Plus, President Trumps growing hold on the Republican Party. Usa, usa. Just a few hundred people show up in washington to support the January 6th insurrectionists but it comes as a republican congressman decides running against rreelection. That environment for me is just not one that im willing to be a part of. Ill talk to republican Senator Bill Cassidy who voted to convict at mr. Trumps second Impeachment Trial about his partys future. Border crisis. More than 10,000 Haitian Migrants huddled at the u. S. mexico country. Basically third World Country conditions. That bad . That bad. You cant imagine. The u. S. Planning deportation flights as early as today. Joining me are jeff mason, Maria Teresa Kumar and anna palmer, founder of punch bowl news. Welcome to sunday its meet the press. Good sunday morning. Could our fight against the Coronavirus Turn into our latest Forever War . The war we thought we were winning at the beginning of the summer has been complicated by a more resilient
At the White House and on Capitol Hill, folks are trying to navigate crises all of them coming to head in the next few days and weeks. Theres covid, where President Biden is planning to lay out a new Plan Tomorrow to get through the Delta Variant. Theres afghanistan, where the Secretary Of State is preparing for a grilling on Capitol Hill in multiple hearings. Theres the threat of a Government Shutdown at Months End unless congress acts and the potential for a Debt Default just a few weeks after that. All as democrats continue to spar over the size, scope, timing and political strategy surrounding the president s overall agenda and whats referred to as that massive Reconciliation Package which has been tied to biden trillion dollar bipartisan Infrastructure Bill. The latest drama comes after Joe Manchin reiterated he will not support a 3. 5 trillion deal. Nowhere close to it. Hes reportedly signaling he might only back a bill thats less than half that Size Or Half at best. The jockeyin
And a warning that the summer of devastating wildfires underlines the need for radical shifts in behaviour to tackle global warming. Its eight in the morning in singapore and 4. 30 am in kabul, where the us embassy is asking us citizens in afghanistan not to travel to Kabul Airport at this time. Earlier, the uk Foreign Office issued a similar advice, quoting a high threat of a terrorist attack. The pentagon says about 10,000 people are currently at the airport, as the scramble to leave the country is gathering pace. Im joined now by our bbc washington correspondent, nomia iqbal. Great to have you on the programme. In the first instance lets just get your immediate reaction to the uk and us very specific simultaneously warning similar, same things i should say. What more can you tell us . More can you tell us . That is riuht. More can you tell us . That is right this more can you tell us . That is right. This warning more can you tell us . That is right. This warning has more can you te
Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. We begin in afghanistan, where the us embassy In Kabul is asking american citizens in the country not to travel to Kabul Airport. The warning came just moments after similar advice issued by the british foreign office, which included warned of a high threat of a terrorist attack. The pentagon says about 10,000 people are currently at the airport, as the scramble to leave the country is gathering pace. Im joined now by our bbc washington correspondent, nomia iqbal. These warnings from the us and the uk came very close together so what do we know . So what do we know . They did. What they so what do we know . They did. What they are so what do we know . They did. What they are saying so what do we know . They did. What they are saying is so what do we know . They did. What they are saying is to so what do we know . They did. What they are saying is to us l what they are saying is to us citizens and uk citizens, do not travel
We begin in afghanistan, where the us embassy In Kabul is asking american citizens in the country not to travel to Kabul Airport. The warning came just moments after similar advice issued by the british foreign office, which included warned of a high threat of a terrorist attack. The pentagon says about 10,000 people are currently at the airport, as the scramble to leave the country is gathering pace. Secunder kermani sent this report from kabul. Shame on them theyve been through so much already. Now wading through sewage in the hope of somehow being able to leave this country. Huge crowds are still flocking to Kabul Airport, under the watch of american and british soldiers. Despite the dirt, the dust, the gunshots and the chaos, people are still coming here, and theyre coming here in their thousands. Here, a makeshift camp has sprung up. Most of the people gathered dont have permission to board an evacuation flight. The few that do are struggling to make their way inside. Translation