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concentrate, we cannot hallow this ground, the brave men and women living and dead who struggled here have concentrated it far above our power to add or detract. and so it is today, because at the pentagon, and willie is at ground zero. a location every bit as sacred to americans as gettysburg or the edmund pettis bridge or the waters surrounding the u.s.s. arizona and, of course, the patch of land in shanksville, pennsylvania where the heroes inspire us still. let s go to willie. joe, good morning. on this september 10th, you think about this day 20 years ago and as you put it well, this is the last day before everything changed, september 10, 2001. we know at 8:46 when the first plane hit the north tower behind me, our world changed, america changed, but the globe changed as well. we re now at the end of a 20 year war that was launched because of the attacks at that day. here, at the pentagon where mika is and shanksville, pennsylvania. i have to say coming here i ....
and football superstar cristiano ronaldo is returning to manchester united, 12 years after he left. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. senior taliban officials say they have taken up positions inside kabul airport and are ready to take control. it s a claim disputed by the pentagon, which says that us forces are still in charge of the site. they insist they ll keep evacuating afghans until the last moment , but there are now signs that both us and british efforts will end imminently, amid a worsening security situation. our correspondent in kabul, secunder kermani, has the latest a warning that his report contains distressing images. distraught relatives search kabul s morgues, looking for their loved ones. this baby you managed to save? but there s another baby? amongst those killed, mohammed niazi, a taxi driver from london who had travelled to kabul to try and help his family get inside the airport. his eldest daughter and youngest child are ....
replace him? it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early. the show that gives us answers in the form of a question. i m jonathan lemire on this thursday, august 12th. we ll start with the news. today the fda is expected to approve covid-19 booster shots for people with weakened immune systems. it comes as covid cases surge across the country, including a growing number of pediatric patients. morgan chesky has the latest. reporter: as covid cases surge yet again the fda looks to speed up the time line for booster shots. they ll look at a shot for pfizer and moderna boosters. unvaccinated patients filling up hospitals as schools face push back over mask mandates. i m not willing to play russian roulette with someone s life like that. reporter: the delta driven surge, in pennsylvania up 120%, in tennessee 40%. one in four new cases are kids under 17. now we re seeing more kids who are symptomatic and more kids being hospitalized due t ....
from could to should. and on schools, dr. fauci speaking out against governors in states like florida and texas who have been blocking mask mandates. i can tell you that those of us in the public health sector are really very concerned when you have authorities at a higher level be that at the level of the state, a governor, what have you who tell local health people that they can t do things that are obviously important for the safety of people. i ll be speaking with kentucky s democratic governor andy basheer and we ll be bringing you president biden and he s running 45 minutes late already. let s start on the covid crisis. morgan chesky in dallas. there s still debate over masking in texas and no debate in hospitals and major cities are over capacity due to the variant. tell us what s the latest. reporter: yeah, andrea, hospitals all across the state are facing a shortage in staff while having to try to deal with this surge in patients that in some cases is c ....
too early for us. and former aid to the george w. bush white house, elise jordan and also katty kay on the way this morning. in the united states covid cases are on the rise again driven up in increases in places with low vaccination rates. and now the former surgeon general is suggesting the cdc should once again ask everyone to mask up indoors. nbc news correspondent kathy park explains. reporter: no signs of covid backing down. in los angeles county a 700% increase in positive cases in just the last month as masks go back on while indoors. i think better safe than sorry for sure. reporter: former surgeon general on mask weighing, the premature guidance was wrong. the cdc should be advising to vax it and mask it. the current surgeon general defended the cdc s decision on masks for the fully vaccinated. they gave communities and individuals a flexibility to make decisions about what to do with masks. reporter: across america, cases rising in all 50 states s ....