Polls for Snap Elections. A tight race with Justin Trudeau hoping his handling of the pandemic will keep him in power. Although the taliban are showing increasing signs of repressive government, some women are not backing down. A group of brave activists protesting outside what used to be the ministry on sunday. The taliban closed it and replaced it with their feared ministry for promotion of Virtue And Prevention of vice. The protests come after concerns were raised about girls being allowed to attend Secondary School. Translator you cannot suppress The Voice of afghan women by keeping girls at home and restricting them as well as by not allowing them to go to school. You cannot suppress The Voice of afghanistans women. Now, a private preschool opened on Sunday In Kabul with both Boys And Girls attending. Thats a rare sight. The taliban insist that public Secondary School for girls will be allowed, but they say they have to set up what they call safe transportation first. Well, for th
Live from cnn center, this is Cnn Newsroom with Robyn Curnow. Thanks for joining me this hour. So, we know that afghan women are defiant, despite growing signs that the taliban government is sidelining them. A group of activists protested outside what used to be the Womens Ministry on sunday of the the taliban closed that ministry, and replaced it with their ministry which is called the ministry for promotion of Virtue And Prevention of vice. The protests came after concerns were raised about girls being allowed to attend secondary school. Translator you cannot suppress The Voice of afghan women by keeping girls at home and restricting them, as well as by not allowing them to go to school. You cannot suppress The Voice of afghanistans women. Well, the taliban have claimed they will not rule as they did during the 90s but they have done little else to calm fears that women will be denied basic freedoms or be shut out of jobs and schools. On sunday, Afghanistans Ministry of education ord
Going back to cali. Can she help save the democratic governors political life . Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. And we begin today in our Health Today with a stunning rise in new covid19 cases among children in the United States. A 250 jump from just five weeks ago. Kids making up one in four new covid cases in the United States. Hospitalizations among children also seeing an uptick. A 12 increase in just one week. Still, we should underline severe infection in children remains rare. Less than 2 of kids infected with covid end up in the hospital. This is a pandemic that remains largely of the unvaccinated and largely of adults. 13 Miamidade County School employees have died in the past month all unvaccinated. And now as Cnns Nick Watt reports, a new study shows when severe Breakthrough Cases do happen, they tend to be in older, sicker people. Reporter misinformation, fear mongering, swirl around Breakthrough Infections. The vaccinated who still catch covid. The science shows the v
And as we prepare to mark 20 years since 9 11, my visit to Ground Zero with the first Fdny Chief on the scene. Among the names on the memorial, his own brother. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with Lester Holt hello, everyone, and nice to be back with you President Biden Tonight wrapping up a visit to physically and emotionally shattered neighborhoods in New Jersey and new york, where last Weeks Record and deadly floods became icons of a changing climate and a planet in trouble. The president offering words of comfort and promises of support to the affected while issuing rallying cries in the battle to confront the brutal effects of Climate Change Idas Trail of misery still being felt tonight. Power outages are affecting hundreds of thousands across the south, as we learn more about how the storm affected the most vulnerable. The actions being taken tonight against several Nursing Homes in louisiana lets begin ou reporting with gabe gutierrez. Reporter with the devastating aftermath
As the president s meeting begins here in washington, the clock is sticking in kabul, and the president is sticking with the time for the forces to leave the country in six days from now, but with the Contingency Plans in place should they be needed. The pentagon says some 86,000 people have been evacuated, including 19,000 in the last 24 hours, and 10,000 more remaining at the Airport Waiting and hoping that the next Flight Out is going to be theirs. Outside of the airport perimeter, military officials have acknowledged that u. S. Forces have made a limited number of missions to pick up americans and allies who cant get to the airport themselves. There are also private flights out being organized by veterans, Military Contractors and Aide Workers and former spies. Some of the contractors are charging the Passengers Thousands of dollars, but even as the herculean effort is happening with a plane taking off every 39 minutes according to the pentagon, Confusion And Concern remains. They