President biden rejected the premise that a Taliban Takeover Of Afghanistan is inevitable as a thai group makes rapid advances amid the u. S. And now also british withdrawal. I will not send another generation of americans to War In Afghanistan with no reasonable expectation of achieving a different outcome. The u. S. Mission in afghanistan will end august 31st, 12 days sooner than the 20th anniversary of 9 11. President bidens first deadline. Biden says he trusts the Afghan Military can defend itself from the threat of a taliban takeover and at this stage its the responsibility of the afghan people, not the u. S. , to nationbuild. They have the capacity. They have the forces. They have the equipment. The question is will they do it . The president highlighted the strengths of 300,000 afghan troops versus some 75,000 taliban. But brittled at this question. You trust the taliban, sir . Is that a serious question . Followed by a fuller answer. Do i trust the taliban . No. But i trust the
Police say in nearly all tHe incidents, no suspects were taken into custody. In cleveland, 11 people were shot in a fivehour period. 8 people were killed in philadelphia, with 27 otHers hurt. Denver police reported five separate shootings within a fourhour period. In New York, embattled Governor Andrew Cuomo is taking a drastic Step Due to tHe growing Gun Violence. Correspondent Bryan Llenas reports tonight from Times Square. Good evening, brian. Bryan. New york in a state of emergency. THe treat Gun Violence public Health crisis. THe governor noting today over tHe July 4th weekend more people died from shootings in his state than from covid19. So today, first state in tHe nation is going to declare a Disaster Emergency on Gun Violence. Governor Andrew Cuomo declaring a state of emergency, a move that will commit more money to combating what He calls an epidemic of Gun Violence. [siren] shootings in New York city are up 42 compared to last year. Including brazen and random attacks in T
start with an arrest of historic proportions. it s the first time an american journalist has been detained by russia since the cold war in 1986 the year after i was born wall street journal reporter evan gersh co ceviche. was arrested and is now in custody in moscow on accusations of espionage. he covers russia, ukraine and the former soviet union for the paper. in a statement, the wall street journal said it vehemently denies the allegations from the fsb and seeks the immediate release of our trusted and dedicated reporter. we stand in solidarity with evan and his family. espionage charges in russia can carry prison sentences of up to 20 years. court has ordered 31 year old gorshkov itch to be initially detained until may. 29th the white house says the state department has been in direct touch with the russian government at any moment. now we expect his attainment to be addressed at the white house press briefing. of course, we will take you there when it begins. evan gives
into sharper focus. this picture shows fort meyers beach one of the hardest-hit areas before the hurricane and here it is after. homes wiped out. sea of debris and rubble stretching to the horizon. there is this marina during normal times in fort myers. and then after. a scene of utter destruction. the damage throughout florida. 2 million still without power. it will continue for some time. ten people are confirmed dead thus far. the number may change as search and rescue teams work their way through the flooded neighborhoods. we re moments away as dana mentioned and get an update from the florida governor ron desantis back in tallahassee. team fox coverage. city manager marty lawing is standing by. robert ray is back with us today. we begin with track of ian. adam klotz is in our studio watching that. we still have a hurricane as we remember this storm left the coast of florida as a tropical storm but we ve spent a good chunk of time over the atlantic ocean. winds curren