kabul airport. afghan families desperate to escape the taliban s fanatical rule. they ll run behind you with the ak 47. and boom, boom, boom. our country is right now is finished. no more afghanistan. after 20 years of fighting. the united states military has begun strikes. the taliban will pay a price. and tens of thousands of of a began and american lives lost. we try not to think about it, because when you think about it, then i get like this. the united states became the latest super power to suffer defeat in afghanistan. we have defeated britishers, and now americans. and a generation of afghans who grew up knowing freedom saw their dreams denied. the taliban reimposed strict islamic law. i came here on this last trip less than two weeks ago, and afghanistan was a republic, backed by the united states. now it s an islamic emirate, run by the taliban. it did not have to be this way. the united states war in afghanistan started a lot earlier th
families of those killed in that kabul drone attack speak out to nbc news after the pentagon says the strike was a mistake. what they are demanding. back to earth. the first fully civilian crew in space returns today. their historic splash-down. the massive police search for the fiance of the woman who went missing on their cross-country trip he s now a person of interest and has gone missing too. pet care crisis. almost every state seeing a shortage of veterinarians. pet owners seeking care turned away what you need to know. and the families who went from picking grapes to owning vineyards. drinking in the american dream announcer: this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz-balart. good evening there is confusion across the country tonight after that surprise recommendation to the fda. the biden administration was ramping up to offer booster shots for the covid vaccine to all americans over 16. but an fda advisory panel bluntly rejected that, recommending only ame
scientists who refuted the lab leak theory, 26 of the 27 scientists had funding connections to researchers in china. did he get another one? lindor again. what a memorable night wrapping up the subway series. steve: good morning everybody in washington, d.c. this is your 6:01 wake-up call right now. it s 72 in new york and 72 in the district of columbia where today they are going for a high of 90 degrees. look who is here? we have rachel in for ainsley. brian: you didn t work enough over the weekend. rachel: i didn t work enough. steve: i think today is ainsley s daughter s first day of school. rachel: good for her. steve: anyway, good to have you. rachel: thank you, always a pleasure to fill in for ainsley. brian: still dealing with the legacy of 9/11 saw some of those tremendous features look back 20 years seems like 20 minutes ago. still dealing with the legacy fox & friends because of where we are right now what happened. attacks came from afghanistan plotted an
government, and that has presented a small window for afghan women to publicly demand their rights be protected. [ chants ] the women are demanding the right to work and to have a continued voice in the country s affairs, especially on education and health. but as you can see here, even this small demonstration was enough to provoke the taliban to try to break it up. meanwhile, anti-taliban forces in the rugged panjshir valley are battling an incursion by taliban fighters. the panjshir has long been controlled by the national resistance front and has never been under taliban control journalist ben farmer is in kabul where it s 1:30 in the afternoon. he joins us by phone. thanks for being with us. let s start with the protests we saw from those women there in kabul a day after a similar one in harot. tell us more about their pledge to the taliban and to the outside world. reporter: well, these are they re not huge protests, a few dozen women. they are significant. the wome
league season begins. good morning. it is a terrible weekend, weatherwise. low pressure moving in from the west, bringing a bit of rain for some of us, but equally, some sunshine on the cards as well. i will have all the weather details here on bbc breakfast. it s saturday 14 august. our top story: hundreds of people gathered at a candlelit vigil in plymouth last night, to remember the five people killed in thursday s mass shooting. the youngest victim, sophie martin, was just three years old. it comes as an investigation is launched by the police watchdog to understand why the gunman, jake davison, was allowed to take back his confiscated firearm and permit, weeks before the attack. aru na iyengar reports. the youngest face of plymouth s tragedy. sophie martin, just three years old, was out for a walk with her dad leigh when they were both shot dead byjake davison. fix, sad shot dead by jake davison. a sad time for this shot dead by jake davison. a sad time for this part