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We just saw a statement by the taliban spokesperson that the past three days, there was their leadership meeting in kandahar and they have discussed things. we hope that there has been some positive outcome out of that, that there is agreement on accommodating other political sides in an inclusive set—up, because there would be...that would be the only sustainable set—up that could, er, that could bring peace and stability to this country. ive been extremely vocal that the type of the taliba...

Storms such as ada was. theyre highly unpredictable and often times i feel like were so inundated during hurricane season that we are faced every year with the decision to stay or go and this time on friday morning when i woke up and saw the forecast i decided to leave. i the forecast i decided to leave. , ., leave. i just wondered if the regularity — leave. i just wondered if the regularity with _ leave. i just wondered if the regularity with which - leave. i just wondered if the regularity w...

Will be a challenge for the taliban in the days ahead. >> you correctly point out and wisely point out in your op ed in "the washington post," that the counter terrorism threat is nowhere near where it was in al qaeda in 2001 when you were running the counter terrorism center, but there is a terrorism threat. its a threat more to the taliban now than to the u.s., but it certainly is a factor to get more people out. >> absolutely, andrea. what general mckenzie didnt mention in that clip was, of c...

That the attack of the taliban government off the back of the 1990s absolutely will not succeed in this country. and they...and many of those leaders agree, and thats encouraging. well, one of the key factors here may be the state of the afghan economy. in your experience, in your view as a former finance minister of longstanding in your country, how close is afghanistans economy to collapse — complete collapse right now? i would say very close. we are in an economic crisis. we have an economy...

Latest on that. we are all curious how this is going to happen. >> absolutely, sandra, flights might be finished out of afghanistan right now, out of kabul, but the humanitarian evacuation through this massive air base where we are continues. overflights have evacuated, the other basis, many more leaving for the states. some 13,000 refugees are there being screened and vetted by a state department team if they dont check out, they are held back. at some of them told us they have been here over a...

Still, is that fair? 0h, absolutely. still, is that fair? 0h, absolutel . , ., ., absolutely. the storm did not reach the _ absolutely. the storm did not reach the peak _ absolutely. the storm did not reach the peak forecast - absolutely. the storm did not reach the peak forecast of. reach the peak forecast of intensity of landfall. we were thinking this thing could be getting close to a category five hurricane. fortunately that did not happen but it is still a category for wreaking havoc on thi...

National weather service, there has been another breach of a levee this one in alliance. and they have sent out a warning, a flash flood emergency issued for northwest parish, which is in southeast louisiana. they say it is a particularly dangerous situation that people who wear their should seek higher ground. theyre worried about low water crossing small creeks, streams urban areas highways. this happened in fact near highway 23. ana bring into the conversation lieutenant general russell honor...

Going there tomorrow. >> it is different for the president of the united states to travel somewhere from the secretary of the homeland security given the footprint. the president does not want to go until it does not impact the recovery and rescue efforts on the ground. i dont have any prediction of that at this point in time. well see how the next few days go. go ahead, karen. >> reporter: there have been reports of hospitals trying to evacuate patients. theres generators failing. can you give ...

Louisiana. here in baton rouge and in our parish as well we were spared and we are extremely grateful, but we do know that hurricane ida has now moved to the north. baton rouge did experience a major wind event and as a result with almost 170... in inaudible we who are without power. we have 70 roads that are closed, 37 trees that are down... inaudible we are assessing damage to structures. we are assessing damage to structura— we are assessing damage to structures. ., ~ ., , ., ., structures....

Cargo and passenger traffic from coast to coast. and, i tell you what, it�*s absolutely beautiful. like a church. and this is one reason why so many people make the trip to the californian coastline — for its beautiful weather and beaches. this is it! finally! the pacific ocean! new orleans seems an eternity away. so with 2000 miles under my belt, having travelled coast to coast, i kind of realise it�*s difficult to talk about a single shared american dream when this country has become so ...