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i'm proud to be part of aag, i trust 'em, i think you can too. trust aag for the best reverse mortgage solutions. call now so you can... retire better >>> everybody here is doing their best. but it's not clear if it's fast enough, if enough people can get out, and how much longer they have to finish this massive operation. >>> as thousands of desperate people struggle to get out of afghanistan, cnn's clarissa ward shows what it's like inside the kabul airport. >>> plus, afghan evacuees arrive in safe countries as joe biden makes a promise.

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i'm proud to be part of aag, i trust 'em, i think you can too. trust aag for the best reverse mortgage solutions. call now so you can... retire better >>> the delta variant is ripping through the united states. this week, the u.s. surpassed 36 million total cases of covid-19. the most in the world. and the new cases are overwhelming healthcare systems in the country. half of the hospitalization come from just eight states. mostly, concentrated in the south where the vaccination rates are the lowest in the country. now, this doctor says the situation is, quickly, spiraling out of control. >> this is starting to look really ominous in the south where -- where -- where i am. i mean, we're now, if you look at the rates of transmission in florida and louisiana, they're actually, probably, the highest in the world. that's how badly things have gotten out of hand. >> and some of the states with the highest-infection rates have republican governors who are banning mask mandates and other public-health measures. now, one of those states is texas. last mon

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i'm proud to be part of aag, i trust 'em, i think you can too. trust aag for the best reverse mortgage solutions. call now so you can... retire better >>> welcome back to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. updating our top story, the taliban have now taken control of two major cities in afghanistan, kandahar and lashkar gah. video claims to show victory celebrations with taliban fighters riding on a u.s. humvee through the streets. cnn can't independently verify the video's authenticity. the taliban have taken over 14 provincial capitals and the rapid advance has the u.s. gravely concerned about the capital kabul. it is sending 3,000 additional troops to help evacuate most american civilians from the u.s. embassy. and hundreds of thousands of afghan s have fled their homes. almost 400,000 have been displaced inside the country just this year, others have fled the country. pakistan hosts almost 1.5 million while some 780,000 are living in iran. many of those recently up rooted have mad

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i'm proud to be part of aag, i trust 'em, i think you can too. trust aag for the best reverse mortgage solutions. call now so you can... retire better it's taken a lot to get to this moment. ♪ grew up at midnight - the maccabees ♪ dreams are on the line. you got this. refresh... it all, comes down, to this. ♪♪ >>> the taliban now controls six provincial capitals in afghanistan. a local official said the entire northern city of ear bach has fallen. with afghan forces under siege across the country, the u.s. envoy for afghanistan will meet with other regional officials to try to formulate an international response. civilians desperate to escape the taliban's offensive in the provinces have abandoned their homes to reach the relative safety in kabul. cnn's nick paton walsh has reported from inside afghanistan for many years, and he joins us now from london. good to see you, nick. what is the latest on these taliban advances and of course the implications for the afghan government and troops? >> reporter: we are now at a total of six provinci

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i'm proud to be part of aag, i trust 'em, i think you can too. trust aag for the best reverse mortgage solutions. call now so you can... retire better >>> a major development in afghanistan where the taliban have taken over most of kundoz city. a local official said earlier the majority of the city has fallen but not the airport. if kunduz falls, it will be afghanistan's third provincial capital loss to militants. the taliban say it's taken the entire city and central prison, along with armored vehicles and weapons. we had this earlier report from kabul as the government keeps losing territory. >> the situation in afghanistan is rapidly unraveling which is why you saw the u.s. embassy come out and urge all americans to leave the country. this comes on the heels of the taliban taking control of two provincial capitals. this is a big deal. they're the first but by no means, unfortunately, probably the last. at least three other cities are under imminent threat. we spoke to the icrc, the international red cross. they had a hospital in kandahar who s

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