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whhey r lawyeral cls the investigatn iooverowbln. plus,au cght on camera. the dramatic rescue after a man llfe onto subway tracks. backro fm the dead. the icocni toyet railer set for a riveval at a moraj department store. a tndhe show mtus go on. ♪ the circle of life ♪ aftea r long vicod-imsepodre bak e cast of "the lion ngki" welcoming broadwabay ck with an otemional rehearl.sa ♪ announc:er from abc news in new rkyo this is "americtha is rning." good fdariy rnmoing, erevyone. we beginit wh the chsao in afghanisnta a tndhe race to evacteua thousan odsf americans. >> overnight a white house official reporting an increase in the number of amerinsca safely flown outf othe country. >> right outside airport walls in kabul the sittiuaon is owgrgin more dgeanrous bthy e hour. nfire erupting, sending parent asnd chireldn scraminblg r fesaty. abc's alex preash joins us from

washington whit remo. alexgo, od morning. >>ep rorter: arendw and mona, good mniorng to you. tashe white house faces ineacrsing cricitism for t he siattuion in afanghistan, wree' hearingir dectly fromne o eramican famyil still stuck in kabul. this morngni the uenrgcy to esca kpeabul innsteifying. 1500,0 amerinscand a up to 6000,0 afghans who helped the s.u. now despetera to especa. eth whi hteouse saygin the u.s. acevuated 3,000eo pple yestery,da with many more earedor f departe.ur agimes fromut oside the apoirrt show a courynt in chaos. ports of at least 12 ppleoe killedin sce sunday. litaban figerhts strgluge to epke control using gunsnd a bansto agastin civilians. >> i auactllyot g whacked thwi -- you know, with one of ese like fan btselor f not movingas ft enough. >> repteorr: david fox is still rustggling to make i btack atsteside whit his afghan weif an dye3-ar-oldon s. righnot w th'reye caedmp among eth crowd at the kabul rpaiort. i was abl teo me akcontact wi othnef othe maresin and i was llyeing, youkn ow, eramican, amiceran, americans here.

dan heus jt -- you know, i made eyeon ctactit wh tmhe and he just ssay "get back now, get backno w." and eth marinesre a stju, you know,ir fing their weapons. firing wniarng shotsn ithe air. i was holdinghi ts little y.bo d just trygin to keep my balance, tryin ngot toal fl wn. fomer as a fathe ir aaylws have rtoisk -- iav he to weigh the risks of these different options. so to me the apoirrt is very ngerous. >> repteorr: the pentagon says remoha tn 0052 u.s. topros are now the erattempting toro pcess more peoepl faerst. dan inas whington more scrutyin tofhe biden adnimistration. urces te allbc news.s u. diplomat ast the embassy in kalbu sent a classifdie memo in july to top state departmten leadsherip inclungdi secreta ry ofta ste antony blinken warning at the ahafgn goverennmt was at risk of colpslae from a tabalin takeerov. president biden, w'sho raiemned steadftas in his decisnio to thdraw, nowxp eected to sakpe on afghanianstat ler toy.da an sdenatorsil wl get ari befing onhe t situation in afghastnian this afternoon.

mona and dranew? >> axle presha in washinongt. anthk you. ow n ttho e spike in youerng covid-19 patitsen. the number of sphoitalized chilendr and peoepl underhe t ag oef 50 heav now reached their hightes level ye at,nd nowor me members of congress have tested positive after being fully vaccinated. this morning three u.s. senators are now angmo the latest eakthrough cesas of covid-19. ansgu ngki, rngor wick erge wic hn hicnlkeooper annncouing paserately ty'heve tested positives ahe t seneat chamber is on sumrme brk.ea all three wmlaakers, who were fully vaccinated s,ayhe ty're peexriencingil md sytompms. eakthroughas ces reinma rare and heahlt offiaicls sestrs the vaccesin are highly effecti avet preventi sngevere illns.es comes as covid hospitizalations across t he country hitea nrly ,09300, the hiesght number of patientsin sce januy.ar th cerisisee dpening ithn e south. wheer state hsave among the lowest vaccination rates. in alaba imacus are 100% full.

we're expieerncing wtai times inhe t emergency room like we've vener seen. they are waiting for hours and somemetis more than 24 hrsou in the ergmeency dareptment so that eyth can move stupairs to get a bed. >> rorepter: in mississpiip spitalizioatns haveur spassed last wiernt's peak. the goverrno has request aedn ditional50 1 venlatitors from thena tion's stockpe.il d now ,02000 stuntdes across eth steta are in quarantin e afrte just their fst week of hool. e thstate's top dtoocral cling this the worstar pt of eth pandicem. w>>e are clearly at the worst pa ortf the panmidecha tt wvee' seen thrghouout andt' is coinntuing to worsen. >> rorepter: in eth meantime re amerinsca are getting vaccinat.ed th ue.s.ep rorting moreha tn 1 millnio vaccineos des aministedre np just the past 4 urhos and stricrte mdaantes are rolling t.ou in washingnto statehe t governor issuing an order thateq ruires stmo state employees, health re workers, soochl emploesye an cdhild care provide trso get fully vacnacited or face losing eir jobs. and unlike other mantedas wainshgton state's wl ilnot

allow a weekly testing tealrnative. and inex tas ltas night the steatup sreme courtul red aiagnst govnoerr ggre abbo.tt that rinulg allsow soochl distris ctin the steta to enfoerc mkas mandates. the texas hseou of presentavetis is bkac in busine assfter some democtsra lefthe tta ste tore pvent sspaage of anle ections overhaul bill. justno eugh of themho swed up at the capolit lastig nht to hiaceve a qruuom and restart the legislativ eprocess. last month docemrats fled to washington, d.c. seeki sngupport to block theil bl that would verely restrict votingri ghts. he t biden aindmistration is erasing nearly $6 billion in federal stuntde loan debt. itov cers more tn ha300,000 borrerows wither pmanent disabiliesti. buten ts of millions of americsan are still aiawting rdwo on a pnla to forvegi most nifot all sdetunt lnoa debt. next new detailsbo aut the n who cimlaed thao ve a bomb nearap citol hi.ll he surreernded after an hos-urlong anstdoff butot n fore takin tgo facebook live. this morning the man who brohtug capitol hi tllo a stantidsll for

re than five hours is now hind bars. ursday mniorng police say 49-yeaolr-d floyd ray roseberry park hedis pickup truck othn e desiwalkut osidehe t library of ngress and called 911ay sing he had a bomb. >>'v ieot g a bombn ihere. i don't ntwa nobody hurt. >> rorepter: roseberry confronting an oicffer atht e sce.en >> the first thi ing need you to idos carle this, a o-twblock dius. >> the officer said itpp aeared toe b a donetator ithn e man's hand. >> repteorr: stree stshut down, nearby blduiings evacuated, including the supre cmeourtnd a haouse of prreesentatisve fiofce ilbuding. large nbeumrs of police and federa algents desendginn othe scene. snipers movginnt io positi.on k-9 units andom bb squads deploy.ed aas msive rpoesnse for a cyit ilstl on hhig alert from nuary's capital otri. roseberry livestreaming the event on facooebk live making a nuermb of raminblg an-gtiovernmen tstatemen,ts even throwing cash out of the window. police conceedrn about this rstyan cister in the livestre.am aimi tngo have bomb-making

matealris and 2,000 pousnd in coins that could be udse as rapnel. >>he wn thisom bb gsoe off therse' goingo tbe four meor ghrit behind it. >>ep rorter: febacook takinghe t liverestam down. then communicangti with officialvis a a dry erase board atne o pntoiri wting on"d't shoot ."me netigoaters ungsi a robot to deliver him a cell pho wnehich he refedus to use. exitg inthe vehie cland rrsuendering. >> t theacticalni uts that were close by toohik m into ctousdy thout incident. >> repteorr: polic seearching e pickup sinayg he nerev had a viable bomb. h>>is mivote remains unknown. hi hsome in nthor carolin waas so searedch. nheow fesac a numrbe of federal charges. notow north colarina where maayor says theem rnants of tropicalto srm fred left behind a rrhuicane-si zedisaerst. at lea tstwoeo pple were kildle inhe tlo foding andea srch foefrts are arndou 20 peoeplnd a counngti. fiofcials say the hhig water damage desoytred over 225 homes dan up to 15 idbrges.

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