Another countries of all conflicts. I was the fourth president to preside over an american presence in afghanistan, two republicans into democrats i would not in will not pass this war onto a fifth. Welcome, this is your world, in a tense moment not only for the administration, but the world i less than two weeks, you see Th Taliban take over the entire country of afghanistan. The Blitzkrieg Nature of all of that, and what they have been u two since assuming power is getting attention the world over. We should let you know that u. S troops have had two armed men a the airport, africans who scribbling to leave the country separately three other afghans who were clinging to a u. S. Air Force Jet as it left cabell dropped to their desk. The pullout itself has gotten the United Nations saying call must be restored. The unfolding situation in afghanistan. The development has taken place in the last week, in the steps were taken to address rapidly evolving events. I national Security Team in
Are seeing a spike in new cases. Those are in the red. Lets bring in cnn chief white House Correspondent kaitlan collins. What does president Biden Plan to say about all of this . Reporter he is walking a Fine Line where theyre touting what you are showing there, the Case Rates are down, deaths are down, but theyre dealing with these areas where theyre worried about a potentially deadly combination, low Vaccination Rates and a high circulation of the highly contagious Delta Variant that everyone is now talking about. So what you have seen President Biden try to do for the last few days is really mark the progress thats been made, celebrate the fact that life has returned to normal in a lot of the u. S. , but also warn about whats to come for those who are not yet vaccinated. That is this concern of those areas where the Delta Variant is high that people who arent vaccinated are going to get potentially very, very sick, and even potentially die. That was that warning that you heard from
teams negotiating all day. there have been law enforcement there, representation loathe local and national. let s go mor morgan chestky. there was noise and then a tweet. reporter: speaking to colleyville please in just a few minutes and more details. there was a loud boom that could be heard blocks away from the sin being to, and it was shortly therefore governor abbott released the tweet that hostages are all out safe and alive. that followed that 11-hour standoff that began this morning when authorities say they received a phone call around 10:41 that there was an ongoing situation at congregation beth israel synagogue there in colleyville, a quiet suburb outside dallas. and it was from that point forward that these negotiations really began. and we could hear the man that police have identified as the primary suspect here actually making some of those demands in a facebook live stream of the synagogue service before it was shut off earlier this morning. it was at that p
including president biden, will hold a virtual meeting with ukraine s president zelenskyy on sunday just before the key date of may 9th, which is victory day in russia. let s begin with sarah sidener. what can you tell us about the operation in mariupol? reporter: a third and fresh rescue is under way to try to get to the people still trapped in the dark, dank maze under the steel plant. the problem is the bombardments are continuing, even after russia said there would be a cease-fire to allow people to exit. russia has once again lied about what it is going to do. in the meantime, there are bloody battles being waged and some of them are inside the plant because a commander said russian forces have made it inside that plant and there is fierce fighting that continues to go on. this is all happening as people watch and wait for may 9th and that is when russia celebrates v-day. they believe that there is a real effort from russia to try and crush mariupol, to try and take it
and defamation case brought by author e. jean carroll. court resumes this hour. and a man accused of a shooting rampage inside a medical center is about to appear in court. what we re learning about the suspect and what his mother is blaming today. we re following these major developing stories and more all coming up right here on cnn news central. this morning the white house is pushing back hard on russia s baseless accusation that the u.s. directed ukraine to carry out an alleged attack on the kremlin. moscow claims it was an attempt to assassinate president vladimir putin. the white house calls the allegation the u.s. was behind that ridiculous, and ukraine is also strongly denying any involvement in that attack. after making that claim with no evidence, russia ramped up its attacks on ukraine. at least 23 people were killed by russian shelling in the kherson region wednesday. and kyiv s military chief said the city was hit by the most intense air strikes so far thi