Watch Live: Pentagon holds briefing as ISIS continues to be threat at Kabul airport
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Pentagon press secretary John Kirby and Army Major Gen. William D. "Hank" Taylor, joint staff deputy director for regional operations are briefing reporters Friday morning, after a complex attack killed 13 service members Thursday at the Hamid Karzai International Airport Thursday. Terror threats in the vicinity remain high. What: Pentagon officials hold a press briefing as the U.S. continues to evacuate Americans and Afghans in the wake of an attack that killed 13 service members and dozens of Afghans Date: August 27, 2021 Time: 10:30 a.m. Location: Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia Online stream: Live on CBSN in the player above and on your mobile or streaming device.
Evacuations continue, as the Tuesday withdrawal deadline imposed by President Biden rapidly approaches. The Pentagon has said it will need several days to draw down operations at the airport, ahead of a full troop withdrawal.Billions of cicadas are emerging across about 16 states in the Southeast and Midwest. Periodical cicadas used to reliably emerge every 13 or 17 years, depending on their brood. But in a warming world where spring conditions arrive sooner, climate change is messing with the bugs' internal alarm clocks.
Senate Democrats to unveil package to protect IVF as party makes reproductive rights push this month
Washington — A group of Senate Democrats is set to unveil a new package to protect access to IVF on Monday, as the party makes a push around reproductive rights this month — two years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.