we re, following a couple of, live events that are about to get underway on a day that democrats could potentially make or break the president s political future. the white house briefing is about to start any moment, and the leaders of the house democratic caucus will be speaking after the party met behind closed doors we re following all the latest developments from the white house to capitol hill. and let s start there with cnn, chief congressional correspondent, manu raju. manu, tell us what you re hearing from lawmakers as they all get together today and talk about this yeah this meeting this morning, about two hours with the house democrats really airing out their concerns is a bit of an open mic session. members would go up express their concerns about joe biden as the nominee expressed concerns about donald trump taking back the white house and about how the party needs to come together for an order to defeat donald trump, all playing out in this private setting. th
people a day, so this is behind that pace with tens of thousands of americans and afghan allies still waiting for a way out. cnn has also learned military commanders are in contact with taliban militants about security on those chaotic streets around the airport. constant reminders of the human beings caught up in all of this. that s right, especially children. new video shows a toddler being handed to american troops on top of the wall at the airport perimeter in kabul. meantime the state department is engaged in high level diplomatic talks with the taliban in the neutral setting of doha, where we find nick paton walsh. good morning, the taliban starting a violent crackdown, we ve all seen the images. obviously the situation at the airport remains chaotic and tense. who knows where this goes. what are you seeing on the ground and what do you think happens once the western media starts to leave? reporter: that is of course the major question. we ve seen initially taliba
dissidents. and an unruly passenger dusk tap duck taped to his seat. what the airline is saying about the decision. covid cases have surpassed 200 million as the delta variant continues to strain health care systems. the number has jumped dramatically since late april when there were 150 million cases. global covid deaths have also topped 4.2 million. meanwhile the cdc projects covid hospitalizations and deaths in the u.s. will go up over the next four weeks. dr. tom frieden says the u.s. will likely see a surge of infections in the coming weeks and it won t be limited to areas with low vaccination rates. and a former u.s. official has this warning for the unvaccinated my god, we have more cases, more hospitalizations now than we had when i was in office last july. only reason that we don t have 1500 deaths is we ve done a good job with the elderly. but we re at a pace to lose 75,000 additional americans by thanksgiving. that is a horrific thought and one that we cannot a
medicare, obamacare. the first payments in the government s expanded child tax credit program, one payment per month through the rest of the year. will they be permanent? that s the question. and the growing climate crisis impacting americans from coast to coast this summer. everything from extreme heat, to devastating wildfires and flash flooding. joining me now, susan glasser, a staffer writer for the new yorker. susan glasser, good to see you, thank you so much. hi, don. i ve got a long question to ask you. you have some incredible new reporting tonight about the conflict between trump and the chairman of the joint chiefs and trump s final days in office. the reason it s long is because i want to read something you wrote, in part. at the very end of the meeting on january 3, it says trump brought up the forthcoming rally of his supporters on january 6, asking millie and acting defense secretary christopher miller if they were prepared for what trump had already pro
lies of trump on the election to adolph hitler s ret rhythm. rhetoric. i m wolf blitzer in the situation room. sobering news out of los angeles where officials have just reinstated the county s mask mandate as new covid cases surge. erica hill, tell us more about this stunning decision. this is getting a lot of attention. more than 10 million people live in l.a. county. as of saturday at 11:59 a.m., the indoor mask mandate is coming back regardless of vaccination status. the full order will be posted tomorrow on the county s health website. this is because of consistent rise in cases and hospitalizations in los angeles county. earlier this week we were talking about a 500% increase in the county over the past five months. this is fueling concerns about cases, hospitalizations and deaths that we are continuing to see across the country. in a seemingly endless sea of noise, the white house tried to cut through. when it comes to information, caring is sharing. vaccin