The world. We have a lot to get to and we start with President Biden facing a deadline from his own military on whether to extend evacuations in afghanistan beyond August 31. Now, the military needs enough time to withdraw the roughly 5800 troops currently on the ground along with their equipment and their weapons, but complicating matters here is the taliban warning that staying past that August 31st deadline is a red line. And the number of evacuations is inching upward, about 16,000 People Yesterday on u. S. And Coalition Aircraft. But the scramble to get people out still in high gear. And this different perspective, new Satellite Images of kabuls airport, huge crowds can be seen at multiple checkpoints and security gates. You can see groups of people on the Tarmac Waiting to be evacuated. And Sam Kiley is live at the Kabul International Airport this morning. Sam, Good morning. Cnn has new reporting, just tell us how many people exactly remain at the airport and who exactly are they
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
Xfinity makes moving easy. go online to transfer your services in about a minute. get started today. decision day. the president must decide whether to extend the evacuation deadline from afghanistan. cnn is live in kabul. the biden administration at home facing new questions, not one but two infrastructure bill jeopardy. the fda gave the approval of the covid vaccine. it is tuesday, august 24, 5:00 a.m. in new york. i m christine romans. and i m laura jarrett. welcome to our viewers around