And Donald Trump is holding a rally in Northern Alabama where a Covidemergency Declaration is in effect. From nbc News World Headquarters in new york, im joshua johnson. Welcome to the week. We begin with the rapidly shifting situation in afghanistan. Two Defense Officials tell Nbc News that the u. S. Is tracking specific threats from isis. The Threats Target americans and others who are trying to reach the kabul airport. That is forcing the military to work on alternate ways into the airport. One aspect of this threat comes from an Isis Offchute known as Isis K. One white House Official described the threat from Isis K in afghanistan as, quote, not insignificant. President biden remains in washington today. He met with his national Security Team this morning. Also, this morning, the u. S. Embassy In Kabul issued a new Security Alert urging americans not to come to the airport unless instructed to do so. The alert warned of potential Security Threats outside the airport gates. That war
Because President Biden met with his national Security Team today. They discussed the Security Situation there and counterterrorism operations. Pennsylvania Congresswoman Susan wild will join us to consider what happens now. Plus, covid remains a critical situation in alabama. And also, in florida. Today, that state passed 3 Million confirmed cases. Floridas governor is giving some School Districts 48 hours to drop their Mask Mandates or face losing some funding. And Donald Trump is holding a rally in Northern Alabama where a Covidemergency Declaration is in effect. From nbc News World Headquarters in New York, im joshua johnson. Welcome to the week. We begin with the rapidly shifting situation in afghanistan. Two Defense Officials tell Nbc News that the u. S. Is tracking specific threats from isis. The Threats Target americans and others who are trying to reach the kabul airport. That is forcing the military to work on alternate ways into the airport. One aspect of this threat comes f
With the counterparts throughout the world and our allies as has the general, and i keep calling him the general, but my secretary of defense, and the fact of the matter is that i have not seen that. And as a matter of fact, the exact opposite. I have gotten the exact opposite, and we are acting with dispatch, and committing to doing with what we would do. Put it in perspective here. What interest do we have In Afghanistan at this point with Al Qaeda gone . We went to afghanistan for the express purpose of getting rid of Al Qaeda In Afghanistan as well as, as well as getting osama Bin Laden, and we did. Imagine, just imagine if the attack and Bin Laden had decided with Al Qaeda to launch an attack from yemen, and any reason to be In Afghanistan . Control by the taliban . What is the national interests of the united states in that circumstance . We went and did the mission. You have known my position for a long, long time. It is time to end this war. The estimates of the cost of this wa
Information as we can to find a way to peacefully resolve this. So, we are in communication with the suspect. As you can imagine the threat is prompting a major Security Response on Capitol Hill. The Cannon Office Building has been evacuate and the nearest Metro Station is closed. Joining with us a live update is Justice Correspondent Pete Williams and also correspondent garrett haake, and what can you tell us about his identity . Well, he is a man from North Carolina named Floyd Ray rosebarry, and what is extraordinary is that he tried to call attention to him to provote a response, and so police say he drove to the Library Of Congress and he drove the Pickup Truck to the side of the sidewalk and as if that did not call enough attention, he claims that he called 911 himself, and this is maybe what got to police response. So he clearly wanted to provoke a response here. And then, this is a picture of the Pickup Truck from a building a long way away, and you can see it parked up there o
A new series on netflix and it raises a lot of relevant issues for this show well speak with one of the featured Defense Attorneys and the media uses a stroll down a ramp and a drink of water to quote unquote prove that donald trump is ill while his opponents multiple missteps and misspeaks the good go unreported im Steve Malzberg lets see the press. Oh yeah oh. Easy. To buy. Lets face it folks at least in my opinion right now not only does the media have no use for donald trump they dont have much use for the police either and that was never more evident than tuesday night on the network newscasts when they covered the story of Donald Trumps exact. You know border on Police Reform watch but the president spent most of his remarks defending Law Enforcement with pressure mounting to address Excessive Force by Police Departments President Trump took the unusual step of surrounding himself with Police Officers today and the president used his speech today less as a conversation about raci