so, issue after issue like you walk through inflation, the southern border, afghanistan, the virus. crime, this country is off on the wrong track and people are blaming the president for it. will: ari fleischer points out that what starts with afghanistan ends with covid in terms of broken promises. and we talked about this a little bit earlier in the show. december of 2021 is beginning to feel a lot like december of 2022. there is an atmosphere of fear around the country. at least in certain pars of the country at least as in certain parts of the country anticipation of shut down return. so we are almost two years in. covid shut downs and cancellations, perhaps coming back. because the omicron variant spreads across the country. alexandria hoff is live in washington. alexandria? well, here in d.c. and the d.c. area. thousands of parents are scrambling with logistics of school closures once again. prince gorgeous county in maryland those schools will go
playing of amazing grace and the invocation and then a moment of silence to mark the very moment, 9:37am, then we ll hear from the chairman of thejoint 9:37am, then we ll hear from the chairman of the joint chiefs, and of course the defence secretary lloyd austin and then we will hear those haunting tones of taps, the bugle call that is played at military funerals to close the day as well, at the barracks around the country and we will hear those tones played out across the western lohan. it s an especially poignant moment for the pentagon, just as the us war in afghanistan ends, what a loss of more american life. == in afghanistan ends, what a loss of more american life. in afghanistan ends, what a loss of more american life. with the loss of more american more american life. with the loss of more american life. more american life. with the loss of more american life. when - more american life. with the loss of more american life. when you - of more american life. when yo
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gone, the streets empty. the taliban in american military vehicles have set up roadblocks to stop people getting near. some taliban leaders claim to have already taken over parts of the airport a claim denied by the mod and the pentagon. they re not in charge of any of the gates. of any of the airport operations. that is still under us military control. the global effort to get people to safety is now ending. these german troops have already returned home. spanish troops are back in madrid. british and american forces will be the last to go. the 20 year western mission in afghanistan ends in a chaotic, bloody withdrawl with the taliban ready to take charge. graham satchell, bbc news. the chief of the british armed forces, general sir nick carter,
and the pentagon. they re not in charge of any of the gates. of any of the airport operations. that is still under us military control. the global effort to get people to safety is now ending. these german troops have already returned home. spanish troops are back in madrid. british and american forces will be the last to go. the 20 year western mission in afghanistan ends in a chaotic, bloody withdrawl with the taliban ready to take charge. graham satchell, bbc news. the chief of the british armed forces, general sir nick carter, confirmed today that the uk was reaching the end of its evacuation today, and that flights out of kabul would now have to be used to bring troops home. we ve done an extraordinaryjob to evacuate as many as we have, but i m afraid it s absolutely heartbreaking that we can t bring everybody out. we ve done an extraoridnaryjob to evacuate as many as we have,