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Street, more destruction. in some parts of louisiana, water was the culprit here. it was wind as hurricane ida descendsed upon houma. it tore sections apart. now emergency crews are out and scanning the area trying to assess the damage. its very here houma took a beating. >> our thanks to jason for that report. . now back to afghanistan. right now, in kabul, these hours are very tense. the u.s. military trying to pack up the final evacuation flights before americas withdrawal deadline expires. t...

Theres no assessment that any group in afghanistan can attack the united states. taliban, isis-k, al qaeda. thats the view of the administration. is that widely held outside of the administration as well? >> one of the lines you need to hear is you take the fight over there so it doesnt come over here. what is clear and we heard jen say it there is that the biden administration is keen to show that they can strike against those terrorists and terrorist groups inside afghanistan even after they l...

That the white house relented. and the media were permitted to film this dignified ceremony that occurs, unfortunately, all too often. we thought we were finished with all of this. but the extreme danger in which our forces currently in afghanistan are in gives us pause. the white house itself has said there are going to be more attacks or certainly attempts at attacks. and we had a retaliatory strike yesterday and a preemptive strike today inside kabul. anything is possible in these difficult t...

To operate inside kabul and were mindful of that and were watching as closely as we can and were obviously trying to make sure that we have available to us as much information and context as possible, so as to prepare for any future attacks, and thats certainly-- we have to assume, could come from or be planned out of or sourced out of places that they might have established themselves in kabul. i think thats really as far as were going to be able to go right now. >> okay. >> and a couple of que...

Guess the new thinking inside the white house, jeremy. what have you learned? >> yeah. good morning, john. listen, in the lead-up to that deadly terrorist attack that took place yesterday, we heard some of these very same warnings from the white house and from the president about the threat level that existed in kabul. this morning, i spoke with a senior official who said the threat is still out there. this individual said it is still heightened. so, we know that this is certainly something that...

Effective in their attacks. >> the united states obviously has to depend on the taliban to a certain extent now for security at the airport and depend on the good graces of the taliban going forward to get out whoever might be left behind. any signs today of increased security from the taliban itself? has the taliban changed the way it does things? >> i mean, definitely theres an increase in presence of fighters on the ground. the taliban had brought in everybody outside of kabul in. the attack ...

27th. im brianna keilar alongside john berman. and the danger level is rising in the final days of the evacuation and withdrawal from afghanistan. this morning, the united states is pressing on with evacuations. we just learned that u.s. and coalition forces evacuated 12,500 people from afghanistan here in the last 24 hours. that is despite twin suicide bomb attacks at the kabul airport. president biden and his top military commanders are promising to do everything possible to get every americ...

Going to the airport there. >> yeah. >> it is believed that isis-k carried out this attack. what is the view inside kabul of this organization from the people there? what is their overall presence insofar as you can tell? >> i mean, the few people i talked to about this are pretty much talking to me in private and also in background because nobody wants to put themselves out there talking ill about isis-k or the taliban for that matter in fear of being targeted. but i think nobody -- everybody k...

And the head of u.s. central command warns that new threats from isis-k could be imminent this time they could involve rocket attacksover suicide bombs. cnn has been reporting from inside kabul. she joins us live from qatar. the news at 12,500 people got out with the attacks that is new. the crowds gathered hoping to get out even today. >> reporter: its pretty extraordinary, john. i think it speaks to the desperation of these people who are still lining up to get out of the country, but theres o...

>> jennifer, i heard you earlier describe it as a "sea of humanity outside those gates, 5,000 people trying to evacuate, and just so jarring to think of these. and men and women trying to escape this and now the scenes we are seeing outside the gates, of course there are americans still in the country, how many are left to right now in afghanistan? do we have accounts and what is their hope for getting out at the hour? >> its very difficult to say, kayleigh. as of the reporting yesterday and the...