deteriorating security situation. but after 20 years of war and thousands of lives lost, the question is, what was it all for? plus, a major earthquake hits haiti, leaving more than 1200 people dead. there s been a scramble overnight to find any survivors trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings. the question is what is the scope of this disaster? and as the delta variant causes covid cases to surge, a new warning from top u.s. health officials. the u.s. could soon hit more than 200,000 new cases per day. the question is, how does america s hospital system keep up? it s way too early for this. good morning, and welcome to way too early, the show that has a lot of news to get to. i m jonathan lemire on this monday, august 16th. we have plenty going on and we start overseas where 20 years after the united states toppled the taliban regime in afghanistan, the group is on the verge of retaking political power. taliban forces entered the capital of kabul on satur
against the pandemic. millions of school children head back into the classroom just as the virus rages back. we ll talk about the mixed messaging coming from the same people who should be setting an example good morning and welcome to morning joe, it is monday, august 16th. joe is traveling this morning. big news this morning. complete collapse. 20 years after the united states toppled the taliban regime in afghanistan. the group is on the verge of retaking political power. taliban forces entered the capital of kabul on saturday continuing a blitz that has seen insurgence capture more than half of afghanistan s 34 provincial capitals. the group overtook police posts and gained control of the bagram airfield yesterday. afghans pled the airport looking to escape the violence only to find flights suspended over reported gun fire. one person able to escape was the country s president who said he left to, quote, prevent a flood of bloodshed. we know the embassy in kabul has been
fifth amendment, as you know, if you refuse to answer the question with a truthful answer would tend to incriminate you. do you understand that right? yes. tonight, our republican underpricing the risk of a convicted canada. a president of the united states needs to have immunity, the supreme court is gonna be rulli of that. what happened to the desantis campaign? thank you everyone, governor desantis, i want to present to you this precip new signs that the florida governor s run is over. we re proud of you for trying. sorry, buddy. and some more genuinely good news. the u.s. stock market continues to hit record high after record high. why just about every indicator of the biden economy is pointed up except one, until today. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes, for four days from the new hampshire pioneer, looked shaping up to be a make-or-break moment for both republican parties in the nation. i think over a year
robb elementary school. the family of those victims as well as the survivors of the shooting continue to grapple with a massive failure of law enforcement. more importantly, the vice gripping with the gun industry holds to america and its lawmakers. legal actions have been filed against daniel defends, the manufacture of the ar-15 style rifle that the gunman used in the shooting. one of those positions was filed by the school staff member who previously it was wrongly claimed left open a door that the shooter had used. another was fired by the parents of amerie jo garza, another victim. they are also the manner in which they marketed their firearms. this is an issue that has been raised when somebody discovered another ads posted in social media just days before the eovaldi shooting, which featured a young child holding the firearm with the caption,, quote trade up a trial, in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. daniel defense will not be
sensitive site expiration is done. to be thanks very much, we appreciate it. kristen o leary is the former director of hostage recovery for the united states. he s a senior vice president of global affairs for the group. coming up, donald trump continues to take a page out of the authoritarian playbook as his legal troubles grow. i ll speak with the woman who wrote the book on authoritarian leaders. ruth joins me. then, with israel and hezbollah trading fire over lebanon s threatens to spill over into the region. we ll go to lebanon for the latest on the ground. plus, lbj and by the former vice prime minister of israel, another hour of velshi begins right now. good morning to you, it is sunday the 22nd. with wars regime between ukraine and russia, israel and hamas, and threatening to spill into other continents, global leadership is critical. we re facing our own crisis of democracy in her own home, one that is easy to overlook when the news of the world s war. legal peri