Still there in the, quote, thousands. And the nun of unknown, unknown number of afghan allies who helped the u. S. In the war but haven t gotten out yet. Secretary of state antoni olympicen telling lawmakers the state department is working on that last number, trying to estimate it. But experts familiar with the situation put that number in the tens of thousands. Yet, secretary blinken insisted today the u. S. Withdrawal from afghanistan was an extraordinary success. Blinken was grilled by republicans on the house foreign affairs committee this afternoon. That grilling has continued late into the day. Congressional correspondent aishah hasnie starts us off tonight live from capitol hill. Good evening, aishah. Bret, good evening to you. Democrats tore into republican questioning tonight as republicans tore into blinken s decisionmaking calling for him to resign at one point and even questioning why he didn t show up to this hearing in person. Can you tell us where you are today? yes, i
In particular it s been a great american success story. We are actually quite good at it here in america, 50,000 afghan refugees in the nation, over 300 million is not even a drop in the bucket. Across the united states, we are seeing widespread support for afghan refugees, but for refugee resettlement in general. Laura: while it is certainly heart wrenching to see the needless suffering wherever it occurs in the world, it s just awful, none of us want to see that. But why is it that most of the same people you just saw in those clips and all these politicians, all the people going on and on about letting everybody in the country, why are they so often ignore the very real suffering here at home? you don t have to go to the afghan provinces near bob graham to see tragedy. You can see it not far from here in baltimore. In the last three weeks, five teenagers have been shot there, two of them fatally. 115yearold was gunned down in the street broad daylight. If you don t have to go to tho
questions on governor cuomo while new york city s democratic mayor bill de blasio is taking a harder line against the governor. does not always have to be a yes or no answer, john, i think the president has focused on his goal and objectives as president of the united states prayed he will work with governor cuomo just like he will work with governors across the country. i do not accept the explanation, there needs to be a full investigation, thousands of lives were lost, families deserve answers, we need to get the whole truth and make sure that nothing like this ever happens again. senate republicans are calling on new york congressman to look at the election. sandra: we will also from some of the grieving relatives with loved ones in a nursing home and died from covid, what they would like to see happen, but we begin with bryan llenas reporting live from brooklyn for us. hey, brian. hey, sandra, for the first time the former acting u.s. assistant attorney gen
distancing requirements during the pandemic. white house press secretary jen kamala harris said it was a human rights abused committed by the united states government and joe biden said under trump there have been horrifying scenes at the border of kids being kept in cages. now it s not under trump, it is under biden. this is not kids being kept in cages. harris: even democratic congresswoman ocasio-cortez tweeted this. this is not okay. never has been okay. never will be okay. no matter the administration or party. kristin fisher is live for us at the white house on this top story. this is the first migrant child facility to be opened under the biden administration but even that name is being criticized because this same facility was open for one month during the trump administration but back then it was called a tent city where kids were kept in cages. harris, you mentioned the criticism from alexandria ocasio-cortez, but this is an issue where there is truly bipa
reject being the latest scheme to sneak amnesty in the build back better bill, the immigration plan would outweigh the budgetary impact with the reconciliation process. the decision is a major step back and likely to fuel party infighting. capping yet another rough week for president biden. earlier today, biden had another stream of baffling moments. during his remarks to students in south carolina state university, have a look. all kidding aside, president harris i m going to congratulate you but let you know that your country, this is not hyperbole, it s counting on you. they are counting on you. to change the turn on the dial at a moment we have a chance to do it. i share the frustration. i know the family well. i got started in politics because of the civil rights politics. i m sure what some of your wondering, how does he know the black national anthem? i sat in a black church after going to at 10:00 on the east side getting ready to go out and desegregate restaurant