Before the clock in kabul struck midnight for august 31st was the last time that c17, a military plane, took off from kabul and headed back home. And he is confirming there that not a single u. S. Service member is left in afghanistan. However, he did note the heartbreak of this evacuation saying they did not get everyone out of afghanistan, out of kabul that they wanted to evacuate. But general mckenzie saying there he did not think if they had ten more days to continue evacuations that they still would ve been able to get everyone they wanted to get out of afghanistan. Still he did note the big numbers, the thousands of people that they were able to get out. He said about 6,000 americans were part of this evacuation that of course involved tens of thousands of thirdcountry nationals and afghan allies, of course other endangered afghans as part of this massive evacuation effort. One notable thing that he did say there is there are still americans left in afghanistan who wanted to get
The clock is ticking down. Of course it is ticking down to something that. The button himself part. For the rest of that world. For the biden before his selfimposed deadline to pull remaining troops from afghanistan. Today the taliban for a second time said they are not okay. The white house is the feeling the pressure, no doubt. Press secretary jen psaki insisted no americans will be left behind. Does the president have a sense that most of the criticism is not leaving afghanistan, it is the way he has ordered it to happen, by pulling troops before getting these americans who are now stranded. I think it is responsible to the state americans are stranded. Reporter: there are no americans stranded in afghanistan? i m just calling you out professing we are when i have been very clear that we are not leaving americans who want to return home. We are going to bring them home. And i think that is important for the american people to understand. Harris: oh, did you catch it? it is always in
And a scramble to find survivors after the earthquake in haiti. A live report ahead. We do begin with breaking news on two big stories, the pandemic and the response to the crisis in afghanistan. Let s start with coronavirus. Top health officials in the biden administration are expected to recommend that most americans get a coronavirus booster shot eight months after being fully vaccinated. For those who got the one dose johnson johnson vaccine experts are still gathering data but it is expected that you will also need a booster. An official announcement could come this week and boosters could be started next month. Health care and elderly are first in line. This is coming as new cases and hospitalizations and deaths are surging in the united states because of the delta variant. Especially among the unvaccinated. Let s get to this news and get some context around it. Joining me now cnn chief medical correspondent sanjay gupta. How should people be thinking about these boosters. They a
infection rates have fallen by two thirds in england since the latest lockdown. and in our weekly video for bbc online, we ll look at what it ll take to reopen schools during the pandemic. we start on mars, because in just under two hours time, nasa s perseverance rover will attempt to land on its surface. only 50% of missions to the red planet are successful. it s a nail biting moment for everyone involved. and for quite a few people watching as well. mars is a70 million km away and it s taken the rover seven months to get there. its mission is to search directly for signs of life the first nasa mission to do so since the 1970s. rebecca morelle has a simulation of what the scientists are hoping is about to happen. nasa calls it the seven minutes of terror. an approach to mars at 12,000mph, then, just at the right moment. ..a parachute opens, dramatically slowing it down before a complex landing system brings the perseverance rover down to the ground. that s the plan, but
commemorates the soviet victory over nazi germany during world war ii. it is also really a memorial to those killed during the war. in all, the soviet union lost 27 million people, more than any other nation. but under putin s leadership, victory day has taken on a new edge, serving as a showcase as we have senior after year of russia s military power, russia s military might. as we look at these live pictures from red square, i want to bring in max there, the parade taking place right now. the bureau chief for the financial times, and he joins me now live from latvia. max, as you and i talk, we are looking at the parade in red square in moscow. clearly, as we have seen time and time again, you know, really images of russia s military might and military power. you ve covered these many times, i believe. give me a sense of what the meaning of this for the audience at home, but also abroad here. well, this is really part of this cult of soviet victory in world war ii that put