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a trillion plus dollar divide among democrats threatens to stop the biden domestic agenda dead in its tracks. new and sobering cnn pictures from the border. thousands-of-haitian migrants made in a makeshift refugee camp under a bridge. the biden plan is to send them home. we begin though with the coronavirus and two giant developments. the white house today announcing it will lift covid travel restrictions and allow fully vaccinated international visitors into the united states starting in november. more on that big news in a moment. first though, welcome news for parents. this morning pfizer releasing trial results it says show its covid vaccine is safe and highly effective in children ages 5 to 11. pfizer says it will now submit that data to the government and apply for emergency authorization by the end of the month. if that fda review goes smoothly some 28 million children could be eligible for vaccination by halloween or soon after. we re hopeful and expectant th ....
the us open championship, the british teenager who has been taking her fans and british teenager who has been taking herfans and mentoring. the united states is starting to assess how it handled the end of its war in afghanistan. to assess how it handled the end in the first hearing of its type, secretary of state antony blinken is appearing before a government committee to answer questions about the us evacuation. we will listen to what he has to say momentarily. afghanistan has been the focus of the major conference because afghanistan has been the focus of the major conference more than a billion dollars has been pledged for afghanistan at an emergency aid conference. the united nations called the meeting in geneva to address what it called a mammoth humanitarian crisis. it beat its target of 600 million dollars. here s the un secretary general. even before the traumatic events of last week, afghanistan was for his mother was humanitarian crisis in the world. when ....
republicans. he is expected to do some blaming and finger pointing including to the trump administration to pull out which set the process in motion and including a backlogged visa process. it is to keep the focus on the biden s trillion dollar plan to create a social safety net. it is a critical week for at least today and tomorrow, lawmakers are shifting the focus back to u.s. involvement back overseas. joining us to start the hour as we are keeping our eye and the start of the hearing, we have with us washington post military reporter dan lamoff and allied commander correspondent admiral stavridis, and joining us back is a valued voice that we are happy to have back in the fold amna anhoff. welcome back. and before the congressional hearing, they send out a prepared text, and we know what he is going to say, and he is going to defend the decision to withdraw from afghanistan, and he says that it is the trump administration that made the deal with the taliban and leav ....
seen before in the region. record-breaking, major expressways completely flooded in new york city. passenger rail service shut down across the northeast. torrential rain flooded people out of their homes. there is only sadness and it is just overwhelming. so where we are is that we have to start from scratch as we are mourning. we have to see how we can move on. the nypd says more than 800 passengers were rescued. look at that, from the new york city subway system. the department says that it made hundreds of other rescues including a livery driver on a flooded road in central park. officers also say a disabled man trapped inside his home when he asked about his dog, police went back and rescued the dog as well. one of the most extraordinary images this minor league stadium turned in to a lake this boundbrook new jersey. polo sandoval is actually caught in floodwaters on the way there and he will join us soon. fema has approved a temporary housing program for victim ....
the legal battle heats up, as the supreme court weighs in on the new texas law. women are turned away from clinics, and a website is set up to report anyone who is seeking an abortion. welcome relief. improving wind helps crews fight the caldor fire. we go inside their battle. reporter: this is a back-fire that crews set intentionally to take advantage of the favorable weather. o donnell: kids and coronavirus why cases among children have increased rapidly. grounded the f.a.a. says richard branson s space plane can t take off. and, grab your tissues. a military dad s surprise for his family. 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, we begin once again with the extreme weather facing this country. the northeast is recovering from record-breaking rain, flooding, and tornadoes triggered by remnants of hurricane ida. the storm ....