Government seemed to anticipate. At the airports perimeter, sporadic gunfire. Earlier u. S. Forces exchanged fire with a group of armed men, killing two. In kabul itself, Armed Taliban fighters, many of them carrying american weapons patrol the streets. Now there are growing fears that the revived taliban will again turn afghanistan into a Staging Ground for terrorism. Cnns nick Paton Walsh is on the ground In Kabul. Set the scene right now. Are you able to move freely . Is the city in lockdown . Reporter no. Its quite calm, actually. And even as foreigners, we were able to drive around the city freely. Its stunning to see taliban fighters in the city ive only known secured by afghan soldiers and u. S. Troops. The taliban walking around holding their guns, sitting on street corners. We moved out toward the airport where things are tragically completely out of control toward the airport you begin to see the traffic thicken, and then a lot of time theres shots fired in the air to get peo
In cases, the scale of which we havent seen in six months. The u. S. Is now averaging more than 107,000 new covid cases a day, meaning were now in the second highest peak of the whole pandemic. As a result, hospitalizations are back up nearing levels weve seen in previous peaks. The silver lining, last time cases were this high, there were about 14,000 more people in the hospital. But on the ground, its no less dire. In texas, a Parents Nightmare played out. Houstons pediatric hospitals at full capacity. So an 11 month old had to be air lifted, even though the child had covid 150 miles away. In florida, the countrys covid epicenter, record high in hospitalizations after covid cases skyrocketed this week. More than 134,000 covid infections in florida. The states highest for cases recorded over any seven Day Period throughout the pandemic. Despite the deteriorating situation, governor Ron Desantis Wont budge from School Mandates choosing political fights over pandemic preventions, so pri
Protect their kids education. I protect jobs by not letting the federal government lock us down. Regarding the insurrection, preparing to send out subpoenas any day now, this as another republican joins. We Cant Worry whether we have an R Or D next to our name. Its time to look at it in a factbased way on what happened january 6th. U. S. Mens basketball winning their fourth straight gold. Well also talk to an olympian trail blazer, whos helped pave the way for big changes. And for only a second time in its history, the Peace Corps is being mobilized for a mission right here in the united states. Good morning, everybody. Its saturday, august 7th. Im lindsey reiser. And im kendis gibson. Its the last weekend we get to look at the beautiful shots of tokyo as The Sun sets right there. It looks beautiful, but theres a tropical system thats expected to impact on these last 24 hours. Can they get a break. Not much of a break at all. Its the second time weve had a tropical system indeed. Durin
Summer. But in case you needed any more proof that vaccines save lives, the cdc is confirming that more than 99. 99 of vaccinated people have not had a Breakthrough Infection that resulted in death or hospitalization. Plus tonight we are learning two more officers who responded to the insurrection have died by suicide. That comes as some are still pushing dangerous lies about the attack on our capitol. This video obtained by the Washington Post shows republican senator Ron Johnson pushing yet another Conspiracy Theory about January 6th. Are you watching whats happening in michigan . Youre former cia . Yes. Okay. So you think that the fbi had infiltrated the militias in michigan. I mean, geez. Lord help us. All right. I want to bring in now david axelrod, a former obama senior adviser, and ron brownstein. Good evening to both of you. What the hell . You. D, im going to start with today we had this Breaking News about these two officers who, you know, took their own lives. Thats accordin
Groups of bikini-clad girls and jeering guys flocked to the packed-out beaches of the city, situated just twenty miles from Miami Beach, as they soaked up the sunshine on Tuesday