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This is how much rain we are talking about. were going to track the rain the next couple of days, but the other human interest story with this is the people without power. all the people that had the means, most of them, they decided to get out. and now that people are without power, people with the money and means are going to get out again. so the privileged people can escape this. this story is going to turn into all the people left behind in new orleans and some of the other parishes that do...

Translation: the previous government only cared - about getting rich themselves. now the the taliban are here, there are nojobs, _ theres no work anywhere. i need to be able to feed my kids. everything has become more expensive. - we cant live here any more. a new era in afghanistan is about to begin. the taliban say theyre bringing peace and ending corruption, but for those here, the deep uncertainty that has accompanied their arrival is a final push towards a new life. secunder kermani, bbc ne...

The taliban say they are bringing peace and ending corruption. but for those here, the deep uncertainty that has accompanied their arrival is a final push towards a new life. it is nowjust over a fortnight since the taliban reached kabul and took control of almost all of afghanistan. theyve portrayed themselves as more moderate than when they ruled in the 19905 — and promised an amnesty to those who worked for foreign forces or the afghan army. but there is growing evidence of a different real...

Its very striking that western intelligence agencies dont seem to have understood how well—prepared the taliban were, how well equipped, how ready to make this final push and surprise everyone and of course morale cracked into afghan authorities once president biden announced that very rapid withdrawal but even so i think it shows the difficulty of understanding what is really going on under the surface and what the trends are in a country like afghanistan. it sounds like the intelligence comm...

Its not just joe biden. we also are barack obama talking about how great the afghan security forces were and how they were in charge and leading the operations and priority that president george h.w. bush make similar claims. the bay of pigs didnt take 20 years. the latest push by the taliban is about 18 months old. they started going to local leaders, going to local war lords and paying them off well before this final push. the fact we would be completely by surprise is a shock and i think part...

Know, the eyes of the nation are on texas, and we hope to rally the country and we hope the senate will hear us and act. this is where we are. this is a now or never moment. were not going to stay home. were not going to take our medicine and lose in defeat. we want to make sure we are doing everything we can, and this final push to bring a resolution to a controversial issue in this country. >> last time we spoke, you had been able to talk with senator manchins staff, i believe. have you been a...

Previous wave. that prediction isis bad on the delta variant and increase in peoples movement. people in tokyo have been living under a constant state of emergency since april and it is clear that fatigue is setting in. regardless of the case count with the start of the olympics just ten days away, organizers are making their final push to prepare for the games that includes the open ing of the olympic village. and they are left to deal with the news that four of its contractors who supply elect...

Banning partisan gerrymandering, so a lot to play out here. as we said, its likely this is going to move forward, at least with this vote likely to fail on tuesday. yasmin? >> i get it, it sends a message. it gets folks on the record, but doesnt undo whats been done in states like georgia. two women are in the top tier of the polls leading up to new york states primary. erica adams leads with 23%. an degree yang, by the way, will join me at the top of the next hour to discuss his final push. y...

And the west will be have got the sunshine and lighter winds with a bit of a breeze. and then through the night of the rain gradually clears its way northwards and eastwards but we will see things turn dry into the start of saturday with a few showers in the west and this moring to come on saturday night into sunday. your next weather update as in one hour.— update as in one hour. looking forward to _ update as in one hour. looking forward to it. _ update as in one hour. looking forward to it....

Then some. president biden announcing a new effort to vaccinate americans for the summer. plans include shots at the shop, an effort to recruit 1,000 black-owned barber shops and salons to provide and promote vaccinations and mayors in 50 cities will also compete to see who can grow vaccination rates. cnns phil mattingly has more at the white house for us. >> reporter: christine and laura, you can call it a month of action, you can call it a vaccine sprint. president biden called it both. its th...