Begging the president to save him. We begin with the fox news alert and fallout as president biden addresses the nation following the end of america s longest war. Reporter: republicans are calling on him to resign in the wake of the deadly withdrawal. Doug luzader has more. The president sounded angry at times as he delivered the address from the white house defending his decision to pull us forces out of afghanistan and describing the departure of the lift is a big success despite the depth of 13 us servicemembers killed during the operation and the fact that 100 or more americans who wanted to leave for left behind. The president said most got out. They worked to secure the release of the others and also blames donald trump. My predecessor signed an agreement with the taliban to remove us troops by may 1st, included no requirement the taliban work out a cooperative arrangement with the afghan government. Reporter: with the taliban and in control the remaining us citizens face pretty
Settled by refugees after religious persecution. Maryland s larry hogan, massachusetts charlie baker, henry mcmaster, iowa s kim reynolds. It is a reminder america is a generous place, a nation of immigrants and refugees. Something nativists who try to divide us often forget. It is also worth remembering that final cable september from the u. S. Embassy in saigon read, in part, those who fail to learn from history are forced to repeat it. There are plenty of lessons from vietnam we have evidently not learned. Let s hope that our commitment to refugees who helped our country has not been forgotten and that we honor the wisdom of iowa governor robert ray when he said, don t tell me of your concerns for human rights. Show me. Don t tell me how christian you are, show me. And that s your reality check. John avalon, thank you very much for that. New day continues right now. Good morning to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. I m john berman with brianna keilar. It is
Servicemen in women have alread left for the pentagon confirmin today the u. S. After that augus no longer control the airport they re pretty cute the president says all americans an afghan allies will be evacuated if they want to leave. But the taliban is blocking man afghans and likely americans from reaching the airport. In just moments we will hear from on the and standing by to join us in moments for it. We look forward to all of that and kick off fox team coverage for you at this hour. Retired fourstar general jack keane is standing by, but first to jennifer griffin who is life at the pentagon for as. We have learned during the pentagon reaping last night the u. S. Military launched another helicopter rescue mission in kabul to get roughly 1020 americans to the airport is the third time this type of rescue mission has been launched despite the pentagon insisting the taliban are granting safe passage to american spirit. Last night during the darkness, there was an operatio to go o
Covid19. And most importantly, their conditions are far less severe. The overwhelming majority of people in the hospital of covid19 are almost all those dying from covid19 are not vaccinated. Not vaccinated. If you re fully vaccinated, both shots plus two weeks, your risk of severe illness from covid19 is very, very, very low. Now, i know that parents are concerned about covid19 cases among their children. I ll be addressing this soon with secretary cordona to discuss how we get our kids back to school safely. Cases among children are still rare, and severe cases among children are very, very rare. But i know that parents are thinking about their own kids. It s not as reassuring as anyone would like it to be. So, let me say this as parents to the parents. As you have you have the tools. You have the tools to keep your child safer and two of those tools, above all, are available to you. One, make sure that everyone around your child who can be vaccinated is vaccinated. Parents, adults,
Desperate, fleeing afghans. John: this is all happening as u. S. Officials in kabul told americans to stay where they are. Morning on saturday that it is too dangerous to try to go to the airport after a threat from islamic state terrace. As for al qaeda terrorist, officials in president biden zone administration are contradicting the president s claim that the terror group is gone from afghanistan. Fox news also warning that the taliban are stepping up attacks on afghans who have gathered outside the airport. Sandra: mike rogers will be our guest. He will join us in moments, but we have fox team coverage that begins now. Peter doocy standing by at the white house. John: but first to jennifer griffin. Hi. Just learned from sources on the ground at kabul airport that there are some chartered flights that are leaving kabul airport empty because the state department is requiring so much paperwork, so much in terms of the manifest that they are not allowed to put people who need to be evac