Despite the country seeing its highest Case Count of the pandemic. Hello and welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. Appreciate your company. Im michael holmes, and this is Cnn Newsroom. U. S. President Joe Biden vowing to bring every american home from afghanistan if they want to leave. One problem, though. Nobody knows how many u. S. Citizens are in the country or their situation. The u. S. State department says it is actively trying to track down as many as possible. On friday, the pentagon confirming it had evacuated 169 americans by helicopter from a hotel near the airport after large crowds blocked the groups access. Its the firstknown Rescue Operation of americans outside the Airport Perimeter. Meanwhile, the taliban showing off the spoils of war. They published photographs showing their fighters armed with u. S. Weapons seized from the afghan national army. Now, after reporting from Inside Afghanistan since the beginning of the month, our Clar
Plan are how some democrats describe this blunder . There is Fear And Confusion in kabul, and for many, desperation to get out at all costs. Theyre kind of running towards the taliban and running away from them again almost like a game. But when theres bullets firing like that, its clearly not a game. Pops of gunfire now constant. Crowds of afghans now surrounding the hamid karzai airport, the taliban standing between them and a new life. Military evacuations are running but painfully slow. A biden administration admits it is now relying on the taliban to guarantee Safe Passage to the airport for americans and for afghans. That is a dicey proposition. The taliban insists they are not the medieval thugs of old. A Los Angeles times photojournalist snapped these photos, children bloody after what the photographer calls indiscriminate taliban violence. Cnns Clarissa Ward capturing dramatic scenes on the front Lines Today and makie ing clear there is still no order. We have taliban fighters
Cohen. What is the Rollout Plan for Booster Doses . And talk to us about the data behind this decision. Right. I think some people may be thinking, watit a minute, i thought i was fully vaccinated. You are fully vaccinated. But now theyre saying your immunity may wane over time and you may need a third dose. If you look on the left at the 92 and the 64 , thats from a group of millions in New York and minnesota. They found before delta thE Vaccine was 92 effective, but now with delta its only 64 effective. Folks in Nursing Homes, before delta 75 effective, with delta only 53 effective. Theres twoen reasons why. T delta is tough. ThE Vaccine just doesnt work as well against delta. You are two things causing the numbers were seeing here. The rollout is going to start the week of september 20th. You will be eligible if you are eight months after your second dose. If you were vaccinated a month or two ago, this is not for you right now. These will be the folks prioritized, Health Care worke
officers who were guarding that entrance to the u.s. capitol grounds. a second officer was injured in that attack and hospitalized briefly. he is out of the hospital and is apparently going to be okay. but officer evans was killed. killed in the line of duty, defending the u.s. capitol, just as officer brian sicknick was killed in the line of duty during the trump mob on the capitol january 6th. like officer sicknick, officer billy evans, tomorrow, will lie in honor at the u.s. capitol rotunda. his body will be brought to the capitol, to the rotunda in a very somber ceremonial arrival ceremony, a tribute to him. the officers and members of congress he was protecting when he died will take part in a ceremony honoring him, stay with the body during his viewing all day tomorrow at the rotunda. there will be a ceremonial departure at 6:30 eastern tomorrow night. that will be an all-day thing tomorrow in washington. whatever else happens tomorrow in washington, you should expect,
wintry conditions. and that is to be expected in the depths of february. however, the situation is uniquely dire in the great state of texas. texas is the energy capital of america, loves to be thought of as such, and makes it all the more infuriating and maddening for those caught in the middle of it right now that that state that is famous worldwide for its energy resources tonight is heading into night four of the lights being off. the power being out across huge swaths of that state. dozens of deaths are associated with the brutal winter weather already. in texas, carbon monoxide poisoning has claimed lives already, and is an increasingly deadly risk as texans burn things that shouldn t be burned and bring heat sources into their homes that are things should only be used out of doors. there are cumulatively several hundred thousand people in other states besides texas around the country who are also without power. 61,000 in west virginia. over 80,000 in kentucky. over 140