against the pandemic. millions of school children head back into the classroom just as the virus rages back. we ll talk about the mixed messaging coming from the same people who should be setting an example good morning and welcome to morning joe, it is monday, august 16th. joe is traveling this morning. big news this morning. complete collapse. 20 years after the united states toppled the taliban regime in afghanistan. the group is on the verge of retaking political power. taliban forces entered the capital of kabul on saturday continuing a blitz that has seen insurgence capture more than half of afghanistan s 34 provincial capitals. the group overtook police posts and gained control of the bagram airfield yesterday. afghans pled the airport looking to escape the violence only to find flights suspended over reported gun fire. one person able to escape was the country s president who said he left to, quote, prevent a flood of bloodshed. we know the embassy in kabul has been
doses of the vaccine across the world as a sign of goodwill. on wednesday, he said he has a very clear message for the rest of the world. at every point along the way, we are going to make it clear that the united states is back and democracies of the world are standing together to tackle the toughest challenges and the issues that matter most to our future. let s bring in nbc chief white house correspondent peter alexander and ann gearen, white house reporter for the washington post and both traveling with the president in the uk. peter, what is on tap today? reporter: as you noted, president biden is going to be meeting with his british host prime minister boris johnson within the next hour and, as you said, up with of the key sort of highlights of their visit together will be this re-signing this reaffirm medication as it with were of the atlantic charter, a new atlantic charter modeled after the post-war declaration between fdr and winston churchill and focusing o
you can assemble, but you know, it s peacefully assemble. what we saw on january 6th is not a peaceful assembly. but as you know, there was no permit for the march to the capitol. the former president encouraged the group to come to the capitol and stop the steal. meantime, president biden now officially one whole month on the job is making a public push for his $1.9 trillion covid relief package. the full text of the nearly 600-page bill released yesterday, including increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour, $1,400 direct checks, extending federal unemployment benefits, and more money for struggling small businesses. and breaking news on the growing crisis in texas. president biden declaring a major disaster as the state enters its sixth day of sub-freezing temperatures, and while thousands of texans are finally getting the power back, millions are still without running water. and last hour, the mayor of san antonio telling me the situation may get worse before it gets b
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All witnessed, these involve desperate people who are understandably desperate and want to get out of their country or find safe refuge amid a difficult situation. this is not a situation that involves the taliban in direct conflict with the united states. and we are making clear to the taliban should they choose to engage us in a more hostile way they will suffer for that decision and they need to enable and allow the airport to function, people to get access to the airport and flights to evacuate afghans and americans and others vulnerable to proceed. so far they have done that and we have been clear that needs to continue. ann gearen has the next question. go ahead. good morning, jon. we have heard quite a bit of bipartisan concern and criticism of what might happen next. i understand a good bit of that came up on the all members call