desantis and abbott. and this one from axios, biden declared war on the unvaccinated. and this is the nation s that are not vaccinated and the center of this so-called war is the president s requirement that those unvaccinated and working for the federal government be vaccinated. and it is praise from the union, but the governor s news is apoplectic. tate reeves says this is terrifying. we believe in freedom from tyrants. and south carolina governor henry mcmaster said we will fight them to the gates of hell to protect the liberty and livelihood of every south carolinian, and that is another quote from seven years ago. and when that is finished, they should know, we will follow them to the gates of hell until they are brought to justice. because hell is where they will reside. that was then vice president biden in 2014. and in that case, he was talking about isis. that same kind of language is being used about him from some fellow americans. the president was asked today
gates, the message is even more urgent, leave immediately. one defense official told cnn there is a very specific threat stream from isis-k about planned attacks against the crowds. it specifically names three of the airport gates. let s go to nick payton walsh who is in doha, qatar, with breaking news on what we know about evacuations, the pace, and how much longer realistically people will be leaving, nic. reporter: realistically, 36 hours more. that s what a source familiar with the situation is telling me. if you look at the sheer numbers of people being taken off the airport, that begins to be a clear reflection of the reality. i understand today all the gates are fully closed. that s the access for ordinary people who don t have escorts or some arranged access with the americans, prearranged. that causes the numbers to slow significantly. there is a separate stream of people getting onto the airport who appear to be using access provided by the afghan security forces
afghans tried to make it on u.s. aircraft. flying personnel out of the country some hanging on to the plane and at least seven people dying according to the associated press. u.s. officials yet to give data on how many americans are left in country and we know les about the status of the afghans who helped the united states. that s not to leave out the every day afghans, especially women and children who now fear for their freedom under taliban rule. joining me to break down the current state of affairs in afghanistan richard engel is live on the ground in kabul. courtney kube is there for us and white house reporter jonathan la mire in washington. richard, another night now under taliban control. what is the sense that you are getting from afghans on the ground in kabul right now? reporter: well, there is a i don t want to call it an acceptance of the new reality because people here do not accept the new reality but they re trying to adjust it. adjust to it. i saw afghan
pay for holiday shipping is going up and she has been on the job over 70 years. the nurse inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone the fda tonight appears to be on the verge of approving covid booster shots for the first time the third doses would be reserved for certain vulnerable americans, opening a new avenue of defense against the aggressive delta variant. meantime, the challenge of protecting our kids in the face of a growing covid wave is frankly all over the map tonight. from the south, where classroom mask requirements are being banned, to california, where the governor is ordering school employees to show proof of vaccination or face weekly testing. but there is growing urgency to get this right. the daily numbers we re watching, new infections now over 108,000. new deaths exceed 750. but the number we desperately need to climb, the fully vaccinated, not moving quickly enough just shy of 167 million. stil
and as kids return to school in many parts of the country, a new report shows that 1 million kids didn t show up in person or online during the pandemic. we ll be asking former education secretary how we re going to get them back. we ve got to start in new york, with andrew cuomo, resigning as governor of new york one week after that stunning report from the state s attorney general found that he sexually harassed almost a dozen women. the governor will step down on august 24th. on tuesday, cuomo apologized but he didn t admit to any wrongdoing. instead, he argued that the investigation had been politically motivated and said a lot of the women just misunderstood where he was coming from. in my mind, i ve never crossed the line with anyone, but i didn t realize the extent to which the line has been redrawn. there are generational and cultural shifts that i just didn t fully appreciate, and i should have. no excuses. there is an intelligent discussion to be had on gender-bas