what president zelenskyy is saying. and our james longman on what he found in the doorway of a school outside kyiv. the possible russian trap. our team inside ukraine again tonight. back here at home tonight, new covid cases now on the rise in at least 24 states. philadelphia tonight with that mask mandate reinstated what authorities are seeing in halfcountry now. also tonight, news on house speaker nancy pelosi late today, and on president biden. his latest test. amid these new covid concerns with so many lawmakers testing positive in washington. meanwhile, the president cracking down on so-called ghost guns. tornado watches across several states tonight from texas to the midwest. then the system moving across the country, as well, we re watching rare blizzard warnings. and then damaging winds from dallas to des moines to chicago, moving east. ginger zee standing by to time all of this out. we have new reporting tonight on the tragic death of pittsburgh steelers quarterback
the biden administration says they are prepared either way. we are ready if president putin chooses to continue to engage in diplomacy and we are serious about that. and we are ready to respond in a united, swift, and severe way with our allies and partners should he choose to move forward with a military escalation. reporter: late today, president biden deflected when asked if he d send additional troops to back nato allies if putin doesn t de-escalate. i m not going to speculate on that. reporter: on saturday, a show of defiance in kharkiv, ukraine s second-largest city, 25 miles from the russia border. thousands of ukrainians marching, demanding an end to the russian threat. and in ukraine s capital, kyiv, more military aid arrived. part of a $200 million package from he united states. today, these volunteers were undergoing training by ukrainian forces. this man said, it s possible to
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aboard 18 c-17s that took off in the last 24 hours. as many as 15,000 americans and at least 65,000 afghans and their families now desperately trying to get out. but the journey to the airport and the passing the taliban has to be attempted at their own risk. an email to u.s. nationals saying, the united states government cannot ensure safe passage to the airport. today, several americans were turned away by u.s. troops, despite showing this official access pass at the security checkpoint. overnight, we received footage of a former u.s. special forces interpreter stranded at the gates. we re not identifying him to protect his identy. we are in danger. it s not only me, there are a lot of people like me who are in danger and we need evacuation. please help us or there will be a tragedy. reporter: late today, defense secretary lloyd austin and chairman of joint chiefs general mark milley acknowledging the
0 personnel in danger, as well. kristen: sheriff martin, thank you very much. we ll have the latest on the fire at 4:00. tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. the abc news exclusive with president biden. his first interview since the fall of afghanistan to the taliban. president biden one-on-one with george stephanopoulos. the president said just weeks ago, a taliban takeover was highly unlikely. so, was the intelligence wrong or did the president downplay it? how the president responds. did u.s. military leaders suggest keeping some sort of a footprint on the ground? and if the u.s. doesn t complete its evacuations by the august 31st deadline, will troops stay to get americans out? and what about the thousands of afghans who helped the u.s.? all of this amid the reality on the ground tonight. our team and what they witnessed just outside the kabul airport. fear and chaos. gun fire believed from the taliban, beatings in the streets, contradicting the taliban s promise of an