Helicopters have rescued 169 americans from a hotel outside the airport in kabul. This comes hours after President Biden claimed americans were not having issues getting through the taliban blockade. We have no indication that they havent been able to get in kabul through the airport. We have made an agreement with the taliban thus far. Shannon other parts of the biden administration have conceded that does not line up with the reality for some on the ground, as the White House admits it is unsure how many americans are in need of evacuation from afghanistan, and the pentagon corrects the commander in chief on his claims that Al Qaeda is gone, and the u. S. Will be able to monitor the Terror Threat to americans from afar. Look, lets put this thing in perspective here. What interest do we have in afghanistan at this point, with Al Qaeda gone . Al qaeda is a presence, as well as isis, in afghanistan. And we have talked about that for quite some time. We do not believe it is exorbitantly
a midair emergency in the western united states could have become a deadly disaster, instead everyone walked away safely and deeply relieved. parts of a passenger plane plunged from the sky above colorado after a boeing 777 blew an engine. it eventually landed safely and the incident is now being investigated by the national transportation safety board. fascination quickly turned to concern for those watching from the ground. get josie. i just want to go home. hey, can you grab josie. why? so that she doesn t get hit by something. pieces of the jet rained down on suburban broomfield near denver, ending up in front yards and soccer fields. a witness described the moment it happened to cnn earlier. i was playing with our two kids at the local elementary school, honestly on the basketball court just having fun. an airplane was flying really high overhead and basically what sounded like a sonic boom made everybody look up. as we did we could see there was a gian
terms of how we have broader authority to go after illegal immigrants and make arrests on that. lawrence: texas department of public safety last defense of our border. thank you for joining the program. third hour of fox and friends starts right now. ainsley: final hour of fox and friends with fox weather alert. americans hit the roads ahead of thanksgiving, hail and tornados in southern louisiana last night. steve: 20 million americans could face a severe storm system before turkey day. brian: travelers facing headaches, flight aware reporting 9600 delays since sunday. lawrence: janice dean is standing by but we begin with casey stegall at the dfw airport. hi. a place you are familiar with. things are moving fairly smoothly at dfw this morning. it is early. this is second busiest airport in the country. we re in terminal d. take a live look, no real lines to speak of at the ticket counter and tsa is reporting. 114 delays nationwide, bulk in los angeles and ph
thanks. jesse is next. carley: week full of fun in full swing for president biden who kicks off thanksgiving vacation in nantucket after celebrating his 81st birthday at the white house yesterday. you are watching fox and friends first, i m carley shimkus. todd: i m todd piro. the president adding to his age. concern about mental stamina and ment at health. joe biden s team jokes about bubble wrap strategy to make sure he doesn t trip and fall until the election. doug luzader has more from d.c. doug: d.c. fire marshals were nervous yesterday. president biden enjoyed a small celebration, the cake, quite a sight. this was posted to the president s instagram and he joked about the inferno. on your 146th birthday, you run out of space for candles. president biden: it is my birthday today and they can sing. it is difficult turning 60, difficult. doug: he wishes. the white house was happy to focus on the traditional pardon of thanksgiving turks and,a void undue attentio
new york, city christmas. ainsley: there is the all-american christmas tree out on the fox square. we were here late last night lighting the christmas tree. patriotic, all red, white and blue. cardinal dolan a rabbi here and minister. it was really special. steve: it absolutely was. as you look at it. this year, just like last year, it is fireproof. something else that we are doing a little different is we turned the light off at midnight now. because what we have found, apparently, is it draws people throughout the night. so, they turned it off at midnight and turn it right back on at 6:00 a.m. and we just turned it on so you can get a good look because it feels like thehoods right now 3 # degrees in new york city. brian: that s where i just learned something already, steve. i thought this was mayor adams demanding everybody shut down the lights to save money. shutting down library wrears and closing down museums. i just was wondering if this was part of the budget c