercial airlines to help transport evacuees as president biden defends the speed of those evacuations with the situation on the ground increasingly dangerous. >>> vaccine boost. full fda approval for the pfizer vaccine could come as early as tomorrow will it help convince the unvaccinated to get the shot as cases and hospitalizations keep climbing pushing hospital workers to the brink. >>> our special report "the vanished," did a history of some native american boarding schools. >>> and dad moves. ♪ these dancing dads have become

let's talk about henri.ntinues to be a threat, even though we're hearing from our meteorologist right now. it doesn't seem to have hit the northeast as hard as at first anticipated. but what are you preparing for? >> i don't want people to let their guard down just yet. while the eye of the storm didn't hit connecticut, the bands of the rain and the wind are still going from new york to massachusetts. we're going to continue to see rain, maybe even into vermont and new hampshire. there still is some threat from flash flooding in an area that's been saturated over the last few weeks from tropical storm fred. people need to stay vigilant. >> right. the threats don't always come on the front end. but oftentimes, some of these problems come as the storm -- the back end of the storm hits the coastline, and even when it's well inland. so what are you asking people to do? because especially when the eye of the storm, they're starting to see some sun, and they're thinking oh, it's okay. let me go outside. what are y

let's get the latest on henri oi good morning. >> good morning. we are tracking tropical storm henri as it is about to make landfall. the winds are 60 miles an hour. gusts up to 60. it is tracking northwest at 12 miles an hour. as it moves through northeastern states tonight, we will still see tropical storm conditions. it weakens to allow tomorrow dropping winds to 35 miles an hour. we are expecting major rainfall in some spots. with this comes a dangerous storm surge of up to four feet, the latest update from the national hurricane center. flash flooding is possible. we will be keeping an eye on this throughout the day and have your local forecast coming up. liz: thank you. three teenagers are safe after being rescued from a cliff. they climbed nearly 400 feet to the top of the cliff and had to be rescued by a coast guard helicopter. one of the teens says the group of six was on the beach when three of them decided to climb up the cliff. that is when they got stuck. crews recalled and get them off safely. thankfully, no one was hurt. news on the

. >>> also this morning, henri's wrath. the storm slamming the northeast and continuing to produce heavy rainfall and flooding as it moves up the coast. thousands of residents in several states are without power. we have the accuweather forecast. >>> plus, the investigation into an entire family found dead near yosemite national park. what authorities now think may have killed them. >>> and later in "the mix," what is being called the world's first land superyacht. the r.v. that boasts ua appliances, a king-sized bed and even its own garage. wait until you hear the price tag. it's monday, august 23rd. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> a land superyacht, or an r.v. or a bus. >> a mobile house. i'm going to go ahead and say, whatever the price tag, it's out of my budget. >> yeah. and the price tag the same as an apartment in new york city, you get more space. and on wheels. >> like a mansion in texas. do what you want with the information. >> i can't wait to get to the price tag and to see the pictures. >> let's

is that the biggest threat from henri where you are? >> reporter: we're not looking at the worst case scenario. high tide was at 8:30. it's gone out some. while there could still be significant storm surge on this side of the storm we're not looking at that worst case scenario. you can see it's pretty dry right now here. we're not getting quite the winds kathy is. buzzards bay, the fishing boats are here at the dock. the ferries that normally go out of this area, alex, they are not running today. they've closed the harbor for safety. we have some fishermen up here that have been securing their boats making sure everything is tied down. a lot of people are checking the water to see what they can see out here. it is this sight. one of the other big concerns in the area will be power outages. though we may not see the highest winds, this is an area in new england that has had one of the wettest summers on record, so we have a saturated ground. we have trees that still have all of their leaves. they can be like a sail as the wind gusts come

please welcome henry snaith.e's professor of physics at oxford, and through his engineering of low—cost photovoltaics, henry discovered a thin film of solar cells made of perovskite. it could be a hugely significant discovery, as henry hopes it will eventually double the efficiency of solar power and halve the cost. danielle merfeld is an electrical engineer who is chief technology officer and vice—president of ge renewables. ge is the biggest creator of wind turbines worldwide, and she and her team currently have over 40,000 wind turbines out in the field. she'sjoining us by video link from north carolina, usa. kristian eikeland holmefjord is here from norway after braving 10 days�* quarantine on arrival in the uk. kristian is at the forefront of efforts to develop battery—powered ships as project director of fuel cells at corvus energy. wind, solar batteries, ships — please welcome our panel. applause. so, we're going to start with talking about where we are now, and i wanted to start with you, danielle. so, be

we are tracking henri and another system across the northeast. we have a lot of moisture moving across pennsylvania and new jersey. flooding will be a problem as we begin the work week. this system, finally getting out of the region as we transition into the tuesday future radar showing us the stormy conditions we are anticipating for monday with areas receiving between 8 to 12 inches of rain. >> coming up, a horse escapes from a racetrack and takes off down the highway. >> and a third covid-19 shot and how much protection it provides. >> and >>> back now with a wild escape for a two-year-old filly. the horse made a detour at a racetrack in kentucky and galloped across state lines with trainers and police in pursuit. they were able to wrangle her back home and she was not hurt. >> a major update today coming as a new study from israel finds a third shot of the pfizer vaccine can significantly reduce the risk in people over 60. a pivotal moment in the pandemic, possibly hours away and the fda could give full approval to the pfizer vaccine as early

. >>> 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 sto

henry kissinger. i want to say first how important henry kissinger was to john mccain. really a great source of counsel advise on foreign policy and a loyal friend in every way. i was privileged on a couple of occasions to be together with henry kissinger and john mccain one memorable trip overnight across the atlantic. in which we spoke on many topics and there was a way in which john and i were enthralled by hearing henry stories of the remarkable privileges he had to be involved in the making of american foreign policy. becoming a member of the harvard faculty and then becoming involved in politics national security advisor and secretary of state under president nixon and president florida. not just the titles. a remarkable series of accomplishments that in my opinion make him the most successful, eminent diplomat statesman of our age. i'm not just praising a friend but think about it. he paved the way for the detente with the soviet union. he opened discussions with china in 1971 and that led with his leadership to the summit between president nixon and chairman mao

henri's hit. the storm closing in on the northeast. >> it's as serious as a heart attack. >> 40 million people under hurricane and tropical storm warnings for the northeast's first direct hit in decades. flooding fears from dangerous storm surge and overnight new york city's big concert canceled by rain and lightning. >> please seek shelter. >> our team coverage this morning. >>> kabul crisis. the u.s. embassy warning americans not to travel to the airport without specific instructions as a stampede kills seven afghans outside the gates. martha raddatz's exclusive interview with defense secretary lloyd austin. >> we'll look at every means possible to get american citizens, third country nationals into the airfield. >> the latest from the ground in kabul. >>> staff shortages. hospitals sounding the alarm as they battle the surge in covid cases and icus fill up. plus, jesse jackson and his wife hospitalized with breakthrough cases. the new guidance from the cdc. what to know before you book your nex

tropical storm henri battering the northeast. we're going to take you will have to the hardest-hit areas. in about an hour from now, president biden will talk about the national response to henri, but also a developing situation in afghanistan. this happens as the president puts in place a new plans -- first, we're tracking tropical storm henri. this is new satellite video from noaa capturing the moment when tropical storm henri made landfall. it packed high winds that knocked out power to more than 80,000 customers in rhode island. close to 4,000 people in massachusetts and 2,000 on long island without power. we'll have the latest on the path of the storm which, in fact, is slowing. one bit of good news, though. the storm surge warning has canceled for all areas. a lot of folks breathing a sigh of relief. we got kathy park, who is standing by for you in narragansett, and tracking this whole thing is bill karins. i want to start first with kathy. this storm making landfall just east of you, so talk us us through what you've been

i actually asked our team this morning, was that henri? because it hasn't even made in landfall yet. and it was the initial impact. so definitely, we've got a busy day ahead of us. because it's not going to make landfall until later this morning. >> all right. well, cape cod also bracing for impact. several boats pulled out of the harbor and ferries canceled. we're going to go there. light >> and we're taking another live look right now in west hampton as we continue to track henri. you can see rain. that signal even, taking some hits their. but we are going to continue to track the storm. we'll be right back. millions of vulnerable americans struggle to get reliable transportation to their medical appointments. that's why i started medhaul. citi launched the impact fund to invest in both women and entrepreneurs of color like me, so i can realize my vision and give everything i've got to my company, and my community. i got you. for the love of people. for the love of community. for the love of progress. citi. ♪ music playing. ♪ there's an

henry. and i'm, i'm you might argue over optimistic.g. we've got 20 years of continued learning, 30 years by 2050. by the time we get there, the cost of electricity will be so much cheaper than today's cost, including storage and redistribution, that actually we'll see a step up in wealth across the world and many other places coming up to the levels of wealth that we're used to in the uk, so i actually see this as a massively exciting transition. it's a daunting change but if we embrace it, actually, this is the next transition, next step advancement for society and well— being for humankind. and for the last word, danielle. so i would say i am very optimistic, knowing that prices will continue to come down, there will be more people with access to energy, living better lives, bringing more people out of poverty, because, not in spite of, this growing amount of renewable energy. creating more jobs, internationally. my only reservation would be that there are so many people in the world who either think this is purely a technology issue

and now tropical storm henri anand hurricane grace made to lynn falls in mexico the second one as aor hurricane and really active. and nothing intimate that were watching was get that out of the way. this is what were looking at from henri most of the moisture, in fact all of the moisture from the west side of the storm not on the east side the rain that is good news for boston and cape cod but the storm surge coming in buzzards bay fortunately not coinciding with the high tide cycle which is really good news. you notice all the moisture across much of connecticut is rain and windy wins 30 - 40 miles per hour and that will cause potentially some of the trees due to go down because of the leaves on them and because of the saturated ground and now the wind. trees potentially falling and causing power outage over the next week potentially we should watch to see people get their power restored. the storm has moved over warm water that's why it became hurricane henri but this morning relatively cooler water water temperature about 10 degrees lower than what you need to sustain hurricane

the outer bands of henri are already moving onshore. amtrak canceling train services between new york and boston. >> the storm has brought record-breaking rain to new york, central park, seeing nearly 4.5 inches last night, but the big concern this morning is the storm's strong winds which could cause major power outages across several states and dangerous storm surges on the coast. utility companies, in fact, from across the country have sent more than 12,000 crews to assist with pau power restorations there. listen to officials in connecticut. >> we have put out requests and they have been fulfilled for over 4,000 crews from around the country. i want to caution everybody to look out for their neighbor,. if they are elderly, senior citizens, check on them. prepare. batteries, water, enough food to get you through for a period of, say, three, four, five days. and we just ask all of our customers to be patient, that our workers are going to do everything they can to get the power on as fast as possible in the safest manner possible. >>

henry?ast few weeks - on climate change and climate disaster around the world, - we are really realising it's hitting rich countries, - as somebody i once spoke to said, it's a rich country problem now - in the way it perhaps hadn't been in countries like canada, - but now we are seeing catastrophic floods in central europe, _ central and western europe, - we are seeing extremely deadly heat waves in the north—west which has made everybody sit up in these . countries, but let's not forget that climate change has been hitting i poorer countries hard. just very briefly, henry. sorry. madagascar in particular, - we are seeing a famine happening before our eyes which might be the first time in modern history i that is purely from climate change . and not because of man—made causes. thank you very much. 20 seconds, damien! i think we should go to the olympics, we had about the belarussian athlete that saught asylum which has put the spotlight back on by the recent human rights there, but a lot of

>>> henri slams the northeast with high winds, surging tides, and flooding, knocking out power to over 100,000 in & it's not done yet >>> to tennessee where flash flooding has claimed the lives of at least 21 people, with 20 still accounted for at this hour >>> in one 24-hour period this weekend 23 u.s. military flights including 14 c-17s, nine c-130 flights left kabul, carrying 3,900 passengers he with see no reason why this tempo will not be kept up. >> the crisis in kabul continues with thousands still trying to leave afghanistan as military may soon get some assistance from civilian aircraft in the coming days. >>> overnight bitcoin soars above $50,000 with the crypto market topping $2 trillion for the first time in nearly three months >>> speaking of big numbers, you can add miguel cabrera to the list of the all-time greats. nailing his 500th career home run. we've got a lot going on on this monday august 23rd "early today" starts right now >>> good morning i'm vinta nair in for frances today. >> and i'm phillip mena. flooding is still a major concern today after a weekend of wick

henri at hurricane strength, growing more powerful. on track to hit long island and new england. which haven't seen a hurricane in 30 years, tomorrow. coastal areas now evacuating the rush to board up and stock up lines for gas. empty store shelves. governors calling up the naonal guard. >> you should be prepared to deal with the possibility that you could lose power >> we have the latest on its path >>> new terror threats in afghanistan. americans told not to come to the airport. it's too dangerous, despite the president's promise yesterday to get everyone out mr. biden canceling his vacation today. and the dramatic report from outside the airport walls. >> at the front, people are just getting crushed. >>> schools shutdown one district cancelling school for two full weeks after a covid outbreak with no remote learning option parents across the country bracing for a chaotic school year >>> criminals going to extremes to steal your identity, even wearing masks to pretend they're you. they've already stolen hundreds of billions of dollars. >>> and the special visitors that comfort

and it's all part of henri. a normal outer band of a hurricane that is going to push rain in places. that band could have been here, its could have been here. it had to be over new york city, don't you know. the plane is flying through henri. it's still 76 miles an hour. we'll get an update in about 45 minutes. it's going to come south shore, long island, maybe rhode island if it sneaks on this side of the cone. can't look at the middle. le you have to look at the cone, even though we're less than 24 hours away from landfall here. out to the sea by tuesday and wednesday. hurricane warnings are here. there may be hurricane force gusts. the forecast with the cone says 70. what we do know. we know there's going to be three big things. there's going to be a surge three to five feet. there's going to be a full moon. a higher tide that normal. you put the surge on top of the tide, the storm tide and it can be higher than the numbers shown here. the ground is saturated. massachusetts, rhode island, vermont, parts of ne

get back to henri here.enter of the storm made landfall on the border of connecticut and into rhode island. you notice all of the moisture is towards the west of this storm, the left side. a lot of times in tropical systems we see most of the moisture on the right side. not the case, this storm is starting to transition from a hurricane, tropical system, a warm center storm to a traditional storm you get across parts of the northeast, that means we're seeing the energy field expand out. we'll see the wind expand out. that's why we'll see a lot of place there's the 40 plus mile an hour wind range. we've got tropical storm warnings in effect the entire state of connecticut, parts of massachusetts, still in effect across parts of long island because it makes a slow trajectory off to the northwest but also that energy spreads out. that spreading out of energy is also bringing a lot of rain with it. it's going to continue to meet up with a system that's coming in from the west and we'll see a lot more rain. you'l

plus the addition of civilian airlines to assist >>> to henri and the path of destruction. from power outages to flooding and more our janessa webb is tracking it all for us >>> our jacob soboroff with a new warning about america's need for speed as highway drivers are putting the pedal to the metal >>> and will today be the day the fda grants full approval to pfizer's covid vaccine it is monday august 23rd "early today" starts right now >>> good morning and thanks for joining us i'm vinita nair in for frances >> and i'm phillip mena. we begin with the breaking news out of tennessee where flash flooding has turned tragic the rushing water from a storm on saturday has been linked to at least 21 deaths and at least 20 more people are unaccounted for. most of the devastation hit the small town of waverly. it's about 75 miles west of nashville. the humphrey county sheriff told our nashville affiliate that two of the victims appear to be twin toddlers who were swept away from their father. the national guard and local emergency services are now working through back roads to asse

tropical storm henri weakening to a tropical depression overnight. this slow moving storm battering the northeast with dangerous storm surge and severe flooding after making landfall in rhode island yesterday. carley: fox weather correspondent steve is live with the latest. >> reporter: it's looking much better this morning than what we saw yesterday. we were getting hit with 50, 60-mile per hour wind and heavy rain the entire day. this morning, beautiful, we have clear skies and great visibility of the moon this morning. we're at low tide right now which is significant. that diminished the concern for the storm surge which was the main concern along long island and smith point beach. to the west of us, if you look at brooklyn, they saw heavy rainfall start late saturday and continued into yesterday with over 6 inches of rain in brooklyn. that was something that led to cars being stranded and flooding on those streets so you'll notice here there's cars driving through the bronx queens expressway last night, there's parks that turned into what looks l

henri is bearing down on the northeast.here are dangerous storm surges and widespread power outages that are feared. >> yeah, and right now the storm has downgraded to a tropical storm from a hurricane. it is about 65 miles south of long island, new york. severe weather conditions being felt across southern new england. >> and it is bringing some heavy rains and strong winds already to the region, which officials say people need to be prepared for. here is what one new york emergency management official told us earlier. >> we have been in conversation with the power company. they are staging crews. they have crews out in the area ready to respond. i know they brought in a lot of assets from out of the area. we are hopeful we don't see a lot of outages, but people have already noticed they should expect that power could be out for seven to ten days, maybe even two weeks if we start to see significant, you know, devastation in the way of, you know, trees coming down on power lines and a large amount of debris. >> our team of