The biden administration is scrambling in the face of this stunningly fast unexpected fall after the u. S. Withdrawal. U. S. At this point now sending some 3,000 troops to help safely evacuate staff from the u. S. Embassy In Kabul. That is where cnns Clarissa Ward is joining us from this morning. This is, this is something to behold how swiftly this is moving, clarissa. Reporter it truly is. I dont think anyone could have predicted this in their wild imagination. And the thing that is so striking here on the ground In Kabul, brianna, is the deafening silence from the afghan government. We havent heard any from them anything from them literally as this country is unraveling. You mentioned all these provincial capitals have fallen. Kandahar, the second largest city in the country, a city with huge strategic significance, huge spiritual symbolism for the taliban. That used to be the capital of their islamic emirate, and yet we are not hearing anything from the government about how they pl
Taliban. President biden now rushing some 3,000 troops to the capital to help evacuate u. S. Embassy personnel, and all of this coming just weeks before the u. S. Was set to complete its withdrawal from the country. Targeted to coincide, of course, with the 20th Anniversary of 9 11. We will have much more on that in a moment. We are following the developments on the ground. First, though, this other News Breaking overnight. The fda authorizing a third Covid19 Shot for people with compromised Immune Systems. The cdcs advisory committee will meet in just a few hours to discuss those additional shots. This as Hospital Systems across the country are being pushed to their limits again. More than 2,500 Covid Patients admitted every single day for the past week. In tennessee, one doctor saying simply, quote, no beds. There are no beds. We want to begin this morning with cnns chief medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay gupta. Sanjay, as were looking at this, lets start with the news from the fda au
in the key 2024 battle ground state of iowa. he has an event soon putting his presidential ambitions very much in the spotlight just days before donald trump campaigns in the state. this as trump has been invited to appear before a grand jury investigating his alleged role in covering up hush money payments to adult film star stormy daniels. the move signaling a decision whether to charge trump may happen soon. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf f bblitzer. you re the situation room. we begin with a historic collapse of a california bank. u.s. stock prices sliding amid questions about whether this is an isolated case or a sign of things to come. cnn s chief white house correspondent phil mattingly is following the story for us along with mark and our own matt edgen matt, first to you, how serious is this bank collapse? reporter: stunning collapse. silicon valley bank may not be a household name but it has more than $200 bil
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