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infections ravage the unvaccinated. protesters mark the historic march on washington with demands to protect voting rights. voting rights is determining what we are all about. diaz: and later, baby boom. how these labor and delivery nurses are keeping busy becoming their own patients. that s definitely a light in the darkness in a world that is really hard right now. this is the cbs weekend news. from chicago, here s adriana diaz. diaz: good evening. hurricane ida is just hours from roaring ashore, and in a cruel twist, tomorrow marks exactly 16 years since hurricane katrina devastated the region. this video from the international space station gives a sense of ida s size and power. right now, it s a category two storm, but it s expected to grow into a life-threatening category four hurricane. millions are in its path, and today people fled the coast, packing highways ahead of ida s punch. cbs news meteorologist and climate specialist jeff berardelli is trac ....
to vote, unsiege right now in many state legislatures nationwide. we have reporters out in the streets on this historic day. it is just one of the major stories we are following this hour. we are also tracking hurricane ida as it takes aim at louisiana, and we are keeping a close eye on afghanistan where the u.s. launched a deadly response to the recent suicide bombings at the airport. more on all of that in just a moment. we begin this hour with breaking news and a sea of voting rights marches across the country under way right now. i m going to show you a live look at the crowds in washington, d.c. right now tens of thousands of people flooding the streets in more than 40 cities, all to commemorate the 58th anniversary of the historic 1963 march on washington, to call on congress to pass federal legislation to protect voting access. nbc s josh letterman among the rally crowd at d.c. s national mall. we can hear the speaker loud and clear behind you. talk to me abo ....
nine times higher in those who catch coronavirus, than those who ve had a vaccine, according to a major new study. in tokyo, kadeena cox retains her paralympic title clocking a new world record in the c4 5 500m time trial. coming up nearly a0 years since they last released new music are abba about to make a return? we ll speak to one superfan! the day after at least 90 people were killed in two bomb attacks at kabul airport, the ministry of defence has said its afghanistan evacuation programme will end in a matter of hours. all british facilities in the city for processing applications were shut overnight and all remaining officials are due to be flown out today. the defence secretary ben wallace says the bombings have not affected the timetable. but he acknowledged that even though almost 14 000 british even though almost 14000 british nationals and eligible afghans have been airlifted out it hadn t been possible to remove everyone. graham satchell has the la ....
league champ is in a league of her own. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone the biden administration tonight doing the tough math six days to meet the afghanistan exit deadline as many as 1,500 american civilians in need of a way out and thousands of u.s. troops also subject to that withdrawal deadline the president unwavering in his determination to abide by that august 31st date, but publicly the administration sending different signals about options for americans who may not make it under the wire in time. the good news, we learned today, there appear to be far fewer americans still in the country than first estimated. peter alexander with the latest from the white house. reporter: with a desperate rush to leave before the august 31st deadline, the biden administration tonight estimates 1,500 americans are still stranded in afghanistan. secretary of state antony blinken saying 6,000 were there when the country fell to t ....
during my eight years as my position as chief official white house photographer, during the obama administration, i documented all of the important moments of his presidency. the emotion. the tough decisions. the stressful times. the fun times. but also showing what he was like as a dad. as a husband. just as a human being. to me, that shows how the job of the president should be done. i got high hopes i think it s my right as an american citizen to speak out when i see wrong. i really come at this from a unique perspective. not just as a former photo journalist, but also having worked for both the obama and reagan administrations. and seeing what it s like on the inside of a presidency. whether you agree or disagree with the president s policies, how that president should behave. high hopes i got high hopes i m going to throw some shade tonight, if that s okay. but i want to tell you first how i how i got there. dmi so, if we go back to ja ....