far better military capabilities than they expected. that means the capital city of kabul could fall in a matter of weeks. some fear, believe it or not, even days. this map shows the territory controlled by the taliban in april. today you can see nearly two thirds of that man is now red. talking about a stunning advance leading the u.s. to have to deploy an additional 3,000 troops back to kabul temporarily not to assist in any military offensive to keep the taliban out of kabul, but simply to help secure the safe withdrawal of the remaining staff from the u.s. embassy. our first responsibility has always been protecting the safety and the security of our citizens serving in afghanistan and around the world. as we said all along the increased tempo of the taliban military engagement and the results increase in violence and instability across afghanistan is of grave concern. we believe this is the prudent thing to do. given the rapidly deteriorating situation. we expect a
across the entire country. the u.s. is averaging over 109,000 new covid cases a day. but we start with that new jobs report. josh letterman is at the white house. i also want to bring in stephanie ruhle, and jim mecina. thank you all for being with me. by the way he was also serving as president obama s campaign manager. let me start with you. we heard that the president will be speaking any moment now about this block buster jobs report. what will we hear? the white house is certainly breathing a sigh of relief today after fearing this report could have been worse than it was. i think you will hear two mayor themes from the president. the argument that his build back better approach is working. they have succeeded and now is the time to keep the foot on the gas when it comes to the bipartisan infrastructure bill, when it comes to the democrats 3.5 trillion spending bill, and other measures to try to make sure the economy is able to overcome some obstacles. the other key th
the mental health of elite athletes has been thrown into sharp focus by the actions of sportsmen and women at the tokyo games and other recent high profile tournaments. simone biles the poster girl of team usa pulled out of the majority of her gymnastic events, citing her mental health. she said, we have to protect our minds and our bodies out and do what the world wants us to do. away from the games, ahead of the test against india, the england and wales cricket board announced that ben stokes would take a break from cricket indefinitely to focus on his mental wellbeing . and the japanese tennis player naomi osaka said she would not do news conferences, withdrew from the french open and did not play at wimbledon, admitting she had experienced long bouts of depression since winning herfirst grand slam title in 2018. the decision by high profile athletes to talk openly about their mental health at the tokyo games and other events has sparked a new conversation, and pr
and flailing up across england and wales, heavy and thundery downpours are possible but many will stay dry and pleasantly warm sunny spells. what downpours that develop will gradually ease into the night. thursday onwards hour whether all about this area of low pressure that will take a full four days to come into the uk and then cleared away and that includes the weekend, windier weather and the downpours becoming more widespread. this is how thursday looks, initially wet in the west but showers are gradually pushing eastwards. still quite warm if you get the sunshine, temperatures coming down a bit into the weekend. friday, some downpours will be heavy and thundery with the risk of flooding, showers continuing into the weekend. at the start of next week it will try to settle down, for a few days, anyway. that s all for now, i will be back at ten, now we join the news team is where you are. goodbye for now. hello. and welcome to sportsday i m gavin ramjaun. medals for brit
the weakness has the opposite effect. they lie constantly and admit nothing. they will buy for us because they have no choice and have lost the legitimacy. when they begin to lose control, and they inevitably do, they panic. the magnitude of their failure, the retreat into dilution and their behavior becomes irrational with bizarre demands. he barked our orders at his guards as a direct him and into courtyard to be shot. final moments he thought he could make his execution is obey. every collapsing regime is the same and with that in mind we have learned today that in the face of the waning pandemic the biden administration will dramatically increase covert restrictions across country. millions of children will never be required to cover their faces and schools and this is despite the scientifically inspired fact mask posts a bigger issue than covid does. the administration will force masts on adults including people who have already been vaccinated. consider this. if they to