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Departments across the country. covid is now killing more law enforcement officers than guns, vehicles, or any other threat they face in the line of duty. heres cbs jeff pegues. >> reporter: police officer christopher cockburn lost his battle against covid-19 last month. tell me about your dad. >> well, he was a police officer for over 30 years. >> reporter: kayleigh cockburn, his daughter, says he loved his job. when did your family find out that he had covid-19? >> on my 30th birthday, august ...

As the search for brian laundrie continues in florida, new developments in this case. we are learning that the fbi has surveillance video of a campground from the days the laundrie attorney says the family was there along with brian laundrie. a lot to dig into with steve moor moore. good evening. areva, lets start with you. the laundrie attorney told us that brian purchased a cell phone on august 14. brian left that phone at his parents house and now the fbi has it. we dont snowknow if that new ...

Haitians going to places like south america, central america, many went to brazil to get work in the 2016 olympics. theyve been bouncing around, trying to find a way to make a meaningful days work. now there have been deteriorating conditions in those countries as well, at the same time as the u.s. has opened up some of its policies to be a little more friendly to haitians. they announced a temporary status after the assassination of the president. but that only applied to haitians who are alrea...

The border to alleviate this surge in migrants thats tripled since wednesday. at last count 14,000 people, mostly haitian migrants, currently living underneath the bridge behind me, and there could be more coming this way. the concern from authorities, how many more are coming, and also how quickly can they get these people to either processing centers that are not having to deal with the overcrowding like del rio is, or potentially fly them back to haiti. and what makes that interesting is that...

Other alleged lies in a hearing with the secretary of state. mr. secretary, what were listening to on the other side of the aisle sadly is sort of a solid mix of selective fact thats and a lot of amnesia in the salad dressing. the history of instability in afghanistan didnt begin on august 14 of this year, did it? >> id did it not. >> am i correct in remembering that in fact you could trace direct routes to 1977, 1978 when there was a communist coup and the president of afghanistan was assassina...

Im going to assert that the events of august 14 had the direct antecedent with a bad decision by president trump and secretary pompeo in 2018 to elevate and legitimize the taliban in doha qatar by agreeing that face to face negotiations. that tragedy was compounded by an unbelievable decision to exclude the government of afghanistan that we were defending from those very negotiations. is that an accurate statement, mr. secretary? >> certainly thats what we inherited. >> but the afghan government...

Lost control of the country in that year. is that correct? >> yes, it is. >> the purpose of our involvement was to defeat al-quaida because the taliban were harboring this virulent tear list group that had attacked american. is that correct? >> thats correct. >> would it be fair to say that we achieved that objective? >> it would. >> would it be fair to say ten years later the leader of that group who masterminded the attacks of 9-11 was in fact killed by a united states specially trained milita...

0 are you negotiating with that taliban on the issue of legitimizing them as a real government? >> not only us but virtually the entire international community has made clear what we expect and insist on from the taliban. if they want to seek any legitimacy or support. it starts with freedom of travel. weve been intensely engaged with turkey and qatar to get the airport in kabul up and running again, which is now the case. we started to get flights out last week with american citizens on board. ...

The weekly hospitalization rate per 100,000 children during the week ending august 14th was nearly five times. rate during the week ending june 26th among children aged 0 to 4 years. the weekly hospitalization rate ending august 14 was ten times that during the week ending june 26. there is a question here of is it the case that this is more dangerous for kids than previous variants and is that what the data is saying? >> it doesnt necessarily say that, chris. what it says, we know delta is a ba...

The u.s. abraham lincoln. one crew member was rescued overnight. their condition is unknown at this time. >> strong winds pushing the fire even closer to californias south lake tahoe. the flames just miles outside the popular resort town. everyone in the area has been ordered to evacuate. some residents have refuse saying they have nowhere else to go. the fire started august 14 and has burned more than 19 9,000 acres. it is only 18% contained. >> neighbors in utah dedicating a touching tribute t...