Necessary. The question is was the chaos avoidable. And there is a growing humanitarian crisis in haiti as Crews Struggle to get to the country following a deadly earthquake and tropical storm. The question is much more can be done to help the Island Nation recover. It is Way Too Early for this. Good Morning And Welcome to Way Too Early. Im Alicia Menendez on this august 19th. The biden administration is employing new strategies to fight the new virus like encouraging Booster Shots and mandating vaccinations for staff. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer has the latest. Reporter making it official, the first Booster Shots for the General Public will go in the arms on the 20th. Most adults fully vaccinated for the first eight months will qualify. A top priority, protecting Health Care workers, Nursing Home residents, and seniors who were vaccinated first. The Booster Shot, a third dose of the same Formula And Vaccine for those who were fully inoculated with pfizer or moderna. It will be easy. Just sho
Assessment. The u. S. Military does not have sufficient forces to rescue americans who cannot get to the Kabul Airport Evacuation point. We dont have the capability to go collect large numbers of people. Reporter the u. S. Is relying on the taliban to let americans and afghan allies pass through checkpoints to reach the airport. A risky journey. In an interview with abc news, President Biden said he knew chaos was inevitable. Well go back in Hindsight And Look but the idea somehow there was a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing i dont know how that happens. Reporter the pentagon says the pace of evacuations is improving but not adequate. Pressed about stranded americas the president said if necessary troops would remain beyond the August 31st, withdrawal deadline. If there are american citizens left well stay until we get them all out. Reporter they say u. S. Intelligence said there was a prediction of a rapid collapse. But General Milley saying that was weeks or months. There
right. i mean, this story is really just a tragedy in so many ways. and in my conversations with crew members, last week, and over the weekend, you know, i there was a common theme that emerged, it was there was a big rush on the production, and they felt that there was really a disregard for safety. and with every new detail that comes out, it just seems to become more horrific. it is really sad. if you can talk a little bit more about that. you spoke to a very experienced armorer who said he actually turned down the job of armorer on this film because he had concerns. what were the red flags that he saw after he spoke to the producers about the film. this was a really interesting story. i spoke with neil zaromsky, a veteran prop master, he s been working in hollywood for more than 30 years and when he when the production managers from rust reached out to him in late september, he was at first really thrilled because in his long career he had never worked on a
military equipment and weapons. he also said the u.s. will be steadfast in its support for ukraine. i thought it was critical that there not be any doubt, none whatsoever about u.s. support for ukraine in your war against the brutal attack from russia. for all the disagreement we have in congress on some issues, there is significant agreement on support for ukraine. this is so much larger than just ukraine. the two leaders also walked out on the streets of kyiv paying respects to the thousands of ukrainian soldiers killed in the conflict. vice president harris said russia has committed crimes against humanity in ukraine. russia s ambassador to the u.s. responded by accusing the u.s. of trying to demonize russia. it comes as the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. warned china it would be crossing a red line if it were to provide lethal aid to russia for use in ukraine. four u.s. officials familiar with the matter tell nbc news the u.s. believes china may already be providing non-
msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we begin with breaking news, the u.s. racing to recover and learn more about that mysterious object shot down by u.s. fighter jets over alaska. here s what we know at this hour. the high altitude object was described as roughly the size of a small car, it was likely not man. it was flying in 40,000 feet, is for spotted on thursday before being brought down on friday. this comes a week after the u.s. military shot down the chinese spy balloon off the south carolina coast after flying over several states. here is what democratic congressman told me in the last hour. i don t know that anyone, on the committees have been briefed. recovery operations are taking place, it is quite possible at 40,000 feet, a very expensive missile shooting down a weather balloon. other than that, we just do not know. it didn t seem to have its own ability to maneuver. that limits it s two more breaking news, th