Were excluded. And the window to contain the coronavirus is narrowing a warning from the w. H. O. As an outbreak in northern italy gets worse. Welcome to the new agreement that supposed to usher in peace in afghanistan has come into effect the taliban and the u. S. Will begin what theyre calling a reduction of violence if the 7 day deal is a success both sides will sign an accord at the end of the month paving the way for talks between the taliban and other afghan groups the u. S. Says it wants to pull its troops out of afghanistan. Now americas longest war began in 2001 the u. S. Presence in afghanistan came a month after the 911. 00 attacks it launched air strikes and a Ground Invasion to remove the taliban from power more than 12000 american soldiers are still in the country thousands more from nato allies and partners countries are also there some 2400 american troops have been killed since the operation began and the u. S. Is estimated to spend more than one trillion dollars in it
Conservatives back to to hold on to power after moderate and reformist candidates were excluded. Welcome to the program an agreement thats supposed to usher in peace the afghanistan has come into effect the taliban and the u. S. Will begin what theyre calling a reduction of violence is the 7 day deal as a success both sides will sign in accord at the end of the month paving the way for talks between the taliban and other afghan groups the u. S. Says it wants to pull its troops out of afghanistan well john 100 is following the story for us from washington d. C. What wonders really what except a bill level of violence really is for this agreement to work. Hell that is the biggest unanswered question about this whole process this is after all not technically a cease fire its a pause in hostilities but none of the parties involved in these discussions the United States the government of. Afghanistan or the taliban has publicly defined exactly what a violation of this pause in hostilities i
Negotiators sign an agreement that could pave the way to delete 2 decades of conflict. And dramatic scenes in the bundesliga but music fans calls this match with oppenheim to be interrupted twice after the show an offensive banner and a talking. To. A math me held welcome to the program the corona virus has claimed its 1st victim in the United States where a man has died in Washington State officials there are given no further details at this stage but u. S. President donald trump has been speaking at the white house. Lets go now to professor peter hes a viral a just an effects an expert at the Baylor College of medicine and joins us from Houston Texas President Trump has just been giving a press conference professor is this governments response do you get the feeling is the governments response enough to curb the spread of the virus in the u. S. Well its a good question where china trying to multitask listen to the president figuring out what his next plan isnt and that n. S. P. King
Mayor cos will get a vote expected to happen shortly. A top priority remains covid relief. President biden held a meeting with ten republican senators looking for a bipartisan agreement, but theyre pitching a bill one third the size of President Bidens proposal. Ill ask democratic senator chris murphy if a way Forward Together is even possible at this point. What both sides do agree on, though, we need more money for the vaccine rollout. The hiccup to that rollout this morning, the weather. Coming up, how many east coast states are still trying to sidestep the snow and get back on track. Well get to that part of the story in a moment. Lets get to our reporters focused on the action in our nations capital. Shannon pettypiece at the white house, Garrett Haake at his post on capitol hill and jacob sober rof following the implications of this administrations Immigration Policy and miss petedy piece well start with you at 1600, walk us through the Executive Actions President Biden is expect
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