To this position . Joe biden is to blame, i think Robert Gates said it best, there hasnt been a foreign Policy Decision Joe Biden has made in the last 40 years thats been any good. When you project weakness from the Oval Office as Joe Biden does, bad guys do bad things. Shannon former President Trump Tonight offering his condolences to the fallen Service Members and their families. These noble american warriors laid down their lives in the line of duty. They sacrificed themselves for the country they love, racing against time to rescue their fellow citizens from harms way. They died as american heroes and our nation will honor their memory forever. Shannon we have team coverage tonight. Phil keating is in miami taking a look at the implications for Homeland Security here in the u. S. Jeff paul standing by with reaction from Capitol Hill. Kevin corke here in washington casting a critical eye over the president us remarks this afternoon and Friday Morning donning now in kabul, a City On
This is precisely what the pentagon and the White House were concerned about there were a number of warnings before this attack happened and hours after it happened President Biden responded threatening to retali. Those who carried out this attack, know this. We will not forgive. We will not forget. We will hunt you down and make you pay. 13 u. S. Service members were killed in that attack and 18 others injured making it the deadliest day for u. S. Forces and i decade. Isis claimed responsibility for the attacks and it killed 95 afghans and left another 140 injured. This morning the u. S. Bracing for more attacks in the taliban is still providing security outside of the airport and there are 5000 people still waiting to Get Out at the airport you can see this one photo that we came across an evacuee from afghanistan was taking a Nap Waiting for a plane at a german Air Base that will take her to dallas but plenty of others wont make it that far in the u. S. Is sticking to the August 31
It also open the door to more Vaccine Mandates . We are seeing a rise in cases and hospitalizations in the country and daily reported deaths. Surpassing 1,000 for the first time in five months. Nearly all of those in the unvaccinated. I want to get to our senior medical correspondent. As we look at this, there are a number of people who have said im not getting that shot until it has full approval. Now it does. What does this mean . Reporter it means that it could make a difference. I think that we shouldnt expect a tsunami of people to say now its been approved and ill get it. Theres so much misinformation on social media. Its hard to counteract that. Lets look at the hope of what this full approval could do. As i said, it could encourage unvaccinated people to get the shot, but no one should rely on that. It allows pfizer to advertise. They werent allowed to advertise with Emergency Use Authorization. But Pharmaceutical Companies good at advertising and making convincing campaigns. T
To freedom is fast closing. Jake, one of the striking things about all of this is the fact that The Americans are having to use what theyre calling alternative routes. These remain secret military secrets, but we have seen a large amount of helicopter activity, and without giving the game away, you can imagine what the other kind of routes are being used and the sorts of people that are going out and picking people up, trying to get around this Log Jam outside the airport. Jake . Sam, we know afghans who applied for the special immigrant visas, the sivs, to the u. S. Were told to stay away from Kabuls Airport because the u. S. Is prioritizing evacuations for american citizens and legal permanent residents. Do we know how long that might be the policy for sivs to stay away . No, we dont know, jake. What we do know is that the process inside the airport is now much better than several days ago. There are very, very frequent takeoffs. That means they can be processed more quickly. So ther
The taliban used force to break up protests as people were gathering to mark the country at independence day. Many of them gathered with black, red and green flags in honor of the previous government, and emerging symbol in afghanistan of defiance. There are reports of multiple casualties at this demonstration in the United States and allies ratcheting up the speed of the evacuation was chaos continues to reign supreme at the airport. Jillian we lost his microphone and we will try to get that back. We continue to follow the latest out of afghanistan and the news that came out yesterday. We havent heard any questions from the president or the Vice President , that is something to follow up on. He will be speaking today. Todd fingers crossed we will get some answers. Retired Navy Seal Marcus luttrell says priority one needs to be bringing americans home. We will focus on getting your people back. That is what america is, to be acknowledged as an american. Anytime you look at the flag, ri