markets performance today after that shellshock of a trading day yesterday? a lot of market technicians look at this stuff and say after a huge sell off, it s kind of nice to see the next day be an update. it wasn t. it was better than yesterday, but all of this comes at a time when there s growing pressure to see what happens in china could ever happen here. most experts say no for the time being. but we have our own problems here. debt ceiling breach that could come sooner than we think. they re pushing that off. we re going to talk to senator john thune about the republican effort to challenge the democrats for punting on this one. we ll get the read on that shortly. the battle overhandling all of this almost simultaneously. that could weigh on stocks as well. first, susan li on what happens to the earlier very strong update. susan? not much of a rebound after the worst day for the stock market since mid may on monday. it was all over the place. google investors trying t
that we are watching for you at this hour, we are getting brand-new insight into president biden s decision to make that full troop withdrawal from afghanistan. fox news is now learning the president may have ignored the advice of pentagon officials who warned him the taliban could take over the government much faster than anticipated. you are in the faulkner focus, i m sandra smith and for harris today. sources say army general austin scott miller, the top general on the ground in afghanistan recommended president biden keep some 2500 troops in that country to provide stability amid the threat of a taliban takeover. based on miller s testimony during a classified senate hearing, it seems the president rejected that advice. now, senate lawmakers have more questions for the administration and they are demanding answers. enough to know that there are inconsistencies between what the administration has said and the truth. clearly president biden didn t listen to all the mili
and concern from the speaker of the house and general mark milley that president trump was acting irrat particularly. some republican lawmakers are already demanding answers now. others say general milley should be brought in front of a military tribunal. the pentagon is pushing back tonight essentially saying there is nothing to see here general joins us with from the pentagon with the latest. good evening, bret. the two calls made to chinese counterpart were not secret. they were done with 15 people in the room including notetakers in coordination with the civilian leaders of the military at the time and the interagency i m told by current and former u.s. defense officials. unnamed sources in theoodward and acosta book contend general milley told general li that he would give him a heads up if the u.s. planned to strike. colonel dave butler the colonel staff spokesman issued the following statement, quote: his calls with the chinese and other in october and january were i
scrapped earlier this year. right now the situation is out of control. sons of a fallen firefighter are honoring their heroic father s sacrifice. it means so much to be able follow exactly in that foot step and be able to work under the same roof that he worked. brian: great. i love the ferris wheel. a lot of bulbs on there light it up now. later it will not be lit up. monday to tuesday after labor day, how many people are still on it. ainsley: still going. look at this 6:00 in the morning. brian: i don t know how long the lines are. staff steve i don t think very long at all. i don t think it opens until 9:00 o. 10:00 this morning. they might have turned on the lights for us. ainsley: maybe. we appreciate it. steve: welcome, it s fall. just like that, boom. ainsley: i know. no more white, right? we can t wear white after labor day. my grandmother said that the fashion police. brian: you can t go to a restaurant wearing white or vaccine card. two new things. ainsley
but is this the time to be asking for more health? hello and welcome. i m christian fraser in london. the british foreign secretary told a committee of mps today that his government had ordered british embassy staff to destroy anything that would hand the taliban a propaganda coup. yet we now know, in the haste to evacuate, they left behind the contact details of afghans who d worked for the embassy and the cvs of people who applied. fortunately, they were found by a british reporter, not the taliban gunmen scouring the building. as for the propaganda coup, well, they don t come much bigger than the celebration in kandahar today, at which the taliban paraded the humvees, a helicopter, and an arsenal of weapons they have captured. to the victor goes the spoils of war and the keys to the presidential palace. the taliban are working to form their new government. it will be announced in the coming days, but without any women in senior positions. in an interview with bbc pashto,