We are hearing reports of a parent in california frustrated with the mask policy and his daughter s school assaulting a teacher. Our panelist danny by live to break down the science of masking in schools. A murder mystery in atlanta remains unsolved tonight despite a $20,000 reward. Who killed katie janice and her dog in piedmont park? we are covering the breaking news of a second murder in another park in atlanta. We begin with the mayhem in afghanistan and the american president who is responding to the crisis by taking a long weekend retreat. State department correspondent rich edson tracking the latest elements. Good evening, the alabama sweeping across afghanistan is the you united states sends thousands of troops to help evacuate american personnel from the capital. In washington, political fingerpointing over the ongoing u. S. Exit. The taliban is marching through afghanistan provincial capitals. United states marines are arriving in kabul, part of a porous of force of 3,000 to
Taliban now to spare the u. S. Embassy there. Bill: the situation drawing comparisons to the end of the vietnam war in 1975 when they evacuated staffers from a rooftop in saigon. The taliban seized control of kandahar. Southern part of the country. The birthplace for the taliban there. Not much of a surprise kandahar would fall. It happened. The second largest city in the country. Reaction pouring in. You heard jack keane calling it an embarrassing retreat, hasty withdrawal. The territory now the taliban has captured so far in the past four months. That group controls about 2/3 of the country. Closing in on the capital city of kabul. Will me make a move on that? we don t know. U. S. Officials say it could fall in a matter of months. Jack keane, roll this. They re it will be horrific. They are a killing machine. Jackie heinrich, hello. Good morning, sandra and bill. The u. S. Sending 3,000 troops to kabul to assist in the evacuation of americans and diplomats. Signals to many deteriorat
Country. The united states officials telling fox news that the taliban is now just 30 miles from kabul, and that city, the country s largest, could be seized as soon as tomorrow. Remember, just yesterday and the day before they were saying about 30 days until they would reach kabul. Now they are saying tomorrow. So that is a devastating reality. There are reports that inside the u. S. Embassy a tenner has changed dramatically. You ve got staff they are preparing to begin withdrawal measures, which would include, by standard procedure, beginning to shred the documents, destroy the computers, all of that. Part of the shocking but necessary move, given what is happening at a breathtaking pace right now in afghanistan. Moments ago we were all watching together as the pentagon was asked if it is alarmed by the shift the quick change, i should say, and what has gone on here. Watch this. We have noted with great concern the speed with which they have been moving, and the lack of resistance th
Good evening, trace. The taliban is trying to isolate kabul so officials at the u. S. Embassy there are destroying sensitive materials and documents as the first of 3,000 american troops hit the ground on a mission the pentagon admits is potentially dangerous. The movement of forces to kabul has begun. And the world is watching. Afghanistan is spinning out of control. As reports flood in of executions and forced marriages. We re gravely concerned by what we are hearing and we are doing everything in our power to try to put an end to this violence and give some semblance of hope, security, stability to the people of afghanistan. [gunfire] president biden argued now is the time for the afghan military to stand up to the taliban three days ago. They have got to want to fight. They have outnumbered the taliban. And i am getting daily briefings. That was tuesday. By today, half of afghan s provincial capitals have fallen to the taliban. And that s raising eyebrows at the pentagon. We are ce
Get accurate information to people so they can get this vaccine. Those comments come as the delta variant continues to explode across the country, sweeping through unvaccinated communities like a raging wildfire. I m going to say that again. Unvaccinated communities and remind you, vaccines are available. As of this morning, the variant accounts for nearly 58% of all new covid infection, and here s more proof that this pandemic is not over. Los angeles county reinstating a mask mandate, effective this weekend, as the nation s largest county deals with a rapid increase in cases. And last night s yankees/red sox game officially postponed due to some of the yankees players reporting breakthrough cases. At the same time, the fda now says emergency authorization for covid19 vaccines in kids under the age of 12 could be months away. Stephanie gosk is in new york city. Also joining us, former fda commissioner, dr. Scott gottlieb. Why is l. A. County reinstating this mask mandate? for people