How you can save announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with Lester Holt good evening there is News Tonight that officials hope will get many cautious and reluctant americans off the fence and to covid vaccination centers. Pfizer today granted full Fda Approval for its vaccine. The hope now is that americans who have been waiting for a full Fda Signoff will have the reason they need to roll up their sleeves. But the news is also strengthening the hands of companies and institutions that are moving to require workers and students in some cases to be fully vaccinated americans still playing catchup with a virus that infected 180,000 people just this past weekend and took almost 1,200 lives. Miguel almaguer has details. Reporter expected but still historic todays full approval of Pfizers Vaccine for people 16 and older marks another major milestone in the pandemic, coming 97 days after the fda began its official review the first Covid Vaccine to move beyond emergency use authorization. The ne
Secretary John Kirby and general John Taylor talked about forces rescuing americans outside of Kabul Airport. What is that going to cost . How is the biden administration enter thank you for putting up with this delay. I am going to bring up general taylor, and we will get right to the operational update. General . Maj. Gen. Taylor good afternoon everybody. Thank you for being here and for the important work that you are doing. We are all working around the clock right now. I know it is not easy but i am glad that we are in this together. I am pleased to report that our throughput has increased. We observe steady progress in couple. Kabul. The military footprint in K Abul is troops on the ground. Our mission to evacuate continues. The airport is secure, and evacuation flights are steadily increasing. We are doing everything we can to map suffice maximize david evacuation. In the last 24 hours, 15 c17s arrived with several hundred more troops and also some supplies. As of 3 00 eastern,
Despite the country seeing its highest Case Count of the pandemic. Hello and welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. Appreciate your company. Im michael holmes, and this is Cnn Newsroom. U. S. President Joe Biden vowing to bring every american home from afghanistan if they want to leave. One problem, though. Nobody knows how many u. S. Citizens are in the country or their situation. The u. S. State department says it is actively trying to track down as many as possible. On friday, the pentagon confirming it had evacuated 169 americans by helicopter from a hotel near the airport after large crowds blocked the groups access. Its the firstknown Rescue Operation of americans outside the Airport Perimeter. Meanwhile, the taliban showing off the spoils of war. They published photographs showing their fighters armed with u. S. Weapons seized from the afghan national army. Now, after reporting from Inside Afghanistan since the beginning of the month, our Clar
This is a 25 increase in snap benefits for the 42 million people on this program. What is that going to cost . How is the biden administration enter thank you for putting up with this delay. I am going to bring up general taylor, and we will get right to the operational update. General . Maj. Gen. Taylor good afternoon everybody. Thank you for being here and for the important work that you are doing. We are all working around the clock right now. I know it is not easy but i am glad that we are in this together. I am pleased to report that our throughput has increased. We observe steady progress in couple. Kabul. The military footprint in K Abul is troops on the ground. Our mission to evacuate continues. The airport is secure, and evacuation flights are steadily increasing. We are doing everything we can to map suffice maximize david evacuation. In the last 24 hours, 15 c17s arrived with several hundred more troops and also some supplies. As of 3 00 eastern, 16 c17s and one c130 have de
Airport, the president said this. No the best of our knowledge, the taliban Check Points are letting through people showing american passports. Now, thats a different question when they get into the Rush And Crowd of all the folks just outside the wall near the airport. Thats why we had, yesterday or the day before, we went over the wall and brought in, how many . 169 americans. Sgr right now at Kabuls Airport, were told some flights have resumed after no planes took off for ten hours. Thousands of people there still stranded. Soldiers on the runway told cnn that 10,000 people had their Paper Work processed and ready to go but they were stuck in the Blistering Sun after the country they were being evacuated to said they reached Capacity And K could handle no more. The United Arab Emirates will host 5,000 afghans on a temporary basis after a request from the united states government. They are scrambling to enlist over nations to accept evacuees. We are waiting for this briefing. How do