Patients 16 and up. To borrow a phrase from the development effort, that happened at warp speed, the process taking only 40 of the usual time. Well, this and other vaccines have met the fdas rigorous scientific standards for Emergency Use Authorization as the first fda approved covid vaccine, the public can be confident that this meets the Fda Gold standards for safety, Effectiveness And Manufacturing quality that we require for an approved product. Words that could not come a day too soon. That is because as of this weekend the country is back to averaging 1,000 plus deaths a day from covid. That grim Figure Hasnt been this high since march. In florida over the weekend, hospitalizations set a new record for the entire pandemic with more than 17,000 men, women and children in covid units, icus and ers across the state. Nationally new cases are averaging close to 150,000 a day. Thats nearly ten times what they were in june. Experts on this program have predicted theyll hit 200,000 a day
The usual time. Well, this and other vaccines have met the fdas rigorous scientific standards for Emergencyuse Authorization. As the first fdaapproved covid19 vaccine, the public can be confident that this vaccine meets the Fdas Gold standards for safety, effectiveness, and manufacturing quality that we require for an approved product. Words that could not come a day too soon. That is because, as of this weekend, the countrys back to averaging a thousandplus deaths a day from covid. That grim Figure Hasnt been this high since march. In florida, over the weekend, hospitalizations set a new record for the entire pandemic with more than 17,000 men, women, and children in covid units, icus, and ers across the state. Nationally, new cases are, once again, averaging close to 150,000 a day. Thats nearly tentimes what they were in june and experts on this program have predicted theyll hit 200,000 a day before this latest surge is over. Even as cases soar, Vaccine Hesitancy or even outright hos
Enough to get unvaccinated americans on board. And japan will host another athletic spectacle, were live in tokyo for the Paralympic Games. Good to have you with us. It remains to be seen if u. S. Troops will stay in afghanistan past the August 31 deadline to help evacuate the thousands of people still trying to leave the country. G7 leaders are expected to pressure u. S. President biden to extend the mission during a virtual meeting a few hours from now. The Uk Defense secretary says it is unlikely but worth a try and u. S. Military advisers have told the White House they need to know today if the deadline stands. The taliban want the americans out. We are well aware of the stated desire to by the taliban to have this mission completed by the 31st of august. I would tell you that we too are still planning on completing it by the 31st of august. That is the mission that has been assigned to us and that is what were trying to execute. The u. S. Says more than 16,000 people were evacuate
Dana taliban calls it a nonstarter. Who is calling the shots . Bill dana, the President Saying the u. S. Has expanded the perimeter around the airport. More on that in a moment as the u. S. Confirms that isis is taking full advantage of the chaos and plotting to kill americans who are trapped there. Dana team Fox Coverage. General Jack Keane, Trey Yingst the latest from the capital of Doha And Mark meredith is live At The White House for the update this morning. The White House insists it is making significant progress on the Evacuation Effort underway. Evacuating another 10,000 people or so. But there is also mixed messages coming from the White House with the president insisting this is not going to be easy and he says it is possible that u. S. Troops will have to stay on the ground in afghanistan longer than previously planned. President biden there are discussions going on among us and the military extending. Our hope is we wont have to extend. But there will be discussions, i susp
But we start with David Spunt on the story on afghanistan. Reporter thousAnds want to get out of afghanistan not only from kabul but this comes as the mixed messages seem to thrive. One day it seems okay to go to the airport. Then people are told not to go to the airport. The united Kingdom Defense forces reported seven people killed outside of a Kabul Airport. We hear those are afghan civilians. Families are desperate to leave. The Kabul Airport officials are reporting that the american officials are not even to get to the airport. We know small number that we know of. We know of sporadic cases where they are not being allowed. Harrassment is going on And some physical violence has occurred. Reporter add that to the New Threat of Isis Branch in afghanistan. Afghanistan known to house Al Qaeda. Isis a rival Terror Organization has a footprint in the country. There are reports this morning that the biden administration is weighing airstrikes on some of our equipment that the taliban sei