Messages . A restrictive Abortion Ban and limits on how teachers talk about race. The outcry following a flurry of new laws in texas. What is the Worstcase Scenario for you . Being evicted with my child. A race against time for families facing eviction. The effort to get muchneeded federal help before theyre kicked out. In 22 years of doing this, ive never seen Fire Conditions like were seeing now. The Caldor Fire, ripping through parts of california, destroying anything in its path. The latest on the struggle to contain the fire. Newsroom starts right now. 9 01 is the time. Good morning to you on this saturday, september 4th. Im christi paul. And im boris sanchez. You are live in the cnn newsroom. Good morning, christi . Good morning to you as well, boris. We have to talk about it. The gas shortages, the long lines for Food And Water and zero electricity. This is what people are facing in the Gulf Region right now, after Hurricane Ida blew through. That storm is blamed for at least 13
Biden told the Pentagon And State department to be prepared with Backup Plans in case things go wrong. And its not just the taliban hes worried about, the u. S. Is also tracking threats against the Kabul Airport from an Isis A affiliate, Giving Americans and afghan allies even more of a reason to get out, and fast. Every day were on the ground is another day we know that isisk is seeking to target the Airport And Attack both u. S. And allied forces and innocent civilians. Here are the latest numbers as wes know them. The u. S. Has evacuated nearly 88,000 people since the end of july, including about 19,000 yesterday. What that doesnt tell us is how many americans are still there, waiting to get out. We have reporters covering every single angle of this story. Richard engel back In Kabul for us. Courtney kube at the pentagon. Geoff bennet at the White House. We have to start on capitol hill. What can we expect from Speaker Pelosi and whats the latest on these congressmen and the trip To
Capitol hill. And so richard, there are six days left now. Can you take us inside the situation there on the ground and is that going to be enough time to get everyone out . Reporter well, the question is what is everyone. And there has been a lot of confusion. What people are sometimes failing to realize is that this is one of the poorest countries on the planet. And this evacuation has also created an expectation, an opportunity, a hope for many afghans that if they can get to the airport and they can get in, they can get out of this country and start a new life. And according to diplomatic sources ive been speaking to in the region, many are doing that. About half of the people i was told are not necessarily people who would qualify for special Immigrant Visa, they are just people seeking asylum. And that is creating a tremendous backlog at the Holding Centers, many people arrive without documents, they are unaccompanied minors. And there are still crowds rushing to get to the airpo
And a scramble to find survivors after the earthquake in haiti. A live report ahead. We do begin with Breaking News on two big stories, the pandemic and the response to the crisis in afghanistan. Lets start with coronavirus. Top Health Officials in the biden administration are expected to recommend that most americans get a Coronavirus Booster shot eight months after being fully vaccinated. For those who got The One Dose Johnson Johnson Vaccine Experts are still gathering data but it is expected that you will also need a booster. An official announcement could come this week and boosters could be started next month. Health care and elderly are first in line. This is coming as new cases and hospitalizations and deaths are surging in the united states because of the delta variant. Especially among the unvaccinated. Lets get to this news and get some context around it. Joining me now cnn chief medical correspondent sanjay gupta. How should people be thinking about these boosters. They are
The alleged misinformation put out on the site. Reporter alex, when you and i last spoke at this time yesterday, we said this tiff between the biden white House And Facebook and the Social Media companies didnt appear to be going anywhere soon, and that is certainly the case with facebook standing their ground, laying out in a lot of detail data that they say theyve been tracking in coordination with two different universities they say theyre making a lot of progress as part of their efforts to fight disinformation about covid. They pointed to data they collected showing acceptance of the vac even among facebook users in the u. S. Has grown 10 to 15 percentage points since january and putting out a blistering statement attacking the White House saying in private exchanges the Surgeon General has praised our work including our efforts to inform people about covid19. Facebook going on in that statement to say they knew what they were doing. The White House is looking for scapegoats for m