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one, there is extreme fear inside north korea about westerners or foreigners because of covid-19. the vast majority of the population is unevacuated. there is a good chance he might be kwarn needed and could be for quite some time before questioning begins. and when he is questioned, likely the one -- they want to know about his military background. previously, half a dozen u.s. servicemen had defected into north korea, all but one stayed there until they died. but these were different times when the united states had a higher value to the north koreans in terms of getting somebody from the military living in there. in this case, you know, mr. king wasn't in the army very long. he doesn't have a lot of intel he would be able to share with them aside from where he was stationed and doing as a private. so once the north koreans assess that they couldn't gain a lot of military intelligence from him and perhaps not much propaganda value either because they haven't really used americans for propaganda in a number of years, the last time in the -- the sons of a u.s. defector, a
>> reporter: that's right, david. and it is possible that within a week or two, a lower federal court could issue an injunction that would block the law, but texas would appeal that probably all the kwa to the supreme court and there's no kwarn tee there. so, even with clear constitution rights at stake, this process has a ways to go. david? >> the legal fight we knew would come. terry, thank you. overseas tonight and to americans in afghanistan. tonight, the first charter out of kabul, u.s. citizens and permanent residents among the passengers on that flight. the images of that first international flight to take off since the u.s. military withdrawal. but there are several other planes the taliban has not allowed to leave. here's our chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz. >> reporter: it was the first international flight from kabul airport since u.s. forces left afghanistan in chaos nearly two weeks ago. the qatar airways 777 manifested some 200 passengers, more than 30 american citizens and
the health department also noted it has received data from only 43 of the state's 82 counties, suggesting more children may have been exposed. while many mississippi school districts did adopt a mask mandate at least for the beginning of the school year, there's no statewide order for schools. mississippi has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country. a similar situation in florida where nearly 500 students in many palm beach county have been kwarn guaranteed from covid-19 just two days into the school year. the school district, the 10th largest in the country now requires face masks for all students and staff members. around 5,700 students have opted out per an order from governor ron desantis. our affiliate nbc 6 in miami is reporting three teachers and a teachers assistant in broward