cbs's christina ruffini joins us from the white house with more on today's very fast changing events. christina. >> reporter: good evening, jericka. earlier today the american flag and the american ambassador were removed from u.s. embassy kabul and taken to karzai international airport which has essentially become america's last stand in afghanistan. >> in terms of what we set out to do in afghanistan, we've done it. >> reporter: secretary of state anthony blinken today defended u.s. policy in afghanistan. and its repercussions. >> like it or not, there was an agreement that the forces would come out on may 1st. had we not begun that process, we would have been back at war with the taliban. >> reporter: american diplomats are now at the heavily fortified airport setting up a temporary embassy with limited staff trying to evacuate as many as 10,000 civilians. even the dogs are getting out. >> this is president biden's saigon moment. >> they totally blew this one. they completely underestimated the strength of the taliban. >> reporter: house democrat jason crow, who served in afghanist

christina ruffini is at the white house. if this is happening with bipartisan support, the question is what is taking so long? >> reporter: good evening, jericka. there is some irony in the fact that a bill designed to help things move faster and better is making a slow crawl towards the finish line but it is crawling towards the finish line, we saw pizzas delivered a little while ago as senators prepare for another long night. there will be a procedural vote around 7:30 p.m. and unless they do some real maneuvering are o step on the gas we are expecting a final vote to come tuesday it does still enjoy bipartisan support, 18 republicans have signed on including minority leader mitch mcconnell. and that has even oppoinents of the bill admitting it is probably likely to pass. that means those roadwork signs could be coming to i a state near you, including 25.3 billion colors for highway-- dollars for highways in california, 5.37 million for bridges in texas, and 316 million dollars for public transportation in hawaii, hopefull

cbs' christina ruffini is at the white house tonight. christina, we keep hearing about this deal but is it really within reach? >> reporter: good evening, jericka. yes, after working through a rare weekend, that bipartisan group of senators said that infrastructure bill we have heard so much about for so long is finally, almost ready to move forward. >> i understand it is being finalized imminently. >> and we really are just about finished. >> it's 99 and 9/10 finished. they're drafting it. >> reporter: on "face the nation" today west virginia democrat joe manchin told john dickerson the end is in sight. >> hopefully we will introduce it today, vote on it tonight, start amendment process hopefully on monday and we'll start amendment process hopefully on monday and we'll move on. >> reporter: moving is at the center of the legislation, which provides a trillion dollars to buttress bridges, repave roads and build better broadband. >> there is no county, no community, certainly no state in this nation that won't see improvements because of t

our christina ruffini has more from the white house. vening, christina. >> reporter: good evening, adriana. as you mentioned, house democrats just didn't have the votes to extend that eviction moratorium, prompting one lawmakers to take her protest outside the capitol overnight. >> this is not okay. we cannot just allow humans-- seven million of them, possibly-- to, over the next few weeks, be sent out to the streets. >> reporter: after a night of camping out on the capitol steps, missouri representative cori bush was joined by senator elizabeth warren. >> we've got 11 and a half hours for the c.d.c. to step up and say we're going to extend the moratorium. >> our states and our localities need to push the money out. the money has to be released. >> reporter: but the white house says a recent supreme court decision prevents the c.d.c. from approving another extension, and house democrats didn't have the votes. >> the longer it takes to finish, the longer we'll be here. >> reporter: meanwhile, on the other side of the steps, democratic and

adriana. >> diaz: christina ruffini, thank you. the u.s.ritish embassies in afghanistan are advising their citizens to leave the country immediately. this as violence escalates and the taliban seize another city.. here's cbs' imtiaz tya here's cbs' imtiaz tyab. >> reporter: for the taliban, this is what victory looks like as it takes control of the city of zarang in the southwestern nimroz province. it's the first provincial capital to be captured by the group since it signed a deal with the trump administration last year. the western-backed afghan government is now suffering body blow after body blow, as the taliban tightens its grip across the country. on friday, taliban fighters assassinated a top adviser to president ashraf ghani. speaking at the funeral, ghani called the taliban "the enemies of afghanistan" and said, "they fill coffins with our young people, and treat them like savages." more than half the country's districts are now in taliban hands. while most are in remote regions, some are extremely strategic, giving the taliban co

cbs' christina ruffini joins us from the white house with more on today's very fast changing events. ina. >> reporter: good evening, jericka. earlier today the american flag and the american ambassador were removed from u.s. embassy kabul and taken to karzai international airport which has essentially become america's last stand in afghanistan. >> in terms of what we set out to do in afghanistan, we've done it. >> reporter: secretary of state anthony blinken today defended u.s. policy in afghanistan and its repercussions. >> like it or not, there was an agreement that the forces would come out on may 1. had we not begun that process, we would have been back at war with the taliban. >> reporter: american diplomats are now they heavily fortified airport setting up a temporary embassy with limited staff trying to evacuate as many as 10,000 civilians. even the dogs are getting out. >> this is president biden's saigon moment. >> reporter: during a previous briefing for lawmakers mark milley said al-qaeda could reconstitute itself faster than the original estimate of twohey. they completely

>> christina ruffini at the white house tonight, thank you. games and the united states leads the overall medal count with 59 so far, 20 of them gold. cbs's jamie yuccas is in tokyo and joins us with some very surprising finishes, if i say so myself, jamie. >> reporter: i know, you have to watch them all, too, jericka, right? this weekend marks the end of swimming competitions. track will start racing to the finish line and usa women's soccer and men's basketball are do or die, heading into the knock-out stages in each sport. italy's lamont marcell jacobs becomes the first man to win the 100 meter gold ever for his country. born in texas, jacobs only lived in the u.s. for a short time before moving across the world with his mother. meanwhile, simone biles cheered on sunisa lee, kerry and skinner. lee took home bronze in uneven bars while skinner turned a second chance into a silver medal. >> it's been such an honor to be able to step in for simone. >> reporter: caeleb dressel once again winning gold in the men's 50 meter free style. >> proud o

for now i'm christina ruffini with a look at this headlines. as max mcgee shows us, a growing number of people are bringing banned items through checkpoints, slowing down the process. >> reporter: summer travelers are often running into longer airport security lines and this is part of the reason why. passengers who pack prohibited items. >> it slows you down at the checkpoint. a bag check is going to take two minutes, three minutes. >> reporter: lisa from tsa says this table represents just three days of items confiscated at baltimore-washington international airport. across the country officers are finding more full-sized bottles of water, alcohol and beauty products. >> if you want to bring it on your carry-on bag, a quart size bag and the limit is 3.4 ounces. >> reporter: dangerous items are being stopped, including butane lighters and pepper spray canisters. >> ammunition is being confiscated and a growing number of guns are being found. >> reporter: at the current pace tsa will sees 5600 firearms by the end of f the year, easily breaking

. >>> cbs news correspondent christina ruffini joins us now.he covers the state department and foreign affairs including afghanistan. good morning. let's sort of start there. charlie mentioned it, we heard it with sin the report, what is happening since we saw the bombing? >> it's been much harder. they literally welded that gate shut where the attack was and several others around the airport. the soldiers are not allowed to go out and help people try to get through the crowds. there's no more calling in favors. there's no more calling someone to call someone to go get the person into the airport. there's none of that. they have to be on an approved list. they have to be on some sort of approved transportation. and for the most part, those convoys were just not getting through yesterday because they also already have thousands of people in the airport that they've got to clear out before they can make room for more folks. >> we're three days away from the deadline now. has the state department said they're going to leave some sort of diplomatic