Afghans tried to make it on u. S. Aircraft. Flying personnel out of the country some hanging on to the plane and at least seven people dying according to the associated press. U. S. Officials yet to give data on how many americans are left in country and we know les about the status of the afghans who helped the united states. Thats not to leave out the every day afghans, especially women and children who now fear for their freedom under taliban rule. Joining me to break down the current State Of Affairs in afghanistan Richard Engel is live on the ground in kabul. Courtney kube is there for us and white House Reporter Jonathan La Mire in washington. Richard, another night now under taliban control. What is the sense that you are getting from afghans on the ground in kabul right now . Reporter well, there is a i dont want to call it an acceptance of the new reality because people here do not accept the new reality but theyre trying to adjust it. Adjust to it. I saw Afghans Today were go
severe cases. the results also show that there is no increase risk of blood clots which is significant now especially because more than a dozen countries paused their use of the vaccine after a small number of people developed blood clots after getting the shot. this development comes at a critical time. new cases in the united states are plateauing at a stubbornly high level at this moment. even though they are as you can see from the graphic down dramatically from the very beginning of this year. but what does this plateau mean? well, bad signs ahead could be pictures like this that are not helping. spring break in scenes in florida. this is going to lead to another surge especially with cases of a dangerous variant climbing across the country. let s start with the results of astrazeneca s covid-19 vaccine trial while we re waiting to hear from the covid-19 response team at the white house and what this new data from the trial could mean in the fight against the virus. kris
putin. he is already overseeing russian troops in southern and eastern ukraine and john kirby spelled out the track record of brutality. he and other senior russian leaders have shown in the past and you mentioned syria as one example, have shown clearly in the past disregard for avoiding civilian harm. their utter disregard in many ways for the laws of war, laws of conflict and the brutality for which they conduct and prosecute their operations. we re probably turning another page in the same book of russian brutality. and just tonight, kirby said the united states is monitoring a report from the ukrainian national guard of a possible chemical besieged port city of mariupol. their government is looking into the report noting that any use of chemical weapons could be a callus escalation of the conflict. the associated press said more than 10,000 civilian haves been killed in mariupol adding the death toll could surpass 20,000. satellite images show an eight-mile long russ
it is a committee in a coequal branch of government discussing and debating the potentially unprecedented step if they recommend criminal charges, indictment of a former president. in this case donald trump. the new york times has been reporting that lawmakers on the panel now believe they really do have the goods. we have not made a decision about referrals on the committee. it s clear what president trump was doing, the people around him were doing. they knew it was unlawful and they did it anyway. there s not really a dispute in the committee. there s not really a dispute on the committee about the evidence and the facts. people believe whenever there s evidence of a crime in a society or a government that cares about the law that you would just go forward. the fact is there are some disagreements even among these members of the panel who agree on so much about the tougher question which is when do you make this criminal referral of a former president to the justice