and while afghanistan is certainly a crisis, there s another crisis in this state, which is, of course, alabama at this point running out of icu beds earlier in the week and this is an outdoor rally so it should make things a bit safer than we ve seen at previous political events, but obviously a lot of people eager to hear from the former president and the political sway in the state. anita. anita: looks like they re braving the rain and lining up early to hear from the former president. mark meredith live on the ground there. thank you so much. griff: anita, gold star moms on what the crisis in afghanistan means to them next. at usaa, we ve been called too exclusive. because we only serve those who honorably served. all ranks, all branches, and their families. are we still exclusive? absolutely. and that s exactly why you should join. it s an important time to save. with priceline, you can get up to 60% off amazing hotels.
president biden has canceled his planned trip home to wilmington, delaware. instead of getting briefed on the situation in afghanistan at the white house. we have fox news team coverage with lucas tomlinson at the pentagon and jacqui at the white house. and what are you hearing in doha. anita, good afternoon. there continues to be efforts by the international community to get as many civilians and diplomates out of afghanistan as possible of the flights are ongoing. as we know, the u.s. issued the alert warning of possible security threats outside of the gates where people are going into the airport facilities. we ve seen video over the past six days of major clashes. taliban fighters outside trying to push back people who arrived there even with the correct paper work and u.s. military personnel, even pulling babies
affecting all of the southwest border and into the united states. griff: all right. valverde county sheriff joe martinez, thanks for the update. thank you, keep safe. anita: one of the topics that former president donald trump is expect today address at his alabama rally this evening. our mark meredith has a preview and he s live there. good to see you. great to see you, good afternoon from deep red alabama where thousands of people are already lined up to hear from the former president. take a look at the crowd getting ready to go through the security barriers, eager to hear from the former president and he ll be talking a lot about politics even though the state s republican primary is not until next may. he s endorsed mo brooks for the senate state seat and the property remaining neutral. and the president gets a lot of support here in the state and won alabama by more than 490,000 votes last year and his
and as a four star general just texted me he said and admitted that he was wrong. we were watching the press conference and waving you ask the questions. there are numbers flying around and when we hear 2500 americans are able to get out. any sense how many more americans are left? the estimates vary. john kirby said between 5,000 and 10,000. over to the white house, jen psaki says at least 11,000. we re hearing from capitol hill lawmakers they have been briefed by state department and dod, the defense department, that there s between, you know, 10 and 15,000 americans. so when we hear only 2500 americans have been rescued, it does leave some questions who else is out there? who is missing and how is the u.s. military going to know when the issue is over and you can pack up and get out of there, anita? confusing and troubling indeed. lucas tomlinson live at the
welcome back. anita, that was such a powerful interview. we want to take just a moment for our viewers to process that. i would say to you, anita, that we re at inflection point in our history and both of our allies and our enemies watching. the president having a detachment from reality with both our jen griffin and reporters from other networks were correcting him in real-time, whether americans can get to the airport or whether al-qaeda exists there. and one of the important voices at this turn point are the veterans that served and the gold moms. and what about the interview was strongest. anita: i thought it was interesting to hear from the