thank you. >> sreenivasan: for an interview >> sreenivasan: for an interview with newshour weekend specialnt ryan chilcote on the u.s. withdrawal and taliban takeover go to pbs.org/newshour. >> sreenivasan: the death toll from yesterday's 7.2 magnitude earthquake in haiti rose to more than 700 tay. at least 1,800 people were injured and hundreds of homes and buildings destroyed in the worst natural disaster to hit the country since a 7.0 quake struck the capital of port-au- prince over 11 years ago. yesterday's earthquake was on the same fault line as the one in 2010, but this time the destruction and casualties were in haiti's less densel populated southwestern region. residents there set up make- shift shelters at a local soccer field. haitian prime minister ariel henry declared a month-long state of emergency for the country. he also said haiti will not accept outside help until officials know the full extent of the damage. >> ( translated ): we are setting up a task force to coordinate the aid, so that what happened on january 12, 2010 is not repeated again. >> sreenivasan: the earthqu

thank you. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thank you for joining us. the united states continues to see a surge in new infections from the coronavirus delta variant-- but increasing hospitalizations and deaths are almost exclusively among the unvaccinated. today, the nation's top fectious disease expert said even though the virus surge may get worse before it gets better, new lockdowns are not likely. >> i don't think we're going to see lockdowns. i think we have enough of the percentage of people in the country-- not enough to crush the outbreak, but i believe enough to not allow us to get into the situation we were in last winter. >> sreenivasan: the "new york times" shows some of the worst outbreak hotspots in florida, arkansas, louisiana and missouri where vaccinatn rates are lagging behind national averages. vaccination rates increased in parts of those states over the past three weeks. the total number of cases since the pandemicegan reached more than 35 million as of yesterday. >> sreenivasan: for more on the spread of the delta variant and the

my pleasure. >> sreenivasan: on the u.s.ast preparations and evacuations are underway as hurricane ida approaches, with new orleans projected to be in the center of the storm. ida made landfall in cuba yesterday afternoon with 75 mile per hour winds and heavy rain. it moved quickly into the gulf of mexico leaving flooded streets and downed trees behind. warm waters in the gulf are adding fuel and the latest forecasts show ida making landfall sometime tomorrow near new orleans where resints are evacuating. from louisiana to miissippi and alabama, coastal residents are preparing. hospitals in the region are already near capacity as covid cases surge and say they are not planning to evacuate patients. the storm is projected to hit exactly 16 years to the day after hurricane katrina, a category three storm that struck new orleans and the region killinat least 1,800 people. this afternoon president joe biden received a virtual briefing on hurrice ida from the head of the federal emergency management agency. >> i'm urging people o

thank you. >> sreenivasan: go evening, and thank you for joining us. the highly contagious coronavirus delta variant is now responsible for most new covid-19 cases in the u.s., and the numbers are rising quickly. weeks of rising infections are now turning into an alarming number of hospitalizations, 25,000 more than a month ago. the centers for disease control report a daily average of nearly 5,800 hospital admissions from july 21 to july 28. that's up almost 47% from the previous seven-day average. among those hospitalized with the disease recently, 97% were not vaccinated, according to the c.d.c. states including missouri, arkansas, florida, and louisiana, where vaccination rates are low, are seeing more new cases than at any other point during the pandemic. the county that includes jacksonville, florida is averaging more than 900 cases a day. louisiana, which was averaging fewer than 400 cases a day at the start of july, is now reporting more than 2,400 new cases a day. in japan, newly-reported covid-19 cases in olympic host city tokyo surged to a r

thank you. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. the u.s.itary carried out it's second drone airstrike today in afghanistan since last thursday's deadly terrorist attack outside the kabul airport. pentagon officials said the strike targeted a suspected suicide bomb vehicle, and came as the bodies of the 13 u.s. service members killed last week were returned to the u.s. president biden and first lady jill biden were in delaware today to attend the dignified transfer, a military custom marking when remains of service members killed in action are returned to u.s. soil. the president and first lady also met privately with families of some of those killed in thursday's attack, which an affiliate ofhe islamic state, isis-k claimed to have carried out. 11 of the service members were marines, along with a navy medic and an army soldier. they ranged in age from 20-31 and included two women and nine men. as many as 170 afghan civilians were also killed in the attack. today's drone airstrike targeted a suspected suicide bomb vehicle near the kabul airp

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hari sreenivasan is off this weekend.afghanistan, the evacuation of americans and afghan civilians who supported the war effort remains chaotic a week after the taliban took control of the cntry. late this afternoon, president joe biden addresd the ongoing crisis in afghanistan from the white house. >> at my direction, the state department continues to reach out to the remaining americans we have identified by one, e-mail, and other means to ascertain their whereabouts and their plans. we are executing a plan to move groups of these americans to safety and to safely and effectively move them to the airport compound. for security reasons i'm not going to go into the details of what these plans entail, but i will say again today what i have said before: any american who wants to get home will get home. >> hill: thousands of desperate afghans are gathered outside the kabul airport, and the surging crowds turned deadly this weekend. at least seven afghans, including a toddler, were killed in crushing crowds yesterday accordin

captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday, august 29: the somber return of the service members killed in afghanistan. hurricane ida grows in strength as it makes landfall. and poland's crack down on l.g.b.t.q. rights. next on “pbs newshour weekend.” >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: sue and edgar wachenheim iii. bernard and denise schwartz. the cheryl and philip milstein family. the anderson family fund. the sylvia a. and simon b. poyta programming endowment to fight antisemitism.

. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> you're watching pbs captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for15: the fall of afghanistan. president ghani leaves the country, and the taliban are poised to take over. and the death toll in haiti rises in the aftermath of a powerful earthquake. next on “pbs newsur weekend.” >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: sue and edgar wachenheim iii. bernard and denise schwartz. the cheryl and philip milstein family. the anderson family fund. the estate of worthington mayo- smith. leonard annorma klorfine

captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday, august 1: hospitalizations riseta variant continues to spread. in our "roads to recovery" series, addressing the mental health needs of students. and, a new exhibition seeks to highlight the impact of solitary confinement. next, on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: sue and edgar wachenheim iii. bernard and denise schwartz. the cheryl and philip milstein family. the anderson family fund. the estate of worthington mayo-smith. the leonard and norma klorfine