Taliban leaders. The most significant meeting between the demonstration in th taliban since it took control o afghanistan nearly two weeks ago. Thousands of afghans at this hour are flooding the kabul airport in a desperate plea to leave the country. The humanitarian crisis, in the chaos unfolding there angry in our u. S. Who met today with biden mutually for a g7 conference. General jack all standing by with first the white house correspondent with a very lates from 1600 pennsylvania. Good afternoon to you, guys. We have learned that president biden will keep the august 31st withdrawal deadline according t u. S. Officials who spoke with our lucas thomason at the pentagon. For that to happen, they say that the military withdrawal will have to begin by this friday in order to meet that deadline just one week from today. Making it pretty unclear who will protect the last americans who are making their way out al the way up until that deadline as well as afghan refugees able to get on pla
Live from are cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with there s a growing surge in cases as more health experts are warning that things will get worse. Here is a look at the seven day average with the u. S. Among the country s seeing a jump in infections here. To date, there s been nearly 200 million cases worldwide. More than 4 million people have died. Now, these new outbreaks and the ease of transmission have some officials reimposing restrictions. And while vaccines have been, and vaccinations have been lagging we are seeing an uptick in shots in parts of the u. S. For sure. This comes as countries are also looking ahead to boosters. The uk is preparing for a possible third covid vaccine shot from september, it s all part of an effort to pro long protection especially in those who are the most vulnerable. Now, the delta variant is behind a surge in new cases in hospitalizations throughout the u. S. Right now, every state is reporting more new infections compared to the previous week.
i am eric shawn. hi arthel. arthel: hello eric hello everyone i m arthel neville. president zelensky announced a plan bidding yesterday it is the first american delegation especially once the defense secretary arrives, to be on ukrainian soil since the war began. that meeting is one of several big stories we are following this hour over in france, projections show voters have reelected president emmanuel macron for a second term paid his far right challenger marine le pen conceded about two hours ago back at home the search for missing soldier for the third day he went missing friday after jumping into the rio grande river to save to migrants who appear to be drowning. authorities say those migrants are suspected of drug runners from mexico. will have more stories on that story in a moment but right now are going to get the latest from ukraine, trey yingst is live in kyiv. arthel good afternoon per the reports of those critical u.s. officials here on the ground in kyiv come
idea, freedom. that would be nice. presidential candidate vivek ramaswamy is speaking out against tyranny of minority and new oppression that seeks to punish people for having a different opinion. vivek made his case with an exchange with an lgbtq activist at iowa state fair and it s gone viral. i am personally pansexual, i was wondering your view on same-sex couples is? i don t have a negative view in name of protecting tyranny of majority, we have in the name of majority created new tyranny of the mind and i think that is wrong. i don t think somebody religious should be forced to officiate a wedding they disagree with. i don t think a woman should be forced to compete against a biological man, i don t think anyone who is a woman should be forced to change clothes in a locker room with a man, that is not freedom, that is oppression. free adults should be able to dress how they want, that is fine. you don t become oppressive by hoisting that on others. it comes from th
the beast, lived the good life until that strange terrible day . he found her at home, the barbell was across her throat. reporter: dead, a tragic freak accident. or was it? i m like, the weights machine? she does not lift weights. reporter: a home gym mysteriously turned death trap. a husband mysteriously turned suspect. hello and welcome to dateline. it is the case of a fit young woman, who died suddenly. her friends and family said it was a freak accident in a jam, the kind of thing that could happen to any wine. equipment does malfunction, at times, but so do relationships. here is dennis murphy, with the beauty and the beast mystery. reporter: the images are fuzzy on the old home video of the wedding reception, but anyone who was there remembers the event vividly. the bride all in whites, the groom he is the dance partner in the goofy beast costume. kind of a strange way to start a marriage, beauty and the beast, but it was a union that would and strangel