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and order on the roads leading to the affected areas. we know that haiti has over the years and even decades had a huge problem with criminal gangs controlling the roads, almost anywhere outside some of the major cities. and that's the case here. the united nations has sent word that if this government and if the people here don't get control of the situation on the roads, tens of thousands of people could die. back to you. >> all right, dire situation. joe johns, thank you for being there for us. women facing an uncertain future under taliban rule. one even now warning of a massacre. the chilling new tape received by cnn. and a teacher in texas afraid of dying from covid just for doing her job. her plea to parents now going viral. >> we want for your child to be comfortable, but more than anything, we want them to be
♪ the new surge in coronavirus cases fueled by the delta variant is pushing hospitals to the brink, past the brink honestly. five states icu beds are at more than 90% capacity. alabama, there is negative availability, meaning there are more intensive care patients than there are icu beds to treat them. this morning, students returned to school in broward county in florida with a district wide mask requirement in place in defiance of the governor's order. cnn's amara walker is live outside a school in broward county. broward going its own way despite whatever penalties, you know, governor ron desantis now threatening, amara. >> reporter: yeah, it sure is, john. so 261,000 students across broward county public schools will be returning to the classroom in the next couple of hours or so, including here at
that's because they are not on the state's payroll. so what the governor would have to do is with hold funding equal to the amount of their salaries, although the white house has expressed support for these two school districts saying they would make federal funding available if necessary. john? >> the question is how far does ron desantis want to go to limit local control and the decisions of these school boards. amara walker, thank you so much for that report. appreciate it. now, according to a new cnn analysis, covid cases rise, vaccinations among teenagers are also increasing nationwide and cnn's jacqueline howard is joining us with more on this. this is an interesting trend. >> it san interesting trend. we've been tracking covid-19 cases and vaccinations during the summer, and we did notice this parallel increase where cases have been going up but so have vaccinations. brianna, pediatricians i have talked to said there are many factors at play here, but they believe that as more young people have been hospitalized
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country. we did this. you know, we helped the afghan girls robotics team be who they are. and to take this away from them, we're putting them potentially in a situation that's even worse than when we went to afghanistan 20 years ago. >> kim, i want to thank you for coming on. i know this is a difficult time. and i know that you're watching this carefully as you're so concerned about the friends that you have made in afghanistan over the years. just wanting to see if they'll come out of this alive. we appreciate you being with us. >> thank you for having me. new this morning, some disturbing images, this is from kabul, showing what the taliban is doing to afghans who are just trying to reach the airport. the only way out of the country. cnn's clarissa ward live from kabul next. big news for vaccinated americans, the white house is about to announce plans for vaccine boosters. dr. sanjay gupta with the new information coming up. ♪ ld only imagine
something. >> again, this is what the photographer said was happening when people tried to get to the airport. which again is the only way out of the country. he says he saw at least six people hurt including a woman and her child. let's go to streets of kabul right now. we're joined again by cnn chief international correspondent clarissa ward there. as always, we want to know exactly what you're seeing what the change is this morning and also just shed some light on what we just saw there the photos, if you can, of what's happening when afghans try to get to the airport which is the only way out of the country. >> reporter: so essentially at the airport what you have is this bizarre situation where the u.s. and also british forces are cooperating and communicating with the taliban to try to lessen the sort of crush of people that have been descending on that entrance of the airport
this weather is brought to you bycarvana, the new way to buy a car. georgia, florida, 4 to 6 inches of rainfall on the ground already and much is running off of flash flood watches and warnings still in effect and more to come today. there's a lot of areas here that are going to see more orange here, 4 to 6 inches of new rain on top of fairly saturated ground. so we have to watch for more flash flood warnings, also even the potential for a tornado or two. brianna? >> chad, thank you so much. we'll be keeping our eye on that for sure. rescue efforts in haiti have been hampered by a lack of resources and heavy rains battered the island causing mud slides that are now blocking roads. at least, 1,941 people are now dead. more than 9,000 injured and officials fear the toll will keep on ridesing. cnn's joe johns is live in p
going to be a massacre. i'm telling you that there is going to be a massacre. everybody is going to be killed here. there is a big, big mob. they are attacking us. maybe there are taliban fighters among them and then it's like thousands of them. it's not just 200. it is thousands of them. i'm really scared. and i don't want to be here anymore because i'm really scared. i'm scared for my life and my family's life and also i'm dying of anxiety and also stress. it is really stressful. it's really, really, really stressful. and i don't know what to do. >> now, we must note that cnn can't independently verify what the woman on that tape is seeing on the ground, but joining me now is international human rights attorney kimberly motley
discussion over masks and local control over masks could be the beginning of a new political trend there. ron, it's really good. thanks so much for joining us this morning. >> thanks for having me. up next, cnn live in haiti where the death toll is rising as the need for aid grows more desperate. and tropical weather making a mess parts of the south. where does the storm head from here? and this reminder, join cnn this weekend for "we love new york city" the homecoming concert, a once-in-a-lifetime concert event saturday starting at 5:00 p.m. eastern, exclusively on cnn. ♪ millions of vulnerable americans struggle to get reliable transportation
staffing shortage. that is an increase from last week, and one more thing, jim, to mention. you know, governor ron desantis has been criticized by some for not releasing daily covid-19 numbers by county, by local governments, and today in his press conference he mentioned it might not be a bad idea to get back to that, so a bit of a shift and we might be getting more numbers given what he said. >> yeah. sound like he may be starting to sorten on some of the hard positions that he's taken down there. see if that paps out. thanks so much for following that. let bring in cnn chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. sanjay, as you know, the fda is expected to soon authorize a third coronavirus shot for some folks who are dealing with compromised immune systems. what factors can go into this in terms of who gets them and when? >> the whole thinking behind this, jim, is these are people who did the really amount to a