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margaret: ramy, thank you. stay safe. the biden administration is strongly condemning a military coup in the west african nation of niger, a key counterterrorism ally. today, the coup leaders declared the general who led the rebellion as the new head of state. president mohamed bazoum has been detained since wednesday. u.s. is calling for his release and monitoring security of americans there. now to those summer travel headaches. as more americans go abroad, the state department struggling with an unprecedented demand for passport renewals. cbs s christina ruffini reveals passport delays are grounding some international travelers. reporter: connie rager and vicki heller were preparing their packing list for the european cruise of a lifetime. we booked in 2022. not realizing that our passports were about to expire. so that is when the nightmare starts. reporter: they applied for renewal about three months before departure, but the passports didn t make it, and
unpatriotic in my view to treat a president that way. prior to the sit down, o reilly predicted it would be, quote, the most watched in mankind. it drew 17.3 million viewers. that s a big number, but nowhere near barbara walter s number. 77 million tuned in to watch her interview of monica lewinsky. fighting will likely escalate in afghanistan during that year s spring thaw. in an interview with nato tv general petraeus warned that they will try to return to areas cleared by international forces during the last several months and in the sign of growing tension with the key counterterrorism ally, the obama administration has suspended high-level contacts with pakistan and may downgreat the status of the upcoming meeting. it s to release an american diplomat who s been detained