running out of beds, and some emergency services are stretched far too thin. today for 26 minutes we had not one ems unit available in the entire city. and breaking for fred. the tropical system barreling toward florida at this hour with the potential to unleash a nasty spell of rain and wind starting today. the latest on the storm s track. good saturday morning, everybody. i m lindsey reiser live at msnbc headquarters in new york. we re following fast-moving developments in afghanistan. the u.s. military is frantically rushing to evacuate the u.s. embassy in kabul. an advanced team of marines already on the ground arriving overnight, some 3,000 american forces arriving by tomorrow. it s a dangerous mission, ferrying american civilians and american allies to the airport, trying to get them out of the country. the military says if the u.s. comes under attack, they ll respond with force. the taliban has quickly retaken control of nearly every major city with the capital n
it s not an environment that feels comfortable because of what it s been like there. dogs tell the truth. i feel so bad for him. i would be telling the truth to a dog if it bit one person. he s a good boy. if the dog bit two people, that dog might better get his affairs in order. and prepare good boy. to meet dog jesus because no, stop it, joe. no. your dog cannot bite two people. he s a rescue. dog jesus. is this the juju thing, previous white house had bad energy, so major is working through some of that stuff. of course. dogs tell the truth. and i hope everyone works with him. i don t even know what that means, willie. a dog tells the truth? you re saying that to the two people that major bit? no. he didn t mean it that way. like they brought a wear wolf on to the grounds. steven king needs to right kujo goes to the white house. this thing is a run away deer trot with fangs of kujo. i stand with major. she stands with major. you can t
now, the coronavirus situation here in the u.s. is looking the best it s been in months. deaths and cases hitting new lows. that s in large part of course due to vaccination efforts. more than 243 million doses have now been given in the u.s. this weekend bringing even more signs of life, returning to normal across the country, from disneyland reopening to delta airlines resuming sales of middle seats. natasha chen now with more on where things stand. reporter: even as global daily coronavirus cases reach a new peak, pushed by the crisis in india and south america, the united states curve is flattening. the improvement in numbers is helped in part by the more than 100 million people in the u.s., close to 1/3 of the population, who are now fully vaccinated. i m seeing a shift i think towards that underserved population. the ones that are maybe on the fence and thinking about it that we have to do a little more effort to get the knowledge them and to help them make the corr
the us changes its advice on masks. americans fully vaccinated against the coronavirus will no longer be obliged to wear face masks outdoors. music plays. and a look at the future of large public gatherings. spanish event organisers say they have held a succesfful test concert in barcelona. hello, thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. india is seeing record number of infections and deaths in the second wave of the covid pandemic. there is widespread anger as the healthcare system struggles to cope and people lose lives without oxygen supplies, icu beds and ventilators. the bbc s divya arya has spoken to two families who are united in grief. one from a humble background in the countryside, the other from a wealthy family in the capital delhi. a warning, you may find some of the details distressing it was the worst, most night of my life that i was not able to save, no money, no contacts, nothing helped me out. translation: nothing helped me out. tuna/mom- nothing helped me
and how this indestructible store of primary climate data earth s black box could see us pass invaluable information to future generations. hello and welcome to bbc news. britain has accused the kremlin of planning to install a pro russian leader in ukraine, as fears of an invasion grow. the foreign office in london says a former ukrainian mp is being considered as a potential candidate, along with four other politicians, who it says have links to the russian intelligence services. russia has 100,000 troops on ukraine s border, but denies it intends to invade. james waterhouse reports now from the ukrainian capital, kyiv. the friendship of nations arch, built by the soviets to celebrate the closeness between russians and ukrainians. that crack was painted on by activists a few years ago as relations between the two countries deteriorated. and as talks intensify about a possible invasion, the hope is things don t break down completely. tensions are still rising on the bord