presence on the ground. we have live team coverage, ryan in london and david spunt in wilmington, delaware where the president is spending the weekend and that s where we begin with david, hi. david: griff, hello, good afternoon to you, it s been almost a week since last american soldier took off, left afghanistan, more than 100,000 people were able to leave that country, many of them desperate to just get out of there no matter what country they ended up in but still there are many people in the country that want to leave including americans. griff, secretary of state antony blinken made it clear that the united states is still in contact somewhat with taliban leaders to help get american citizens out if they want out. the secretary of state says there are some circumstances where you have dual nationals that may prefer to stay below the radar in kabul and surrounding cities and then make a move when they want to. we are in very regular
women s rights are should down by the taliban firing weapons in the air shortly after this video was taken. we have fox team coverage with ryan in london and david, let s start with you. hi, anita, hi, griff. president biden is telling americans over in afghanistan, do not worry the united states is with you. if you eventually want to leave that country, we will be here to help you get out of that country. the president, as you just mentioned, is in wilmington, delaware at his home for the weekend spending a long weekend. he landed in philadelphia last night after touring hurricane damage on the louisiana coast for most of the day, then choppered down here to wilmington, delaware where he ll spend time with family. he managed to escape the white house and washington d.c. but the criticism of his decision not to bring home all
also in kabul, a group of afghan women were attacked by taliban fighters while protesting for their rights today, saturday. the taliban used tear gas and according to one protester, electric tasers to break up the protest, the second of its kind in as many days. what rights women will have is a huge unknown under the taliban. the taliban are saying they will have more right, including the right to work and to go to school than they did during their first stint in power when women weren t allowed to go outside unless dressed head to toe in burqas and accompanied by male relatives. the reality, we don t know yet. there is no official taliban government and there s still no official policy. and obviously, there s a lot of concerns among women in afghanistan that this new government may not have changed that much from the government they knew 20 years ago. griff. griff: ryan in london.
you re right, a big question mark on those women s rights. we shall see. ryan, thank you. and we have exclusive video, you see here, joint chiefs of staff chair mark milley visiting refugees in ramstein air base awaiting transfer to the u.s. you can see much more of this exclusive interview by general milley by our national news correspondent jennifer griffin who has done amazing reporting on this. that will air 4 p.m. on fox news live. you don t want to miss it. well, people from louisiana to pennsylvania, to new jersey, and new york, are in recovery mode with millions assisting the damage after ida. we have live team coverage as the cleanup against. jeff paul is on the ground in louisiana and bryan llenas in new jersey. we begin with jeff paul.
justice, thank you. thank you. jon: a fox news alert now, saudi-led forces seizing control of international airport in a rebelled-city in yemen, airport major strategic prize and gateway for humanitarian aid, ryan, live. iran and saudi arabia which is getting assistance from the united states are fighting a proxy war in yemen. on the one side you have the saudi-led forces that are trying to take the airport working together with the government of yemen which has been in exile, they are also get ago cystance from the united states in form of guidance for targeting for their aircraft and refueling. on the other side of the battle, actually at the airport in control or at least up until now in control of the airport you ve got iranian-led forces, the houthi rebels that iran has supported for a good while now. now why is the airport so important, well, 70% of the food