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More than 100,000 americans are hospitalized with covid-19 for the first time since late january. among them, thousands of children as pediatric covid hospitalizations surge. >> and in houston, its chief says that kids are showing up sicker than ever. now as many youngsters head back to school, a cnn analysis finds that older teens are a growing risk. jacqueline howard has more. >> reporter: christine and laura, up until last week, teens ages 16 and 17 had the highest weekly case rate of covid-1...

Now is evacuating american citizens, evacuating afghans who worked with us, and afghans who are at risk with the priority around women and children. and we have made significant progress in that regard. >> the race to evacuate both dangerous and urgent. these are live pictures from kabul near the airport where the american embassy advised u.s. citizens near three of the gates to leave immediately because of security threats. a defense official telling cnn the concerns are based on, quote, a very...

Own as they put guilty conscience for its failures to properly handle the covid-19 pandemic. and they say the u.s. avoids answers, keeps secrets and constantly sets up oobstacles. china accusing the united states of what the united states has been accusing china of doing basically from the early months of this pandemic. >> yeah, and experts say time is running out if were to get to the bottom of this as evidence phasfades fades as you said there. will ripley, get better. >> im okay, promise, jus...

To have friends, colleagues, understand that, it is the only way were getting through this is because we have each other. >> reporter: on tuesday, mississippi governor tate reeves announced more than 1,000 health care personnel would be coming to the state to help fill the void. and the hospital system tells me the state has committed 59 nurses and 18 respiratory therapists to its three hospitals. they will be on 60 day contracts and the hope is that the first could arrive as soon as friday. in ...

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More than half of florida students are new enrolled this public school districts where masks are mandatory, despite threats of sanctions from governor ron desantis. were talking about some of the biggest school districts in the country here such as miami-dade and hillsborough, but masks somehow some way still divisive. a ft. lauderdale high school parent allegedly pushed a student during a dispute over masks and has been arrested. meantime the u.s. now averaging more than 100,000 deaths a day --...

Past few days of two congress members who had flown in using the means that many said should have been reserved for those trying to get out, those evacuees, but it does appear that -- we cant be 100% sure, but it does appear according to a source that another congressional delegation has tried to land which would be in itself absolutely extraordinary taking up runway space so vitally needed. >> these planes are leaving, what, every 45 minutes with hundreds of people trying to get out. such an ef...

Burning school records for her students protection. she fled with her students to rwanda. in the crowds outside the airport, one afghan woman tried about a dozen times to get through so she could join her husband in the united states. finally she dressed her baby in yellow and managed to send a photo through to marines who were able to spot the baby in the crowd. the family made it in. on tuesday, the first u.s. troops began leaving afghanistan, a mix of headquarters staff and main na nance no l...

I want to start with the terror threat from isis-k, what more can you tell us about that, and im wondering all those people lining up outside the airport and those dense crowds, are they aware that they might be in danger here? >> they have been in danger for these last weeks really. every every day you have shootings, you have beatings, and of course there is a risk of -- you are talking about thousands of people. people were contending with taliban guards shooting in the air all the time and y...

The liaisons. initially, liable through cellular type method. but as the cell towers have come down, theyve used lots of other methods. im told theyre still in communication with their liaison, so thats helpful. but again, like i said, they were kids that said, hey, hold my place in seventh grade, im coming back, or whatever grade. >> as weve been speaking with people theyve been telling us that sometimes documentation is a problem. and those are for afghan folks. do the rest of the students and...