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and several former us presidents among those attending the ceremony. edward l. alegretky and my father, edward, joseph papa. relatives have read out the names of their last loved ones. 2983 people died when the hijacked planes crashed into the world trade center, the pentagon out of field insurance. so pennsylvania, moments of silence are being observed across the country. in the last 20 years, my family and i have at times known unbearable sorrow and disbelief about the lives that would never be yours. we have fail with speaking out on my daughter s behalf and calling on many more precautions and also for the history to be remembered. not as numbers and a date, but the faces of ordinary people. people who look a lot like sarah, you know, as we mentioned, president barton was among those at the memorial in new york. he s going to be heading to ceremonies at shanks for the pentagon later by. it was not expected to speak at any of the events, but he has appealed for the u ....
the seven-day average of new cases for 100,000 residents is 300% higher than it was on labor day of last year. the cdc also said children s hospitals across the country are filling up with covid cases and community transmission is dangerously high. we ll have much more on this in a moment. let s begin with our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. good morning to you. why is there such a lack of clarity here on the booster? the way i understand is the white house said we got them and we bought them and now we need the green light from the fda. they thought they would get that by the 20th of september? i want to cut through all of this and say i don t like using sports metaphors but i m going to use one now. this is an unforced error by the biden administration. back on august 18th, they said we ll be ready. president biden said we ll be ready by around september 20th to do this booster rollout. they never should have named a specific date. they should have sai ....
hello, everyone. i m alisyn camerota. welcome on this holiday. america s doctors and nurses are short staffed, working overtime and begging for help. about 80% of icu beds across the country are full right now, a third of them with covid patients. it s gotten so bad in kentucky, the governor is sending in the national guard. our situation is dire. we are setting case records. we have a record number of kentuckians in the hospital, in the icu battling for their lives. we have a record number of families praying for their loved ones on a ventilator, needing that assistance to breathe. new cases are spiking. the seven-day average is 300% higher than it was last labor day. this as the white house planned to roll out booster shots that maybe by changing. let s bring in elizabeth cohen. so, elizabeth, what is the update on boosters? this roll outmay start on september 20th, for many americans, but not necessarily for everyone. before i go into details, i want to giv ....
i m pamela brown in washington. you are in the cnn newsroom on a very busy saturday evening. additional u.s. troops heading to afghanistan this weekend, at the same time taliban militants there appear on track to retake the entire country. president biden is sending 5,000 more forces to afghanistan. he says the added troops are to ensure, quote, an orderly and safe drawdown as they help americans get out. but millions of afghans are desperate to escape the escalation of violence in their country. as the taliban take over more ground at a speed that has jolted officials in the biden administration, five more capital cities fell to the taliban in the last 24 hours. now 22 of the country s 34 provincial capitals are under taliban control. only two major cities, kabul and jalalabad, remain under the afghan government. take a look. this time-lapse shows the speed the taliban gained territory. see the red spread starting in mid-april after the president announced the u.s. ....
and criminal gang activity at the uk s borders, if britain leaves the eu without a deal. the government watchdog, the national audit office, says complicated new border controls may not be ready by the end of march and an american game hunter is condemned by a scottish government minister for posing with wild goats, shot dead on the island of islay. elsewhere in the champions league tonight. high profile individuals and locations among them former us president and presidential candidate hillary clinton. there intercepted. president barack obama and former presidential candidate, hillary clinton. they were intercepted when their post was screened. one of the packages addressed to former cia director john brennan was sent to the headquarters of the news broadcaster, cnn, in new york forcing the building to be evacuated. police say the explosives appear to be pipe bombs and new york s mayor described them as acts of terrorism. our north america correspondent nick b ....