Americans he says are not vaccinated to get the shot. The president says he is frustrated with those people. Wearing thin that day are hurting the nation overall. He says the issue is not about freedom or personal choice. Increase testing and wearing of masks. Country in a tough stretch and it could last a while. The administration has withdrawn president Bidens Nomination of Gun Control Advocate David Chipman to head the bureau of Alcohol Tobacco firearms and explosives. Chipman had faced strong republican opposition in the senate. And the Justice Department is suing texas over its new law banning most abortions. The filing states that the law waS Passed in Open Defiance of the constitution. The obvious and expressly acknowledge the intention of this statutory scheme is to prevent women from exercising their constitutional Rights. The Department Of Justice does not file lawsuits based on pressure. We carefully evaluated the law and the facts. And this complaint expresses our view with
Message of the u. S. Government, the evacuations are continuing, and the harsh reality for many afghans on the ground. They cannot reach the airport that is the countrys only emergency exit. This morning all Access Points to the airport in kabul have effectively been Cut Off. A source tells cnn there are about 150 american citizens remaining in afghanistan. Those people need Military Escorts to the airport, and u. S. Forces are now racing against the clock to get them out safely. Complicating all of this, credible reports of an imminent Terror Attack just outside the airport gates. In the last 24 hours, a total of 13,400 people have been evacuated from the country, some 5,100 by the u. S. This is down from the 19,000 evacuated in total yesterday. This is new video obtained by cnn. It captures the desperation outside the Kabul Airport. Some afghans have been waiting for days and nights on end, hoping for a slim chance to get through those taliban checkpoints and the threats and on one o
To leave the country today. That said the goal is more like 5,000 today. However, just getting to the airport may be difficult or impossible for many. These next photos explain why, but we have to warn you first theyre very tough to see. If you have children in the room you might want to have them turn away. Now. These photos were taken by a Los Angeles times photographer on a road packed with people trying to leave. You can see an injured child, lying on the pavement a woman also bloodied. He said taliban fighters use whoops and stricks and sharp objects on the crowd. He doesnt know why the talpen fired into the crowd and we dont know how badly they were injured. He said theyre taking it up in talks through a channel with the taliban. A Pentagon Spokesman John Kirby was also asked about it. Do those discussions with the taliban include talk about allowing americans or afghans through some of these taliban check points or even potentially expanding the perimeter around the airplane so
Good evening. A lot happening tonight including a look ahead at President Bidens planned Announcement Tomorrow on covid Booster Shots for most vaccinated americans. We begin, though, with afghanistan. We learned late today the president spoke with british prime Minister Boris Johnson about the situation there including the safe evacuation of westerners and afghan nationals. To that end another 1,000 troops have landed In Kabul since we left you last night with another 2,000 or so on the way. According to the White House 700 to 800 americans, afghans and other foreign nationals managed to leave the country today. That said, the goal is more like 5,000 today. However, just getting to the airport may be difficult or impossible for many. These next photos explain why, but we have to warn you first theyre very tough to see. If you have children in the room you might want to have them turn away now. These photos were taken by a Los Los Angeles times photographer and Foreign Correspondent nam
Front page today, nearly 8,000 new virus Cases Part of unbridled spread on the gulf coast. Heres the Opalocka Auburn News in auburn, alabama. Only two icu rooms in state of alabama are unoccupied. Heres the Front Page in rome, georgia. Rooms scarce for covid19 patients as serious covid cases rise. The influx of patients is stressing local hospitals. Here on the left side of your screen is beaumont, texas. Covid stretching the hospitals. More nurses needed. On the right side of your screen, thats waco, texas. Virus depths and hospitalizations grow. Look at this from melbourne, florida, today. This is the newspaper florida today. Very dramatic Front Page from them today. It says we are on the precipice, that is their Front Page. Look at that. Our hospitals are overrun with covid patients. Again, thats melbourne, florida, today. And if you notice, i wanted to show you not just those articles but the whole Front Page and what those look like because as big as the covid crisis is, all of th