remember, jamie spears steps aside, another conservator takes his place. brittney remains under conservatorship even if jamie is replaced. >> reporter: jamie spears has been the subject of not only britney spears his daughter's wrath but also the anger and outrage of her fans for his role within the conservatorship and control of his daughter and jamie firing back in the court filing saying, quote, if the public knew all the facts of miss spears' personal life, not only her highs, but her lows, the addiction and mental health issues she has struggled with and all of the challenges of the conservatorship they would praise mr. spears for the job he has done, not vilify him. the next court hearing is scheduled for late september. guys? >> thank you very much. >>> 6:25 right now. wes will have new details in disgraced film maker harvey weinstein's criminal case in southern california. a judge has thrown out one of the accounts filed against him saying it fell outside the statute of limitations. weinstein still faces ten counts all of which he's pleaded not guilty to. h

this is being seen as a big win for brittney spears, although her father at the moment is not giving a timeline for his departure, something that is causing friction with her legal team, her lawyers saying he wants jamie spears to step down immediately. also legal analysts ts is a ste in the legal process. take a listen. >> what's jamie spears actually steps aside what does that mean for the free brittney movement? >> it means she's a step closer to being free, but only one step. remember, jamie spears steps aside, another conservator takes his place. brittney remains under conservatorship even if jamie is replaced. >> has been the subject of not only brittney spears his daughter's wrath, but also the anger and outrage of her fans. for his role within the conservatorship for his control of his daughter and jamie firing back in the court filing saying, quote, if the public knew all the facts of miss spears' personal life, not only her highs, but her lows, the addiction and mental health issues and all of the challenges of the conservatorship they would praise mr. spears for the job he

freeze during the pandemic and recent high turnover are cited for that lack of employees. >>> brittney spearsal battery investigation. a housekeeper claims spears assaulted her this week during an altercation of some sorts. the employee claims spears slapped her phone from her hand. the housekeeper was not injured but nevertheless filed a report. investigators say spears will not speak to them about the incident with her attorney calling the allegation sensational tabloid fodder. >>> the at 6:00, smoky start to your weekend. bay area remaining under a spare the air alert as the impact of the wildfires continues to wreak havoc. when you'll finally be able to breathe easier. >> hopefully this will create more reason to get vaccinated. >> no vaccine, no service. that sweeping vaccine mandate goes into effect in san francisco starting today. we'll tell you where you need to show proof you've gotten the shot. >>> the major pushback the cdc is getting from the world health organization after saying that pretty much everyone will need another injection. the third hour continues right now. >>> it's f

andrew is alleged to have had a close friendship with the lawyer for pump sub brittney spears and says her father has agreed to step down as the conservator of her estate. jamie speeds is controlled. much of his daughter's affairs since she suffered a mental health breakdown in 2008 american thing has been in a legal battle to end the arrangement, calling it humiliating and abusive. this is the case which sparks the global free brittany campaign and a debate potential abuses by and legal guardian performance at the world's largest up festival, the shining alive, and one of the great crises about time. climate change. john hall is the support for the edinburgh fringe and scotland. i you ok. i got for you to be gone. when a deadly wave in gulf, the city of dublin 2 friends must try to survive and reckon with the field of trapped on the top floor of a city, skyscraper, denial, whirlpools, powerful renewable resource afloat, is an online production co written and starring eva o'connor. at this he has pare down edinburgh festival fringe. i'm not sure if ours in and of itself can absolutely

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. >>> brittney spears' attorney says he plans to conduct a vigorous investigation into jaime spears,ts and pumpkin spice lattes, starting august 18th. when you're walking around in 95-degree heat, you know what really hits the spot? spicy, hot milk. >> i won't be stopping in for that. maybe for something else. >> most likely not. more laughs coming up. >>> our big news this morning, the pentagon is moving fast to get americans out of a gan stan. 3,000 u.s. troops are on their way to evacuate many state department staff from the embassy. one official told cbs news the move was prompted by the capture of city less than a mile away. they took the capitol helman overnight. there's concern it will fall in weeks, if not days. roxanna, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. with the taliban sweeping across the country at lightening speed, the u.s. troops are expected to arrive in the next 24 to 48 hours. the move highlights how fast the taliban have taken major cities in the past week. the latest victories, kandahar, the birthplace of the islamic fundamentalest group and a hub with pakist

it is now about protecting brittney and going after lynne spears.hat lynne spears is to blame here. it seems like he's trying to save what he made off of brittney. he wants to put the blame on lynne. he wants to protect what he has and ride off into the sunset as long as he doesn't have to forge all the millions of daughters he made off his daughter. >> where does britney spears and her fight for freedom go from here? we heard for so many months now, it's been a documentary and so on that she's been battling for this for some time. does this mean she's on the path now to having the freedom to choose, you know, how her life moves forward from here? >> well, hopefully. for brittney and her fans, they want her to be done with conservatorship, but it is not that easy. there is a court involved. the court has to approve the conservatorship to be wound down. after jayny leads a conservatorship, what you will see is there will be a petition by brittney's lawyer to end the conservatorship and then the process can actually happen because jaime was standing i

britt knit spears argued otherwise. vindication for brittney and says they look forward for the vigorous investigation and others over the past 13 years. >> this pandemic is far from over. new york city has come certainly a long way in the fight, something uplifting for everyone, we love nyc, the homecoming con serpt is next saturday, august 21st in new york. music feature superstars, you will see it here only on cnn, next saturday, august 21st. the news continues right now. let's turn things over to "don lemon tonight." >>> good evening everyone, this is "don lemon tonight." this is really important to me and for you and the country to see. every night for the past year and a half in this program, i sit here and i talk about the pandemic and i talk about the deaths and the politics and the misinformation, i talk about all of it but not tonight, not today. today i spent the day in the covid ward in the hospital where i was born in baton rouge, louisiana. except there is not a covid ward, it is becoming a covid hospital since there are so many p

. >>> and after a long, bitter battle, britney spears father says he intends to step down as the pop stars' conservator. does it mean brittney will be free at last? >>> welcome to our viewers. i'm jim acosta. and you're in "the situation room." wolf blitzer is off tonight. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> we are covering the crisis in afghanistan from every angle in the capital of kabal and here in the u.s. we begin with barbara star. barbara, what are you learning about this new deployment of about 3,000 troops? obviously a lot to explain over there at the pentagon. >> good evening, jim. this is exactly what president biden did not want to have to do, but he is sending u.s. troops back into afghanistan even as he's still trying to withdraw the troops that were there. now about 3,000 u.s. troops, army, marines, some air force will go into afghanistan to help secure the capital of kabal to help withdraw u.s. diplomats from the embassy. they're trying to get the number of americans down to the bare minimum there because of the unfolding violence, the deteriorating security situation as the taliban continue on the march. many