for today. i'm alicia menendez. i'm going to see you back here tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. eastern for more "american voices" but for now, i hand to over to my colleague, joshua johnson. hello, joshua. >> as soon as you used the phrase witch hunt, i was like i know the story. i don't know about you but that gives me huge hope for the future. they were amazing. so, very cool. thank for ending with that story, alicia. you have a good night. hello to you. it is good to be with you tonight. wish we could start with a more pleasant story but we, of course, start with afghanistan because president biden met with his national security team today. theys discussed the security situation there and counterterrorism operations. pennsylvania congresswoman susan wild will join us to consider what happens now. plus, covid remains a critical situation in alabama. and also, in florida. today, that state passed 3 million confirmed cases. florida's governor is giving some school districts 48 hours to drop their mask mandates or face losing some funding.