Right now. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world, it is thursday, august 26th, im John Berman with Brianna Keilar. 36 hours left. That is the breaking news. Sources tell cnn the Evacuation Effort in afghanistan will end in the next 36 hours. Remember, the deadline for u. S. Withdrawal is actually August 31st. This news means The End of direct efforts to get people out days before that deadline. We know there are american citizens still trying to Get Out. For thousands of Green Card holders, legal permanent residents, that hope is faint or all but gone. U. S. Efforts are under way to help 2,000 local Embassy Staff Get Out. We did just learn that 13,000 people were evacuated from afghanistan in the last 24 hours. That is still a very large number but you can see that number getting smaller and smaller less than the 20,000 we had seen the previous two days. Huge Security Risks complicating this evacuation over the next 36 hours. Overnight, the u. S. Embassy
Any american, who wants to come home, we will get you home. Live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta, welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and around the world. Im Kim Brunhuber. This is cnn newsroom. U. S. President Joe Biden is vowing to bring every american home from afghanistan if they want to leave. But nobody knows how many u. S. Citizens are in the country. The State Department says its trying to track down as many as possible. Meanwhile, the taliban are showing off the spoils of war. They published photos showing their fighters armed with u. S. Weapons seized from the afghan national army. Its menacing images like these and the talibans long history of brutality that makes many afghans scared to stay in the country. On friday, the pentagon confirmed it had flown 169 americans by helicopter from a hotel near the airport after large crowds blocked access to the gates. Its the firstknown rescue of americans outside the airport perimeter. The firs
About the Governments Inability to effectively communicate the new Threat And Deal with the growing confusion about the Vaccine And Mask Message And Concern around the country. We will talk exclusively with Cdc Director Dr. Rochelle wolenski in just a few moments. We will take several of your questions from around the country. We have Fox Team Coverage first. Peter doocy is at the White House with the changing narratives from the biden administration. We begin with Correspondent Steve Harrigan in atlanta. Good evening, steve. More fears about more dangerous and more deadly covid variant. The cdc released new Data Today to support key changes in its recommendations for fully vaccinated people. If they continue to wear masks under certain conditions and that they can easily serve as spreaders of the more contagious and more deadly Delta Variant. The recommendations follow Bombshell Statements in internal cdc documents obtained by the washington post. That the Delta Variant was a new war
signing the executive actions, there s a lot that unusual about today and a lot that is still very familiar. despite the masks, the social distancing, the unprecedented security measures, today s inaugural has managed to capture a lot of the tradition of years past. very true. one tradition that we didn t see tonight, the first time in over 100 years was the outgoing president at the inaugural. senator lindsey graham talking with the former president in his last days in office. and of course, they worked a lot together throughout the course of his presidency. he joins us now. senator graham, great to have you with us today. thanks for being here. your thoughts as you have watched all of this unfold this evening. well, i thought it was pretty flawless. roy blunt is her. he did a magnificent job. i nominate him to do this the rest of his life. amy and roy did a good job representing the senate. good speech by president biden. i wish president trump had been there. that was
the united states. when a covid-19 vaccine is authorized by fda and recommended, vaccination and the initial phase of the program should be offered to both healthcare personnel and residents of long-term care facilities. sandra: in just moments the white house vaccine czar, dr. moncef slaoui will be joining us live. we go to laura ingle. how are they deciding who is first in line for this vaccine? good morning. good morning, sandra. the cdc advisory committee s vote last night marks a significant moment in getting the panel s recommendations into the agency s director s hands. if approved it would put the two groups we ve been talking about to the front of the line when the vaccine is ready. a huge moment last night. the panel of outside scientific experts who make up the committee voted 13-1 to recommend front line healthcare workers as well as residents of long-term care facilities to get that priority in the first days of any coming vaccination program. that is about