water handy these excessive heat warnings are spreading across the southern plains, northeast, midatlantic, across the board coast to coast people are having a hard time sleeping because temperatures and humidity levels are sitting in the mid 70s, near 80 degrees already. we'll be back in the 90s for air temperatures for daytime highs today. this spreads into the raleigh, durham area, south carolina, charleston, where air temperatures of 91 degrees, but the heat index, this say new forecast for new jersey today. 110 degrees will be the feel-like temperature. across the carolinas, we're near 106. so, tough conditions with all these heat alerts currently in place. so, we're watching this for 106 million people through the afternoon all the way into early friday morning a also, tropical depression fred is making its way across the dominican republic the better news, it's starting to break apart plenty of time for i sunshine coa coastal areas of the pacific northwest dealing with fire danger and temperatures, mid 90s. one more element we do have severe weather across the northeast. we'll talk

biggest concern over next couple day as this runs through ohio river valley, and pennsylvania and midatlanticl be flooding, best chance is eastern louisiana. a large area where i think that creeks could flood, this is something we have to watch, story has been, it has been a storm for sunday, i think that effects fell for next couple of days. >> i go back to hurricane harvey, that hit houston a few years ago, you talk about a storm that just sat there over houston, it dumped feet of rain. i'm wondering if you are surprised at speed of hurricane ida, it seems to be slowing a little bit, are you surprised it is moving slower or was that forecast? >> reporter: we knew when it made landfall it would start to slowdown, harvey they got 40 inches of rain, 45 in some cases that was moving 2 miles per hour, we're closer to 10, flooding will be a concern, but not dwight that level of flooding. >> adam klotz, thank you. >> intense wind, heavy rain, threat ending gulf coast, hurricane ida makes its way inland. some parts of coastal new orleans experiencing flooding. we have mike tobin there live. it seem

year-old died after being left in a car the dome of heat making temperatures dangerous from the midatlantic through new england. >> we can't stay out for too long because it's this hot. >> reporter: here in new york, it's now reached 90 degrees but with the humidity, it feels more like 100, and officials warn tomorrow will be even hotter, potential even a record breaker. an excessive heat warning remains in effect through thursday dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 109 degrees expected in new york a nation now in the grips of multiple heatwaves with days to go before there's relief kristen dahlgren, nbc news, new york >>> tonight, the colossal dixie fire setting a grim milestone. the nation's largest fire has torched more than 500,000 acres its mass has spread, now more than half the size of rhode island, sending clouds of pollutants across the country. >> that plume now creates its own weather, meaning the winds can go any direction. >> reporter: the fire decimating small town greenville, destroying nearly every man made structure in sight haunting new satellite images

it is going to bring heavy rain, stretching starting tonight on into tomorrow into the midatlantic states, into the northeast by thursday, and then finally, out to sea. but when it does, it is leaving in its path quite a bit of rain. flash flood watches and warnings stretching from the gulf coast into the northeast. for 78 million people, rainfall amounts from 2 to 3 inches. but locally, we could see upwards of 6 inches of rain or oversaturated soil that is going to mean a lot of flooding for a lot of folks, tom, stretching from the gulf all the way into the northeast. >> al roker, who has been covering this storm with us from the get-go al, thank you. in just 60 seconds, that other major headline tonight after 20 years, america's longest war coming to an end but what happens to the americans who didn't get out of afghanistan? stay with us >>> and tonight, america's longest war is over. the final evacuation flight left kabul followed by the last of u.s. troops but many american citizens remain behind richard engel has the breaking details >> reporter: the united states ended its 20-year w

this, if you live in the north all that will track across ohio river valley to pennsylvania and midatlanticays, there are areas we're paying close attention to for possible flooding, likely, where the storm sits, but it is a still likely as you move north, a good portion of mississippi and alabama and tennessee all a pretty good chance for next days, it takes a while for water to fall. then that is when you see flooding. trey, this is not just an event today it will happen the next couple of days. trey: thank you adam. turning to afghanistan. >> congressman jeffries joining me now. >> good to see you, good to be on. jim: congressman. what is your assessment of the withdrawal from afghanistan? >> first of all, our hearts break for the tragic loss of those 13 brave members of the military who gave their life in service to this country and paid the ultimate sacrifice. i think the decision to withdraw from afghanistan was the right one. certainly it has been a tum -- few weeks more than 114,000 americans and afghan allies and women and vulnerable children have been evacuated over last two weeks

the country that might escape delta are the high vaccination areas in the northeast, new england, midatlantic states. they'll have some trouble, but i think they'll weather it a lot better. and then the west coast. but the south is getting hammered the worst right now because the vaccination rates are so profoundly low, and in a very unique way. they're low among young people. and that's who's piling into hospitals right now and into intensive care units, and even pediatric hospitals. in the texas medical center, the median age of people in the hospital right now are in their 30s. and that's the new flavor of this delta virus. it's striking young people. and that's going to continue now for the foreseeable future, especially as schools start to open. i think that's going act as an accelerant, especially in the southern schools where people don't have masks and the adolescent vaccination rates are around 15 to 25%. >> doctor, let's go to general mccaffrey actually, and general, it is also with a sense of urgency that i ask you about your life's work and your bailiwick. and i'm curious. are you