Nine this is cnn breaking News Welcome to inside politics. Im Dana Bash and we start with the wildest president Ial Campaign of our lifetime. And down moments ago, we heard from Vice President Kamala Harris for the first time since yesterdays political earthquake Joe Bidens Legacy of accomplishment over the past three years is unmatched in modern history. His honesty, his integrity his commitment to his faith and his family because big heart and has love, deep love of our country. And i am firsthand witness that every day our president Joe Biden, fights for The American people and we are deeply, deeply grateful for his service to our nation her Brandnew Campaign debuted this logo, harris for president , and this afternoon, she is going to visit what until yesterday was the Bidenharris Headquarters and wilmington, delaware. It is now Harris Hq cnns Mj Lee is at the white house. Mj so much news, so much reporting that you and our team have done. What is the latest about where things stan
Breaking news, were following a contentious hearing on Capitol Hill lawmakers are grilling the secret Service Director as calls grow for her to resign after the Assassination Attempt of former President Trump. Lets listen in somebody seven feet tall. And youre five feet tall. Theres going to be a delta there that is problematic in protecting the protectee. And im asking is that a consideration when you when these agents not saying you, but when theyre assigned to the protectee the agents that are assigned to our protectees are perfectly killed came. So sure is what im concerned about because the primary objective here seems to be something other than securing the site, securing the principal, and securing the people at the site, and thats the concern based on the answers that you given today so far without a yields, Jim Chair now recognizes mr. Moskowitz from florida. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Thank you for this hearing. I want to thank the subpoena that you sent. I want to thank rankin
To u. S. Military planes and trying desperately to climb onboard, incidents in which some people died. Despite those scenes, afghans and some of our allies are getting out. Between 700 and 800 people were evacuated Last Night with more than 3,000 people evacuated in total since the fall of the afghan capital, kabul, some in astonishing conditions. Check out this stunning photo showing hundreds of people crammed into a u. S. Military plane headed to qatar. U. S. Officials said Yesterday Theyd be prepared to take more than 20,000 afghans who are candidates for special immigration visas. The State Department said today that 2,000 holders of those visas have been relocated so far. But The New York Times points out there are Tens Of Thousands of afghans national who risked their lives to assist the u. S. Military and thousands are stuck in a yearslong backlog to receive their visas. More than 300,000 have been affiliated with the american mission over its two Decade Presence in the country.
Aircraft per hour in and out of h kaya, it could look like 5,000 passengers departing per day, but we are mindful that a number of factors influence this effort. The most stunning image going viral. More than 600 afghans squeezing into a c17 transport plane, and they are the lucky ones. You have likely seen the image of afghan families in a cargo plane. This speaks to the humanity of our troops in this mission. The Skill And Professionalism of our u. S. Military. The president sending a clear message monday that while acknowledging surprise at the speed of the taliban takeover, he has no apologies, no regrets for the decision to withdraw. I am now the fourth american president to preside over war in afghanistan, two democrats and two republicans. I will not pass this responsibility on to a fifth president. I am president of the united states of america, and the buck stops with me. The main concern is the taliban. The group promising today not to attack foreign embassies while trying to
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