Northern strong province which fell today. This shows the Groups Flag being raised in the second largest city of kandahar, which the taliban captured yesterday. Afghan president addressed his country today, and said hes focused on preventing further instability, and promised not to give up achievements of the last 20 years. Afghans are fleeing out of fear, the International Airport could be shut down if the taliban takes the capital. Megan fitzgerald is tracking it all from london. Does the fall of kabul now seem inevitable. Reporter it appears that way. Especially when you take a look at how quickly the taliban has been able to advance. Nbc news confirming that at least three provincial Capitals Today have been seized by the taliban, the fourth largest city in afghanistan. The commercial hub, and the last northern stronghold, so what that means is now the taliban has control of the entire northern part of the country, as well as more than 2 3 of the entire nation. Then just take a loo
Major carrier to mandate Employee Vaccinations could it do the same for passengers and why now is the time to shop for a new Credit Card. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with Lester Holt hello, everyone great to be back from our coverage at the olympics, but returning, frankly, to a country that sadly looks a lot more like last winter when it comes to covid thats how much Ground Weve lost in the fight against the pandemic as were about to show you, in some parts of the country, hospitals themselves are on the critical list. Available icu beds counted in single digits, or worse yet, patients turned away. As the danger of the Delta Variant becomes more apparent each day, more americans are getting vaccinated that number well above 166 million. Finally edging above the 50 mark but the goalposts may be moving. The threshold for Herd Immunity now calculated to be well beyond 80 , according to a recent briefing by the infectious Diseases Society of america. Our teams on the Ground Tonight
Beginning of last month, the pandemic as you recalled appeared to be in the rear View Mirror for much of our country. And now tonight every state is experiencing an increase in infections. The situation is especially grave, especially acute in The Sunbelt. Florida recorded over 28,000 new cases on sunday alone. Officials in austin, texas were brutally honest about conditions there where people are now getting warnings on their phones. And in florida, people there are being warned with public Service Announcements. The situation in austin is dire. Health care facilities are open, but resources are limited due to a surge in cases. Everybody to please take this Delta Variant very seriously due to the transmissibility. It is incredibly contagious, and our children are getting sick. I cant do this. Thats how that public Service Announcement goes. This all comes as floridas republican governor Ron Desantis staying on brand is threatening to withhold paychecks from those School Officials who
Beginning of last month, the pandemic appeared to be in the Rearview Mirror for much of our country. Now, tonight, every state is experiencing an increase in infections. Situation is Expression We Grave especially acute in the sun belt. Florida recorded over 28,000 new cases on sunday alone. Officials in Austin Texas were brutally honest about conditions there where people are now getting warnings on their phones. And in florida, people are being worn warned with public Service Announcements. Situation in austin is dire. I encourage everybody to take the Delta Variant seriously due to the transmissibility. Its incredibly contagious and our children are getting sick. I cant do this. Thats how the public Service Announcement goes. This all comes as floridas republican governor Ron Desantis staying on brand, is threatening to withhold paychecks from those School Officials who defy his ban on mask mandates. One former Cdc Director is slamming those State Leaders like desantis and others li
And follows a single person. Huh . Is this you, ted . Republicans are facing a Make Or Break moment. Get behind the science of masks and vaccines or reap the consequences of a resurgent pandemic that is happening right now. Governor Ron Desantis has made his choice on masks in florida, now threatening to withhold pay for educators if they try to protect their school kids. You heard that right. It seems twisted. But that is what is happening with the Desantis Variant in florida. Good Morning And Welcome to Morning Joe. It is tuesday, August 10th. Joe will be back tomorrow. But willie, lets get right to the news and theres a lot of it. Yeah, the numbers are spiking again, mika. A tally confirms the u. S. Now has passed 36 Million cases of coronavirus since the start of the pandemic and for the first time since february, the country is averaging more than 100,000 new cases per day. Fuelled largely by infections in areas with low vaccination rates. In some parts of the Country Hospitals ar