Youll remember that republicans squashed the chance for that bipartisan independent commission. Melanie broke the details on Mccarthys Decision about the select committee and joins us now from capitol hill. Melanie, what led him to decide to participate and who will he name . Reporter initially there was a debate about whether to boycott this as a way to cast the entire investigation as partisan. Once Speaker Nancy pelosi appointed a republican, liz cheney, to her side of the committee, which essentially assures that democrats will have bipartisan buyin for their work it became clear that was no longer a viable option. So instead Kevin Mccarthy is in Fact Planning on naming republicans to the select committee, but he wants them there so they can push back on democrats, shape the counternarrative, run defense for Donald Trump and essentially throw sand in the gears of the investigation as much as possible. As far as names, you can definitely expect to see some trump allies in those who
Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. In afghanistan, a development many people feared, and many predicted. Violence is on the rise since the us military withdrew from Bagram Airfield last week, and the taliban have seized more districts. This map from a us Defence Research think thank shows the areas now in taliban control they are the dark grey areas you see on the map. The contested areas are in red and areas controlled by the afghan government in light grey, almost whitish colour there. The claims about territory, are for the moment, impossible to verify. But the taliban says it has captured 150 out of 369 districts in the past two months of fighting. Afg hanistan s Interior Ministry neither confirm or deny the claim saying, that though the taliban claim the districts, it does not mean all of them have completely fallen. More than 1,000 afghan government soldiers have fled across the border to tajikistan after clashes with the insurgents. The bbc s Security
Hello and thanks forjoining us. In afghanistan, a development many people feared and many predicted. Violence is on the rise since the us military withdrew from Bagram Air field last week, and the taliban have seized more districts. This map, from a us Defence Research think thank, shows the areas now in taliban control they are in dark grey. Contested areas are in red and areas controlled by the afghan government in light grey. Its not impossible to verify, but the taliban says it has captured 150 out of 369 districts in the past two months of fighting. Afghanistans Interior Ministry says it does not mean all of those areas have completely fallen. More than 1,000 afghan government soldiers have fled across the border into tajikistan, according to the government there. The bbc s security correspondent, Frank Gardner reports. Gunfire. On their own now, but still fighting the taliban. Afghan security forces are in action this week without the us military Support Theyve relied on, for the
In afghanistan, a development Many people feared, and Many predicted. Violence is on the rise since the us military withdrew from Bagram Airfield last week, the taliban have seized more districts. This map from a us Defence Research think thank shows the areas now in taliban control they are in dark grey, contested areas are in red and areas controlled by the afghan government in light grey. The claims about territory, are for the moment, impossible to verify. The taliban says it has captured 150 out of 369 districts in the past two months of fighting. Afg hanistan s Interior Ministry neither confirm or deny the claim saying, that though the taliban claim the districts, it does not mean all of them have completely fallen. And as the taliban gains territory, there is little if any apparent resistance from afghan troops. Tajikistan says more than 1,000 afghan government soldiers have fled across the border after clashes with the insurgents. The bbc s Security Correspondent Frank Gardner
Storm. And we begin in Florida In Surfside and the Death Toll now is 46. And ten more bodies found since yesterday, and major acceleration in the search since the remaining part of the tower was demolished late sunday. 94 people still unaccounted for, and our team is getting a much closer Look at the search, and view that we have not seen until now at just how painstaking the search is now, and Vaughan Hillyard is there, and the teams are battling lightning and strong winds, and give us a sense of what you are seeing and hearing this hour. Yeah, we are luckily feeling Sunshine And Humidity here. That is not going to stop this Rescue Operation from going forward and we are lucky yet when we saw elsa moving westward and largely avoid here. And the Rescue Operation only suspended two hours where we saw the significant process here, and ten more individuals, and the bodies were recover and in the last 36 hours, 18 individuals, and that total count is now up to 46, and 94 individuals potent