Top a level resUlts have rIsen for the fIrst tIme sInce 2021 wIth jUst Under 28 of all grades marked at a Star Or A. Thats Up from 27. 2 last year. OUr correspondent NIcky SchIller Is lIve at BUrnley College as StUdents receIve theIr resUlts. Good afternoon. It Is sendIng oUt here at the UnIversIty, not qUIte so many people, there Is a bIt of confettI on the floor. ThroUghoUt the mornIng, we have seen the hUndreds of StUdents here comIng In, collectIng theIr envelope, openIng It Up and seeIng what grades they have got. We have talked aboUt the fIgUres, the A Levels, now those are the a star and a are Up to aboUt, a hIgh sInce 2021, we also have T Level resUlts oUt In england, and then there are more vocatIonal qUalIfIcatIons, those are the Btec NatIonal also oUt. The StUdents here do a range of those dIfferent coUrses. We wIll talk to some of them In a lIttle whIle. I want to show yoU what It was lIke at oclock thIs mornIng. When I arrIved jUst after seven oclock, there were hUndreds o
The big unknown tonight. All right. Peter, thank you the taliban quickly declared victory after the last american troops left, celebrating as they took over the kabul airport. Heres Richard Engel Reporter today was Victory Day for the taliban entering the airport. Their fighters inspecting the spoils the u. S. Left behind at what was the last american toehold in afghanistan. The taliban spokesman saying today the group wants new relations with the west and are even open to foreign investment they looked over the aircraft and weapons u. S. Troops abandoned and decommissioned so they cant be used but american forces did not damage the airport itself the united states is relying on the airport to reopen quickly to evacuate american citizens and translators who never made it out in the Air Lift some of them now in hiding from the taliban and who one day, once they have documents, will have to pass through here to leave the taliban insisting theyll let them go. The taliban also promising to
Soar there. Well have the very latest. Plus, we are following the continued battle in florida over the Governors Ban of School Mask mandates. A judge ruled the Governors Order was unconstitutional, but the state still has gone ahead with financial penalties against School Districts. Well have an update on that story. Good morning, welcome to Morning Joe, it is wednesday, september 1st, im willie geist, and were start with President Bidens address to the nation, one day after the final american troops left afghanistan, officially ending our part in the war. Peter alexander takes us to the president s defense of the decision. Reporter with the taliban declaring victory in afghanistan, President Biden at the White House marked The End of americas longest war. Leaving August The 31st is not due to an arbitrary deadline. It was designed to save american lives. Reporter facing bipartisan backlash, the president at times angry and defensive, standing by his decision to end the mission with up
Teachers to wear masks. Tracking ida. Louisiana faces a direct hit from a potentially catastrophic hurricane. Where is it heading and when . Evictions set evictions set to resume. A supreme Court Ruling means millions of renters could lose their homes. Breaking news a California Panel votes in favor of parole for the man who assassinated Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Wildfire danger homes are evacuated as the Caldor Fire inches closer to Lake Tahoe. Hornet invasion . Crews destroy the biggest Murder Hornet Nest yet. How serious is the threat . And on the road. Cbs Steve Hartman with a woman who puts her whole self in to her favorite song. This is the Cbs Evening News with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Dokoupil good evening to our viewers in the west. Norah is off. Im tony dokoupil. And we begin with breaking developments in afghanistan. President bidens national Security Team has told him another attack is likely, and the next few days could be the most dangerous of