surrounding the children with vaccinated people. mike: children are back to school. my children are wearing masks full time your children may be as well. we are back with the panel. kimmie, amy and jonah. mask confusion your thoughts. now seeing polling on this. it seems the debate is much more or at least the divide is much more over vaccination than it is over masking, at least requiring vaccination for things like schools or going back to work. that s pretty americans are somewhat evenly divided with a little more are favoring mandated vaccines. when it comes to masking though, what we are seeing in the polling is that most parents are okay with the idea of their child or people who are working in the schools, teachers and otherwise putting a mask on. i think the big challenge ahead of us though is as we are starting to see children who come down with covid, who then
rainfall cuts new york city s comeback concert short. chaos in afghanistan: a firefight erupts at the airport as the taliban warn of consequences if the u.s. stays after august 31 deadline. plus some military rescue mission to help americans stranded in kabul. in our back to school series: mask confusion. what parents are telling cbs news about mask mandates as tens of thousands of students and staff are forced to quarantine. and a heartfelt reunion. 77 years after a soldier saved three children s lives during world war ii. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us, we ll begin with the news that many hope will convince the vaccine hesitant to get their shot: the f.d.a. has given full approval to the pfizer covid vaccine in record time, actually
0 news app and the cbs evening news is coming up next. we ll be back here on the kpix 5 news captioning sponsored by cbs o donnell: tonight full f.d.a. approval, the major milestone for pfizer s vaccine. will it move the needle in the race to vaccinate america? with the fastest vaccine approval in f.d.a. history the military, businesses and school districts now mandating shots. president biden s message to the millions of americans waiting to get a dose. the moment you have been waiting for is here, time for you to go get your vaccination. o donnell: plus an update on hospital i.c.u. s filling up with unvaccinated patients. deadly flooding: 17 inches of rain in tennessee turns into a dangerous wall of water. the devastating story of twin babies ripped from their father s arms. henri s aftermath. rescues in new jersey, trees down in massachusetts and record rainfall cuts new york city s comeback concert short. chaos in afghanistan: a firefight erupts at the airport as the taliba
i ve been kind of shocked along the way so why not be shocked again? either way following the cdc s new guidance, many schools will require children as young as 3 to wear masks at all times. in fact, biden s so-called health experts, the ones who have been wrong the whole time, they are advising that all americans vaccinated, unvaccinated, wear masks in any crowded setting but of course, don t expect joe biden or kamala harris to follow their own guidelines because today, more mask confusion at the white house because you see there, not a mask inside among the adults and definitely no social distancing. here is joe actually want to get back to his old habits, sniffing hair and touching every person in sight. and remember earlier this week the nih director actually recommended that you parents at home, you wear masks at home in your house to protect your
bill: wild scene here a cat gets loose on the field. bottom of the eighth. good luck or bad luck? the grounds crew having a hard time getting him. they caught him in left field. the crowd was chanting mvp. yankees lost to baltimore 7-1 the final there at yankee stadium. that s kind of fun, right? dana: i would love to hear what the cat was thinking. bill: it is bad luck. yankees are on the skids right now. dana: i m out of here. look at the cat. i don t want to be here. bill: you won t get me. dana: oh, oh, ouch. ouch. i feel a one more thing coming on. bill: we re done with it. all right, it happened. it s over now. dana: i could watch him for hours. more mask confusion. dr. michael, a covid advisor to president biden s transition team says most masks are ineffective but a growing number of cities are moving