Absolutely appalled and literally horrified we left americans there. It was a hostage rescue of thousands of americans in the guise of a in operation. Doing his best to paint a rosy picture of. It s easy to secondguess but let s just be clear, america was in this war for 20 years and i think any effort to unwind and any effort to bring our troops out, any effort to end our military stands in afghanistan was going to be filled with heartbreaking scenes and difficulties, i think the biden administration managed that as well as it could be managed under the circumstances we were forced into. Greg: the taliban showed off duct and millions of dollars of u. S. Military equipment and the biden administration is not ruling out working with the terrorist in the future. What is the taliban, are they are our friend ami, are they are adversary? are they our enemy? what are they? beco it s hard to put a label on it. As far as our dealings with them in the past year or so, in war you do what you mus
The pentagon is moving 3,000 marines to afghanistan and another 4,000 troops to evacuate the embassy and u. S. Citizens in kabul. Here is the urgency to leave afghanistan immediately using available commercial flight options. If you cannot afford to purchase an airline ticket, contact the u. S. Embassy for information regarding a loan. Given the security conditions and reduced staffing, the embassies ability to assist u. S. Citizens in afghanistan is extremely limited. Even within kabul. There are haunting echoes of the evacuation of saigon in 1975 being voiced by supporters and detractors of the current president and harsh critique of the treatment of our friends and allies in afghanistan. David ignatius boats, for president biden who had hoped for a orderly withdrawal if fr afghanistan, the chaos carries the image he wanted to avoid. And if the saigon parallels century disturbing enough, the new yorker offered this, when i spoke on this with experts who have decades of afghan experie
In mississippi. The hospitals are full from memphis to gulf port, natchez to meridian. Everything is full. Everything is full. The i. C. U. Crisis is getting more critical by the hour. Some states are at or they are near capacity. Only a few hundred beds are left in some of the largest states in the south, or in the case of mississippi you see there on your screen zero. Mississippi is now requesting help from the federal government as they are dealing with this crush of coronavirus patients. And a critical staffing shortage. There s a field hospital that s now being set up in a parking lot that could be used to take care of older teenagers with coronavirus. Some schools in mississippi, indiana and georgia have already gone back to virtual learning because of growing case numbers. Many are now rethinking mask policies. West virginia republican governor jim justice warns that if cases continue to climb, as they clearly are, masks may be required in schools there. More children are now ho
Numbers. 212,000 migrants were apprehended in july. Breaking a 20 year record. The numbers went up every month since president biden was sworn in. The homeland security secretary mayorkas was at the border today trying to down play the situation. The situation at the border is one of the toughest challenges we face. We have seen surges in migration before. They are not new. While biden officials claim there is not a crisis, look at this texas judge who deals with the situation firsthand. We are all very, very frustrated. What people don t understand this is not just a border crisis. It s a national crisis. President biden failed the american people and failing us here on the border. We are battling a war against these refugees that are coming illegally with our hands behind our back tied. Not having the resources to do this. Greg, the floor is yours. Thank you. What should i do with it? it s really dirty. It s absolutely awful. That s the problem with outnumbered they leave it a mess.
We need for students and schools, the executive order prevents local officials from imposing mask mandates on students. He says parents should make that decision, not school districts. John roberts in washington, welcome to another edition of america reports. I am in today for sandra smith. The white house says that orders goes against proper public health guidance, and now president biden as checking to see if he s got the power to intervene in the seven states that have banned mask mandates. Dr. Nicole saphier as standing by with her opinion on all of this. Hi, jackie. Hey, john. After florida governor threaten to withhold the salaries of school board members and administrators who don t comply with his order banning mask mandates, the white house says it s looking into its options with respect to covid relief money that was distributed to the states, distributed to florida. There checking to see if they can use some of that money potentially to cover the salaries of those administra