World. It sauls says a lot about us this still includes the release of russian political prisoners. They stood up for democracy and human rights, the united states helped secure their release as well. Thats who we are in the united states. We stand for freedom and liberty, for justice, not only for our own people but for others as well. And thats why all americans can take pride in what weve achieved today. That was President Biden speaking at the white House Yesterday following the most substantial Prisoner Swap since the Cold War. Well have more of his comments and emotional reups for the wrongly Detained Americans in just a moment. Also ahead Donald Trump doubling down on his Race Based Attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris after falsely claiming that she only recently decided to become a black person. Meanwhile, harris is expected to name a Running Mate soon and appear with them tuesday in philadelphia. Well have all that and more and the Selection Process coming up. All right, g
The latest on the investigation. How first responders in louisiana are still struggling to recover weeks after Hurricane Ida. And later, a landmark gets wrapped. Reporter a. M. Holly williams In Paris, where this symbol of french national identity is now almost unrecognizable. This is the Cbs Weekend News. From chicago, with adriana diaz. Barnett good evening. Adriana diaz is off. Im Errol Barnett. Welcome. We start this evening with an historic return. Inspiration4, the first privately funded allcivilian Space Crew successfully comes back to earth tonight, which means Science Fiction has become reality. Spacex launched a team of amateurs to circle the globe, and now brought them home safely. The capsule set down on the Atlantic Ocean just off the florida coast. Cbs Mark Strassmann has been monitoring it all from the kennedy space center. Good evening, mark. Reporter errol, this crew just became the most successful tourists in space history. They splashed down off the coast of florida
At any moment, we will hear from the Secretary Of State, antony blinken. You can see the room prepared. We will bring you that address to the nation live this hour. Blinken will be addressing the public, backing Bides Policy ending two years of war. We will jump to the address when it ginls. October 7th, 2001, that was the exact date the first u. S. Strikes began against the taliban in afghanistan, and that operation that was dubbed Enduring Freedom and that certainly endured. That brings us to another date. Todays date. August 30th, 2021. The formal end to this now 20 year war. The united states has fully withdrawn formally and completely from afghanistan today. Over that ensuing time across two decades, 2461 american troops died in service to their country as well as many, many afghans. The last u. S. Aircraft left Kabul Airport after 3 00 p. M. Eastern time today which meets the deadline set by President Biden for withdrawal amidst grieving and recriminations over the deadly and at
Population is fully vaccinated. Its a state where the Dailyaverage Number of hospitalizations is north of 12,000. And just to break that down for you, in more human terms. That means mortuary trailers are coming in to store bodies of covid victims. It means dozens of children are newly hospitalized with covid every day. With Pediatric Icu Beds unavailable in some areas. In case Texas Leadership is listening right now, i am going to speak in very blunt terms. Texans are dying. Parents are dying. Their children are becoming orphans or they are sick and hospitalized, themselves. This child has died of covid. And yet, The States tHrice vaccinated, covidpositive leader, governor greg abbott, has spent months blocking Mask Mandates. Abbott tested positive for covid this week. 24 hours after attending this maskless fet. Covid is a serious matter, even for someone waging war against preventative measures, which is why abbott got treated right away with regenerons Monoclonal Antibodies prescrib
Remembrance day. 76 years ago soviet troops liberated the auschwitz Camp Complex including its killing center. And people around the World Pause Today on this somber anniversary to honor the memory of europes jews whom the nazis and their collaborators attempted to annihilate. Its a day to remember the warnings of the Holocaust Era and to defend the historical record now more than ever as we have fewer and fewer eyewitnesses to these events. Please join me in welcoming todays guest. Susan eisenhower, good morning, susan. Its a pleasure to be with you today and thank you for the opportunity and also the the honor of presenting today for the international Holocaust Remembrance day. Its an honor to have you. For those of you who are not familiar with susan she is an accomplished scholar whos most recent book is titled. How ike led the principles behind eisenhowers biggest decisions. You may be familiar or you are likely familiar with Susans Grandfather Dwight d. Eisenhowers the united Sta