now is evacuating american citizens, evacuating afghans who worked with us, and afghans who are at risk with the priority around women and children. and we have made significant progress in that regard. the race to evacuate both dangerous and urgent. these are live pictures from kabul near the airport where the american embassy advised u.s. citizens near three of the gates to leave immediately because of security threats. a defense official telling cnn the concerns are based on, quote, a very specific threat stream from isis-k about attacks against crowds gathered outside that airport. nick paton walsh is covering the story for us and he is live in doha. nick, 36 hours left. what more can you tell us about what appear appears to be the f stage of the evacuations. reporter: urgency for days but now clear according to a source familiar with the situation that this ends in 36 hours, friday essentially. and that will of course spark some elements of panic amongst those tryi
welcome to the week . on june 19th, 1865, union soldiers informed slaves in galveston, texas, that they were free. they were among the last ones to get the news. this was two months after the confederacy had surrendered and more than two years after the emancipation proclamation. juneteenth is a reminder that our history is full of both progress and pain, progress usually takes a long time but its time does come. i will have more to say about this in the hour. on thursday president biden signed into law a new federal holiday recognizing juneteenth. he recognized the importance of confronting the difficult moments in our history. great nations don t ignore their most painful moments. great nations don t ignore their most painful moments. they don t ignore them, they embrace them. the house voted overwhelmingly in favor of the bill. 14 republican members voted against it. the senate bill passed by june of yu man must consent. republican ron johnson dropped his objectio
on june 19th, 1865, union soldiers informed slaves in galveston, texas, that they were free. they were among the last ones to get the news. this was two months after the confederacy had surrendered and more than two years after the emancipation proclamation. juneteenth is a reminder that our history is full of both progress and pain, progress usually takes a long time but its time does come. i will have more to say about this later in the hour. on thursday president biden signed into law a new federal holiday recognizing juneteenth. he emphasized the importance of confronting the difficult moments in our history. great nations don t ignore their most painful moments. great nations don t ignore their most painful moments. they don t ignore them, they embrace them. the house voted overwhelmingly in favor of the bill. 14 republican members voted against it. the senate bill passed by june unanimous consent, meaning if someone objects, it passes without having a formal vote.
police officer with a flag pole and now trying to be released from jail. the voting rights bill facing an uphill battle. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is vowing to block it on tuesday. congress democratic sheila lee responding. we passed bills in the senate without mitch mcconnell. miracles do happen. one time tropical storm claudette damaging homes in alabama and warnings of flash floods. what is turning out to be a very busy sunday june 20th. i m kendis gibson. thanks for waking up with us. to the astronauts up there in the space station. you see a couple of them getting ready for a space walk including sean kanesberry as well as the french astronaut. they re going to do a cool space walk. cameras popped up the cameras in the last few minutes. tough week for them. they have been prepping for this. apparently install new solar array gear to key keep power up on the iss. this is going on for the next six to seven hours. it s a critical thing. nasa said
Meridian High School recent graduate Taleah Anderson lauded the efforts of The Carter Foundation Friday, saying the nonprofit and its founders have helped her gain confidence and develop leadership skills.