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the latest number, the latest 24 hour period, is that they got more than 21,000 people out. 21,000 people evacuated in one day. that means the u.s. airlift out of kabul over wall has removed more than 70,000 people from kabul since they started ten days ago, which is an astonishing number. with the president planning to get u.s. troops out entirely by the initial deadline he said which is next week, august 31st, the evacuation effort will necessarily start to have to ramp down. troops will have to start to leave, it takes time to get them out safely. as of today troop numbers were already dropping at the kabul airport. what will that mean in terms of the pace of evacuation? and the orderliness of evacuations, and the commitment of every american an f ally of american troops in american people out of, there we will have a live report on that situation, coming up including the news today, about the reported meeting between the director of the cia, william burns, in a seni ....
health policy, just who could get a covid booster shot and when. plus the latest push for congress to save voting rights even though the senate keeps killing the bill. top house democrats hakeem jeffries joins me to discuss that when all in starts right now. good evening from washington d.c. i m mehdi hasan, in for chris hayes. no matter whether you are for or against the war in afghanistan, i think those observers will agree that the way it s been brought to an and has been a disaster. the taliban is again in control of the country, and in addition to political power, they have their hands on u.s. supplied military equipment including guns, ammunition and combat aircrafts. so, we all agree that it s bad right now, but did you know that there is a good chance we could have maybe avoided all of this. that s because in december 2001 the taliban seem to be on the verge of striking a deal with the afghan government to surrender, this was at a time when the taliban itself ....
therabreath, it s a better mouthwash. at walmart, target and other fine stores. tonight the house gop leader kevin mccarthy naming five republicans to be members of the select committee that will investigate the deadly january 6th insurrection. we re going to break it down in just a moment for you. also new cases of covid-19 on the rise all across the country, up 66% over the past week. hospitalizations and deaths on the rise, all fueled by the aggressive delta variant. president biden pleading with americans who are not vaccinated to get their shots. the president also walking back his accusation that facebook is killing people by allowing covid misinformation on its platform but still keeping up the pressure on social media platforms to control the misinformation. i want to bring in now congressional correspondent ryan nobles. he joins us now live from the capitol. ryan, good evening to you. let s talk about what kevin mccarthy is announcing. that is the five repub ....
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democrats set a deadline for a key infrastructure vote as growing opposition puts the bipartisan compromise in jeopardy. the latest with the chief republican negotiator of the deal, senator rob portman, who joins me exclusively, next. plus on the road. democrats go local to promote voting rights. there are many routes to success here. but roadblocks remain in the senate. so, how will anything change? i ll speak to the committee chair holding that hearing, senator amy klobuchar, ahead. hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is seeing red. coronavirus cases are surging across the country once again, as the highly contagious delta variant spreads. all 50 states and washington, d.c. are now seeing a rise in cases. that s the first time that has happened since january. as many of us know by now, the covid vaccines are extraordinarily effective at preventing serious disease, and 99% of those who are now dying of covid are unvaccinated. this ne ....