children in the school district. they simply showed up they say to make their voices heard. that was nbc s dasha burns reporting from williamson county, tennessee. well, it is the top of the hour and good to be with you tonight. 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. 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? and despite living through so much fur moil 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. i m joshua johnson.
had this happened under trump it would have been a mess. it doesn t matter. it s a tough situation. it s a war. you re trying to get out of a country that you don t know. let s take care of that first. speaking of getting people out i should, by the way, just update you on the latest numbers we have from the white house from today, about 2,000 people were evacuated from kabul, the result of 11 u.s. military flights, c17s, those huge military cargo planes which carry approximately 1,400 evacuees. there were seven coalition flights that carried 600 people. and so far in the last two weeks the total evacuation has been approximately 113,500 people just in the last few weeks. about 119,000 overall. but, again, the u.s. embassy is warning americans to not come to the airport, to stay away from the airport because of what it describes as a specific as a specific credible threat. allonzo, i ll come back to you in one second, but i do want to get to the evacuation from
we are approaching that tuesday deadline for the americans to remove themselves from afghanistan, to end their presence in kabul. and the situation of trying to get everyone out who wants to get out remains tense. we don t have anymore more details on the nature of this threat. we just know that the u.s. embassy in kabul is urging americans to stay away from the airport at this time. we ll see what more we can dig up and keep you up-to-date. covid vaccination rates have been rising again. yesterday the u.s. had its highest one-day total since july. so far this month more than 12 million americans have received their first doses. but that comes as rates of infections and hospitalizations are also rising across the country. vaccines are a revolutionary line of defense against this increasingly deadly virus. this week the fda granted full approval to the pfizer vaccine. it previously had emergency use authorization. still vetted but under a quicker process. so will full approval convinc
had this happened under trump il would have been a mess.ap it doesn t matter.ve it s a tough situation. it s a war. you re trying to get out of a country that you don t know. let s take care of that first. speaking of getting people out i should, by the way, just u update you on the latest numbers we have from the white house ou from today, about 2,000 people were evacuated from kabul, the result of 11 u.s. military flights, c17s, those huge military cargo planes which carry approximately 1,400 evacuees. there were seven coalition flights that carried 600 people. and so far in the last two weeks the total evacuation has been approximately 113,500 people just in the last few weeks. about 119,000 overall. but, again, the u.s. embassy is warning americans to not come to the airport, to stay away from the airport because of what it describes as a specific as a specific credible threat. alonzo, i ll come back to you ic one second, but i do want to ged
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.