cover of episode Biden: any American who wants to come home, “we will get you home”; U.S. flights trying to move backlog of 10K evacuees at airport; 1M+ vaccines administered yesterday in the U.S.; NC man charged with threatening to use weapon of mass destruction;

Biden: any American who wants to come home, “we will get you home”; U.S. flights trying to move backlog of 10K evacuees at airport; 1M+ vaccines administered yesterday in the U.S.; NC man charged with threatening to use weapon of mass destruction;

2021/8/21
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Pentagon: U.S. flights resume in Kabul after pause for 8+ hours;  Afghans enduring brutal conditions outside Kabul airport; Secy. Austin to House members: some Americans beaten by Taliban; Pentagon: baby hoisted over wall was treated & reunited to dad; Riot control agent deployed on Afghans outside Kabul airport; New Pentagon images show humanitarian effort of U.S. Marines; Biden: don’t know how many Americans are left or where they are; Biden: U.S. forces helped get 169 Americans to safety at airport;

Roughly 30% of eligible Americans still vaccinated; At least five states at or nearing ICU capacity; Florida library turned into treatment center as hospitals near capacity; Pressure mounts on FDA to approve vaccine for children under 12; Washington State & Oregon: all schools staff must be vaccinated;

NC man who threatened to bomb U.S. Capitol in court today; GOP Rep. Mo Brooks on bomb incident: “I understand citizenry anger”; Report: FBI warning tech firms about Russian & Chinese efforts to intimidate employees into spying for them;

Hurricane warnings issued from long island to southern New England;

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