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Loudly and the window to get people out is closing. >> the mission there being performed is dangerous and it's now come with a significant loss to american personnel and, but it's a worthy mission because they continue to evacuate folks out of that region, out of the airport. >> the white house, jacqui, putting out the latest rounds of number of people evacuated. they do it from 3 a.m. one morning to 3 a.m. the next morning. 3 a.m. august 22nd until 3 a.m. this morning they say 6800 people were able to be evacuated. that's about 112,000 over the past few weeks and you add that onto folks since...

You'll see at the task force. task force eagle at ft. lee virginia stood up in july and has capacity for 1,750. today task force eagle at ft. lee supported 1,647 afghan special immigrant visa applicants and their families. half of whom have completed the process and have moved on with the support of the department of state, nongovernmental, intergovernmental organizations and volunteer organizations. task force bliss at ft. bliss, texas, currently has capacity of 5,000. and received first flights with vulnerable afghans on saturday, august 21st. the base supported to date 2,160 afghans. housed...

0 kabul. and we are grateful for their commitment and dedication to the united states. i can confirm the vast majority of our staff and the immediate family members have been evacuated or are currently on the grounds of the karzai international airport. we're actively working to evacuate remaining staff and we have been in direct contact with them. these employees have served the united states. they have not only worked for us, they have worked with us. they are our colleagues as you heard us say before, our embassies around the world simply could not function without locally employed staff. a...

Our bodies he definitely have an opinion and so does the fifth circuit court. thank you so much. >> thank you so much. stay with us. we are tracking tropical storm henri has it heads towards new york and rhode island. and we'll bring you another live update. and i'll talk to new york congressman. good morning. it's sunday, august 22nd. i'm maria teresa kumar in for the one and only ali velshi. we begin with tropical storm henri. this is a live look at montauk, new york, the very tip of long island. let's get right to nbc news meteorologist phil karens. what's the latest? >> we're continu...

Welcome to your sunday, august 22nd. we are so grateful to have your company. i'm crust christ. >> good morning. i'm boris sanchez. we have been following hurricane henri as more than 50 million americans in the northeast are bracing for what could be the first hurricane to hit new england in more than 30 years. the outer bands of henri are already moving onshore. amtrak canceling train services between new york and boston. >> the storm has brought record-breaking rain to new york, central park, seeing nearly 4.5 inches last night, but the big concern this morning is the storm's strong winds w...