it is tuesday august 17th. fox news alert, no regrets. president biden sticking by his withdrawal from afghanistan before blaming a lot of people for the chaos in kabul. heartbreaking video shows thousands of afghans fleeing the capital city made claims the taliban is traveling door-to-door looking for us allies. we have live team coverage for you. mark meredith with fiery reaction to the president s speech. jackie ibanez has the latest of elements from overnight. jillian: senior taliban leader is said to be in the capital negotiating with afghanistan leadership and former president, karzai. talks are aimed at bringing on taliban leaders into the government which the taliban has
people dying for no reason, people torturing people dying for no reason, people torturing for no reason. why? because torturing for no reason. why? because they are human. great britain because they are human. great britain has a humanity. that s all i can say england lose the second test. it was a thrilling and dramatic day of cricket at lords, but india came out on top. jodie comer tells us about her hollywood breakthrough, how she mastered an american accent and the time she got her mum s sunday dinners on set. good morning. today once again it is going to be fairly cloudy. the cloud thick enough for patchy light rain and drizzle. limited sunshine. details coming up. good morning. it s tuesday, august 17th. our top story. president biden has defended his decision to withdraw us troops from afghanistan. he admitted surprise at how quickly the taliban
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it is tuesday, august 17th, and we do have breaking news this morning. health officials in the biden administration are poised to recommend covid-19 booster shots for most americans. now, people ultimately, regardless of age, would get it eight months after being fully vaccinated, getting their second dose of the pfizer or moderna vaccine. the boosters could start rolling out beginning next month. this is a major expansion of the previous plans, and it s worth noting the timing. right in the midst of the chaos in afghanistan. now, officials expect a booster will also be needed for the one-shot johnson & johnson vaccine. if you got j&j, that s what you need to know. officials saying that could be coming this week. so stay tuned. it comes as the delta variant is spreading. new cases across the country, which of course is leading to a crush of patients in hospitals primarily among president unvaccinated. joining us now to talk about this is cnn chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gup
and what i believe to my core, it is wrong to order american troops to step up in afghanistan s own armed forces will not. president biden more adamant than ever that america s sustained military mission in afghanistan is over. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, august 17th. and we re going to begin this morning with the chaotic scenes from kabul s international airport, where thousands of afghans surrounded planes in a desperate attempt to escape taliban control. nbc news chief foreign correspondent, richard engel has the latest from kabul. reporter: tens of thousands of afghans swarmed into kabul airport, desperate to leave at any price. they burst through security, climbed over walls, and spilled on to the tarmac, searching for