the current situation around kabul international airport is also unclear and deeply worrying. we call on all partners to ensure all afghan foreign nationals who wish to leave the country can do so in a safe and orderly way. the ongoing violence across afghanistan, including an urban areas have caused great harm to civilians, including children as well as damage to civilian infrastructure, including those providing water, sanitation and health services. safe access to these services must be immediately restored. we are deeply concerned about the number of reports of serious violations of international humanitarian law and human rights abuses in communities affected by the ongoing armed conflict across the country. i stressed the urgent and imperative need to bring the perpetrators to justice. all parties must respect their obligations under international humanitarian law, including those relating to the protection of civilians.

admissions were from gunshot wounds. >> the hospital says it has received 20 patients from kabul international airportce monday. four have died. the rest are being treated for gunshot wounds after the taliban and u.s. forces tried to disperse crowds. >> we received patients from around the airport. most of them are bullet injuries. through the chest and head. >> this hospital is run by an international humanitarian organization. with the taliban in charge, they say their operations have continued on interrupted. they say the minister of health has remained the same. fighters have introduced themselves. >> so far, the 20 years we are in the country, we are always able to work. nobody forced us to do nothing, just to take care of patients. >> when the taliban took over this 12-year-old's province, he ran to meet them. he was hit by a government mortar. another child died, and he is now paralyzed. >> we have 18 or 19 years of war. in the last 10 minutes he was injured. at least he is alive. i can tolerate this if there is peace. >> the war maybe over, but afghanistan the healing will take a long time. >>

a complex attack at kabul international airport where there are more than 5,000 u.s. service members at the moment. we now know that a number of those were killed in this attack. this, again, the worst possible news. the press secretary saying the thoughts and prayers of not only him but the pentagon are with the family members of those loved ones. to put this in perspective, a u.s. service member hasn't been killed in afghanistan since february of 2020. shortly before the signing of the agreement that essentially started the wheels rolling in this entire withdrawal process. we're now down to the last 100 hours of what was supposed to be the u.s. military presence in afghanistan. the withdrawal that former donald trump started. that president joe biden was finishing here right at the end of the month. and, of course, this horrible news as the press secretary said a short time ago in a statement, a number of u.s. service members killed. there were marines and soldiers who were part of the security that guarded the perimeter of the airfield and working as part of the ev

earlier this morning rockets struck a neighborhood near kabul international airport. new video just coming in shows smoke billowing into the air. there were reports of gunfire in the neighborhood shortly after. >> just over 24 hours to go, hundreds of american citizens and thousands of others want to leave are still on the ground. tracie potts watching developments from outside washington. >> reporter: this morning reports of a rocket strike and gunfire near kabul's international airport after an explosion sunday signs of danger as the u.s. continues evacuations ahead of tomorrow's deadline. >> all we can do is mitigate risk. we cannot eliminate it. >> reporter: the full u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan is set to happen by midnight tomorrow. today the urgent push to get americans to safety. >> we have about 300 american citizens left who have indicated to us that they want to leave. we are very actively working to help them get to the airport, get on a plane and get out of afghanistan. >> reporter: the biden administration is pushing back on reports that the u.s. put

military plane has departed kabul's international airport, completing the u.s.hdrawal from a 20-year war in afghanistan. >> a new chapter of america's engagement with afghanistan has begun. it's one in which we will lead with our diplomacy. >> reporter: rockets that were launched towards kabul international airport were shot down or failed to reach their target. the attempted attack came one day after the united states us conducted an air-strike against an isis-k vehicle filled with explosives near the airport. >> this strike prevented a high-profile attack. >> reporter: they are investigating possible civilian casualties from the drone strike. the administration says more than 122,000 people have been evacuated from afghanistan. >> we believe there are still a small number of americans -- under 200, and likely close tore 100 -- who remain in afghanistan. >> americans that are in afghanistan that want to leave and afghans who want to leave, they will not be denied that opportunity. >> reporter: this video sent to cbs news from journalists on the ground in afghan

kabul's international airport. multiple rockets were launched toward the airport in isis has now claimed responsibility for those rockets. the pentagon says no americans were injured, but the threat at the airport remains active. president biden met with his national security team today to talk about the evolving situation there in afghanistan. the president and first lady traveled to dover air force base yesterday where the bodies of 13 service members arrive. troops were killed in the suicide bombing at the airport on thursday. one of them has been identified. as 23 year old marine sergeant nicole g from rosa villages near sacramento. the white house says the president and first lady also plan to meet with the families of the fallen service members. the state of utah held a vigil for one of the soldiers killed in last week's suicide bombing at the airport. mm. the individual was held last night at the state capitol in memory of 31 year old marine staff. sergeant taylor hoover, utah's governor, spoke at the vigil r

spending several thousand american troops back to secure their lone point of exit, the kabul international airporteter, and then i think in the next day or so, the scenes of desperation and chaos that you so rightly mentioned, and we have seen the iconic photos, those scenes will change and we will begin to see a sense of order and discipline inside the perimeter at kabul international airport. perimeter at kabul internationalairort. ., . internationalairport. you have a real depth — internationalairport. you have a real depth of— internationalairport. you have a real depth of understanding i a real depth of understanding of the experience of the last 20 years with regard to afghanistan. is there a point at which, over that time, and joe biden has been a bit of a withdrawal man, hasn't he, really? should this have been done already, perhaps eight or ten years ago, when that alabama was in a different situation and perhaps the odds of getting some sort of reasonable solution, a managed solution, would have been far better? —— when the taliban was in a different situation. i think there were two cri

kabul airport. we get more details from oren liebermann at the pentagon. oren. >> reporter: the pentagon has been aware that the airport, itself, kabul international airports a target for groups like isis k, as well as the haqqani network and al qaeda. but now, it's gone to a different level. military planners have begun preparing alternative routes, according to two defense officials, as a way of getting american citizens and afghan evacuees from their location to the airport in light of this emerging threat. as far as we know, they haven't started using these routes. but it's a response to the changing environment. the growing crowds around the airport that might be a very tempting target for groups like isis k. modes of attack could be vehicle board improvised explosive devices. mortar attacks or suicide bombers and it's because of a threat like that, that they have developed these plans. the senior diplomat in kabul who spoke with one of our colleagues says that there is a credible threat there but not, it appears, an imminent one. nevertheless, because of what has been a constantly evolving situation on the ground, the military went ahead and began t

service members were killed as a part of the twin explosions outside kabul international airport, athe abbey gate and a few hundred feet away at the baron hotel is where the explosions took place. a u.s. service member hasn't been killed since early february of 2020, shortly before the signing of the doha agreement which led to the beginning of the withdrawal which was effectively in its last five days, the last hundred hours with the horrible news these service members are killed. now, of course, there are critical decisions that have to be made not only by president joe biden but the state department and pentagon. first among them, do you send in extra security to try to beef up the security of kabul international airport, to try to secure the field itself. u.s. forces were already participating in and leading efforts to try to secure the field. is it too late to add security or is it time to wrap up the operation as quickly as possible and get out. these are the difficult decisions that have to be made under the pressure of not only still trying to evacuate as many afghans as poss

key tasks are to establish and hain tan security at the kabul international airport. defend the airport from attack. evacuate all american citizens from afghanistan who desire to leave this country. evacuate any third country national or allies and partners as designated by the secretary of state. evacuate personnel with state department designated special immigrant visas. and evacuate any other evacuees that the state department designates. the president of the united states made a decision to withdraw u.s. forces from afghanistan on april 14th. since that date, we conducted a deliberate and responsible drawdown of u.s. forces to less than 1,000 with the specific task of securing the u.s. embassy and our diplomatic presence in afghanistan. since then, the security situation rapidly degraded. today the situation is still very dangerous, very dynamic, and very fluid. and all of us can be proud for the soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines executing this mission. they are currently in harm's way. that needs to be our focus. there will be plenty of time do aars, but right no

first planes full of marines have just landed at the kabul airports and another plane is expected to bring the 82nd airborne into kabul, the international airport was closed for most of today. >> witnesses describe scenes of shear panic amid a growing humanitarian crisis at the kabul international airport. thousands of desperate afghans scaled the walls of the airport and flooded the tarmac forcing the u.s. military to halt all flights in and out of afghanistan. >> plans are not always perfectly predictive and as is well known military that plans don't often survive first contact. and tough adjust in realtime. and i think when you look at the images out of kabul, that would have been difficult for anybody to predict. >> was this a failure of intelligence or planning? >> what we know that happened at the airport was that there were a lot of afghans that were trying to reportedly get out of the country. so i don't think that was a lack of planning. >> video showed afghans swarming u.s. c-17 transport planes in morning. some falling to their deaths as they held on to u.s. air force military aircraft as they took off. american forces shot a

spill and let's recap it, fox news alert, what we know on that deadly explosions outside kabul international airporte pentagon can confirm two so far. out of the airport gates where thousands of afghans were crowded last night, the second at a nearby hotel, the baron hotel. a telling fox news there could be more attacks on the way they consider this to be an ongoing situation coordinated attack. to the pentagon spokesperson john kirby says there is "a number of u.s. and civilian casualties from the initial explosion" remember casualties, injuries and fatalities. among the injuries that we know of, at least three u.s. marines wounded, jennifer griffin is

we know there were two explosions outside of kabul's international airport, causing 13 deaths, some american do dozens of others. this came after the u.s. mourned american citizens and allies to stay away from the air, worried about potential data -- danger. it comes as many are still trying to get on planes to get out of the country. greg: this has been a chaotic situation, even before the tragedy of today and the two explosions and the loss of life. you have to imagine the administration is trying to figure out how these final days play out in terms of getting people out of the country and wrapping up this operation. emily: that is a really big question. the way this needs to go, those who are left in afghanistan need to get out in the next couple of days. they don't have at august 31 deadline. what needs to happen, first, they need to get the american citizens and afghan allies out, and that the military out. to do all of that by august 31 means that you are really looking at the next 72 hours or so to get out american citizens, as well as afghanistan allies. they reported yesterday, secr

we have seen unfortunate scenes at the international airport in kabul. there is widespread panic among the people. women and children are in distress. incidents of fighting have been reported from the city, including at the airport, while the security situation remains precarious. a grave humanitarian crisis is unfolding. we have heard fromit is time fol community, in particular, this council to act and ensure an immediate succession of violence and contain any possible crisis and mitigate its consequences. as a neighbor of afghanistan, as a friend of its people, the current situation prevailing in the country is a great concern to us in india. afghan men, women, and children are living under a constant state of fear. they are uncertain about their future. everyone is concerned about the increasing violations of the fundamental rights of the afghan citizens. afghans are worried about whether their right to live with dignity would be respected. there are many unanswered questions. we hope that the situation stabilizes soon and the parties concerned addres

. >> reporter: outside of kabul international airport, chaos reigns.ursts of heavy gun power as afghans wait out a closed military gate. so desperate to flee. a mother cradles her young child in the oppressive heat. the ground hands a baby to u.s. marines to get the infant medical help. there is little relief at night. more gunfire. afghans forced away from the barrier that separates them from salvation. inside the guarded walls of the airport, the u.s. military showing a very different world. there is food. there is water, medical help. but only for those who can get in. a cnn crew in kabul witnessing the conditions around the airport. afghans lining up to be processed. some sleep on the gravel waiting for their flight. flights finally resuming after an hour's long pause as the u.s. scrambled to find more countries to accept evacuees. qatar has reached its limit. u.s. flights stopped leaving kabul. but there are still thousands of people at the airport waiting to get out. >> they have received night letters, through mass text messages from the taliban

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afghanistan told al jazeera that as many as 60 people were killed in two explosions outside kabul's international airport. we had confirmation from the pentagon earlier that there were two suicide bombers in afghanistan earlier. >> ambulances rushed through the streets to collect rooted -- wounded, bodies are lifted onto stretchers. the attacks happened close to the at the gate entrance of kabul airport. >> it was a sudden explosion. we climbed out and saw that there were many people affected. there were people everywhere whose brains were scattered. i saw at least 500 people. the explosion was powerful. half were hurled into the water, others outside. we carried people in stretchers here in my clothes were completely bloody. >> the hotel is controlled by u.k. and nato forces, one of the places where tens of thousands of afghan have been gathering. they have been going there to have papers processed before being evacuated out of the country. western governments and security experts in kabul have been warning about potential attacks around the airport for days. the taliban told al jazeera it had intellige

our key tax -- tasks are to secure and maintain the kabul international airport. we will defend the airport from attack and defend all americans who wish or desire to leave the country. we will evacuate any afghan natural -- national. we will evacuate personnel designated as such, and we will evacuate any evacuees designated as such. the president has made a decision to withdraw our presence from afghanistan on april 14. since that date, we have conducted a deliberate and responsible drive with a specific task of securing the embassy and our diplomatic presence in afghanistan. since then, the situation has rapidly degraded. today, the situation is very dangerous and very dangerous. it is dynamic and fluid. we can be proud of the soldiers and sailors and marines executing this mission. they are currently in harm's way. that needs to be our focus. there will be plenty of time to do aars, but right now, our mission is to secure the airfield, defend the airfield, and evacuate all who have been faithful to us. there will be many porous modems on this topic -- postmortem

our key tasks are to establish and maintain security at the kabul international airport. the airport from attack. evacuate all american citizens from afghanistan who desire to leave this country. evacuate any third country national or allies and partners as designated by the secry of state. evacuate personnel with state department designated special immigrant visits and evacuate any other evacuees that the state department designates. the president of the united states made a decision to withdraw u.s. forces from afghanistan on april 14. since that date, we conducted a deliberate and responsible drawdown of u.s. rces to less than 1000 with the specific task of securing the u.s. embassy and our diplomatic presence in afghanistan. since then, the security situation rapidly degraded. today, the situation is still very dangerous, very dynamic, and very fluid. all of us can be proud for the soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines executing this mission. they are currently in harms way needs to be our focus. there will be plenty of time. right now, our mission is to secure and de

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rockets have been fired towards kabul international airport as the us evacuation draws to a close.

sam kiley, cnn, kabul international airport. >> u.s.dent joe biden says there is still a long way to go before all americans and afghan allies are out of the country. but says the time of effort to keep planes taking off will move forward. cnn's arlette saenz has more from the white house. >> reporter: president biden once again pledged to get all americans out of afghanistan safely, and said the u.s. troops may need to remain in the country past the august 31st draw down deadline in order to make that happen. the president said discussions are underway with his team about the progress of evacuations, and he said he does hope they will be able to leave by august 31st, so it will be dependent on the status of americans who are in afghanistan. now, the president's remarks came as he addressed the country for the third time since kabul fell to the taliban. and while the president offered these assurances about evacuating americans and afghan allies safely and in a quick manner, he also said that there is still room for something to go wron

the pentagon says that thousands of evacuees are still being processed at kabul international airport. after nearby text killed servicemembers and afghan citizens. >> two isis-k suicide bombers detonated in the vicinity of the abbey gait. which was followed by isis a gunman who opened fire on civilians and military forces. >> we will hunt you down and make you pay. >> reporter: the president addressed the nation over heightened criticism over the handling of the situation by his administration. >> i have instructed the military whatever the knee. if they need additional force i will granted. >> reporter: president joe biden met with his military team in the situation room. >> our mission remains that we are committed to pulling people out until we terminate operations at the end of the month. >> reporter: u.s. forces say that they should stay until the evacuation is complete. there were orders of a credible threat and the urge people to stay away. president joe biden so that there is no evidence that isis collaborated with the taliban took ordinate the deadly attacks. >> reporter: and

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nato has worked to maintain operations at kabul international airport. the airport open. pay tribute to them as they work in very difficult circumstances. i also thank our allies, in particular turkey, the united states, england in securing the airport. i think all the allies who have been willing to receive afghans at risk. we discussed our approach to those in power in kabul. we expect the taliban to uphold their commitments, that afghanistan does not become a safe haven for terrorism. we called for an end to violence around the country. over the years, nato's presence and the support of the international community have allowed afghans to make unprecedented social, economic, and political process -- progress. any government that attempts to undo this process -- third, we have agreed we would not allow terrorists to threaten us again. nato's engagement was a response to the attack on the united states on 9/11. our objective was to prevent terrorists from using afghanistan as a safe haven for further attacks on. no terrorist attacks on allied soil have been organized from

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the taliban is now in full control of afghanistan, including the kabul international airport, which the u.s. used to evacuate over 120,000 people fleeing the taliban over the past 17 days. according to the costs of war project, the u.s. spent over $2.2 trillion in afghanistan and pakistan. by one count, over 170,000 people died in the fighting. after headlines, we'll go to kabul for the latest. hurricane ida has been downgraded to a tropical depression after it hit the louisiana coast sunday as a category 4 storm, on the 16th anniversary of hurricane katrina. on monday, ida continued to bring torrential rain and flooding to louisiana and southern mississippi, where two people died when a flooded highway collapsed. louisiana's main utility company entergy says it could be weeks before it restores electricity to nearly a million people in the storm's path, including all of new orleans, as temperatures rise to near 40 degrees fahrenheit. we'll have more on hurricane ida later in the broadcast. the u.s. covid-19 outlook continues to worsen ith hospitalizations rising and deaths averaging mo

we've land ed a few moments ago here at kabul international airport and clearly the pace of evacuation has been picking up. there are planes leaving pretty regularly now and large numbers of refugees, of evacuees getting ready to get on those flights. this is a group that are heading into qatar, where they're hoping then to either stay there or move on. you are about to leave. what is going through your mind and your heart at the moment? >> yeah. actually, i have told this many times. right now i have a mixed feeling, being a journalist myself, and probably i'm lucky enough to leave because of a lot of choice that exist here, but i'm also leaving a family, a whole family behind, and lot of friends behind. i don't know how to describe this. am i happy, am i sad? with this government, with these new rulers, i'm sure they will not leave us any space to be here. >> reporter: that must break your heart. >> of course, certainly. that is already broken. but that is reality. >> reporter: your heart is already broken? >> yes, yes. yes. >> reporter: good luck. it's not just the personal tragedie

military went over the wall to kabul international airport to help get 169 americans. what does it mean to go over the wall? is it resources going beyond the airport or just picking out 169 americans out of the crowd to get them out of the thousands we have seen outside the airport and bring them inside, just to speed the process of americans. that is the priority of the u.s. military at this point. biden putting an emphasis on getting afghans out as well. they are having much more trouble getting through taliban check points. that's something the u.s. government is trying to work with the taliban on and the lines of communication many the ground on kabul to try to speed that up. this is very far from a perfect process as you see the crowds there. the chaos, we hear the gunfire from videos we have seen. there's a lot of work to go before this process is moving smoothly. >> clearly a lot of questions about the logistical elements. i don't want to skip over the humanitarian efforts by u.s. forces there at the airport. we're seeing these pictures that the u.s. marine corp

from kabul international airport.re taking a closer look at what led to what we're seeing play out in afghanistan today. meantime, back here at home, mississippi republican senator roger wicker and maine independent senator angus king revealed they tested positive for the coronavirus despite both of them being vaccinated. doctors are also alarmed by the rising number of covid-19 cases that are appearing in children. we're going to look at how one children's hospital is dealing with that surge. but we gun this hour with the breaking news out of the nation's capitol. let's go to nbc news justice correspondent pete williams. i understand the suspect surrendered. how did this play out? >> well, he simply gave himself up according to the capitol police chief tom manger. they tried to establish communications with him. initially they were writing back and forth using dry erase boards. that's how he wanted to communicate with them. while he was actually broadcasting live on facebook for a time. and then at some point the pol

. >> reporter: at kabul international airport, the end of the month is coming too quickly. the u.s.s self-imposed august 31st deadline. >> there are discussions going on among us in the military about extending, our hope is we will not have to extend. but there are going to be discussions, i suspect, on how far along we are in the process. >> reporter: taliban warning there will be consequences if it takes any longer. tension in and around the airport is still running very high, someone opened fire on afghan security forces sunday killing one and wounding several civilians. u.s. and afghan troops returned fire. the fire fight underscoring the security situation as the u.s. tries to maximize the number of people it can fly out. the military flew more than 10,000 people out of kabul in 24 hours, and another 5,000 on charters and other flights. a pace that must continue. in order to speed up evacuations, the pentagon activating the civil reserve air fleet for only the third time, using 18 aircraft from commercial carriers like united and american to move evacuees from the middle east o

sam kiley, cnn, kabul international airport. >>> as we heard some afghans are going to extraordinary lengths just to get into the kabul airport. one woman and her two children had tried almost a dozen times to get in so they could catch a flight and join her husband in the u.s. they finally made it through after she dressed her baby in this yellow outfit and sent a photo to u.s. marines. they spotted the baby in the crowd and the family finally made it. >>> for many evacuees, one of the main stop overpoints is the air base in ramstein, germany. thousands are taking shelter there stretching the military base to capacity. atika shubert is there. resources are stretched to say the least. how are the authorities trying to cope with the demands and how are the afghans themselves coping with the challenging conditions there? >> reporter: what they have really done is created a temporary refuge within the air base that involves hundreds of these military tents. it is really a kind of a tent city. every time a c-13 arrives here, the evacuees disembark, get screened, security screened, medical

in the past, as we have seen, horrific images from the kabul international airport, people eeing from lives, fleeing away from a future that they believe doesn't belong to them. you have to understand how unfathomable the pain is for many afghans. we have reported for many months on the targeted assassinations, years of suicide bombings and the fighting in the provinces. people losing their lives and homes. so many feel they have st their country. especially for this young educated generion that came of age after the fall of the taliban, seizing the opportunities provided by the space that opened. new measures of freedom provided by international engagement and now they feel the space is narrowing, if not disappearing. there is a challenge to the taliban to show what they mean when they say time and again, and we heard it again tonight, we will allow women to go to work. we will allow girls to go to school. they will be given all their rights within islam. even though the taliban are part of afgnistan, they don't really know wt the taliban mean when they say that but what they have se

members and dozens of afghans were killed yesterday after two explosions at the gates of kabul's international airportreign the attacks. nbc news chief correspondent richard engel has the latest. >> reporter: it was every soldier and marine in kabul's worst fear, an attack where they're most exposed, as troops were patting down an evacuee at a kabul airport gate, searching for a bomb, he or she, that's still unclear, detonated one. >> this is close up war. the breath of the person you are searching is upon you. while we have overwatch in place we still have to touch the clothes of the person that is coming in. ultimately americans have got to be in danger to do these searches, there's really no other way to do it. >> reporter: another bomb exploded a few hundred yards from the first as isis fighters sprayed gunfire, afghans tumbled, dead and injured, into a sewage ditch. we drove through this exact spot a few days ago, a corridor flanked by concrete blast walls that leads right to an airport gate. the u.s. is relying on the taliban to pre-screen the crowds pushing to get into the airport, hoping for a

that because the information isn't perfect because their entire presence is focused at kabul international airport. most reports are of americans being able to get through to get to the airport to get out. but again they acknowledge the information isn't perfect. >> i was surprised to hear the president saying that 169 americans were at a hotel in kabul and were extricated from the hotel by u.s. forces. i mean, i assume those are the kind of things you usually wouldn't necessarily announce because it makes it more difficult to do that in the future. what more do we know about it? >> we were surprised as well that biden simply came out and said that during the press conference earlier today. but we have learned more information about that. there were 169 americans at the baron hotel, which is very close to the airport, but it's on the south side, where the u.s. military are on the north side. the original plan was for them to simply walk through a gate that was 200 meters or 600 feet away. the abbey gate, as it's called. there are a tremendous amount of afghan civilians trying to get through any ga

either way, they say it was intent on attacking kabul international airport, where evacuations of civilians apace with 2,900 in the previous 24-hour reporting period. a lower number over the recent hours as the united states and its coalition partners continue their rapid drawdown of the whole operation based at kabul international airport. 1,000 british forces have been now withdrawn entirely, returned to the united kingdom. and there continues to be talk and negotiation involving turkey in particular and the taliban and other nations on the ground over the future of the airport and a commitment that has been made and repeatedly so to the international community by the taliban to allow the continued evacuation of people with the right paperwork either by land or by air once the airport has been opened. so the strategic future of this airport remains unresolved at a time when it is at its most vulnerable in terms of the u.s. forces there withdrawing and the continued threat, an ongoing threat coming from isis-k. sam kiley, cnn, in doha. >>> for thousands of afghan evacuees who have made it

we begin with the chaotic scenes coming out of kabul's international airport where tens of thousands of afghans surrounded planes in an desperate attempt to escape taliban control. richard engel has the latest from kabul. >> reporter: tens of thousands of afghans swarmed into kabul airport, desperate to leave at any price. they burst through security. climbed over walls. and spilled onto the tarmac. searching for any airplane that would take them far away from afghanistan. away from the taliban. so many managed to cram into one plane, the pilot refused to take off. people on board refused to disembark. but it was across a barb wire divide where it turned really ugly. on the military side of the airport, american troops trying to evacuate u.s. embassy staff found themselves overwhelmed, suddenly battling crowds, firing warning shots. this was not the mission they came for. the pentagon says u.s. troops shot dead two armed afghans. but still the crowds didn't disperse. instead they ran along and clung to the undercarriage of a military transport plane as it taxied for takeover. one offi

airport in kabul and had this reporting. >> reporter: we've landed just a few moments ago at kabul international airport.e of evacuation has been picking up. there are planes leaving pretty regularly now, and large numbers of refugees, of evacuees getting ready to get on those flights. this is a group that are heading into qatar where they're hoping then to either stay there or move on. guillaume, you're about to leave. what is going through your mind and heart at the moment? >> actually, i've told this many times, that right now i have a mixed feeling. being a journalist myself, probably i'm lucky enough to leave because of a lot of what exists here. i'm also leaving a whole family behind and a lot of friends behind. most importantly, my city, kabul, that i've been raised here, it seems i'm just picking one piece of my soul, but leaving a lot of pieces back at home. it's really strange. i don't know how to describe this. am i happy, am i sad. with this government and these new rulers, i'm sure that they will not leave us any space to be here. >> reporter: that must break your heart. >> of course, certai

the most decorated diplomat in his cabinet amid a frantic effort to evacuate people from kabul international airport. the taliban are reported to be blocking afghans who are trying to leave their own country from the airport raising new concerns about the ability to evacuate those allied with us. tonight came word that two members of congress, seth moulton of massachusetts, republican peter meier of michigan, both of them previously served tours of duty in the military in iraq. while they both have flown into the kabul airport in the middle of this evacuation, both have been critical of the administration's handling of this withdrawal thus far. earlier this evening nancy pelosi expressly asked members not to make such a trim. i know what this crisis in elephants, the white house trying to stop the relentless virus at home. officials say there are signs more americans are getting vaccinated. they're now seeing about 450,000 shots a day. that's way off our highest levels. it is an increase of over 70% since just last month. earlier today, dr. fauci offered a cautious indication of when things might be

airport in northern virginia. and new from the u.s. embassy in afghanistan, a message from kabul that they cannot ensure safe passage to karzai international airport for flights departing the country. there are serious concerns over whether taliban forces will allow thousands of u.s. citizens and afghans outside of the country before the august 31st withdrawal deadline. on the coronavirus we will hear from the president this afternoon as the delta variant is fueling the largest seven-day average in cases in six months, spurring the nation's top health officials into action with the announcement of a third dose for moderna and pfizer vaccine recipients subject to an independent review from the fda. >> it is now our clinical judgment that the time to lay out a plan for covid-19 boosters is now. we planned to start this program the week of september 20, 2021. i want to emphasize that this decision was not made lightly. it was made with careful consideration by the top medical and public health experts and it was made by data, thoughtful analysis and collective years of experience addressing illness and epidemics. >> the 900,000 new u.s. covid

the current situation at end around kabul international airport is also unclear and deeply worrying. we call on all parties to ensure all afghans and foreign nationals who wish to leave the country conducive in a safe -- country can do so in a safe way. the ongoing violence in afghanistan including urban areas has caused great harm to civilians, especially children, as well as the abruption of services, including those providing water and sanitation, food and education, and health services safe access to these services must be immediately restored. we are deeply concerned about the number of reported serious violations of international and humanitarian law and human rights abuses and communities affected to the ongoing conflict across the country and stress the need to bring the perpetrators to justice. all parties must respect their obligations under international humanitarian law in all circumstances, including those leading to the protection of civilians. the sustainable end to the conflict in afghanistan can only be achieved through an inclusive, just, durable, and realistic sett

. >> reporter: we've landed just a few moments ago here att kabul international airport and the pacewauation is pickingp and large numbers of refugees and evacuees getting ready to get on the flights. this is a group heading into qatar where they're hoping then to either stay there or move on. you are about to leave. what is going through your mind and your heart at the moment? >> actually, i've told this many times that right now i have a mixed feeling being a journalist myself probably, i'm lucky enough to leave because of things that exist here but i'm also leaving a family, a whole family behind and that's a lot of friends behind and also, most importantly, i've been born and raised here is really it seems that i'm just picking one piece of my soul that's leaving a lot of pieces just back at home. so it's really strange. i don't know how to describe this. am i happy? am i sad? with this new rulers, they -- i'm sure they will not leave us any space to be here. >> that must break your heart? >> of course. that has already broken. that's reality. >> your heart is already broken? >>

the last military plane departed kabul international airport ending america's longest war.s evening secretary of state andrew blinken says fewer than 200 americans remain in country. >>> search and rescue efforts understand way in louisiana and mississippi after hurricane ida slammed the louisiana coast over the weekend. downgraded to a tropical storm. about one million homes and businesses lost electricity. >>> the oakland fire department's california task force 4 on their way to louisiana to support fema's response. the primary focus is water operations and boat rescues. they have search dogs and a hazmet team going with them. >>> good to know. thank you. >>> back to the fire watch now. sierra at tahoe, the ski resort there has turned on its snow making machines into make sure fire hoses to try to slow the caldor fires advance. here is a live look at the hazardous air over the basin and sierra at tahoe right now. >>> paul hagan has improvements for us. >> the same weather pattern is good news for us because that strong southwest winds is onshore winds for the bay area. co

earlier this morning rockets struck a neighborhood near kabul's international airport. new video just coming in to our newsroom showing the smoke billowing in the air as you can see right there. there are reports of gunfire in the neighborhood shortly after. >>> just over 24 hours to go hundreds of american citizens and thousands of others who want to leave are still there on the ground. "today in the bay's" tracie potts watching the developments from outside washington for us this morning. good morning, tracie. >> laura and marcus, good morning. the rocket attacks like you were just showing making it difficult for those people to leave. the president was briefed on that one early this morning. a statement came out just after midnight here from the white house. in the meantime the u.s. military trying to move hundreds of americans and thousands of afghans out of the country, but it's becoming increasingly dangerous as we get closer to tomorrow's deadline. >> reporter: this morning, reports of a rocket strike and gunfire near kabul's international airport. after an explo