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against the pandemic. millions of school children head back into the classroom just as the virus rages back. we ll talk about the mixed messaging coming from the same people who should be setting an example good morning and welcome to morning joe, it is monday, august 16th. joe is traveling this morning. big news this morning. complete collapse. 20 years after the united states toppled the taliban regime in afghanistan. the group is on the verge of retaking political power. taliban forces entered the capital of kabul on saturday continuing a blitz that has seen insurgence capture more than half of afghanistan s 34 provincial capitals. the group overtook police posts and gained control of the bagram airfield yesterday. afghans pled the airport looking to escape the violence only to find flights suspended over reported gun fire. one person able to escape was the country s president who said he left to, quote, prevent a flood of bloodshed. we know the embassy in kabul ha ....
this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. it is not where most of us imagined we would be seven months after the first highly effective vaccine became available in this country, yet here we are tonight talking about a fourth covid wave, doing exactly what the first, second and third waves did, inundating hospitals in their path with a surge of very sick patients while infection numbers accelerated by the delta variant are now climbing virtually everywhere, this wave is crashing over the most vulnerable states and communities, places with low vaccination rates and yes, deaths are starting to climb, too. miguel almaguer leads us off tonight. reporter: tonight inside a growing number of hospitals across the country there is little doubt our nation has already entered a fourth wave, an explosive summer surge in covid cases few predicted, fueled by the highly contagious delta variant, now accounting for 83% of all new cases. the u.s. is already averaging ....
deadly flooding in germany and belgium. at least 125 people dead. hundreds missing tonight. floodwaters rushing through towns and villages. the german army using tanks to cut through floodwaters to search for victims. marcus moore and our team in germany tonight. back home, the weather extremes here. record-breaking heat in parts of the west this weekend. the fourth heat wave in five weeks. devastating wildfires and the potential for storms from ohio into the northeast. the video tonight of nfl star richard sherman. the abc station in seattle obtaining surveillance showing sherman. authorities say he was trying to break down the door of his in-laws home moments before his arrest. late today sherman in court on multiple charges and his new statement just in. today, the plot to bomb headquarters in san francisco. two men accused, they say, of planning to blow up the building. recovering weapons. and authorities say they were driven by false claims over the election ....
starting point guard bradley beal will miss the games because of covid health and safety protocols. missing the games here. the virus hitting the broadcast booth, too. former e news host cat sadler and nfl rich eisen announced they re battling covid even though they re fully vaccinated. leyla santiago is live in miami where doctors are saying they re seeing a growing number of patients who are younger in unvaccinated. reporter: yeah, john, brianna. we talked to a group of doctors running a mobile vaccination clinic here in south florida. they told me that the increasing infection rates in younger population extremely worrisome for them. and this comes in a state where not even half of the residents are fully vaccinated. for danielle chen and her three children, getting vaccinated against covid-19 is a family affair. ready? relax. just relax. that was not bad at all, guys. reporter: they all got the shot to protect the newest member of their family. destiny. ....
for his presidential campaign and the and augury shun they note instances of where they use that relationship with trump to advocate for the uk-y without disclosing it apparently, during the 2016 campaign barrack allegedly had language inserted into one of trump s speeches after request of a uae official. we will work with our gulf allies to develop a positive in energy relationship as part of our anti-terrorism strategy will work with them because we have to knock out terrorism. . the indictment notes that after the speech and emerati official email tom barrack saying that he mentioned the gulf allies which is great, adding congrats on the great job today everybody here are happy with the results. federal prosecutors say barracks effort continued after the inauguration as he pushed uae interest to the trump white house, he s also accused of giving the uae sensitive non public information and accused of meeting and assisting senior leaders from saudi arabia. and bec ....