Angle. Since democrats have a lot of items on their remake america wishlist, tax hikes, huge expansion of government, killing oil and gas, critical race theory, but through it all, they have one overriding priority. And that is holding onto power. Many months ago, the angle told you that the biden Administration Wouldnt do anything to deter the massive flow of migrants into the country until they were forced to. And it took a group of 12,000 patients camping out under a bridge in Del Rio, texas, to begin to get the democrats attention. The scenes are so disturbing they cant be kept from the public. There are still thousands of migrants living in this makeshift camp here in the are brutal. It is incredibly hot out here. This Border Crisis is only getting worse. We see the shocking scene under the Del Rio international bridge. Thousands of migrants living in squalor. The hospital ends up being overwhelmed because of the ems calls coming from under the bridge just dont stop. Since thursda
Top of the hour. Thanks for staying with us. Im victor blackwell. And im alisyn camerota. We have just learned that President Obama will speak from the White House at 4 30 p. M. Eastern time. And that will be to explain his critical decision on afghanistan, that u. S. Troops will withdraw by that August 31st deadline. The president told world Leaders Today that the threat to u. S. Troops is the key reason for sticking to that initial date that was set in the agreement with the taliban. President biden, though, has asked for Contingency Plans in case he decides that the u. S. Needs to stay in the country longer. And the taliban, meanwhile, have reinforced their hard line today. They say they will not accept any extension of a u. S. Presence beyond that date, which is now one week away. And the taliban declared today, Afghans Cannot Leave and ordered the crowds at Kabul Airport to just go home. A few moments ago, a taliban spokesman said the roads to the airport are only open to foreigne
President comes out. With us today, former u. N. Ambassador Nikki Haley. Her husband deployed to afghanistan while she was governor of South Carolina. General Jack Keane that provided oversight for the afghan war, assisting David Petraeus during the u. S. Surge. Jennifer griffin and Greg Palkot who together have decades of experience reporting from the region on the ground. Chief national Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin having first traveled there in 1993 and reported from that multiple times over the last decade. Senior foreign affairs correspondent Greg Palkot who was embedded with the early battles with the taliban. Were hearing these reports of whats going on on the ground and what may be the beginning of the closing of doors. A lot of people thought they were on this list, people that worked with the afghan national government to build democracy in that country are learning that theyre to stay home. Dont come. Martha, we have just learned from sources that the u. S. Milita
Will join us later this hour. Lets gun with afghanistan. Here to start us off with the latest, Nbc News white House Reporter and nbc national Security And Intelligence Correspondent And Nbc News Pentagon Correspondent Courtney Kube and Lieutenant Jern and Deputy Security Adviser for iraq and afghanistan. Thank you all for being here. Well start with you, mike, outside the White House. Talk about this decision to stick with that August 31st deadline. What led to that decision . Well, aaron, i want to start by noting that president s scheduled remarks that we were expecting initially at noon and then 2 00 p. M. Have just been postponed yet again. We now expect to hear from the president sometime after 4 30 this afternoon. If the president is watching as i hope he sometimes does, i say this not as a criticism but as the Data Point to really speak to what White House officials have been a dynamic situation. We do expect as White House officials and other Administration Officials have been
We want to begin with the senates special Saturday Session. The bipartisan group tasked with creating the Infrastructure Bill is still working to finalize the text of the deal right now as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is expressing his eagerness to get the legislation on the floor for amendment votes. Ali vitali is on Capitol Hill and has been following it for us. Great to see you this afternoon. Everyone is on the edge of their Seat Waiting for the text to be released. It easily could be about 2,500 pages of text laying out this bill. Any indication were closer to that moment . Reporter yeah, look, it is probably going to be lengthy. They have been working ot for weeks now as this bipartisan group has been negotiating. Theyve been drafting the text along with it. It doesnt mean it is a quick process. Certainly quite the opposite here. Throughout the week weve heard from senators who tried to say the bill is coming in the next hour, the bill is coming tomorrow. That deadline ju