With the food and drug administration giving the pfizer vaccine full approval today, after more than a year of shots in arms under an emergency use authorization. This clears the way for more vaccine mandates. President biden will speak on the fda decision this afternoon as the delta variant is also creating a surge in serious cases at hospitals, including among unvaccinated young people and pregnant women, leading to a sharp decline in the president s approval numbers on covid in a new nbc news poll. We begin today with afghanistan and chief correspondent richard engel who filed this report from doha. Reporter: thousands of afghans have made it out of the airport and the first stop for many is doha, qatar, including afghanistan s socalled robot girls. These high schoolers competed in competitions around the world, won events and innovation awards. This 18yearold is the robotics team captain. Was it difficult for you to leave afghanistan, to leave your family, leave your home? the 17ye
And a state of emergency is declared in parts of new york state ahead of the forecast arrival of hurricane henri. Hello and welcome to the programme. Don t go to kabul airport. That s what americans hoping to leave afghanistan have been advised unless instructed to do so. The state department said it wanted to avoid creating large crowds and us defence officials have expressed concern about the possibility of attacks by islamic state militants. A week after the taliban seized power, their co founder, mullah abdul ghani baradar, is in the capital for talks on forming a new government. Our security correspondent, frank gardner reports. Crowds, chaos, confusion. The scene at kabul airport grows ever more volatile as thousands of afghans clamour to leave the country. Gunfire. Taliban fighters are guarding the outside of the perimeter, but even some people with valid travel documents are not getting through. Translation: we ve got a legal visa. Many people who are coming here don t have
Of hurricane henri. Don t go to kabul airport. That s what americans hoping to leave afghanistan have been advised unless instructed to do so. The state department said it wanted to avoid creating large crowds and us defence officials have expressed concern about the possibility of attacks by islamic state militants. A week after the taliban seized power, their co founder, mullah abdul ghani baradar, is in the capital for talks on forming a new government. Our security correspondent, frank gardner reports. Crowds, chaos, confusion. The scene at kabul airport grows ever more volatile as thousands of afghans clamour to leave the country. Gunfire. Taliban fighters are guarding the outside of the perimeter, but even some people with valid travel documents are not getting through. Translation: we ve got a legal visa. Many people who are coming here don t have the right documents, but we ve got the visa and they won t let us through. Britain s ambassador, sir laurie bristow, has been hel
State of emergency have been declared in new york state a head the arrival of hurricane henri. Don t go to kabul airport that s what americans hoping to leave afghanistan are being told unless they re instructed to do so. The state department said it wanted to avoid creating large crowds and us defense officials have expressed concern about the possibility of attacks by islamic state militants. A week after the taliban seized power, their co founder, mullah abdul ghani baradar, is in the capital for talks on forming a new government. Our security correspondent, frank gardner, reports. Crowds, chaos, confusion: the scene at kabul airport grows ever more volatile as thousands of afghans clamour to leave the country. Gunfire. Taliban fighters are guarding the outside of the perimeter, but even some people with valid travel documents are not getting through. Translation: we ve got a legal visa. Many people who are coming here don t have the right documents, but we ve got the visa and the
Don t go to kabul airport. That s what americans hoping to leave afghanistan have been advised unless instructed to do so. The state department said it wanted to avoid creating large crowds and us defence officials have expressed concern about the possibility of attacks by islamic state militants. A week after the taliban seized power, their co founder, mullah abdul ghani baradar, is in the capital for talks on forming a new government. Our security correspondent, frank gardner reports. Crowds, chaos, confusion. The scene at kabul airport grows ever more volatile as thousands of afghans clamour to leave the country. Gunfire. Taliban fighters are guarding the outside of the perimeter, but even some people with valid travel documents are not getting through. Translation: we ve got a legal visa. Many people who are coming here don t have the right documents, but we ve got the visa and they won t let us through. Britain s ambassador, sir laurie bristow, has been helping to process appl