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CBS Evening News

CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell, 08/26

CBS Evening News

CBS News

News, Daily News

3.5650 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2021

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

On tonight's CBS Evening News podcast -- a deadly turn in ongoing efforts to evacuate Americans and Afghan allies -- the deadliest day for U.S. forces in Afghanistan in a decade. Also -- the pandemic has inflamed a mental health crisis already unfolding among young people. In the "Back-to School" series, what schools and parents can do to address the issue.

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0:00.0

Tonight terror gripping Afghanistan suicide bombers killed 12 U.S. service members and injured 15 more at the Kabul airport, making it the deadliest day for the military there in a decade.

0:12.5

And the president tonight vowing revenge. The ultimate nightmare scenario. Graphic and devastating scenes near the airport.

0:23.2

Dozens of innocent Afghans killed.

0:25.9

Survivors using a wheelbarrow to get victims to the hospital.

0:29.5

How did the terrorists get through checkpoints?

0:32.1

And why the military says the threat isn't over.

0:35.4

Plus, the mission continues the military vows to keep evacuating Americans

0:39.3

and Afghans. But what about retaliation? We will not forgive. We will not forget.

0:48.0

We will hunt you down and make you pay. Delta's summer surge, no room in the ICU,

0:56.7

as medical staff battle to save lives at an Oregon hospital.

1:00.8

As ICU nurses, we're used to winning, and we're not winning.

1:04.7

In our back-to-school series, a focus on mental health,

1:08.9

the groundbreaking program to help students as they return to the classroom.

1:14.2

Travel slow down. Why are Americans suddenly canceling their flights? Plus, will Europe soon ban American tourists?

1:23.3

Dangerous storm forming, the latest on what could become a major hurricane.

1:29.6

And Mission of Hope, U.S. service members in Afghanistan show the best of humanity,

1:35.9

risking their lives to save others.

1:42.2

This is the CBS Evening News with Nora O'Donnell, reporting from the nation's capital.

1:48.9

Good evening, and thank you for joining us.

1:50.4

We are going to begin tonight with that breaking news on one of the darkest days for the U.S. military in more than a decade.

1:56.9

As troops were overseeing the evacuation, twin suicide attacks near the Kabul airport,

2:02.1

killed at least 12 U.S. service members, 15 others were wounded.

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