Storm complicate Earthquake Relief efforts . And after banning Mask And Vaccine mandates, Texas Governor Greg abbott has testified positive for coronavirus. Despite being fully vaccinated. The news come as a breakthrough in infections in a handful of states. The question is what does it mean for vaccinated americans . Its way too early for this. Good morning. Welcome to way too early, the show that wishes the Baseball Season was over already. Im John Lemire on this wednesday, august 18th. We begin with the race to evacuate thousand of americans in afghanistan following the Talibans Takeover of the country. Biden administration officials told Staffers Yesterday that as many as 15,000 americans are still in afghanistan. About 1100 american citizens, permanent residents and their families, have been evacuated so far. Nbc as you chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel has the latest from kabul. Reporter we made it on the military side of the kabul airport. This is where the u. S. Is carr
The with the Hello And Welcome to cross talk where all things considered. Im Peter Lavelle in the wake of the 2nd high Level Meeting. Where does the front china us Relationship Stand . The 1st Meeting in Anchorage Alaska was embarrassing failure for secretary of state blinking at the 2nd meeting. The chinese presented the americans with a set of demand. It would seem to stage a set for real negotiations, and not just the actrix. Ah, ah, cross talking china us relations. Im joined by my Guess Tom watkins and northville. He is President And Ceo of t. D. W and associates, a global business and educational Consulting Firm in knoxville. We have sarah shue. She is a visiting scholar at to down university. And in beijing we have, i know, are tang and he is a political and economic affairs. Commentators are across cycles in effect, that means they can jump anytime you want. And i always appreciate, lets go to and are in beijing right before the 2nd summit or earlier this week. Chinese media wa
And after the fire and fury, comes the landlside well talk to Journalist Michael Wolff about his new book documenting the final days of the Trump Presidency. Hello and welcome. Big changes to Covid Restrictions have been made in england and scotland. Wales relaxed some rules on 17july. Northern ireland is set to ease rules on 26july. So, after well over a year of being in lockdown, what has changed . In england, facemasks are no longer mandatory but they are still required in some businesses and shops and on some public transport. The government suggests they should be worn in crowded indoor spaces. All social distancing is scrapped. There are no limits now on how many people can gather indoors or outdoors in any situation. The guidance to work from home is also lifted. Though the government expects people to start returning to work gradually. People whove had both vaccines can now travel to Amber List countries without having to isolate on return. That does not include france, though,
China relations. Im joined by my guess. Mentioned she yang in geneva. He is a professor of international history and politics at the Graduate Institute of international and development studies engineer. But in israel we have john gong. He is a professor at the university of international business and economics. And here in moscow were joined by alexander luke, and he is head of the department of international relations at the higher school of economics, or a Gentleman Cross Type rules and effects. That means he can jump in anytime you want. And i always appreciated when she and jenny, but let me go to you 1st year. Ive been observing for many, many years, the growing relationship closer, relationship that Russia And China had. And it was, you know, a few years ago it was murmurings people met and mentioned in western media. And now all of a sudden theyre in panic mode. Is it, this suddenly happened . Well, this hasnt suddenly happened. Its been happening for a very long time. And 80 th
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