Breaking news tonight, the security situation around kabul s airport deteriorating quickly. The u. S. Embassy warning americans gathering at certain entry gates about security threats, advising them to leave the area immediately. And biden administration officials now saying there are approximately 1,500 americans still in afghanistan with now less than a week to go before the u. S. Military withdraws. Also tonight the house select committee investigating the january 6 attack seeking a massive trove of documents from multiple federal government agencies, signaling a wideranging investigation. Let s go right to cnn s pentagon correspondent oren liebermann, oren, good evening to you. Thanks for joining us. This is an ominous warning tonight, tell us about the security concerns at the airport. Reporter: and it s not just the warning that s the problem here. It s the timeline in which the u. S. Has to operate around these warnings and around the security threat. The u. S. Embassy in kabul
Of lives, and billions of dollars, the entire u. S. Military effort is collapsing over the course of a weekend in embarrassing fashion with the type of scenes we haven t witnessed since the fall of saigon in vietnam in 1975. Cnn s nick paton walsh is live in kabul. Nick, all of this is so stunning. You ve covered this for so many years. We just learned that the presidential palace was officially handed over to the taliban. Did you ever think it would end like this? what can you tell us? reporter: i mean, look, it is utterly breathtaking to see those images of one of president ashraf ghani i should say former president ashraf ghani s main offices inside the presidential office where the taliban sat confidently holding their weapons at his desks. It s just startling to see. Briefly in those images filmed by al jazeera, let s just say we have over the last sort of half hour or so heard an uptick in helicopters in the skies. That normally means american activity. That s quite a lot actuall
Petition by governor greg abbott and house speaker dave falan overturned an earlier ruling. That ruling had determined that the two officials, both republicans, did not have the authority to order the arrest of their fellow lawmakers. Ted cruz, texas democrats and all democrats across the country say they so desperately need. Senate majority leader chuck schumer promising action next month but without any movement on the filibuster, there is essentially no path for federal voting rights legislation. Let me be clear. Republicans refusing to support anything on voting rights is not an excuse for democrats to do nothing. Voting rights, voting rights will be the first matter of legislative business when the senate returns to session in september. Our democracy demands no less. In a tweet texas democrats summed up the situation like this. In the dead of the night, ted cruz blocked critical federal voting rights legislation in the senate. This morning, texas republicans are hunting down our
Imploring mask wearing in schools, which is against what the governor wants. Tents are being set up in case they need to handle the overflow. The school superintendent recently proposed a mask mandate to be taken up by the board this week in defiance of the governor s orders and schools in dallas announced a mandate today. In south carolina which also bars such action, henry mcmaster had this to say. Shutting our state down, closing schools and masking children who have no choice for the government to mask children who have no choice to protect adults who do have a choice is the wrong thing to do, and we re not going to do it. We re not going to shut our state down as other states did. Mandating masks is not the answer. As for what is the answer, he said personal responsibility and common sense are. He went on to say that we are, quote, dealing with a virus that we know this year. Which raises the question, is he really? and what makes him think he knows better than the doctors and nur
Order banning mask mandates, in schools, his office today put out a statement warning of, quote, financial consequences for noncompliance for dissenting school superintendents and schoolboard members. The most recent data shows the positivity rate in florida, for children under 12, at more than 20%. And more than 24% for ages 12 through 19. And because kids under 12 cannot be given the vaccine, publichealth experts have been pushing for mask wearing in schools. Which, in florida, puts them at odds with the governor. Same for texas, where covid hospitalizations are climbing so steeply that at one, big hospital in houston, tents are being set up, in case they are needed to handle the overflow. The school superintendent there, recently, proposed a mask mandate to be taken up by the board laterthis week, in defiance of governor abbott s orders. And schools in dallas announced a mandate, today. In south carolina, which also bars such action, the governor, henry mcmaster, had this to say. Sh