mandates moving forward. what new york city has done. and companies, too. the united airlines tonight giving employees five weeks from today to be fully vaccinated. and all of this comes as more than 180,000 children get covid in just one week. dr. jha standing by, answering questions on all of this and the booster and when you should plan to get it. also tonight, the mass evacuations and the race against time in afghanistan. will president biden extend that deadline? what the white house said just today. the taliban now saying that date is a red line. and the pentagon tonight on the u.s. military going into kabul to help americans and afghans get out. ian pannell reporting from kabul and martha raddatz live in washington tonight with what she s now learned. the horrific and deadly weather here at home. the flooding tragedy in tennessee. many families say it came out of nowhere. at least 21 people now killed, including 7-month-old twins swept away from their father. count
live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news, it is newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. president biden has defended the us operation at kabul airport. addressing the american people for the third time in a week, he said the us had flown out 28,000 people since last saturday. mr biden insisted there was no way to carry it out without causing pain and loss. we lifted approximately 11,000 people out of kabul in less than 46 hours. this is an incredible operation. let me be clear, the evacuation of thousands of people from kabul is going to be hard and painful, no matter when it started, when it began. it would have been true if we had started a month ago or a month from now. there is no way we can evacuate this many people without pain and heartache. it is just a fact. i had without pain and heartache. it isjust a fact. i had eggs without pain and heartache. it is just a fact. i had eggs for those people you see. we re pr
thank you very much for being with us here on bbc news. president biden has championed the efforts to bring more people out of afghanistan, saying around 11,000 were flown to safety over the course of the weekend. he said that meant 28,000 had been evacuated since last saturday. making his third televised addressed to americans since the taliban takeover, mr biden also pointed to the possibility of extending the deadline of august 31st for completing the evacuation operation. but he also acknowledged the significant risks in carrying out the flights. we lifted approximately 11,000 people out of kabul in less than 36 hours. it is an incredible operation. let me be clear, the evacuation of thousands of people from kabul is going to be hard and painful, no matter when it started, when we began. it would have been true if we had started a month ago or a month from now. there is no way to evacuate this many people without pain and loss, of heartbreaking images you see on televisio
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# dream, dream, dream. and don everly, who had huge success with the everly brothers, has died aged 8a. president biden has championed the efforts to bring more people out of afghanistan, saying around 11,000 were flown to safety over the course of the weekend. he said that meant 28,000 had been evacuated since last saturday. making his third televised addressed to americans since the taliban takeover, mr biden also pointed to the possibility of extending the deadline of august 31st for completing the evacuation operation. but he also acknowledged the significant risks in carrying out the flights. we lifted approximately 11,000 people out of kabul in less than 36 hours. it is an incredible operation. let me be clear, the evacuation of thousands of people from kabul is going to be hard and painful, no matter when it started, when we began. it would have been true if we had started a month ago or a month from now. there is no way to evacuate this many people without pain and lo