here's alice barr in washington. >> reporter: with only six days left until all u.s. troops are set to leave afghanistan, the military and state department are racing to get americans and allies to safety. in an anxiously-awaited update today, the secretary of state saying there may be as many as 1500 americans actively seeking to leave. >> we're aggressively reaching out to them multiple times a day through multiple communications, phone, text messaging. >> reporter: they are ordering contingency plans in case troops have to stay longer. >> there is no deadline on our work to help remaining citizens if they decide to do so, along with the many afghans who stood by us these many years. >> reporter: it seems there won't be time to get out all the afghan translators. >> this is a profound betrayal. the president and his administration needs to understand that veterans are never going to forget this. >> reporter: many veterans trying to help a world away. >> he's been beaten. >> reporter: two u.s. house members, one republican, one democrat, both veterans who secretly tr

alice barr, nbc news. >> there are new developments in the coronavirus. europe might be a no-fly zone for american tourists. today the european union recommended that americans coming into europe might be blocked because of the surge in covid infections. keep in mind this is a recommendation. countries in the eu can still set their own restrictions. the actual rules will be different depending on where you want to go. last week the united states averaged 152,000 new cases daily. cases haven't been that high since early february. >> because the pandemic we've responded to a lot of tricky travel complaints each week. >> it's a $300 problem, and we're talking about hawaii here. >> a lot of people want to go. >> this one, it's the money, but also the time. it took months for jeff to try to figure this out. he had the trip to maui for the early days of the pandemic, but he postponed it twice and eventually canceled. jeff expected after all that to get his money back. his travel agent at the travel centers near clear lake got close, but jeff says he was still s

in washington, alice barr, nbc news. >> dozens of afghans are beginning to arrive in the bay area. for the past few weeks, the international rescue committee has helped 34 arrive in oakland. >> we have a resettlement program specifically geared to help families once they arrive, to provide services from airport pickup to housing, helping them enroll their children in school, getting them set up with medical appointments, getting their benefits going. >> jewish families are helping and expect 50 to arrive in the next few weeks. but they need housing and cash donations to help refugees. for more on how to donate, click on this story. >>> khalid hassiny wrote "the kite runner", a best seller for two years. he wrote of his home land and the little kabul district of fremont. today he released this statement saying in part, i have watched the developments in afghanistan with great sadness. the u.s. and international community at large must take steps to prevent a humanitarian crisis. >> another country in crisis, haiti, where hospitals remain overwhelmed as thousands are hurt in last sat

alice barr, nbc news. >> we are committed it moving you forward, especially when it comes to helping you understand how our climate is changing, and our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri plays a big role. you've done lots of especially reports and are here with a deeper look. >> we've been covering the changing climate for months. we wanted to show you a hill little bit more about that report. warming, it looks like it's going to continue to happen unless we make substantial changes. what you're looking at here, i showed it to you about 30 minutes ago. it's future temperatures. we need to keep the warming that we're seeing to two degrees celsius and below. if we make substantial cuts in emissions we could keep it at two degrees celsius and below. if we don't make substantial cuts there is the fear that we could see it go up to four degrees celsius, and that's where things would get more drastic, more dangerous across the united states. here's a look at the impact map. across the eastern and western u.s. we are looking at increased snow. increased temperatures, sea level rise. drought

alice barr has the latest from washington. >> reporter: a race against time today in kabul, with the u.s. military securing the airport and ramping up operations to evacuate as many as 9,000 people a day. >> we'll do as much as we can for as long as we can. >> reporter: this photo of hurpds hundreds crammed into a u.s. cargo jet. the taliban holding a news conference, projecting what it wants the world to see, offering amnesty and promising it won't retaliate against those who helped the united states, like this former translator. >> i do not believe a word the taliban is saying. >> reporter: the u.s. saying they will have everyone out by the end of the month. >> this was a choice between dramatically ramping up forces to fight or drawing them down to end our military involvement. >> reporter: critics pointing out the crisis is far their over. >> we've had the saigon moment. now we immediate to do everything possible to save as many lives as possible. >> reporter: u.s. military commanders are now communicating with taliban leaders. >> taliban have informed us they are prepared to pro

in washington, alice barr, nbc news. >>> is the mourned vaccine more effective? a new study from the mayo clinic finds that people who are fully vaccinated with moderna might be less likely to have a breakthrough case with the delta variant. researchers say that in july in florida, the risk of a breakthrough case was 60% lower for mourned recipients as compared to pfizer recipients. to be clear though, researchers found that both vaccines strongly protect against severe disease. the mayo clinic study has not yet been peer reviewed. >>> a small study out of israel finds that a third booster shot of the covid vaccine seems to be working for people who are immunocompromised. in mid-july transplant patients received a booster shot. researchers say those patients were twice as likely to develop strong antibodies as they were after the two shots. the study also has not yet been peer reviewed. >>> plus, the delta variant spreads nationwide, the department of health and human services is taking action. it will require vaccinations for more than 25,000 of its health care