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

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i'm anne-marie green.e than one year into the pandemic, the fight against the coronavirus appears to be taking another wrong turn here in the u.s. the number of new infections is now averaging 100,000 a day. a number not seen in six months. but the nation's top infectious disease expert dr. anthony fauci hopes the fda will give full approval to a vaccine in just weeks which could lead to a wave of vaccine mandates. bradley blackburn has the latest details from new york. bradley, good morning. >> reporter: the news about the delta variant is moving the needle, so to speak. about 20% of unvaccinated lds, manmay it's made themth coming. the coronavirus vaccine could be fully approved by the fda this month. >> i don't predict, but i hope it will be within the next few weeks. >> reporter: dr. anthony fauci says that could lead to new vaccine requirements at the local level. >> that could be colleges, universities, places of business. a whole variety. and i strongly support that. the time has come as we've got t

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i'm ann marie green. new protection is on the way for americans vulnerable to the coronavirus. the fda is expected to announce today that people with weak immune systems will be allowed to get a third vaccine shot.y io amend its emergency use authorizations for the pfizer and moderna vaccines. the move would benefit just under 3% of adults who may not have enough protection from the two doses. meantime, california has become the first state to require all staff to show proof that they are fully vaccinated or take weekly covid tests. the order applies to teachers, custodians, bus drivers and others working in the k-12 system. bradley blackburn is in new york tracking the very latest for us, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. in many parts of the country kids are now back in classrooms in many places without mask requirements, and the problems have started already. just days into the school year, students are being sent home due to coronavirus outbreaks. >> she instantly started crying her lilies out. it's sad. >> reporter: eden lucas had just std ki started kindergarten in

i'm anne-marie green. we begin with a troubling surge in covid cases across the nation, especially among children just as the new school year gets underway. according to the american academy of pediatrics, almost 94,000 covid cases were reported just last week and the number of cases has steadily increased since the beginning of july. >>> meantime, students and teachers in dallas will be required to wear facemasks starting today defying an order banning mask mandates. they say it's necessary to fight off the highly contagious delta variant. bradley blackburn has the latest. >> reporter: anne-marie, good morning. hospitals across the south are being pushed to the limit. in arkansas the governor says they have only eight icu beds open in the entire state and in texas hospitals are being asked to postpone elective procedures so they can focus on covid patients instead. covid-19 summer surge continues to get worse. the u.s. is averaging over 100,000 new coronavirus cases a day, the highest it's been in six mon

i'm anne-marie green. we begin with the growing number of americans getting vaccinated against the coronavirus as the highly contagious delta variant spreads. the white house says the u.s. has reached president biden's goal of 70% of adults receiving at least one shot. it's a goal mr. biden hoped to reach a month ago. and south carolina senator lindsey graham has tested positive for covid-19 after being vaccinated. he says he has mild symptoms and he's very glad he received the vaccine or he could be in worse shape. bradley blackburn has the very latest from new york. bradley, good morning. >> anne-marie, good morning. the cdc is echoing senator graham reminding people these vaccines work against the delta variant. in more places we are seeing calls for vaccine mandates. >> covid-19 vaccinations are on the rise but more people are getting infected as well. >> the numbers that we're seeing are unbelievable. >> as the u.s. reached president biden's goal to get 70% of the adults partially vaccinated, the focu

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. ♪ >>> good morning, good to be with you i'm anne-marie green.n with breaking developments regarding the coronavirus vaccine. overnight, the fda approved a booster shot for people with severely weakened immune systems. the announcement applies to millions of americans including organ transplant donors and cancer patients, but it does not include healthy individuals. bradley blackburn has the very latest from new york. bradley, what's happening next? >> reporter: anne-marie, goes to the cdc which is expected to sign off on a booster today clearing the way for a third shot. the data shows that some people need that extra dose of protection. the fda has authorized third doses of pfizer and moderna's coronavirus vaccines for some people with weakened immune systems. >> an additional dose could help increase protections in these individuals, which is especially important as the delta variant spreads. >> reporter: the booster is meant for organ transplant recipients and others who are similarly immunocompromised. >> we estimate it to be less than 3% of

i'm anne-marie green. we begin with a challenge from president biden to republican governors to either do more to help fight spiking covid cases or, quote, get out of the way. some republican leaders are resisting vaccine rules and mask mandates as the highly contagious delta variant spreads. some places including new york city are stepping up efforts to get people vaccinated. bradley blackburn has the latest from new york. bradley, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the president says too many governors are making decisions that are bad public health policies, and he says they are preventing local leaders from making their own decisions about mask mandates. in his comments yesterday, the president called out those governors directly. president biden is calling on republican elected officials to do more to help end the pandemic. >> i say to these governors, please help. if you're not going to help, at least get out of the way of people trying to do the right thing. >> reporter: the president singled

i'm anne-marie green. we begin with a story that is breaking overnight as firefighters try to save a historic town from california's largest wildfire. the dixie fire tore through greenville, gold rush-era town about 280 miles northeast of san francisco. downtown businesses and surrounding homes burned. " ogcr seeing a gas station, hotel, and bar leveled. so far 67 houses and structures have been destroyed. about 800 people live in greenville. additional evacuation orders were issued for about 15,000 people in the area. >> think one thing and you think i'm safe, and then the next minute they give you a warning get out. >> the fire spread amid red flag warnings issued warning of hot, bone-dry conditions of winds up to 40 miles per hour. the three-week-old dixie fire has grown to more than 278,000 acres. it is just one of close to 100 wildfires burning in 13 states. >>> and the number of coronavirus cases around the world has now surpassed 200 million. more than 35 million of those are in the united states wh

i'm anne-marie green. and we are going to begin with president biden sticking with his deadline to pull u.s. troops out of afghanistan in just six days. yesterday mr. biden said the u.s. is n pace to finish evacuating american forces by tuesday. he said the military has flown more than 70,000 people out since august 14th. meantime, there's criticism against congressman seth moulton and peter meijer. both iraq war veterans. they made a secret trip to the airport in kabul to conduct oversight on the evacuation efforts. but a u.s. official told cbs ws irresponsible. bradley blackburn is in new york with the latest on all of this. bradley, good morning. >> reporter: anne-marie, good morning. the clock is ticking on that deadline, and the taliban's grip is tightening. this morning they are refusing to let many afghan civilians head to the airport, accusing the u.s. of trying to take away the country's doctors, engineers, and other professionals. the united states continues to evacuate thousands from afghanistan

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. >>> good morning, i'm tom hanson in for anne-marie green. we begin with breaking developments in the fight against the coronavirus. the biden administration could recommend as soon as this week covid booster shots for all eligible americans. people regardless of age would need it eight months after they received their second dose. the move is being taken to protect against the highly contagious delta variant which is fueling the spread of new cases across the country. right now more than 168 million americans are fully vaccinated against the virus. that's roughly 5151% of the u.s popula population. one of the states hardest hit by the virus is la l. since the start of the weekend, more than 13,000 covid cases have been recorded with nearly 3,000 people currently hospitalized. that's the highest since the beginning of the pandemic. >> how close are we to medics refusing to transport patients because there are no hospital beds left? >> we're days away from that happening right now. less than a week. >> the governor has no plans to mandates acr

captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, i'm diane king hall in for anne-marie green. we begin with devastating weather in the east. in tennessee at least 22 people were killed in raging floodwaters over the weekend. dozens of people are still missing. and what is now tropical depression henri battered the northeast. it made landfall yesterday in rhode island as a tropical storm. it packed winds of up to 70 miles per hour. the storm also uprooted trees in massachusetts damaging homes and cars and knocking down power lines. causing major floods across the country. >> my mom and me being rescued. >> reporter: search and rescue efforts are under way in middle tennessee after record-breaking rainfall caused deadly flooding. >> it is a devastating picture of loss and heartache. >> reporter: among the dead, 7-month-old twins ryan and rieligh who were yanked from their father's arms by the raging water. 2-year-old kellen cole burrow is still missing. he was ripped away from his mother and four siblings. >> they were on the clothes lines hanging on. she had hold of all of them

i'm diane king hall in for anne-marie green. this morning, president biden is voeven afteradt tackever on forces in afghanistan. two separate bombings outside the kabul airport killed at least 13 u.s. troops and dozens of afghan civilians yesterday. isis-k claimed responsibility for the attack, but president biden said the evacuation of americans and afghans will continue. the white house ordered flags be flown at half staff until sunset on monday to honor the people killed in the bombings. bradley blackburn has the latest details from new york. good morning. >> reporter: diane, good morning. the president says that even with the airport bombings, he is sticking to his deadline. those evacuation flights have started up again, and it is an urgent mission. up to 1,000 americans may still be trying to get out of the country, and the airport remains under threat of attack. u.s. military commanders say they're on alert for more violence by the islamic state at the airport in kabul. yesterday twin suicide attacks killed more than a do

i'm tom hanson in for anne-marie green. this morning, the biden administration is facing pressure to get americans out of afghanistan after the taliban seized control of the country. around 11,000 americans are still there. and national security leaders aren't sure how long it will take to safely evacuate everyone. bradley blackburn is in new york tracking the latest information. bradley, good morning to you. >> reporter: tom, good morning. american military leaders say they're picking up the pace of those evacuation flights. they could transport up to 9,000 evacuees per day. and they're negotiating directly with the taliban to allow for safe passage. the taliban is taking steps to form a new government after reclaiming control of afghanistan. yesterday, a spokesman for the group announced an amnesty program for officials of the country's previous administration and anyone who worked with the u.s. he also said the taliban would allow women and girls to work and go to school. he said females will have rights as defined by is

i'm tom hanson in for anne-marie green. we begin with the crisis in afghanistan as the taliban seized control of the country declaring the war is over. thousands raced to the airport tarmac in kabul trying to flee the country. u.s. soldiers reportedly fired warning shots into the air to try to control the large crowds. yesterday the taliban seized the presidential palace in kabul hours after afghanistan's president fled the country. the taliban is calling for peaceful relations with the international community. bradley blackburn is in new york. what has been the reaction from the white house? >> reporter: tom, president biden is watching all this from camp david where he is on vacation. the white house says he's getting regular briefings and is in touch with military leaders, but there are reports he could return to washington to speak to the nation in the coming days. and officials acknowledge they were caught offguard by the speed of this collapse. taliban leaders are vowing to restore order a day after seizing control of

captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, i'm diane king hall in for anne-marie green. we begin with breaking developments in afghanistan. overnight the u.s. embassy urged americans to avoid traveling to the airport in kabul citing security threats outside the airport's gates. up to 1,500 u.s. citizens remains in afghanistan as evacuation efforts continue. the u.s. still plans to withdraw military forces by next tuesday. bradley blackburn with the latest from new york. good morning. >> reporter: diane, good morning. in some cases americans are reportedly being told to wait in kabul until they can be rescued by extraction teams. and with that deadline approaching, there is a growing realization that tens of thousands of at-risk afghans may simply be left behind. at least 4,500 americans have been evacuated from afghanistan since august 14th. >> more than 500 of those americans were evacuated in just the last day alone. >> reporter: secretary of state antony blinken said 500 more are waiting to leave, and the u.s. is reaching out to another 1,000 to see what they want to

captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, i'm tom hanson in for anne-marie green. health officials in the u.s. are pushing a new strategy against the coronavirus, urging fully vaccinated americans to get a third shot. the cdc says the pfizer and moderna vaccines lose protection over time as the delta variant fuels the latest surge in new cases. currently more than 169 million americans are fully vaccinated. the rollout for the booster shots begins next month. bradley blackburn is in new york. good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, good morning. officials say they're trying to stay ahead of the virus with this third round of shots. they say it is the best protection we have against delta and any new variants that could be coming. americans will soon be able to get coronavirus booster shots. >> the best way to protect ourselves from new variants that could arise. >> reporter: starting september 20th, pending approval from the fda, the shots will be offered to people who received the moderna or pfizer vaccines as long as eight months have passed since their second dos

an anne-marie green. >>> that is hurricane ida.lasted louisiana t people in floodwaters and ripping buildings apart. we welcome you to "cbs this morning." goteamovere alugust 30th, 2021. along the path of e it has alreadyd > hoal tnew orans doctor about how they're keeping patients safe. >>> and rockets are fired toward the kabul airport after a u.s. drone strike kills more suspected terrorists. the latest on the final hours of the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan.

an anne-marie green. >>> that is hurricane ida. she blasshe blasted louisiana t people in floodwaters and ripping buildings apart. we welcome you to "cbs this morning." goteamovere alugust 30th, 2021. along the path of e it has alreadyd > hoal tnew orans doctor about how they're keeping patients safe. >>> and rockets are fired toward the kabul airport after a u.s. drone strike kills more suspected terrorists. the latest on the final hours of the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. >>> first, here's today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> reporter: you're seeing some of the peak intensity right now. debris being sprayed everywhere. buildings like over here, the roof completely off. >> reporter: hurricane ida made landfall in louisiana battering the southeastern gulf coast with an onslaught of water and dangerous winds. >> the storm exactly 16 years to the day after hurricane katrina. >> this is going to cause catastrophic damage. >> this is a major, major storm. it's going to test us in ways that we've not been tested befor