closing chapter and a coda to the speech that started it. good afternoon. on my orders, the united states military has begun strikes against al qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the taliban regime in afghanistan. now the taliban will pay a price. the name of today s military operation is enduring freedom. we will not waiver, we will not tire, we will not falter and we will not fail. that, of course, was then-president george w. bush announcing the start of the bombing campaign that began on the night of october 7th, 2001, in kabul. it s also where the last u.s. plane carrying american forces lifted off 7,269 days later, marking the end of america s longest war. this iconic image of the last american soldier with boots on the ground in afghanistan, major general chris donahue boarding that final c-17 out of the country. in that clip we just played you heard then-president bush announce the name of that operation enduring freedom. if that word rin
violence here in the united states, including at least nine mass shootings. more than 400 americans have been shot or killed in just the last 72 hours. we re following all the breaking news. a potential ly life saving vaccine chcleared for millions american. the fda expanded the pfizer vaccine to include young people ages 12 to 15. let s go to our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. this is a critical victory in the u.s. fight against the pandemic. wolf, that s right. it s critical on a grand scale and i think also for many families in the u.s. on a personal scale. on a grand scale, it will bring, if these children do get vaccinated, the percent of people who can get vaccined in the u.s. up to 85%. that is a huge number. as we know, children don t tend to get as sick with covid as adults do, but they can be carriers of the virus. we know from the clinical trials, the vaccine, the clinical trials that pfizer did for 12 to 15-year-olds that it was 100% effective. in
they threaten to take action if the military continues to kill more demonstrators. good to be with us. we have more information on the eng twin failure on the united airlines 777 jet. a passenger captured the terrifying moments in the air on saturday before the pilots made an emergency landing in denver. now boeing is recommending all 777s that use the same engine, the pratt and whitney 4000 series suspend operations. united has already announced it s removing 24 planes from service. all this as the faa says it will be stepping up its inspections. we re also seeing and hearing what it was like on the ground as debris came crashing into the neighborhoods in colorado. those startling images emerging as we are learning new details about the disaster in the sky. pete muntean has more from washington where we have our first look at what may have played a role in the flight 328. the ntsb says one of the fan bolts broke off, damaged another one and other fan blades. in fact, inv
far short of demand as the covid-19 death toll in the country approaches half a million. good to have you with us. grounded planes and stepped up inspections coming just days after the terrifying mid-air engine failure over colorado on a united airlines 777 jet. a passenger captured this dramatic and disturbing video on saturday shortly before the pilots returned safely to denver. now boeing is recommending all 777s that use the same engine, the pratt and when itney 4000 series ground the planes. united is removing 24 planes from service and the faa will step up the inspections. we are learning new details about what happened in the air. our peat muntean has the latest on the investigation. reporter: we are getting our first window into what may have played a major role in that dramatic in flight failure of united airlines flight 328. the ntsb says one of the fan blades of the right hand engine of that boeing 777 broke off, damaged another one, and other fan blades. in fa
lives. at the time that warning was all but ignored by the last administration, but she was right. our world has been ebb tirely up ended. more than half a million americans have died, tens of thousands are businesses are now closed. we can t even see our friends and family or hug them. no we re in a race against time to get back to normal. experts warning that we need to ramp up distribution right now as new trarnts spread that could weaken the vaccine s effectiveness. this is a race between the virus and getting vaccines into people. the more people that get vaccinated the better chance the virus has to get a variant or a mutation. so the faster we get a vaccine into the arms of individuals, once it gets by, if it is available to you, get it. the new york times is reports that one such new variant may have emerged here in new york city. in we response, the ceo of fooid pfizer says they re considering adding a third dose to the vaccine to further boost immunity. right no