President obama made a big announcement today on the future of u. S. Troops in afghanistan. He laid out just how many service men and women will remain there at the end of this year. At the beginning of 2015 we will have approximately 9800 98009,800 u. S. Service members together with n. A. T. O. Allies and other partners. Reporter Mike Viqueira live at the white house. Take us through the specifics of the troop withdraw. Reporter you know, its been a long time coming. This is a promise that he had made on the campaign trail. And he has been saying all along that the u. S. U. S. Combat role s going to end. However, the agreements he hoped to reach with the afghanistan government, how many troops will be left there, and exactly what their mission will be. At the height of mr. Obamas afghan surge, the sift had 100,000 troops on the ground. By the time of sundays surprise visit in afghanistan that number was 32,000. You heard the president say that there would be 9800 troops with that num
A massive Coronavirus Relief bill. Todd lawmakers argue there was not enough time to read the not one, 2, 3, 4 but 5000 page bill. Reporter a little research, takes 152 hours to read that thing. After months of inaction they did get it done. A 900 billion covid19 package that includes 1. 4 trillion government funding plan. Given 600 per person payment for 2400 for family of four, extra 300 a week in unemployment benefits, it revises the Paycheck Protection Program with cash infusion and extends the eviction moratorium, provides Vaccine Distribution funding. It does not provide a liability shield for businesses. It does not provide money for state and local governments and it does not provide direct aid to the Restaurant Industry which has been hit so hard already. Lawmakers complain the bill didnt go far enough. Mitch mcconnell says it hits the mark. Its not too little too late, it is targeted at what the country needs right now. If after the new administration comes in they want to ad
You imagined. Illegals are getting stimulus checks. Thousands of others released into american communities. That is near you. While this is unfolding, who is running the country . Dinesh dsouza has some thoughts. Inconvenient truths. Thats the focus of tonights angle. Before we knew much about who the suspect allegedly was that killed ten people in boulder, colorado, yesterday, the media, the twitter blue checks and assorted leftist hacks couldnt help but jump to conclusions. Screenshots from those who seemed almost giddy at who they thought the suspect flows. Tweeting a white man killed ten people and was planned by the police completely unharmed. Human rights lawyer says comparing it to the death of tamir rice. Police shot him in 1. 7 seconds left into suffer an agonizing pace. Colorado terrorist. Cops arrested him alive. The lovely feminist activist all over the internet saying that the shooter was taken into custody. In other words it was almost certainly a white man again. If your
And supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi. A battle that has claimed the lives of more than 600 people over the past few days and injured more than 4000. President obama scolded the Egyptian Military today, saying that traditional cooperation with egypt cannot continue as civilians continue to be slaughtered before claiming to be neutral in the conflict. We do not take sides with any particular party. Or political figure. I know it is tempting inside of egypt. To blame the United States or the west or some other outside actions for what has gone wrong. We have been blamed by supporters of Mohammed Morsi and we have been blamed by the other side as if we are supporters of Mohammed Morsi. Lou of course no one could better clear that up than the president himself. The mixed signals from the white house revealed the confusion within the administration. President obama calling for a return to a democratically elected government and his support for the Muslim Brotherhood it preserves
And supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi. A battle that has claimed the lives of more than 600 people over the past few days and injured more than 4000. President obama scolded the Egyptian Military today, saying that traditional cooperation with egypt cannot continue as civilians continue to be slaughtered before claiming to be neutral in the conflict. We do not take sides with any particular party. Or political figure. I know it is tempting inside of egyp to blame the United States or the west or some other outside actions for what has gone wrong. We have en blamed by supporters of Mohammed Morsi and we have been blamed by the other side as if we are supporters of Mohammed Morsi. Lou of course no one could better clear that up than the president himself. The mixed signals from the white house revealed the confusion within the administration. President obama calling for a return to a democratically elected government and his support for the Muslim Brotherhood it preserves a 1