Might even get turned away. Welcome to the lead. Im Pamela Brown in for Jake Tapper on this friday. We begin today with our World Lead and the clearer sign that americas longest war is coming to an end. Today the remaining u. S. Troops at Bagram Air base in afghanistan which served as the heart of u. S. Military operations for 20 years handed over control to the Afghan Military. A military that is now bracing for the talibans continued advance which a top u. S. Commander warned could result in a Civil War. We are covering this from washington to kabul. Lets start with cnns Kaitlan Collins at the White House where President Biden was visibly frustrated today. Reporter with little fanfare, the u. S. Left afghanistans largest Air Base and effectively ended two decades of war. Were on track exactly as to where we expect it to be. Reporter although the official drawdown from afghanistan isnt over yet, the departure from Bagram Air base sends a strong signal that u. S. Operations are. What i
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L let s listen to what she had to say. the vice president is an incredibly important partner to the president of the united states. she has a challenging job, a hard job, and she has a great supportive team of people around her. but, other than that i m not going to have any other comments on those reports. sources tell cnn much of this frustration is directed at the vp s chief of staff. why do you think it was so important for the who us to address this, kirsten? what s going on is this whisper campaign against the vice president and basically trying to discredit her. and it seems to be some of it coming from her staff and some staff in the white house. so i think that the president needed to say something and show that he stands behind her. this is very frustrating to me personally having been in washington as long as i have and knowing how not just difficult people can be. i mean, i think the complaint from her staff was they re not getting enough support or something. i mean,
Destination for people from all across the globe. it s not just this national park. the national park service says it is expecting the busiest summer yet. lucy kafanov, cnn, arch s national park in utah. and our thanks to lucy. well, speaking of summer travels, we have some good news in our money lead to share with you. the white house today announcing president biden is to direct the transportation department to change some rules which could result in money back in the pockets of air travelers. here s one of the president s top economic advisers explaining what this could mean for you. these rulemakings will specifically ensure that if passenger pays to check a bag, they should get that fee back if the bag doesn t arrive on time. also, if the passenger pays for a service like wifi and it doesn t actually work, that you will get that fee back quickly. so the transportation department is also expected to
Crystal clear that mccarthy sees his interest as discrediting this commission. i don t think that means that he boycotts it and doesn t make any nominees. i think what it means is his interest is nominating the most bomb-throwing obstructionist disruptive congressman who relish that kind of partisan combat. and then you win either way if you re mccarthy. either you get some of those members on this committee where they will be undermining the democratic mission on it. or you get to say, look, we tried to nominate people, and speaker pelosi was uninterested in having real representation for republicans and vetoed. and you discredit it that way. and there is this open question about what role kevin mccarthy will play given the phone call that he had with former president trump on january 6th. bennie thompson, the committee chairman, told cnn s manu raju that he s actually opened the hearing from the former president s. let s listen.