this is a natural progression. thanks for good morning to you, and welcome to "cbs good morning to you, and welcome to "cbs this morning." it is friday, august 27th, 2021. i'm gayle king. that's tony dokoupil. that's vlad duthiers. evacuation flights resume at kabul airport after american service members and afghans are killed in suicide bombings. why there's concern about more potential attacks. president biden vows retaliation for the kabul bombings. we look at how the u.s. can sit back at the terrorists. and amid the fear, there is hope for the more than 100,000 people flown out of afghanistan so far. we speak to a man who's gotten more than a dozen family members out. first, here's today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds.

>> we will not forgive. we will not forget. we will hunt you down and make you pay. >> reporter: suicide attacks near the kabul airport killed at least 13 u.s. service members and at least 90 afghans. >> absolute debacle. a hasty and haphazard withdrawal. fundamentally all that's happened. >> reporter: the supreme court's conservative majority tossing out an eviction moratorium despite the ongoing pandemic. >> reporter: tropical storm ida is expected to become a hurricane. >> reporter: it does say a two at landfall, but it could easily be a three or four. >> reporter: this mass of caldor fire has grown to 136,000 acres. all that -- >> an explosion caused a roof to collapse at a strip mall in arizona. and all that matters -- >> president biden ordered flags at the white house and across the country lowered to honor all the victims of the suicide attacks outside the kabul airport.

>> this is the human cost of war. >> all americans can and should be proud of the men and women of the armed forces who are facing these dangers head on. on "cbs this morning." >> these american service members who gave their lives, an overused word, but totally appropriate today, were heroes. they're the bravest, most capable, selfless military on the face of the earth. and part of simply what i call the backbone of america. they're the spine of america, the best the country has to offer. this morning's "eye opener" is presented by progressive -- making it easy to bundle insurance. >> i think we all felt that way yesterday watching as the news was coming in. the best the country has to offer. i thought the president said it best when he said "we all feel outrage and heartbreak," heartbreak in particular. to get the news. >> 104,000 lives pulled out of that country and saved.

there were lives on the line to do it, and we saw this yesterday. >> i know. as the news was breaking, it always changes, i kept thinking if i was a family member waiting to get word if you knew a loved one was there, the agonizing wait of finding out yes or no was heartbreaking to watch yesterday. >> god bless our troops. every single day they put themselves on the line to protect us and protect our interests. >> including today, it continues. >> let us not forget that. that's where we're going to begin with a renewed push by u.s. forces at kabul airport to get even more people out of afghanistan after not one but two suicide bombings yesterday killed more than 100 people. 13 of the dead, as you know by now, are american service members, including ten marines. it is the deadliest day for u.s. forces in afghanistan in a decade. the bombers struck late in the afternoon at an airport entrance packed with people. more than 100 were wounded. an affiliate of isis has claimed responsibility for the attacks. charlie d'agata's watching the response. >> reporter: afghanistan is bracing for more to come after

yesterday's attacks. the country and the u.s. military for that matter remain on a state of high alert. even while u.s. forces are dealing with their losses, they remain focused on the mission at hand -- to get as many people out as they can in the days ahead. with the clock ticking this morning, evacuations are still under way. desperate people defying isis threats just to escape. but at abbey gate, the scene of one of yesterday's blasts, a lone taliban fighter stands among the belongings left behind. frantic people scattered in all directions after the explosion amid rumors that more suicide bombers were on the loose. images of the immediate aftermath, piles of bloody bodies in the sewage drainage ditch made clear that first bombing took a devastating toll.

medical struggle to save lives. many fled when the taliban took over kabul. there's been no pause to the last evacuation planes taking off. most european countries planned to bring an end to flights today. credible intelligence from the u.s. and its allies had seen these attacks coming. >> always thought there was a risk as we left, isis being probably the most ruthless, cowardly when it comes to attacks, also the one that doesn't have any regard for life was the prime suspect. >> reporter: isis claimed responsibility for the bombing posting the image of an alleged suicide bomber. this morning, for some the mass evacuation has now become a mass burial. relatives collecting the bodies of loved ones, victims to the --

violence they were desperate to leave behind. the airport remains a vulnerable target. centcom commander kenneth mackenzie said very real terrorist threats, including a possible rocket attack or using a car or truck suicide bombing. for "cbs this morning," charlie d'agata. >> president biden says it will continue. ed, good morning. >> the president takes responsibility for what's transpired recent days. there's no word how the u.s. will respond, the president made clear the u.s. will retaliate.

we will not be deterred by terrorists. we will not let them stop our mission. we will continue the evacuation. >> while some republicans want mr. biden to expand the mission. >> retake bagram and other airports as well. >> the president said his advisers said moving forward to plan to depart by august 31st, despite likelihood of more attacks. >> thought this would happen sooner or later. tragic there was this much loss of life. >> the president, top advisers, military commanders have warned for days of potential attacks by isis-k, the afghan affiliate of eyes. stay away from the airport because of security threats outside the gates. then hours later, explosions left dozens dead as the president had a meeting at the white house about ongoing evacuations in afghanistan. >> what does today's attack say

about the u.s.'s ability to keep the terror threat in check once the u.s. pulls all military forces out of afghanistan. >> isis ability to target is different from ground in their ability to attack the home land. we will maintain over the horizon capacity with partnership with countries in the region to ensure they don't develop that ability. >> saki and other aides agree it was the darkest day yet of the biden presidency. one aide described it as a tough and emotional day. an important to point out, despite the violence, the mission continues. the white house telling us another 12,500 people were evacuated out of afghanistan yesterday even amid the violence, gayle. >> thank you very much. bring in military and homeland security analyst retired admiral sandy winfeld, vice chairman of joint chiefs of staff in the obama administration and

commanded uss enterprise when the aircraft took part in afghanistan after the september 11 attacks. good to see you. sorry under these circumstances. you know this story unfortunately all too well. it was a tough day. how do you keep troops safe when you fight against people that don't mind dying? >> you know, this is maybe a cowardly adversary, but they're also very clever. so you have to do the very best you can to stay ahead of the problem. as we pointed out earlier, there are attack vectors you've got to account for. you can keep vehicles at bay using barriers. we have very good capability with counter rocket systems to handle that. as general mckenzie, the commander of the u.s. central command, pointed out when it comes to searching the people who are going to get on the airplanes, that's a very personal -- that leaves people fairly vulnerable. i believe our troops on the ground are going to adjust to how they go about doing that to prevent the same kind of attack from happening again. >> he called it a closeup war.

those words struck all of us as we listened to it yesterday. the president is sticking to the august 31st deadline, and there is word that more troops could be brought in if necessary. do you think that's the right move? >> no. i think we got the indication from general mckenzie yesterday that he doesn't need more troops in order to get this mission done. but there is no doubt in my mind based on what we heard yesterday that if he needed them, he'll ask for them, and he'll get them. but i think for now he's focused on the mission at hand which is going to continue. you know, just try to tell a u.s. marine or other service member that you're going to curtail your mission just because of one attack, they're very determined on the ground over there to get this done and get out. >> admiral, the perspective from the white house is that an attack in kabul is very different from a potential attack here to the homeland. do you agree, do you feel reassured that what's going on

there will not somehow spill over to here? >> you know, we've come a long way, tony, in the last 20 years in countering terrorism in this homeland. whether it's tsa, cockpit doors, incredibly good cooperation among our law enforcement and intelligence agencies, and none of that is perfect but it's kept us safe from what we witnessed yesterday in kabul. we can't let our guard down. this threat is a generational threat that we have to keep vigilant on for the foreseeable future. >> let's talk about retaliation for a moment. the president says that we will retaliate with force and precision. how would you advise him? >> well, the first problem that we're going to have here is intelligence. for one thing, our ability to get that intelligence is declining by the way as we pull out of afghanistan, which is not to say we don't have intelligence. but the other problem is that this threat, particularly the isis-k threat is very disbursed. they don't have an infrastructure. it's hard to pinpoint exactly who they are and where they are, again not to say we can't do it, but it's going to be challenging.

when we find them, we will hit them. >> what did you think when you heard about the attack yesterday? you know this area. >> you know, the first thing that came to my mind, gayle, is that this is a clear delineation, as clear as i've ever seen, of what is right and what is wrong. here you have wonderful u.s. young men and women on the ground putting their lives on the line in a humanitarian cause to save lives. and their adversary is putting their lives on the line in order to take innocent life at random. and to me that's -- that tells me, first of all, that there's no way isis is ever going to win something like this because they're just flat wrong. but it's also a wonderful testament to the fantastic men and women we have in our armed forces, as well as in the state department and in the intelligence community. people working hard on the ground there. >> a wonderful point to end on. 12,000 evacuations yesterday. even amid the bombings. thank you very much for joining us. looking to washington and a

major decision by the supreme court blocking the biden administration's temporary ban on evictions. it's a victory for landlords and property owners, and it could spell trouble for people who have struggled to pay rent during the pandemic. weijia jiang is at the supreme court for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tony, and good morning, everyone. the white house said it is disappointed by this ruling which is a blow to president biden. the result of the high court's conservative majority and certainly one that he, himself saw coming. in a 6-3 decision, the court blocked the biden administration from enforcing a temporary ban on evictions that was put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic, ending protection for millions of americans who have not been able to pay the rent. the court said in an unsigned opinion the cdc has exceeded its authority to issue a nationwide moratorium on evictions calling it a breathtaking and

unprecedented exercise of power by a federal agency. and if a federally imposed eviction moratorium is to continue, congress must specifically authorize it. the court's three liberals dissented citing the rise of the covid-19 delta variant. the administration has vigorously caught on state and local -- called on state and local governments to adopt their own eviction measures and distribute existing funds to help keep families in their homes. yesterday the treasury department revealed only $5.1 billion of the more than $46 billion in rental assistance already approved by congress had gone out through the end of july. earlier this month, the president acknowledged that a new ban may not be constitutional, but he said it was worth a shot to help millions of americans. vlad? >> all right. weijia jiang for us, thank you so much. much of the louisiana and mississippi gulf coast is bracing for what could be a major hurricane this weekend. tropical storm ida is moving toward the gulf of mexico and is expected to make landfall on sunday. cbs news meteorologist and climate specialist jeff ul dngt.

, good morning. >> good morning, vlad. good morning, everyone. this is why i'm so concerned about this system -- i think it's rapidly going to intensify once it's in the gulf of mexico. it's only two days from landfall. so we have very little time to prepare. storm is getting better organized right now with thunderstorms around its core. this is the official forecast track. look at that -- a three. a major hurricane is forecast to impact the southeast louisiana coast as early as sunday, as you can see. now this is why i think we're going to see rapid intensification, moving over some of the warmest waters in the gulf of mexico. it's likely to intensify quickly as we head into saturday and sunday. as it moves on shore it will likely have wind gusts over 100 miles per hour and a surge of seven to 11 feet. you need to have supplies and plan ready today. >> thank you very much. we appreciate it. turning to the pandemic, the latest covid surge is hitting

florida harder than most states. there are now more cases there than ever before, and with the delta variant, children are more vulnerable to serious illness. all this has led to a legal battle in florida over what schools can do to keep kids safe. a judge is expected to rule today on the governor's ban on mask mandates. manuel bojorquez is following all of it from miami. >> we were scared that the return of school was going to become a superspreader. >> reporter: before the school year began this week, franzella guido chacon protested and petitioned to make masks mandatory in her 10-year-old daughter's district. >> that mask is not a political statement, it's not a fashion choice. it's a safety device. >> reporter: the efforts were successful. now miami-dade school kids like more than half of the state's 2.8 million students must wear masks with limited exceptions. that could change based on a judge's ruling. in a trial that is pitting

parents like chacon against ron desantis and education officials. >> parents are in a better position to make the decision about whether their kids should be wearing the masks in school, particularly young kids. >> reporter: desantis has threatened to withhold some state funding from districts with mandates, arguing they are violating the so-called parents bill of rights. a law passed this year that gives parents more discretion over a child's education. some parents would say your decision shouldn't be imposed upon their child. what do you say? >> that would be correct if there was not a pandemic. the fact that we're in an emergency health crisis kind of takes away their choice because now it's a health crisis. >> reporter: former cdc director dr. thomas frieden says masks ae crucial for children who aren't yet eligible for a vaccine. >> the mask that you wear protects people around you. the mask that other people wear protects you. and that's why universal masking indoors is so powerful.

>> reporter: today's expected court ruling could determine how districts across the state including the largest, miami-dade county, deal with the pandemic. and the debate comes as the number of cases and hospitalizations of children skyrocket across the country. cases have more than quadrupled since the end of july. gayle? >> thank you very much, manny. the kids do seem to be rolling with the masks. >> might have to use -- a 12, 15, 16, no problem. the parents are not rolling with it. >> exactly. exactly. let the children lead. coming up, the fight over school mask mandates is leading to angry encounters at school board meetings. how misinformation -- that's the problem -- is fueling all this anger. first, it is 7:18. time to check your local weather.

ahead, how the covid surge means some hospitals cannot treat people with other health emergencies.

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still fly on the front porch of his home in bellville. he started feeling sick last weekend. he lives an hour and a half down from houston and lives within yelling distance of the local hospital. but none of that was enough when he started feeling sick and couldn't get the medical care he needed to survive. this was u.s. army veteran daniel wilkinson on an emergency room stretcher shortly before he died. >> he loved his country. he served two deployments over in afghanistan. came home with a purple heart. and it was a gallstone that took him out. >> reporter: last saturday his mother rushed him to bellville medical center, just three doors down from their home. but for wilkinson, help was still too far away. >> i do labs on him, i get labs, and the labs come back. i'm at the computer, and i have one of those oh crap moments. >> reporter: er doctor hasan kakli treated wilson and found

he had gallstone pancreatitis, something they were not able to treat. >> if the stone doesn't resolve today, that fluid just builds up, backs up into the liver, backs up into the pancreas, and starts to shut down those organs. his blood work even showed that his kidneys were shutting down. >> reporter: this went from life threatening to he's dying in front of you. >> yes. >> reporter: wilkinson needed a higher level of care, but with hospitals across texas and much of the south overwhelmed with covid patients, there was no place for him. >> we're making phone calls, sorry, sorry, sorry. places had the specialists to do the procedure, but because of how sick he was, they didn't have an icu bed to put him. so i'm at my computer scratching my head. i get this thought in my head, i wonder if i put this on facebook maybe somebody could help out. one said, hey, i'm in missouri, last time i checked we have icu

beds. we can do this. call this number. the next guy messages me. he's a gi specialist. he goes, i'm in austin. i can do his procedure. get him over to me. i said, great. let's go. he texts me back five minutes later, i'm sorry, i can't get administrative approval to accept him. we're full. >> reporter: for nearly seven hours wilkinson waited in this bed. >> i had that thought in my head like i need to get his mother here right now. i told her, i said, "if he doesn't get this procedure done, he is going to die." i also had to have the discussion with him, and i said, "if your heart stops in front of me right here, what do you want me to do? do you want me to do everything we can to resuscitate you and try and get your heart back?" i said, "if i were to get you back, we're still in that

position where we're in right now." >> reporter: what did he say? >> he said, "i want to talk to my mom about this." >> reporter: finally a bed opened up at the va hospital in houston, a helicopter ride away. >> he goes, "man, i promised myself after afghanistan i would never be in a helicopter again." he goes, "oh, well, i guess." >> reporter: this is video of daniel being airlifted to houston, but it was too late. >> they weren't able to do the procedure on him because it had been too long. and told me that they had seen air pockets in his intestines which means they were already starting to die off. they told me i had to make a decision. and i knew how danny felt. he didn't want to be that way. so we were all in agreement that we had to let him go. >> reporter: roughly 24 hours after he walked into the emergency room, daniel wilkinson died at the age of 46. >> i've never lost a patient from this diagnosis. never.

because we know what needs to be done, and we know how to treat it. we get them to where they need to go. i'm scared that the next patient that i see is someone that i can't get to where they need to get to. we are playing musical chairs with 100 people and ten chairs. when the music stops, what happens? people from all over the world come to houston to get medical care. right now, we can't take care of patients from the next town over. that's the reality. >> reporter: the doctor says if we weren't in this crisis it would have taken him 30 minutes to get daniel out the door. it took seven hours. it just doesn't happen. as of last night, there are 102 people in the houston area waiting for an icu bed right now. i called the county executive and said, judge, can you not open a field hospital and put these people somewhere, she said, i can, and i'm ready. she said, what i'm hearing from

the hospital executives is they have extra beds, don't have extra nurses. they've got 700 nurses that arrived in houston last week, and it's still not enough to meet the demand. vlad? >> absolutely heartbreaking, david begnaud. absolutely heartbreaking. thank you so much. >> david begnaud and dr. kakli really painted a picture. it's another part of the covid story that you don't often think about. the people that we're losing because they don't have the space, they don't have the personnel to treat them. that's outrageous. >> it's why it's so important when people say you should wear a mask, you should social distance or -- >> or get the vaccine -- >> because it affects all of us. >> also why the death toll from covid is not the number of people who die from the virus, it's all the people beyond it they need. >> you survive a war only to die in your own country because of a gallstone. >> for something you didn't have to die from. >> all right. thank you so much again. up next, we've got some of the stories you'll be talking about today. we'll be right back.

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by people of color in 2020. the bill still has a few more steps to go before it reaches the governor's desk. if it passes, which it's likely to do, the governor says he'll sign it. on a totally different note, pop music, disco, a legendary pop band formed in the '70s is making a comeback. >> yay. ♪ mama mia does it show again ♪ ♪ my my. just how much i missed you ♪ ♪ there's something broken hearted knew since the day we parted ♪ ♪ why why did i ever let you go ♪ >> that, of course, is abba. which has vlad already dancing. >> love, love, love. >> waiting for new music from them for more than three decades. it looks like fans might get their wish. abba launched a website titled abba voyage. it features a cryptic image of four planets along with a date of september 2nd. the bbc says it's expected to be the hologram tour abba first

announced in 2016. the band is also expected to release five new songs. "hologram tour," would you pay money for -- >> no. >> the cruises. the voyage. >> that's what i thought, too. >> cruise, like i watch the band and like -- >> you think abba would do -- it would be holograms on the boat, right? >> no. that song's going to be in your ear all day. thank you. >> we're going to be dancing. even tony will be dancing. >> maybe alone in my bathroom while brushing my teeth. >> undo that button, and will you'll be in the perfect mood. >> already maximum button -- get another one. well on one more note that involves singing, one of colorado's first covid patients is singing the praises of the hospital together who helped save his life. listen -- ♪ ♪ ain't nobody does it better makes me happy ♪ ♪ makes me feel this way ♪ >> singer jacob gleason was the

first covid patient hospitalized at uc health's long peak outside of denver. now on the mend, he performed for the same doctors and nurses who saved his life. just last year he was hospitalized for, hear this, 20 days and intubated for 13 of those days. >> wow. >> his doctor, his doctor thought he may never sing again. and i saw this story and was like, power of singing, power of voice, but also first covid patient. >> yeah. >> it just kind of touches you. >> thank you, nursing staff. >> that voice -- call clive, gayle. >> i wish i could sing like that. shawna, thank you. >> i love your dress, ms. thomas -- >> all right. all right. >> i love your hair and your dress. >> you look wonderful. so good. ahead -- >> bravo. >> meet the 12-year-old who threw four no hitters on the way to the semifinals of the little league world series.

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there's a new superstar in the making in the sport of baseball, and he's still just in middle school. 12-year-old gavin weir is a prodigy on the mound. he has thrown four no hitters in less than three weeks on the way to carrying his team from sioux falls, south dakota, to this weekend's semifinals at the little league world series. nikki battiste has more on what makes this young man so special. 2-2. oh, that's a beauty. whipping across the zone, and it's weir's first strikeout. >> pitch -- >> reporter: pitch after pitch after pitch, this 12-year-old is seemingly unstoppable. >> a no hitter for gavin weir. >> reporter: between the tournaments that started over a week ago -- >> make it eight -- >> reporter: gavin weir has thrown four no hitters, two of

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to pitch since i was young. he's been my teacher for my whole life about baseball and everything i know. >> reporter: weir is not only great on the mound. he also has skills at the plate. >> that ball is hammered to right field. >> reporter: more than anything else, weir sees himself as a team player. >> i don't think dococky is a gd way to act. be humble. never take anything for granted and live every moment the best. >> he is human dominance. >> weir and his team play ohio on saturday. and if they win, they move on to the championship game on sunday. as cool as he seems, weir says he does get nervous, but he says he makes himself focus on having fun and winning one inning at a time. >> love everything about that -- >> i know! >> everything. >> you haven't heard the last of him. >> he's only going into seventh grade. that's how young he is. and he can pitch up to 75 miles per hour. >> i know. >> how fun is it, guys, to hear

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it is friday, august it is it friday, august 27th, 2021. the air lift from kabul resumes, despite terrible losses for american troops and those trying to escape. we'll talk to a congressman who was just there. one's desperate effort to get his family out finally pays off. we'll tell you how the rescue missions succeeded on the fifth attempt. and we take you insad heated sk d mmaes but first here'sod

the push by u.s. forces to get more people out of a gan stan after not one, but two bombings. and very real terrorist threats, including a possible rocket attack or using a car or truck. president says he takes responsibility for what's transpired in recent days and while there's no word yet on how the president will respond, the president made clear the u.s. will retaliate. >> the white house says it's disappointed by the ruling. the result of the high court's conservative majority. a major hurricane is set to impact the south louisiana coast as early as sunday. you can be rest assured what went on there somehow won't spill over to here? >> this is a generational threat that we have to keep vigilant on for the foreseeable future. >> the lives we lost today were lives given in the service of liberty, the service of security, and the service of others.

in the service of america j the falloff this day are part of a great noble company of heroes. >> very tough day for america yesterday. we're still feeling that this morning. we're going to begin with the huge crowds surrounding afghan's major airport this morning. an isis affiliate claims responsibility for yesterday's bombing that killed at least 13 american service members and dozens of a gans. president biden has vowed to retaliate. not planning to extend tuesday's deadline for all american forces to leave the country. until then, they're trying to evacuate as many as possible. about 12,000 got out yesterday. reports from qatar.se srway, s

devastating attacks outside the airport yesterday. they took over abbey gate. in addition to the 13 u.s. service members who have died. it comes after the back-to-back bombings outside the airport right in the middle of crowds and people packed around the entrances, desperate to get on one of the last flights out. most european countries will be winding down their operations as of today. now, the dangerous situation at the airport has only added to those fleeing the pakistani boarder to get out. u.s. and military intelligence agencies have said more terrorist attacks will be coming epor fdodo anyth toreventm.e

we're joined by one of the two congressman who made a so-called unauthorized visited this week. he went with one of his republican colleagues, congressman molten, as a member of the house armed services committee and served four tours with the u.s. marines. and thank you to your service on a morning where we're reminded of what's at stake. i want to begin with your reaction to 13 dead service members in afghanistan yesterday. >> i mean, it's devastating. and i want people to understand what they were doing because it's one of the most heroic things i've seen in my life. i expected to see marines on one side and afghans on the other. but that doesn't work because the marines have to go through and sift through the sea of humanity, of people so desperate to get out that they're back there today, despite the

bombings, just to get help from the taliban. as you have young young marines out there, >> feet away. >> to put little afghan girls on their backs, hold afghan women by their hands and pull them to freedom. >> the security situation there is bizarre. because you have the taliban doing the initial security check for the airport where our troops are. >> it's such an irony that the terrorist group that had the 9/11 attackers, we have to work with them to sift through those trying to get to freedom. >> clearly there is something

that could or should have done differently? do you believe it had to go down this way? >> and this failure is not the troops on the ground. the failure is with us in washington. because all we had to do is start this evacuation earlier. and we've been pushing the administration to do this for months. all we needed to do was start the evacuation earlier. prrls because people were getting evacuated through afghanistan by just showing up at the embassy but it wasn't going fast enough. >> i keep hearing nobody expected the afghan troops to buckthal way they did. all the training and money and you certainly know more than i do. everybody thought the afghan army could handle this, no? >>. >> yeah, that's true but not an excuse for not starting the evacuation earlier. no reason we couldn't do this and then not put these young marines in this position. let me share -- i'm talking to

these guys out there. 18-year-old lance corporal says to me, you know, sir, it's very tough when you get asked to separate a family because someone doesn't qualify because their older sister is 19 and doesn't qualify as a dependent and i have to take her hand and walk her back to the taliban while the rest of her family goes to america. that's what we're asking of these kids. >> congressman, i want to ask you about the taliban. tony mentioned them being responsible for security. we learned they gave them a list of u.s. citizens, green card holders. senator bob menendez is saying you can't trusts the taliban. and another senator is calling it a kill list. >> of course you can't trust the taliban. the only way we can get these american citizens through the

taliban lines is to tell them who they are. now, i don't know -- we can go into the details of whether we should have been giving names or whether there was another way to rtbut that's h the right desperate the situation is right now. >> you caused a controversy when you went without authorization. why did you do that and what were you looking for? >> you know, the week before i worked to get four young families through the lines. sending text messages and troops i happen to know at the base. my kids are crying. they don't have enough water. they need to go home. no, stay a little bit longer. i'm showing pictures of where they are outside the base. and at the end of the night, after staying up all night doing this, i got one. one of the four families out.

when i saw a picture of them, a heroic journalist, his wife and two daughters about the same age as mine, i said you know what? it's worth it. if i can get on a plane -- if i can get on a plane and save a few more lives, then absolutely i'll do that. and by being there, i was able to do that. there was several families that we got over just by being there. >> by being there. because the pentagon's perspective is different on this point. john kirby, the spokesperson for the pentagon says you and your fellow congressman took time away from what we had been doing that day. and they were saving lives, you being there. they said it made it harder. >> it probably took time away from john kirby. but the people on the ground literally were hugging me, thanking me for coming. because america needs to know what's going on there.

and i've been in that position. i was a marine in iraq when i felt abandoned by congress because people in washington were making decisions that cost lives, that cost lives and they didn't know what was going on in the ground. they didn't know what was happening there and i vowed that if i ever get to congress i'm not going to leave the troops behind. >> do you think you learned something there that the people in washington don't know? >> several things we've already shared. for example, all these refugees are going to refugee camps where they don't have enough food and water because administration lawyers are preventing donations. i learned i wanted to extend the august 31st deadline. in fact, i thought being on the ground would be the best place to advocate for that. because of the crazy relationship we have with the taliban, we can't afford to do that. so, we learned a lot but the single most important thing i learned is what?

what unbelievable heroes these young americans are. i've never been more proud to be an american. >> we all see that.

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shouldn't we choose ability this time? do you think john cox will be a better governor than gavin newsom? [sfx: bear roar] does a bear sh*t in the woods? >> this morning we are hearing from one man who helped more than a dozen people escape afghanistan after four attempts. he worked with the army when he

was just six years old, and came to america to help work against the taliban. now he's helping people escape and he's working to help get another 142 people out. we show them with skype with his sister-in-law once they left afghanistan. >> i left my home, i left my mother, which was very blessed to me. my mother is blessed here. my sister. it's a very harmful situation. >> did you see the taliban? >> yeah, we saw the taliban and we all was afraid of taliban, and our kids were afraid. every night there were gunshots. when we escaped, there was a last memory of myself that my child lost shoes on the way.

he had nothing to wear on his feet. it is very important that we are safe now. thanks to the u.s. military for saving our life. >> ahmad shaw mohibi joins us now. it must be nice to see your sister safe and sound. but i know they had several attempts to try to get out. how did they finally get out of there? >> thank you, glad to be here. through the back channels and great service of women and men in the military to the great friends that contacted me ask offered their help. that was the way. we had to go through our own channels to get them to the airport. four attempts were dead through the state department and d.o.d. it failed and it was a total disaster and chaos how my family went to the airport and they couldn't get inside. >> i know your family had taken a picture before they left near abbey gate where we saw the

bombing. what concerns you now most as you look at the pictures and you hear the situation of what's going on right now? >> i think we are in the middle of a humanitarian crisis. our government needs to act and the community needs to act with this crisis. if i was a commander in chief i would have navy s.e.a.l.s and all service women and men right now going to kabul to save thousands of people from this humanitarian crisis and at the same time making sure our troops are safe. so what fright eens me the mosts when the taliban took over afghanistan, they opened the gate to let people out. we had thousands of isis, hicani, chechens, all of these prisoners detained. they are out. they are a threat. and the most radical extremist taliban do not want peace, they

want nothing else. we see more tragedy if this operation is not controlled and managed. we need better strategy and better plan of action. this whole thing could have taken place months ago, and still we have time to save more people. >> we do have time because it doesn't look like more troops are going to be sent in. do you think it's possible to get everybody out that needs to get out by the 31st? >> not with the current plan and under current task force that we have. if my family, wh all the contacts they have, could not get into the airport in four days or five days, imagine how other people get in. that's how myself and other former and active servicewomen and men, we started our back channel to help people get into the airport. at this date we have about 72 people inside the airport. none of them have been helped by the government. so we're helping the government, but there has to be a good plan in place, otherwise there are

thousands of people to advocate. five families were helping. two left before the explosion, the other three are still missing. so more families will get hurt and die of dehydration and explosions if we do not come up with a good strategy plan. time is running out. >> time is running out, and so many people are still trying foigto figure it out. thank you so much for your time this morning. we're glad your family is safe so far. if you would like to help refugees in afghanistan, we do have resources posted on our social media channels for you to look at. coming up, so many school boards around the country are turning up at debates for mask mandates for kids. we talked to one of the parents firsthand. you're watching "cbs this morning."

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♪ welcome back to "cbs this welcome back to "cbs this morning." time to bring you stories that are the talk of this very large table. i needed light and levity this morning. i think we could all use good news and my producer, kathleen, delivered, when she said there's a first lookout of a classic tv sitcom that's rebooted. "the wonder years." ♪ what would you do ♪ >> when i'm with cory and brad, we all feel different. i finally get to feel the sameads everybody else. ♪ oh baby have a little help from my friends ♪

♪ >> it's the little things that you remember all your life. your first hit, your first kiss, the first time your dad lets you know that he sees you. well, i still hadn't have the other two but boy, did that third one feel good. >> oh, yeah. so, the new show is about a black middle class family in 1968, centered on 12-year-old dean williams. don chaedel and kevin arnold played in the original. >> i love that she. i'm excited about this because winny cooper and don cheadle's voice is so perfect for this too. >> and they brought the music back. maybe this time i'll figure out what that lyric is. what would you do with the sang attitudes? >> what would you do if you sang

out of tune? >> i made breaking news. >> what would you do if you sang out of tune. >> i thought it was sang attitude. >> would you stand up and walk out on me? everything else makes sense except that one line. paul mccartney wrote the lyrics. paul, enunsiate. >> we all got it except for you. >> come to my rescue, viewer. dear viewer, come to my rescue. i know you don't get it either. my talk of the table is about a couple, doug and diedra, who planned a dream destination wedding in jamaica. sounds good, right? i think so too. now they're asking two people who didn't pay to pay up. the couple sent an invoice to

the guest who rsvp'd and didn't send a note. because you didn't call or give us proper notice you would not be in attendance, this is the amount you owe us for paying for your seats in advance. some call this invoice tacky and petty. others say they understand why the couple was upset about the no shows. you don't think it should be mix snd >> that's totally reasonable. destination wedding? >> i mean, expensive. >> we're happy to pay for you, you're our guest, but we don't want empty seats. come on. >> i don't call it tacky or petty but i just wouldn't have done it. the people didn't show up. that comes with the territory. i know, i know. especially a wedding and it's $240. that's 120 per person.

which means they planned a very nice meal. i get it. would you have done that? >> no. >> tony? >> maybe, yeah, possibly. i mean -- >> marion would kill me. and a very cute tradition at the london zoo. the annual weigh in. the handlers weigh literally 20,000 animals every year and measure at the london zoo. what amazes me most about the videos and pictures is they have a will havian different rulers and scales for all the different animals in the zoo and apparently they don't worry about what the number is. >> that camel looked like they had some issues. they had a little trouble getting up on the scale. >> still

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not be allowed. while 58% say they should be required. 36% believe they should be optional. but the voices of the opponents are often the loudest. a new jersey governor recently announced a mandate for schools. they were told to get vaccinated or face covid tests. [ chanting] ♪ >> reporter: sign says that kids do not carry the stuff, they do not spread it. >> reporter: even before the schoolboard meeting began, families against the school mask mandate gathered outside to largely protest. why are you here? >> to get masks off of us in school. >> reporter: is it worth it to wear a mask if it means your school is going to open? >> no. >> no.

>> i'm protesting for my body, my choice because i believe that if someone wants to wear a mask, then they can wear a mask because, like, it's their body and they get to choose. but someone doesn't want to wear a mask, then people don't have a right to force it on them. >> reporter: so, if you have a choice to wear a mask and go to school or stay at home, what would it be? >> i would want to wear a mask and go to school, actually. but that's actually a really tough question. >> reporter: that's a tough question, right? >> because if we go to school, then we're being forced to wire a mask, but if we're staying at home, then we're being forced to stay at home. ♪ >> reporter: the majority of the nearly 100 people at this

schoolboard meeting were there to express frustration with new jersey school mask mandate and demand the district stand up to the governor. >> science is not fact. science is meant to be challenged. there is no pandemic amongst children. >> the young lady just said there is no pandemic among the children. the lady is either in denial or she's just lying. every news -- excuse me. i have the microphone. the lady is misinformed or lying. >> you should be embarrassed and ashamed with the agenda that all of you are letting happen in this town. >> there is a well-orchestrated, well coordinated and loud movement of people here. i think it's important that you hear from parents as well who support the governor's mask

mandate for k through 12 schools. >> now, i support anyone who wants to wear a mask. that is their choice to do so. but if i'm going to respect their right, they need to respect mine. >> i will be telling both my boys not to wear a mask. thank you. >> do you feel you're accomplishing something with these meetings? >> well, they're not optional. whether i feel we're accomplishing, i think it's our job. i think we were elected to serve the community and part of that is listening. >> reporter: we wanted to hear more from parents who spoke out. so, we met up with dana, the mother of two young children, one is autistic. she's not vaccinated and her kids are too young to receive the shot. what was your goal? >> really just to speak for the kids. i personally, do not want to send my child with a mask. that's my and my husband's opinion.

there are no studies done or being done about the longevity of mask wearing in children. >> reporter: is there a world where you would consider putting a mask on your child to go to school this fall? >> not this fall. >> reporter: do you believe that masks will help reduce the transmission of covid? >> if worn properly, they can. the kids aren't wearing them properly. >> reporter: but if they do, would you consider sending your kids to school with a mask? >> this year, no, because i just think that my daughter went through it last year. i took a mental toll. i think it's hard for these kids to learn how to read, learn how to do a lot of their lessons when their teachers mouths are covered by the mask and their peer's masks. it's a little dehumanizing. >> reporter: a lot of people will argue you're part of a community and you want to protect others by masking and vaccinating. what's your response to that? >> i agree with that but the

only thing to counter is these people that don't feel safe, you know, they're still going out food shopping, going to concerts. they're still going to the mall, they're still going to the beach. if they were that terrified, i feel if they felt that threatened, i feel that they would be staying home and i don't think everyone collectively needs to be punished for that. >> shame on you guys for giving her a mega phone. this is ridiculous. >>tethe parent recognized dana. >> yeah, i'm being loud. you're getting my grandma killed. >> reporter: those who support masks currently have around 700 more signatures. >> i wrote the opposing petition, by the way, that has more signatures than yours. and most people agree with us. >> reporter: there's a lot going on here.

>> that's fine. >> it's despicable. >> i'm entitled to my opinion and you're entitled to yours. >> reporter: are you vaccinate snd. >> no. >> shame on you. shame on you. >> reporter: i think a lot of people are going to paint a picture of you, that you're antimask, antivaccine, you're antiall these things. is that accurate? >> no. we are not antianything. we are fighting for our god-given right to choose what is best for our children. >> reporter: in the past month the number of kids contracting covid went from 40,000 to close to 80,000 by the end of last week. they say if masks are warn properly, along with ventilation and vaccination, they can help. i have to say i called three of the top doctors across the country yesterday to talk about some of the things these parents said.

they agreed if we're not putting these masks on our children the right way, not effecteffective. if you're not going -- if you're going to hand a mask to a child this fall, make sure it fits. >> you tell your kids not to run at the pool. i got it, i got it. you don't want that interference, but the experts have been saying it for a long time now. it's clear, it's settled. >> reporter: did the kids know each other? >> no, but they were playing together before the interview started, and they didn't realize it before the kids went away. >> megan, thank you so much. we'll be right back.

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