u.s. has to rely on the taliban for security, at this point? well, i i don t think there s any option. there s been this debate about whether the americans, including the military, goes out and picks people up across across kabul. i think if they did that, that would be a tremendous mistake. i know that s troubling to hear but imagine this. hundreds of convoys of u.s. military going through taliban-controlled streets. where the commanders in the taliban don t don t control every 17-year-old who s got an ak-47. one of those one of those goes wrong when the military s going out picking up, for example, a u.s. citizen in kabul and there s a firefight. i wouldn t want that because that risks the entire operation. there is no easy solution here. we got to depend on the taliban because we can t send out the army, don. says a lot about the situation that we re in, though, phil. yeah. thank you, sir. i appreciate it. talk, soon. thanks. people with covid flooding a monoclon
ongoing litigation. okay? back that up. i want to make sure that i get it right for our viewers. back to the top, please, because this is just coming in. okay. so, here is the breaking news out of texas where this new public health guidance has just been issued. and it is saying that the state will not be enforcing the piece of legislation that prohibits mask or vaccine mandates due to ongoing litigation. okay? we re going to have more on this. our experts are reviewing this new guidance now. and then, we are going to bring it to you just as soon as we have it so there is some breaking news. stay tuned. we will have that for you. so again, there is a lot going on and we are going to catch you up on everything that is happening from the chaos in afghanistan to the latest danger we face here at home from domestic extremists to the mask wars as the delta variant spreads. it s a little after sunrise in kabul. that s where tensions have been heating up in the city s streets. but you want
we have it and we get it clarified. there is breaking news. stay tuned. we have that for you. there s a lot going on and we ll catch you up on everything that is happening from the chaos in afghanistan to the latest danger we face here at home from domestic extremists to the mask wars as the delta variant spreads. it s a little after sunrise in kabul. that s where tensions have been heating up in the city streets. but you want to know where the center of everything really is? the center of the chaos is at the airport. that s because that is the only way out for thousands and thousands of americans and our afghan allies desperate to escape. but it s so hard to get there. it s so hard to get through those crowds. some people are just giving up at this point. sources telling cnn some who made it into the airport were bloody. they were distraught and they lost most of their belongings along the way. one afghan who worked at the u.s. embassy for years telling cnn, quote, i decided i would r
toby song try jesus. you ever hear that song? try jesus, don t try me because i throw hands. as i always say, play lotto, don t play me. i ve got to go. we re in a bad place. we re in a bad place. it s going to be up to people like me and you. we have a platform. we can talk about it. we can try to move people in the right direction, give them the facts every night with passion and with love and with grace as you do every night. i love you. i ll see you soon. i love you, d. lemon. this is don lemon tonight. it s a little after 10:00 here in new york, just after sunrise in kabul where the world is watching as the united states is desperately trying to get more people out of afghanistan. afghanistan now under taliban control. some 11,000 americans still in that country, thousands and thousands of afghans who aided americans fighting to escape amid urgent fears for their safety. and i want you to pay close attention because i m going to show you a photo.
city subway that that guy didn t get tuned up, by the way. i know he didn t. that wouldn t have been the best of us. he might have been if i was on there. i was getting ready for the toby song try jesus. try jesus, don t try me because i throw hands. as i always say, play lotto, don t play me. we re in a bad place. it s going to be up to people like me and you, we have a platform. we can talk about it, try to move people in the right direction, give them the facts every night with passion and with love and with grace as you do every night. i love you, i ll see you soon. i love you, d. lemon. this is don lemon tonight. it s a little after 10 here in new york, just after sunrise in kabul where the world is watching as the united states is desperately trying to get more people out of afghanistan. afghanistan now under taliban control. some 11,000 americans still in that country, thousands and