You want to Take A Look At That. Bill i think the way you say a legend. Dana he was a legend. Bill is the most appropriate way to look at it. Dana a terrific dog. He will be very much missed. Thank you. Here is where we stand. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin traveling overseas. Doha is the central hub. Bill he says the u. S. Is working closely with the taliban and the Terror Group not stopping americans from getting out as long as those evacuees have the correct paperwork. He said this a moment ago. Were conducting a great deal of diplomacy on this as we speak. Weve also engaged with the taliban on this topic including in recent hours. They said thAt They will let people with Travel Documents freely depart. Well hold them to that. So will dozens of other countries. The international community is watching to see if the taliban will live up to their commitments. Bill Trey Yengst reports from doha, qatar. Hello, trey. Good morning. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and
african countries. benjamin: researchers say the variant caught them offguard. experts are calling it a big jump in the virus s evolution. it has a large number of mutations. the concern is when you have so many mutations it can have an impact on how the virus behaves. benjamin: jonathan serrie is following it live from atlanta. it doesn t sound good. researchers are just beginning to stud ooh he the new variant. there are a lot of unknowns. international health officials are concerned the sheer number of mutations may make this new variant first detected in africa more dangerous than previous variants. listen. the early indications we have of this variant it may be more transmissible than the delta variant and the vaccines that we currently have may be less effective against it. britain imposed a temporary ban on flights from six african countries and requiring british travelers returning from those countries to quarantine in hotels. each time the coronavirus spr
international coalition to defeat i.s.i.s. or to defeat al qaeda. it took many years. i don t think it s going to be many years. but i ve set targets and not a deadline, and we re proceeding as quickly as we can and also as carefully as we can because we want to minimize civilian casualties, and we want to minimize casualties on our side. that s israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu on a potential timeline for the war with hamas. it comes as gaza s largest hospital, which is caring for newborns, is out of fuel to power the facility. also ahead, we ve got new reporting on the impeachment inquiry into president joe biden. the new house speaker does not appear ready to move that effort forward, at least for now. meanwhile on capitol hill, the republican-led house released its plan to avoid a government shutdown. we ll go through the stopgap measure and the chances it could pass the senate by friday s deadline. good morning and welcome to way too early on this mo