CBS News’ Mark Strassmann reports on an increase in COVID-19-related hospitalizations across the U.S. Source

The storm had top winds of 70 mph as of Sunday morning, just shy of hurricane status. Source

Missed the second half of the show? The latest on Afghanistan and the COVID-19 pandemic. Source

Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb says schools can use testing to avoid quarantining every student who is exposed to the coronavirus. Source

Ambassador Ryan Crocker says “the decision and the execution, and the execution in particular, does not speak to competency.” Source

Governor Larry Hogan says his administration is in contact with the State Department about helping Afghans who fled the Taliban. Source

Blinken said the Biden administration has been communicating directly with U.S. citizens in Afghanistan to help guide them on the best way to get to the airport in Kabul. Source

Nikki Haley, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, says the president oversaw “a complete and total surrender” to the Taliban. Source

The following is a transcript of an interview with Secretary of State Antony Blinken that aired on Sunday, August 22, 2021, on “Face the Nation.” Source

CBS News’ Roxana Saberi reports from Al Udeid Air Base in Doha, where thousands of evacuees have been flown in from Afghanistan over the past several days. Source