the last 24 hours. the taliban is clearly calling the shots, dictating the terms and the deadline of august 31 now just eight days away on when they say we have to be gone. if the u.s. or the u.k. wanted to extend their 31st of august deadline in order to continue evacuations out of the country, would you agree that? no. why not? this is a red line. it will provoke a reaction. lara logan has been covering afghanistan for 20 years. ryan crocker is the former u.s. ambassador to afghanistan and a number of surrounding countries. both are standing by. we begin with senator tom tillis that writes in an op-ed that says don t let the taliban dictate the terms. senator tillis, thanks for being here. you and your office are working around the clock to answer as many requests from people who are passing them along to you. i think we all thank you for the work that your office is doing right now. it is not necessarily something that falls upon senate offices to take that und
dealing with two major unfolding crisis. any moment now pentagon press secretary john kirby will hold his second briefing of the day on the situation in afghanistan. we ll bring that you to live when it begins. this comes as the pace of evacuations picks up. the pentagon saying at least 16,000 people were taken out during a 24-hour period. but, there are new concerns about security outside the kabul airport after the german military said one afghan soldier was killed and three others were wounded in a gun fight that did involve u.s. troops. the president did get some good news on the coronavirus pandemic today. the food and drug administration gave fool approval to pfizer s vaccine. now he hopes this will change the minds of people who have been hesitant to get the shots until full approval. the moment you ve been waiting for is here. it s time for you to go get your vaccination. get it today. vaccination is free. it s easy. it s safe. and it s effective. on capitol hill,
legislation. in the trump presidency infrastructure week was a constant joke. a bipartisan group of senators have been working on the details of an infrastructure bill for a month after reaching an agreement on what they called the basic framework of the legislation a month ago in a meeting with president biden at the white house. it is not unusual at all for it to take at least a month or more to figure out the details of that. after a weekend of work it seemed like today might be the day that the bipartisan group could bring their bill to the senate floor and begin debate. here is what the lead republican negotiator, senator rob portman said yesterday. we are about 90% of the way there. i am here this weekend working on legislative language. i feel good about getting it done this week. we have one issue outstanding. we are not getting much response from the democrats on it about mass transit. our transit number is generous. we increased transit in the proposal and the for
few hours, he has been freed. pennsylvania s supreme court today quashed his sexual assault conviction on the grounds that evidence given by five witnesses during his retrial should never have been admitted. cosby, now 83, was one of the most high profile convictions of the early #metoo movement. he was found guilty of drugging and molesting the ex basketball player andrea constand in 200a. the supreme court was told that cosby s lawyers had secured a deal with the former district attorney in philadelphia that he would not be tried a second time because there was not enough evidence to present. let s talk to vinoo varghese. he s a former prosecutor and white collar federal criminal defence attorney and joins us now from new york. cani can i get your initial thoughts on the news we have been hearing the last couple of hours? i the news we have been hearing the last couple of hours? last couple of hours? i have been coverin: last couple of hours? i have been covering this la
schick s simplest goal of the lot was the most precious. taking its team into a quarterfinal against denmark next saturday. wait long enough, and you will find the czech republic are starting to make waves. and that result could open things up for england. should they beat germany here on tuesday it is one of denmark or the czech republic they would face in the semifinals. but as we know they need to beat germany first and some big selections for gareth southgate to make before then. mason mount could be in contention to start on tuesday despite continuing to self isolate after being declared as a close contact following his discussion with billy gilmour after the scotland game, as olly foster reports. england have won more training session here tomorrow morning before they head to london and then tuesday s match at wembley. it has been such an important a few days here at st george s park after they topped the group against the czechs. we have heard from different players an