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Tonight the biden administration moving to shift the nation's focus away from afghanistan back to the issues here at home. as u.s. officials express growing concern that far right extremists and white supremacists are praising the taliban for toppling the u.s. backed afghan government. also tonight ida still a very powerful storm pounding the midatlantic and northeast with drenching rains, flash flooding and tornados. we're going to check in with our weather center. some really, really terrible weather here in the northeast. and president joe biden harshly criticizing the new texas law ban...

Almost 10% increase and rain events become heavier, and so many studies have been done on this looking at where this happens. and guess where the highest likely area to see heavy rain events take place as a result of our warming of our planet is, and it's right there on the northeast. 71% increase from a study that looked at 1958 through 2012 for increased heavy rain events. and that puts the highest likelihood scenario right there in the northeast. >> look at that water pouring into the new york city subway system. i have another warning coming in from new jersey, pedram. the mayor there sayi...

Subway service in new york city. what a mess. you're looking at queens boulevard in queens, new york, one of the boroughs of new york city. and i'm just going to keep going through this video as we get it. look at that. does that look like a city street to you? it looks more like a river. queens boulevard that we're looking at. ida as you see on your screen inundating parts of new york city. this is harlem that we're looking at now, again, new video coming in at every moment from new york city. what we're look at now still harlem. and it is -- what a wild scene. and the mayor is right. if you ...

Should say in the united states. and so, you know, many more people -- many more people in the path of this incredible storm. the remnants or the last of ida before it goes out to sea into the atlantic as it moves further east -- further northeast. i'm here with our meteorologist and he's covering it for us. pedram, how much longer do you expect the northeast to be dealing with these incredibly dangerous weather situations? >> it's going to continue through at least around sunrise. i was looking at the models just before coming on-air with you, and the system does push out as we get into 7:00,...

Are? >> yeah, a big change from just two hours ago when these counties were experiencing, you know, moderate rain, the typical summer rains that people are used to. as you've been hearing the difference tonight is the torrential downpours that are overwhelming local and county systems, so we've heard about rescues in mercer and middlesex and closer to new york, around new york airport. up through trenton, up to new york and now into connecticut we're talking about some of the most populated areas in the united states. it is incredible that ida started in new orleans, started in grand aisle and...