contributor leslie marshall, and in the virtual seat, dan hoffman, fox news contributor and former cia station chief and director of the cia s middle east region. a new mpr/pbs poll shows that the president s approval rating has dropped six points missing a month, to 43%, the lowest provided and since he took office. his disapproval rating? not surprisingly shut up seven points to 51%. it also shows a majority of independents disapprove of the drop the president is doing, with a ten-point drop. that is bad news for biden and the democrats. independents are a key swing group that biden won in 2020. a separate abc news washington post poll also showing how the president s job approval rating has taken a substantial hit, plummeting to 44%. that s the second poll. the new one should scare democrats. how the public thinks about president biden will be the single biggest indicator of how the 2022 midterm elections will turn out. emily, coming to you, this is not one national po
the world, it is thursday, august 26th. i m brianna keilar alongside john berman. we re beginning with significant breaking news. sources telling cnn that the frantic evacuation effort in afghanistan is in its final 36 hours. there are still u.s. citizens trying to get out of kabul. others possibly stuck outside the city. and the fate of thousands of green card holders and their families growing dim. these are legal, permanent residents of the u.s., like a philadelphia family with small children who we featured on our show yesterday. for many afghans who worked with u.s. troops, their hopes to escape may now be dashed though u.s. efforts are under way to help almost 2,000 local embassy staff try to get out. so 36 hours left. which is not much. and the complications are only compounded by the huge security risks. overnight, the u.s. embassy blasted an urgent warning to all americans don t travel to the airport and people at certain gates they say leave immediately. one defen
less than an hour away from officially introducing him. we ll go live to paris for that. and tropical storm fred forms in the caribbean and barrels toward florida. the latest forecast just ahead. good to have you with us. president biden is taking his covid vaccination campaign to business leaders, he will meet with a group of them later today to discuss strategies for getting more americans vaccinated. the meeting comes as three major u.s. airlines have announced they will not require employees to get vaccinated. delta, southwest and american airlines say they are encouraging employee vaccinations but won t mandate them. but uhe nited says its employee need to get vaccinated by late october or risk getting fired. right now more than a half million americans are getting their shots each day, highest since june, but about 30% of eligible americans are still unprotected and that is a big concern as millions of children head back to the classroom. many not yet eligible to get
can work, as he promises to bring it across the finish line. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper. welcome to the lead. and we begin with our politics lead and a truly historic day in american politics. embattled new york governor andrew cuomo is resigning exactly one week aer the new york attorney general s investigation concluded he sexually harassed 11 women. cuomo maintains his innocence, even as he resigned today. the three-term governor will leave office in two weeks. my instinct is to fight through this controversy because i truly believe it is politically motivated. i think that given the circumstances, the best way i can help now is if i step aside and let government get back to governing. and therefore that s what i ll do. this can only be described as an abrupt and dramatic fall from grace, a little more than a year ago cuomo received high praise for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, holding daily press conferences. you may remember, which turned i
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