Military and our diplomats and intelligence professionals. That was the choice, the real choice, between leaving or escalating. I was not going to extend this forever war. And i was not extending a forever exit. To those asking for a third decade of war in afghanistan, i ask, what is the vital national interest . It was time to end this war. We will maintain the fight against terrorism. We just dont need to fight a Ground War to do it. And to isisk, we are not done with you yet. The speech gets the broader outlines of his Foreign Policy, saying that the era of Nation Building is over. The president also noted that the u. S. Would help evacuate the estimated 1 to 200 americans still in afghanistan, if they want to leave. The State Department also think kabul embassy staff, posting this photo taken just before the departure. There is no longer an embassy in afghanistan. Those diplomats will now be based in qatar. Meanwhile Nbc News has learned more about just how closely the taliban work
in hawaii president biden promises more aid as the anger rises over the initial response. and communities across the western u.s. clean up from tropical storm hilary, and another powerful storm is barrelling towards texas right now. we begin this hour with the latest on the legal troubles surrounding former president donald trump. two of trump s 18 codefendants in the georgia election interference case surrendered themselves to authorities in fulton, georgia. trump s attorney, john eastman, surrendered himself hours after the codefendant, scott hall, who accessed voting machines and data in coffee county, georgia, turned himself in. this as donald trump says he will travel on thursday to surrender to authorities. that news came hours after his attorneys and the fulton county authorities agreed to his release, and all this as jack smith s team responds to trump s proposal to start the trial in april of 2026. joining us, leslie caldwell and ali vitali. what do we know about t
his message to the people of maui about their loss and the recovery while the next storm threat takes aim at the texas gulf coast, tropical storm harold, less than 100 miles away from landfall. good morning, thanks for being here. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york and as we come on the air, the first of donald trump s 18 co-defendants has just surrendered down in georgia. scott hall charged in the covey county election breach has been booked at the rice street bail. his bail set at $10,000. trump lawyer john eastman also expected to surrender as soon as today, according to his attorney. eastman faces nine counts including racketeering for his alleged role in trying to overturn the state s 2020 election. the man whose name is at the top of that indictment, the former president, says he will surrender on thursday, a day after the party s presidential debate, an event he says he won t attend. trump s bond has been set at $200,000. and it includes an
counsel as we speak in a criminal probe. now, in just a moment, we will try to get some answers from trump s lawyer who will be joining me live. but first, a look at the brand-new information gathered by our cnn team. their sources say that there are 16 records of the national archives and what they are handing over to jack smith. they apparently indicate trump and his top advisors were made aware of the correct process to declassify material while trump was president, undercutting claims like this one. i took what i took against declassified. they become automatically declassified when i took them. and also this claim. it doesn t have to be a process. you are the president of the united states, you can declassified just by saying it is declassified, even by thinking about it. we are told the archives informed trump about its discovery yesterday in a letter. cnn has obtained a copy. it says, i am quoting, the 16 records and questionable reflect communication involving