Northern strong province which fell today. This shows the Groups Flag being raised in the second largest city of kandahar, which the taliban captured yesterday. Afghan president addressed his country today, and said hes focused on preventing further instability, and promised not to give up achievements of the last 20 years. Afghans are fleeing out of fear, the International Airport could be shut down if the taliban takes the capital. Megan fitzgerald is tracking it all from london. Does the fall of kabul now seem inevitable. Reporter it appears that way. Especially when you take a look at how quickly the taliban has been able to advance. Nbc news confirming that at least three provincial Capitals Today have been seized by the taliban, the fourth largest city in afghanistan. The commercial hub, and the last northern stronghold, so what that means is now the taliban has control of the entire northern part of the country, as well as more than 2 3 of the entire nation. Then just take a loo
Women. His lawyers attacking an investigation by the State Attorney General as flawed and biased just as one of governor cuomos accusers files a criminal complaint against him. Also tonight with the number of new covid19 cases surging to nearly 100,000 per day, hundreds of thousands of bikers gathering for the giant Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota, which experts fear will be a Superspreader Event. Were going to hear from some of the bikers just ahead. And new Focus Tonight on a Trump Ally at the doj pushing the Big Lie and trying to overturn the election by claiming, without evidence, hacking by chinese intelligence. I want to bring in now cnns senior Justice Correspondent evan perez. Evan, good evening to you. So we are hearing more each day about what Trump Ally Jeffrey Clark was doing within the doj to overturn the election. This latest development may be the most wild of all of them. It involves listen to this a bogus claim about Special Thermometers from china. Take it aw
We begin with a big sign of progress in the u. S. Vaccination campaign against the coronavirus. But it comes, Hand In hand, with a record the country could do without. As for the milestone, half of americans are now fully vaccinated, according to data released friday. But in the state of florida, the Delta Variant is spreading, at unprecedented speed. We are talking about 20,000 new cases, per day, on average. Florida had more than 134,000 new cases, total, over the past week. The highest number, since the pandemic began. And the fda is stepping up efforts to make a decision about Booster Shots for people whose Immune Systems have been compromised. An Administration Official says the decision could come before early september. But despite the uptick in vaccinations, the covid surge is showing no signs of slowing down. Nick valencia reports. Reporter a major milestone for the country with half the totalu. S. Population fully vaccinated. But the grim count of covid deaths is rising, fast
The taliban Gains Ground taking control of a Second City. And a Repeat Performance here. One u. S. Team racks up its fourth consecutive Gold Medal. Boy, they had to fight for it though. We are live from tokyo. New day starts right now. Thank you so much for waking up bright and early with us this saturday on the 7th. We appreciate having you. You, too, boris. Thank you so much. Lets talk about what health officials are saying that the u. S. Is at a crucial moment in the coronavirus pandemic. Infections are rising and the Delta Variant is spreading. The country has tools to get the virus under control. In some ways thats the saddest aspects of all of this. It is preventible. Yet for the first time since february the United States averaging more than 100,000 new infections a day and deaths are also on the rise. The virus is quickly spreading through unvaccinated communities especially as you look at the map. Theres a lot of red in the south where Vaccination Rates lag behind the rest of
Xfinity is here to inspire your biggest dreams were so happy to say welcome to your new day here and to have your company. It is saturday, august 7th. Im christi paul. Im boris sanchez. Thank you for spending part of your morning with us. Christi, always a pleasure to be with you. You, too, boris. We want to talk about the Health Officials who say the u. S. Is at a crucial moment. Hospitals overrun with unvaccinated patients and the Delta Variant is spreading. The country has tools to get the virus under control. Thats the most tragic aspect of all of this. It is preventible. Yet for the first time since february the united states is averaging more than 100,000 new infections a day and deaths are also on the rise. The virus spreading quickly through unvaccinated communities and as we look at this map, you can see all the red in the southeast where Vaccination Rates lag behind the rest of the country. In states with the highest infection rates, the numbers are rising. In mississippi, ju