In a russian air raid near kyiv, part of a series of attacks targeting six regions of ukraine. Meanwhile further south in the occupied region of zaporizhzhia a fire, at a nuclear plant has now extinguished. The region s kremlin installed governor said there was no spike in radiation before the fire was reportedly put out. Russia blamed a ukrainian drone attack while kyiv accused russian officials who control the plant of starting the fire. Ukraine s nuclear power company said a cooling tower and other equipment were damaged. The un s nuclear agency said there was no reported impact on nuclear safety following the blaze. Joining me live is senior fellow at the council on foreign relations, charles kupchan. Welcome to the programme. Firstly i wanted to get your reaction on developments that are happening in kursk. The ukrainians have really caught the russians on guard here they did not see this coming and the ukrainians have advanced to somewhere ten and 20 miles into russian territory.
Year. Cnna jeff zeleny joins us from the white house. Jeff, the decision in afghanistan sounds very troubling. Will president biden address all of that? reporter: alisyn and victor, we re told he will address the condition in afghanistan but will also address what he believes is no longer in the national security interest of the united states to remain engaged in the longest american war in afghanistan. Of course, he s the fourth u. S. President to deal with afghanistan, 20 years nearly to the month after this began, of course, in the wake of 9/11. This war began. So president biden today will not call an immediate end to it, but this has been happening day by day, week by week. More than 90% of u. S. Combat troops already leaving or in the process of doing so. So we re told that president biden will say that he does not believe it is worth it for another generation of american young men and women to engage in an intractable civil war. He will be pressed on the safe passage for afghan
officer derek chauvin tonight. a former chief medical examiner testifying for the defense suggesting underlying health issues were the cause of george floyd s death. news on u.s. troops in afghanistan tonight. president biden revealing today his plans to end america s longest war, withdrawing u.s. troops from afghanistan by september 11th, the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. and what the cia director said just today about the risk if u.s. troops leave. the desperate search under way at this hour to find survivors from a capsized vessel in the gulf. at least one person found dead. several others still missing tonight. the attack on the capitol. and the scathing new report tonight from the inspector general. did capitol police ignore intelligence warnings of an attack on congress? and why were officers told not to use the most aggressive force against the capitol rioters? bernie madoff has died in prison. so whatever happened to the billions stolen? did american i
to come home. o donnell: president biden announces a withdrawal from afghanistan. tonight, the sharp criticism from republicans. offshore disaster: the search for missing crew members after their boat capsized during hurricane-force winds. covid long-haulers: the millions of covid survivors with debilitating symptoms, like a former marathon runner who now struggles to speak. brazil on the brink. it s not only going to kill brazilians. it could kill people all over the world. o donnell: death of bernie madoff. the mastermind of the largest ponzi scheme dies behind bars. plus, a young baseball fan s simple gesture, and what it can teach us all. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. we re going to begin with breaking news that is justs that coming out of an emergency meeting at the c.d.c. tonight, the scientific committee that is advising t
moment. we want to begin tonight with a history-making decision from the white house that is not without controversy. today the president announced the end of our nation s longest war. he announced that all u.s. troops, about 2,500 of them remain, will leave afghanistan by september 11th. leaving afghanistan was a goal of both of his two immediate predecessors, obama and trump, but a goal that was never realized. the two-decade-old war has taken the lives of over 2,000 american service members, left some 20,000 of them wounded and cost $2 trillion. i m now the fourth united states president to preside over american troop presence in afghanistan. two republicans, two democrats. i will not pass this responsibility on to a fifth. it s time to end america s longest war. it s time for american troops to come home. war in afghanistan was never meant to be a multigenerational undertaking. we were attacked. we went to war with clear goals. we achieved those objectives. bin laden is