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after making her name as a pop star, lily allen is becoming someone else entirely as she makes her acting debut in a west end play. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. in afghanistan, in a major escalation of the taliban s offensive, the militants have captured a provincial capital, zaranj, close to the border with iran, and assassinated a close aide of the president s. they ve made sweeping gains since foreign forces started withdrawing from the country. the united nations special envoy has warned the country is facing a possible catastrophe, and called on the taliban to halt the violence and take part in meaningful peace talks. our world affairs correspondent richard galpin has more. in the heart of the afghan capital, another assassination taliban gunmen opening fire on this car, killing the head of the government s media information centre, dawa khan menapal. they d warned officials would be targeted in response to air strikes by afghan and u ....
millions with student loans. new trouble for new york governor andrew cuomo. his aide filing a complaint after that scathing report. how the governor is responding. the dixie fire, now the third largest in california s history after destroying a whole town. and we re on the ground in greece. thousands fleeing massive fire there s. the sixth day of chaos for spirit airlines. hundreds of more flights canceled. spirit s ceo on when things will improve. and history in tokyo. team usa s allyson felix setting a record in track. the american duo winning gold in women s beach volleyball, and the stars of u.s. women s soccer. have we seen them play in their last olympics? announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight from tokyo. hello, everyone. on our final night from tokyo, as the summer games draw to a close later this weekend, we ll have full details from here ahead. but back home, we re witnessing tonight what officials stress is a p ....
turn the delta surge around. i will guarantee you that that will happen. plus andrew cuomo is still the governor of new york. how long can he hold on and how quickly should democrats move to impeach him if he won t step down? we ll ask the mayoral candidate eric adams ahead. and the republican hunt for help in georgia. football star her shell walker is donald trump s celebrity pick, but team mcconnell fears walker will i am ploed and imperil the gop s chance to retake the senate. we begin this hour with more covid warnings from the biden medical team. louisiana and mississippi are the troubled states. those seven states account for half of covid cases and hospitalizations nationwide. let s get straight to the white house and our chief correspondent kaitlan collins. new urgency from team biden. reporter: yes, they did have some positive news to share, john, which is yesterday 864,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine were recorded administered according to the cdc ....
and i will do the scans and see whether you have cancer or not. i don t get that. but anyway, of those five governors, three republicans, but only ron desantis doesn t want to talk about covid. he says work on your backswing before i work on anything. no. he s talking about the border as if you can t do two things at once. of course, that strategy didn t work too well for donald trump and it s not going to work too well also for parents and children and teachers in part of ron s state that are experiencing extraordinarily high levels of covid. i m a parent and i certainly hope that my kids and kids in their classes are going to be able to wear masks. if that is, in fact, what mandate the teachers and the students, the local school board, local school board, imagine that, decisions being made on the local level, imagine that, decisions being made by parents, teachers, principals and students, imagine that. why that almost sounds like a conservative concept. but ron, he s ....
case giving americans clear and decisive direction. the question is whether or not we should be in a position where you be are why can t the, the experts say we know that this virus is, in fact, um, is going to be exdo could you say me, we know why all the drugs are not approved not temporarily approved but permanently approved. brian: am i the only one listening to that, watching that all day who thinks the president might just be in over his head from kids wearing masks every single day from 2 and up to variants breaking through the vaccines to be kind. it seems like the administration, the president is on his heels. and, we might all be paying the price. joining us now is a man who has always been at his best in crunch time who has seen a few crises in his political career former presidential candidate himself new jersey governor chris christie. governor, do you like where this administration is leading us? no. look, i think the big problem here, brian, is th ....