tonight, why so many are being so misled. the pandemic gross around the country. then the january 6th committee issues a raft of document requests. what we know about their demand for white house records. plus, never mind the big lie. how every single house republican just voted against strengthening democracy and what you need to know about what is being called the stunning radical and terrifying decision by the supreme court. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. i ve been haunted the last few days by a little bit of a mystery. how is it that the daily death numbers from covid have topped 1,000 and how are we seeing this level devastation and death with the virus despite just over 60% of the eligible population fully vaccinated and 81% of seniors vaccinated, senior being the most vulnerable to the virus making up a huge portion of the deaths from covid we ve seen until now. how are we in this situation? we came across this new york tim
by august 31 if all stays on track. but if a terror attack shuts down the airport or if the taliban prevents americans or our visa holders, et cetera, from coming, then we may need more time. the administration had been facing intense pressure to keep troops past the august 31st deadline not just from western allies who pressed the president in an emergency meeting of the g-7 earlier today, but also from allies in congress. some of whom say it is unlikely the u.s. will complete the mission in the next seven days. here s house intelligence committee chair adam schiff on monday. i think it s possible, but i think it s very unlikely given the number of americans who still need to be evacuated, the number of sivs, the number of others who are members of the afghan press, civil society leaders, women leaders. it s hard for me to imagine all of that can be accomplished between now and the end of the month. of course extending the deadline would have put the u.s. on a track towa
authorization. the moderna vaccine is expected to be fully approved in the fall. experts believe full approval will make a difference in convincing some people to get vaccinated. but perhaps more importantly, it could lead to a surge in vaccine mandates. today, the cdc reported 135,494 new cases of coronavirus today in the united states. across the nation, the weekly average for covid hospitalizations is 11,521. that s an increase of 14.2% from the week before. in six states, alabama, florida, louisiana, mississippi, oregon, and washington, new admissions of patients with coronavirus are currently at their highest level since the start of the pandemic. hospitalization and infection rates for children are also on the rise. nbc news reporting as of wednesday, u.s. hospitals were tending to an average of more than 1,200 children a day, twice the number from the end of july. alabama admitted nearly 260 kids between august 10 and 16, an average of 37 per day and an increase of mor
they have taken three capitals just this week. today president biden authorized troops to the legion. kelly kobiaya starts us off tonight from kabul. reporter: well, the president has announced that 5,000 troops will now be heading to afghanistan to help in what is described as this very limited mission of evacuating embassy staff as well as thousands of afghans who have helped in the military mission over the course of several years, heptd to finish applying for special immigrant visas and to get them out of the country. today the u.s. ambassador as well as the commander in afghanistan met with the afghan president to talk about the defense of kabul. a special forces commander from the afghan army has now been put in control of defending the capital city as we are starting to hear reports of taliban fighters inching closer to kabul. there were reports earlier today of fighting about 20 miles away from the city. more provinces falling and also reports, unconfirmed by nbc ne
of redistricting. how that plays out out could decide who controls congress. in new york, i m joshua johnson, welcome to the week. we begin in northern afghanistan, where the taliban have taken its last major city. the collapse of mazar-e-sharif they have taken three capitals just this week. today president biden authorized troops to the legion. kelly kobiaya starts us off tonight from kabul. reporter: well, the president has announced that 5,000 troops will now be heading to afghanistan to help in what is described as this very limited mission of evacuating embassy staff as well as thousands of afghans who have helped in the military mission over the course of several years, heptd to finish applying for special immigrant visas and to get them out of the country. today the u.s. ambassador as well as the commander in afghanistan met with the afghan president to talk about the defense of kabul. a special forces commander from the afghan army has now been put in control of d