League champ is in a league of her own. Announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone the biden administration tonight doing the tough math six days to meet the afghanistan exit deadline as many as 1,500 american civilians in need of a way out and thousands of u. S. Troops also subject to that withdrawal deadline the president unwavering in his determination to abide by that august 31st date, but publicly the administration sending different signals about options for americans who may not make it under the wire in time. The good news, we learned today, there appear to be far fewer americans still in the country than first estimated. Peter alexander with the latest from the white house. Reporter: with a desperate rush to leave before the august 31st deadline, the biden administration tonight estimates 1,500 americans are still stranded in afghanistan. Secretary of state antony blinken saying 6,000 were there when the country fell to the taliban. 4,500 have
Matters. Plus as covid cases soar, johnson johnson sends a booster vaccine. Just like other vaccines, the question is how long will the protection last. And serena williams and roger with draw from the u. S. Tennis open. It s way, way, way too early for this. Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that s wondering who s left to play in the ugs open. I m sam stein on this thursday, august 26th, and we ll start with the news. With just days left before the united states is scheduled to with draw troops from afghanistan, the state department is trying to track down any remaining american citizens. Despite the deadline, secretary antony blinken says the u. S. Will stay for as long as it takes to finish the evacuations. Let me be crystal clear about this. There is no deadline on our work to help any remaining american citizens who want to leave who decide do so along with the many afghans who stood by us for many years and want to leave and have been unable to do so. That effor
Were so gallantly streaming. And the rocket s glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. O say does that starspangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave pete: that is a beautiful rendition of our nation s anthem. What better waive to kick off this sunday morning, august 8, year of our lord 2021. Ashley slow meyer back again. Will cain. Will: thank you. Pete: a shooting in chicago. Pete: jackie ibanez has the latest. Reporter: a traffic stop happened with three people inside. Investigation are under investigation. Someone shot at the officers who returned the fire. Dispatch audio who returned fire. Fire at the police. Two ambulances. Two officers down, two officers down. We got them coming, baby. Reporter: the two officers were rushed to the hospital where one died from her injuries. The other is in critical condition. One of the two suspects in custody was shot and taken to the hospital. He is in stable
Digging in and demanding answers about the origins of covid19 as the wuhan lab leak theory is starting to go mainstream. The panelist any bite or discuss it. The white house is attempting to pin defund the police on republicans at the same time oakland city council slashes its police budget. City council members, the majority of them have voted to defund this police department. That additional 17 million that was reduced from the police department s budget will have an impact. Shannon: will begin in surfside florida where a vigil was held to honor those who have died and hope for the survival of those were still unaccounted for. Phil keating reporting live. What s the latest? this is day five of this massive search and rescue operation. It s winding down. The operation of the building is enormous. It s dangerous. It s intense. If you remove hurricanes from the equation, this event is the single largest search and rescue operation in the state of florida s history. The latest today on t
Are at their highest in england since all schools fully reopened in march. There are devastating consequences for festivals, say mps, unless the government offers more support. As scotland crash out of the euros, england are through to the final 16, and will find out later who they play next. Good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. A police officer has been found guilty of the manslaughter of the former footballer dalian atkinson. A trial at birmingham crown court heard that pc benjamin monk tasered mr atkinson for 33 seconds, and kicked him twice in the head. The former aston villa striker died outside his father s home in telford in 2016. Monk was cleared of murder. Jurors are still deliberating an assault charge against his colleague. Let s go live now to our correspondent in birmingham, phil mackie. Yes, jane, yes,jane, i yes, jane, i followed the case throughout, for five years nearly, since dalian atkinson died that night in august 2016 in telford. Just before midday, we had ver