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crew members of inspiration 4 return home after their historic three-day mission. a warning from the cia came too late to stop a u.s. air strike that killed ten afghan civilians last month. according to three sources, the intelligence agency warned there were likely civilians in the area and possibly children just seconds before the missile hit. the strike followed a suicide bombing that killed 13 u.s. troops and scores of afghans at the kabul airport, but the pentagon now admit is no one in the car was linked to isis-k, calling the air strike a mistake. cnn s nic robertson has been speaking to the relatives of those killed and he filed this report from kabul. this is a lot of children this is part of the children up here? reporter: yeah. ahmaudi shows me his shattered house. reporter: it s heartbreaking now to see this now and know that they say it was just a mistake. no one has had the heart to clean it up since the drone strike three weeks ago. my cut ....
met with gunfire. the taliban crackdown tonight. plus, our interview with the top senate republican, mitch mcconnell. up in flames: a northern california wildfire burns 50,000 acres in just 24 hours. pesticide ban: how soon until your fruits and vegetables will be free of a chemical linked to neurological damage in children? pregnancy and covid: tonight, the new warning for pregnant women, as doctors say they re more likely to be hospitalized and need a ventilator. and, taking a stand a young student who loves honey bees has the state capital buzzing. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. tonight, president biden is trying to get a handle on two legacy-defining crises. his administration is grappling with how to evacuate those thousands of americans and afghan civilians after the taliban takeover. we ll have late reporting on that in ju ....
pay for holiday shipping is going up and she has been on the job over 70 years. the nurse inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone the fda tonight appears to be on the verge of approving covid booster shots for the first time the third doses would be reserved for certain vulnerable americans, opening a new avenue of defense against the aggressive delta variant. meantime, the challenge of protecting our kids in the face of a growing covid wave is frankly all over the map tonight. from the south, where classroom mask requirements are being banned, to california, where the governor is ordering school employees to show proof of vaccination or face weekly testing. but there is growing urgency to get this right. the daily numbers we re watching, new infections now over 108,000. new deaths exceed 750. but the number we desperately need to climb, the fully vaccinated, not moving quickly enough just shy of 167 million ....
xfinity is here to inspire your biggest dreams we re so happy to say welcome to your new day here and to have your company. it is saturday, august 7th. i m christi paul. i m boris sanchez. thank you for spending part of your morning with us. christi, always a pleasure to be with you. you, too, boris. we want to talk about the health officials who say the u.s. is at a crucial moment. hospitals overrun with unvaccinated patients and the delta variant is spreading. the country has tools to get the virus under control. that s the most tragic aspect of all of this. it is preventible. yet for the first time since february the united states is averaging more than 100,000 new infections a day and deaths are also on the rise. the virus spreading quickly through unvaccinated communities and as we look at this map, you can see all the red in the southeast where vaccination rates lag behind the rest of the country. in states with the highest infection rates, the numbe ....
vaccinations. 70% of adults with at least one dose. and senator lindsey graham revealing he has a breakthrough infection. his message on the importance of getting vaccinated. also, tonight, she is back. simone biles set to return to competition here in tokyo as teammate jade carey wins gold. a stunning upset for the u.s. women s soccer team. and the american track star with a defiant podium protest. spirit airlines cancelling hundreds of flights, stranding thousands of travelers. why airline complaints are soaring this summer. and my conversation with team usa superstar caeleb dressel. what s next after winning five gold medals here in tokyo? announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight from tokyo. hello, everyone from japan. we ll get to news coming out of the olympics in a few minutes. back home, more than 35 million americans have now tested positive for covid during the pandemic. and tonight the biden administration finally re ....