Taliban to maybe find some Negotiation Space for theyve said no more afghans can leave. Clearly theres 10,000 at the airport. So something is happening behind the scenes thats helping some people get through. Can you talk about that to some extent . Ill turn it over to the general. Ill start with that last question first. It kind of comes off of some things that mr. Kirby just said with that constant communication. I know the most senior commanders on the ground are out and discussing with the taliban leaders that are manning these checkpoints exactly what the documentation needs to look like, times and coordination, details of that. As we know, though, there are reports that some arent able to get through there. I can tell you that the department of state, the consulor affairs are working with commanders there to ensure that documentation, names and those things, as often as required, are being communicated to the taliban that are at those checkpoints to allow transition in there to g
Worstcase scenario. Taliban rout across the country. One that ended with mujahadin inside the palace and chanting death to america. 3 45 p. M. Eastern time In Washington The American president Joe Biden plans to address the nation. That after a weekend of silence as americans watched an american retreat and american embarrassment. Describe the scene you are seeing at that airport, nick patonwalsh. The american investment was so palpable and this extraordinary modern place and contractors came in on dozens of flights a day and now over run by people to reach a civilian flight unaware that those have been cancelled and racing towards u. S. Cargo planes to get on any way they possibly could and rendering the system The Americans set up here to try to get out afghan who assisted them. Many thought when they announced Tens Of Thousands of afghans out that you never would see chaos but these sorts of scenes are startling and led to u. S. Suspension of flights. Ive seen flares must be helicop
Defend the Kabul Airport where were seeing frantic scenes like these on your screen. This is civilians flooding the runways, desperate for a way out. Some people even chasing and clinging to the side of a u. S. Military plane amid reports of gunfire there. After suspending operations for several hours, the u. S. Is resuming some flights, thousands of americans still need to be evacuated, and cnn is reporting that any afghans who helped the u. S. In the past 20 years, well, they will have to wait for the moment. Weve got a team of cnn reporters covering this story, some on the ground in kabul, and all following what has unfolded today, so lets start with Nick Paton Walsh who is live for us in kabul. Nick, lets start with whats happened at the airport. What is the status of those desperate crowds we saw there . Reporter i think its fair to say theyve probably diminished to some degree. They were telling people to move back, difficult task, though, essentially, because at any given gate,
Expected today against the trump family business and its chief financial officer. We ll have the latest from south florida as crews recover more bodies from the rubble of that collapsed condo. And president biden visits the disaster site today. We re also following bill cosby s release from prison. The assault conviction against him overturned on a technicality. The house votes to establish a committee to investigate the capitol insurrection with only two republicans voting yes. We ll tell you who they are. And also we ll show you some incredible the new york times investigation footage that stitched together all the video from the insurrection into a must see compilation of exactly what happened that day from every angle. And how many entrances were breached. And how the cops were desperately outnumbered for hours. We ll dig into that, it s incredible. Everybody should take a moment. It s 40 minutes long, to watch it. This morning, where things stand with the new york city mayor race
Meredith in dearborn, michigan on that spending pitch and chad pergram on capitol hill where republicans are pushing back. We begin with mark. Hello, mark. Hello, sandra. Earlier today president biden had a chance to see first hand how ford is changing its assembly plants to deal with electric cars. Now the president wants to spend billions of tax dollars to make sure that americans are insentivize. The president had a chance to drop in the driver s site of the f150 lightning. The white house seeing this is a chance to convince congress this is a chance to spend billions on electric vehicles, including $100 million to spend on rebates to convince people to get into this and to get money to get 500,000 charges stations online by the year 2030. The future of the auto industry is electric. There s no turning back. As rory said, the american auto industry is at a crossroads. The question is will we lead or fall behind in the race. Today senate republicans will sit down with the transportat