Storm complicate earthquake relief efforts? and after banning mask and vaccine mandates, texas governor greg abbott has testified positive for coronavirus. Despite being fully vaccinated. The news come as a breakthrough in infections in a handful of states. The question is what does it mean for vaccinated americans? it s way too early for this. Good morning. Welcome to way too early, the show that wishes the baseball season was over already. I m john lemire on this wednesday, august 18th. We begin with the race to evacuate thousand of americans in afghanistan following the taliban s takeover of the country. Biden administration officials told staffers yesterday that as many as 15,000 americans are still in afghanistan. About 1100 american citizens, permanent residents and their families, have been evacuated so far. Nbc as you chief foreign correspondent richard engel has the latest from kabul. Reporter: we made it on the military side of the kabul airport. This is where the u. S. Is ca
Here in the uk prime minister borisjohnson said there is increasing confidence that the existing vaccines for coronavirus are effective against the so called indian variant of the virus. Almost 3,000 cases of the indian strain have now been identified across the uk. But health experts warn they still can t say for certain how infectious the new variant is. 0ur health editor hugh pym reports. The drive to get more people vaccinated has added momentum, with concern about rising cases of the indian variant. Whatever you do, don t run away after you ve finished, because i m going to have stuff to give you. At this vaccine bus in the london borough of brent, no bookings are needed. Government officials say second doses should be pulled forward for certain groups, and that is what those we spoke to had come along to get. I just thought when the time is right i would get my second dose. I saw the van and thought i would pop along now. We cannot ignore what is still going on. Just all do o
let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. the breaking news, it is a race against time this hour. rescuers in florida desperately searching for nearly 100 people still unaccounted for after a condo high rise just collapsed this morning. new video that we just got moments ago here shows a frantic effort under way by rescuers. this video is in the flooded basement of that building. the building collapsed, you see those collapse marks, and in that basement, people still desperately searching in surf side, florida, just north of miami beach. in there risking their lives to try to save others, because the situation is growing more dire by the moment. 99 people are unaccounted for at this hour. that s a number that s been going up throughout the day, as more people realized a loved one could be inside. only one person is confirmed dead. no survivors have been found since the collapse happened 17 hours ago. surveillance video shows that horrifying moment the buildin
Or whether you don t. Leamington spa, worlds apart from where george floyd was murdered in minneapolis. I thought 20 people were going to show up, never 700. But last summer, people in this leafy warwickshire town came together, calling for change. Because it s ourjob to make sure this does not happen again. Shianne williams organised the protest. She was 17 at the time. I hadn t seen that many people in leamington coming together for one cause. So, and when you ve grown up in a place where you thought people didn t really like you. I have been a victim of racism all my life. I ve been spat on, i ve been racially abused in the streets, bullied in school. There was an incident where someone threw dirt over me. Those things have kind of made me stronger and gave me the power to speak up about black lives matter. Chanting. Hundreds of thousands of people in the uk took part in anti racism marches in the aftermath of george floyd s murder, raising questions about policing. Less than 2% of