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>> without proper, you know, barriers in place like masks, social distancing, we expect to see that these numbers are going to probably keep going up. >> reporter: delta is still driving infections around the world. a new study from the uk says the variant is doubling the risk of hospitalization. states like alabama already at a breaking point. >> we are really in a crisis situation. i dont know how much longer were going to be able to do this. >> reporter: as the pandemic grows more dire and mo...

Question is, are they going to do their part? >> rev, i think you just named it. congresswoman sewell just named it. all eyes need to be on the chamber right now, especially since we know republicans refuse to do anything like this, especially as republican-led state houses are passing these voter suppression bills. now it comes down to democrats in the senate to take up these voting rights legislation, h.r. 1, h.r. 4, and get them through. this is the moment where they need to leverage every to...

Of our fallen. they will be remembered and revered among americans who have served in afghanistan in operations freedom sentinel and enduring freedom. >> this was the most lethal attack for the u.s. military in afghanistan since 2011, and that gives you an idea of the scale of this and the tragedy. and, of course, that bomb went off by that suicide bomber in a really narrow area with a lot of concrete barriers that were designed to stop a car bomb or a truck bomb, and not designed for a large cr...

Towards the gate. because we told everybody when were leaving so they know they only have a few days left to get through those barriers. and because we had so many people out there doing both security and crowd control, that is what led to the target being so dreadfully high in terms of how many troopers we lost. i hate to say it the wrong way, but wed normally lose two or three during one of these ied attacks, but thats not when youre doing crowd control as well as security. >> and what is -- t...

Barriers are -- must be stochd. were taking to the streets, an old tactic to try to bring about the mobilization and urgency of passing h.r. four, the john robert lewis voting rights advancement act. >> old battles have become new. well put, congresswoman. terry sewell and derek johnson, thank you for your time this morning. appreciate it. >> thank you. coming up, the u.s. strikes back against afghanistan -- against isis targets in afghanistan as american allies and civilians attempt to leave ...

Need to know about this legislation? >> absolutely! did you see how tight he got, alicia? >> and hearing the word even mentioned on the house floor? i want to give a shout out to state representatives for naming it, calling a spade a spade, because what we have across the country are racist voter suppression bills, passing across republican-led state houses. and we know the states are not going to stop. texas and georgia and arizona are not going to stop. and so what now is needed is congression...

Continue to sinned our young people to abroad to fight and defend democracy and risk lives if we are not able to stand up for democracy here in this country. thats why this is a moral issue. we -- we with the families of the victims in afghanistan. they were standing up to protect democracy. why cant we do it here? thats why its a substance of the bill that we must pass and stop focusing on the procedure thats outdated antiquated and built to impede progress for the naacp and our units in 47 sta...

For many of the people here because of the law that was signed that makes it harder not to get registered, but makes it harder to vote. it limits the number of drop boxes in places like fulton county and the early morning voting hours and its those restrictions that will be in place the next election that are already in place in many parts of the law, its those restriction thas people are fighting out against. thats what lillian, the woman in the yellow that you heard from, thats what she was po...

We were reminded today tweeted back on april 13th that by may 1 joe biden should have all the troops out of afghanistan and end americas forever war. what about all these republicans demanding the resignation of the president of the united states? >> well, its -- its reprehensible and indefensible, brian, particular when you think about precedent. i dont recall those voices when ronald reagan pulled out of beirut after the marine barriers were blown up then or bay of pigs after kennedy or george...

To get through the barriers, and we need an urgent plan for them because they are very much at risk. its notjust people left behind but the military hardware of an entire army, trained and equipped by the us and its allies, now in the hands of the taliban, who will decide what happens next. the airlift will soon be over but the inquest into how afghanistan fell apart so quickly has onlyjust begun. jonathan beale, bbc news. lets talk to our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, live in ...