In our backtoschool series, the search for Three Million students nationwide who havent been to school in a year. In depth the eviction wave. We will meet a landlord who is homeless, after her tenants stopped paying rent. Heat and humidity. The 95 Million americans who face extreme temperature. Plus, why Lake Tahoe now has the worst Air Pollution in the country. Williams sisters drop out. Why two of tennis top players are skipping the u. S. Open. And, the power of determination. How a wounded warrior became a paralympic medalist. This is the Cbs Evening News with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. There is a lot of News Tonight out of afghanistan, where the u. S. Withdrawal has reached a critical phase. As the evacuation of americans and our afghan allies reaches the final days, we have just learned tonight that the u. S. Military is secretly rescuing americans stuck outside of the kabul air
we will be back here at c aptioning sponsored by cbs o donnell: tonig captioning sponsored by cbs o donnell: tonight, the final countdown in the race to get americans out of afghanistan. with just six days until the deadline, how many u.s. citizens are still trying to leave? flights leaving kabul every 39 minutes. our new reporting on secret helicopter missions to get c.i.a. personnel to the airport, while thousands of afghans are waiting in sewage-lined streets outside the gates. and our exclusive interview with the top u.s. diplomat in afghanistan. what happens to the americans not out by the deadline? the covid battle. pediatric hospitalizations in the south reach a new high. why health officials say it s only going to get worse. plus, if you got the johnson & johnson vaccine, news tonight about a booster shot. the lost students.