Stay updated with breaking news from Tonight cnn. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
we will get you home. he says he s making the same commitment to evacuate afghan allies of the united states. in his most extensive comments yet, the president seemed less defensive as he addressed the danger and the chaos since the taliban takeover. tonight there is new confirmation that americans in afghanistan have been beaten by the taliban. the defense secretary lloyd austin sharing that information with u.s. lawmakers. cnn crews have also witnessed taliban violence escalating in the afghan capital, making a desperate situation worse by the hour. our correspondents and analysts are standing by covering every angle of this breaking story. first, let s go to jeremy diamond over at the white house. je jeremy, the president made very specific promises today about the evacuation. that s right, wolf. five days after the taliban took control of kabul, president biden clearly trying to show he is getting the situation under control, also showing some more of his trademar ....
good morning to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. i m john berman with rhianna keeler. this morning for the first time since february the u.s. is averaging more than 100,000 new covid cases per day. that is the highest it has been an almost 6 months. hospitalizations also continue to rise. more than 66,000 now. the number of deaths is headed in the wrong direction. one out of every five people hospitalized in this country is in florida right now. in jacksonville, six members of one church died within two weeks. and the pastor says 18 to 20 other church members are hospitalized with a virus. on sunday the church held its first vaccination clinic. one florida doctor says children s hospitals in the state are overwhelmed while republican governor ron desantis resists calls to require massive schools. here s how dr. jonathan reiner describe the search. it is so high in florida that i think if florida or another country we would have to consider ....
is good and i believe that some people on their own once it get as proved as a full approval, will go ahead and get vaccinated. but for those who do not want, i believe mandates at the local level need to be done. joining me now, cnn medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. so dr. fauci calling for vaiccie mandates. i think i want to be clear. people hear vaccine mandates, they think government is going to come in and tell me that i have to get vaccinated or i will go to jail. that is not what we re talking about. we re talking about mandates usually by say an employer or by your school. vaccine mandates at that level. or a state saying our employees have to be vaccinated. this is not a mandate like you have to get car insurance. it is not that kind of mandate. it would work differently. so let s take a look. there are actually three states that have already done mandates, again it is for some groups. it is not for everybody. it might just be for example in new york a ....
insider reportedly wanted officials to investigate trump s big lie. the leader of the state democratic party is now joining the chorus of people calling on him to resign as the manhattan d.a. begins investigating potential sex crimes by the governor. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with the worsening covid crisis in the united states and increasingly urgent efforts by the biden administration to get the current surge fueled by the aggressive delta variant under control. let s go to our chief correspondent, kaitlan collins. the numbers are not good and the they could get much, much worse in the coming weeks. that s exactly what the hecdc is worried about. they are expected to seek authorization for mandating coronavirus vaccines for all active duty troops. that is not the case now, but it is something we re expecting in the coming days, and we ll see how much time ....
58 hours: the baby jessica story begins right now only on cnn. we re following one of the most compelling stories of this year. we re following it from midland, texas we thought that there had been national events before, but we hadn t seen anything like this. desperate rescue effort near mid lapd, texas, to save a little girl who fell into a well. this was life as it happened in real time and the entire world watched. 18-month-old baby. eighth hour. 12th hour. more than 52 hours now. this effect of everybody together having the same image at the same time jessica. jessica. but it started back then. it started with this. a little kid fell down a well. everybody thought four r o five feet, six feet, we can reach down and get her out of there. but, you know, it turned out to be very different. but that hole s not that big around. i don t even think it s 12 inches. would a dog fall down there, you know, a chihuahua or a small terrier, yeah. ....