tonight the biden administration moving to shift the nation s focus away from afghanistan back to the issues here at home. as u.s. officials express growing concern that far right extremists and white supremacists are praising the taliban for toppling the u.s. backed afghan government. also tonight ida still a very powerful storm pounding the midatlantic and northeast with drenching rains, flash flooding and tornados. we re going to check in with our weather center. some really, really terrible weather here in the northeast. and president joe biden harshly criticizing the new texas law banning abortion six week into pregnancy, calling it extreme and a blatant violation of the constulational right to an abortion. i want to bring in now cnn national security analyst juliette kayyem. good to see both of you. president biden is trying to move past afghanistan focusing on the crises here at home-like the aftermath of hurricane ida. we re still dealing with it. surging covid ca
president biden says this evacuation is going very well weempleght have no indication that they haven t been able to get into kabul in the airport. we made an agreement with the taliban this far. they allowed them to go through. it s in their interest for them to go through. so we know of no circumstance where american citizens are carrying american pass poured are trying to get through to the airport. but late yesterday the pentagon announced it was forced to rescue mission and grab 1 of 9 americans 200 yards away from the front gazette the airport because of the chaos. measures were unable to get in. think chook helicopters launched from the airport and landed just over the walls to a nearby hotel to snatch those americans. there were these are the same 169 americans president biden mentioned in his speech yesterday at the white house. with qatar now closing stores to afghan refugees because they say there is no more room u.s. is announcing evacuation flights to germany
up. anybody in their right mind can see this. something is not right here. toward the left near the foul pole. no way. oh, my gosh. that is awesome. steve: great day to start this friday july 2nd, 2021 as you look at the empire state building 10 blocks south of where we are sitting. as you listen to kobe keith, future performance in concert series because it is summer and that s what we do. brian: very good. steve: he actually did a sounder for us where toby keith talks about his favorite show in the entire world. brian: really? toby keith and you re watching my favorite tv show. fox & friends . news that you can use. steve: thanks, toby. brian: he sounds repetitive. rachel: you ve thinking about toby keith steve: we want people to tune in. rachel: weekends too. steve: rachel is brand-new host of the weekend show. you have to check her all week long. abby, in kansas city, looks like you re in union station for the big air show this weekend. exactly. i don t
week on wednesday to the house judiciary committee. that is breaking news a couple of years in the making. well, you know, don mcgahn is the lead witness from the mueller investigation on president trump obstructing justice. all of those, you know, ten instances, ten instances plus of alleged criminal obstruction of justice laid out in great detail in the mueller report. mcgahn has never had to testify about it. this will be the first testimony that we ve heard about it, and it happens just as the justice department is deciding right now whether or not they re going to release to the public the memo that bill barr s justice department prepared about why trump shouldn t be prosecuted for any of those alleged incidents of obstruction of justice. it s kind of all happening at the same time. and because of the late hour at which this justice department memo is going to be released or not, we ve actually kind of adjusted the scheduling of this show so that neal katyal can appe
protests, using force and the role of encounters with police. and federal laws, and a measure named off george floyd still being negotiated in washington. the president wants to sign the bill tomorrow. but a joint statement, we are still working through our differences on key issues. you can bet that s true. the police reform bill, one of several items on the president s list. there is the $4 trillion infrastructure, and a voting rights measure, both up against formidable opposition. today, the white house was asked about these goals. we will assess internally. and where it goes from here. the george floyd act, he is encouraged there is on going progress, and there is a sense from negotiators there is a path forward. now, this bill to create a bipartisan commission to investigate 1/6, the riot, and insurrection, now in the senate where a vote could take place by the end of the week. republican support remains rare and spars. i will bring the bill forward soon. i m sorry