we have break news about the suicide attack in afghanistan that left 13 u.s. members dead. oren liebermann joins us now from the pentagon. once again, oren, this raises questions about the chaotic nature of the u.s. withdrawal and the repercussions thereof. reporter: absolutely, john. the latest revelations underscore how the final takes of the withdrawal were and how quickly the situation was deteriorating and how quickly afghanistan could be used as a base by terror organizations like al qaeda or isis-k to reconstitute their organizations. so on august 15th, as the taliban was essentially at the gates of kabul, they opened up two prisons, bagram air base and the prison near kabul. in opening up the prisons hours before they took control of the city of kabul, they released
after twin bombings at the gates of kabul s international airport. president biden is vowing to continue with evacuations, the question is are troops bracing for more attacks? plus across the country more than 100,000 people are hospitalized with coronavirus. it s the highest number of hospitalizations we have seen since january, before vaccines were widely available to the public. the question is when will we see case numbers go down again? and the supreme court throws out the biden administration s eviction moratorium. the question is what does this mean for millions of americans who are behind in rent? it s way too early for this. good morning, and welcome to way too early, i m sam stein. this friday, august 27th. we start in afghanistan where 13 u.s. service members and according to the associated press at least 95 afghans are dead following terror attacks in
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secretary is going nowhere. are you going to resign, mr raab? no. but did he miss an opportunity to get people out of afghanistan sooner? while the taliban were advancing, dominic raab was on holiday here in crete. rather than lounging on the beach, we re told he was working and making regular phone calls. last friday, officials here at the foreign office advised him to make one such call urgently, to the afghan foreign minister, for help in evacuating interpreters. but it s understood the job was delegated to a junior minister. and labour argues that a resigning matter. the idea that the foreign secretary wouldn t pick up the phone as the taliban were advancing and standing at the gates of kabul to see what we could do to help and prevent afghanistan descending into a basis for terror again, seems to me to be extraordinary. and we believe that he should resign and be replaced with somebody who is actually up to doing thatjob. 0ther opposition parties believe dominic raab s time is up.
to a junior minister instead. labour said he should be sacked or quit. the idea that the foreign secretary would not pick up the phone as the taliban were advancing and standing at the gates of kabul to see what we could do to help and prevent afghanistan descending into a base for terror again seems to me to be extraordinary. but today mr raab shrugged off calls to go. are you going to resign, mr raab? no. that was a no and a cabinet colleague came to mr raab s defence. the only problem last week was not a phone call to an afghan government that was melting away and had almost, or don t have any leverage. the number one challenge at the end of last week was whether the airport would continue to fly out, allow planes to fly out, and those people that we were getting out, would they be allowed to get out. that was the number one call, the only thing that mattered. dominic raab insists he was working hard on holiday, getting back to britain in the early hours of monday, after the taliban