WH defends withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan; TSA to extend masking on planes, trains into 2022; Pentagon confirms U.S. in communication with Taliban leaders;
WH estimates 11,000 U.S. citizens remain in Afghanistan; Afghan women fear for their futures under Taliban rule; Burqa prices surge as Taliban impose new rules for women; Taliban pledge “no violence against women” but say the world needs to respect their “core values” on women; Top generals hope to speed up evacuations within the next day; Pentagon: up to 4,000 troops in Kabul by end of today; Pentagon estimates 5k-10k Americans remain “near Kabul”; Sources: Biden admin to advise booster shots for most U.S. adults; Record number of kids hospitalized with COVID as Delta surges; Tomorrow: Biden to address booster shots for most adults as kids under 12 aren’t approved for their first dose; 212k+ migrants taken into U.S. custody at border last month, largest number in two decades; CNN goes to the border to investigate worsening migrant crisis; Tropical rains compound misery in Haiti’s disaster zone; 1,900+ dead, tens of thousands of homes destroyed after magnitude 7.2 earthquake & tropical depression hit Haiti; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
17 Aug 202137min
Biden: I do not regret my decision to end the war in Afghanistan; Pentagon: Our mission is to secure airport for U.S. citizens, allies;
Biden: I stand by my decision to withdraw from Afghanistan; I will not repeat the mistakes of the past; This did unfold more quickly than we anticipated; Scenes in Afghanistan are gut-wrenching; There was never a good time to withdraw from Afghanistan; Our mission in Afghanistan was never supposed to be nation building; Our current mission is getting U.S. citizens and allies out of Afghanistan; Biden: I inherited a deal president Trump negotiated; Staying in Afghanistan is not what the American people want; Civilians rush Kabul airport to escape Taliban control; Desperate Afghans cling to planes in attempt to escape Kabul; Bodies fall from plane leaving Kabul Airport; Taliban fighters swarm Kabul streets after government collapses; 700 Afghan allies evacuated from Kabul in last 48 hours; Defense Dept aims to relocate 30K Afghan allies to U.S.; Afghan who helped U.S.: “I’m under threat… I’m like a prisoner”; At least 1,297 dead & 5,000 injured in Haiti earthquake; Haiti braces for tropical depression after catastrophic earthquake; Former GOP Rep Paul Mitchell does of cancer at age 64; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
17 Aug 20211h 12min
Pentagon: 3,000+ U.S. troops will be deployed to Afghanistan; FDA could authorize booster shots for immunocompromised; Census shows most growth in cities, America more diverse; GOP Rep Perry played key role in promoting Trump’s “Big lie”
Official: Biden approved order to send troops this morning; U.S. may move embassy to Kabul airport as Taliban gain ground; Fauci: “Inevitably” everyone could need booster shot; Debate rages over school mask mandates; Schools in MS, IN, GA return to virtual learning after outbreaks; U.S. averaging 122,000+ new cases a day with 75k+ hospitalized; Hospitals across the south running out of ICU beds; San Francisco to require vaccination for restaurants, bars & gyms; Preprint study suggests Delta hurt vaccine protection in U.S.; Op-ed: Rename “breakthrough” infection to stress vaccines work; Census: U.S. population now 331.4M, slowest growth since Great Depression in the 1930s; Census: Multiracial groups grew the most in 2020, up 276% since 2010 and surpassing black population; Sen. Rand Paul files late financial disclosure revealing his wife brought stock in Feb. 2020 in Remdesivir company; Man confesses to killing his toddler and baby, tells FBI he was “enlightened” by QAnon conspiracies; Postal service requests price increase through the holidays to help offset delivery costs To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
12 Aug 202138min
Biden scores big win as Senate approved $3.5T budget plan; Public health experts urge local leaders to mandate vaccines; Official: Taliban could be cut off and take Kabul within weeks; Pace of price surge slows in July as economy shifts
Biden critics balk at massive $3.5T budget blueprint; Manchin raises “serious concerns” about $3.5 trillion budget; White House faces delicate balancing act to advance Biden’s priorities; L breaks hospitalization record, gets hundreds of ventilators; Judge grants temporary restraining order again Texas governor’s ban on mask mandates; Oregon institutes indoor mask mandate after record new cases; San Antonio judge approves temporary stop to gov’s ban on masks in schools; Austin, Dallas, San Antonio among cities requiring masks in schools despite Gov. Abbott’s mask ban; Pace of price surge slows in July as economy shifts To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
11 Aug 202138min
NY Governor Cuomo resigns, effective in 14 days; Nearly a third of eligible Americans still unvaccinated; 19 GOP senators join Dems to pass infrastructure bill;
Gov. Cuomo resigns following damning A.G. report on sexual harassment allegations; Biden: “I respect” Cuomo’s decision to resign; Biden on Cuomo: “he’s done a helluva job” as governor; Gov. Cuomo resigns but maintains innocence, says allegations are “politically motivated”; Cuomo replaced by first female governor in NY history; As school districts battle GOP govs over masks, cases skyrocket & hospitals run out of beds; Nearly 94,000 cases in children reported in just the past week; COVID-19 hospitalizations highest since winter surge; Baltimore mayor to unvaccinated: “shut up, don’t complain” about mask mandate; Fauci: vaccine mandates for teachers “should be done”; Senate passes $1.2 trillion sweeping bipartisan infrastructure deal; Fate in house still unclear; Biden: GOP lawmakers “kept their word” in passing infrastructure bill; House won’t vote on infrastructure bill until Senate passes Dems-only budget proposal; Broward county school board votes to keep mask mandate; Florida governor threatens to withhold salaries from school leaders who impose mask mandates; Gov. DeSantis: parents should decide if kids wear masks; Biden: White House “checking” if president has power to stop GOP governors with bans on mask mandates; Florida’s Alachua County allows parents top opt out of mask mandate with doctor’s note for children; U.S. scrambles for diplomatic fix as Taliban gain ground; Taliban claim they seized an eighth capital city; Biden on Taliban gains: Afghan military has to “want to fight”; Sources: quick drawdown of U.S. embassy in Kabul under review; U.S. envoy in peace talks with Taliban as Afghan forces struggle; 12,000 Californians evacuated as 11 fires blaze across state; 870+ structures destroyed in historic CA fire, thousands more at risk; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
10 Aug 202139min
CDC: more than 99.99% of fully vaccinated people have not had a severe breakthrough of COVID-19; NY speaker: Cuomo impeachment probe could wrap in “weeks”; Biden’s two-track infrastructure push sees momentum;
Hospitals in southern states running out of space and staff; Right-wing conspiracy theorist spreading COVID misinformation; Florida schools reopen as COVID positivity rate rises among children; CDC vaccine advisers meet on Friday to discuss vaccine boosters; FL church loses six unvaccinated members to COVID amid Delta surge; Full FDA approval on Pfizer vaccine expected in coming weeks; U.S. averaging 100,000+ daily cases for first time since winter surge; Gov. Cuomo’s top aide resigns as he faces potential impeachment; Cuomo’s executive assistant to CBS: “what he did to me was a crime”; Sources: aides say Cuomo in a “fighting mood,” want him to resign; Senate moves toward final vote on $1.2T infrastructure bill; Democrats release $3.5 trillion budget resolution, doesn’t include an increase to the debt limit; Source: members of congress concerned about security, threats; U.N. Secy General: climate report is “code red for humanity”; U.N. report: world has warmed faster than previously thought; California’s Dixie fire now the second largest in state history; Thousands evacuated in Greece as fires rage; Largest lake in Middle East shrinks to half its size due to drought; Florida governor vows to appeal judge’s cruise line ruling; Federal judge: cruise line can require proof of vaccination; Indiana University students ask Supreme Court to block school’s vaccine mandate; Some college students using fake vaccine cards to evade mandates; Students reveal some fake vaccine cards have sold for $200 a pop; Some college vaccine mandates met with lawsuits and flood of exemption requests; DOJ: it’s a federal crime to create fake vaccine cards; Rep. Ocasio-Cortez says first term was “very painful”; Ocasio-Cortez: “very cold environment” in “my own party”; Ocasio-Cortez doesn’t rule out 2022 challenge to Schumer; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
9 Aug 202140min
Mixed messages from Biden admin lead to Covid confusion; Fauci worries variant worse than Delta could be coming; CNN CNN: Majority of NY assembly would vote to impeach Cuomo; Rural Georgia town split over optional masks in schools
Top DOJ official prepped resignation letter over Trump’s “direct instructions” to support his election fraud claims; Ohio primary race strokes intra-party heat for Dems; Trump-backed candidate Mike Carey wins OH GOP primary; Key win for progressives as WH takes actions on evictions; Some Georgia schools reopen and opt to skip mask mandates as Covid cases surge; CNN finds possible prison camp to jail Belarusian dissenters To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
4 Aug 202136min
NYC mayor: vaccine proof required for many indoor activities; NY AG finds NY Gov Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women; Biden updates efforts to increase COVID vaccinations;
NYC mayor announces vaccine requirement for indoor dining, fitness centers, entertainment & performances; Mote corporations require vaccinations, masks as cases surge; Hospitalizations top 50K for first time since February; Report: “substantial” jump in kids & teens testing positive, more than 72K new cases just last week; 70% of US adult have at least one vaccine dose; NIH director: parents could consider wearing masks at home to help keep children to young to be vaccinated safe; Cuomo insists allegations against him are false, despite state AG report finding he sexually harassed multiple women; NY AG: Gov Cuomo creates “hostile work environment for women”; NY AG: local prosecutors may use report to pursue charges; Albany County district attorney to request materials form NY AG on Gov Cuomo report for criminal investigation; Biden: Delta variant accounts for 80% if U.S. cases today; Biden: Almost all new cases, deaths among the unvaccinated; Biden: About 90 million Americans are eligible for vaccines but haven’t gotten their first shot; Biden: “Encouraging signs” in states with low vaccination rates; Biden: By offering $100, we’ve seen uptick in daily vaccination rates; Biden: Private sector “stepping up” by requiring vaccinations; Biden: “We have a pandemic of the unvaccinated”; Biden criticizes states that banned masks in schools; Biden: if govs aren’t willing to help, “at least get out of the way”; Biden: U.S. is committed to be the “arsenal of vaccines”; Biden speaks about efforts to limit evictions; Biden: CDC will have something to announce on evictions in the next one or two hours; Biden calls on Gov. Cuomo to resign; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
3 Aug 202154min
