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matters. plus as covid cases soar, johnson & johnson sends a booster vaccine. just like other vaccines, the question is how long will the protection last. and serena williams and roger with draw from the u.s. tennis open. it s way, way, way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that s wondering who s left to play in the ugs open. i m sam stein on this thursday, august 26th, and we ll start with the news. with just days left before the united states is scheduled to with draw troops from afghanistan, the state department is trying to track down any remaining american citizens. despite the deadline, secretary antony blinken says the u.s. will stay for as long as it takes to finish the evacuations. let me be crystal clear about this. there is no deadline on our work to help any remaining american citizens who want to leave who decide do so along with the many afghans who stood by us for many years and want to leave and have been ....
[laughing]. greg: is meant your wife is going to lose to trump in 20 years. he didn t see that one coming. there is a joke in there. you know you are in deep when you are litigating the definition of the word stranded. most of the criticism is not of leaving afghanistan, it s pulling the troops before getting the americans who are now stranded. i think it s irresponsible to say americans are stranded. they are not we are committed to bringing americans who want to come home, home. there are no americans stranded in afghanistan. i am calling you out for saying we stranded americans in afghanistan. greg: calling you out. like tom hanks wasn t really stranded on the desert island. not desserted island. he was just vacationing with a ball he talked to. creepy and deviant. i am glad i didn t know this when gilligan s island was on tv. peter doocy left her stranded but she found her way out. i wonder if there are other words we are know using to her satisfaction ....
company-owned in kayleigh mc enany, and in the center seat today, are you fleischer, former white house press secretary in fox news contributor. it s going to be another busy hour here on foxboro to president biden insisting we ca evacuate thousands of americans and allies from afghanistan by august 31st. at the same time, he is asking for contingency plans. just in case things go south. as the exact number of american who need to be rescued from afghanistan up until now are being in maybe he will tell as. that s footwear into his abating . the military authority withdraw more than 400 american troops and made concerns of a possible isis threat at the airport. all of this as the taliban is telling afghan civilians to sta home out of the way it reportedly sealing of the airport to people now. this is conditions on the groun as worsening. afghans desperate to escape, ar now said to be wading through sewage as they wait for their turn to be airlifted out there and a short ....
a widow tells the bbc how her husband took his own life after relapsing into a gambling addiction. as all 16 and 17 year olds are offered their first coronavirus vaccine, a campaign is launched to encourage teenagers to getjabbed warning of the effects long covid. are you a young person suffering with long covid? tell me what it s been like for you by tweeting me or using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. and the boxing olympic silver medallist ben whittaker achieves his dream becoming mayor of wolverhampton for a day. hello and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister is expected to ask president biden to delay withdrawing the last american forces from afghanistan to allow more time for the evacuation effort at kabul international airport. borisjohnson will make the request at an emergency meeting of leaders from the g7 countries tomorrow. us troops are due to leave kabul airport in just over week, but several thousand people remain there, desperate to flee the countr ....
taking over border crossings, taking over highways and major intersections. u.s. maclean s to secure the airport and americans from the embassy, the rest of the 3000 u.s. troops will arrive by the end of the weekend so 8000 troops are deploying to to the middle east. 4000 paratroopers in the 82nd airborne decision to wait reserve. 1000 troops going visa for afghan interpreters. the taliban have not ceased more than half of afghanistan 34 potential capitol. u.s. spent more than $85 billion the past 20 years building in afghan army. officials say they have crumbled. 1000 troops in afghanistan, president biden overruled. 2500 u.s. troops in recent months, same number now back to evacuate americans. the afghan forces, what proof can you offer at the taliban taking over vast majority of the country and now surrounded couple. the taliban they have been insufficient to stop those, it doesn t mean the advantages are still there. american diplomats destroy sense of equipment ....