Of that country will only increase. The last u. S. Planes carrying u. S. Troops and State Department left personnel left Kabul Airport at 3 29 p. M. Eastern time. They cleared afghanistan airspace and thats when we heard from the general. It marks the end of 20year mission which began shortly, of course, after the September 11th attacks. Roughly 6,000 americans have been evacuated since august 14th. About 250 roughly are believed still to be on the ground in afghanistan with the taliban now in control. Meantime, The Big Story here back at home in the u. S. Rescuers are trying to reach people trapped by floodwaters across louisiana as residents are being told not to return to New Orleans and other areas across the southeast. More than 1 Million customers in Louisiana And Mississippi, including all of New Orleans left without power after Hurricane Ida made landfall as a category 4 storm. And many of them tonight are still without power down there. At least one person was killed as a resu
A dangerous storm now that is gaining strength at this hour. Lets go outfront. Good evening, everyone. Im Kate Bolduan in for erin burnett. Tonight these powerful images well show you capturing the scene inside a c17 packed mostly with afghan nationals fle fleeing their home country. Clarissa Ward And Vince wells are on that plane now. Roughly 400 people making their way to kutar. This comes as President Biden takes questions for the first time since afghanistan collapsed to the taliban. Biden admitting he does not know how many americans are still in afghanistan, but he promised to get every last one out. Let me be clear, any american who wants to come home, we will get you home. Will you sign off on sending u. S. Troops into kabul to evacuate americans who havent been able to get to the airport safely . We have no indication they havent been able to get In Kabul tHrough the airport. Yet, this afternoon, Bidens Defense Secretary appeared to contradict the president on that. During a b
We will get you home. He says hes making the same commitment to evacuate afghan allies of the United States. In his most extensive comments yet, the president seemed less defensive as he addressed the danger and the chaos since the taliban takeover. Tonight there is new confirmation that americans in afghanistan have been beaten by the taliban. The Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Sharing that information with u. S. Lawmakers. Cnn crews have also witnessed taliban violence escalating in the afghan capital, making a desperate situation worse by the hour. Our correspondents and analysts are standing by covering every angle of this breaking story. First, lets go to Jeremy Diamond over at the White House. Je jeremy, the president made very specific Promises Today about the evacuation. Thats right, wolf. Five days after the taliban took control of kabul, President Biden clearly trying to show he is getting the situation under control, also showing some more of his trademark empathy, talking a
Ground. The biden administration scored a victory when a judge denied a motion by a group of Lapped Landlords to block the cdcs he vision moratorium. A Advisory Panel advised that people with weakened immune Systems Ab loud to get a third Vaccine Dose hours after the fda amended the Emergency Use authorizations for the Pfizer And Moderna vaccines to allow that. Democrats are putting more pressure on nancy on House Speaker Nancy pelosi to call a vote on the bipartisan Infrastructure Bill instead of waiting to vote on the 3. 5 trillion Reconciliation Bill is ready. Well talk about it with judy gomez. And census data shows that america is becoming more diverse and less white. Well take a closer look at what that means for the country and for our politics. But we start this hour in afghanistan. A full Taliban Takeover now seems almost inevitable. Two major capitals have fallen to kandahar. You can see the taliban is circling in on kabul, the capital from all sides. This as the. Uk, u. S. A
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