Or thank you all for your service, because so many of these afghans, tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, have worked closely, have fought alongside and have died alongside American Military Service Men And Women over the past 20 years. And so i do think you will likely get some kind of response from afghanistan as the news of that speech trickles out, jake. So, dana bash, President Biden 13 days ago said that they would get every american out by August 31st and would stay longer if every american wasnt out. Obviously events overtook them. There was a Terrorist Attack, and the president said that it was the unanimous advice of his military and civilian advisers to withdraw August 31st. He said in addition in his speech just now that 90 of the americans who wanted to get out would get out and the administration was still going to work on getting them out, just not through military means. How do you think politically the american people are going to respond to that . It depen
from the red planet. hello and welcome. president biden has described the deaths of more than half a million people in the united states from coronavirus as a truly grim and heart breaking milestone. speaking at a vigil at the white house, mr biden said more americans had died in one year of the pandemic that in the first and second world wars and the vietnam war combined. the president has ordered flags on federal buildings to be flown at half mast for five days as a mark of respect to those who have lost their lives. just before he and the vice president led a moment s silence, he had these words for americans. as we all remember, i also ask us to act to remain vigilant, to stay socially distanced, to mask up, get vaccinated when it is your turn. we must end the politics of misinformation that has divided families, communities and the country and has cost too many lives already. it is not democrats and republicans who are dying from the virus, it s our fellow americans, our
is his agency s top priority. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we start in yemen where houthi rebels are pressing hard to capture the key city of mareb. it s the last stronghold of the internationally recognised government and at the heart of yemen s oilfields. the fall of mareb would be a major turning point in the conflict that s been going on for years.saudi arabia backed by the us and uk intervened in yemen in 2015 after the houthis ousted the government from the capital, sanaa.since then yemen has suffered the world s worst humanitarian crisis. all sides of the conflict have been accused of killing civilians and other abuses. at least 800,000 people displaced by the war have fled to mareb and more are on their way. 0ur middle east editor jeremy bowen made his way to the city and a warning his report contains some distressing images. the plains outside marib are not much of a refuge, but it s all there is for more than 16,000
we start in yemen where houthi rebels are pressing hard to capture the key city of mareb. it s the last stronghold of the internationally recognised government and at the heart of yemen s oilfields. the fall of mareb would be a major turning point in the conflict that s been going on for years.saudi arabia backed by the us and uk intervened in yemen in 2015 after the houthis ousted the government from the capital, sanaa.since then yemen has suffered the world s worst humanitarian crisis. all sides of the conflict have been accused of killing civilians and other abuses.at least 800,000 people displaced by the war have fled to mareb and more are on their way. 0ur middle east editor jeremy bowen made his way to the city and a warning his report contains some distressing images. the plains outside marib are not much of a refuge, but it s all there is for more than 16,000 people who have fled the houthi offensive in the last three months. at this camp, the newest a