And, all thatjazz, indeed! broadway is back, after an 18 month shutdown because of the pandemic. We ll be live from manhattan. Live from our studio in singapore. This is bbc news. It s newsday. It s 6am in singapore, and 2. 30am in kabul where a bitter row has broken out between leaders of the taliban over the make up of the group s new government. Senior taliban officials have told the bbc the row involved a strong exchange of words at the president palace over who should take credit for credit for the group s victory. Co founder mullah abdul ghani baradar is said to believe the emphasis should be placed on diplomacy carried out by people like him. However, khalil ur rahman haqqani, the minister for refugees, believes credit for the taliban s victory should be given to those who led the fighting. Meanwhile, weeks on from that victory, many women are still wondering whether they ll be able to return to work. Among them are the former cabin crew of afghanistan s national airline, afgh
How it s making the car you want hard to find. And later, stem support. A chicago teacher goes the extra mile to pay fo science and tech classes. We re really trying to break a cycle and help kids get out of the cycle of poverty. The jobs are in tech. This is the cbs weekend news. From chicago, here s adriana diaz. Diaz: good evening. The world s coronavirus cases are hitting record levels, driven in part by a devastating surge in india. New daily infections there today topped 400,000. At the same time, america s pandemic pain is easing. Over the past week, new infections are down in 26 states. They only rose in four. And vaccinations have provided a critical boost. More than 100 million american adults are now fully vaccinated. That s fueling summer travel plans for many. Cbs s danya bacchus at l. A. X. Leads us off. Danya, good evening. Reporter: good evening, adriana. Those with travel plans will still face restrictions. The t. S. A. Just announced its covid rules mask mandates at a
yet another turn. a federal appeals court reinstating the six week ban after it was paused for just two days. but we do have to start with breaking news in the fight against coronavirus. drugmaker merck just asked the fda tore emergency use authorization of its new antiviral drug. the pill taking when symptoms the start cuts the risk of hospitalization and death in half. meantime the battle over vaccine mandates is escalating. the nation s largest sheriff s department in l.a. will not enforce a vaccine mandate saying enforcing such a mandate would result in losing as much as 10% of its workforce. it s not just l.a.. the battle has erupted in seattle, tucson and right here in new york city. then at the same time you have hundreds of thousands of u.s. service members remaining unvaccinated or only partially vaccinated as the pentagon s first vaccination deadline of november 2nd, fast approaching as well. 90% of the active duty navy is vaccinated but just 70% of the air nation
population growth in america, they re also becoming key voting blocks in swing counties. joe biden becomes the first u.s. president to commemorate indigenous people s day, along side columbus day. we ll look at what this recognition means for native american communities. communitis we begin this hour with breaking news regarding a new treatment for covid-19. pharmaceutical giant merck announced today that they re asking the food and drug administration to authorize an emergency use authorization for its antiviral drug to treat covid-19. earlier this month, merck announced results from a phase three trial of their drug which found their drug reduced the chance that patients with covid-19 would be hospitalized by 50%. joining me now outside of memorial hospital, dr. azar. i want to begin with you. this merck news this morning, how significant is this development? jose, think of it this way. we have said from the very beginning that you don t go into battle with just one wea
minutes. harry kane finally found his scoring touch again after his recent drought to help tottenham to a big win in the end in the europa conference league. a wet start to friday, skies will brighten later to sunshine and showers but some wild weather over the next few days. the full forecast here on breakfast. it s friday 1st october. our top story. the metropolitan police will deploy 650 new officers across london the met police has outlined how it intends to protect women and girls better in the wake of sarah everard s murder. scotland yard is promising more patrols across london and advising anyone stop by at loan plainclothes police officer to challenge their legitimacy. it comes after wayne couzens was handed a whole life sentence for killing sarah everard whilst still working as a metropolitan officer. sarah everard, described in court as intelligent, talented, much loved. but the question now facing the met is, could and should her killer wayne couzens have been stop