67,000 tickets given out, 80 of them free. 12 and up have to Show Proof of vaccination to get in. The mayor calls the concert historic, celebration for a city thats overcome incredible challenges in the last year. The mayor teamed up with Producer Clive davis to produce tonights show that includes andrea bow check ee, ll cool j, Jennifer Hudson taking the stage. Paul simon, no stranger to concerts in Central Park, having performed two on the Great Lawn. And the boss, Bruce Springsteen will be performing as well. We wait to start a big show. Want to check in with reporters on the ground in Central Park. Erica Hill Tracking Tonights Music headlines. What do you expect . It is a great lineup to put it mildly. You hit on some of them, anderson. There are folks in the pen to my left excited about Andrea Bocelli and the boss. It is a city as diverse as the city of New York itself. A lot of hometown love, a lot of new York Artists and artists from all over. That plays to the diversity of the
Sustained Military Mission in afghanistan is over. Well be joined this morning by a top voice at the Defense Department when Pentagon Spokesman John Kirby joins us as chaos grips a country now ruled by the taliban. Plus new developments in the fight against covid. The biden administration has decided that most americans should get a Booster Vaccination eight months after they received their second shot. Well have the details on that just ahead. Good morning, and welcome to morning joe. It is tuesday, august 17th. And were going to begin this morning with the chaotic scenes from kabuls International Airport. With thousands of afghans surrounding planes in a desperate attempt to escape taliban control. Richard engel has the latest from kabul. Reporter Tens Of Thousands of afghans swarmed into Kabul Airport. Desperate to leave at any price. They burst through security. Climbed over walls. And spilled onto the tarmac. Searching for any airplane that would take them far away from afghanista
Gestures in the world will not cover up one basic fact, relations between the u. S. And russia are at their lowest point in years. Putin is denying russia engages in cyber attacks, iS Painting the suspect in the u. S. Capitol riot aS Political prisoners while russia has been spreading disinformation about the president s health. But biden is no stranger to international diplomacy and understands who he is up against. We should decide where its in our mutual interest, in the interest of the world to cooperate and see if we can do that. In the areas where we dont agree make it clear what the red lines are. I have met with him, hes bright, hes tough and i have found that he is a as they said when i used to play ball a worthy adversary. Cnns Jeff Zeleny is live in brussels at the nato summit. Jeff, bidens events there this morning but the focus is on Tomorrows Summit with President Putin. Reporter good morning, cHristine and laura. The focus is absolutely on the meeting In Geneva tomorrow.
so this video shows ukrainian forces training here on flatter ground. this is in luhansk. this will be different than the urban warfare in the kyiv area where russian troops retreated. today cia director bill burns warned it is possible that rush should could use low-yield nuclear weapons inside ukraine if putin continues to suffer setbacks on the battlefield. given the potential devastation by putin and the russian troops, none of us can take lightly the threat posed by a potential resort to tactical nuclear weapons. but director burns added that right now the u.s. has not seen any evidence of that kind of deploy m. ukrainians are scoring some victories, they made major headway in the battle at sea. the flagship of rub ssia s blac sea fleet is still burning. ukrainian forces say they hit the warship with a missile. russians admit to only a fire on board that forced the evacuation. let s bring in matt rivers in lviv, western ukraine, along with matthew chance. matthew
parental rights are expected to take center stage in the 2024 elections. chloe cole detransitioned, yet to see a trans identifying child who had a positive outcome with their transition. she will explain why with us coming up. john: right now, a live look at the white house where later this hour press secretary karine jean-pierre will likely be pressed on the implotion of hunter biden s plea deal. hello, john roberts in washington. sandra, we made it to friday eve. sandra: speaking of fireworks, there could be some in the white house briefing room. i m sandra smith in new york, and this is america reports. the judge overseeing the case giving both sides 30 days to turn in written briefs after she raised questions about the deal during that hearing yesterday. chief among her concerns whether the president s son is still under investigation and if he would receive immunity from any possible charges in the future. john: miranda devine tells us why she thinks the true m