hello. despite the international criticism there has been of the us withdrawal from afghanistan, no one should question the professionalism or the resolve of the troops staging the evacuation. amid all the obvious dangers and chaos that surrounds the kabul airfield, they have evacuated over 40,000 people so far, 16,000 in the last 2a hours. that is impressive. but the uk defence secretary said today the operation will last only as long, as the americans stick with it. and ahead of tomorrow s g7 virtual summit, borisjohnson has signalled loudly that he would like president biden to extend the august 31st deadline so they can bring more people out. the taliban said today if there was such a delay there would be consequences. this morning, unidentified gunmen opened fire on the security cordon. us, german and afghan soldiers responded. 0ne afghan guard was killed. from kabul, here is secunder kermani. it s crowded, filthy and baking hot. but desperate afghans keep coming to kabu
brought back to the capitol, and we will conduct buzz. texas democrats flee their state. they re now here in washington to lobby congress to take action. the question is where does that leave things. plus, a new warning about the johnson & johnson vaccine amid a new concern of covid cases. the question is which states are getting hit the hardest. emmy nominations will be announced this morning. the question is will the showing that helped lift you through the pandemic be honored today? it s way too early for this. good morning and way too early. the queen s gambit has got to be a favorite, right? i m kasie hunt. we begin the with news. we have over 41 states who have an increase in average daily cases. nine states in particular including seven in the south have seen cases double in that time period. in los angeles county, officials recorded 3,000 new cases for three consecutive day this week for the first time since march. arkansas also reported a thousand ne
subpoenas two more people, this as trump allies face their subpoena deadline. plus, the covid vaccine could be available for children within weeks. we have all the details for you. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom. with isa soares. welcome, everyone. it is friday, october the 8th, and we begin with a crisis averted for now. two senators, u.s. senators have voted to temporarily extend the nation s debt ceiling. that basically means they avoid what everyone agrees would have been a disastrous default. that means the u.s. government will have more money. in fact, it will have another $480 billion in about two more months to pay its bills. the house of representatives still has to agree. but this is only a temporary fix because come december 3rd, they will have to face a vote on this again. now, the stopgap measure brings u.s. debt limit to a whopping $28.88 you can see there, trillion dollars. that s the amount the government can borrow to pay the bills
collections. according to quinnipiac, only 26% of hispanics now approve of biden s performance in the white house. and gallup found that biden is also hemorrhaging support among young voters. only 39% of generation z and 41% of millennials approve of door biden. tonight, pull numbers are just the beginning of biden s problem. president biden looked lost and confused and at one point he attempted to shake hands with someone who wasn t there. and during a speech, joe biden claimed that he used to be a full professor at the university of pennsylvania. watch this. i ve been impressed. i ve been on a lot of university campuses. this is really an impressive place. tammy: yeah, that s not true. however at one point the university did pay biden almost a million dollars to be an honorary professor. that is really nice. joining us now with reaction is the chairman, fox news contributor, and former massachusetts senator, scott brown, three great guys that always, would make it distu
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