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U.S. scrambles to evacuate Americans and Afghans following Taliban takeover

There’s mounting pressure on the Biden administration to evacuate Americans and allies out of Afghanistan following the Taliban’s rapid takeover. Pentagon officials said between 1,400 and 1,500 people have been evacuated from the country since Saturday. But thousands more remain, including many Afghans who are fearful of what’s next in a country once again under the rule of the Taliban. CBS News foreign correspondent Roxana Saberi and CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang report on the latest from more from Kabul and the White House. Then, Elliot Ackerman, a U.S. Marine veteran and author, and Jamil Jaffer, founder and executive director of the National Security Institute, joined CBSN’s Elaine Quijano to discuss. Source

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Storm hits Haiti as earthquake death toll rises

Tropical depression Grace hit Haiti just days after a devastating earthquake killed more than 1,400 people. CBS News’ Vladimir Duthiers reports from Haiti, and then Jean Eddy Saint Paul, a Brooklyn College sociology professor and founding director of the CUNY Haitian Studies Institute, joins CBSN to discuss the latest. Source

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U.S. intel warned of Afghan military collapse

Questions are being raised about how the Biden administration was caught off guard by the sudden collapse of the Afghan government. Weijia Jiang has more on the warnings the administration did receive. Source

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Evacuations resume at Kabul airport a day after deadly chaos on the tarmac

Evacuation flights out of Afghanistan resumed Tuesday after the military regained control over Kabul’s international airport, which was overrun by crowds attempting to flee the Taliban a day earlier. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang, CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion, and Los Angeles Times’ White House reporter Eli Stokols join CBSN’s “Red & Blue” anchor Elaine Quijano with more on how the White House is defending itself against criticism over its exit strategy and the latest on President Biden’s domestic agenda. Source

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