more than 1,400 lives lost. search and rescue teams looking for survivors of that horrific earthquake. the race against time for survivors, with that new storm now hitting. and the coronavirus here in the u.s., tonight more than 1 121,000 new covid cases just in children in a week. and the new numbers for the cdc tonight for americans 49 and under and what they re seeing. a special edition of world news tonight starts now. good evening and it s great to have you with us here on a monday night and we begin tonight with the stunning collapse in afghanistan and late today, for the first time, president biden addressing the american people, saying, i stand squarely beh mydecion but saying the truth is, this did unfold more quickly than we
stephanie ramos live at the white house tonight. stephanie, we know reaction pouring from capitol hill, democrats and republicans. we know the senate intel chair calling the images coming out of afghanistan, devastating, sand saying it is time to ask questions about why the u.s. wasn t better prepared. and the republican minority leader go much further tonight. reporter: mitch mcconnell said today he s argued with previous presidents about troop withdrawal before but he had this to say about biden s decision. i think the president felt strongly about this obviously. he overruled his own military leaders to do it and he owns it. david? stephanie ramos live at the white house tonight. stephanie, thank you. one of the most painful consequences, the thousands of afghans who did help the u.s. over the 20-year war, hoping to get out, but now fearing they ve been left behind. martha raddatz tonight, who recently traveled to afghanis afghanistan, this evening, you will hear from the af
seek immediate medical care for sudden signs of bleeding, like unusual bruising. eliquis may increase your bleeding risk if you take certain medicines. tell your doctor about all planned medical or dental procedures. what s around the corner could be a different game. ask your doctor about eliquis. finally tonight, before we go, a moving image from kabul. afghan girls still walking to school at 6:30 this morning, eve after their city fell to the taliban. going to school, despite the growing fears that their fragile freedom could be in
building a better bay area. moving forward. finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. scenes of absolute chaos and terror, hundreds swarming planes in afghanistan, trying to escape. and today president biden addressed our nation. pres. biden: afghanistan leaders gave up and fed the country. american troops cannot and should not be fighting in the war and dying in a war that afghan forces are not willing to fight for themselves. with that we say good afternoon and thanks for joining us. i am larry beil. kristen: and i am kristen sze. you are watching abc 7 at 4:00. larry: will begin in afghanistan. the taliban has taken over kabul, the capital city. at the airport, thousands desperately trying to flee the country. kristen: abc news reporter iq has the latest on the following afghanistan. ike: today, images emerging from
military there collapsed. but tonight, major questions about how u.s. intelligence, how the president s national security team did not see this coming. the taliban in control of kabul taking a little more than just a week to seize several large cities and the country. thousands of afghans desperate to get out. some seen chasing a u.s. military plane, a c-17 as it was taxiing for takeoff. there are reports several people fell from the plane and that some did not survive. thousands more running toward the airport amid gun fire and tonight, the taliban now in control of the only road in. this family scaling the wall, climbing around the bashed wire, pulling up a little girl with her backpack. taliban fighters are now patrolling the streets of the capitol and in control of the presidential palance after afghanistan s president fled the country. president biden before the cameras, saying he is deeply saddened by the facts on the ground, the images the world is now seeing, but saying, i do n