The u. S. Has credible intelligence that isis has both the capability and planning to carry out such attacks. This according to a u. S. Defense official i have spoken to. Security concerns around the airport are one of the major reasons president biden cited for sticking to his august 31st deadline for the withdrawal of all u. S. Forces. The white house just announced that about 19,000 people were evacuated in the past 24 hours, people like those you re seeing there. More than 82,000 people in total have been airlifted over the course of the last 11 days. We re expecting a live update from that pentagon podium this hour. We ll bring it to you live. We re covering all the fastmoving developments out of afghanistan. Let s begin with cnn s nick paton walsh who is in qatar where many of these evactuation are going. We also have atika shubert. Nick, this has been described as acute, credible and specific. What are you hearing? reporter: i can only agree with the notion that isisk, if they r
Afghanistan s effective government. U. S. Military leaders say a decision to extend the withdraw dead line must be made by today. Because that would provide enough time to make plans for pulling out the 5800 troops on ground in kabul when the mission ends as well as to remove equipment and weapons. More than 21,000 people were evacuated from afghanistan in just the last 24 hours. And an unprecedented operation. 4500 people are now waiting for evacuation flights inside of kabul airport this morning. A little more calm than in recent days. Cnn s jeremy diamond is at the white house with more on the g7 meeting underway. I suppose the question is will white house officials bracing themselves for a bit of shilacking from their allies on this. Reporter: there is no question that they know that president biden is going to face tough questions and pressure from the allies. Especially the united kingdom and france who have been vocal about the need to extend the withdrawal deadline past august
The goal is to avoid stopping operations on the ground and avoid delays. Pete muntean, cnn, silver spring, maryland. Hello i m brianna keilar alongside john avlon on this new day. Good morning. Good morning. The pandemic of the unvaccinated. An urgent call from one republican governor in the face of rising cases and low vaccination rates. And the nfl threatening big punishments for teams with unvaccinated players as they head into the new season. President biden says eliminating the filibuster would throw the senate into chaos. And hunter biden meeting with potential buyers at his upcoming art shows, raising ethics concerns for the white house. Welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. It is friday, here we are, at the end of the week. Here we are. Finally. It is july 23rd. And we are 18 months now into the pandemic. More than 600,000 americans have died so far, even with a safe and effective vaccine available. And we find ourselves entering this new deadly phas
Who watched his entire town burn to the ground. He s now facing the danger of yet another fire. We are much better prepared. The new u. S. Capitol police chief sitting down with cnn on his first day on the job, sharing whether he s concerned about another capitol attack. And better late than never. After a year long delay, the tokyo olympics officially under way. We re live from the games. Newsroom starts now. Good morning. Thanks so much for joining us this saturday, july 24th. I m boris sanchez. I m kaitlin collins in for christi paul. This morning, communities across the country are bringing back pandemic safety measures as the u. S. Deals with a dangerous summer surge of covid19. Case rates are climbing, fueled by the spread of the delta variant which is highly co cont contagious. While the rate of people getting fully vaccinated is falling. Yeah. The rate of new infections is now four times higher than it was just a month ago. Look at all the red on that map. Cases are actually ri
They re going to take a moment to remember our hero who say gave their lives to protect our freedom all around the globe. So why doesn t that type of reflection translate into honoring the capitol police officers who gave their all to protect them on january 6? and to the ones still working daily to keep them safe, like eugene goodman, who used himself as bait for the mob to keep the rioters away from the senate chamber, still full of lawmakers. Goodman also rushed senator mitt romney to safety. Bravery like that. It earned goodman the congressional gold medal, and no senator could deny his courage that day, including this one. If not for the quick thinking and bravery of officer eugene goodman, in particular people in this chamber may not have escaped that day unharmed. Eugene goodman was on duty as usual last night, protecting some of the very senators who spent hours stalling and side tracking while most of us were sleeping, forcing the final vote to block the bipartisan commission