In afghanistan the taliban has undertaken an extreme offensive And regained most country in surprising speed taking over virtually every major city. Those orange outlines is what the taliban now controls. Also moving in On Kabul which is here. Theres Taliban Control outside of kabul but not in the capital city. Kabul could fall in the next couple of weeks or perhaps even days. Joining me now from kabul, afghanistan, Nbc News foreign correspondent. Reporter the fighting is moving closer to kabul. Today there are reports of heavy fighting in a province to the south, about 20 miles away. The fighting is. Theres also fighting still ongoing in logard province, about 50 miles from the capital. Again, also to the south. In that region we one that a battalion of Afghan Forces are still in the region And are still trying to fight off the taliban. There are also some reports of fighting in the far north, the last large city in the north to remain in government hAnds at this point. Now, the u. S.
The taliban Gains Ground taking control of a Second City. And a Repeat Performance here. One u. S. Team racks up its fourth consecutive Gold Medal. Boy, they had to fight for it though. We are live from tokyo. New day starts right now. Thank you so much for waking up bright and early with us this saturday on the 7th. We appreciate having you. You, too, boris. Thank you so much. Lets talk about what health officials are saying that the u. S. Is at a crucial moment in the coronavirus pandemic. Infections are rising and the Delta Variant is spreading. The country has tools to get the virus under control. In some ways thats the saddest aspects of all of this. It is preventible. Yet for the first time since february the United States averaging more than 100,000 new infections a day and deaths are also on the rise. The virus is quickly spreading through unvaccinated communities especially as you look at the map. Theres a lot of red in the south where Vaccination Rates lag behind the rest of
Rise in cases he admits in hindsight, i wish that had not become law. When all in starts right now. W. Good evening from New York im chris hayes. The coup came closer to succeeding than we ever knew. We know that Donald Trump lauded with his associates to overturn American Democracy. He tried everything he could to keep himself in power over the will of the people. Day by day we have been learning more and more about how comprehensive and dangerous that effort was. We did not learn the details of the single most damning piece of evidence yet, until yesterday. Frankly, i have to say, it is so damning and unnerving i spent the last 24 hours scratching my head in disbelief that it is not a bigger story. The document we learned about yesterday showed an infamy in american history as a completely villainous tax. If the acting Attorney General at the time had signed that document, it would have likely thrown the United States into the worst constitutional crisis since the civil war. They are
Ready to impeach him right now. A full heart, Simone Biles Heads home with two medals and a stunning revelation about what all she was dealing with at the Olympic Games. Thanks for being here, everybody. We begin this hour with a new Hope Covid vaccinations will soon get a big boost. Dr. Anthony fauci telling cnn he hopes the fda will approve Pfizers Vaccine for full approval within the next couple weeks. That comment coming after the New York times reported fda full approval is expected by the start of next month. The hope is that final Green Light will encourage millions of americans still resisting getting a shot to do just that. The pace of vaccinations is picking up. Nearly a half million americans getting their first shot each day. That is the highest its been since the fourth of july. This comes at a critical moment. We learned today that the Delta Variant now accounts for 93 of all cases of covid in the united states. So essentially, delta is covid and covid is delta at this po