| "I do believe that once the vaccine is fully approved, that's going to give more impetus to some businesses, schools to mandate vaccination." - Dr. Scott Gottlieb, who sits on the board of Pfizer, on the difference it will make when the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine receives full FDA approval
Welcome to the "Face the Nation" Five at Five newsletter. Scroll down for your five takeaways from today's broadcast of "Face the Nation" on CBS. Did someone forward you this? Sign-up at cbsnews.com/email. 1. Blinken says U.S. will "do whatever it takes" to evacuate Americans from Kabul  Secretary of State Antony Blinken pledged Sunday that the U.S. will do "whatever it takes" to get all Americans who want to leave Afghanistan out of Kabul as the administration works to contain the fallout from the Taliban's takeover of the country. In an interview with "Face the Nation," Blinken said the Biden administration has found the "safest and most effective way" to get U.S. citizens to the main airport in Kabul for their evacuation out of Afghanistan is by making direct contact with them and guiding them on the best way to the airport and what to do when they arrive. What Blinken said: "The best way, the most effective way, the way I'm focused on to get folks in again is to be in direct contact with them and to help guide them and to give them instructions on where to go, when to go there. And then we can bring them into the airport safely and effectively. President, Secretary of Defense have been clear that we will do whatever it takes to get Americans home and out of harm's way." Why it matters: Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan a week ago, the Biden administration has been scrambling to evacuate Americans and Afghan allies safely out of the country through its main airport in Kabul. While the U.S. military controls the airport, there have been scenes of deadly chaos outside its gates, where scores of people desperate to flee Afghanistan have crowded with hopes of getting out of the country. 2. Nikki Haley faults Biden for "embarrassing failure" in Afghanistan  Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley blamed President Biden for the chaos in Afghanistan following the Taliban's takeover of the country, calling it an "embarrassing failure" of the U.S. government. What Haley said: "They're not negotiating with the Taliban, they've completely surrendered to the Taliban. They surrendered Bagram Air Force Base, which was a major NATO hub. They surrendered $85 billion worth of equipment and weapons that we should've gotten out of there. They've surrendered the American people and actually withdrew our troops before they withdrew the American people, and they've abandoned our Afghan allies who kept people like my husband safe while they were overseas deploying. There was no negotiating. This was a complete and total surrender and an embarrassing failure." Why it matters: A week after the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan amid the U.S. withdrawal from the country by August 31, the Biden administration continues rushing to evacuate Americans and Afghan allies safely amid deadly chaos and confusion outside the airport in Kabul. The Trump administration negotiated a deal with the Taliban in 2020 that called for U.S. forces to pull out of the country by May 2021, a deadline Mr. Biden extended until August 31. 3. CBS News poll: Biden job approval falls; handling of troop removal is negative but support for withdrawal remains  Most Americans have wanted to withdraw from Afghanistan for a while, and most still do. But not like this. Public reaction to what's happened there is decidedly negative, with Americans now fearing wider repercussions from a heightened threat of terrorism. Back home, the public weighs in with rough judgments on President Biden -- not only for his handling of it, but with his overall presidential approval rating dropping substantially, and broader views of his qualities like effectiveness and competence taking hits along with it. Looking forward, there is widespread and cross-party agreement on helping those Afghans who helped the U.S., including those who worked as translators or in intelligence, and on the belief that the U.S. is not presently doing enough to help civilians get out of Afghanistan, a critique that also finds agreement from most Democrats as well as most Republicans. 4. Henri, now a tropical storm, threatens Northeast  Henri, now a tropical storm, made landfall near Westerly, Rhode Island, just after noon ET on Sunday. The storm lashed the northeastern U.S. coastline Sunday morning, packing high winds and heavy rains that were projected to leave a wide swath of devastation from New Jersey and New York to Massachusetts. The storm made landfall with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph and central pressure of 989 mb, the National Weather Service said. The storm was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm but still packed wind gusts of up to 75 mph. Officials warned of the danger of widespread flooding in inland areas as the storm was expected to sweep west from the coast before turning back to the Northeast. CBS News meteorologist and climate specialist Jeff Berardelli has the latest on the tropical storm's movement toward New England. 5. COVID-19 hospitalizations for patients under 50 reach highest level since start of pandemic  Across the U.S., four out of every five ICU beds are full; nearly one-third of all adult ICU patients have COVID-19. The majority of these patients are unvaccinated. In 42 states, the number of COVID-19 deaths has increased, with more than 1,000 deaths this past Friday. Watch CBS News' Mark Strassmann report on an increase in COVID-19-related hospitalizations across the U.S.. | 
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