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Bracing for Tropical Storm Henri

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MS NOW, Ali Velshi

Ali Velshi, Government, News, Politics, News Commentary, Versant, Ms Now, Versant Media, Weekend News

4.7793 Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2021

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

Tropical Storm Henri gets ready to make landfall in the Northeast, DOD activates the Civil Reserve Air Fleet to aid evacuations in Afghanistan, a Texas court ruling banning D&E abortion may have national ramifications

Transcript

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0:00.0

Today on Valshi, Tropical Storm Henry is turning towards New England, set to make landfall

0:06.8

in just a matter of hours.

0:08.0

It will potentially bring with it a storm surge of up to five feet and strong winds spanning

0:13.0

over 45 miles.

0:14.2

We are tracking the storm and will bring you the very latest.

0:17.2

Plus, President Biden is set to give the nation an update on Afghanistan this afternoon.

0:22.2

The U.S. is now forced to look at alternative evacuation plans to get Americans and allies

0:26.6

out of Afghanistan as the situation in Kabul continues to unravel. And we'll talk to one Florida

0:33.3

mother who's suffering the consequences of her governors banning basic public health protocols

0:38.6

in schools as COVID rages through that state. Then, how is President Biden's approval

0:44.3

holding up under all the pressure of the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan and the resurgence

0:49.6

of COVID? A brand new exclusive NBC poll drops at 9 a.m. Easter and we'll have all the details

0:56.3

right here. Valci starts now. Good morning. It's Sunday, August 22nd. I'm Mara Tresa Kumar.

1:09.5

In for my friend Ali Valshie who was taking so much very deservantly time off.

1:14.3

We begin this morning with the latest Aunt Enri, which has just been downgraded to

1:18.8

tropical storm, but it's still expected to cause dangerous conditions when it makes

1:23.0

landfall in a matter of hours.

1:25.2

Let's get right to NBC News meteorologist, Bill Karens.

1:28.5

Bill, we rarely see tropical storms hit the northeast.

1:30.9

What can we expect?

1:33.7

Yeah, good morning.

1:34.8

We're going to still see, just because it got downgraded from five miles per hour, that's it.

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