tokyo. the country's athletes however, will not be there. it's a sign of solidarity after the taliban seized control. for more news cbs news app on your cell phone or it's tuesday, august 24th, 2021, this is the "cbs morning news." vaccine milestone. pfizer gets full fda approval in the race to fight the coronavirus. how some companies are wasting no time with new vaccine mandates. drawing a red line. the taliban warning if the u.s. keeps soldiers past tuesday's deadline. midnight ceremonies. a new chapter begins for new york state with its first ever female governor.

good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. more americans are now facing vaccine requirements less than 24 hours after the fda granted full approval of the pfizer covid vaccine. within hours of yesterday's decision the pentagon, retailer cvs and the new york city school system among others announced they will require employees to get shots. president biden called on more companies to step up vaccine mandates. elise preston has the latest from new york. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. in addition to the mandates, the hope is americans will feel more eased to get the shots. pfizer's covid vaccine is fully approved for americans 16 and older. >> this approval now furthers our confidence that not only does the vaccine work, but it's also very safe. >> reporter: more than 200 million pfizer doses have been

administered since december when the fda granted an emergency use authorization. >> the fda approval is the gold standard. >> reporter: president biden hopes this helps vaccine holdouts. >> the moment you've been waiting for is here. it's time for you to get your vaccination. >> reporter: 18-year-old got her first vaccination yesterday. she said the fda approval helped ease her fears. >> social media has you brainwashed into thinking that it could be bad. >> reporter: legal experts say companies will have an easier time requiring people to be mandated to get vaccinated. >> the fda approval puts them on strong legal footing. >> reporter: some didn't waste any time. the pentagon, cvs, new york city school system announcing new mandates. >> principals, teachers, custodians, food service, you name it needs to have at least one dose by september 27th.

>> 60% of americans have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine. >> reporter: now the pfizer vaccine remains under emergency authorization for 12 to 15-year-olds as do the vaccines made by moderna and johnson & johnson which are for 18 and older. anne-marie. >> elise preston in new york. elise, thank you very much. coming up on "cbs this morning," we will speak with president biden's chief medical adviser dr. anthony fauci. we'll ask him if he thinks there will be an increase in vaccinations and whether more employers will mandate the vaccine. now to the latest developments on afghanistan where there could be a decision today on whether president biden wants the u.s. military to stay in the war torn country a little bit longer. they are scheduled to leave a week from today. the military has expanded the vaccine mission over there. they've sent helicopters and troops outside the grounds to

rescue americans. nancy cordes reports from the white house. >> reporter: despite the chaos outside kabul's airport, evacuations are picking up speed. u.s. military cargo jets evacuated more than 10,000 people, some of them americans, most of them afghans, in the past 24 hours. the pentagon confirmed that u.s. troops made a second foray off airport grounds to rescue stranded americans. >> commanders on the ground have the authority to conduct local missions as they deem appropriate to the need and we charge them with assessing the risk. >> reporter: u.s. troops are racing to get as many people out as possible before august 31st. the deadline president biden set months ago for a full u.s. withdrawal. a taliban spokesman warned the u.s. military not to stay a day longer. >> this is something you can say is a red line.

it will create mistrust between us. >> we believe that we have time between now and the 31st to get out any american who wants to get out. >> reporter: national security adviser jake sullivan. >> are you engaged in talks with the taliban over extending that deadline? how are those talks going? >> we are in talks with the taliban on a daily basis through political and security channels. i'm not going to get into the details of those discussions here to protect those discussions. >> reporter: pentagon officials confirmed that three babies have now been born on separate evacuation flights. in fact, in one case they said the aircraft commander had the plane descend in altitude to increase air pressure in the cabin and stabilize the mother's condition. both the mother and baby are doing fine we're told after the plane landed in germany. nancy cordes, cbs news, the white house.

kathy hochul becomes the first female governor in new york. there will be a ceremonial swearing in. she will make a public address this afternoon. andrew cuomo officially left office before midnight following a state investigation that he sexually harassed 11 women. he touted his record and portrayed himself as the victim of a media frenzy. >> my instinct is to fight this because it is unfair and unjust in my mind, but you also know that i love new york and i serve you. prolonging this situation could only cause governmental paralysis and that is just not an option for you and not an option for the state, especially now. >> cuomo's top aide released a statement that he was exploring his options but had no interest

in running for office again. president biden has declared the tennessee floods a major disaster and ordered federal aid. 22 people were killed in flash flooding west of nashville over the weekend. about a dozen people are still missing. the area was slammed with up to 17 inches of rain. a one-day rainfall record for the state. flooding wiped out roads and even some houses. >> talk about houses that people can't even get into because the floors are gone. we're talking about people that's coming out or going back to their homes that their cars are gone. it's just gone. >> federal aid will go to local rescue efforts and provide funds to flood victims. coming up now, caught on video. a young black bear strolling through the neighborhood gives some teenagers a scare. and later guest hosts will take over "jeopardy" again. we'll tell you about the star who will be returning to kick things off. this is the cbs morning news. things off.

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the opening ceremony for the paralympics will be held today in tokyo. there were last-minute preparations on friday ahead of the games which run until september 6th. during today's opening ceremony the flag for afghanistan will be displayed even though the country's two paralympic athletes were not able to get there after the taliban took control. organizers say a united nations representative will carry the flag. "jeopardy" will once again turn to a series of guest hosts after the resignation of new host mike richards. miam biali will return as the first guest host. she will take three weeks of episodes when production resumes this week. richards was selected to be the new permanent host after the death of alex trebek. richards stepped down when sexist and derogatory comments

he made on a podcast in 2013 and 2014 surfaced. president biden welcomes the 2020 wnba champion seattle storm to the white house. the team presented mr. biden with a storm jersey yesterday with the number 46 on the back. the president praised the storm for their off the court work encouraging encouraging people to get vaccinated, standing up for racial justice, voting rights and supporting mentorship programs for young people. >> that's what we want them to do, shine the light, lift people up. they're a force for change. that's the seattle storm. that's the wnba. that's what they do. >> this was the first visit by the nba or wnba since the cleveland cavaliers were honored by president obama in 2016. coming up only on cbs this morning, oprah winfrey reveals her next book club selection. i'm anne-marie green and this is "cbs morning news." our top stories this morning. winfrey reveals

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vaccine mandates less than 24 hours after the fda granted full approval of the pfizer vac seen. within hours the pentagon, ccs our top stories this morning. more americans are now facing vaccine mandates less than 24 hours after the fda granted full approval of the pfizer vac seen. within hours the pentagon, ccs and new york city schools announced they would require employees to get shots. a decision could come today on whether president biden wants to keep the u.s. military in afghanistan a bit longer. they are set to leave next tuesday. now to a story that began in the chaos of world war ii. it has an incredible story because a soldier held fire. >> reunited after 77 years. three lifetimes nearly. in 1944 private first class martin adler was 20 years old stationed in italy and hunting

for nazis. >> as i had my good old thompson machine gun -- >> suddenly movement from a pile of blankets but before he could pull the trigger -- >> mama came out screaming, banbinis, bambinis. >> children. >> children. and she stood in front of my gun preventing me from -- >> reporter: in his relief adler had his picture taken with the siblings. >> an astounding reunion for private adler now 97 and living in florida thanks to his daughter rochelle who used the internet to track down the kids, now grandparents, even great grandparents just like private adler. and thanks to private adler who held the trigger. what do you think that was

that made you stop? >> god looked down on me and god looked down on italia. >> bolognia, italy. coming up on cbs news this morning, the massive school bus driver shortages. we'll look at what's behind the problem and how schools are trying to fix it. plus, we'll speak to maryland governor larry hogan for possible plans for covid vaccine requirements after the approval of the pfizer vaccine. only on "cbs this morning" oprah winfrey reveals her next book club selection. that's "cbs morning news" for this tuesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day.