Steve thank you very much, todd, its 6 00 here on a couch in new york city. Its friday, August 2nd. This is Fox Friends. Welcome, kayleigh, good to have you. Kayleigh thank you very much. Steve we start with this great news and it is a Fox News alert. Emotional moment as americans freed from russia touched down On American Soil probably while you were sleeping embracing their Loved Ones for the first time in a long time. [cheers and applause] we will show you more from those powerful moments and talk to general Jack Keane about what this Prisoner Swap means for the United States and russia going forward. Plus today the Secret Service will hold a Press Conference. I cant believe it on donald trumps Assassination Attempt as a whistleblower makes a stunning accusation against their acting director. Plus, it is a good day for some gospel music. We have Maverick City Music for our allamerican summer concert series. And The One And Only rock will join us live this morning. Steve he is always
And a scramble to find survivors after the earthquake in haiti. A live report ahead. We do begin with breaking news on two big stories, the pandemic and the response to the crisis in afghanistan. Let s start with coronavirus. Top health officials in the biden administration are expected to recommend that most americans get a coronavirus booster shot eight months after being fully vaccinated. For those who got the one dose johnson johnson vaccine experts are still gathering data but it is expected that you will also need a booster. An official announcement could come this week and boosters could be started next month. Health care and elderly are first in line. This is coming as new cases and hospitalizations and deaths are surging in the united states because of the delta variant. Especially among the unvaccinated. Let s get to this news and get some context around it. Joining me now cnn chief medical correspondent sanjay gupta. How should people be thinking about these boosters. They a
Ingrained in the minds of millions of the afghans left behind. Cleaning to u. S. Military aircraft, desperately trying to flee the taliban. I am very upset today. I didn t expect it overnight. They took off my flag. This is my flag and they put their flag. Shannon: live images out of afghanistan this morning, tuesday morning there is the world watches and waits to see what will happen next. We have got the latest on where the situation stands right now plus accusations that president biden is playing the blame game instead of trying to solve the current crisis. Our panel foreign policy experts is standing by live to weigh in. Plus the debate raging over vaccine mandates and passports. The question many americans who ve recovered from covid are asking if they already have natural immunity, then why should they comply with the mandate in order to do things like go to a restaurant or the gym? we will talk with one immunologist who earned a medical exemption for his son on these very groun
Some foal f el to their deaths. If el to their deaths. Some 6,000 american troops are on the ground in afghanistan to do whatever it takes to get our people out. As many of those who helped us in america s longest war as well. Remember, president biden has made just one statement since leaving for a weekend break in delaware in camp david. He defended his decision to pull out troops from afghanistan. That s actually not the issue. Why did the exit go so south so fast? and where is president biden to address the american people now? white house national security advisor jake sullivan says we will hear from the president eventually. He is focused on insuring that the mission, which is to secure that airport and continue these evacuations, that that mission continues and is brought to a positive conclusion. That s his overriding focus right now. He is deeply engaged on it and yes at the right point he will absolutely address the american people. Harris: the vice president of foreign polic
Leaving. Speaking for the first time since the fall of kabul in the face of today s chaos, a defiant president joe biden defended his judgment but conceded he was cut off guard. I stand squarely behind my decision after 20 years i have learned the hard way that there was never a good time to withdraw u. S. Forces. The truth is, this did unfold more quickly than we had anticipated. Bret: he said the u. S. Gave the afghan forces every tool they could need but couldn t provide them with the will to fight for their future. This comes as fox news confirms the taliban are going door to door searching for afghan special forces who fought alongside american troops further complicating the current withdrawal. We have fox team coverage tonight. Jennifer griffin is at the pentagon with what comes next, how the u. S. Military is trying to bolster its presence at the kabul airport and creating an air bridge for americans and allied afghans on the ground. But we begin with white house correspondent