Government, and that has presented a small window for afghan women to publicly demand their rights be protected. [ chants ] the women are demanding the right to work and to have a continued voice in the countrys affairs, especially on education and health. But as you can see here, even this small demonstration was enough to provoke the taliban to try to break it up. Meanwhile, antitaliban forces in the rugged Panjshir Valley are battling an incursion by taliban fighters. The panjshir has long been controlled by the national Resistance Front and has never been under taliban Control Journalist Ben farmer is in kabul where its 1 30 in the afternoon. He joins us by phone. Thanks for being with us. Lets start with the protests we saw from those women there in kabul a day after a similar one in harot. Tell us more about their pledge to the taliban and to the outside world. Reporter well, these are theyre not huge protests, a few dozen women. They are significant. The women are very brave for
Now, the most dangerous period. Were standing by for a live Pentagon Briefing. And along the Gulf Coast of the United States right now, it is just a matter of hours as Hurricane Ida barrelling toward shore. The storm taking a very similar track as katrina did exactly 16 years ago, threatening to make Landfall Tomorrow in louisiana as a category 4 hurricane. This will be a Lifealtering Storm for those who arent prepared and ready to take what ida is going to throw at us. Were covering this storm from all ankgles. On the ground in New Orleans, but lets begin with Allison Chinchar at the cnn weather center. Allison, what is the latest forecast . Were so, so concerned. We should be, really, wolf. When we look at the current statistics, 85mileperhour winds sustaining gusting up to 100 miles per hour. The storm is moving into probably its most favorable environment for strengthening. It is a category 1 now, but notice how it strengthens very quickly as it moves into this very warm water. And
That they will not get the shot when it is until it has full and final approval of the fda, it has now happened. The moment you have been waiting for is here. It is time for you to go get your vaccination and get it today. Today. The president also urged businesses to require employees to get vaccinated now that the Pfizer Shot is fully approved. It signals a shift from a Vaccine Push to a vaccine must. Frankly, it couldnt come at a more crucial time. The Health Care system, frankly, is collapsing in parts of the country due to the strain of the unvaccinated. A group of around 75 South Florida doctors staged a Walkout Today to protest the number of unvaccinated covid patients flooding into their hospital. Now the antivaxxers, they seem to have a thing for Death And Home remedies, claiming the new Covid Cure is livestock dewormer. Thats right, a drug bought at a Feed Store meant to prevent parasites in pigs and cows and such, leading in an uptick in calls to Poison Control. This is a Gr
People from kabul is going to be hard and painful No Matter when it started, when it began. It would have been true if we had started a month ago or a month from now. There is no way to evacuate this many people without Pain And Loss of heartbreaking images you see on television. Its just a fact. New polling from nbc News Today finds that only one in four americans approve of the president s handling of the afghanistan crisis. With three in five americans of the mind that our nations longest war was ultimately not worth it. And political insiders are questioning just how much of a hit the president has taken on Capitol Hill over afghanistan, even as as even some democratic allies have condemned his response at a time when his party needs all his capital to move forward on voter protections. As the civil Rights Community prepares this week for the national voting Rights March that Martin Luther King iii and i as president of national Action Network will lead to Capitol Hill this coming
hills so watch out if you re traveling on into work, especially for some hilly areas. skies will clear out to the afternoon so we still got sunshine this afternoon and still a pleasant day. but the noticeably cooler afternoon ahead of us 40 s and 50 s for your current temperatures 55 conquered europe 47 right now not a bad start to the morning and certainly not a bad day ahead of us just cooler and even cooler yet come tomorrow and the weekend. rob all right, let s check the drive into san francisco, it s pretty busy out there we re chking out the line at the bay bridge toll plaza. there it is it s long to its beyo the end of lot beyond 8.80. it s spilling back to west grand and if you don t get t there soon enough. you re going to be stuck in traffic from the maze so right now we re at about 14 minutes that s a good average into san could pick up the nimitz we have a little bit of crowding southbound leaving san leandro from to 38 to 92 in hayward but the rest of your south