Im Sara Sidner in new york. There is major Uncertainty Tonight over who will be at the top of the democratic president ial ticket. But one thing very clear, the contrast between the two parties could not be more stark at this stage. The race, republicans and celebration over their nominee, while democrats right now and desperation over, theres Donald Trump just had his first try Al Event with his the new Vice President ial nominee, j. D vance. Smaller patch now covering the part of his ear where he was shot, take a listen together we will fight, fight, fight, right and we will win, win, win in the meantime, President Biden is isolating off the trail, recovering, of course, from covid and resisting the mounting calls so far from inside his own party to not seek a second term 35 democratic lawmakers now are publicly urging him to step aside. There they all are. It all began with his disastrous Performance Performance though at that Cnn Debate but after nearly three weeks of pressure to e
Afghanistan was closing out its ninth year. And, of course, for a long time it hadnt been just american troops fighting the war against the taliban in afghanistan. A lot of our allies joined in the War Effort too. For years, for example, the British Army had been engaged here in the town of sangin, sangin in the Helmand Province. And that area Helmand Province prominently but that Area And Sangin was a key center for the opium trade. It was also just absolutely swarming with taliban fighters. So on the earlier side of the war, the first decade of the war, the british were deployed there to try to beat back the taliban, prop up support for the afghan government there, and that experience was just absolutely devastating for the British Army. By June Of 2010 the british had lost around 300 soldiers total in all of afghanistan, but nearly a third of that number, nearly a third of all the british soldiers killed in the entire country, in the entire war, were killed in sangin in just that on
We have reporting this morning from tehran, london, tokyo and washington. And this morning the u. S. Has finally hit president Bidens Goal to have 70 of adults vaccinated against covid19. One month too late. One month too late for the Hundreds Of Americans who have died during the surge of the Delta Variant, a surge forcing some cities and states to face facts, Moonk Them Louisiana which has had one of the lowest Vaccination Rates in the country. Governor Bel Edwards has reinstated a Mask Mandate and space is running out at hospitals. There are no more beds left. Those 23 patients are a glimpse of what weve been doing the last two weeks while weve been trying to get everybody vaccinated. This is having an adverse impact on peoples lives today as we speak. And the least we can do is put a Mask On. At the same time Vaccine Demand is rebounding, first shots are up 76 in the last three weeks and shots are happening where they are most needed, up 171 in the eight states with the highest Cov
Well, the last Thing Anyone in the u. S. Needs is more confusion over coronavirus shots. According to the cdc, less than half of the u. S. Population is fully vaccinated, but confusion is what were getting after pfizer announced its seeing waning immunity from its shots. It announced will try to get Emergency Authorization for a Booster Shot. Well, that caught u. S. Health agencies off guard. The Cdc And Fda put out a rare joint statement, Reassuring Americans that the coronavirus shots are working the way theyre supposed to by stopping serious Illness And Dr. Anthony fauci is offering his own clarifications. Nothing has changed with regard to the cdcs recommendations. So, we respect what the pharmaceutical company is doing. But the american public should take their advice from the cdc and the fda. The cdc and the fda say if youve been fully vaccinated at this point in time, you do not need a Booster Shot. The worlds top Health Agencies also agree with dr. Fauci Athena Jones has more o
trump phrasing criminals that have been describing january 6, wilders as hostages while critics attacked his comments about a bloodbath. if he isn t elected, his campaign says those words are being taken out of context. we re going to bring you trump s remarks, plus, he may have a bigger problem today trying to make a 400 and million bond in his civil fraud case? his lawyers say that s easier said than done and securing a bond and the full amount is a quote, practical impossibilities. and ripped apart at the seams haiti descends further into chaos with gangs choking off the supply of food and fuel, turning cations in the capital into refugees and their own city we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central we begin with donald trump s 464 problem. that s the sum is attorneys just revealed that trump can t come up with a court filing. trump s attorneys said he can t find an insurance company to underwrit