few public holidays. few public holidays. there are winners and few public holidays. there are winners and losers few public holidays. there are i winners and losers economically to more holidays because there are some that would see less profits on that day and other people going out and spending, leisure, tourist places, shops even. , ., , leisure, tourist places, shops even. , , even. on the shop side, obviously even. on the shop side, obviously the even. on the shop side, obviously the uk - even. on the shop side, obviously the uk is - even. on the shop side, obviously the uk is a . even. on the shop side, i obviously the uk is a seven days a week country so i don t think it makes a huge amount of difference. other companies, particularly in the services area, up would probably not benefit quite so much but i don t really think in an era of great working time flexibility that it actually makes that much difference. that it actually makes that much difference. ., ., , much
brownstein. he s also a senior editor at the atlantic. ron, good to see you, how long until we know what the domestic political ramifications are? i think we ll see structural immediately, but i think the long term is different. obviously, none of us can see the future, but we can study the payment. and i think the precedence that we have suggests that while there will almost certainly will be a short-term hit. it s up likely that this by itself, unless attached to other events will take a lasting bite out of the president s standing. in 1983, 240 american, i believe, was the number killed in marine bombing in lebanon, next year, lebanon and then bill clinton won the election. thing sis a broader narrative of whether other events are
kabul, experts say isis-k ramps up its profile in jihadist circles. they hope that this will benefit them directly via other militant factions and others that could help them within the country. reporter: another concern, experts say the taliban, a sworn enemy of isis-k have little control over the areas where isis-k and other groups operate and an insufficient security force to go after that. as for the u.s. going forward even the joint chiefs of staff said clearly our capabilities are not going to be what they were because we don t have the presence on the ground. everything has to be done remotely. reporter: regarding president biden s pledge to go forward, the u.s. may have to use surrogates to do that. one former cia officer told us isis-k is a very difficult target. they don t have significant camps or other ill stalllations.
use temporarily for a few hours or days to ensure the safe passage of u.s. military out in the country. david rode, you re going to get the last word for this hour. how vital is it that this operation get back up and running. i don t think we want to give isis a win and stop this effort. it s my job to be hard on all of the administrations, but the trump and biden administration decided to pull all of the troops out of afghanistan, we have lost that war. the taliban and isis were simply waiting for us to leave. if the white house saying this is all chaos, it s not our fault, they do have some responsibility for poor planning here. i think it is vital to continue to evacuation effort. we will get them out, we will
0 there in afghanistan. we continue our coverage right now. let s toss it over to garrett haake. garrett? chris jansing, thank you. i m garrett haake. there has been an explosion outside the kabul airport. you re looking at live pictures of the airport. it s 6:30 in the evening tonight. pentagon says casualties are still unclear at this point. we know that the president has been briefed on the explosion. he was in a preplanned national security meeting this morning. white house officials are huddling as we speak. we hope to learn more from them soon. the airport has been under a terror threat all morning. this was going to our top story even before this attack. so, americans have been told to leave the airport gates and to stay away. all of this is happening as the pentagon is set to give an update in the next 30 minutes. we ll see if that remains on schedule and we ll bring it to you live when it happens. meantime we ll try to stay on top of this with our reporters. courtney kube is