Why experts say that new threats are very similar to what they saw on the capitol. Do you believe trouble. States of Emergency Up in two dozen counties and were tracking another system right behind it. Welcome to your saturday, august 14th. Were so grateful to have you waking up with us. Good morning. Good morning. Christi, always great to see you. We have plenty of news to get to this morning. The biden White House facing two crises as the nation battles a fourth surge of covid19 and afghan anything stand now on the brink of collapse as more cities fall to the taliban leaving americans there in harms way. The pentagons deploying more than 3,000 troops into that country after the u. S. Issued a major warning to american citizens to get out. Officials say theres no imminent tret of them seizing kabul. The pentagon is pushing back on criticism that the u. S. Was caught off guard by the talibans rapid gains. What we couldnt predict was the lack of resistance they were going to get from Af
We are thrilled to have you with us this saturday, august 14th. Still a little bit early, christi. The Coffee Hasnt completely kicked in yet. I give you credit. I dont drink coffee. You never know what youre going to get from me. Boris, so good to see you. We begin this hour with some pretty disturbing numbers. The surge in the u. S. Covid19 infections are overwhelming hospitals and communities and the u. S. Is now leading the world with the highest rate of new cases so far reporting more than 1. 5 million new infections just in august thus far. The cases are primarily in the south. In fact, heres dr. Peter hotez. This is starting to look really ominous in the south where i am. Were now if you look at the rates of transmission in florida and louisiana, theyre actually probably the highest in the world. Thats how badly things have gotten out of hands. The skeencenes at the hospit are reminiscent of the early days. Theyre quickly running out of hospital beds. One hospital in mississippi
Russia is actively working to meddle in the 2022 elections. The new tactics despite the warning a few weeks ago. And pushed to the limit. Nurses are so overwhelmed by what theyre seeing in hospitals some are walking off the job just to protect their Mental Health. One nurse is with us live. Talking about why he decided it was time to step away. Take a nice deep breath. You made it to the weekend. Saturday, august 14th. Thank you so much for waking up with us. Hey, boris. Good morning, christi. Always great to be with you. We do start with some somber news, though. The united states now leading the world with the highest rate of new covid cases. Just in the month of august alone, the country reported more than 1. 5 million new cases of covid19. And were seeing more severe cases of covid19 in this latest wave. We have to point out its predominantly in the south. Eight states, you see them there, now account for more than half of the Covid Hospitalizations nationwide. States such as alaba
President of the united states is backing all of florida school boards and superintendents that are going to take that position. reporter: at least three schools in mississippi have temporarily closed following an outbreak of covid-19 cases. in gwinnett, georgia, 629 positive cases between students and staff since the start of school on august 4th. even states traditionally doing were with the virus are getting hammered by the delta variant with oregon and hawaii both setting records of new cases on friday. friday 13th has never been so frightening. it is real. it is terrifying. and tragically, it s preventible. reporter: vaccine provider cvs health said it is prepared to begin administering those third doses to those people who actually qualify as soon as today. we do understand there are multiple protocols in place to try to prevent so-called triple dosing from actually. happening for those who are not for those who it s not
Your new day. i m boris sanchez. i m christi paul. under siege. the taliban captures 18 cities now, just in days. it s still aggressively pushing forward. taking a look inside a former u.s. base that is now controlled by the taliban. meantime, here in the united states as the delta variant pushes hospitals to the brink, officials approving a third dose of the coronavirus vaccine for people with immune system issues. we ll break down what you need to know. hackers are targeting schools. they re shutting down phones and wi-fi connections as millions of students rely on virtual learning. why officials are so concerned this is going to get worse. and a changing america. what the results of the latest census tell us about the makeup of the country and why that data is going to have major impacts in cities across the united states .