that's from the associated press. we are joined on the line by a defense reporter from politico. good morning. >> good morning -- guest: good morning, thank you for having me. host: we showed that photo of chris donahue exiting. not the typical kind of final departure ceremony when the u.s. wraps up an engagement. was there any other kind of ceremony to market? -- mark that? guest: not really, they were the last americans on the ground yesterday, two of the last, one of the last flights out of the country yesterday. it's really a historic day. we cannot forget 2400 american lives that we lost in afghanistan over the last 20 years as well as $83 billion spent on the country. it's really a huge effort and to see it go out like this, this was certainly not the way the biden administration wanted to end this or. the one celebration that happened on the ground last night was from the taliban, they were shooting guns into the air and celebrating the end of what they called the american occupation of afghanistan. it really speaks volumes about how far this has fallen from the scenes tha

ohio's 15th congressional district won his race last night according to my colleagues at the associated press. crediting it with the doubts of staying in the party, after trump endorsed him and lost in a special house election in texas last week. in his statement, carey wrote republicans sends a clear message to the nation that president donald j. trump is

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but this is what we know as i say, according to associated press. it was a rocket attack, as close by someone called the afghan police chief and the voices a saying that the u. s. has launched what it describes as a military strike target in cobble. yeah, very fluid situation there for the moment. charles, stress of life are seen, call the i shows a yemen has received its 1st batch of johnson and johnson's covey. 19 vaccines, more than 151000 doses, arrived at aden airport, under the global kovak scheme. humans expected to receive a total of more than half a 1000000 jobs from the us. more than 1400 yemenis have died from the virus. and 6 years of civil war has left the countries hospitals, and health care in ruins. and it's been more than 6 decades since cold war rivalries. fueled a space race between the united states and the soviet union. these days space has opened up and is much less ideological. 70 countries now have space programs and increasingly private companies are doing lots of the heavy lifting or challenge reports from cornel in the u.

this little known about what the talks consists of right now but the associated press is reporting a government will be announced after negotiations are complete this comes after kabul airport reopened following chaos yesterday. thousands tried to flee the country. at least 7 people died in that video showing mister maddock seen as some ran alongside the aircraft attempting to take off while mother's day gold from the jet bridge. new pictures show crammed us cargo jet filled with hundreds of afghan refugees heading to qatar. they ran on to be a craft before military personnel could close the ramp. when reporting 640 people crammed into that plane. that plane holds 150 soldiers. john kirby insisting despite this chaos the situation was not a failure adding the military was prepared to handle noncombat evacuations, kirby faced an emotional plea from the afghan reporter who is demanding answers from the white house. listen to this. >> where's my president, former president donnie? immediately we don't know where this is an we don't have a president, they don't know what to do? >> i can'

you can hear me well worn cook associated press. you mentioned that your own surprise at the speed of the collapse of the security forces. wonder if you can tell us how much to that training if it costs about 18 years. why should euro p in an american taxpayers allow their money to be spent on training and other countries, which nato does when? when this happened after up to several years of nato, if we didn't have kennesaw, and can you guarantee that there's going to be an official inquiry or some kind of study to learn the lessons of the failure that we've seen here. there are lessons to be learned, of course, when we have been there for 20 years, invested the billions of us said dollars and also sacrificed the life of our own soldiers. then of course, we need to examine, to look into those lessons because we need to continue to fight in national terrorism. on the we also know that sometimes nature has to deploy a combat troops in big combat operations, as we did often on 11 enough calling the song and also have done elsewhere. bu

she's the head of race and ethnicity for the associated press. that's what she said about alice dunnigan, who is a teacher, journalist, editor, a champion for civil rights and women. how does one create a monument or a sculpture that is worthy, that celebrates the amazing life of someone like alice dunnigan? the answer is, one doesn't. but many do. when i was contacted about creating a sculpture honoring alice dunnigan, i decided to begin where she began, which was russellville, kentucky. i began by visiting the residents. i thought i was going to sit down and meet with six or eight people and we were going to discuss designs. and i think half of the town came. i'm not sure. dr. dawson was right in the front. i didn't know what i had just stepped into. but i will tell you that it was a very profound experience for me. it truly did exemplify the phrase that the whole is more than the sum of its parts. because i witnessed in russellville, kentucky, a wildly diverse group of people who were all passionate about one thing. they were passionate about

but let's say i suppose the last 15 minutes or so, the association press news agency is closing and the names of spokesperson is saying that there was a u. s. strike targeting a suicide bomber in a vehicle intended to strike cobble airport as a say we are chasing our sources for more information on this attack. but yeah, it comes an incredibly tense time in the capital and especially around the airport, off to these warnings that we and she had us president last night expecting. was he saying that should be expected? it was likely they would be a nother attack in the next 24 to 36 hours. it's holly about have been saying the same seeing, trying to keep people from going towards the airport. we know security around there has been increased certainly by the child. and since those a rifka checks a few days ago, we're more than a 100 people were killed. those attacks when the southern gates. so there is a general atmosphere of heightened tension here as this evacuation program, one of the largest in history draws to a close. all right for the moment, charles, stress that live for a scene co

some desantis supporters calling the associated press report a smear, usually a target of media reportsd have undermined the treatment, that is only political, desantis is promoting it because it could help one of his donors and some people may not want to take it, doctor fauci is saying it is a good treatment to take. the saga continues. new york avenue governor, 12,000 covid death changing the amount released by andrew cuomo. >> we are releasing more data than has been released before so people know the nursing home death that hospital deaths are consistent with what is displayed by the cdc. i will make them happen. transparency will be the hallmark of my administration. carley: here to react, jimmy, how is it in her first day of office she added 12,000 deaths to that tally? >> reporter: these numbers were always available to members of this administration, tells us cuomo was the disgrace we knew him to be, everybody in the administration was complicit in withholding data from the public. melissa got caught in a leaked phone call apologizing to state lawmakers about the effort to with

has told the associated press. there you go. tom: take the redeye. jonathan: and let's stay there for the rest of the summer. lisa: amen. [laughter] jonathan: lisa wants us gone, clearly. it is a beautiful one here in new york. your equity market unchanged. this is bloomberg. ♪ ritika: with the first word news, i'm ritika gupta. president joe biden's big plans for the economy are about to pass their first meijer legislative test. the group of democratic and republican senators are prepared to approve the infrastructure program. the vote is set to begin like this morning. democrats will be able to bypass republicans on the next part, a three point $5 trillion positive resolution that would expand health coverage, childcare, and education benefits. u.s. coronavirus waves that started in low vaccination states in the ozarks and deep south has engulfed the country. cases and hospitalizations are at their highest since february. 30 eight states have transmission levels considered high by the cdc. the other 12 states and

. >> we will go to zeke miller at associated press. >> you mentioned the upcoming holiday weekend. given the surge in cases, should americans be considered this holiday weekend? we have seen new travel warnings for countries that are doing better against covid than the u.s. why has the administration not taken it tougher stance in terms of advising americans not to travel to countries like canada and puerto rico? dr. walensky: we receive travel health notices and carefully watch those daily. we look at testing capacity as well as case rates and update our travel guidance by country in real time. we have articulated that people who are fully vaccinated and are wearing masks can travel. although given where we are with , disease transmission right now, we would say that people need to take these risks into their own consideration as they think about traveling. first and foremost, if you're unvaccinated, we recommend not traveling. jeff: next question. >> let's go to cnbc. >> thank you. i am hoping you can comment on these reports we've seen today and the fda confirming that two of th

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white house reporter for the associated press. james laporta well for the associated press, notably a marine veteran. and clint watts, former fbi special agent, and a distinguished research fellow at the foreign policy research institute. good evening and welcome to you all. jim, i'd like to start with you, as someone who never misses any of your posts, i am a ardent follower of yours. i start with my condolences to the core and military families. military friends of mine have been having such a hard time even before today's news hit, as i know you have. i hope we can stress that there are so many souls alive today because of these marines and service members, who were there for us and on duty. and to you, having served multiple tours, talk about where this happened, if you would, and talk about the mission from here. >> thank you for having me. there is a saying in the marines, there is no better friend and i think that is what we are seeing now. with what these service members have been displaying for weeks and days, that there

that is what you told the associated press. half the patients were under the age of 12, mestre said. all of them eligible for the vaccine. none of them were vaccinated. though you are seeing this at your hospital and in your state. >> exactly right, ali. when we are seeing now is we are actually up to 20 patients. 16 patients on the floor, six in the icu, ten on the regular floor. then we have another four waiting in our emergency department admitted to the hospital. we are definitely seeing an increase in cases, not just admitted to the hospital but also in our emergency rooms and urgency care centers across the city. >> again, you are a children's hospital, but we seem to be seeing at least anecdotally, and statistically, that there are more young people being hit by this right now. what is your sense of how that is the case? >> there is a higher percentage of children infected given that the older population is vaccinated and obviously, for those 12 under, they cannot be vaccinated. so there is a greater percentage of childr

experts tell the associated press booster shots will be recommended for all americans eight months afterir second dose. the announcement is expected as soon as this week as the delta variant pushes parts of the country into a fourth surge. >>> on the gridiron, the atlanta falcons are the first national football team to reach full vaccination. that means all of the players can practice and eat together without masks. >>> and the federal government has declared a water shortage for lake mead due to drought, triggering water conservation for states along the colorado river. the nation's largest reservoir is a lifeline for some 25 million people. for more news download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm tom hanson, cbs news, new york. >>> it' >>> it's tuesday, august 17th, 2021. this is the "cbs morning news." >>> breaking overnight. booster shots for the vaccinated. how soon all-americans could need a third shot to fight off the coronavirus. >>> i'm clear on my answer. i will not repeat the mistakes we've made in the past. >> defending his decision. president biden sta

. >> reporter: tyler, devastating news coming to us out of kabul the associated press has confirmed 11 u.s. marines along with a navy medic in the coordinated attacks outside the airport. it was two attacks, one at a gate that leads into the airport complex and another at a nearby hotel about 1,000 meters apart the immediate security breakdown, the taliban have condemned the event and say the united states was responsible for security in that area. nothing could be further from the truth. it was the taliban who guaranteed the united states security and safe passage for evacuations from afghanistan, which are scheduled to end on august the 31st. that's just next week, five days away this has thrown all of the plans into great question. the president spent the morning in the situation room with his closest advisers, we're told, and has been getting briefings from the defense department and others throughout the day. there will be a pentagon briefing at the top of the hour, 23 minutes from now. cnbc will have live coverage from the pentagon. the first notice of this went out at 9:44 a.m.

but you do have to do that. >> we have reporting tonight from the associated press and elsewhere thatre are enough votes in the state senate to then convict him and remove him from office. is that your reading of the vote right now in the legislature? >> yes, i think that's a correct read. you know, i've spoken to the speaker. the speaker carl hasty is you know a very practical and smart political figure in our state. and he knows his conference and the assembly conference. from what i have heard the various members are all aligned that way. >> does governor cuomo have the same information about these vote counts? >> i've told him that. i was very direct with the governor as to where support was, and he didn't have the support anywhere that he needed it. i was very clear about that. and i've always been very clear and very honest and open with him on matters like that. >> did the governor indicate there was any stage, any possibility of him resigning at some stage perhaps if articles of impeachment pass or if the assembly impeaches him might he resign before a senate trial? >> you kno

the associated press is reporting at least seven people were killed. let's bring in white house correspondent josh wingrove. distressing scenes as the airport remains the only exit point for people wanting to get out, including diplomatic staff, families, and people other countries are trying to get out. what is being done to ease the situation? josh: this is the update that was talked into biden's speech, which was mostly political, but there were nuggets. they are getting control of the towers at the airports so they can resume military and civilian flights, which are different areas of the airport. we all woke up to images, harrowing images of people desperate to get off the ground. u.s. flights have resumed and they are focusing on that. biden is adding more tropes -- troops to help secure the airport and delivering a warning to the taliban that any intervention, violence, or targeting of u.s. troops or people they are trying to rescue would be met by some sort of unspecified retaliation. we will see whether that happens or not. the speech made cle

service members and according to the associated press at least 95 afghans are dead following terror attackskabul. gunmen in two suicide bombers targeted thousands of people waiting near hamid karzai international airport yesterday, they were hoping to escape the new taliban rule. the first blast came just outside the airport gates and was followed by another explosion at a nearby hotel where would be evacuees were waiting. u.s. officials say gunmen opened fire on those gathered near the airport. isis-k the islamic state terror group's afghanistan affiliate has claimed responsibility for the killings. earlier in the day the u.s. embassy warned americans to stay away from the airport, citing a potential attack. the british and australian governments also send out similar messages. this was the deadliest day for the u.s. military in more than a decade. the u.s. military is pressing forward with evacuations in afghanistan. the state department says at least 500 americans were airlifted out of the country yesterday and just 1,000 remain. since the taliban entered kabul on august 14th officials s

amir, associated press? >> thank you mr. president. you have spoken powerfully about your own son and the weight of these decisions. with that in mind, and also with what you have said that the longer we stay, the more likelihood there would be a major attack, how do you weigh staying even one more day considering what has happened? pres. biden: i think what america says matters. what we say we are going to do in the context of which we say we will do it, we do it. unless something exceptional changes. there are additional american citizens, there are additional green card holders, additional personnel of our allies, additional sib cardholders, there are additional afghans that have helped us, and there are additional groups of individuals that contacted us from women's groups to ngo's, and others who have expressly indicated they want to get out. and, have gathered in certain circumstances, in groups on buses and other means. that still presents the opportunity for the next several days, now the 31st, to be able to get them out. our m

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those numbers from the associated press. earl is next, in indiana, republican. what did the war in afghanistan mean? caller: i believe this is the start of armageddon. the last days. people rioting in the streets. the young people rise up against their parents. we will have destruction everywhere. we will have all kinds of destruction. we are getting ready for the one world government, the one world church. that is what the bible says it is coming to. we are heading for the battle of armageddon. israel was -- host: we got your point. our next caller is out of louisiana, democrat. caller: good morning, how are you doing? it has always been about the money from the beginning. the minute you leave, that is their culture, they will not fight against their people. russia tried like the gentleman said earlier and they left. we should have went in with the purpose and then got out. in truth, there is no great way to get out of a war. you say don't say anything but you think those people waited 20 years? there is no way they could have moved that fast. they were watchin

monday morning, the associated press will preview the week ahead at the white house. then the wall street journal talks about what we can expect on capitol hill as the house are presented if takes a break to work on a budget legislation. editor in chief at the breaking defense newsletter will discuss the taliban's takeover of afghanistan. writer and former ceo on

. >> this cell phone footage independently verified by the associated press shows heavily armed talibanhters in afghanistan's -- valley. a spokesman for the militant group said it has the region surrounded and that "the enemy is under siege." located about 125 kilometers northeast of kabul, the province is the last remain under the control of government forces. so far, the taliban has met little resistance from the ousted government. but in panshir, the opposition promised a fight. the former vice president is in the region, insisting that he is now the country's legitimate leader. and resistance leader, ahmad m asd has said his forces are ready to take on the taliban. >> the people, they want to defend. they wan t to fight and they want to resist against any totalitarian regime. >> under the leadership of a renowned guerilla commander, the valley resisted the soviet invasion of the 1980's in the previous taliban take in the 1990's. while the opposition is vowing to fight, it is also calling on the taliban to negotiate. the taliban have said it is open to talks. but, with the stage set

i could not do this without the associated press's broadcasting season. and i would like to remind our viewers that this month marks nine years since the abduction of journalist austin tlc e the national press club started a possession on change. org to get the biden administration to take action to have austin return home safely. we homophobes that are listening today will check out our petition and sign it. so, let me get off my soapbox now and ask questions, or at least one of the last couple of questions because we still got about six minutes. >> ok. >> i asked you when we were in the room there about -- well, actually, i didn't ask you this and this has to do with the space force when when the space force was created, for me, i was making jokes and i don't know if you saw that cartoon where they were going space force. anyway yeah. i was making jokes about that. does having a sister service in the in u.s. space force, you know, which kind of falls in the department of the air force, does that cause a bunch of troubles or competition for you? are you c

look for that now works as a correspondent for the associated press.that a new phase is underway, at least a new resources being brought to bear on the evacuation

"the associated press," doing its due diligence, they talked to four former prisoners who had servedat the footage does, indeed, look like areas they recognize inside the prison. this is the part i can't get over, though. this. watch this. this is reportedly the control room inside evin where the guards monitor the closed-circuit security cameras all day long, every day. and if this video is what the hackers say it is, it shows, in live time, the guards there learning that they have been hacked. watch this. watch the screens. first, one of their monitors starts flashing red. then, a message pops up. what's that? you see the guy react. and then, boom! a whole bunch of the screens start flashing red. that same message pops up everywhere. message. look at his screens on his desk. the message in farsi reportedly reads cyberattack. and then, later, it says general protest until the freedom of political prisoners. look. just impossible to get your head around that this may actually be footage, in real-time, of the moment when the jailers running the most opaque notorious prison in iran lea

. >> the associated press has had some fascinating numbers on this.success of his presidency as to how he handles the pandemic. top of mind for voters more than any other issue, getting it under control, obviously, has been a number one priority. in an associated press poll in july, out of all voters, it had 66% of people approved of the way he has handled it. a poll that conducted, that dropped to 54%. the big gest and most alarming drop was this number over independent, 72% in july, now it's 44%. >> those numbers were striking to us when we got this poll back. biden's approval rating on covid has been ahead of his overall approval rating because independents had supported him. as that number falls we're seeing two things in that group of independents. some are disproving because they see caseloads going up, the vaccination rate being stalled but others in there disapprove of things like mask mandates being put back in place, cdc with further guidance. he's fighting on multiple fronts here. this is the point. more than afghanistan, almost anything el

the associated press doing its due diligence, they talked to four former prisoners who had served timetch this, this is reportedly the control room inside evin where the guards monitor the close circuit security cameras all the, long every day. and if this video is with the hackers say it, is it shows, in live time, the guards they're learning that they have been hacked. watch this, watch the screens. first, one of their monitors starts flashing red. then, it message pops up. what's? that you see the guy. react and then boom, a whole bunch of screen start flashing red. that same measures pops up everywhere, message look at the screens on and says. the message in, -- reads cyberattack. and then later it says, general protests until the freedom of political prisoners. look, just impossible to get your head around that this may actually be footage, in realtime, of the moment when the jailers running the most opaque mentors prison in iran, learn that everyone everywhere will soon be able to see everything they can see. will soon be able to see what they have been up to. government of iran

shot now, this according to 2 people with knowledge of the internal discussions who told the associated press saying us health officials will soon approve a covid-19 vaccine booster shot for all americans. this is to ensure lasting protecting protection rather against the coronavirus as the delta variant spreads across our country. and now we're following other up and coming variants as well. we know boosters are becoming recommended already for people who are fully vaccinated for moderna or pfizer. health officials are still waiting for second dose trial results for the johnson and johnson vaccine, which is expected to be by the end of the month. so stand by on that boosters would likely first go to people who became fully vaccinated first met includes health care workers, emergency workers nursing homes and people of older age us health officials already recommended in our now administering booster shots. you right here in the bay area for those with weakened immune systems. and now we wait to hear from the biden administration to announce when and how the pasar shot will be provided to the

amir, associated press? >> thank you, mr. president. you have spoken again powerfully about your own son and the weight of these decisions. with that in mind, and also what you have said -- that the longer we stay, the more likelihood there would be a major attack -- how do you wasting even one more day -- how do you weigh stay even one more day? president biden: because i think what american set -- i think what america says matters. that we do what we say. unless something exceptional changes. there are additional american citizens. there are additional green card holders. there are additional personnel of our allies. there are additional siv cardholders. there are additional afghans that have helped us. and there are additional groups of individuals that have contacted us, from women's groups to ngo's and others, who have expressly indicated they want to get out and have gathered in certain circumstances in groups on buses and other means. it still present the opportunity for the next several days, between now and the 31st, to be able

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i was assigned to yet by the associated press. and i arrived june 1962. the caravel hotel burst under the headlines in november 1963. when there was a military coup date, which led to the assassination of the president. and as over 24 hour period, the center of saigon was, was zone. the press retreated, in effect that the caravel hotel. and many of the story is mentioned we were saying was from the care of me. one of the last remaining ancient forest from southeast asia is a lifeline to hundreds of lumberjacks and drive. ah, we follow the treacherous journey as they walk through extreme condition together and transport the dangerous but precious cargo. risking at all, borneo on al jazeera there's a wave of sentiment around the world. you will actually want accountability from the people who are running their countries. and i think often people's voice is not heard because it's not part of the mainstream news narrative. obviously we cover the big stories and report on the big events going on, but we also tell a story that people generally don't have a voic

work the way it was supposed to, according to the inspector general's report obtained by the associated press. it found most of the emergency radio activations from officers were never simulcast, that is exposed to be standard protocol, designed to spread the word about emergencies. it is the fifth in a series in how the agency fell short. in a statement, capitol police said its policies and procedures were being updated and quote, a comprehensive training plan is be being developed. >>> the u.s. supreme court has denied the biden administration's efforts to throw out the remain in mexico policy. president biden suspended it at the beginning of his term and formally terminatored the policy months later. attorneys general in missouri and texas sued to reinstate the policy. they argue the administration did not go through proper procedures to end it. the biden administration appealed, but the high court denied it. now human rights groups are calling the decision a disaster and setback for the president. pete williams looks at what the loss means for the biden administration at 630 right here on

. >>> and the "associated press" says transportation secretary pete buttigieg announced that he and his husband, chasten, are parents. he posted the news on his personal twitter account. he's the first openly gay cabinet secretary confirmed by the senate. the 39-year-old has talked publicly about his desire to become a father since last year's campaign for the democratic presidential nomination. he said he had his husband -- he and his husband, rather, are overjoyed by the prospects of having a child. congratulations to them. >>> ahead, sweet addition. the girl scouts are adding a new cookie to the lineup. we'll tell you about the new flavor and why they call it adventurefuls. we'll tell you about the new flavor and why they call it adventurefuls. migraine medicine. it's ubrelvy. for anytime, anywhere migraine strikes, without worrying if it's too late, or where i am. one dose can quickly stop my migraine in its tracks within two hours. unlike older medicines, ubrelvy is a pill that directly blocks cgrp protein, believed to be a cause of migraine. do not take with strong cyp3a4 inhibito

. >>> the "associated press" says the dixie fire in northern california is threatening s es the month-oldlaze and the state's second-largest wildfire in history continues to burn out of control. extreme heat and windy conditions. the u.s. forest service says it's operating in crisis mode, fully deploying firefighters and maxing out its support system. the fire forced this woman from her home. >> still unimaginable. and its duration and impact on these people, oh -- all of us, including me, unbelievable. it's just -- how can this be? >> the dixie fire has burned more than 570,000 acres. it is 31% contained. >>> and the "austin american statesman" reports torrential rains in downtown austin led to flooding at the state's capitol. water poured into the halls of the building as heavy rain fell yesterday. a government official said a ck up water into one of the skylight drain troughs causing water to leak into the building. the national weather service says austin was hit with up to five inches of rain. >>> and still ahead, a video game hero. the latest ryan reynolds comedy scores big with mov

we are hearing word from the associated press that according to the taliban guard, the last u.s. planes have left. we are waiting to get confirmation on that and waiting to hear from the pentagon any minute. we have heard from a lot of folks earlier today on bloomberg. let's hear what they had to say. >> one of the reasons that biden was so keen to get out of afghanistan was to focus more attention on domestic problems. and the messy, costly withdrawal from afghanistan only increased the political risk and failing to deliver on that front. and the difficulties of getting it done. >> we are also leaving behind a lot of very expensive equipment. some of it we shouldn't worry that much about, trucks and things like that, but there is some sophisticated equipment that could get into the wrong hands. >> soldiers do not leave fellow soldiers on the battlefield. it is that simple. these afghan interpreters are the same way. they were with us on the battlefield, no different from any other soldiers in that squad, that platoon, that company. we have a moral obligation to do everything we