The world, it is thursday, august 26th. Im Brianna Keilar alongside john berman. Were beginning with significant Breaking News. Sources telling cnn that the frantic Evacuation Effort in afghanistan is in its final 36 hours. There are still u. S. Citizens trying to get out of kabul. Others possibly stuck outside the city. And the fate of thousands of Green Card holders and their families growing dim. These are legal, permanent residents of the u. S. , like a Philadelphia Family with small children who we featured on our show yesterday. For many afghans who worked with u. S. Troops, their hopes to escape may now be dashed though u. S. Efforts are under way to help almost 2,000 local Embassy Staff try to get out. So 36 hours left. Which is not much. And the complications are only compounded by the huge security risks. Overnight, the u. S. Embassy blasted an urgent warning to all americans dont travel to the airport and people at certain gates they say leave immediately. One Defense Offici
These videos shot from cnn. It is believed they are carrying u. S. Personnel. Embassy staff are being flown to the airport, there are plans to leave Skeleton Crew of Embassy Staff behind. L lets bring in our Clarissa Ward live In Kabul. There are conflicting situations of how close the taliban are In The City. Reporter we know they are In The City. They want to enter peacefully. The Groups Spokesperson delineating the rules of conduct inside kabul saying theyll not come and search your homes or ex tort money. Theyll not fire on you unless you fire on them, guaranteeing the protection, he said of businessman and also afghan soldiers and those working Security Services provided they do not try to stop the taliban from entering the city peacefully. Of course this has been graded on the ground here with chaos. People desperately trying to get out of the city. We had a team at the Passport Office this morning, huge lines of hundreds and hundreds of people trying to organize their Paper Work
Experiencing today, youve seen it experienced in jerusalem for thousands of years. For the jews, jerusalem is where solomon built the holy temple. For christians, this is the place where jesus was crucified. For muslims, jerusalem is where the prophet muhammed made the Night Journey. People who are said to have conquered the world have swept through this city. No other individual changed the landscape in the way that Herod The Great did. Saladin was determined to take on the christians and throw them out Of Jerusalem. At a time of ottoman islamic rule, the british badly wanted to control the Holy Land. The main case of the arabs is against the british Government Policy in palestine. We are the only people in the world homeless and stateless. For israelis, the creation of the state of israel is seen as a miracle. And of course for the palestinians, its a great disaster. The history Of Jerusalem, a very complicated story. And if you dont know it in its complexity, its very hard to unders
The conflict we are experiencing today, you see it experienced in jerusalem for thousands of years. For the jews, where solomon built the holy temple. Fo for muslims, where muhammad made the journey. No other individual changed the landscape in the way Herod The Great did. At a time of islamic rule, the british badly wanted to control the Holy Land. Fo for israeli, the past is never dead. If there is a city in the world to which it applies, is jerusalem. Over A Thousand years have passed since the time of herod. By 1187 ad, the world is a different place. The jewish people have driven from jerusalem and now living in exile across europe and africa. As two new religions dominate the middle east. Christianity has its beginning as the break away movement within judaism. This Center Figure is a jew. Jesus is the person who begins to talk about different ways of practicing the faith. Islam started. When the prophet of muhammad emerged. Gradually he built it himself, a group of followers bec
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