U.S. completes withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan; Caldor Fire forces thousands to evacuate in California. Source

President Biden pledges support for states hit hard by Ida; Florida Governor Ron DeSantis addresses state’s rise in COVID cases. Source

There were nearly 4 million confirmed COVID-19 cases reported in the U.S. during the month of August. This comes as most Americans are expected to be eligible for booster vaccinations within the next three weeks. Dr. Annalee Baker, an associate professor of emergency medicine at NYU’s Grossman School of Medicine, joined CBSN’s Elaine Quijano to discuss. Source

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is standing by his decision to ban mask mandates in schools, even though a judge ruled against him. The state is experiencing record COVID-19 hospitalizations and an uptick in cases among children. Miami Herald reporter Ana Ceballos joins Elaine Quijano on CBSN to discuss the state of the pandemic in Florida. Source

With the deadline for the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan quickly approaching, officials are racing to get the remaining Americans and Afghan allies out of the country. But a new warning from the U.S. Embassy tells citizens to stay away from Kabul airport due to “security threats.” CBS News foreign correspondent Charlie D’Agata joins CBSN AM from Doha, Qatar, with the latest. Source

Politico reports that U.S. officials gave the Taliban a list of people trying to evacuate from Afghanistan, including names of Afghans who served alongside Americans during the war. Politico’s Pentagon reporter Lara Seligman joins CBSN AM with more on this report. Source

Tropical Storm Nora hammers Mexico’s Pacific coast. A massive fire engulfs a 20-story residential building in Milan. Australia records its 1,000th COVID-19 death. And Brazil’s president makes a startling prediction. CBS News foreign correspondent Ian Lee joins CBSN AM from London with a roundup of these headlines. Source

U.S. troops completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan even though a small number of Americans and thousands of Afghan allies were unable to evacuate in time. Stateside, the White House pledged support to states hit by Hurricane Ida. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion, CBSN political contributor and Associated Press White House reporter Zeke Miller, and The Washington Post’s White House economics reporter Jeff Stein join “Red and Blue” anchor Elaine Quijano with more. Source

Major General Chris Donahue, commander of the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division, XVIII Airborne Corps, was one of the commanders on the ground running the evacuation mission. Source

More than a million customers in the New Orleans area could be without electricity for days or longer after the power system was decimated by Hurricane Ida. Omar Villafranca takes a look. Source