generally, though, we've got this airflow coming in from the north atlantic, and it's moisture—laden air, hence all the cloud. so, rather grey skies this morning, that patchy rain eventually clearing away from the eastern side of england. there will be further patchy rain for northern and western hills, but many places will turn drier, and we could see some sunshine breaking through eastern scotland, eastern england, perhaps across south wales and the southwest. a breezy day to come, those winds quite fresh from the northwest, and temperatures pretty disappointing for mid—august, generally 15—21 celsius in the sunnier spots further south. and we hold onto the cloud and the breeze through tuesday night, as well. most places will be dry, further spots of drizzle, though, across some western hills, especially, especially northern and western scotland. but with all the cloud cover and the breeze, temperatures no lower than around 11—15 degrees. so then, for wednesday, very little change — it looks similar, rather grey and breezy once again, further patchy drizzle across some nort

generally, though, we've got this airflow coming in from the north atlantic, and it's moisture—laden air, hence all the cloud. so, rather grey skies this morning, that patchy rain eventually clearing away from the eastern side of england. there will be further patchy rain for northern and western hills, but many places will turn drier, and we could see some sunshine breaking through eastern scotland, eastern england, perhaps across south wales and the southwest. a breezy day to come, those winds quite fresh from the northwest, and temperatures pretty disappointing for mid—august, generally 15—21 degrees in the sunnier spots further south. and we hold onto the cloud and the breeze through tuesday night, as well. most places will be dry, further spots of drizzle, though, across some western hills, especially, especially northern and western scotland. but with all the cloud cover and the breeze, temperatures no lower than around 11—15 degrees. so then, for wednesday, very little change — it looks similar, rather grey and breezy once again, further patchy drizzle across some nort

that is where the air is coming from, from the north atlantic and the norwegian sea. fresh conditions across the northern half of the uk, may be only 15 celsius in aberdeen, but around 20 or so in the south. a lot of cloud and sunny spells. hello and welcome. this is dateline london, the only programme to bring together bbc specialists with foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast from here. it's an outsiders�* perspective on what's happening in the uk and around the world. this week: 45 minutes from kabul. is the return of the taliban the least worst outcome for afghanistan? heatwaves that are hotter, monsoons that are wetter — are the world's leaders, willing — and able — to stop it getting worse? and andrew cuomo resigns — another metoo moment?

it's going to be prolonged moisture across the southeast and then start to make its way into the mid-atlantic. for tropical depression grace, it's starting to interact with some land for puerto rico. that's why it's been downgraded to a tropical depression the problem is, with this storm system, it will produce a heavy forecastinrainfall across haiti, we're in the lower 80s across the northeast. and then we still have tropical depression eight we'll talk about that coming up. >> wow, what a start to the week >>> still ahead, today many businesses and schools are returning to predelta restrictions, as more and more hospitals are reaching capacity, and emergency staff are running thin keep it right here on "early today. a whole lot more? cool. so what are you waiting for? mckayla maroney to get your frisbee off the roof? i'll get it. ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ ♪ ♪ whoa. here you go. (in unison) thank you mckayla! dude, get it. i'm not getting it, you get it. you threw it. it's your frisbee. geico. switch today and see all the ways you could save. start your day with crest 3d white and from moch

and those are partners across the atlantic, across the pacific, and those are critical especially in today's age. let me give you an example. we have been talking for example about the impact of climate on small—island developing states. they have come to the conclusion that we are not heard and not seen, and therefore we are changing the narrative to between the tropics of cancer and capricorn, because those are the countries that are going to be affected in the climate crisis. once we do that, our colleagues in africa become our natural allies. our colleagues in the pacific become our natural allies. and to that extent, whether it is the commonwealth or the acp, as it is now called, or whether it is aosis, the alliance of small island states, we will have multiple entities in which we operate — including of course the united nations. the united nations. yes. i was going to bring up the united states, because of course the caribbean is america's backyard. we don't like to say that, it gives the wrong impression. yes, true. you are in america's neighbourhood, because at its close

. >> unfortunately a terrible weekend for folks in tennessee, the northeast and mid-atlantic as henri made land fall as a strong tropical storm, over 9 inches of rain reported in some areas. we're not done yet. this area of low pressure is slow moving. there is some of the rainfall totals, so certainly even though we have a landfall in rhode island, new jersey, pennsylvania seeing heavy rainfall so that's going to be widespread unfortunately throughout the day today, into tomorrow and that's where we have flood advisories in place. additional rainfall of 1 to 2 inches on top of 9 inches that we've seen. a look at the rest of the day's forecast, southwest remains very warm, hot, hazy, humid, especially for the gulf coast, across the mississippi river valley, in towards tennessee and kentucky and parts of the mid-atlantic and northeast. so we'll continue to bring you the latest on all of those stories with fox weather. back to you. jillian: still ahead, fox weather correspondent steve bender will join us live from long island with a look at the widespread damage from henri. carley: plus

, they get stroke in the north atlantic, never come our way so it will stay dry and settled. that will be around for the next ten days also. fog in places, bright of afternoons and warm sunshine. looking up the sunshine in the satellite picture and you can see a lot of variable cloud. scotland, the north of england and northern ireland are in the centre of high—pressure, beautiful weather around the western isles and then we have a bank of clouds which drifted off the north sea, you can see it is fairly overcast across parts of the midlands and into areas of yorkshire, the south is semi again so temperatures depend on how much you will get handy cloud amounts. —— the south is semi again. the apps will struggle with the change between clarity and its and then back again, it is not a uniform area of weather. —— between clarity and semi and back again. some will be stuck under the clouds and there will be more cloud across the south of the country tomorrow, whereas in glasgow where we have the prolonged semi spells, temperatures could hit 26 celsius. towards thursday,

this, the area of low pressure pulls away into scandinavia, the area high tries to build across the atlantic, notice the wind direction, a north—westerly wind, a cool wind at any time of the year. it will feed in lots of cloud and some showers. most will be dry but after a cloudy start, some sunshine develops across eastern counties of scotland and england. in the sunshine, 19—21 degrees where we have the cloud, just 15—17. with a north—westerly wind, it will feel cool as well. through till tomorrow evening we'll see some more persistent rain pushing across parts of western scotland, northern ireland and into the far north of england. tuesday, little change in the pressure pattern we still have this area of low pressure in scandinavia, the high across the atlantic and the cool north—westerly wind. spells of rain across east anglia and into the morning, those will clear away, lots of cloud again, maybe one or two showers, most will be dry, but i think sunshine in limited supply. temperatures typically in the range of 16—20. not much change in the week ahead, quite quiet, often clo

that a lot of damage all right we've got another one out there to this is henry that spending in the atlantic watch the track and takes very moving west now 10 miles an hour currently a tropical storm system to watch what happens. it's going start to strengthen just off the coast to a category one as we get the next couple of days and then skirting the coastline bringing rain all along the coast may be making boston as we head toward a lot of part of the weekend as a category one before schooled well to the north so yeah very active out and it's only to get more so as we head toward the peak of hurricane season, the middle of september outside now we've got to make sure some fog and some haze out there from the smoke around the bay we do have red flag warnings up still in parts of slama county into the sacramento still expect to see some gusty winds through this evening it's a very low humidity. but those should come down overnight tonight offshore winds today brought that smoke back into the bay area again but the whole wind pattern is about to shift gears. i think we're going to see more of

researchers found the ocean currents that carry warm water from the tropics to the north atlantic have already been destabilized by the climate crisis. a complete collapse would dramatically change rainfall patterns around the globe, lower temperatures in parts of europe while raising them elsewhere, and would dramatically raise sea levels in the eastern united states. president biden on thursday restored tailpipe emissions standards set under the obama administration and later canceled by president trump, setting a goal of making half of all cars and light trucks sold in the u.s. by 2030 electric. biden made the announcement surrounded by executives and labor leaders of the ottoman history. -- auto industry. >> when i hear climate, i think jobs. good paying union jobs. i want the world to see through a consensus we are at an inflection point in world history. we have to save the planet. we can also come out of it better. amy: congressional democrats have drafted legislation that would tax major polluters to compensate for the impacts of catastrophic climate change. the polluters pay c

you wrote this week in the atlantic, quote, i often ask myself, what would become of afghanistan if the taliban fell and i imagine the men and women who have afforded me such great hospitality humor and strength would prosper and afghans who have fled their country would finally be able to return home. the taliban, you know, have now risen to power again. what do you imagine is happening to those afghan men and women who you met along the way? >> i can tell you, they are desperate to leave. they are the ones getting trampled outside the airport. they're the ones messaging me all hours of the night. weeping. desperate to get them and their families out. no one trusts what the taliban regime will bring. this is not elected. they were not elected. this is not, you know, what a lot of afghans want. and they're desperate to leave. >> they're desperate to leave. do you think americans are ready to take them in? >> i think there's a bit of logistical problem we're seeing right now. i think obviously, the u.s. embassy just warned all americans not to come to the gates, there are a lot of afghan

generally, though, we've got this airflow coming in from the north atlantic, and it's moisture—laden air, hence all the cloud. so, rather grey skies this morning, that patchy rain eventually clearing away from the eastern side of england. there will be further patchy rain for northern and western hills, but many places will turn drier, and we could see some sunshine breaking through eastern scotland, eastern england, perhaps across south wales and the southwest. a breezy day to come, those winds quite fresh from the northwest, and temperatures pretty disappointing for mid—august, generally 15—21 degrees in the sunnier spots further south. and we hold onto the cloud and the breeze through tuesday night, as well. most places will be dry, further spots of drizzle, though, across some western hills, especially, especially northern and western scotland. but with all the cloud cover and the breeze, temperatures no lower than around 11—15 degrees. so then, for wednesday, very little change — it looks similar, rather grey and breezy once again, further patchy drizzle across some nort

he just wrote a piece in "the atlantic" about his assessment of the training of afghan forces. i appreciate you spending a little time with us. look, you basically make the case here that, you know, you used the phrase "when we went through the training process we checked a box." okay, it's clear our training didn't work. why? thank you for having me so i could talk about the last two decades of effort. i think you have to go back to the history. we went in light. we sort of didn't know what we were doing and tried to figure it out on the fly. and we started rolling through it. but throughout the day there was three fundamental components. one is that we heard a lot from courtney and crew on the special forces. they we rr cross-suited and trained by our own special forces. then you had the conventional army and that gets more interesting. we don't really have, or do we see over 20 years, we never really have a strategy to do it. we never had a solid plan. each a different book without a plot. and the police force, that is an even bigger problem. because as you know, america doe

>> there is some frustration on this side of the atlantic that things have been rushed more than they had to be. that leaders have been put in very political uncomfortable positions in their own countries. they are beginning to see a different side of jode biden. this is the joe biden who was saying america is back. this was his slogan throughout the year. that is looking somewhat hollow just to the afghans but also to nato allies. it is also confronting the europeans with the truth that they are simply not strong enough and not note -- and not motivated enough to keep a mission like this going, to keep security in afghanistan going without the u.s. despite the fact europe has a much greater stake in the stability of afghanistan. think of the geographical elective proximity they are dealing with. there is a lot of soul-searching going on. we are just at the beginning of this process. i think there is going to be introspection within nato about what the alliance is for, what it can do going forward. brent: dw's international editor richard walker. the nato and alliance oversaw the two

it's a blocking high that's preventing weather fronts from moving in off the atlantic. but a little bit more of a breeze always down towards the south, and that's going to continue to push this cloud in off the north sea, which could be thick enough on monday morning for a spot or two of drizzle. favoured western areas, perhaps as we go through the afternoon, seeing some sunny spells, but i suspect not as much as recent days. so, the temperatures not as high. cool in the cloud and drizzle, 15—17 celsius, maximum values of 21, possibly 22. now, that cloud will continue to push back in off the north sea through the night. that's going to act like a blanket. it's not going to be a cold night, with overnight lows perhaps staying into mid—teens for some. it will be a quiet start to tuesday, but once again, a rather grey and gloomy one. the high pressure keeping things very quiet, but again, that breeze just coming in off the north sea, and a few more isobars, so the breeze picking up, and the cloud will continue to sit across the country for much of the day. favoured spo

. >>> tonight henri is a category 1 hurricane, churning out in the atlantic ocean, likely to make landfall tomorrow on long island, new york, or the southern region of the coast. people are making preparations. nbc's chris pollone has the latest. >> reporter: in new york they're boarding up in the hamptons, henri likely to make landfall near the rhode island border. governor cuomo declared a state of emergency and two more dozen counties. >> new york tough also means new york smart, and new york smart today means get out of harm's way, please. >> reporter: in connecticut, officials are asking some people on the coast to voluntarily evacuate their homes. a storm surge warning has been issued for the entire connecticut shoreline. >> this may not be a perfect storm, but it's going to be close to it. the alarm bell should be ringing loud and clear. this storm is going to pack a powerful punch. >> reporter: henri's strength was packing winds at 75 miles an hour. >> we don't know what we'll see, but we need to be prepared. >> reporter: it's shifted to the western and central part of the state. i

trans—atlantic invasion — why these alien crabs are threatening biodiversity in the mediterranean. washington, the world's most political city is assessing the health of the worlds most powerful man. indeed i did have a relationship with her that was not appropriate. in fact, it was wrong. in south africa, 97 people have been killed today were the worst days of violence. over the past ten days, 500 have died. czechoslovakia must be free! russia is observing a national day of mourning for the 100 eighteenths of mariners who died of board. we are with them now in our hearts. - the pope has celebrated mass before a congregation of more than two and a half million people in his hometown. stay with us, stay with us chanted this ocean of humanity. this is bbc news, the latest headlines . the taliban are tightening their grip following their takeover of afghanistan — carrying out door—to—door searches for people who worked with western forces. crowds have continued to mass around kabul airport amid chaotic scenes — with taliban fighters beating back some afghans trying to reach fl

out across the atlantic ocean, it is beginning to approach peak season for tropical activity. we do have a potential tropical cyclone. this is poised to become tropical storm fred. the storm system, again, at this point looks like it will interact with land quite a bit here on its journey as it approaches portions of hispaniola, cuba, and eventually this weekend possibly south florida. so we'll follow this carefully. again, that land interaction looks like it will weaken the storm system on approach for the united states. we don't expect this to be a major player, but it is getting going across the atlantic. >> unbelievable what we're seeing on the weather front. many thanks to you, pedram, for keeping a close eye on all of this. >>> well, it's not just wildfires. heat waves, droughts, storms and floods are all happening more often and with more intensity because of climate change. a major new u.n. report warns the crisis is threatening life as we know it, not in the distant future but right now. the u.n. secretary-general calls it a code red for humanity. the report says some

, i spoke with kirsten fontenrose, director of the scowcroft middle east security initiative at the atlantic council. she was a senior director at the national security council in 2018. so, kirsten, when we look at what's happening in afghanistan right now, how much instability does it add to this region? >> quite a bit, and for several differenreasons. one is the risk of refugee flows. and this is the main concern of our european partners. they're already looking at a lot of pressure on their systems and their political dynamics from refugee flows out of syria, for instance, and this is adding to it. it also raises the security risk for pakistan. we're worried about the taliban and the isis-k successes, emboldening groups inside pakistan, which is already, you know, a little bit of a trouble country for us in terms of the c.t. threat. we're also worried about our ability to conduct c.t. operations and the likelihood of either al-qaida or isis-k trying to establish a new territorial hold inside afghanistan where we are not there to keep them outside the country any longer. and we're also wor

moving very far very fast, and there is a potentialfor a pulse of wetter weather to move in from the atlantic. now, the position of this rain is really subject to doubt. it could be just that little bit further north and it looks likely to the south it'll stay dry and relatively warm, so we need to keep abreast of the forecast if you've got outdoor plans for the start of the weekend, but in the sunniest weather and the driest weather, once again 22, 72 degrees. it looks likely that the low will slowly drift off into scandinavia, gradually allowing this high pressure to build, but slowly but surely. that means that the second half of the weekend we may well see some quieter weather as the low gradually drifts away from scotland. so western scotland slowly brightening up along with northern ireland, more sunshine for england and wales and because of that, perhaps temperatures peaking at 23 degrees. mow, moving out of sunday into monday, we've got this now, moving out of sunday into monday, we've got this battleground between the low sitting in scandinavia and the high desperately trying to push

, across the pacific. _ the atlantic, across the pacific, and those are critical especially in today's age. let me give _ especially in today's age. let me give you an example. we have been _ me give you an example. we have been talking, for example, about— been talking, for example, about the impact of climate on small— about the impact of climate on small island developing states. both come to the conclusion that— both come to the conclusion that we _ both come to the conclusion that we are not heard and not seen. — that we are not heard and not seen. and _ that we are not heard and not seen, and therefore we are changing _ seen, and therefore we are changing the narrative to between the tropics of cancer and capricorn, because those are the — and capricorn, because those are the countries that are going _ are the countries that are going to _ are the countries that are going to be affected in the climate _ going to be affected in the climate crisis. once we do that, _ climate crisis. once we do that, our— climate crisis. once we do that, our colleagues in africa become _

emerson brookings of the atlantic council. thank you so much. coming up, we will be talking about tesla. shares taking a hit. limiting because of the investigation into the company does autopilot system after a series of collisions. what this could mean for the self-driving future, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: the u.s. government is opening a formal investigation into tesla's autopilot system. the safety administration launched an inquiry after 11 crashes that resulted in 17 injuries and one fatality. all of them involving emergency vehicles specifically. bloomberg's ed ludlow joins us now. what are investigators looking at here? ed: the commonality between all of these incidents is that, in each case autopilot or draft aware cruise control was engaged. in each case it involved a collision with an emergency services vehicle or emergency response setting. a spokesperson told bloomberg that the focus of their investigation is around the technology to make sure the driver is paying attention, even if autopilot is engaged. if you go on tesla'

generally, though, we've got this airflow coming in from the north atlantic, and it's moisture—laden air, hence all the cloud. so, rather grey skies this morning, that patchy rain eventually clearing away from the eastern side of england. there will be further patchy rain for northern and western hills, but many places will turn drier, and we could see some sunshine breaking through eastern scotland, eastern england, perhaps across south wales and the southwest. a breezy day to come, those winds quite fresh from the northwest, and temperatures pretty disappointing for mid—august, generally 15—21 degrees in the sunnier spots further south. and we hold onto the cloud and the breeze through tuesday night, as well. most places will be dry, further spots of drizzle, though, across some western hills, especially, especially northern and western scotland. but with all the cloud cover and the breeze, temperatures no lower than around 11—15 degrees. so then, for wednesday, very little change — it looks similar, rather grey and breezy once again, further patchy drizzle across some nort

to wednesday and thursday, we will be in between weather systems, there is more low pressure in the atlantic that this little bump of high pressure builds in, it is only a weak area, and it suggests that they will be slightly warmer area coming from the south, but mostly affecting south—eastern and eastern parts of the country, not super warm but warmer compared to what we have got right now. you can see the gentle rise, temperatures could hit 2a or 25 degrees in the south—east, so that is something. goodbye. this is bbc news — the headlines at four. gold medal number 20 for team gb — asjoe choong takes top spot in the men's modern pentathlon. there's a bronze forjosh kerr in the men's 1500 metres — britain's first medal in the event since 1988. boxing gold for galal yafai — as he wins in the flyweight division for team gb. success in the pool, too. tom daley earning bronze in the 10 metre platform diving — his second medal of the games. in afghanistan, the taliban say they've captured their second provincial capital in 2a hours. britain and the us warn their citizens to leave

sunday. 0ver recent hours the storm has picked up energy as it has worked across warm waters of the atlantic gulfstream. it is being driven around an open area of low pressure, sending it in a north—westward direction. landfall is expected around long island but there will be impacts elsewhere, rhode island, massachusetts new jersey and into connecticut with damaging wind and as well as that torrential rain will cause flooding problems. after that the wind calmed down and the rain will eventually exhilarate towards the eastern parts of canada over the next few days. so hurricane henri no doubt bringing back uncomfortable memories of hurricane sandy. damaging gusts of wind, 250 millimetres of rain causing flooding in itself but as well as that, coastal communities will be watching out for a storm surge. that could be around 3— five foot high, bringing inundation to coastal communities. this is bbc news, our main headlines: the united states has asked its citizens to avoid going to kabul airport where thousands of people continue to gather in an attempt to flee afghanistan. let's stay with

upper level low connected the mid-atlantic through a tropical connection, and so we have a little trough that was set up that dumped rain to the tune of five to eight inches of rainfall. we'll see this storm kind of slow down as it moves inland, dump heavy rain way away from the center. that means we'll see life-threatening flashflooding. it is having major impact. >> garrett: we want to go now to kris van cleave in old saber, connecticut, as residents brace for landfall. kris, tell us what you're seeing? >> reporter: people are told to evacuate. the concern here is going to be the amount of rain and the wind. here in connecticut, they have warned about 69% of its costumers could be left without power. and they say so restore the power could take eight to 21 days. think about that, three whole weeks. this dumped another three to six inches of rain. theothey're worried about flooding, and in about a half hour, high tide that could lead to storm surge. >> garrett: heavy weather is coming. kris van cleave, thank you. we turn to the increasingly volatile situation in afghanistan. holly willi

this moisture—laden air rolling in off the atlantic will bring a lot of cloud, the thickest of it across northern and western fringes, where we could see some light rain or drizzle. but again, like tuesday, with some shelter to central eastern scotland, east of the pennines, south—east wales and south—west england will see some good spells of sunshine. the winds quite brisk again particularly across northern and western coastal areas. and those temperatures pretty much where they've been the last few days, high teens for most, but in the sunnier spots, the low 20s once again. now, as we head through wednesday night, it stays rather benign — pretty cloudy for most. there will be the odd spot of light rain and drizzle across northern and western hills, the odd clear spell too, and temperatures no lower than 11—15 celsius, pretty much where they've been the last few nights. so as we head on into thursday, again it's a similar story. a lot of cloud around, the odd spit and spot of light rain here and there. a weather front will be pushing into wales and then spreading across parts of

atlantic. it is off the norwegian sea, infact. 0n atlantic. it is off the norwegian sea, in fact. on monday, that northerly continues. it will be quite a chilly winter. i dare say there will be a hint of autumn in there will be a hint of autumn in the air across parts of northern scotland. it really will be quite chilly. in the south, variable cloud, some splits and spots of rain, but still around 20 celsius also. lewitt, 13, aberdeen only 15 celsius on monday. goodbye. —— lerwick, 13. this is bbc news, the headlines. police confirm a three—year—old girl was among the five victims of yesterday's shooting in plymouth. the gunman, 22—year—old jake davison, had a licence for a firearm. the incident is the worst mass shooting in britain since 2010. when it comes to firearm licensing, that is absolutely what the police oversee and clearly i will be asking questions. as the taliban capture afghanistan's second biggest city, kandahar, borisjohnson will convene an emergency cobra meeting this afternoon to discuss the situation in the country. tens of thousands of civilians hav

beach and of course we have to hurricanes. 2017 saw the strongest hurricanes ever in the history of the atlantic and everybody thought this was going to be an anomaly and we saw the same in 2019 and the same again in 2020 and how can we attract investment to our own country and investment in our own homes when it will be destroyed every other year or every five years by a category five hurricane. transforming economies and ways of life to prevent the rising temperatures will cost money. in 2009, wealthy governments agreed to increase climate finance for vulnerable countries to $100 billion annually by 2020. under the paris agreement they said they'd negotiate a yet—higher amount that would kick in from 2025. but the funding is severely lagging behind what was promised. here's patricia espinosa the executive secretary of the united nations framework convention on climate change. the main issue that little differently than we are able to have a successful outcome in glasgow or not. finance is at the centre of each and every part of that climate change regime. developed countries as you rightly s

a atlantic canada will deal with low-pressure today and tomorrow. forecasted a hot, hazy, humid across the mississippi river valley towards the southeast and the southwest remains warm. heat advisories posted for millions of folks across the central us as well as parts of the southwest, forecast heat index, the heat combined with humidity will be oppressive for many areas, a lot of hundred degree temperatures is what it feels like when you are outside and want to make sure you're indoors whether it is cool and air-conditioned. current large wildfires, we've been covering this way for weeks, hundred of them, large, meaning 100 acres or more, forecast highs for the southwest not much better, 110, 111, very warm across the southwest. tropical activity not done yet but looking out in the atlantic a couple things we are watching but nothing imminent. the peak is around september 10th so we can see a lot of these ramp-up. if you are live across the east coast, the gulf coast, florida, have your preparation plan. jillian: september is a big month. jillian:

the mid-atlantic and the northeast. look at these rainfall totals 4 to 6 inches over saturated ground is going to lead to flash flooding and 30 million people affected in the path of this storm over the next several days. we will be talking about this even through friday and keep you up to date. steve, ainsley and brian up to you. steve: it looks like it could impact us on thursday, right? janice: absolutely. steve: thanks, j.d. the remains of 13 u.s. service members in afghanistan back on american soil as of yesterday afternoon after an emotional dignified transfer service at dover air force base. ainsley: among the heros is rylee mccollum a lance corporal in the u.s. marine corps the wyoming native was about to be a father in a few weeks. his wife is due. they dent know if it's a boy or a girl. they wanted to be surprised. brian: a family friend of lance corporal rylee mccollum and he joins us now. sorry -- so sore for your loss, what you must be experiencing. could you talk about him? >> wow, thank you, by the way. g

we now have two tropical storms in the atlantic basin. tropical storm number two is grace. grace is going to push to the west and we expect it and its 40 mile per hour winds to impact the leeward islands tonight and then eventually it will impact the u.s. virgin islands and, robyn, also puerto rico tomorrow. that's where we have tropical storm warnings in effect because of grace. >> okay. we will keep monitoring that. thanks so much, tyler mauldin there. appreciate it. >>> that wraps this hour of cnn. thanks for joining me, i'm robyn curnow, follow me on twitter and instagram @robyn curnow cnn. my colleague kim brunhuber is up next with more cnn in just a moment. enjoy. but isn't this a little much? too much? is getting 28 different fico scores with extracredit too much? no, it's just 100 degrees out here. i mean, aren't you hot? getting credit reports from all three bureaus does make me feel warm inside. what? right? who knew there were that many scores. turns out lenders don't care about free credit scores and neither should you. instead, see what lenders actually see wit

that includes the tennessee valley, appalachian, mid-atlantic, northeast. we talked about the winds. we talked about those where we could see significant damage to homes and buildings. we could certainly see downed trees because we're looking at really soggy land. so those trees are going to come down quickly. in addition to power lines and passable roads. new orleans put out a statement, it could be in habitable for a couple weeks to come. it's not just going to be the 24 thing and we do the clean-up. it could be weeks where we're doing the clean-up. the last thing i'll end with is destructive winds. we're looking at power outages across the wide area. the wind is extending, will extend, the hurricane as it gets closer it's going to stretch and breathe. 250 miles in some spots. alex, this is worst case scenario. it's what we didn't want to see. the national hurricane center did a really excellent job with the track, with the winds, with the message of how powerful this is going to be. if it makes landfall at this wind speed, it will tie the record for the

still with us across areas of the mid-atlantic and northeast by thursday. also, the tornado threat, tropical tornadoes with this, weak tornadoes that could cause structural damage on top of the catastrophic damage we have already seen from this system. back to you. todd: even if the levees worked, janice, you're mentioning so much rain. it's like you're filling a sink that is plugged up and there's no place for the water to go so it's going to inundate those communities. again, even if levees work. >> correct. yes. new orleans, it's all a pumping system, even if it's just a day with rain, they use that pumping system to get the water out and these pumps are working overtime and it's really going to be a test of the levees and the pumping system, since they were fortified with katrina. jillian: okay. janice, thank you. we are following another big story, the u.s. intercepting at least some of the five rockets targeted kabul's airport overnight. the attack comes on the eve of president biden's deadline for troops to leave afghanistan. todd: ashley strohmier l

0ver recent hours, this storm has been picking up energy as it's worked across the warm waters of the atlantic gulf stream. it's being driven around an upper area of low pressure, and that sending it in a northwestward direction. landfall is expected around about long island, but there will be impacts elsewhere — newjersey into connecticut, rhode island and massachusetts. damaging gusts of wind up to 85 mph, and as well as that, torrential rain will cause some flooding problems. after that, the winds calm down, the rain eventually accelerating towards eastern parts of canada over the next few days. so hurricane henri no doubt bringing back some uncomfortable memories from hurricane sandy that hit the same kind of area back in 2012. damaging gusts of wind, 250 mm of rain — that's likely to cause some flooding in itself, but as well as that, coastal communities will be watching out for a storm surge. that could be around 3—5—foot high — a metre or a metre—and—a—half, bringing inundation to some coastal communities. let's get some of the day's other news. israel has carried out ai

anthony: for more on this, i am joined by a distinguished fellow at the atlantic council in washington, d.c. welcome. there have been reports to u.s. intelligence that the taliban could take kabul within 90 days if they continue at the current pace. if this happens, where will this lead for the diplomatic landscape in afghanistan? >> well, it will change the regional dramatic landscape also because anna norma decision will need to be made by countries like pakistan and countries in the abian peninsula, if you clearly the united states lives up to its threat that it will not recognize a government in kabul set up by the taliban if they take kabul by force. the decision will then be whether pakistan and the countries of the arabian gulf, as well as recent overtures from china will be rewarded with recognition of theew regime and whether they will join the united states in making it a pariah state, as the u.s. has threatened. anthony: suja, a simple question, does -- shuja, a simple question, does the u.s. government have the power to stop the taliban from seizing the entire country? shuj

those are our partners across the atlantic across the pacific and those are critical especially in today's age. let me give you an example. we have been talking for example about the impact of climate on small island developing states but we have come to the conclusion that we are not heard and we are not seen. and therefore we are changing the narrative to between the tropics of cancer and capricorn because those are the countries that are going to be affected in the climate crisis. once we do that, our colleagues in africa become our natural allies, our colleagues in the pacific become our natural allies, and to that extent, whether it's the commonwealth or the acp or the acp as it is now called, or whether it is the alliance of small island states, we will have multiple entities within which we operate including of course the united nations. the united nations. i was going to bring up the united states because the caribbean is america's backyard. from cuba, the closest point... we like to say neighbourhood. because you could get the wrong impression with backyard. i'm sorry, i was using

. >> this is heartbreaking, atlantic's headline biden's betrayal of the afghans will live in infamy. this is more than just a disagreement with all roads and which roads you take to rome. not even about conservative or liberal this is about decision making that was about revenge, hatred, obsession of donald trump, because he committed the crime of showing the american people, that you could do things differently, there was a way to make this country elevated and make her better for everyone, economically and otherwise. and now you have got whether it is the chaos, elimination of our border, and a nonsensical economic plan. a congress that is aiding and enabling this is trillions in spending, without thinking that what shap -- what is happening in afghanistan might change your needs for the budget. my god, it is a betrayal. it is a betrayal first of us, then the rest of the world that relies on us. ukrainians must be wondering and taiwanese must be terrified at-this-point, everyone that relied on america, that had their backs now is sure quite frightened, we all have a responsible to

joining me is senior editor at the atlantic. so, good morning. there's that admission from senator paul. we also have him just being suspended on youtube for pushing misinformation, telling people not to follow the cdc's guidance. what do you make of all this rand paul drama? >> well, that's really what makes this so striking. there is no shortage of accusations of hypocrisy on both sides in respondtion to the pandemic. as manu noted there have been accusations by both david perdue and kelly loeffler, the senator from georgia about their stock trading during the early stages. and, look, there have been regular charges against the democrats, flouting the mask guidance. what makes this especially egregious is paul has been such a relentless kind of opponent, taking this seriously in terms of public health measures, masking, vaccination requirements, the overall severity of it. and whether this was inadvertently left off his form or not, this kind of investment when contrasted against the backdrop of his kind of language about this and the kind of l

. >>> and dual storm watches in the atlantic, tropical storm fred is gaining strength as it heads towards florida while haiti braces for tropical depression grace just two days after a devastating earthquake. good to have you with us. the taliban takeover of the afghan capital is driving chaos and can fusion and race for survival as afghans and foreigners try to leave the country. gunfire rang out earlier as crowds raced to catch a flight at the airport, and this scene appears to be on the tarmac. cnn cannot independently verify it, but video shows masses of people scrambling up the gang plank to get on board a plane. the u.s. embassy is warning americans not to go to the airport and that is despite all embassy staff being evacuated there. the u.s. said earlier the airport perimeter and air traffic control were being secured by u.s. troops. meanwhile the taliban are setting up shop in kabul. ousted president ashraf ghani has fled the country and video shows heavily armed taliban fighters in the presidential palace. they have asked the u.s. to trust them and say a future government will in

northwest to the northeast, and that will allow the severe weather reat throughouthe heat's building mid-atlantic to new york city, lower 90s and then now we have tropical storm fred i'll show you the direction of that storm coming up >> all right, janessa, thank you. we'll hear from you then >>> wendy's is looking out for those who want to start their mornings with them the fast food chain, they are offering free croissant sandwiches this friday and saturday morning they come with your choice of sausage or bacon, plus some swiss cheese and an egg. wendy's says it's just as simple as showing up on friday or saturday between 6:30 and 10:30 a.m. >>> "early today" is back in two with the online scams targeting tech-savvy teens >>> and this pandemic has americans upping the ae kentli never before the big year for the gambling industry pants this morning. why, andi? i'm a dinosaur. won't wear pants, will eat eggo waffles. get your wins where you can when you l'eggo with eggo. you love rich, delicious ice cream. but your stomach doesn't. that disagreement ends right now. lactaid ice cream is the creamy

front that will cause flooding in tennessee and kentucky, continues wednesday, right on into the mid-atlantic and the northeast, and then finally thursday moves off the coast but with all that rain, believe it or not, we've got 55 million people at risk for flooding, stretching from louisiana all the way to new jersey and new york, down to the south. we have flashflood warnings out as ida starts to make its way north, those flood warnings moving north as well rainfall amounts we're talking about another 12 inches of rain possible down through the lower mississippi river valley, but even as we move up to the north through thursday, we are looking at anywhere from 3 to 5 inches of rain but locally could be as much as 7 inches guys, back to you. >> i was hearing reports of three weeks or more out of power at this point. not 100% sure, but it will take a long time to get everything back on. >> al, you mentioned, we've seen power crews make their way through the streets of new orleans to get that effort under way, correct >> reporter: yeah. we have. we've seen two striking caravans about 45 minute

in the springing of 1912 edward smith ran his ship no ap iceberg in the north atlantic. as it went down smith didn't blame climate change for the disaster. instead he wept to the bottom of the ocean and people applauded. it was expected. he was in charge. he stayed until the end. so who is in charge of this. who is paying for it? overtime an entire class of form policy experts and political leaders are responsible. they watched for twenty years as afghanistan turned to a pointless mess. damage beyond repair and they lied about it repeatedly. who are these people? liz cheney comes to phoeupd. there are many, many like her. then there are the people responsible for what has happened the last couple of weeks. a pullout that couldn't of been more ineptly managed than if you planned to screw it up. joe boyd en and his lieutenants. what is their punishment? how many have fired. how many have resigned? how many have apologized? so our knowledge none. not one. i fact so far as we can tell the only military leader to suffer so far for this disaster is a marine corp lieutenant col

generally, though, we've got this airflow coming in from the north atlantic, and it's moisture—laden air, hence all the cloud. so, rather grey skies this morning, that patchy rain eventually clearing away from the eastern side of england. there will be further patchy rain for northern and western hills, but many places will turn drier, and we could see some sunshine breaking through eastern scotland, eastern england, perhaps across south wales and the southwest. a breezy day to come, those winds quite fresh from the northwest, and temperatures pretty disappointing for mid—august, generally 15—21 degrees in the sunnier spots further south. and we hold onto the cloud and the breeze through tuesday night, as well. most places will be dry, further spots of drizzle, though, across some western hills, especially, especially northern and western scotland. but with all the cloud cover and the breeze, temperatures no lower than around 11—15 degrees. so then, for wednesday, very little change — it looks similar, rather grey and breezy once again, further patchy drizzle across some nort

also into the mid-atlantic, we've had the most rain in july, also in august. we're going to add to those tote -- totals making it a scary range. storm surge is a big one. jonathan, you know we talked about this on friday. a storm surge is a wall of water. the winds push this wall of water on land. it's that saltwater kind of going over dry land. you can't outrun it. it happens quick and it's powerful. that's why all that money was spent on these levees and the flood walls and the gates to hold this water back. now, they can hold up to 20 feet. so we do think they're going to do their job. it's going to be a big test as we go through the next couple of hours of 10 to 16 feet as we go throughout the next few hours. and again, i can't emphasize enough that it's life-threatening. it's unsurvivable and it happens really, really quick. we're going to add rain on top of that. you can see how far that stretches into the mid-atlantic. you see those darker colors. so scary amounts up to 20 inches of rain. generally we're going to see 8 to 16. that's really hard especial

there is extreme anger on both sides of the atlantic towards misinformation being handled to political leadership by generals in the intelligence community or accurate information and then ignored by politicians. this isn't going away. >> appreciate your analysis, sam kiley, thank you so much. >>> and the u.s. is moving quickly to prevent funds from falling into taliban hands. the biden administration pressured the international monetary fund to block afghanistan from receiving $450 million in emergency reserves. the imf said afghanistan can't access the money because of a lack of clarnitclear clarity ab country's government. and they are also looking to block reserves that afghanistan's government holds in foreign banks. >>> the u.s. will offer covid boosters for all americans starting about a month from now. those who are eight months out from their second dose of the pfizer or moderna vook seen will vaccine will be eligible. new studies show that covid vaccine effectiveness drops over time and it coincide with the spread of the delta variant. one study found it declined from 92% to