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. >> the cbs we ♪ ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> diaz: tonight, the delta variant runs rampant.tions roar back to their highest numbers in six months. this as hundreds of thousands of bikers ride and rev up in crowded sturgis, south dakota. cbs news is there. >> reporter: more than half a million bikers are expected to roll into sturgis. some are already here. but the fear is some may roll out with covid. >> diaz: also tonight, a perfect storm of heat, drought, and wind fuels wildfires in the west. in the destruction, a race to rescue an escaped and burned bear cub. plus, the latest legal troubles for embattled new york governor andrew cuomo. >> i'm the county sheriff. i'm not going to be intimidated. i'm not going to be coerced. >> diaz: the senate goes into overdrive on the road to a massive infrastructure bill. olympic glory. the latest on team u.s.a., and allyson felix's golden finish. and later, wonderful wally. a home town honors a trailblazer as she shares her story of soaring into space. >> i'm looking out the window, and i say, "wow! there goes the ground!" this is the

elizabeth palmer, cbs news, london. >> well, that is the cbs weekend news for this sunday. we'll continue to follow hurricane ida and its aftermath in louisiana first thing tomorrow on cbs this morning. and of course any time on cbs news.com. i'm jericka duncan in new york. we thank you so much for watching. have a great night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access gro at wgbh >>> live from the cbsn bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. >>> another day with a very dramatic plume of smoke coming off of the caldor fire and we will talk about air quality but also about what that means for that fire. >>> mother nature is fickle and through us a curveball. >> dry and hot conditions threatening to undo days of progress for firefighters and the new strategy for cruise. >>> a rivalry rekindled as the raiders returned to the bay area to face off against the 49ers and why fans have waited a decade for the matchup. >>> good evening. we begin with a live look outside and the sky looking far less hazy than it did earlier this week, with the smoke and heat triggering a s

mark strassmann, cbs news, atlanta. >> o'donnell: and still much more news ahead on tonight's cbs evening news, parting shots from disgraced governor andrew cuomo as he leaves office and the girls stealing the show at the little league world series. >> o'donnell: hours before he leaves office disgraced new york governor, andrew cuomo blames his demise to intense political pressure and media frenzy, that he was forced to step down after the state's attorney general accused him of sexually harassing 11 women. lt. governor kathy hochul will be sworn in add midnight and become new york's first female governor. all eyes are on the little league world series where 12 year old ella brunning is hoping to make history as the first girl on a championship team. she had multiple hits in her team's latest victory and stole a base and scored. ella's team from abilene, texas, is considered one of the best in the tournament. all right, coming up next, a special reunion for a soldier who became a hero for the shot he didn't fire. like you, my hands are everything to me. but i was diagnosed with dupuytren'

michael george, cbs news, new york. >> duncan: straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news," what's behind the toxic tide killing fish off the florida coast? plus we get an exclusive preview of broadway's first post- pandemic play. and later, one woman's mission to protect america's wild horses. (vo) for over 50 years purina cat chow has been helping cats feel at home. with trusted nutrition, no wonder it's the number one dry cat food in america. come home to cat chow. what makes new salonpas arthritis gel so good for arthritis pain? salonpas contains the most prescribed topical pain relief ingredient. it's clinically proven, reduces inflammation and comes in original prescription strength. salonpas. it's good medicine. ready to shine from the inside out? try nature's bounty hair, skin and nails gummies. the number one brand to support beautiful hair, glowing skin, and healthy nails. and introducing jelly beans with two times more biotin. did you know that your clothes can actually attract pet hair? with bounce pet hair & lint guard, your clothes can repel pet hair. look how the shirt on t

cbs' dr.apook reports on a revolutionary way to screen for it. >> and you're going to stand here. >> reporter: the future of skin cancer screening has arrived with this odd-shaped machine. so, these are all cameras here? >> yes, so total of 92 cameras. they all shoot essentially simultaneously. >> reporter: then, within minutes, a software program builds a 3 dimage of the patient's body in precise detail. before the pandemic, dr. allan halpern of memorial sloan kettering showed us how. >> they can zoom in and zoom out. >> reporter: this is amy arsuaga. this is amy arsuaga rendered in three dimentions. for as long as she can remember, she has had hundreds of moles over her entire body, puttingen. her at increased risk for melanoma. conventional screenings took hours. >> not wearing my clothes for four hours. it just wasn't too keen on going back. >> reporter: awkward. >> yeah. >> reporter: according to a recent study, during the pandemic, fewer skin cancer screenings may have meant delays in th

cbs' lonnie quinn has the latest.onnie, fill us in. >> all right, we have a lot going on out there. i'm going to start with the caribbean, because the storm you're referring to right now is south of puerto rico, wind 35 miles per hour. pretty darn likely this will become tropical storm fred, could be as early as tonight. we'll keep an eye on that. once it becomes tropical storm fred, where does it go from there? it looks like it skips through the caribbean to puerto rico hispaniola, cuba, and getting weaker, not stronger because it's interacting with land. once it exits cuba, now it's in the florida straits, probably getting stronger. possibly make a landfall in south florida, probably more likely it will skirt the coast and up towards the panhandle. that will probably be monday if it takes that track. that's where it's most likely to travel. that's next week for any impact in our country as far as the landfall goes. for this week, it's about building heat. two-third of the country it just keeps getting hotter and hot

cbs' steve hartman on how a young intruder stole a homeowner's heart. >> this is the "cbs evening news norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> whitaker: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank norah is off tonight. i'm bill whitaker. we begin tonight with the sobering news that for the first time in six months, the u.s. has topped 120,000 covid cases in a single day, a strong signal that the summer surge is only growing. but as we head into the weekend with the pace of shots picking up, today the country crossed the half-way mark in the race to get every american fully vaccinated. still, the spike in cases among children is fueling a fierce debate over whether to require masks in schools. it's reaching a boiling point in several states, like florida, where the governor is dead set against mask mandates. cbs' manuel bojorquez begins our coverage tonight from miami. manny, how fast are cases rising in florida? >> reporter: well, bill, today, florida broke records, not just for new covid-19 cases, but also hospitalizations. they are the highest numbers since th

sources tell cbs news that the f.d.a. plans to allow people with certain underlying health conditions to get a booster dose of either the pfizer or moderna shot.moderna cbs' janet shamlian leads us off in houston. janet, please tell us, how critical is this moment in texas? >> reporter: major, good evening. take a look. we are inside of a tent. it's equipped with supplies and hospital beds, just like an emergency room, even though there is a hospital emergency room just outside of this tent. but tonight, it is so full, they needed a backup plan. ( sirens ) tonight the delta variant is devastating the south. they've put up an overflow tent outside houston's l.b.j. hospital. inside, a dozen emergency room patients are waiting for beds in the i.c.u. >> we are challenged. we are stressed in our hospital capacity. >> reporter: more than 20,000 new cases reported across texas on tuesday, the highest in six months, and spiking just as kids are going back to school. the san antonio and austin districts defying the governor's no-m

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captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org watch cbs in bayx 5 news app. >>> this is the "cbs overnight news." >>>. >>> i'm jeff pegus in washington, thanks for staying with us. the food and drug administration has given full approval to pfizer's covid-19 vaccine. until now, all the vaccines have beened a administered under a emergency use authorization. the authorization now gives the ability to impose vaccine mandates and it allows the pentagon to vaccinate all of the service members and as the delta variant spreads, full authorization could convince some vaccine hold-outs to roll up their sleeves and take the jab. >>> one virus hot spot is in louisiana. since june, the number of covid deaths in louisiana has climbe more than 300%. we have the story from an icu in lafayette hospital. >> reporter: 24 years old. this is kaylee rao, she is one of the sickest patients in the main icu in the medical center in lafayette, louisiana. her mother is amy. >> we let our guard down. we started venturing out. we booked a family vacation. we thought like t

cbs' omar villafranca is there. omar. >> reporter: adriana, the before is urging people to leave if they can, but if they're going to stay, if they're going to hunker down, he wants them in place by midnight tonight. and people seem to be listening. they're getting ready for the storm and the aftermath. on the streets of new orleans, the sound before the fury, business owners boarding up their windows, the plywood mark would the names of the hurricanes they've survived. bumper-to-bumper traffic clogged the roads and highways out of new orleans as people try to move out of the dangerous and powerful storm's path. mayor latoya cantrell warned today the time to leave is now. >> prepare for damaging wind, power outages, heavy rain, tornadoes. what i am told is that this storm in no way will be weakening. >> reporter: people riding out the storm stocked up on the orelves.if they were still on there were runs on food, water, and other necessities just hours before ida makes landfall. gas lines were also long, as many fill

anna werner, cbs news, kenosha. >> garrett: there is still much more news ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news." flood waters in an unlikely place and the people who barely got out. the explosive test to find out if america's newest aircraft carrier is battle ready. and playf thy, tackled-- sort of-- by the ball girl. how to keep track of her medication, and how to keep her spirits up. [announcer] you can quit. call 1-800-quit now for help getting free medication. well, geico's 85 years isn't just about time, you know. it means experience. i mean, put it this way. if i told you i'd been jarring raspberry preserves for 85 years, what would you think? (humming) well, at first you'd be like, "that has gotta be some scrumptious jam!" (humming) and then you'd think, "he looks fantastic! i must know his skin care routine." geico. saving people money for 85 years. beg your pardon. what can i du with less asthma? with dupixent i can du more... geico. saving people money for 85 years. yardwork... teamwork... long walks.... that's how you du more, with dupixent, which helps prevent asthma attacks.

cbs' steve hartman with a woman who puts her whole self in to her favorite song. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> dokoupil: good evening, and thank you for joining us. norah is off. i'm tony dokoupil. and we begin with breaking developments in afghanistan. president biden's national security team has told him another attack is likely, and the next few days could be the most dangerous of the evacuation. tonight, we're also learning new details about the isis-k attack that took the lives of 13 american service members and at least 170 afghans. the military now says there was only one suicide bomber, not two. evacuation flights have resumed. more than 16,000 people were flown out in the last 36 hours. and several thousand more are inside the airport in kabul awaiting flights out. but the mission there is set to end soon, and the u.s. military is still expected to complete its withdrawal in four days' time. and tonight, criticism of presidpresident biden's handlinf the crisis is growing louder. cbs' charlie d'agata is monitor

mireya virreal, cbs news in kansas city, missouri. >> duncan: still ahead on the cbs weekend news, we remember a star on the music stage, and a legendary coach on the gridiron. >> duncan: that celebration, a classic and a huge hit by kool and the gang. we learned this weekend that the band's cofounder dennis dee tee thomas has died. the band came together in 1969. dee tee thomas was 70 years old. and legendary college football coach bobby bowden has died. bowden lead florida state to a remarkable 28 straight bowl a appearances. and won two national a championships, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last month, he was 91 years old. next on the cbs weekend news, these amateur athletes take on an olympic size challenge to honor a loved one. olympic sizeo honor a loved one. with downy infusions, let the scent set the mood. feel the difference with downy. i brought in ensure max protein, with thirty grams of protein. those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks! [sighs wearily] here, i'll take that! woo-hoo! ensure max protein. wiy gramof pin, and now with two new flavors! e

cbs's david martin is at the pentagon, but we begin with cbs's roxana saberi in kabul.a, good evening. please tell us, just how anxious are afghans tonight? >> reporter: major, the mood here is grim tonight, as each day the taliban take over more and more key cities. the people here fear kabul could be next. with stunning speed, taliban fighters are sweeping across afghanistan. today, they took their biggest prize yet, the second-largest city, kandahar, dealing another moral and strategic blow to the afghan government and their forces. herat, the country's third- biggest city, also collapsed. and after seizing ghazni, the taliban now control a city only about 90 miles southwest of kabul. the group's rapid victories are overwhelming afghan troops, triggering the u.s. to announce today the significant staff draw-down at its embassy in the coming days. >> we intend to continue that enduring partnership with the people of afghanistan, and the government of afghanistan. so this shouldn't be read as any sort of message to the taliban. >> reporter: but as the u.s. prepares to

this is cbs news flash. i'm tom hanson in new york.upreme court says president biden cannot end the remain in mexico policy for migrants. the trump era program requires asylum seekers at the southern border to await approval in mexico. >>> heisman winner herschel walker will join the hud huddle republican hopefuls running for senate in georgia. the 59-year-old former nfl player filed paper to enter the race against raphael warnock in 2022. >>> after a wave of voting restrictions in republican states, the house has passed the john lewis voting rights act which gives the federal government more power to challenge discrimination at the ballot box. the bill now heads to an evenly divided senate. download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. hanson, cbs news, new yo . >>> it's wednesday, aug >>> it's wednesday, august 25th, 2021. this is the "cbs morning news." secret trip. as the u.s. races to evacuate americans from afghanistan, why two lawmakers decided to fly to kabul. >>> breaking overnight, remain in mexico reinstated.

captioning sponsored by cbs ca >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >>> i'm errol barnettington. thanks for staying with us. right now a humanitarian crisis is unfolding in northern afghanistan. the taliban offensive continues to capture towns and cities and that's got thousands of people on the move, fleeing the conflict. the european union is offering humanitarian aid to afghanistan's neighbors to help deal with the flood of refugees. it is expected to eventually total half a million people. meanwhile, eight provincial capitals have fallen to the taliban gun men. charlie d'agata is back and filed this story from london. >> reporter: the taliban were rampaging across the rural areas. they were stopping short of the city center surrounding them. the thought was they were going to wait until all u.s. forces leave by the end of the month fore launc a l scale tt's already underway. >>> the take over of the northern city was textbook taliban. blast their way in early in the morning, spark a mass panic among residents, sprint to the city center, raise their flag, declare victor

this is the "cbs morning news." breaking overnight, an out-of-control wildfire tears through a small community in northern california destroying homes and businesses. >>> criminal investigation. possibly more trouble ahead for new york governor andrew cuomo following a lengthy sexual harassment investigation. >>> olympic glory. an american shot putter sets a new world record winning another gold medal. the drought he breaks for team the drought he breaks for team usa. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. good to be with you. 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 ab

this is the "cbs morning news." afghanistan's sudden fall.rol of the war-torn country. the chaotic airport scene overnight as residents try to flee kabul. >>> search for survivors. crews dig through rubble after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake in haiti. why rescue efforts could be hampered over the next few days. >>> historic increase. food stamp benefits are going up for 42 million americans. the largest hike in the the largest hike in the program's history. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. i'm tom hanson in for anne-marie green.

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs overnight news."ght >>> i'm ben takes tracy in wash thanks for staying with us. >>> earthquake operations have continued in haiti. the rain has caused widespread flooding and land slides. the quake left about 1500 people dead and thousands hurt. the death toll is expected to climb as search teams continue to dig through the rubl. we have the story from port-au-prince. >> hops are overwhelmed by the how thousands of patients and that is just the hospitals that are still standing. in the hardest hit areas, many are piles of rubble and leaving those in need of help scrambling. in this hard hit town, the white tents are serving as make triage units. the agony of those being treated is painted on their faces. the small hospitals can barely take in more patients. for those suffering the most serious injuries, a trip to a hospital in port-au-prince is necessary. the medical director, scott nelson, has been working here since 2010's earthquake. >> we have many on the emergency room floor, and outside for lack

for more news cbs news app on your cell phone or >>> it's tuesday, august 24th, 2021, this is the "cbs morning news." vaccine milestone. pfizer gets full fda approval in the race to fight the coronavirus. how some companies are wasting no time with new vaccine mandates. >>> drawing a red line. the taliban warning if the u.s. keeps soldiers past tuesday's deadline. >>> midnight ceremonies. a new chapter begins for new york state with its first ever female governor. >>> good morning. good to be with you. 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

this is cbs news flash.se preston in new york. >>> ida is to blame for at least one death this morning. officials say a fallen tree may have killed the victim sunday. as the weaker but still powerful storm continues to wreak havoc along the gulf coast, nearly 1 million customers in louisiana and mississippi are in the dark dealing with dangerous h winds and flooding. ida made landfall sunday afternoon on the 16th anniversary of hurricane katrina. >>> u.s. military officials are investigating if civilians may have been killed in the u.s. drone strike that killed two isis-k militant members saturday. officials say they would be deeply saddened if innocent lives were lost. for more news, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm elise reston, cbs news, new >>> it's monday, august 30th, 2021. this is the "cbs breaking overnight, ida's fury. the extensive damage from the deadly hurricane after it made landfall on the gulf coast as a category four. more than a million customers are without

this is the "cbs morning news." wild weather. record-breaking rain triggers massive flooding in tennessee kilting at least 22 people. meantime, parts of the northeast are also submerged after henri makes landfall as a tropical storm leaving thousands in the dark. >>> breaking overnight, violence at kabul airport. the latest on the fire-fight that left at least one person dead as president biden considers extending the deadline for evacuations. >>> vaccine milestone. the pfizer shot is reportedly on track to become the first coronavirus vaccine to get full coronavirus vaccine to get full fda approval as soon as today. 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 p

the cb evening news captioning sponsored by cbs captioning sponsored by cbsattp across the country, as the delta variant surges nationwide, with health officials warning the next three months are going to be tough. some hospitals expanding their morgues, setting new records for covid patients in florida and missouri, but there's good news tonight on the administration's vaccination goal. plus breaking news about senator lindsey graham, he just tested positive for coronavirus. why he says he's thankful he's vaccinated. facing eviction: with a ban running out, what's being done to help americans like ebony smith, one of the millions who is behind on their rent. biles is back, the olympian says she'll compete after an emotional roller coaster for u.s.a. gymnastics. what her teammates are saying tonight after picking up medals in the events she missed. plus, tennis star rafael nadal talks about his support for simone biles. drinking and cancer: the new study that links alcohol use and cancer. the number of drinks that could put you at risk. cbs news investigation: you know the a.s.p.c.a.'s

our news captioning sponsored by cbs captioning sponsored by cbs >> whitaker: tonight: an entire town up in flames, wiped out, as ferocious wildfires tear through california. homes, stores and gas stations all burned to the ground. history erased and buildings that stood in the state's gold country for more than a century gone in a matter of hours. >> there is destruction everywhere you look. >> whitaker: also tonight: is this the next covid superspreader? we're in sturgis, south dakota, where hundreds of thousands of bikers will rally. why one hospital is stocking up on ventilators. plus, important news for anyone who's had the moderna vaccine. charging ahead: the president pushes car-makers to go electric, and the new rules that may affect the next car you buy. >> it's electric. there's no turning back. >> whitaker: raid gone wrong: a chicago family sues police after officers kick in their door and hold them at gunpoint, even two young girls. >> so what did you do when you saw the gun? >> i was crying. >> whitaker: olympic home coming: fans celebrate a triumphant stateside return fo

here's cbs' janet shamlian. >> there you go!icki bunke is getting ready for an open-water swim, it doesn't come natural. >> i'm a little bit claustrophobic-- maybe a lot claustrophobic. so i don't like to put my face in the water. >> reporter: the georgia mom until recently had never swam a full lap, making this all the more remarkable. her daughter was the family athlete. but a cruel diagnosis at age 11 of osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer, meant the amputation of her leg. grace could still swim and joined the cancer fund-raising group, swim across america, until her condition worsened. did you ever imagine it was terminal? >> absolutely not. we knew it was treatable and we thought she would be the one who would make it. >> reporter: when it was clear to the family she had little time left, grace asked her mom to swim in her place. >> it was touching, but at the same time, it was a bit terrifying. >> reporter: she took lessons and just finished her eighth open-water swim on the way to 14, grace's age when she died. raising th

watch cbs in bay area with the kpix 5 news app. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >>> good evening and thanks for joining us tonight. america's covid recovery has hit a dangerous roadblock. today dr. anthony fauci warned this latest surge driven by the delta variant will get worse. infections are spiking across the country. hospitalizations and deaths are also rising. more shots are going into arms, but only about half of us are fully vaccinated. cbs's lilia luciano is in west hollywood with the latest. >> reporter: thank you, jericka. now l.a. county has 45% higher hospitalizations in just one week, and there are more than a thousand vaccination sites in the hopes that more people will get their shots and finally stop the spread. >>> tonight there's no end in sight for the covid summer surge. cases are climbing. that's not enough to stop this party. in chicago, hundreds of thousands packed la palooza, the four-day music festival. most showed proof of vaccination. >> we're pfizer fairies. >> reporter: there is concern breakthrough cases could trigger outbreaks. >> i feel ve

captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> this is cbs overn a dozen fires burning across california forcing thousands of people to leave everything behind and escape in their lives. stores and gas stations and restaurants and all of it destroyed. the so-called river fire northeast of sacramento scorched hundreds of thousands of acres. some feared the fire season can get worse. >> reporter: we are standing in a neighborhood that's completely destroyed. the river fire started yesterday afternoon, it quickly exploded to 1400 acres, north of where we are is the addiction any fire. it is about 200 times of the size of this one and growing by the hour. >> reporter: the flames of the dixie fire gutted the entire town of greenville, california, homes and stores and gas stations burned to the ground. the fire is on the move, exploding to about 20,000 acres in a single day. it is covering 278,000 acres and 30% contained. firefighters struggled to drive through smoke and the dry vegetation and brush are fuelling the fire. residents are packing up. >> mo

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cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm tom hanson, cbs news, new york. >>> it's thursday, august 19th, 2021. this is the "cbs morning news." third vaccine dose. the cdc wants eligible americans to get a booster shot against covid, but the decision is getting pushback from world health leaders. >>> airport standoff. taliban fighters shoot their weapons into the air as desperate afghans try to flee the country. why u.s. troops could stay there past the august 31st deadline. >>> slithery surprise. a shopper comes face to face with a python right in the with a python right in the middle of a grocery store. 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

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cbs news, times square. >>> another live >>o'donnell: this is a cbs news special report. i'm. >>o'donnell: >>o'donnell nora o'donnell in washington. president biden is about to address the nation, his military leaders were unanimous in recommending the war end when it did. but there are thousands that war left behind. there's the podium set up right there in the east room of the white house, wuija jang is set up outside, what do you expect from the president? >> historic air lift bringing 124,000 people including over 5500 americans out of kabul in just a matter of weeks but in a statement that he released yesterday, the president said, he would also directly address the american people. about his decision to withdraw on august 31st, even though in previous statements he said that if there were still americans, who remained in afghanistan who wanted to evacuate, there would remain also a u.s. military presence. so we expect him to explain what happened. as you mentioned, his military advisors all advised against doing that and certainly we expect that he will mention the 13 se

cbs's nancy cordes is going to lead us off tonight from the white house.g, nancy. >> reporter: good evening, norah. and tonight, we are learning that the military has been conducting more emergency missions to rescue both american citizens and c.i.a. personnel outside of the kabul airport, using choppers to do so. today, the secretary of state saying that, of the 6,000 or so americans who were in afghanistan at the start of the month, about three quarters of them have now been evacuated. >> this is very high risk. >> reporter: secretary blinken said the state department has contacted about 500 americans in the past 24 hours, giving them instructions on how to get to safety. but that leaves about a thousand americans whose wishes and status are unclear. >> we're aggressively reaching out to them, multiple times a day, through multiple channels of communication-- phone, email, text messaging-- to determine whether they still want to leave, and to get the most up-to-date information and instructions to them for how to do so. >> reporter: more than 70,000 afgh

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cbs news investigation: you know the a.s.p.c.a.'s commercials -- what we're learning about how the animal charity spends the hundreds of millions of dollars donated. hundreds of flights canceled: what's to blame for the travel woes. and the spirit of the games: how fierce rivals come together in the name of sportsmanship. this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening, and thank you so much for joining us, and as we start out a new week, there is both good news and alarming news in the coronavirus pandemic. the biden administration just announced states with the highest rate of covid cases are seeing vaccinations more than double, and although it's nearly a month late, the u.s. has now reached president biden's goal of partially vaccinating 70%. the new covid cases numbers are higher now than last summer's peak and weekly hospital admissions up more than 40% mostly does a of the delta variant. it can infect twice as many peoples as the original strain of covid the

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elise preston, cbs news. >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning saturday."and japanese athletes have been dominant, winning 5 out of 12 medals, including three gold. and as lucy craft reports, it's a testament to how the sport has overcome being stigmatized in japan. >> reporter: meet shimon, japan's skateboarding evangelist. a youtuber with over 200,000 subscribers, he test rides skate parks, demystifies new tricks, and tire lisly preaches the gospel of skating. he found unlikely salvation on a narrow plank of wood and the friendship of fellow casts. >> back then, i was more antisocial. people who couldn't visit in society. like i couldn't fit in school. i felt like i didn't have freedom. but skateboarding gives me freedom. >> now 23, skateboarding has taken shimon on skate aid trips, bringing boards to underprivileged kids in sri lanka. she he's got his own clothing line, and has just published a memoir, skateboarding gave me a place to be and a future. the urban jungle of japanese cities packed with rails, ledges, and slopes has proven an ir resistible pl

cbs's nancy cordes joins us now from the white house., good evening. >> reporter: good evening, norah. we just heard from the commander in chief. he said, despite these deaths, his military leaders want to continue with this risky evacuation mission for a few more days, and he does, too. >> a tough day. >> reporter: a somber president biden called the fallen troops heroes, who died in the service of an historic airlift. >> we have some sense, like many of you do, what the families of these brave heroes are feeling today. get this feeling like you are being sucked into a black hole in the middle of your chest, and there is no way out. >> reporter: the president said he has ordered the pentagon to draw up plans to strike back at the isis offshoot that claimed responsibility for the bombing. >> to those who carried out this attack, as well as anyone who wishes america harm, know this: we will not forgive. we will not forget. we will hunt you down, and make you pay. >> reporter: the attack came just five days before the troops were set to pu

cbs' weijia jiang is at the white house.eijia, that's the question: were they caught off-guard or did they ignore the warnings? >> reporter: well, norah, that is the key question, because that classified intelligence assessments painted an increasingly grim picture of the situation on the ground. and as recently as july, they assessed that the taliban could capture the capital, kabul, within weeks. but, of course, that raises the question: why then, around the exact same time, was president biden publicly insisting it was highly unlikely that the taliban could overrun the country? >> o'donnell: and weijia, what about all that u.s. equipment that has now fallen into the hands of the taliban? >> reporter: president biden's national security adviser, jake sullivan, has confirmed that the taliban has seized a "fair amount of u.s. weaponry and equipment," adding that he does not get the sense they are going to turn any of it back over to u.s. forces. norah. >> o'donnell: weijia jiang, thank you. well, tonight, we wanted to hear d

that's tonight's "cbs evening news." ♪ ♪ >>> this is the "cbs overnight news." >>> i'm jeff pegues in clock continues on tick on the evacuation from afghanistan, president biden insists that the pull-out of u.s. military forces and america's afghan allies will be complete by the end of the month and some are already will shipping out with their equipment. the chaos at the air port has stopped somewhat. that is because there are people being stop onned before they get to the airport. >> the evacuees carry the certainty of uncertain future and losing their country. in central germany, a village has sprung up overnight. at the giant u.s. military air base, the service members are doing their best to calm and entertain thousands. this woman said she worked for an american norgz organization kabul and feared the taliban would kill her. she had to leave her parents behind. >> i'm not sure i will see them again, am i going to talk with them or not? am i going to be in a safe place? >> this is a weigh station before flying elsewhere, very likely the u.s. to start a new life. there's one thing

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