News. A declaration of victory by the taliban, moments ago in an independence day statement the taliban announced they defeated, quote the powerful and arrogant united states. This morning, reuters reporting that at least 12 people have been killed in kabul since the afghan capital fell to the taliban on sunday. President biding is vowing to get 10,000 remaining americans out of afghanistan no matter what it takes or how long even if it means keeping the recent surge of u. S. Troops on the ground at the airport in kabul beyond the original withdrawal deadline of august 31st. All troops are supposed to be out by august 31st. Even if americans and our afghan allies are still trying to get out, they re going to leave? we re going to do everything in our power to get all americans out and our allies out. Does that mean troops will stay beyond august 31st if necessary? it depends on where we are and whether we can get ramp these numbers up to 5 to 7,000 a day coming out. If that s the case,
American blood and treasure in afghanistan, that country has collapsed with stunning speed. It president, ashraf ghaani, today joining fellow citizens and foreigners fleeing the country as taliban fighters have entered the capital. The closing of the airport now means many cannot get out. This just weeks ahead of our country marking 20 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the start of america s longest war, trey yingst live in jerusalem with the very latest on these fast moving, developing scenarios right now going on in afghanistan. Trey the, what is the latest in kabul tonight? reporter: eric, good afternoon. We are hearing tonight from the taliban themselves inside the presidential palace in kabul. Aljazeera actually had access into the compound as taliban fighters walked will through the halls of this palace. As you noted earlier today, afghan president ashraf ghaani fled the country. This opened up the door both literally and figuratively for the group to go into the preside
From could to should. And on schools, dr. Fauci speaking out against governors in states like florida and texas who have been blocking mask mandates. I can tell you that those of us in the public health sector are really very concerned when you have authorities at a higher level be that at the level of the state, a governor, what have you who tell local health people that they can t do things that are obviously important for the safety of people. I ll be speaking with kentucky s democratic governor andy basheer and we ll be bringing you president biden and he s running 45 minutes late already. Let s start on the covid crisis. Morgan chesky in dallas. There s still debate over masking in texas and no debate in hospitals and major cities are over capacity due to the variant. Tell us what s the latest. Reporter: yeah, andrea, hospitals all across the state are facing a shortage in staff while having to try to deal with this surge in patients that in some cases is closing down, at least te
We re not out of the woods yet. With the delta variant on the rise, that sobering warning from the cdc director in a call for unity as the nation reaches another crossroad in the pandemic. The question is, will americans listen. Plus, on the eve of today owes s opening ceremony, new cases of coronavirus hit a high. The question is, will the games go on? and, democrats consider adding a second antitrump republican to the committee task ed with the committee on the insurrection. It s way, way too early for this. Good morning. It s way too early. We ll be covering 16 days of the olympics. I even jonathan lemire. There s a lot going on. We ll start with the news. There s an elevated concern about the spread of the delta variant among the unvaccinated across the u. S. After months of progress. With a spike in new infections and hospitalizations, major hospitals are preparing for an influx of patients, if they don t already have them. Nbc news national correspondent miguel almaguer has more.
Florida. Cnn has also learned that residents were facing steep repair costs. $15 million worth following a tw 2018 report which warned how leaking water was leading to deteriorating concrete. And just two days before the collapse, a pool contractor spotted what appears to be serious signs of damage in the garage sharing these photos with the miami herald. And joining me now is sarah bl bl blaskey, tell me what the contractor told you, what was there? the contractor said aboveground everything looked okay, but once you went to the basement, he started noticing things that didn t look right to him. The first thing he noticed was standing water, a lot of it in the garage area, right under that patio deck that we have heard called into question by 2018 report, and as he went into the pool equipment room on the south side of the building, he saw serious corrosion of rebar that had been exposed from cracked concrete in the beams underneath the pool, and all of that is signs of some sort of w