25-year sentence for chauvin that would run concurrently with his state sentence. had he gone to trial on the federal charges, he could have faced life in prison. david? all right, alex perez in minnesota tonight. alex, thank you. overseas tonight, our team is back in afghanistan, and what they ve witnessed is truly horrifying. a humanitarian crisis now unfolding. children on the edge of starvation. a 2-year-old weighing just 11 pounds. and with the taliban now in control, isis is now taking aim at them. our ian pannell from afghanistan tonight. reporter: tonight, taliban militants are facing two new battles, four months after they seized power in afghanistan and american troops left. the last time we were airport, it was controlled by the u.s. military. today, it s these fighters. armed with u.s.-made m4 rifles. however, having forced americans and nato to withdraw, now have a
we also have major new developments tonight on covid here in the u.s. how quickly this new variant is now spreading. and are the boosters working? what dr. fauci said today. and several universities reporting outbreaks. cornell now suspecting 900 cases of covid. it s believed the vast majority of these cases are among vaccinated college students. and the concern with students now going home for the holidays. former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin in federal court today, now pleading guilty to civil rights charges for the death of george floyd. overseas tonight, the humanitarian crisis now unfolding in afghanistan. our team is on the ground tonight. the children on the edge of starvation. a 2-year-old weighing just 11 pounds. and with the taliban now in control, now isis taking aim at them. our ian pannell back in afghanistan tonight. the major news back here at home tonight involving jfk. 58 years after his assassination, nearly 1,500
hopefully we will get more information. hopefully we will get more information. thanksgiving on thursday. information. thanksgiving on thursday, this information. thanksgiving on thursday, this was information. thanksgiving on thursday, this was a - thursday, this was a pre christmas public holiday, and in a size of town where they really buy into this. you would feel, if not the majority of the townspeople there, but an awful lot of people were taking part. as you said, a lot of families and young children on the edge of the road. ., ., young children on the edge of the road. . . , ., the road. yeah, and in small towns like the road. yeah, and in small towns like this, the road. yeah, and in small towns like this, these - the road. yeah, and in small| towns like this, these events bring people together. this is the time of year when people are spending time with their family and friends, getting together and giving thanks, celebrating christmas. so there were a lot of peopl