Frustration is on everyone, and you have been covering this story from your own time in afghanistan and before that for so many years. And when you get to The End what is The End of a of the War Chapter of this story, thats when all sorts of emotions take over. And so its were all going through this. Yeah. And just to see the Super Human Effort that had to be exerted to bring about a small rational Human Outcome that should not have been that hard to achieve, it is you exalt in the achievement and just you are equally horrified that this is what it takes and that the System Isnt working and that you have to you have to, you know, connect this many Hail Mary passes in a row in order to make it work for somebody. Its just a lot. Its a lot. What im always hoping for in the horrors of War Stories which includes the horrors of The End of War Stories is that it makes people think the next time about their decision to go to war because we arent able to go to war without dealing with the horro
Against the pandemic. Millions of School Children head back into the classroom just as the Virus Rages back. Well talk about the mixed messaging coming from the same people who should be setting an example good Morning And Welcome to Morning Joe, it is monday, august 16th. Joe is traveling this morning. Big news this morning. Complete collapse. 20 years after the united states toppled the Taliban Regime in afghanistan. The group is on the verge of retaking political power. Taliban forces entered the capital of kabul On Saturday continuing a blitz that has seen Insurgence Capture more than half of afghanistans 34 provincial capitals. The group overtook Police Posts and gained control of the Bagram Airfield yesterday. Afghans pled the airport looking to escape the violence only to find flights suspended over reported Gun Fire. One person able to escape was the Countrys President who said he left to, quote, prevent a flood of bloodshed. We know the embassy In Kabul has been evacuated. The
Watch it. And our colleague maybe her son had an incredible guest on last hour, i dont know if you saw. It had the woman who was the first fixed Wing Pilot from the first female fixed Wing Pilot from the Air Force who eventually had to apply for asylum in our country, because of the taliban hunting her. Her talking about happening whats happening in the country and her fear for her family, its there is no word for it other than dire. A share your view that when many mehdi finishes he is sure it was riveting. May this have a better ending. Rachel, you have a good weekend. See on monday. Thanks, elaine. Well, it is. Friday friday the 13th. May seem silly to say this about Joe Biden is still the president of the united states. Perhaps you didnt know, but for months the my Pillow Guy was telling any person, gullible school who would listen, that some all chemical voodoo was going to make Trump President again. And it was going to happen today. Right after Joe Biden and Kamala Harris resign
Of covid. Its August 13th, why Conspiracy Theorists were wrong about this date and others. Good evening. Im erin burnet. Three teachers in the same School District died in the span of 24 hours and two more hospitalized this is happen income Broward County, florida, right now Ground Zero for the fight against that states governors attempt to ban Mask Mandates in schools. The School Board has defied governor Ron Desantis as he continues to threaten to cut funding and salaries and the School Board kept the Mask Mandate in place and thats important because all three of the teachers that died were unvaccinated and all three of them were set to teach kids that were too young to get vaccinated. As the mother of three children, two in school ill be blunt and honest where i stand. Its important to be honest. I think its wrong for teacher whose are unvaccinated and maskless to be Teaching Unvaccinated children. Thankfully, the kids in Broward County, they werent scheduled to go back teachers sta
Expanding the Nations Safety social net. It would be targeting Climate Change, education, Health Care and more. This latest win for the president comes hours after the senate also approved the longnegotiated bipartisan Infrastructure Bill. More on that in just a moment. There are also several new developments on the pandemic. Texas Governor Greg Abbott suffering a major legal setback after two judges ruled that school districts can require students to wear masks in class, at least temporarily. A new national study shows a majority of american parents support Mask Mandates in schools for the unvaccinated, but more than half of the parents polled say they are against schools mandating vaccines. Lets get to it, starting with the overnight drama in washington. President bidens agenda getting a big boost today. Cnns Manu Raju is live on capitol hill. Cnns John Harwood is live at the White House. Manu, what is the path forward now after passing the Infrastructure Bill and the blueprint for t