Fallout from president Bidens Denial of any mistakes in the exit from afghanistan. Cnn now learning that u. S. Diplomats wrote an internal memo last Night Warning of a potential catastrophe in afghanistan. This hour i will get reaction from the president , the deputy national Security Adviser. Hes standing by live. Our experts are standing by as we cover this breaking story. We begin with cnn national Security Respondent over at the State Department for us. This is major. What are you learning about this memo . Reporter wolf, what were learning is that two dozen diplomats wrote this classified Dissent Memo to the Saek Tear of state Tony Blinken In July. They were urging the department to take more actions to prepare for what they saw as a massive Evacuation Effort that would be needed to get these afghans who would apply for these different visas and Refugee Status in the United States out of the country. The context in which they were making this suggestion is the fact the taliban wer
john avalon joins me. we are covering lots this morning. there is a ton here. america s top doctors awaiting the pandemic response speaking out in this incredible new cnn documentary. dr. debra birx says hundreds of thousands of americans could be still alive if the white house had taken the threat of covid more seriously. the former cdc director robert redfield dropping the bombshell he believes without citing any evidence that covid-19 originated in a lab in wuhan. the world health organization will soon release its report on the origins of the coronavirus. that s all happening as cages surge across the united states. this morning, new cases are on the rise in 27 states. in michigan, they ve seen an increase of more than 50% since last week. new cases are showing up most in younger people. okay. joining us now is cnn white house correspondent and the former baltimore city health commissioner. her new book lifeline, a doctor s journey in the fight for public health
distancing stop it from spreading. and as the pandemic has gone on, there has been more and more proof that masks work. the cdc releasing data today that says masks a mask mandate reduce covid-19 case counts and deaths. that s what makes all of this so frustrating. with over half a million americans dead, more than any other country in the world, expert as agree that mask wearing needed to be the major tool to stop the spread. we have a way to stop the virus, and we still need to stop it. vaccines alone will not end this horror. you know what will? wearing one of these will. okay. so we re not taking a break. all right. so we re going to keep going here. sorry about that. so let s move on here. senate democrats moving ahead tonight as you saw late tonight trying to get the covid relief bill passed after breaking the day-long stalemate with one of their own, democrat joe manchin, over the extension of unemployment benefits. also tonight, good news in the battle against covid
hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. tributes are paid to captain sir tom moore at his funeral family members say his spirit will live on. the chancellor plans new measures to help people buy their own homes as he prepares his budget for next week anas sarwar has been announced as the new scottish labour leader. he takes charge of the party ahead of the scottish parliament election on the sixth of may. ministers in england launch a campaign to reassure parents it s safe for children to return to the classroom. festival organisers call on the government for more support to ensure events can take place this summer. now on bbc news, it s click. this week it s a fashion special in which we find that pixels are the new black. leather is reinvented, no cows required. and finishing the look, the big spectacle in al beauty. hey, welcome to click! this week, we re both trying to look our best because it s been london fashion week which, as you may expect, was a bit different th
hello. this is bbc news with martine croxall. we ll be taking a look at tomorrow morning s papers in a moment withjo phillips and nigel nelson. first, the headlines: the chancellor plans new measures to help people buy their own homes as he prepares his budget for next week. anas sarwar has been announced as the new scottish labour leader. he takes charge of the party ahead of the scottish parliament election on the sixth of may. tributes are paid to captain sir tom moore at his funeral family members say his spirit will live on. ministers in england launch a campaign to reassure parents it s safe for children to return to the classroom. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political commentatorjo phillips and the political editor at the sunday mirror and the sunday people, nigel nelson. what are you drinking? nothing at the moment! many of the papers are looking ahead to wednesday s budget. the observer