good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. it is monday, august 16th. we are beginning with our special live coverage of the fall of afghanistan, nearly two decades after 9/11. moments ago the u.s. temporarily suspended all air operations at the airport in kabul. we re seeing can haotic scenes e this. this is part of the reason for the suspension, desperate afghans chasing down u.s. planes that are leaving the tarmac, some clinging to the fuselage as the airplane taxied. the taliban is now in charge as it seized control of the capital without hardly a shot fired yesterday. insurgents overran key provincial capitals in the span of the last week. embassy officials have warned americans still in the city not to travel to the airport because it is unsafe. but as of now, it is the only way out. we heard from a white house official, there s no way to get those folks to the airport. the pentagon is rushing 1,000 more combat troops to secure the perimeter to get a
the question is, is the brokerage app ready to reverse that decision? plus, democrats prepare to move forward with the president s economic aid package, but with the plan struggling to win the support of republicans, the question is, will democrats try to pass it without them? and capitol security. an arrest near the capitol yesterday shows why lawmakers continue to fear for their own safety. the question is, should the people s house be behind a fence? it s way too early for this. good morning! and welcome to way too early, the show that s kind of wondering if it s just safer to keep the money under the mattress. i am kasie hunt on this friday, january 29th. we will start with the news. democrats are making plans to push through the president s nearly $2 trillion economic aid package with or without republican support. speaker nancy pelosi says the house will lay the groundwork next week for what s called reconciliation, and that process would let them pass th
leaders have shown in the past, and you mentioned syria as one example have shown clearly in the past their disregard for avoiding civilian harm. their other disregard in many ways for the laws of war, laws of armed conflict and the brutality in which they conduct and prosecute their operations, we re probably turning another page in the same book of russian brutality. new satellite images appear to show us where russia is going next. a large convoy of military forces heading south towards the donbas region. u.s. officials have repeatedly warned that russia is preparing for a major offensive on eastern ukraine. across the east russian air strikes continue to target cities and the airport in duh dnipro was struck twice. russia launched more than 60 attacks on the city in just 24 hours. that killed 11 people including a child. new images from mariupol show the theater that was struck by a russian air assault show what is left of it, at least. city officials estimate 300 peopl
totally fixed the middle east. why not let his daughter-in-law fix the republican party. my very talented daughter-in-law has agreed to run as the rnc co-chair. lara is an extremely talented communicator and dedicated to all that maga stands for. she told me she wants to accept this challenge and would be great. eric, his wife got more compliments this that one post than his father gave him in his entire life so far. while donald trump is busy meddling with rnc leadership, president biden is pushing the republican-controlled house to pass a foreign aid package. and calling out trump for his latest un-american comments. but on capitol hill, speaker mike johnson and the gop tackled the not so pressing issue of impeaching the homeland security secretary. a move that s being called a waste of time by both sides of the aisle. that s because it is. it does literally nothing. good morning. and welcome to morning joe. well, it hurts them. makes them look dumber, if that s pos
happy mother s day, you are live in the cnn newsroom. we began with another community in the united states rocked by a mass shooting, this time it s yuma, arizona, police are investigating a shooting where two people were killed and another five injured, almost all of those involved were teenagers, the youngest injured in the gunfire, just 15 years old. police do not have any suspects in custody. the let s get straight to camilla for now. what more do we know about the shooting? authorities are trying to figure out exactly what happened here because clear clearly these were teenagers and young adults, who were hanging out. it happened yesterday at around 11:00 p.m. and authority say when they got to this gathering, that s what they are calling it, there were already people who were in shot and there was a 19-year-old who had already been taken to the hospital. he was pronounced dead. there was also a 20-year-old who was taken to the hospital afterwards, and later, also died