The latest on the situation there. Todays remarks are expected to focus almost solely on Evacuation Efforts of americans and afghans. The remarks come as we just learned another troubling development. Not a single flight has left the Kabul Airport in eight hours. Let me repeat, no flights have left in eight hours. We know qatar said no to more Plane Loads of afghan. The u. S. Has evacuated about 3,000 people from kabul yesterday. Another 9,000 in total evacuated since kabul started to fall last weekend. Keep in mind the pentagon said earlier this week it hoped to quickly ramp things up to a point where they could evacuate as many as 9,000 people per day. So were basically doing what we hoped would be one days worth of work in one week. Complete being pressed repeatedly yesterday, officials have not been able to say how many americans are left. Its not just about getting people out of the airports, its about getting people into the airport. The situation outside of the Kabul Airport is
With covid cases on the rise, Los Angeles County has now become the first, major Metro Area in the u. S. To reinstate a Mask Mandate just one month after lifting it. Effective this hour, face coverings are now required, again, indoors for, both, vaccinated and unvaccinated people. Thats because covid19 cases have gone up, by 300 , compared to july 4th. Not everyone is onboard with this new mandate, of course. Paul vercammen is in Los Angeles for us. Reporter the covid19 numbers in Los Angeles County started heading back up, in the wrong direction. 462 hospitalizations. 11 new deaths. And that Positivity Rate leaping, now, to 3. 7 . It was just 1. 5 , on the fourth of july. So, there is a lot of debate about this new rule that mandates wearing masks indoors, at restaurants, movie theaters, and the like. And a lot of Drama Unfolding here. This is pattys restaurant. Look at the head shots. This is right in the shadow of Movie Studios and television studios. So here, there is a lot of unsc
Nine. Im aware however some of you arent watching. Its not by choice, according to Kamala Harris if you do not live in this city where the politicians live, youre living in 500 bc. Because you live in rural areas where theres probably no no tv or cable. Probably not a faucet for running water. If youre in the south you have no idea what im talking about because the language of English Hasnt reached you yet. You dont even have Xerox Machines. If you want to make a copy of something youre going to have to break out the silly putty. Right, kat . I dont think that we should underestimate what vaccines mean. Because in some peoples minds that means youre going to have to xerox or photocopy your i. D. To send it in to prove you are who you are. Theres a lot of people who lived in the rural communities where there is no officemax near them. Greg boy howdy, what a double 80 dont you know we keep our xerox is down by the creek . Under the bridge by the Shopping Cart . Yeah, rural communities ar
Im Pamela Brown. You are in the Cnn Newsroom on this saturday. And we begin this hour with the latest on where the coronavirus may have come from. Senior White House officials say they now believe the theory that the virus escaped from a lab is at least as credible as a possibility that it emerged naturally. This is according to sources i spoke with along with some of my colleagues. This is a dramatic shift from a year ago where democrats and public health officials downplayed the socalled Lab Leak theory. A short time ago, dr. Anthony fauci told cnn hes not so sure, but hes leaning one way. I, together with many, are highly qualified vaccinxnologis and virologists, including a paper by 21 internationally renowned virologist and evolutionary biologists from all over the world indicate that although we keep an open mind, that it is possible that it could be, as they say, a Lab Leak, that the most likely explanation is a natural evolution from an Animal Reservoir to a human. Scientists a
Republican lined up now to replace her. Plus, the new legal move by derek chauvins lawyers. Could a Jurors Tshirt be enough to get george Floyds Killer a new trial . Mixed messaging on masks continues to cause confusion. The head of the cdc joins us to try to clear that up. And an Army Veteran who almost died in afghanistan speaking out on President Bidens pull out of troops. Why he said its time for america to leave. Good morning to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Its wednesday, may 5th. Liz cheney chose truth over power and is about to cost her a Leadership Role In The House and quite possibly her elected political career. Republican sources tell cnn that Minority Leader Kevin Mccarthy is planning to vote for next week to remove her. This hot mic moment on Fox Capturing mccarthys blunt assessment of cheneys future and we should note the audio was edited and does not contain the hosts question. I think shes got a real problem. I have had it with ive had it with