rainfall cuts new york city s comeback concert short. chaos in afghanistan: a firefight erupts at the airport as the taliban warn of consequences if the u.s. stays after august 31 deadline. plus some military rescue mission to help americans stranded in kabul. in our back to school series: mask confusion. what parents are telling cbs news about mask mandates as tens of thousands of students and staff are forced to quarantine. and a heartfelt reunion. 77 years after a soldier saved three children s lives during world war ii. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us, we ll begin with the news that many hope will convince the vaccine hesitant to get their shot: the f.d.a. has given full approval to the pfizer covid vaccine in record time, actually
0 news app and the cbs evening news is coming up next. we ll be back here on the kpix 5 news captioning sponsored by cbs o donnell: tonight full f.d.a. approval, the major milestone for pfizer s vaccine. will it move the needle in the race to vaccinate america? with the fastest vaccine approval in f.d.a. history the military, businesses and school districts now mandating shots. president biden s message to the millions of americans waiting to get a dose. the moment you have been waiting for is here, time for you to go get your vaccination. o donnell: plus an update on hospital i.c.u. s filling up with unvaccinated patients. deadly flooding: 17 inches of rain in tennessee turns into a dangerous wall of water. the devastating story of twin babies ripped from their father s arms. henri s aftermath. rescues in new jersey, trees down in massachusetts and record rainfall cuts new york city s comeback concert short. chaos in afghanistan: a firefight erupts at the airport as the taliba
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yesterday, pam, that the u.s. would support any effort to recover the pilot so kind of a hint there that they will see what they can do obviously and look at all of the options to get him out. pam? do we have any idea? i know they didn t really elaborate on that but do we have any idea of what those efforts might look like? well, there s all of the usual things that everyone can think of having seen similar incidents sadly over the years. could they stage some kind of a military rescue mission? they have tried to rescue hostages in the past. sometimes it works. sometimes it goes very badly. you have to have very precise, very exact intelligence about where someone is being held and now certainly isis has had time to secure this man in syria, its self-declared capital if you will, so they hold really all of the cards there on the ground
mitt romney s reaction to the middle east situation is provoking some comparisons to pivotal moments of foreign policy in past presidential races. here s one that s worth remembering. it was april of 1980. president jimmy carter had ordered a military rescue mission to bring back the 53 american citizens held hostage in iran. on april 24th the mission ended in disaster. when a helicopter crashed killing eight u.s. service members. a day later, in the immediate aftermath of the tragedy, president carter s rival, then republican presidential candidate ronald reagan took a modest tone in reacting to the failed mission saying this. this is a difficult day for all of us as americans. our hearts go out to the families of the brave men who were lost and to those who lie injured. we sympathize with the families of the hostages whose burden now is even greater. it s time for us as a nation and as a people to stand united. it is a day for quiet