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people a day, so this is behind that pace with tens of thousands of americans and afghan allies still waiting for a way out. cnn has also learned military commanders are in contact with taliban militants about security on those chaotic streets around the airport. constant reminders of the human beings caught up in all of this. that s right, especially children. new video shows a toddler being handed to american troops on top of the wall at the airport perimeter in kabul. meantime the state department is engaged in high level diplomatic talks with the taliban in the neutral setting of doha, where we find nick paton walsh. good morning, the taliban starting a violent crackdown, we ve all seen the images. obviously the situation at the airport remains chaotic and tense. who knows where this goes. what are you seeing on the ground and what do you think happens once the western media starts to leave? reporter: that is of course the major question. we ve seen initially ....
since last saturday. but many more are still waiting. richard engel documented his own journey at the kabul airport and filed this report. reporter: thousands of afghans were evacuated overnight from kabul airport. they re thankful to be escaping taliban rule, but it isn t pretty to flee a war zone. we watched one group of hundreds of afghans gathered in front of the departure hall leading to the runways. they wait outside for hours until the planes arrive. surrounded by trash, always under guard. most arrive here already exhausted because to get here they had to navigate through taliban fighters. who control the airport perimeter and whose idea of crowd control is using guns and whips. outside the airport people don t let me to go in. did you see the taliban beating people? yeah. beating and shooting. they run behind you with the ak-47. boom, boom, boom. what do you think about what is happening right now to your country, to you? our country is like now i ....
the rule which means 51 votes 50 democrats are kamala harris as the vice president breaking the tie, is the only way it can pass the senate. manchin says he has serious concerns about the way forward. he says given the state of the economic recovery, it s simply irresponsible to continue spending at levels more sulted to respond to a great depression or great recession, not an economy that is on the verge of overheating. this $3.5 trillion plan is part of the larger, more than $4 trillion worth of joe biden s agenda. the other piece, that $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan that passed the senate with 69 votes yet. that still is awaiting action in the house. nancy pelosi has made clear she will not move on that bipartisan plan until the senate moves the larger democratic plan. you can see the challenge the democrats have both from the progressives, pushing the larger plan, moderates like joe manchin raising concerns about the price tag. it s a complicated dan ....
resigns after an inquiry found he sexually harassed multiple women. in my mind, i ve never crossed the line with anyone, but i didn t realise the extent to which the line has been redrawn. what a welcome for lionel messi one of the world s greatest footballers as he flies into france to agree a deal with paris st germain. hi, i m max. and coming up, we meet an 11 year old boy from devon preparing to spend his 500th night camping outside for charity. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the number of a level students receiving an a or a star has risen to a record high after exams were cancelled for the second year in a row due to the pandemic. the education secretary, gavin williamson, has praised students for dealing with unprecedented levels of disruption over the past year. students were assessed by teachers in england, wales and northern ireland 45% were awarded top grades, compared to 25% in 2019 before the pandemic. the gap between private and state school s ....
yes, a great day from the american, finishing nine under, three clear of the rest of the field, as for tim gunn, things going a little better for him, level but still nine shots off the pace. thank you, and the swiss in the sunshine. time for a look at the weather with nick miller. good afternoon. much of the uk on the way to a warm and hot begin, northern ireland matching its highest temperature of the year so far, likely to exceed in scotland and over the weekend, some spots in england, perhaps wales, reaching 30 degrees for the first time this season. there is an exception, you see on the satellite, clouded towards the north and west of scotland, close to a weak weather front, the cloud staying with us this weekend, from it you may encounter some light rain or drizzle, the wind arrows indicating a stiff south westerly breeze. eastern and southern scotland have sunny spells, northern ireland, across england and wales, temperature widely in the low to mid 20s, around t ....