There could be cases where commanders on the Ground Coordinating with Check Points were saying here is individuals we need to get through. In any case that were aware of, those individuals got through. Again, these are this is coordination thats happening on the ground. I think we can all agree theres a big difference between providing a list of people who want to depart proactively and working at the moment, on the ground, in a coordinated way to get people out and save their lives. Thats Press Secretary Jen Psaki on the final hours of the u. S. In afghanistan. Also the Administration Response to what was Hurricane Ida. The personnel, the millions of meals and liters of water thats been deployed to the southeast u. S. And into the gulf coast. Lets bring in katelyn collins. We heard theres a small number of americans In Afghanistan who still want to get out. Of course, well see if that will reconcile their ability to get them out with the president s promise that all americans who want
Sources tell cnn that President Ashraf gone any has fled his country, and in desperation, long lines of afghan citizens are trying to withdraw cash from atms and, if they can, trying to seek flights out of the country. As all of this unfolds, the u. S. Is sending more u. S. Troops into afghanistan, 5,000 total, to ensure that President Biden calls an orderly and safe drawdown. When the president came to office, he had a decision to make. The previous administration negotiated an agreement with the taliban that said that our forces, our remaining forces, only about 2,500, would be out of the country on may 1st. The idea that the Status Quo could have been maintained by keeping our forces there i think is simply wrong. We have Team Coverage on the ground in afghanistan and across the globe to bring you all the breaking developments. Cnns nick Paton Walsh is in kabul. Describe what youre seeing as the taliban enters that capital city. Reporter well, again, after hearing the noise of helic
But i don t think this is really in the hands of democrats right now. i think it s in speaker mccarthy s hand, and a small group i ve talked to republicans who are scared to death the government is going to be shut down. he has members of his caucus that don t want it to happen. there seems to be some momentum building. we ll see what happens when everybody gets back to town. congresswoman, i want to turn to a matter that s certainly important as someone who representatives the state of michigan. the united autoworkers are voeetting unanimously to strike, looking for a significant wanl increase and other measures. give us your reaction to what s happening there, something near and dear to your home state. look. i spend a lot of time with the uaw, i spent a lot of time with the auto companies. i m somebody who talks to somebody every day. i think that people need to take this very seriously. i think we could see a strike, and if we do see a strike, the impact on our economy, nobod
But the problem is a few things. one is that the labor force participation rate fell. american adults looking or looking work. it s been down quite a bit since covid hit. it had been recovering. it is going down. not good for labor shortages. we have a lot of openings. that in turn will feed into inflation. it has in the past. we have seen hotter than expected wage growth. you think that s a good thing. right? but the fed is concerned that the level of wage growth seen to date is not consistent to use fed chair jay powell s term with target level of inflation. hoping to see wanl growth cool off and now how does the fed react? how does the fed react to that?
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