children in the school district. they simply showed up they say to make their voices heard. that was nbc s dasha burns th reporting from williamson county, tennessee. well, it is the top of the hour and good to be with you tonight. we re watching two evacuations this evening. hurricane ida is approaching land from the gulf and many coastal residents are leaving the coast. meanwhile the dangerous evacuation effort continues overseas in kabul.th it s a race against time to evacuate all american personnel before the deadline to leave afghanistan. plus the pfizer vaccine now has full fda approval, so why are some americans choosing to self-medicate with a drug used on horses?at and despite living through so turmoil and uncertainty, a new poll shows today s youth are still optimistic about the future. we ll discuss this and more with our saturday night panel. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson.