Hundreds more leaving daily. Could make it difficult to get people that are trapped outside of the Kabul Air And wanted american help. What is interesting to know And why were going to go to this pentagon briefing, in each And every cases of these rescues outside the perimeter, the taliban has done nothing to disrupt the efforts or to interfere at all. Thats raising concerns at the same time hope that there could be more of these missions to get more americans out. Before i go to John Kirby, another development that you heard in the last hour, this notion that we might have all of 4500 americans left there. Thats hard to quantify And seems like a guess. But if that is correct, it does sort of dispute the other numbers that weve seen. Furthermore, records that theres 1,500 that might remain And many that might not want to go well explore that in more detail And try to understAnd how that could possibly be. Meantime, lets go to the briefing. Well make the right plans to do that. By And l
Get off the ground in planes but penned in at the Kabul Airport with taliban terrorists holding the ground around it. President biden will try to say something today. What will that be . Meanwhile, Fox News spoke exclusively with an afghan journalist what it is like watching her nation crumble. I had lots of dreams and lots of hopes. I am in a bad situation and im trying to find a way. It is not looking good here. There is lots of firing. [inaudible] no one could not fight taliban. Harris wow, if the Usa Cant do it, nobody can do it. The pentagon says more than 5,000 people have been evacuated from Kabul Airport over the last day. The grand total, 12,700 people since last saturday. And weve been told by the pentagon they are working and so is the State Department to get actual numbers of how many americans are still in afghanistan outside that airport. Senator Lindsey Graham says there will be a big price to pay if the evacuations are cut short. Were duty bound to get every american ci
Something supported by the president. A lot of democrats who supported and voted for the bill could help insure local cops were kept on The Beat in communities across the country. Didnt receive a single republican vote. That funding has been used to keep cops on The Beat. Dana here in new York City police are searching for a gunman who shot a tourist in the back in Times Square sunday. Tins dent prompting the nypd to step up patrols in the area. New York Post headline. Crosshairs of the world. Trace in california the Oakland Police chief is voting for dire consequences as the City Council dropped money from the budget. Dana lets go to William La Jeunesse following the Oakland Story from our West Coast newsroom. The numbers tell the story. Homicides up 90 , carjackings 88 , the Police Chief said crime in his words is out of control in oakland. He warned the City Council now is not the time to strip 17 Million from the Police Budget. What City Council members, the majority of them that v
Were told the attacks were carried out by the Air Force using the f15 and 16 jets. These attacks happened in three different locations, two in syria, one in iraq. No u. S. Personnel were injured in this operation. Iraqs military spokesperson is condemning the Air Strike calling it a breach of sovereignty. These targets were selected because theyre utilized by iranbacked militias that are doing Uav Attacks against u. S. Personnel and facilities in iraq. President biden was asked as he was getting off the helicopter last night. He seemed to indicate he may have more to say about all of this later on today. Although it is still unclear what impact this latest operation may have as the u. S. Is trying to reengage with iran on its nuclear talks, those talks in Vienna Lawmakers are asking what happened overnight and expect to be briefed on the attack later Today And Nancy pelosi supports the president s actions. Protecting our military is a priority. They are threatening u. S. Service member
but there is no denying across that country hate crimes targeting asians and asian-americans are spiking and spiking fast, which alejandro mayorkas addressed earlier today. our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims of the tragic killings in the areas surrounding atlanta. independent of those killings, we have seen a tremendous rise in hate crimes. hate crimes against the asian-american pacific islander community, and against other communities. as the president so powerfully put it yesterday, words do matter. words matter. leadership matters. and we are addressing this very significant threat like it has been addressed never before. tomorrow, members of congress will hold a news conference to address the rise in attacks against the aapi community. and a national day of action is being planned for friday. joining me now, cedric richmond, senior adviser to president biden. he also serves as director of the white house office of public engagement. thank you so much for b