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But we have to be able to do that, but we also have to understand in a very difficult to assimilate but pragmatic way that the environment has changed. the operating area has changed. the taliban is in control and, again, assuming -- we have to think whats in the best interests of the united states. we have to make some pivots here and thats a very difficult thing to do because we have been engaged in the war now for 20 years against the taliban. >> mike baker, thank you for your analysis, your ...

The mayo has said stay in your homes, do not leave at this point. they dont think the city will flood in any serious way, but they do not expect a repeat of hurricane katrina. >> ali, thank you so much to you and your crew for braving these gusts of winds as we see you get blown away there. you may see kind of the rain jacket coming in and out. thats to protect the camera there. i want to talk about the evacuations. a lot of the news crews and weather crews have been going against the grain. hav...

Out there. but in a sense, anytime theres chaos, theres an opportunity, whether its al qaeda, isis, or isis-k, han ah canny network, to expand their reach, to expand their reach. chaos provides that opportunity. . now, in a sense -- this is going to sound very odd. but if you think about the united states and say whats in our best national security interests, well, our national security interest right now for afghanistan is not to allow the country to be used as a training and testing facility f...

And then we get the keys. like thats not a vote of endorsement. thats a hit on you. like i dont know that that -- i would feel good about that. >> no, im fine with that. listen, i am at the tail end like last of the boomers or whatever. and if theyre waiting for us to go so they can take over, good for them. weve made a mess. listen, ive had a good run, josh. im okay. ive had a good run. they are more intelligent, more connected. theyre more aware. they have fewer hang ups with things like race ...

More detail than that. alex? >> you make a very good point. i should say, we reported yesterday on the broadcast that the cia, there was some sort of an outpost. and in order to prevent any information from falling into the hands of the taliban or any other terrorist group, like isis-k, they actually detonated a charge there and destroyed anything that could have been left behind. do you know of any specific plans to do something similar to date? you said that was a possibility. was that certain...

Things blowing, we do see tiles and shingles coming off the ceilings here. even if a generator is used incorrectly, that can be trouble, too. we want to go ahead and bring in meteorologist bill karins to talk about how long of a night were talking about. the last we heard, this was really baseballing towards houma, baton rouge in a few hours, is it still tracking that way? landfall, threw hours ago, it was so swampy.

Afghanistan that says all u.s. citizens in the vicinity of the airport including the south gate should leave the airport area immediately. there is concern as we understand it about a credible threat aimed at the airport and that all people should leave the area of the airport immediately due to a credible threat. this comes from the u.s. embassy in afghanistan. we know what happened earlier this week, and we know that the state department and u.s. officials have been asking people to stay away ...

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Point. if it makes 155 miles per hour. within more than a year, 367 days, two category four storms landing in louisiana. we had ida this year and the problem when you think about it, 16 years ago katrina made land fall. so a devastating day in the gulf coast. by the way, once this makes land fall, were not done with it. it probably will slow down. there are flash flood watches up as you get up into the appalachians. so were going to be looking at three to five inches of rain as we make our way i...

Lets head to baton rouge, which is about to feel those impacts of hurricane ida. nbcs sam brock is there. what can you tell you about the preparations, what if anything has changed since we last saw you? >> reporter: the video you saw out of houma, that has a population of about 30,000 or so people. in baton rouge theres 220,000 pop in this parish. so its incredibly eerie that that storm is coming this way. you look over my shoulder, you see some dangling of the street lights here. the wind is p...