Hello, and welcome to the programme. The pentagon Is makIng plans for the fInal stages of the afghanIstan wIthdrawal, but on the ground the evacuatIon contInue apace. We got more Numbers Today 19,000 People have been flown out of kabul In the last 2a hours. In fact, there Is a flIght leavIng nearly every 39 mInutes from the HamId KarzaI aIrfIeld. And sInce 15 august, when the operatIon began, a total of 88,000 People have been extracted. But theres one Important fIgure we Cant PIn down and thats how many People, IncludIng amerIcans, stIll want to be evacuated or can be by next weeks deadlIne. In the last hour, the us secretary of State Anthony BlInken has been gIvIng some detaIls on the work beIng done to reach them. For the remaInIng roughly 1,000 contacts that we had, who may be amerIcans seekIng to leave afghanIstan, we are aggressIvely reachIng out to the multIple tImes a day through multIple Channels of communIcatIon phone, e maIl, Text MessagIng to determIne whether they stIll wa
Settled by refugees after religious persecution. Marylands larry hogan, massachusetts charlie baker, henry mcmaster, iowas 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. Lets 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, dont tell me of your concerns for human rights. Show me. Dont Tell Me How Christian you are, show me. And thats 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. Im John Berman with brianna keilar. It is wednes
Afghanistans effective government. U. S. Military leaders say a decision to extend the withdraw dead line must be made by today. Because that would provide enough time to make plans for pulling out the 5800 troops on ground In Kabul when the mission ends as well as to remove equipment and weapons. More than 21,000 people were evacuated from afghanistan in just the last 24 hours. And an unprecedented operation. 4500 people are now waiting for evacuation flights inside of Kabul Airport this morning. A little more calm than in recent days. Cnns Jeremy Diamond is at the White House with more on the G7 Meeting underway. I suppose the question is will White House officials bracing themselves for a bit of shilacking from their allies on this. Reporter there is no question that they know that President Biden is going to face tough questions and pressure from the allies. Especially the United Kingdom and france who have been vocal about the need to extend the Withdrawal Deadline past August 31s
The Biden Administration ignored that dire warning, and here we are, in this situation, at this hour, where thousands of americans, Tens Of Thousands of our afghan allies, are in extreme danger. Their lives are at risk. Many of these allies will be murdered if they are left behind, and the worst part of all is every bit of this was preventable. But the president of the united states, he has been completely checked out, missing in action, he endured every clear warning that this was all going to occur, in a Press Conference earlier today, Joe Biden once again showed his true colors, repeatedly told outright lies to you, the american people. A man without character, career politician, clearly no moral compass, withering, Decrepit Shell of a human being, who puts his own priorities, obviously, above those fellow americans abroad. And until midday today, joes plans were to go back on vacation in delaware until he was pretty much ashamed into staying at the White House for the weekend. The