Terrorism has spread around the world and the need for us to focus on other parts of the world that could create an even greater danger of an operation like Al Qaeda beginning cant be ignored. We are a number of places where were doing that without permanent basing of American Forces there. So i think when this is over the american people have a clear understanding of what i did, why we did it, but look. That is the job. My job is to make judgments. My job is to make judgments No One else can or will make. I made them. Im convinced i am absolutely correct and not deciding to send more young women and men to war for a war that in fact is no longer warranted. Still, the situation potentially complicating what could be among the most consequential weeks of the biden presidency as Nancy Pelosi and the House Return Tomorrow to begin work on the trillion dollars infrastructure package, the 3. 5 trillion Reconciliation Package, and a Voting Rights bill. The big question facing the Administrat
Day much earlier to watch her. it is actually horrific. reporter: for the 27 million americans who need child care in order to work, it is a hefty expense. for young children averaging $250 per week or $13,000 a year. that cost could rise as four of every five childcare centers say they don t have enough staff. some are paying more to hire workers. the biggest challenge right now is finding and retaining high quality staff. reporter: during the pandemic more than one-third of workers lost their jobs and some never returned to childcare centers that pay around $12 an hour. this was always a challenge for the childcare industry. childcare providers are really notoriously under valued and under paid. but things have gotten worse as, you know, these childcare facilities are now having to compete with higher wages offered by a lot of large, multi national corporations who are also facing worker shortages. reporter: rose cushing oversees 11 childcare centers in
August 31st deadline meaning that if we get to the end of the month and they still have more people to get out they would look at going past the end of the month. the president also talking about this new program where the u.s. military is actually ordering commercial airliners like delta, american, and united to ferry passengers from these transit centers to wherever they are going next as they try to build out capacity. lastly, the president also acknowledged that they are now looking and finding new ways to actually get americans as well as afghan allies to the airport safely, given the immense crowds we re seeing at the airport and also the threat of a terrorist attack on those crowds waiting to get into those gates but the president declining to give a lot of detail on that he says to protect the security of the operation, alicia. this comes at an incredibly delicate time for the president and his agenda. how does the situation in afghanistan impact the calculus on getting presi
Much of that. you have nancy pelosi who knows what she is doing and she knows how to keep her caucus in check. i don t think we re going to see a huge issue with people who want you have the infrastructure bills moving through the house. it is not going to be a big issue i think for the president but it is one they are definitely paying attention to in the white house. two-thirds of americans according to our latest polling disapprove of the president s handling of the crisis. you have some democratic strategists who argue that passing is very popular and passing the legislation is the best way to refocus voters attention. does that square with what you are hearing from democrats? absolutely. i think we ve been saying this from the beginning. this presidency, that the best place you get your mid-term strategy together, is actually ensure you re showing up for the american people and passing some bold legislation. the other thing to talk about here, we re talking about afghanista
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