Control, kabul and jalalabad. There s urgency at the u. S. Embassy in kabul where thousands of troops are arriving to help in the evacuation of staff. Earlier today president biden video conferenced with his national security team on developments in afghanistan. Arlette saenz and natasha bertrand join me now. Arlette, what else are we hearing from president biden? i understand he just put out a statement a few moments ago. Reporter: he did, jim. Really this is the most robust statement we ve heard from president biden since he was asked about afghanistan on tuesday. In this statement, a paper statement, he announced that he has ordered an additional 5,000 american troops to afghanistan to help with the drawdown of personnel at the embassy and to also help evacuate those afghans who helped americans over the course of that 20year war. In is in addition to the 3,000 members of the military that he has already deployed to afghanistan. And the president also issued a very strong defense of
for the washington post. i asked him what impact this ruling will have. for the time being, it allows texas to move forward with implementing this very aggressive law that really asserts an almost unprecedented state role in enforcement of border and immigration enforcement, which is a federal responsibility. i should note that this issue, the merits of it, are still pending before a lower court, so this legal battle is far from over. you said this unprecedented challenge we have seen a stand off between the federal government, the biden administration and texas s governor greg abbott over this issue immigration. where do you see this heading next? i think it is an issue that will continue winding up at the highest court, because these legal issues we are talking about are profound, and they get at the fundamental delineation between the state and federal governments and their unique role in the constitutions. it will continue to be a political issue, but it will also c
enforcing border immigration, which is a federal responsibility. i should which is a federal responsibility. ishould note that this issue, the merits of it are still pending before a lower court so there is a legal battle that is far from over. you said this is unprecedented, the challenge, there has been division over this issue, where do you see this heading next? i think it is an issue that will continue winding up of the highest court, because these legal issues are profound and they get out the fundamental delineation between the state and federal governments and their unique powers in our constitution. so i think it will continue to be a political issue but it s also good to continue to be a legal issue that continues to work his way back up to the highest court in the land, the us supreme court, whether related to the store or other laws that texas lawmakers have passed in recent years. immigration is playing a major role in this year s presidential election. on tuesda