Condos urging them to get inspected amid fears of another collapse. We are standing by for a briefing by local officials, this hour. We want to welcome our viewers here, in the United States, and Around The World. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Lets begin over at the White House with cnns chief national Affairs Correspondent jeff zeleny. Jeff, President Biden, he is clearly adamant, totally adamant, about all u. S. Forces leaving afghanistan in the coming weeks. Wolf, President Biden did offer a robust defense of his decision. He said the two overriding objectives had been met. That is hunting down Osama Bin Laden and rooting out the Al Qaeda terrorists that attacked the u. S. , back on 9 11. N now, biden, of course, is a longtime skeptic of this war. He said, quite frankly, this decision was overdue. Afghanistan, he said, must have its own course and defend its country. I will not send another generation of americans to War In Afghanistan with no, reasonable expectation
Start with our Health Lead Today a squn an urgent warning that cant be repeated enough, even at this stage of the pandemic. Despite our progress, we are still losing people to this virus. Virtually, all covid19 hospitalizations and deaths in the United States are, now, occurring among unvaccinated individuals. Knowing that, the biden administration is trying to beef up a grassroots approach towards getting more people vaccinated. And heres where that effort may be needed most. Take a look at this map on your screen. Five clusters, described by researchers as Breeding Grounds for deadlycovid variants. Mostly, across the south. Each pocket, with lowvaccination rates. Cnns Athena Jones starts us off this hour with the new Covid Danger zones. Reporter Americas Covid19 Crisis isnt over. Infection rates, rising in almost half the states. Driven in part by the more contagious Delta Variant. Low vaccination rates putting the Countrys Progress fighting the the virus at risk. The more unvaccinat
continued to expect continuing to read cuts from the fed, which is held jack forward returns. as you say, this target is what we were expected to hit at the end of the year but we have seen a bit better than expected economic data that is hope and optimism that things might pick up in the next few months. is that things might pick up in the next few months. is this all about the next few months. is this all about expectation - the next few months. is this all about expectation for - the next few months. is this | all about expectation for rate cuts was to mark as their optimism because of strong earnings? it optimism because of strong earnings? optimism because of strong earninus? . , ., . earnings? it reflects rate cut exnectations earnings? it reflects rate cut expectations undergoing - earnings? it reflects rate cut l expectations undergoing belief that the us can have a soft landing, when you look at earnings growth, actually earnings growth, actually earnings growth
Weekend. 60 of them loaded. officials say, even though traveler numbers were down, the rate of confiscated guns has soared. one factor, they say, a high number of first-time flyers and others, who are out of practice. offenders face fines and criminal prosecution and it can, also, slow down the screening process for everyone else. i m pamela brown, in for jake tapper. our coverage with wolf blitzer in the situation room starts now. happening, now. president biden defends the u.s. troop withdrawal from afghanistan. sounding defiant about his decision to end america s longest war. even as the taliban are resurgent and gaining ground. also, tonight. new evidence of the escalating danger from the delta variant. coronavirus cases jumping in the united states and japan now declaring a covid emergency. forcing a ban on spectators at the olympics two weeks away. that, as the search continues in surfside, florida. the mayor is urging other