ABC's Andy Field - August 13, 2021 - KRDO's Afternoon News

A federal judge is refusing landlords' request to put the Biden administration's new eviction moratorium on hold, though she made clear she thinks it's illegal.  U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich on Friday said her "hands are tied" by an appellate ruling the last time courts considered the evictions moratorium in the spring.  In discussing the new moratorium last week, President Joe Biden acknowledged there were questions about its legality, but said a court fight over the new CDC order would buy time for the distribution of some of the $45 billion in rental assistance that has been approved but not yet used.  Plus: Andy will have the latest on the Biden administration's decision to send  U.S. troops into Kabul in a temporary deployment to speed evacuation flights for some American diplomats and thousands of Afghans.