so i was trying to think if there s anything perhaps worse then our pullout from afghanistan. at first, saigon pops into your head. but compared to this that now looks like a rocket s dress rehearsal. i did in fact find something worse than the afghanistan cut and run. it s the president s defense of it. still a lot of pandemonium outside the airport. but look, nobody is going to be killed right now. correct me if i m wrong about that, but nobody is being killed right now. a couple thousand a day, it s increasing. we are going to get those people out. but we ve all seen the pictures, we ve seen the hundreds of people packed into a c17. we ve seen afghans falling that was four days ago, five days ago. greg: what does that even mean? it was two days prior, not four. of course, i blame that racist math. who doesn t lose track of time when you are in hiding? and as for no one is being killed right now, if joe sets the bar any lower i will be able to drink it. so it s
the olympic games are under way in a world still very much in the grip of this pandemic. the virus forced a yearlong delay of these games. and once again the illness is surging there in japan. the risk made for a subdued opening ceremony, let s call it, in a nearly empty stadium. even as four-time grand slam tennis champion naomi osaka lit the cauldron, there was no doubt these olympics will be unlike any other we ve ever seen. the ioc did not require athletes to be fully vaccinated against covid. just today the doctor for team usa estimated that 83% of the competitors were fully vaccinated. that s still a lot better than our country as a whole. over half the nation remains unvaccinated. cdc says today saw the lowest number of shots given since early january. that plus this super contagious delta variant continue to drive this surge in new covid cases. cdc data are showing the seven-day average of new cases now the highest its been are you ready for this since the beginni
was trying to stop them from stealing a case of beer. we have got the details as experts warned the summer can be especially violent. aerospace and defense company lockheed martin defending spending on training. we begin across the pond. president biden gearing up for a week of international relations. benjamin hall has the latest. good thursday morning to you. good morning, shannon. as he said, for the last five months president biden has been grappling with a host of domestic issues. there has been a growing list of international threats that has to be confronted. the next week is going to test his ability to do so. president biden arrived eight hours ago at an air force base. he met with u.s. troops stationed here and their families. he spoke about his intentions for the coming days. i m heading to the g7 and then the nato ministerial and then to meet with mr. putin to let him know what i want him to know. are going to make it clear that the united states is back.
consultation and first us military action of the new administration the us struck targets associated with iranian backed militias along the border with iraq. the casualty estimates are at least 17 people were killed according to reuters. this fall as retaliation for an attack earlier this month until the contractor working in northern states and injured service personnel. former administration officials are already voicing some skepticism. don t know what targets they went after. hope it wasn t bombs in the desert. you don t need to get bogged down. we are confident, we know what we hit and we are confident that target was being used for the same she a militia that conducted the strikes. the new secretary of defense lloyd austin was the us forces in iraq. and any of the proxy groups. we know the foreign minister met with the syrian counterpart and we expect to hear what came of that meeting sometime today. todd: the house will vote on a relief bill today. jillian: it co
i m looking forward to that. i hope you too. we re going out to texas. we begin with the more somber seen in washington where congress remains on high alert over these intelligence threats. capitol police are now formally asking the national guard to stay there for two more months in response to new threats of maga-style attacks as the democratic majority says they take this extremely seriously, they re emphasizing they re also continuing the work of government, fast tracking the covid relief bill on party lines when needed, which includes vice president harris casting another tie-breaking note. republicans are deploying another minor delay tactic to add another day to the debate. we begin with pulitzer prize winning columnist for the washington post gene robinson, co-host of the ten podcast and mara gay from the new york times editorial board. good to see everyone. gene, i begin with the scene in the city you know well, but under different terms, taking the security thre