If you feel like the news is heavier than heavy right now, that is because you are a smart, aware person and you are correct. just tell you, a remarkable snapshot of that today at the pentagon briefing today they have to transition from the huge emergency evacuation operations in afghanistan to the deployment of disaster medical teams from the defense department to u.s. hospitals overwhelmed by covid starting with one in louisiana today. then they moved onto the long list of coast guard and navy and other military resources they are deploying right now to help with the rescue and recovery operations in haiti after the earthquake there including multiple u.s. military field hospitals that are going to haiti right now as we speak. the reason the news feels heavy tonight is because it is. we pray for better days ahead.
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Today at the pentagon briefing, the pentagon briefing that the transition from the huge emergency evacuation operations in afghanistan, to the deployment of disaster medical teams from the defense department to u.s. hospitals overwhelmed by covid, starting with one in louisiana. then they moved on to a long list of coast guard and navy and other military resources they are deploying right now to help with the rescue and recovery operations in hay haiti after the earthquake, including multiple field hospitals that are going to haiti as we speak. the reason the news feels heavy tonight is because it is. we pray for better days ahead. that s gonna do it for us tonight, we will see you again tomorrow, come hell or high water, now it s time for the last word. good evening, rachel. we will continue to grim news here, but we are also going to have some good news in this hour. and actually good news on the vaccination rate in one small