Live from cnn World H Headquarters in atlanta, welcome to All Of You watching in the United States, canada and Around The World. Im brynn kim brunhuber. This is cnn newsroom. Fresh fighting was reported saturday in Afghanistans Panjshir Value i why, the only territory the taliban havent captured. Panjshir is home to the national resistant front which has been opposing the taliban for decades. The fighting intensifies. In the capital the companys fragile economy got a small boost saturday when the largest Currency Exchange Market opened for the first time in three weeks. Ordinary afghans have been starved for cash because banks are limiting withdrawals. Journalist Ben Farmer is in kabul and joins us by phone with the latest from there. Lets start with the fighting in the panjshir. What is the latest on the conflict there . It looks as though we may have lost ben. We might try and reach him again later on. Now earlier, i spoke with ben and so were going to play a little tape of that inte
Intelligence is giving us. We have said havfrom the very beginning of this were going to try to do this in a safe and orderly way. That means making sure nobody gets hurt to the maximum extent possible. So what youre seeing out of our State Department colleagues, i think, is a prudent notification to make sure that whatever movement there is from the gates from outside the airport is done as safely as possible, and that people have the information they need to make the best decisions for themselves going forward. I do understand the question and the interest, but i hope you understand were going to be very careful about what kind of extra context were going to put out there in the information environment. There was a Crown Threat that led to the evacuation via Helicopter On thursday of some americans from right near the airport. What were trying to figure out is, is this just a, theres large crowds and it is difficult for americans to get there, or is there actually a threat against th
They are working to meet with members of the senate, particularly senate democrats to do more to address Voting Rights and to address the filibuster. Yeah, theyre not satisfied with the White House efforts to date. Once they do return to texas, these lawmakers could be welcomed back by State Troopers if Governor Greg Abbott gets his way. As soon as they come back in the state of texas, they will be arrested, they will be cabined inside the Texas Capitol until they get their job done. President biden says that he is taking the issue headon. He is expected to layout the moral case for Voting Rights in a major speech in philadelphia later today. He will also launch a Pressure Campaign to combat efforts by republicanled State Legislatures to restrict access to the ballot. Can he get lawS Passed . Cnns Diane Gallagher joins us from outside the hotel where they are staying. You need a minimum of lawmakerS Present to pass legislation. It will officially break in a couple of hours when the Tex
stronger wind on saturday. that winter is coming in from the south, hence those temperatures, saturday, new year s day, 20, 22. thank you. that s it. goodbye from me. wejoin the thank you. that s it. goodbye from me. we join the local news teams where you are. oh, my god, how do you know ed balls? someone said to me the other day, assuming the only reason you might know my guest on political thinking for this christmas special is because of his dancing on strictly come dancing, winning the celebrity best home chef, or making all those documentaries on bbc two. i gently pointed out to someone who was about my children s age that before all of that stuff he actually was stuff he actually was quite a serious politician, being when i first met him the adviser to the shadow chancellor gordon brown and then to the chancellor himself, before becoming education secretary, shadow chancellor and a candidate for the labour leader. all that feels, though, like a very long time ago. wel
documentaries on bbc two. i gently pointed out to someone who was about my children s age before all of that stuff he actually was a serious politician, being when i first met him the adviser to the shadow chancellor gordon brown and then to the chancellor himself, before becoming education secretary, shadow chancellor and a candidate for the labour leader. all that feels though like a very long time ago. welcome to political thinking. a long time ago. it s christmas after all and while we re recording this before christmas it s being broadcast afterwards. given you just produced a cookery book or at least a book about christmas cooking, reflections, tips, people are sitting there wondering what they should do with the christmas leftovers. what is the ed balls recommendation? the most important thing for post christmas leftovers is chips homemade chips. my mother in law is brilliant at making homemade chips, cut some potatoes, double cooked in a pan, and you can get quite a