vaccinated with limited exceptions. notices haven t been made yet but that is a process john going and we understand it being resolved and completed. thanks, jen. it s been a couple days since troops left afghanistan. you continue to say the mission will continue and bring people home through diplomatic and other ways. yesterday the white house didn t have an answer on whether any americans or refugees made it out. is there an answer today? again, this is an operation over seen by our state department. they have a briefing today. if there s updates, they ll provide them. we re working through and what we knew would necessarily be operational after the departure are a couple of steps. one is how we get the airport operational again. we re working with the qataris and the turks and others, the civilian side of the airport had a lot of destruction to it and we need to make repairs and partnerships with them to get airplanes up and running. that will have a huge impact. the o
c-17 cargo plane took off from kabul, president biden stepped into the dining room to talk about his vigorous defense of ending america s longest war. no nation has ever done anything like it in all of history. the extraordinary success of this mission was due to the incredible skill, bravery and selfless courage of the united states military and our diplomats and intelligence professionals. that was the choice, the real choice between leaving or escalating. i was not going to extend this forever war. and i was not extending a forever exit. for those asking for a third decade in afghanistan, i ask what is the vital interest? it was time to end this war. we all maintained the fight against terrorism, we just don t need to fight a ground war to do it. and to isis-k, we are not done with you yet. the speech sketched the broader outlines of his foreign policy, saying the era of nation building is over. the president also noted the u.s. would help evacuate the estimated 1 to 2
military and our diplomats and intelligence professionals. that was the choice, the real choice, between leaving or escalating. i was not going to extend this forever war. and i was not extending a forever exit. to those asking for a third decade of war in afghanistan, i ask, what is the vital national interest? it was time to end this war. we will maintain the fight against terrorism. we just don t need to fight a ground war to do it. and to isis-k, we are not done with you yet. the speech gets the broader outlines of his foreign policy, saying that the era of nation building is over. the president also noted that the u.s. would help evacuate the estimated 1 to 200 americans still in afghanistan, if they want to leave. the state department also think kabul embassy staff, posting this photo taken just before the departure. there is no longer an embassy in afghanistan. those diplomats will now be based in qatar. meanwhile nbc news has learned more about just how closely the
following yesterday s terror attack at the airport, hospitals in kabul are overwhelmed with the wounded. the pentagon says that the attack was carried out by one suicide bomber, not two. i can confirm for you that we do not believe that there was a second explosion at or near the baron hotel, that it was one suicide bomber. it comes as the uk government says it s stopping civilian evacuations from kabul after today and admits some people will be left behind. we are now processing approximately the last 1,000 people on the inside of the airfield and will fly them out today. that is effectively where we start to move to the next stage, the evacuation of our 1,000 troops. food shortages and only a few days of medical supplies left aid agencies say the humanitarian crisis in afghanistan is worsening rapidly. in other news, firefighters are tackling a blaze at an industrial estate in leamington spa, where explosions and a strong chemical smell have been reported. and in the last
the request includes records from the trump white house relating in any way to former president trump and former vice president mike pence and in total to 30 other key figures in trump s orbit. in letters demanded from the national archives and several other agencies the committee chairman signaled an expansive investigation touching not only on what happened on january 6th but also materials that could shed light on matters such as the former president s knowledge of the election results and what he communicated to the american people about the election. the requests include information on communications within and among the white house and executive branch agencies during the leadup to january 6th and on that day as well as attempts to place politically loyal personnel in senior positions across government after the election. the committee is hoping to fill in. a campaign that culminated in the deadly attack as congress tried to certify the election results. here is a littl