Nato workers, local afghans who either worked for nato as interpreters or some sort of support staff role, and one of the men we met there was from kandahar. He said he arrived today and he talked about how the taliban militants were going door to door essentially looking for people who either worked for the afghan government or are working for the afghan government or worked with u. S. Or nato forces, and these are the kinds of stories we ve been hearing over and over again, and this is the reason why so many people have ended up here from other provinces, as these towns and cities are taken over by the taliban. We did learn and confirm just in the past overnight hours, the past 12 hours or so that kandahar, the second largest city in the country also the birth place of the taliban, very symbolic city in that sense also the hub for american forces over the past 20 years has, in fact, fallen into the hands of the taliban to key victory for them. We also understand that lashkar gah and
life. in a chilling detail the gunmen reportedly kept shooting at the two officers even as they lay motionless on the ground. in texas, a manhunt is underway for a suspect who murdered a deputy during a traffic stop near houston. and in washington, d.c., a police officer shot and wounded, but was thankfully released from the hospital. democrats in new york being pressed for solutions and here is how they are responding. we have to do more to fight the scourge of the illegal guns on our street. illegal guns is an important first step but we must also adjust a bail reform. new york is the only state in the country that does not allow a judge to detain and defendant who poses an immediate threat to the community. dana: and the white house confronted over how it plans to keep americans safe. does he know that after a year in office, people do not feel safe in this country? we seen a surge in crime of the last two years, would you agree with that? the murder rate is a
a new gallup poll highlights a dramatic shift in u.s. politics, showing more americans see themselves as republicans or a leading conservative and the g.o.p. is holding a five-point lead on that front. the democrats had a nearly ten-point edge about a year ago. think about that, not just the flip, but a big one. in fact president biden s party had the highest approval in decades when he first took office last january. now the stunning reversal. why they blame the biden administration s missteps for it. one democrat strategist is pointing fingers elsewhere. he got infrastructure success which is a good thing because it success breeds success. but i think the problem of the democrats is not that they have bad leaders, they have bad followers. harris: so you want to take on the entire american voting force. pete, a record number in the last presidential election. you re going to take them on and blame them? pete: apparently, i looked at the totality of his comments and i t
president harris travel to atlanta for what the white house describes as an urgent call on congress to deliver voting rights legislation. the senate majority leader, chuck schumer, apparently hearing that call, insisting that a vote is coming this week to amend the filibuster in advance of the holiday commemorating dr. martin luther king s life. and as voting rights activists are like myself and dr. king s eldest son, we are prepared for action around that holiday. but not necessarily celebration, as we have noted. no, that party may have to wait until we re celebrating and certain that we re celebrating that democracy can stand up to the national surge of voter suppression legislation aimed at minority voters. and the ongoing national trauma unleashed by the big lie, as the nation awaits a date for former vice president mike pence to appear before the house committee investigating january 6th. all of that tonight on politics nation. and we begin with voter rights. join
charge of the trump investigations. the incoming manhattan da talks exclusively to cnn. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper. we start with the health lead and covid cases spiking across the u.s. we re now averaging 130,000 every day. that s up 10% in a week. hospitalizations are also up about 35% in the last month. with about 1 in 5 of all icu beds in this country taken up by a covid patient. health officials warn the highly contagious omicron variant will soon be responsible for most cases. but for now, it s that other superspreader, the delta variant, driving this december surge. athena jones reports drugmaker moderna has encouraging news about its boosters and the fight against omicron. it is going to be a tough few weeks to months as we get deeper into the winter. reporter: america, bracing for a tough winter that s beginning to look a lot like last winter. already in the midst of a delta surge, the new omicron variant accounting for just unde