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Bill. three democratic members of the texas house returned to work in austin last week, breaking ranks with the rest of their caucus and ending a weeks-long boycott that has successfully blocked the bill from moving forward and allowing a quorum to be established in the state house for the first time since july. a house committee has been hearing testimony all day long today from members of the public who advocated both for and against the bill, which among other things will prohibit 24-hour pol...

Today that the pace of evacuations has ramped up dramatically more than 16,000 people flown out of afghanistan in the past 24 hours. in total at least 37,000 people evacuated since august 14th. that is despite ongoing chaos at the airport in kabul. just today a deadly gunfight at one airport entrance in which an afghan soldier was killed. the president said on sunday hes considering keeping troops past the 31st to complete owe evacuations. a taliban spokesperson warned the united states would be...

Leader on human rights when it acts in such a reprehensible manner. >> let me read to you some of our nbc reporting. quote, local staff members at the u.s. embassy in kabul are deeply disheartened by u.s. evacuation efforts and have expressed a sense of betrayal and distrust in the u.s. government according to a state department diplomatic cable obtained by nbc news. some staff members reported they were almost separated from their children while others collapsed in a crush of people and had to ...

Take a listen. >> we are engaging with the tal began, consulting with the taliban on every aspect in kabul right now. on whats happening at the airport, on how we need to ensure there is facilitated passage to the airport for american citizens, sivs, third country nationals and so forth. well continue those conversations with them. ultimately it will be the presidents decision how this proceeds, no one elses. yes? >> you said we have the wherewithal to get americans out, but you didnt -- forgive...

To escape already are thankful but also filled with despair. this from a report in "the new york times" where they spoke with a lecturer at kabul university who managed to flee a few days before the collapse of the city. quote, now, he said, he was overcome by the sense of becoming a permanent refugee. we have no home to return to, he said. the days since kabuls collapse have felt more like centuries, he added. a friend level in kabul, where many people have remained cloistered inside for fear o...

Nbc polling, one of the things that struck me the numbers around the presidents handling of covid which i read as more just fatigue and that brings me to what paul krugman wrote in "the new york times" about the quiet rage of the responsible. the question is whether this anger, the wage of the responsible, will have a political impact. were they will stand up for those trying to do the right thing but lives disrupted and endangered by those who arent n. a real sense the irresponsible minority is...

Anger is growing in haiti as aid agencies are struggling to reach some of the worst affected areas hit by the earthquake on saturday. foreign aid is starting to trickle in but bridges are damaged, roads are poor, so getting it to the people that need it, is slow work. the death toll is now more than two thousand people — thousands more have been injured and are being treated in clinics and makeshift hospitals. lets hear more from nadesha mijoba who is the country director for the health founda...

Were hearing the first talk developing that maybe well have a censure category between removal and acquittal. >> that is always an option. the problem there is youre still crossing the president in a way thats publicly -- youre contradicting when he says the call was perfectly normal, it was a perfect call. it requires crossing a president in an election year. a lot of these senators are running for reelection in possibly difficult races and donald trump will be at the top of the ticket and his ...

Former fbi james comey has arrived on capitol hill. welcome to cnns special live coverage of what we already know will be riveting testimony. im anderson cooper in washington. >> im wolf blitzer here on capitol hill. sheer drama may have its closest parallels in the watergate hearings more than 40 years ago. you are about to hear a united states president accustomed to crossing lining, being accused of crossing a big one, employing one big head of the fbi to drop an investigation into michael fl...

Stole a bread truck, drove it to the airport sprinted past a check point while screaming im pablo. i will be remain must. he ran through unguarded exit door into a terminal. crossing a jet bridge and nearly making it on to a plane. pablos brush with fame ended after a pilot tackled him. he was promptly arrested and charged with trespassing. and a sailor found alive after 676 lost days at sea now back at his home this morning. jordan says he survived by rationing food, catching fish and drinking ...