, patti smith is thinking about a song to sing.'s singing. if anybody else back there wants to sing, we'd love to. we've had the killers perform. that was incredible. barry manilow set the tone. he kicked all of this off for us, so we appreciate it, truly. and -- >> the killers. >> yeah, chad meyers. chad meyers. chad, ok, so it's raining worse now. >> yes. >> where is this band? >> you know, it's just been one storm that's built back -- as soon as you think one's gone, another one builds down towards the south shore, comes out jfk and right into where we're trying to get this concert in. i've been watching for two hours thinking please just go left or go right. it doesn't have to go right over midtown central park but it has been. we've had flash flood warnings in effect for brooklyn and queens. a little farther down to the south, a little more rainfall. that's the last band, i hope. we've been looking at this now for hours. there's not much back out here in the ocean. we've had a few lightning strikes. to put it into perspective,

he is going to do a song, incredible duet with the great patty smith. even discovered or been working meaningfully with them. that formed the initial nucleus. with my team of doug davis and others, we went out and recruited, calling the manager first, but going after the best artists of the genre that i was talking about. cynthia erivo will sing two incredible broadway songs, and miluma is going to be there, and the killers, elvis costello. you've seen the list of names. i think these artists are the real deal. these artists are the best ambassadors really of music of any genre, and creatively when i called ll cool jay and we wanted to capture his historic icons from new york, how to present it, he came up with the brilliant idea that he will interface with busta rhymes. i am sure you heard a boogie with a hoodie. it will be fascinating. >> i have to tell you, elvis costello was the first concert i went to as a kid, for his armed forces album. one of the great albums. as a son of the city, what's your message on this day to all those in the park, to all

. ♪ he and patty smith, another clive davis protege, will perform her hit "because the night" a songtogether. ♪ another name on the lineup? paul simon, who knows what it's e of central park. ♪ when i left my home and my family, i was no more than a boy ♪ >> reporter: he reunited with art garfunkel for a concert four months ago. >> that was a large, a large group. once you get out there, it takes a little while, and then you fall into the rhythm of it and you're okay. ♪ ♪ so it was a big emotional event. a really nice night for audience and me. >> i definitely reached out to paul. >> reporter: what was the response? >> there was no convincing. when you have a perfect connection with someone and your lives go differently, that connection doesn't ever cease. >> reporter: and then all of a sudden last year, the pandemic happens. what was that like for you, for someone who is used to having these kind of personal connections with so many people? >> the answer is the personal connections continue as life continues. they're extended family. >> reporter: now at a time of renewed concern abou

other performers include paul simon, patti smith, ll cool j, and the new york phil harmonic. -- new york -- new york philharmonic. tropical storm henri is set to slam into the u.s. northeast as a hurricane on sunday. it is still not exactly clear when henri will make landfall. it will bring heavy rain and storm surge. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm laura wright. this is bloomberg. alix: thanks so much. guy, i am going to throw it to you, to make fun of me trying to get to montauk and back this weekend. guy: thanks for the opportunity. i will take that with both hands. alix has decided that this weekend, she once to go to montauk. my understanding is that long island is in for quite a sunday. i expect you back here on monday. that's all i'm going to say. [laughter] alix: if i get stuck in montauk and guy has to anchor solo monday, he is going to have a field day with that. because apparently the -- shuts down 35 mile per hour winds, and the storm is going to start saturday ni

patty smith to name a few. you'll see it here on cnn saturday night, 5:00 p.m. eastern time. >>> news continue right now. let's hand things over to chris for "cuomo primetime." chris? >> welcome to "prime time." it's good to be back. some reached out about my brother's situation and i have a note on that. first tonight, i want us to deal with the crisis that is coming at all of us. this is afghanistan. and it is a nightmare. innocent masses begging america not to leave them to vicious extremism. but that is what has happened. this picture is also making the rounds. proof of america saving hundreds on a cargo plane. but be clear, 640 men, women and children make for a good photograph. but this is not a good reality. this is a drop of humanity compared to the thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands who will now be subjected to a truly horrible fate. people there are so scared they're willing to do this. so desperate they would rather risk death holding on to an american plane than face the certainty of oppression on the ground. think about that. the re

featured an all-star line up, including bruce springsteen and journey and earth wind and fire and patty smithise guests. the concert is taking covid-19 precautions by requiring proof of vaccination for entry. it all begins with a preshow starting at 4:00 p.m. eastern exclusively on cnn worldwide. it is definitely something you won't want to miss. jim. >> khloe, thank you very much. and make sure to join cnn for we love new york city, the home coming concert. the event is tomorrow at 5:00 eastern time, exclusively on cnn. >> it is going to be great. thank you so much for joining us today and all week. have a safe weekend. i'm poppy harlow. >> and i'm jim sciutto. it is been nice to be in new york with you all week. >> i loved it. >> "at this hour" with kate bolduan begins right now. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> we're following breaking news. hello, i'm kate bolduan. president biden is being briefed on the crisis in afghanistan right now in the situation room. the president is set to address the nation once again on this crisis at 1:00 p.m. eastern. this morning we are seeing mor

. ♪♪ [music break] patti smith will be performing at a massive "we love new york city" homecoming concerth bruce springsteen and many others on august 21 in central park. this is democracy now! i'm amy goodman. now we go to mexico, where prominent news anchor azucena uresti took to the airwaves to stand up to one of the country's most powerful drug cartels. earlier this week, the jalisco new generation cartel posted a video online in which they directly threatened uresti, an anchor for the outlet milenio tv and a radio broadcaster for radio fÓrmula, who regularly reports on cartel violence and organized crime in mexico. in the video, a man who claimed -- a man told uresti -- "i assure you that wherever you are i will find you and i will make you eat youwords en if they accuse me of femicide." the blurry video, which was posted on twitter by an anonymous user, shows masked men carrying automatic rifles and other firearms. uresti addressed the threats during her broadcast monday night. >> i have joined the federal system of protection from the government. our work will continue to be based

with patty smith, with bruce springsteen.hen a rap segment. a real, quite novel rap section where ll cool j. will imitate some of the great new york iconic rap artists. >> it sounds like an amazing lineup. we'll see whether ll plays don't call it a comeback because it might fit this moment. that's just some of our conversation. for anyone near new york, this is this saturday in central park. the we love new york homecoming concert at the great lawn with tickets at ticketmaster. health screenings also occurring onsite. should be pretty interesting and you can always connect with me if you have questions or ideas about music. we were asking your favorite protest songs. i'm @arimelbourne. we are going to do an update on some of the best protest songs out there. which brings me to where we're headed. many of you agreed with joy, which make our update maybe next week. thanks for spending time with us on the beat. here is joy. hi, joy. >> first of all, a little jelly because you had david on. i'm like an og x-files fanatic. i'm rea

bruce springsteen, patty smith, paul simon, jennifer hudson, to name a few. you will see it right here only on cnn saturday night starting 5:00 p.m. eastern time. the news continues. let's hand it over to chris for "cuomo prime time." chris. >>> hello and welcome to prime time. here is the good news. the administration is now on message. all americans must be evacuated from afghanistan. but can they make it happen? that question looms as we are learning more about the truth. and the truth is this chaos was not inevitable. our secretary of state was warned by his own people on the ground in kabul of possible catastrophe in afghanistan. when was he warned? a month ago. a month ago, he was urged to take swift action to get the afghans who have been helping us out of the country. cnn has learned about the classified cable to tony blinken. signed by more than a dozen u.s. diplomats in mid-july which laid out how the state department could speed up the process of afghans applying for siv or refugee status because they knew afghanistan was falling fast. again, they

bruce springsteen, patty smith, paul simon, jennifer hudson, to name a few.nn saturday night starting 5:00 p.m. eastern time. the news continues. let's hand it over to chris for "cuomo prime time." chris. >>> hello and welcome to prime time. here is the good news. the administration is now on message. all americans must be evacuated from afghanistan. but can they make it happen? that question looms as we are learning more about the truth. and the truth is this chaos was not inevitable. our secretary of state was warned by his own people on the ground in kabul of

you've got on the screen there, maluma, patty smith, bruce springsteen, ll cool j, a long list of performersone vaccine shot. they'll be able to show the cdc vaccine card, prove they've had a vaccine shot using the excelsior app. you can't get in the concert unless you've had at least one shot. this is a celebration of the city and they want to try to mitigate risk by making sure everyone who comes in has been vaccinated, at least partially. >> that's right. celebrate what it is to be vaccinated and then you can enjoy gatherings like that. athena jones, thank you so much and of course, you can watch the we love new york city homecoming concert tonight, 5:00 p.m. eastern, exclusively on cnn. the newsroom continues with jim acosta. >>> you are live in the cnn newsroom. i'm jim acosta in washington. today, the pentagon confirming reports that some americans have been beaten or harassed by the taliban as they desperately try to escape to the airport in kabul. the u.s. embassy warning americans, do not comespecifica instructed by the u.s. government because of the security risk potentially outsid

bruce springsteen, paul simon, patty smith to name a few. night, 5:00 p.m. eastern time. >>> news continue right now. let's hand things over to chris for "cuomo primetime." chris? >> about my brother's situation and i have a note on that. first tonight, i want us to deal with the crisis that is coming at all of us. this is afghanistan. and it is a nightmare. innocent masses begging america not to leave them to vicious extremism. but that is what has happened. this picture is also making the rounds. proof of america saving hundreds on a cargo plane. but be clear, 640 men, women and

elvis costello, patty smith, earth wind and fire will all be at stage at central park along with moreng concert" saturday, august 21st, exclusively on cnn. the news continues. want to turn things over to don for "don lemon tonight." >>> hello, everyone. thanks for joining us. this is "don lemon tonight." and i've got to get right into this. okay? and i want you to really pay attention to this because it's -- you have to see what's happening around the country. chaos. what is going on with a lot of americans when it comes to wearing masks to stem the spread of covid, especially mask mandates for children who are heading back to school? it's turning so many people into angry lunatics, quite frankly. last night, the williamston county school -- school board voted to -- in favor of having children in their elementary schools wear masks. okay? and after the meeting, one man who spoke out in favor of the mandate was verbally assaulted in the parking lot. police officers had to make sure that he got to his car safely. i want you to take a look at the verbal abuse heaped on that man. here it

elvis costello, barry manilow, jennifer hudson, the killers, ll cool j -- [ cheers and applause patty smithrth wind and fire, carlos santana, the new york philharmonic i mean, stuff for everybody there. and so just check it out for more information go to nyc.gov/homecomingweek and check it out it's a cool thing to do, it's a good moment for the city [ cheers and applause guys, today is thursday. >> steve: right. >> jimmy: and that's usually when i catch up on some personal stuff >> steve: really >> jimmy: yeah you know, normally it would be friday >> steve: i mean, it's thursday >> jimmy: no this is the way it works now thursday is the new friday >> steve: oh >> jimmy: you know what i'm saying this is like - >> steve: yeah >> jimmy: make the weekend longer [ cheers and applause what i do is i get stuff organized. i clear my desktop, my virtual desktop. >> steve: your virtual desktop >> jimmy: i go on, i have a couple virtual online meetings >> steve: right, love that [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: "hey, good to see you man. how's it going?" you know, stuff like that. my arms are exhausted. >>

bruce springsteen, patty smith, ll cool j, just to name a few of the performers.ight here only on cnn tomorrow night 5:00 p.m. eastern time is the start. the news continues. want to hand it over to chris for "cuomo prime time." chris. >> you know, anderson, you have a big night tomorrow night with the concert. but i'm looking at the storm track. there is a chance that you and i may be spending some quality time together on sunday, maybe even monday. depending on how hard this hits. you know, just -- >> i'd love to see you but i hope that's not true. >> well, look, we could find a better occasion. but, you know, the last real hurricane that hit, you know, was a category 3. it was in 1938. >> i know. i know all about it. and it kill add lot of people in west hampton. >> yeah. right. right. right. you know the area well. the long island express hurricane, they called it. went up into new england. it created the inlets that are now all the way down the island. you know, mo ntauk. so hopefully, this is nothing like that. but this has people on edge and we are watching

. ♪ ♪ here i am ♪ >> reporter: he and patti smith will perform their height, "because the night," a sily, i was no more than a boy ♪ >> reporter: he reunited with art garfunkel for a concert there 40 years ago. >> we were both really nervous. that was a large -- a large group. but once you get out there, it takes a little while and then you fall into the rhythm of it and you're okay. ♪ la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la ♪ >> so it was a big, emotional event, and a really nice night for artie and for me. >> i definitely reached out to paul. >> reporter: what was the response? >> there was no convincing. when you have a special connection with someone and your lives go differently, that connection doesn't ever cease. >> reporter: and then all of a sudden, last year the pandemic happened. what was that like for you, for someone who is used to having these kind of personal connections with so many people? >> the answer is that the personal connections continues as life continues. they're extended family. >> reporter: now, at a time of renewed concern about covid, davis says that part of conce

nbc's christie smith has our coverage. >> reporter: patty takes a walk. in the distance, lingering smoke is noticeable. >> when you look towards mt. diablo and over that way, it's pretty hazy. >> reporter: she didn't smell smoke at lime ridge open space but the heat is on. she's seen these conditions recently. smoke drifting from california and northern oregon fires. >> most of the folk we're seeing is visual impact. a lot of it is aloft, it's not at ground level. we're expecting moderate air quality for the majority of the bay walter wallace is with the bay area management district which extended the air quality advisory until sunday. smoke is expected to mostly remain aloft but there could be periods of smoke in areas like north and east bay hills. air quality is not expected to exceed federal health standards. >> in those rare cases where someone smells smoke at the ground level, just know you're being affected and you can take preventive actions to protect yourself. >> reporter: heather just returned from lake tahoe and takes precautions at home too.

paul simon, patty smith. bruce springsteen. rico and see our mom. we looked at each other. >> tourists are important for street performers because they're really part of it. it is really satisfying for the soul. >> new york is back, music is back. travel is certainly back. >> the best loved tenor in the world, mellow yet powerful timber resonated to the tune of 82 million records sold worldwide. a pop star but also a refined opera singer, he's living testimony of the italian vocal tradition. ladies and gentlemen, andrea bocelli. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> thank you for this incredible invitation in this city where i lived. the most beautiful memories of my career. and especially here in central park ten years ago, unforgettable for me. so i decided to sing this song because this song speaks about a storm and the song says that after the storm is a golden sky. and all together, we crossed a terrible storm. and we are here to say to this storm stop, it is over. [ cheers and applause ] as you know, after the storm al