Thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. We are so grateful. The beat with Ari Melber starts right now. Nicolle, thanks so much. Welcome to The Beat. This general Election Clash between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump has really come into full view today. Trump on defense over his own Running Mate Pick and other issues and rough outing at a black journalist conference. 10,000 People Uniting in a raucous display as the Washington Post put it, the Vice President On Offense as well taunting trump over running from his past battles to debate the democratic nominee. Donald, i do hope youll reconsider to meet me on the Debate Stage because as the saying goes, if you got something to say, Say It To My Face Say It To My Face. Fair. Harris showing some confidence, we also saw her there arriving today in texas for her campaign travels. And plenty of buzz still coming throughout the day and in coverage Last Night from that big rally. Shes now flipped
Tonight, after a day in which biden saw more members of his Party Calling for him to drop out of the race the president capped the nato with a high Stakes Press Conference to say that it was a major moment for President Biden and his party is an understatement. Bidens Question And Answer session was watched by americas allies and politicians of both parties and an audience here in the u. S. And around the globe. I am not handing in my having any of my European Allies come up to me, joe, dont run, what i hear them say, you got to win, you can not let this guy come forward. It will be a disaster. It will be a disaster. I mean. I think he said at one of his rallies dont hold me to this, nato, i just learned about Nato Or Something to that effect. Foreign policy is never been his strong point. He seems to have an a Finnity Affinity to them. No one thinks if he wins in ukraine that will be the end of it. What i can say i believe i am the best qualified person to do the job. Almost as import
In charge. So in 1839, the brits Invaded Afghanistan. They tried to install their own guy who they had handpicked to run afghanistan which would make afghanistan closer aligned with them. The british stayed to fight that war, but ultimately it did not work out. The brits left in 1842. But then 35, 40 years later, the British Army tried again. The brits were freaked out all over again that happen a place they thought ought to be allied with them was actually more inclined toward russia, the same thing that had driven them 35, 40 years before. So in 1848, the british Invaded Afghanistan again. And again they installed their own handpicked guy, this time for a hot minute they actually thought they had won and that afghanistan would have a longterm alliance with britain, which is what they were seeking in that first and second war. But the guy they installed in the government, he abdicated, and afghanistan went their own way and british left again. It was 35 years between the first war and
The end of the vietnam war. And President Jerry Ford never said a word. Never once. There was no press conference. There was no statement to the country. He issued a Written Statement after the final helicopter came out. There was none of what were seeing in these last two weeks. And, so, we have seen two of these. We have seen two big losses after Multidecade Wars. This is very different from vietnam. And it is actually a good point. We saw the Commander Today formally announce that the last aircraft was clearing afghan air space. We then saw Secretary Of State blinken give a formal address to the country explaining things in terms of the Diplomatic Mission of doing those things. We have just seen tonight a statement from lloyd austin. But now were going to get another speech on this matter. We have seen several already from President Biden. He says hes going to talk about his decision to not extend past August 31st and the Military Advise he got not to do that and why he thinks its a
With russia, instead of them, giving russia too much influence in a place where britain thought that they should be in charge. So in 1839, The Brits Invaded Afghanistan, they tried to install their own, guy who they had handpicked to run afghanistan. Who they thought would make afghanistan more closely aligned with them. The british Army State for several years, fighting that war, but in The End that did not work out. The brits left in 1842. But then, 30 5 40 years later, the British Army tried again. The brits were freaked out all over again, that a place they thought out to be aligned with them, was actually more inclined toward russia, same thing that has driven them 30 5 40 years before. In so in 1878, the british Invaded Afghanistan again. And again they installed their own handpicked guy. This time for a hot minute they actually thought they had one. In that afghanistan would have a long Term Alliance with britain, which is what they were seeking in that first and second or. But