the warning for texans. shelter in place, we are in a emergency. rescue mode. norah: heavy rain and battering winds cause damage. went through the roof of her house instead of our shed. norah: and the nightmare for holiday travelers with 1500 flights canceled. every year it s getting hotter. norah: and a persistent heat wave, we are tracking the forecast. the cbs evening news starts now. we are coming on the air with a number of developing stories across the u.s., notably the dangerous weather and scorching heat and much of the country. good evening. i am norah o donnell and thank you for being with us. we will begin tonight right here in washington. the president of the united states, joe biden, facing a fresh round of questions about his health. 11 days after his disastrous debate performance, cbs news has learned a parkinson specialist from national regional medical center has visited the white house eight times over the last year. tonight the president s
as a second official added that the mission isn t accomplished if americans are left behind. the top military officer says it is possible the u.s. will cooperate with the taliban when taking on other gnomic terrorist groups like isis-k as a national security visor struggles to define a relationship with the group that helped facilitate the september 11th attack. coordination against isis-k. it s possible. what is the taliban? are they now our frenemy? are they are adversary? what are they? it s hard to put a label on it in part because we have yet to see what they are going to be now that they are in control, physical control of afghanistan. shannon: thought admission as the new reality on the ground is kabul is fierce. the declarations of victory continue as the taliban parade american grade weapons through the street and long lines formant bands many try to withdraw their savings buried at present by and sticking to the script in his oval office meeting with ukrai
we will not forget. we will hunt you down and make you pay. president biden has been under pressure from both sides over his handling of the withdrawal. former national security adviser hr mcmaster had this to say. when you prioritize withdrawal over the achievement of any kind of a no blame in war this is what you get, that is what surrender is in that is what we ve done. for the latest on what is happening on the ground in afghanistan, let s turn to amy kellogg live for us this morning and italy. being asked this morning was what was the purpose of attacking people leaving the country, attacking people trying to get on humanitarian flights. in the meantime, 13 us service personnel lost their lives, 72 afghan civilians, those numbers may change as the day goes on. despite deteriorating security situation. the evacuations continue this morning but the us s closest ally, the united kingdom has just said the last flights will be leaving afghanistan in the next few hours.
investigating governor andrew cuomo. yes, it could lead to an arrest. and the accuser behind that criminal complaint break their silence. california s biggest single wildfire, ever. the smoke spreading so far, denver now has some of the worst air quality in the world. the ancient greek city of olympia in danger, as a massive wildfire burns closer. the terrifying evacuations overnight. president biden s infrastructure bill clears a key-senate vote. what happens, next? and final gold rush. team usa closing strong. allyson felix now the most decorated american track and field olympian, ever. golden redemption for men s basketball and the men s relay team and the marathoner who shocked the world. this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz-balart. good evening. as this latest covid surge has taken hold, there has been a painful sense of déjà vu. no more than today, the scenes all too familiar. long lines of people trying to get tested, as cases skyrocket. many are
i.c.u. nurse there says in her view, what she s seeing, it s critical. it s not normal. this is not okay. we can t live this way. i m never going to accept this as our new normal. we ve had lots of very sick young patients that normally we, you know, with the first couple rounds of covid we didn t see or wouldn t have necessarily been i.c.u. level. here are some of the numbers. last week more than 23,000 children caught covid-19. that is nearly double what was reported at the end of june. it comes as children in some major school districts are now heading back to class. this month or in a couple weeks. let s begin with cnn senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. listen, the data doesn t lie, right? it s clearly coming back principally in unvaccinated areas. tell us what the numbers tell you. jim, you know, we thought we were done with this, and now here we are and there are two reasons for this. one, this delta variant which has been called a variant on steroids,