country. two decades after they were driven from kabul by u.s. and nato troops in the wake of the 9/11 attacks on new york and the pentagon. the collapse of the western-backed afghan government was part of the big unpleasant surprise. afghan president ashraf ghani quickly fled. the afghan flag has been lowered and devastating images are emerging from the capital city. thousands of people swarmed the tarmac hoping to flee on a departing u.s. military plane at kabul airport, while others clung to the side of the plane. it s among these scenes of chaos that president biden today made his first comments on the crisis since the fall of kabul on sunday. i stand squarely behind my decision. we were clear eyed about the risks. we planned for every contingency, but i always promised the american people that i would be straight with you. the truth is this did unfold more quickly than we had anticipated. so what s happened? afghanistan political leaders gave up and fled the country. t
all about joe biden essentially making his kind of debut as president on the world stage and kind of renewing america s vows towards multi-lateralism, international institutions and really what they would call the liberal world order, the one that has essentially ensured a lot of global peace since world war ii. that is what joe biden is here to do. he s trying to say diplomacy is back and america is back with a new role in the world. now a lot of this is surrounded by awkward photo opportunities, meetings with the queen who s made her own couple of jokes and tonight there s going to be marshmallows and hot rum, steak and lobster on the beach. so you might be able to see some really important global leaders snacking, chatting with each other, maybe walking around barefoot. so it should be quite a nice one to see and then, like you said, president biden is going to be taking off for london to meet and sip tea with the queen. joshua? well, matt, actually, i m jason. joshua is
witnesses say the florida congressman did drugs with a paid escort. this as his former associate agrees to cooperate with the government ahead of an suspected guilty plea tomorrow. gaetz has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. as we do say, good morning, everybody. it is saturday, may 15th. we re watching a number of breaking stories at this hour. also keeping an eye on the situation in the middle east. we have a live picture out there of gaza. relatively quiet after several mornings of exchanges of gunfire between the two factions there. we are going to get into the overnight details. i have a question for you, kendis. okay. mask or no mask? you know, i m a fan of amigos, mask off. it is so confusing. everybody on twitter saying, i m still going to wear a mask. not everybody, some people. it did not take long for me and some people, okay, you don t have to tell us twice. it s one of those things that s been really, really confusing for so long and it doesn t seem
but some people reportedly threw bottles and other objects at police and others attempting to breach the security fence that s been established outside the police station. officials later declared that part of the situation a riot and about 100 people were arrested. there are also demonstrations in chicago after body cam video was released showing a police officer chasing down and shooting adam toledo, a 13-year-old boy. the protesters who were peaceful are demanding overhauls to the city s police force. we should warn you, this following video is disturbing. the footage from 2:30 in the morning on march 29th shows eric stillman responding to a call of shots fired. after pulling over, stillman starts chasing toledo down the alley. he slams into somebody, then continues his pursuit. he shouts for toledo to drop his weapon, stop and show his hands. he appears to follow those instructions. stillman tells toledo to drop it and fires his gun. stillman calls for backup and officers
portions of the country and it is not ending any time soon. novak djokovic kicked out of australia. president biden getting ready for a crucial speech and following key setbacks to his agenda. the latest on the january 6th indictments for conspiracy and what they could mean for donald trump. that is coming up. first we want to get to developments in texas. the fbi identified the dead suspect who held four people. they are alive. held four people including a rabbi in a synagogue outside fort worth. he was a 44-year-old. president biden a short time calling that incident an act of terror. i spoke this morning with the attorney general, and to get a rundown on he said overwhelming cooperation with the local authorities and the fbi and they did one hell of a job. this was an act of terror. not only was related to someone who had been arrest 15 years ago and been in jail for 10 years. and they did just a great job. i also told him i wanted to make sure we got the word out to s