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last stronghold of the afghan government. afghan president ghani has now fled the country. taliban fighters have entered the capital city of kabul where the american flag has been taken down from the u.s. embassy as the u.s. undertakes an urgent evacuation of american personnel. the rapid crumbling of the country shocked the u.s. and u.s. allies and caught the biden white house flat-footed on saturday. after pulling out almost all of the 2,500 troops when he took office, he s deploying troops back to get americans safely out of kabul, warning of a swift u.s. response if the taliban inte interfered. sources tell cnn the majority of the u.s. embassy staff are now out of the embassy compound. that s a sharp tsharound when president biden called it highly unlikely the taliban would overrun the country, at the time striking many experts in his own administration as unrealistic and prompting questions as to whether biden was cherry-picking intelligence or indifferent to it. a ....
there s chaos, reports say, at kabul airport at this moment as people try to flee and the world waits for the next step. hello, everyone, ask and welcome to fox news live, i m eric shawn. hi, arthel. arkansas hello, everyone, i m arthel neville. the situation is getting worse by the hour. president ashraf ghaani has fled the country, and the american flag has been lowered from the u.s. embassy. the biden administration continues to defend the withdrawal of u.s. troops. we re going to get the latest reaction from the if white house in just a minute. but first, we ll go to trey yingst live in jerusalem with more on the situation of on ground in afghanistan. on the ground in afghanistan. trey. reporter: arthel, good afternoon. we ve got a number of updates for you. according to afp, a defense official says a couple hundred american embassy staffers have been evacuated safely from afghanistan. one piece of good news. on the flipside, a lot of bad news. we know taliban h ....
some immunocompromised people. in order for someone to get a third shot approved by doctors and by the fda and by medical officials, the fda has to first authorize it to be used outside of the current way it is authorized, which right now is just for two shots. we re learning the fda could change that to include a third shot of moderna or pfizer for people who are immunocompromised. this is based on sources from inside the administration. that s just the first step in this. then it goes to a vote for the cdc vaccine advisers. conveniently, they re scheduled to meet on friday. so whether or not they make a vote to recommend this, remains to be seen. but it is significant, because this has been a big question that some people have had. you know, there have been studies that have shown people that are vaccinated but immunocompromised are more likely to end up in the hospital or die from covid-19 than the general population that are vaccinated. our sources say the timing co ....
final vote on infrastructure now likely to come saturday and the man who heard donald trump press ukraine s president to dig up dirt on on joe biden retired army lieutenant colonel alexander vindman joining me this hour. but first, the coronavirus and gatherings in hot spots this weekend. ellison barber, ahead of this monster jam. ellison, first to you. this is an area that people didn t know about until there were photos that went viral last summer. you might remember them. there were a series of photos that made the rounds on the internet of packed bars with people not wearing face masks. there are people who come here because they want to get away. they want to be outside on the lake safely by themselves with their families and get some fresh air, but for other people, this area has become a place to visit that symbolizes what they see as personal freedoms. there are very few masks, no mandates here and there really never have been and there is not many people who ....
engaging in the streaming services, where they can watch what they want when they want on their own device, whether that s netflix or youtube, but we re now seeing older audiences also catching up and turning to these streaming services. so 2020 was the year britain became a streaming nation, with traditional broadcast tv something for older people and set to decline. but is this a permanent change, and will we want to continue to pay for the likes of netflix, amazon prime, nowtv, disney+, or will we start switching some of them off? we had a total of six streaming services subscribed at one point. that s now kind of slimmed down to four at the moment, and i think another one will be dropping off soon. hey, google, play the bbc tech tent podcast. one other change in our media habits more than half of uk homes now have a smart speaker. an internet connection, not an aerial or satellite dish, is becoming the way we all get access to entertainment. time for a look at the ....