Troops. President biden is holding firm, he said, to his timeline to get u. S. Personnel out of afghanistan by august 31st. Saying we are on pace to meet the deadline but he wants contingency plans if they can t make it. Intel officials have testified on capitol hill, we re told by multiple sources, on both sides of the aisle, that the administration can t get all the americans and afghan allies out on time. The president said more time on the ground means more time our troops could face attacks. Every day we re on the ground is another day we know isis k is seeking to target the airport and attack both u. S. And allied forces and innocent civilians. Bret: a version isis not the taliban or alqaeda. But the president says that timetable of august 31st is contingent on taliban cooperation. And fox news is receiving multiple new reports the taliban is harassing individuals, even passport holding americans on the way to the kabul airport. U. S. Troops and civilians are continuing evacuatin
Approval to pfizer s covid vaccine. Making it the first to secure that seal of approval from the federal government. Health officials hope it will convince more americans that the pfizer shot is safe and effective. Right now about 82 million people still have not been vaccinated. And this is a critical moment. More than 1,000 americans, nearly all unvaccinated are now dying from covid each day. That s the highest this number has been in five months. The urgency of now. Let s start with cnn s kaitlyn collins live at the white house. What are you hearing about this from the white house? reporter: it s exciting news. This is something the white house has been waiting to hear for a long time. We ve heard fda officials say the white house stayed out of their way when they were working on the review process and how lengthy it was as they were waiting to grant the full approval. It s significant for the first covid19 vaccine. But they are excited that this news came today. They had an idea ba
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 kabul airport.
Covid questions in tonight s dear doctor. And homicides are on the rise in louisville, kentucky, almost a year after the death of breonna taylor. I am joshua johnson. Welcome to the week. We begin tonight with the evacuations from afghanistan. By all accounts it s chaotic outside the international airport in kabul. Thousands of people are desperate to flee the country as the taliban consolidate power. The british military said today that seven people were tkpheuld killed in a stampede of people trying to get into the airport. The biden administration has come under fire for how it has handled the evacuations, and a new nbc news poll out today shows the president s approval rating has dipped below 50% for the first time in his presidency. Today he acknowledged his realities on the ground but defended his administration s handling of the situation. Let me be clear, the evacuation of thousands of people from kabul will be hard and painful no matter when it started, when we began. It would
We will have the latest on the cities effort to curb the from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnston. Welcome to the week. We begin tonight with evacuations from afghanistan. By all accounts, it is chaotic outside the airport in kabul. Thousands of people are desperate to flee the country, as the taliban consolidate power. The british military said today that seven people were killed in a stampede of people who were trying to get into the airport. The biden administration has come under fire for how it has handled these evacuations. The situation could be hurting the presidents performance with voters too. A new nbc poll out today shows the president s approval rating has dipped low 50% for the first time in his presidency. Today, he acknowledged the realities on the ground, but defended his administration s handling of the situation. Let me be clear, evacuation of thousands of people from kabul is going to be hard and painful no matter when it started, when we be