a contact inside the airport. they tried again. this time at night. >> what is the level of anxieyon check point. >> you stop breathing, okay, they know who i am and they're going to take me. >> they let you go. >> they let me go. >> after few tense minutes on the wrong side of the barbed wire they were taken inside to wait. >> we waited for more than 24 hours. >> did you tell them you were american citizens. >> i did. couple times. i was being told everyone is the same here. >> when she finally did get evacuation flight through uzbekistan her husband decided to stay behind to help others get out. >> we had family there. i had people i worked with. and i couldn't leave them behind. >> we both were in state of

survivor's guild thinking why was i the privileged one who managed to get in, there were women with small kids screaming for help. and small kids left unattended. >> did you see those kids at the airport? >> yeah. >> were there a lot of them. >> there were a lot of them. >> with her own three children anxiously waiting, she he spent almost a week in transit back to virginia. her husband got a direct flight three days later was there to welcome her. >> i know your family is afghan, you grew up there, but did this experience at all make you feel more american? >> yes. because the way i was received here. someone i belong, belong to. and the way they took care of me everyone. so generous.

friends. the community. so. >> when you came home you felt like this is your home. >> this is my home. >> christina ruffini, vienna, virginia. >> the state department is planning to relocate 50,000 afghanistan refugees in the united states and many plan to settle in sacrifice, sacramentoamento, sacramento california many still fear the love ones behind. >> this man and wife and two young children fled kabul on one of the last flights out, just hours before the city fell to the taliban. his work with afghan national security forces, nsf and u.s. made him a target and the tannehill offensive intensified this summer. >> me an the people like me have been supporting the nsf they had not realized the danger.

>> because of the risk his immediate family received a special immigrant visa. >> was the biggest concern with taliban in power . >> he says the taliban control has already knocked on his mother's door. >> sometimes i say i wish i could not made this trip whatever happened i should be at their side. >> you had to do what was best for your family? >> yes, of others who recently arrived in northern california, the family is now working w age, world relief sacramento. >> we'll set goals with her over the next couple months. >> the organization helps families learn english and find jobs and housing. it also provides them with basic furniture and groceries bought by volunteers at the local afghan market. >> it's a historic moment.

>> we met up with the non-profit director at a warehouse packed with donated supplies. >> last three weeks over 400 families have come into sacramento which normally is an amount that would come in over several months so everything is amplified right now. >> but it's not just the base iing supplies, the organization is also focused on creating a sense of belonging. afghan grocery stores like this one are a sign of this thriving community. >> right now one out of nine afghan living in the u.s. live in sacramento. and as more come to sacramento it builds a community, once a community is here others want to come. >> that community can be crucial for families who have left their loved ones behind. >> what's the adjustment been like? >> it is difficult. we learned living together and what you have breakfast with 17 members and now you're in here of course it's a big difference.

and it's a sad moment for me and of for my family as well. >> what do you hope for the fut future. >> i am hopeful, i don't think about myself much, i think of my kid's futures they'll have many many opportunities for them and also for me to work for them to feed them. to support them. to guide them. >> not all of those fleeing the taliban hope to settle in the united states, thousands have found they're way to europe. and they are not always welcome. >> reporter: as desperate afghans tried to escape taliban world leaders pledge millions in aid settlement but in europe they want to help people focus in and around afghanistan not in their own backyards because many european nations don't want more asylum seekers to try to reach their shores according to zoey gardner. >> there's been a sustained move to demonization and denial of

refugee protection across europe over the past decade and in >> six years ago over 1 million people made their way to europe, many fleeing the brutal civil war in syria. their arrival caused political crisis across the continent and european governments made it more difficult for people to travel using regular routes. on small boats, on foot, or in the backs of trucks. and some like in denmark and uk have laws to get refugee status and begin building new lives. >> there's parliament seeking to criminalize those people. need to help settlement refugees. >> how realistic to expect someone who feel like they're in imminent danger not to pack a

bag and run. >> what would you do if you had been, i don't know, involved in the local government in your area and your two daughters had been going to school and the taliban are going door to door andcuop and the realistic answer is that a lot of people will have to run. >> this man ran if from afghanistan in 2006 when he was 12 to become reef uje in britney. >> i wish i didn't have to make the journey but i understand why they are risking their lives. it is not shameful and shocking, they're just focussing on getting their people out, shows the value of afghans to them. >> those who don't qualify for resettlement will stay in the region but those gillette proglide. five blades and a pivoting flexball designed to get virtually every hair on the first stroke.

so you're ready for the day with a fresh face for a fresh start. for a limited time get a 5th cartridge free. does your deodorant keep you fresh all day? we put dove men deodorant to the test with nelson, a volunteer that puts care into everything he does. it really protects my skin. it's comfortable and lasts a long time. dove men, 48h freshness with triple action moisturizers.

[♪] if you're only using facial moisturizer in the morning, dove men, 48h freshness did you know, the best time for skin renewal is at night? olay retinol24 renews millions of surface skin cells while you sleep. wake up to smoother, younger-looking skin with olay retinol24.

don't settle. start your day with secret. secret stops odor-causing sweat 3x more. and the provitamin b5 formula is gentle on skin. with secret, outlast anything! no sweat. secret. ♪ all strength. no sweat. ♪ despite the pandemic there's joy and bundles of it at one hospital in bloomington, illinois. adriana diaz reports. >> reporter: amid the hardship at hospitals over the past year and half, the labor and delivery units have produced much-needed good news, especially at osf st. joseph medical center in central noil where that joy arrive in a set of eight.

quarter of the nurses in this unit were pregnant together and all work in labor and delivery. including jordan murray, hans and tina who was 13 weeks along. >> some say is there something in the water. >> is there? >> maybe. >> of it is ironic it all happened at the same time. we're all so similar where we are in life. >> they attribute their synchronized timing to coincidence. >> knowing what you know about labor do you feel more or less comfortable about it, i'm asking for a friend. >> i feel comfortable with it but i also have friend that's are going to be my care team. i think it makes a huge difference. >> they decorated each other's hospital rooms and even helped to delivery each other's babies. >> he's so little. >> like eli, and eloe, andizea

bella. >> what was it like >> it was the best. >> it made it so much more fun. >> what do you love about being a labor and delivery nurse. >> i love the dad's reactions, even the toughest dads it's beautiful. >> what are you most looking forward to about the babies. >> i'm gonna cry. >> so my husband and i went through three years of infertility and so this is a miracle pregnancy. we waited a really long time. >> the end of the journey, the nurses can all celebrate together after a difficult year for health care workers. >> going through it with my friends feels like an eternal gift. that's definitely a light in the darkness in a world that's really hard right now. >> adriana diaz cbs news bloomington, illinois.

scientists in europe say last year was the hottest ever recorded for the continent and climate scientists are warning about even more extreme weather ahead. now that story from london. >> reporter: europe is getting hotter and everyone can feel it, from folks frolicking in fountains to sun bathers baking on the beach. the new state of the climate report shows 2020 was europe's hottest year ever. >> one or two degrees celsius may not sound much, if you add that on top of an already warm event the heat wave it makes a difference. >> the arctic circle popped 100 degrees for the first time in recorded history. 17 countries in europe had record temperatures in 2020 and

uk saw its third hottest year ever. >> how concerned should we be of all this. >> the temperatures will get more extremes, warmer extremes. >> like this year's record-breaking floods that devastated germany and belgianium and wildfire that's scorched countries around the mediterranean. while the pandemic slow down cut carbon dioxide emissions by 27%, it is down to the actions we do, climate experts say we need to act to save the only planet we call home. cbs news, london. >> and that's the overnight news for this tuesday. check back later for the launch of our new morning show, cbs mornings, gayle and tony will have a new face at the table, nate burleson, coming to you from a brand new studio in the heart of the new york city's

time square. reporting from the capital i'm jamie yuccas. >> good morning this is comeback news flash from new york. electricity has been restored to more than half million people after hurricane ida battered the gulf coast and caused severe flooding in new york and new jersey killing at least 50 people. in texas, governor greg abbott will sign sb1 into law today, the controversial bill bans drivebans drive through an voti and also provides protections to poll watchers. the new hue for hands of time, big ben unveiled new blue clock hands. now the rest of the scaffolding remains. the 13-ton big ben bell will chime again in 2022. more news is on your comeback news app on the cellphone or tv. ♪

it's tuesday, september 7th, 2021. this is the "cbs morning news." disaster declaration. more help is on the way for two states slammed by the remnants of ida. how residents are doing nearly one week after the storm. land rescue. the u.s. helped save an american family stranded behind taliban lines. what made this mission different from the rest. remembering michael k. williams. hollywood is paying tribute after the sudden death of the emmy nominated actor. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. president de