Alerts. A lot of lives are on the line. The pentagon is stating today according to the information they have now which is different from some of the reporting basically the chaos of yesterday, the pentagon states their findings of one explosion and not two which was widely reported in our breaking coverage yesterday. 12,000 people now additionally have been evacuated at the airport over the last 24 hours. President biden speaking today about the continuing mission. The mission being performed is dangerous and is now come with significant loss of american personnel. It is a worthy mission, they continue to evacuate folks out of that region out of the airport, well keep the mission. Taliban insists that people with valid documents are able to get in and out of the country they claim any time. White house officials confirmed to Nbc News today, places where they may go after isis for retribution for these american deaths. As the President Stated in that somber address to the nation, hes vowing to hold all the attackers accountable. To those who carried out this attack, as well as anyone wishes America Harm know this. We will not forgive. We will not forget. We will hunt you down and make you pay. We are joined by Halene Cooper and michael beschloss. Whats your understanding of the state on the ground there and what are you hearing from the Pentagon Today . Good evening, ari, thank you for having me. They have still evacuating. Lights are still going up in the middle, for instance, today in afghanistan at 1 00 in the afternoon, one of the flights that went out was the flight carrying the coffins of those marines and troops who were killed in that attack yesterday. The pentagon insists and that Service Members on the ground continuing this mission as long as they can. They say theyre going to continue to evacuate people right up until the very end on tuesday august 31st. So that is going on. You do have more of you do have a credible threat thats being cited. This is very similar to what We Saw happened on wednesday when the State Department said that notices they had a credible threat and you saw what happened on thursday so people are very much on their guard. I think in relating to what President Biden said well go after you, they are developing targets, they think they have some information about who may have done this and who may have caried it out. They have been looking at isis. It is hard toz imagine that the united states is going to be able to carry out strikes while this Evacuation Mission is still on ongoing. I think thats a hard balance to strike. They may have to wait until after august 31st. Michael, we have been tracking this from the former Beginning Exit and now a tragic day of what will be remembered and deadliest count of u. S. Soldier in the entire war, what is on your mind as we still absorb whats still unfolding history and they may carry a future risk in the days ahead. Well, what helene said moved me so much. At this moment, the lives of our americans and allies and many others are in the ballots. We have no idea whats going to happen. If you look to American History when that happens with other President S, Ronald Reagan and the bombing of Gerald Ford and evacuation of South Vietnam and John Kennedy on the beaches of cuba. At least while the operation was going and peoples lives were in jeopardy, you didnt have opposition members of congress as we have seen in the last 24 hours saying biden should be impeached. Biden should be resigned. Thats totally out of keeping with the american tradition. After nerch, 24 hours, did you hear democratic members of congress saying president george w. Bush resigned because he didnt protect us. There will be plenty of time. Every leader makes mistakes. Congress should investigate what a leader does in wartime and so should the press. And not while it is absolutely in the middle of this and peoples lives are depending on it. Yeah, you bring that up. It is important. Lets Catch Everybody up on some of that. We have been starting each night with the facts on the ground but thats the facts in washington, a different ground to be sure. I want to show viewers what we know where the public is. The White House have been emphasizing this is no time to politicize the tragic deaths and that majority do agree with the president that this was time to leave. Now, some republicans senators have been jumping on the latest deaths, claiming that should literally end bidens presidency. Lets take a look. I think we have some sound. This is a day where u. S. Service members, 12 of them lost their lives at the hands of terrorists. It is not a day for politics and we would expect that, in americans whether they are elected or not would stand with us and our commitment going after and fighting and killing those terrorists where ever they live and honor the memory of Service Members and thats what this day is for. Thats how the White House is handling it. It is part of whats happening in washington against the backdrop of literally senators. U. S. Talks say in the middle of this, before the burials, it should end the bidens presidency. Yes, the remains of those lost their lives have not yet come back to do a proper ceremony and led alone a funeral. Both you and helene know this. We argue over reasons to go to war or not go to war. We argue over foreign policies and all those things are absolutely correct. What we dont do in a situation like this not only criticized a President Such a scathing way to say he deserves impeachment for what has happened but at some zpoipt i know this is an antique motion. The impose of republican leadership, not immediately be to jump before a camera and say biden should be impeached or resigned. It is a little bit rich to pretend now that the gop is not look to pull out. This is a war that becomes deeply unpopular to the american public. And it is kind of i think it is unrealistic to think there is ever going to be a messy exit from afghanistan because of the nature of the country, thats not to excuse President Biden because their executions and the thing that is the Biden Administration could have done once President Biden decided he was going to withdraw to mitigate the hurt we are seeing now, particularly the united states, the State Department and President Biden should have put his signature on the need of urgency of the department of Homeland Security and vetting a lot of these people afghan allies who helped american troops and the american embassy and institutions who would be vulnerable and getting them out of the country. You would still see scenes about this at Kabul Airport of people wanting to get out. After you remove that, it is hard for me and i have struggled over the last two weeks since kabul fell, what could we have done differently . Was there a better way to do that . There are things around edges. I have trouble imagining given the afghan government and the afghan troops that We Saw. And what took place and how this may have ended in a different way. You spend everyday within your reporting and with the pentagon with the New York Times talking to folks and hearing all the available views, the sources and some of them off the record. It is interesting coming from you and what remains a challenge and a difficult situation for the united states. I am going to fit in a break. This is our first and stop story, i want to thank you michael and helene. We have a lot. A Breaking News in florida. New details on how the Biden Doj is trying to Break Up facebook and take on mark zuckerberg. 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A Florida Judge Rebutting Desantis citing that he does not have the authority. The defendant does not have the authority under this law to blanket, mandatory against a face mask evidence. The evidence clearly demonstrates the recommendations of the cdc for universal masking of students and teachers and staff represent the overwhelming and scientists and medical organization. Thats what it looks like when a judge tells you, you dont have the power. That is clear Safety Development for florida. Students are dealing with a deadly surge. Desantis has been according to many people have been playing politics of it. Here is the judge saying, he does not have the power. More people are dying daily in florida right now than any time during this entire pandemic. 2020 was tough and 2021 was bad. You can see this here, 240 Covid Deaths on average a day now on what they quantify. 68 hospitals running outs of Oxygen And Funeral Homes Cant keep up with the deaths. We are at capacity to where we have never been before. Crematories, they are overwhelmed. The area where bodies are stored prior to being cremated is stacked to ceiling. We were there. Sometimes they tell us there is as line four vans deep and there is no end in sight. We are hoping that the state will step in and supply some refrigeration. This may remind you a tragic story we heard at the beginning of this pandemic and periods of time as bad as it was there was no way out because of no available vaccine. Now despite the available vaccines and Safety Measures, one that desantis fought and as i told you now Breaking News he lost in court as he tries to keep schools from using Safety Measures. What is he saying about this . We are not here to make you look one way or another. We are showing you how hes sound and doing, if it looks bad, well, because of him. He said he was going to end covid. He has not done that. We are the first state to start the treatment centers for antibodies and having great success with that. That should have been the bigger response from the beginning. Look, we are absolutely going to stand in Bidens Way if hes trying to bring his destructive policies to florida. You heard that right. Thats the sound of the governor blaming the president of destructive policies and the cdc. This is someone whos literally sells dont fauci my florida merchandise. Dont be that guy that let your partisan agenda overcome and providing good, accurate information. Yes, dont be that guy, people are dying and well get into the facts and what matters. If you are watching in florida, what you need to know. We are back in 60 seconds. We are back in 60 secos. Nd i looked on ancestry and just started digging and found some really cool stuff. It was just a lot of fun. Just to talk to my parents about it and to send it to my grandparents and be like, hey this person were all related to look at this crazy stuff they did in arizona 100 years ago. It actually gives you a picture of their life, so you get to feel like youre walking the same path they did. At usaa, weve been called too exclusive. Because we only serve those who honorably served. All ranks, all branches, and their families. Are we still exclusive . Absolutely. And thats exactly why you should join. I recommend take the vaccines, i did it, it is good. If we had follow fauci, instead we follow freedom and thats the reason why florida is doing better. There you have Obama And Trump agreeing on at least one thing, take the vaccines according to the scientific evidence, while desantis is isolating breaking with dr. Fauci who says take the vaccine. I am joined by howard dean. A physician and former governor, thanks for being here, sir. Thank you for having me, ari. Governor desantis lost big and bad in Court Today but the people in florida is losing worse with no time to spare, walk us through whats happening here. Well, i am shocked by desantis. I never thought ill say this but i think he may be a lunatic than trump ever was. Trump finally come around thinking the best thing he can do for his supporters is get them vaccinated. And desantis is completely out with reality. I am not sure what possible thinking he could be under going now when you got more than half the population thats in School Districts refusing to comply, long before the court said it was okay, more than half of the people in Floridas School districts said no. We dont care, shut up and go away. This guy is not if you are the governor, you cant do that. You have to understand the public pays your salary and you owe them your best. I am shocked. I have never seen a governor like this. Right. The whole state is actually turning on him. This is a state that was initially more supportive. The reports are people have had it. I would think they would. This guy is putting their childrens lives at risk. Well have dead kids all over florida. It is outrageous. I have never seen any governor of either party ever behave like this. It is almost he does not give a damn who has to die as long as hes getting reelected. Hes making a big mistake. Desantis is going to be gone after four years and thank god not a moment too soon. The ap says 100,000 more Covid Deaths can come unless there is a significant change in u. S. Policies at the State Level because of delta projected to see 100,000 Covid Deaths between now and december 1st, according to a forecast model. I will add the caveat that you know and viewers know that these models they vary and based on a lot of factors and some are controllable. What i try to emphasize as a reporter, i am not a physician like yourself, i try to emphasize to viewers and folks that there were a lot of optimistic assumptions previously returning to normalcy of what we could do and go, all of them involve with some level of cohesion around vaccination and other Safety Measures until we got through. If people want evidence that it works, we show them the chart that things did dip for a while. What do you think is important that people understand that public Health Messaging has to convey without being overly alarming. Instead theyre showing a lot more avoidable deatdeaths. We had a conversation the last time i was on the show with dr. Patel, i am not a Health Expert but i am close to the conclusion but we should start vaccinating 2 to 12 years old now. The vaccine is fully authorized for those over 18. We really need to start. This is an emergency. This is going to get worse in schools. And even if everybody does mask up, it is going to be bad. It is going to be much worse because there is so many states like texas and alabama and the worst mess of all is florida. Their kids are going to get sick. There are older people dying whos been vaccinated twice. Delta is much more serious than i thought. It is serious than the public health people thought. I know i am an outlier on this. I think if i were joe biden, i would push Fda And Cdc as hard as i could to take an Emergency Action and allow vaccines to go with school kids, otherwise, well get stuck at another year of closing down the schools and thats a, bad for the economy and bad for kids and not so great for the parents who are just getting back to work now. We are really facing a major emergency because delta is so much more serious than we thought it was going to be. Right. You say that and that bumps up the public move of exhaustion and in fighting and even some time in crimination between the different groups. Those who are Vaccine Hesitance or have fears, people making their own decisions. Hey, i am waiting for full authorization, okay, we just had full authorization with the fda for full vaccines, if you are waiting for that. Here you go. I say it with a different vein, many are freaking out with masks. Take a look. This bs that you guys are putting down. There is hell coming. I am not doing to threaten anybody. There is a lot of good guys out there ready to do bad things, too. Are you a nazi . What is it . You are going to tell him to wear a mask . Governor, because your experience in politics, this is out there and this is that kind of angry energy, that was in michigan, thats a state that had a whole political diversity, what do you think is the best way to to deal with this stuff because it is out there. You have to face up to it. People are really overrot and started with the election of trump and disagreements with each other, thats how he got elected, turning people and causing people to hate each otherment when somebody like that goes off like that, you have to be calm. It is very, very hard. There are a lot of public officials who are getting out now and public health officials as people call them up and scream and yell at them. You cant back down. The truth is the truth. I think people like that have a lot of other issues they are expressing through this one. And, you know you just have to work through that. You have to be firm. There are childrens lives to be protected and older peoples lives to be protected. Against delta is not as good as we had hoped. My guess in the long run we have to have vaccines maybe every year or every other year. Coronavirus is probably here to stay and a lot of literature in the public Health Era that this is going to be a pandemic and well have to live with it. I think we can. I trust science. I think we have a vaccine thats good now. It is much better and definitely save lives as it is. You know with mrna technology, we have to confront that calmly and respectfully. We cant back down. The truth is on the side of the people who believe in science. Yes. Wellput. I hope folks are listening. Dr. Dean, thank you. Thank you. We have an update on Matt Gaetz, hes had a lot of problem, the maga favorite. Now theyre following the money. Coming up, we have an update on a big important story that you may not have heard about this week. Joe biden cracking down, he wants to Break Up facebook when we come back. S to Break Up face we come back and 24hour relief from symptoms caused by over 200 indoor and outdoor allergens. Try claritin cool mint chewabls for powerful Allergy Relief plus a cooling sensation. Live claritin clear. Weve got you taken care of, sgt. Houston. Thank you. That was fast one call to usaa got her a tow, her claim paid. 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Is twitter the same as what you do . It overlaps the portion. You dont think you have a monopoly . Certainly does not feel like that to me. Okay. Facebook and instagram and whasapps, a monopoly. Biden administration is seeking to Break Up facebook. It is also under scrutiny by congress right now with the January 6th committee investigating the riot and how it was dealt with Law Enforcement in the in coming insurrection. Facebook contends with this investigation i mentioned, we reported on this when the New York Times first broke the story exposed facebook for hiding a report and socalled of claims of transparency. This was from the beginning of 2021, it turns out the topmost viewed post at that time was a piece of darkly suggesting without evidence that the vaccine itself killed a doctor. This did not just go to 100,000 or A Million people. It was seen by over 50 Million facebook accounts. You wonder why people are hearing so many things that seems to be off base about the vaccine and how it affects everything we are talking about. Facebook is apart of this. They are amplifying this. Leaders of facebook have long defended what they are up to. I think it is shaping the web. Personally i think the idea that you know fake news on facebook of which is a very small amount of content of the election in any way is a crazy idea. My position is that there is no regulation but i think you should be careful of what regulation you put in place. I dont know the answer of that off the top of my head. You wont take down lies or you will take down lies. Thats a simple yes or no. With all this pressure, facebook is reacting and it is discussing its election coverage plan. The company is taking heat for many of these issues. People remember russia influence and ads and fake news and political ads in 2020. Now facebook is saying it may rule out a new Election Commission which could advise it by the midterm. Okay. A lot of critics say this is another example of the companys endless bureaucratic spin, disinformation to dangerous vaccine propaganda. They develop a way as they do this as long as there are no further laws or regulations. When you do get caught, they apologize and discuss a new process. When it comes to monopoly, the Biden Administration is arguing its past time to let Facebook Police itself. Demanding something thats a huge story even if it is understandably pushed to the side by other huge stories. President biden is asking the courts to Break Up what he argues has become one of the most influential and unchecked corporations across american life. Lets get into it. I am joined by the New York Times reporter. Thanks for being here. Hey, ari, how are you . I am good. In your reporting, what have you found what facebook is up to and how new and different is it to have an administration thats actually trying to get it broken up . It is fascinating. For years, the trump people would complain about facebook and threaten and under biden we see a hard Core Move to do a Break Up. Partly because for biden and democrats, all road leads back to facebook in the end. It is the big promoter of covid Conspiracy Theory. It is a place where the Successor Movement to stop the steal, still flourishes and it is uniquely powerful. What we see here is an attack on the size of facebook primary. The reason it matters is it is the size of facebook that gives it the power to have the impact on our country and elections, the scale of it. You make a great point of the scale. Sometimes what gives attention is whats fiery or crackles and the president before he was banned used twitter for a lot of that purpose. The majority of people dont use twitter regularly. The majority of people do use facebook regularly and people have no interests the times r msnbc report, maybe they heard the pope endorsed trump. False, that was big on facebook. I heard the vaccine was dangerous, that was false. Andy slavic was speaking out about this on The Beat. He was inside the Biden Administration with his facebook tension. Take a look. When people are asked where did they learn this from . Their Number One response is Social Media and facebook. What facebook is good at doing is very good At Taing Algorithm and finding the person who has a little bit of doubt and question, and say to use a needle big and what you get represented with is a giant needle. The people that are susceptible, facebook are good at delivering it. Number one, your response, number two, does the administration directly deals with it . Facebook did not invent Conspiracy Theory or lies . It invented the most powerful platform in history for spreading those things for giving them velocity and movement. If you break them up into smaller pieces and have competitors of different models and trying to compete on content and instead of just reach. The argument goes you can attack with this and making it smaller. You Cant Travel as far of this information. Well see if it works. This is a novel theory to some extent. Facebook is free for all of us. You cant accuse facebook of under cutting rivals on prices. It has gobbled up all the others and competitors and it does not innovate the same way it used. I think you made a subtle Antitrust Point which is the old law and jurisprudence. As you said and everyones kids know, tiktok is free but if they leak your personal contacts or gobble up your data, there is a Price Being monitored. The question of facebook is how we are paying for that price. It is a long week. I see the candles behind you. 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[ sighs heavily ] when owning a Small Business gets real, progressive helps protect what youve built with affordable coverage. Its friday on The Beat. Its been a long woke and now its time to fall back. We have two fantastic guests tonight. Country singer Willie Jones Out with his debut album. Hes got the attention of Rolling Stone which likens him to Randy Travis with a crossover appear showing him that country and the club can coexist. We have a friend of The Beat, mark thompson. Radio host. Hes interviewed every one from how are you doing . Good. Im well. Im blessed. How you doing . Im good too. Congratulations. Thank you. Amen, the Cowboy Hat we love or the blue shades. Everybody is bringing the style. I feel downright square. We got plenty to get into. Sir, whats on your fall back List Tonight . The Texas Gop, of course. They passed this new Voter Suppression Bill which is quite egregious. Obviously, theyre able to do it because the Senate Cant get itself together to stop it. This would end 24hour voting, End Drive in voting. Create new requirements to get mail in ballots as well. Its a problem. Texas is purple on its way to being blue. Thats obviously a problem for those republicans and thats why were marching. Tomorrow is anniversary on the march on washington. We will be in the sacred space to lift that up amongst a host of other issues. The Texas Gop should fall back. Thankful for the texas democrats who walked out. The senate democrats and the senate republicans need stop this type of legislation thats happening in the states and pass the for the people act. Yeah, appreciate you putting a spotlight on that, mark. Theres a lot of different things going on. Thats important including that work tomorrow. I dont tell people how to vote, not part of my job but we have to stand up for every ones equal right to vote especially with eye on the racist history of this nation. Willie, welcome. Whats on your mind . Whats on your list this week, sir . What i think needs to fall back, like i say i do Country Music just the lack of representation of black artists in Country Music. So many have been coming aunds doing their thing. That really matters. Representation matters. Just doing it, doing Country Music is so much roots of black Country Artists. I just think that lack of representation needs to fall back. Were out here. I would say hip Hop And Country are two of the biggest american art forms. You seem to be travering both. Tell us about that. I just listen to all different kinds of music. I woke up one day, voice changed, just dropped. I just got into Country Music. I just really was feeling the stories. Im going to add my swag to it. Here i am. Ill ask you this but do you see anything in the crowds that youre getting . Your young up and coming artists. The its been pandemic but do you have any way of getting a sense youre tapping into this or that, diverse crowds, diverse age. A lot of country fans all over the place but what are you finding and who is listening to you . Tost like the start of conversation. Mark. Well, i congratulated willie for a reason. I grew up in nashville. When i was growing up, you could live in nashville and not be connected to Country Music at all. There was one Country Artist and that was charlie pride. Its high time we have more Country Music black Country Music artists than the fingers on our hand. I commend you for that. It makes a big difference. We just didnt know that. We were divorced from it. There was no connection but you bringing that back. I think Country Music is really just another version of blues which our people created. Very proud of you, brother, and keep on representing us in the way you are, man. Will do. I appreciate that. Willie, the final question, whats the most important animation do you think for a good Country Song . Is It Heartbreak . Being down on your luck to the point about the blue . Or is it a good old drink after a long workweek . I think its just being real. Whatever you say you just feel it and you just connect to it and authentic to it. You just tell the truth, whatever it is. Appreciate both you have. The dialogue between you and we love to have you both back. Yes, sir. Thanks. Nice meeting yall. Take it easy. You too. Have a good weekend. I want to remind folks, you can find The Beat online. You think we should book them on The Beat, Joy Reid said it, some Part Offense The Beat are democracy. Tell us who you want to see from the world of country on The Beat. That does it for us. The reid out with Joe Reid is up next. I love democracy. I love democracy. Im going tweet what my favorite Country Song is later. I do have one. Thats a tease. Thats a tease. Okay. Good evening. We have a lot to get to on this friday, including disturbing attacks from the socalled back the blue crowd against a Police Officer who is credited with saving lives on January 6th. 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