america is not done with you yet. president biden vowing to maintain america s fight against terror as he forcefully defended his decision to end the war on afghanistan. let me say clearly to those who wish america harm, to those who engage in terrorism against us or our allies, know this, the united states will never rest. we will not forgive. we will not forget. we ll hunt you down to the ends of the earth and you will pay the ultimate price. president on defense. those forceful words because he is on defense. he s saying he will no go after terror where it is today. he explicitly says terror is not where it was two decades ago when al qaeda, of course, launched the 9/11 attacks from afghanistan. the war in afghanistan is now over. i m the fourth president who has faced the issue of whether and when to end this war. when i was running for president, i made a commitment to the american people that i would end this war. today i ve honored that commitment. biden says t
things that can keep people safe and alive and healthy. i had two eureka moments today. okay. i ll give you both quick. on afghanistan my eureka moment was the media is set up and our political polar opposition is set up to blame. that s what it does. that s where a lot of the processing is stuck on afghanistan. it s not over. it just hasn t gone well, and they have to do better. that should be our collective focus. it isn t because we re about collective blame. the other moment is this. do you know why there s so much confusion? because scientists make lousy messengers. people are used to politicians messaging and what politicians do is only tell you things that fit the conclusion they want you to make, whereas scientists don t have any problem being wrong and developing their understanding. so, they create openings for people to attack them. yeah. you don t need a mask. now you do. i don t think we re doing this. i think we re just saying this very nuanced but p
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future leaders, and the congressional gop remains preemptively against the voter protection legislation democrats have compromised on. but it would help black voters in the same state that birthed juneteenth to begin with. so here s my challenge to republicans in congress. ahead of tuesday s senate vote on the for the people act, do not hide behind a holiday that black americans frankly deserve, a recognition of the historic and continuous waiting for various freedoms that black americans have endured because that recognition is heartening. but we still understand that currently we re under an assault of your party s making, occurring in nearly every state. and while the nation stands to benefit from another teachable moment, it should not be an either/or proposition, not while this suppression campaign never takes a day off. we start tonight with congressman hakeem jeffries, chair of the democratic caucus and a member of both the judiciary and budget committees and, most
reflect on all these peoples lives. the fact that you do, we appreciate. it got to the point in the very beginning, the first few were all people i knew. they said i lost someone, he was a judge i knew at the beginning of my career. my dad new someone in the entertainment industry. it s amazing, so many people have not had those rituals, whatever their faith or family does, they haven t been able to do them. you re so nice about it. thank you. it s important. as our viewers heard, nicole is reminding everyone to record in that way and it matters. thank you, nicole. thank you. have a great show. absolutely. thanks to nicolle wallace, as always, for the hand-off. this is the beat with ari melber. break nugs just outside of minneapolis. tensions quite high right now near minneapolis after police shot and killed a 20-year-old man in brooklyn center, minnesota, sparking protests. and ten miles away you have these two things going on, the chauvin trial entering a new phas