after a stunning series of attacks today against targets in new york and in washington d.c.. the world trade center and the pentagon. the terrorist used hijacks a billion airliners and their passengers as guided missiles in their attacks. the most serious attack on this country since pearl harbor. tonight, the dead still are being counted, an unknown number still of missing. at this hour, in this war, another development, there are reports out of kabul, the capital of afghanistan, of explosions, with the pentagon and the cia are flatly denying that the united states had anything to do with those explosions. this has been one of the darkest days in america, and it is not yet over. here at home now a quick look at the locations where the airliners hit, the twin towers of the world trade center, 20 minutes apart. then, within an hour this morning, the pentagon. and then, the final crash just minutes later about 80 miles southeast of pittsburgh, 266 people on the four airplanes a
millions of afghans will now begin life under a taliban government. us government has also said they will not block a law restricting abortion in texas. president biden says the law is outrageous. right to life groups eight is the will of the people. also on the programmes, sign to say there has been a huge increase in weather related disasters in the last 50 years with maid driven by climate change. let s begin in afghanistan. the taliban has said it will open a new government in the next few days. the head of the taliban has been talking to the bbc s pashto service. in the civil service must have the peoples are women but in the new government in the top posts there will not be women. they say for the time being that, he said they are in a top position will be no women. and i questioned him that i guaranteeing you will not return to the 90s when there was a ban on women working. he categorically said they will not return to that position but he was clear on the subject of
folks get to some of this if just spectators. you have been in these situations, getting ready to lift off into space. talk about what might be going through the minds, what it is like inside that capsule as we are now just about 11 minutes to launch. everybody excited, adrenaline is going. my time was one of thinking about what it is going to look like, what i m going to do when i get into space. extreme adrenaline, hope, excitement. they are not feeling nerves. heard that from the 18-year-old and bezos himself. you have to wonder if they re getting that nervous anticipation going on. left side of the screen, you re watching the feed from horn ranch where the spaceport is, where the rocket is about to lift off. the control room is ticking through each of the systems, declaring each a go. we are as you see less than ten minutes to liftoff. clayton, this is a significant moment for jeff bezos, not just because he is blasting into outer space, he is crossing the so-called car
authoritarian strong man working to consolidate control. tomorrow, we re going to speak with a leading opposition figure in that country about her efforts to give power to the people. be sure to join us for that. i m excited about it. that does it for us. chris jansing picks up coverage right now. hi there. i am chris jansing in for stephanie ruhle. it is monday, july 19th. we start with breaking news. just days before the olympics set to kickoff in tokyo, a shocker for team usa. an alternate on u.s. women s gymnastics team tested positive for covid. the team already in japan but the name of the athlete has not been revealed. it is just the latest setback for team usa after yesterday s announcement that tennis star coco goff tested positive too. she will not be able to compete. back in this country, new covid cases fueled by the highly contagious delta variant are now rising in all 50 states. that s the first time we have seen that in six months. it is driven by cases amo
they re also apparently closing the u.s. embassy there. haiti has a land border with one country, dominican republic, crossings between hideous and the dominican republic are now closed. nobody is quite sure what will happen next, chaos does seem a good bet after the assassination of the president. haiti is a country with close ties to the united states. through the huge haitian american diaspora in the united states. hi heavy is the poorest country in the western hemisphere. we are the largest donor in terms of the system of all kinds. haiti has been in more than its usual share of chaos, recently, including political chaos. the president who was just assassinated late last night, arguably, his term in office as president came to an end this past february, but he stayed on nevertheless, and declared that efforts to remove him were cool attempt, and he had his political opponents arrested. haiti has multiple sources of authority in the government, a president, a prime minis