Putting an end to americas longest war but will the unconditional pullout put u. S. Interest in jeopardy lets ask a Fox News Strategist welcome general. You are skeptical of this withdrawal. Why dont you explain your thinking here. Yeah, well paul thanks a lot, and you made it clear point here it is unconditional withdrawal that previous administration on the President Trump said Withdrawal Date of 1 May it was conditions based now we have absolutely no conditions to impose whatsoever were just going walk out and consequences i think are pretty significant of potentially grave for the united states and heres why. First of all, the afghan government has been weakened by the negotiations that President Trump took with the taliban excluding the afghan government. And as a result of that, it helped to undermine that afghan government as united states and nato Pull Out completely, paul, that government will not only be undermined, but it is lookly to fracture. And that is as a result of tha
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. donald trump s days in power are numbered, with joe biden about to be inaugurated. but many democrats want mr trump out sooner. a resolution has gone to the floor of the house of representatives, calling for mr trump s cabinet, led by the vice president, mike pence, to strip the president of his presidential powers. the house is expected to vote on tuesday. the democrats have also started the process of impeaching the president, for an unprecedented second time. our north america correspondent barbara plett usher has more on the impeachment process and the 25th amendment. mike, these are methods that the democrats are using to try to get donald trump out of office in these waning days of his presidency. they have said he is a threat and he has committed interaction, or he asked for insurrection, against the government and strong steps need to be taken, so the house speaker has said she would prefer this option of
donald trump s days in power are numbered, with joe biden about to be inaugurated, but many democrats want mr trump out sooner. a resolution has gone to the floor of the house of representatives, calling for mr trump s cabinet, led by the vice president, mike pence, to strip the president of his presidential powers. the house is expected to vote on tuesday. the democrats have also started the process of impeaching the president, for an unprecedented second time. our north america correspondent barbara plett usher has more on the impeachment process and the 25th amendment. mike, these are methods that the democrats are using to try to get donald trump out of office in these waning days of his presidency. they have said he is a threat and he has committed interaction, or he asked for insurrection, against the government and strong steps need to be taken, so the house speaker has said she would prefer this option of a 25th amendment of the constitution this is where the vice p
acknowledging the stalemate that some of his top priorities and offering a warning about russian president putin s next moves. it s been a year of challenges, but it s also been a year of enormous progress. we went from 2 million people being vaccinated at the moment i was sworn in to 210 million americans being fully vaccinated today. we created 6 million new jobs. for all this progress i know there s a lot of frustration and fatigue in this country. did you overpromise to the american public what you could achieve in your first year in office? i didn t overpromise, but i have probably outperformed anybody thought would happen. i did not anticipate that there d be such a stalwart effort to make sure that the most important thing was that president biden didn t get anything done. is there anything that you are confident you can get signed into law before the mid-term elections? yes. i m confident we can get pieces, big chunks of the build back better law signed into
lockdown parties in downing street and that the pm should resign in the national interest. live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 8am in singapore, ”am in melbourne and 4am in dubai where in the next 90 minutes or so, novak djokovic is expected to touch down following his deportation from australia. a panel ofjudges upheld the australian government s decision that his refusal to be vaccinated against covid 19 made him a threat to public health. the serbian prime minster has accused australia of a witch hunt. meanwhile, back in melbourne, the australian open is now under way without its defending men s champion. from there shaimaa khalil reports he s used to winning on court, but today, he was defeated in it. the world number one men s tennis player lost his last ditch battle to stay in the country and was forced out of australia. ..the amended application be dismissed, with costs. threejudges upheld the government s decision to cancel h