Next week. And as americans commemorate 20 years since the 9 11 attacks, are we any safer from terrorists than we were on that day when the towers fell and the nation changed forever . We want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin with President Biden pushing back hard at republican critics on his new covid19 strategy. Our chief national Affairs Correspondent is at the White House for us. Jeff, the president appears undaunted by the backlash. The White House does believe it is on solid legal ground here saying it is the responsibility of the federal government to provide a safe workplace and protect workers. Now, these actions this week have gone much farther than President Biden has gone before. In fact, a reversal from previous pledges not to issue mandates. But he said he never expected the resistance to be so fierce. Thats why hes taking these steps and leaving the door open to even more. Were p
Are saving lives at a critical time. They are needed more than ever. Just look at the numbers now for this Labor Day versus last year. Youre looking at a 300 increase in the 7day Average of new cases. Meantime several icus near or at full capacity. The u. S. Is now reporting an average of 1500 covid deaths a day. Nearly all of those patients and deaths were unvaccinated. Lets begin with our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. Bottom line here the data, the science, the boosters, science will dictate the date for the rollout. What is the Data Showing . Erica, a lot of this data is coming out of israel. Israel is essentially a pfizeronly country. Pfizer applied and will be heard first to see if they can do a Booster Rollout and pfizer will be relying on the israelis for the data that they have. Lets Take A Look at what the israelis have found about the effectiveness of a booster, of a third shot. So this the Israelis Sort of spotted the problem. They found this summer that thos
To children aged 12 to 15. Nhs trusts in england have been told to prepare. The nhs waiting List Crisis in Northern Ireland most patients who need a first appointment with a consultant have to wait more than a year. A golden day in tokyo for Paralympics Gb a haul of five gold medals on day two of the games. And coming up scientists say Light Pollution may be contributing to declines in local insect populations. Good Afternoon And Welcome to Bbc News. British citizens still in afghanistan are being warned to stay away from Kabul Airport because of fears there could be a lethal Terror Attack there, possibly within hours. The government says intelligence suggesting a very imminent attack is ever more certain. But in the last hour, the Prime Minister has said british troops have now got the overwhelming majority of eligible people out of the Country, with thE Evacuation due to end on tuesday. Our diplomatic correspondent Paul Adams reports. An airlift in its last days, relentless, round th
security forces in sudan have fired tear gas at teachers taking part in pro democracy protests in the capital, khartoum. demonstrators have set up barricades for what s intended to be two days of civil disobedience against last month s coup. as arab league mediators arrive in the country to try to defuse the crisis, organisers say they want to increase pressure on the military government to transition to civilian rule. our africa correspondent andrew harding reports from khartoum. chanting. anger on the streets of khartoum today. protesters blocking off neighbourhoods. taking big risks to show their contempt for sudan s military coup. right now, a lot of blood, a lot of dead people. this military government is killer. it s a goddamn killer, for real. the protests began two weeks ago when the generals seized power, halting this giant country s admittedly bumpy transition from dictatorship to democracy. so which side will prove stronger? the army or the street? in a khartoum ho
thank you forjoining us. security forces in sudan have fired tear gas at teachers taking part in pro democracy protests in the capital, khartoum. demonstrators have set up barricades for what s intended to be two days of civil disobedience against last month s coup. as arab league mediators arrive in the country to try to defuse the crisis, organisers say they want to increase pressure on the military government to transition to civilian rule. our africa correspondent, andrew harding reports from khartoum. chanting. anger on the streets of khartoum today. protesters blocking off neighbourhoods. taking big risks to show their contempt for sudan s military coup. right now, a lot of blood, a lot of dead people. this military government is killer. it s a goddamn killer, for real. the protests began two weeks ago when the generals seized power, halting this giant country s admittedly bumpy transition from dictatorship to democracy. so which side will prove stronger? the army or th