We still believe there are credible threats. In fact, i d say specific, credible threats. And we want to make sure we re prepared for those. Reporter: the pentagon warning that these could be rockets or vehicle bombs. In kabul, families collect the bodies of their loved ones and survivors come to terms with what has happened. This man says that he was an interpreter for the british, and was among the hundreds of afghan wounded. I fell into the stream, and thought i was the only one still alive. I saw all the other people were dead. More than 5,000 evacuees are waiting for flights at kabul s airport and allies like italy and spain have already ended their missions in afghanistan. We have the ability to include evacuees on u. S. Military air airlift out of afghanistan until the very end. Reporter: the walls at kabul s airport are now stained with blood as afghanistan counts down the final days of america s longest war. Now, jake, in the final days of the reign of the previous afghan gove
for president. daughter, in fact, leads the republican national committee. also this morning the highest ranking woman in the house, liz cheney, number three in the house republican leadership. the status of her leadership role is more in jeopardy. we ll have more on that in a moment. also in doubt, bipartisan support for at least president biden s broad ambitious $2 trillion infrastructure plan. both sides far apart on that, but there is talk of compromise on perhaps something smaller. first let s again with cnn s lauren fox on capitol hill. it was remarkable to see the cr crowd s reaction to senator romney in his own home state. we should make a distinction that that conference is different from the broader voting population in that red state, but tell us the significance of it. well, that s right. jim, remember, this is a republican conference where you re going to be attracting members of the base of your party, but it is still important because you have to have that
oregon are without power. also tonight, lawmakers in new york state are inching closer towards an impeachment probe of governor andrew cuomo, and that news is coming from a democratic assemblyman. we ll go live to new york in moments, but first, the political mess that s spreading to washington from the trouble in texas. let s go to anita vogel who is live in our west coast newsroom. good evening. good evening, kristin. ted cruz and biden are under the microscope. they are having a field day for cruz s trip to cancun while his constituents were left freezing in the mark. he has apologized but that didn t stop the heat. the unmitigated disaster in texas. by that we mean ted cruz. this he is on a plane. snake on a plane right there. [applause] ironically headed to the very place he tried to build a wall around. flying ted cruz. he s been totally shamed. exposed. i wonder who he ll blame, the media, left, or both? but biden has been largely spared for any criticism o
o sullivan and r.k. russell and s.e. cupp and comedian helen hong. come on in. it is a grand reopening for all of the best, all of the worst 2021. i m tom foreman, welcome and congratulations. we all survived a tough 12 months packed with upheavaled and conflicts and difficulties and victories and hope and happiness. that is saying something given we are were up against a raging pandemic and the deepest social divide the united states has seen in decades. so how did we make it through. let s sort that out by starting with the biggest news. that sounds like gunshots. worse story of the year. the violent invasion of the u.s. capitol by people angry over joe biden winning the last presidential election. the idea that 2021 was going to be better, i think probably lasted for about exactly six days. the january 6 insurrection was straight up crazy. the losing candidate then president trump stoked the fury with the big lie that he had won. they rigged an election. th
live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with john vause. hello, everyone. welcome to our viewers in the united states joining us here on cnn international. around the world, the advice is mostly the same, the safest place to see in the new year will be at home surrounded by a small number of people. in many cities, public celebrations have been canceled, scaled back or tougher guidelines. hopes of partying like it was 2019 have been dashed with a surge in covid infections. despite a record daily count of 74,000 infections in new york state, the traditional ball drop in new york city still scheduled, but attendance capped at 15,000, and viewing areas will be off-limits until 3:00 p.m. the seven-day average of global infections is 1.2 million, the highest ever since the pandemic began. average daily cases in the u.s. have set a record for the third straight day. more than 355,000 on thursday. and children once thought to be immune from the worst of the coronavirus, now b