i tip the hat to the new yorker magazine. they described what life is like afghanistan. a lot of this we reported. they had other news that it we had not reported. the taliban established a repressive state that carried out more than 100 targeted killings and abduction of former afghan officials. limited girls education and banning women from many workplaces. silencing local journalists and beaten female protestors in the street with whips. the report continues: people were left behind during the chaotic american withdrawal. that s sloweda a crawl.
for tropical storm grace. good evening. the white house rejects any notion that the us exit from afghanistan should in any way compare to the capitulation in saigon in 1975. but how should the world view the images we have seen today from kabul airport? amid the scramble to evacuate western diplomatic staff and with taliban now surrounding the airfield there was chaos on the runway as afghans clung desperately to one of the few military transporters that left. not quite the last plane out, but surely the enduring image of this chaotic american withdrawal. we ve heard nothing from joe biden since saturday. he s just about to appear at the white house. let s take you there to hear his comments.