Breaking news good morning. You are live in the cnn newsroom. I m pamela brown in washington, jim acosta is off today and we begin this it s hour with breaking news at any moment on capitol hill, acting secret service director ronald rowe will tell senators that he is quote, ashamed of the botched security that led to the near assassination of former president donald trump roe took charge last week after the sniper attack on the trump and trump forced the resignation of embattled director kimberly cheatle and his prepared remarks released ahead of his testimony this morning is saying, quote, what i saw made me ashamed as a career law enforcement officer and a 25 year veteran with the secret service i cannot defend why that roof was not better secured and quote, roe, we ll discuss how the secret service is improving security and trump will likely put those new protocols to do it to the test very soon because he is saying that he will continue to hold outdoor rallies and will even hold a
Forward on afghanistan s new government. There are satellite images of 6 planes on the ground in northern afghanistan. Yesterday a top republican and the house foreign affairs committee mike mccall warned that the taliban is keeping americans hostage in preventing them from leaving the airport as shown in meas pictures. We have a busy afternoon ahead. We kick it off with trey in qatar. The defense secretary is here to meet with officials. The biden administration will have to work closely with these people and lean on them to use diplomatic chance with the taliban. He will visit kuwait and saudi arabia in the gulf. In a statement over the weekend the pentagon press secretary said secretary austin will meet with partners and thank them for their cooperation with the united states as we evacuate americans and afghans from afghanistan? there are at least 100 americans in afghanistan. While evacuations can pick up the u. S. Military won t be directly involved. The u. S. Secretary of state
And every texan, instead of a select few. The backlash growing over that texas law banning abortions, after only six weeks. The new plan by democrats to fight back. And doctors warn at the labor day holiday, plus the start of college football season could create the perfect storm for a covid spike. All while a new more frightening variant could be on the horizon, we will ask our expert what this means for all of us. Good morning, it is sunday, there if. If i m lindsey reiser. I m candice gibson, live hq right here in new york city. Not sure if you saw some pictures yesterday, including from a virginia tech game. It looked as if we were in not a pandemic anymore. Thousands and thousands of people up on top of each other. We ve got this beautiful shot from new york city this morning. Look at that! the mornings are getting darker. Yes! they say that summer is ending without saying this summer is ending, that shot says it right there. Yes! fall is upon us, there s a crisp in the air, at le
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Government collapsing swiftly after insurgents overranke provincial capitals over the span of the last week and this morning, commercial flights in and out of kabul s airport have been cancelled. The panic among afghans visible at the airport. People flooding the tarmac, desperate to flee the country. Embassy officials warning americans not to travel to kabul s airport because it is unsafe. The u. S. Rushing an additional 1,000 combat troops to secure the perimeter for evacuation sites. France, new zealand are evacuating their embassy as the taliban claiming to control 90% of the government buildings in kabul after afghan president fled the country. President biden is at camp david and is still there and was briefed over the weekend. Now, whether or not one agrees with the president s decision to withdraw all u. S. Troops, there s no question the white house was wrong about the length of time they had. Wrong about the strength of the afghan military. Wrong about the reach of the taliba