In americas justice system. This is American Voices. We begin this hour with the rise of the Delta Variant across america as students head back to school. Resistance continues across the u. S. Against the the two known weapons we have against covid, masks And vaccines. The biden administration just reported a positive milestone, nearly 1 Million new Vaccinations Today alone. After nearly 1 Million shots went into arms on friday. That is the biggest Twoday Total we have seen in a month. But despite that progress, doctors in texas fear this new surge will linger. Hospitals there report Record Number of covid patients, And hospitals are struggling with a shortage of nurses. Florida Health Care workers are also stretched thin. New reporting from the Tampa Bay times says Florida Hospitals are, quote, filled with more coronavirus cases than at any point during the pAndemic. After 17 most of his fighting the ravages of covid19, The End is no longer in sight for doctors And nurses, who say the
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 News that tali
Of redistricting. How that Plays Out out could decide who controls congress. In new york, im joshua johnson, welcome to the week. We begin in northern afghanistan, where the taliban have taken its last major city. The collapse of mazaresharif 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 Capi
The u. S. Against the the two known weapons we have against covid, masks and vaccines. The biden administration just reported a positive milestone, nearly 1 Million new Vaccinations Today alone. After nearly 1 Million shots went into arms on friday. That is the biggest Twoday Total we have seen in a month. But despite that progress, doctors in texas fear this new surge will linger. Hospitals there report number of covid patients and the state is struggling with a shortage of nurses. Florida Health Care workers are also stretched thin. New reporting from the Tampa Bay times says Florida Hospitals are, quote, filled with more coronavirus cases than at any point during the pandemic. After 17 most of his fighting the ravages of covid19, The End is no longer in sight for doctors and nurses who say theyre risking their mental Health And Burnout dealing with this fourth pandemic wave. Despite doctors and nurses working tirelessly to save lives, republican leaders across the south continue tak