as the security situation in afghanistan deteriorates, we re learning tonight 20 students from san diego and members of their families are stranded inside the country. one family with five children, part of this group, has safely returned to the u.s. ta tamara otera, i m so happy you re here. the story is fascinating and i want to know what s going on and how everyone is doing in this situation. again, thank you for joining, good evening you to. thank you. tell us what you ve learned. one family safely back, many more students and their families still stuck in afghanistan; is that right? yes, that s correct. so initially we had learned that we had about 24 students with their families stuck in afghanistan. they traveled there this summer to visit family and friends. and had return plane tickets and, as you know, got stuck. the interesting part is that our family and community engagement
three operations were of short distance and of short duration, meaning the americans they pulled onto the airport for extraction were very close by and easy to get to. it will be incredibly difficult if not impossible to not only deeper into kabul but deeper into afghanistan if that s have u.s. citizens are. of course the u.s. may try to do that but that s not at the top of the list or something the u.s. wants to do. oren liebermann, thank you very much. cnn political commentator charlie dent, former congressman, and max boot, good evening to you. charlie dent, the u.s. embassy is noting security threats outside the gates, you just heard oren s report there. earlier today the secretary, secretary blinken, warned about the threat of isis-k. does this explain just how the administration is sticking to this august 31 deadline?
cnn s ryan young has the story for us. but i have to warn everyone, it is disturbing and it is difficult to watch. reporter: another black man beaten during a traffic stop. this body camera footage from may 2019 appears to show now former louisiana state police officer jacob brown beating aaron larry bowen as other officers hold bowen down. trooper brown is seen swinging what appears to be a flashlight, repeatedly striking bowman while he s face down on the ground with his hands behind his head. bowman s attorney is saying brown hit their client 18 times in just 24 seconds. i didn t do nothing, man. fighting us ain t going to help you, bud. i ain t fighting you. you are. reporter: bowman can be heard moaning, you hurt me. he was left with multiple
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commercial carriers such as delta air lines. so the system does now seem to be picking up some speed getting them to the u.s., but it has been slow going at first. hopefully that means that they will pick up some pace. all right. thank you so much, atika shubert. appreciate it. the number of covid patients admitted to u.s. hospitals as nearly tripled in the past month straining health care systems nationwide. more than 100,000 americans are now in hospital with the virus according to the u.s. health tent department, and hospital rates honk children are the heist they have ever been. meanwhile intensive care units are also filling up. some of the states with the worst are the ones with the lowest vaccination rates and that includes parts of florida which have some of the worst vaccination rates in the country and are running out of hospital beds.