Today on Velshi, crowds are amassing right now on the streets of the nation's capital

and fanning out across the country to march on Washington again, as Dr. Martin Luther King did 58 years ago to demand free and fair access to the ballot for all Americans.

We'll take you live to the front lines of the battle for voting rights

unfolding now in historic protests across America. Plus, the very latest from Afghanistan

as the threat of further attacks looms over the Kabul airport with three days until the

U.S. deadline for getting out. We'll talk to reporters in the region, a former translator who's

still trying to get family out of the country,

and Congresswoman Ilhan Omar who knows what it's like to flee war and arrive in America as a refugee.

And with COVID cases surging, including among children, the fight over mass mandates and red states is boiling over.

Then a haunting story from a picturesque American town

with what some local residents call a dirty secret.

Velshi starts now.

Good morning.

It's Saturday, August the 28th. I'm Mehdi Hassan in for Ali Valshi.

We begin this morning with the latest developments out of Afghanistan, where the US evacuation efforts are taking on even greater urgency.

We're just learning this morning that the UK's final evacuation flight carrying civilians will depart today. President Biden's August

the 31st deadline to leave the country is quickly approaching and a horrific suicide bombing outside

of Kabul's airport is adding to the pressure. The attack killed 13 US service members. You can see

nine of them here on the screen. It's the deadliest U.S. casualty event in Afghanistan in 10 years.

Yesterday, President Biden expressed his condolences to their families.

My heart aches for you.

The lies we lost today were lives given in the service of liberty,

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