In the center of the virtual seat today, joey jones, retired marine bomb technician who served in afghanistan. He is also a fox news host. The president just wrapped up a briefing. They say they believe it was one, not two explosions that killed ten marines, two soldiers and one navy medic. It was the deadliest day for american forces in a decade. Isis k is claiming responsibility for the attack. The pentagon warned there are still specific and credible threats against the airport, as a race is under way to evacuate americans in afghanistan before that august 31st deadline that president biden set hits. Now, biden administration is teetering amid calls for the president to resign and potential investigations into the horrific attacks. The president is also being criticized for his comments last week. No one is being killed right now. We all know terrorists attacked, took the lives of american service members standing guard at the airport, wounded several other seriously. Hundreds of pe
18 u. S. Service members. Gunmen and two suicide bombers targeted the thousands waited near the airport yesterday who were hoping to escape afghanistan and the taliban s rule. The first blast came outside the gates and then another attack at a nearby hotel where people were waiting. Isisk, the islamic state terror group s afghanistan affiliate has claimed responsibility for the blast. Earlier in the day the u. S. Embassy warned americans to stay away from the airport, citing an attack. As we showed you, president biden spoke at the white house yesterday where he condemned the attacks and vowed to make the terrorists pay. Chief white house correspondent peter alexander has more. Reporter: days after president biden s deadline to end america s longest war, the commander in chief addressing what is one of the deadliest days for u. S. Troops in the entire 20year conflict. These american service members that gave their lives it s an overused word but it s appropriate here were heroes. Heroe
The pentagon calling the blast a, quote, complex attack with one suicide bomber setting off explosives while being searched at the gate to the airport. U. S. Service members killed are the first american casualties in afghanistan in 18 months. In a statement defense secretary lloyd austin said in part, terrorists took their lives at the very moment these troops were trying to save the lives of others. We mourn their loss. We will treat their wounds, and we will support their families in what will most assuredly be devastating grief. But we will not be dissuaded from the task at hand. An affiliate of isis has claimed responsibility of the attack, believed to be an adversary of the taliban. It came hours after western governments issued multiple warnings about the possibility of a terror attack. The u. S. Embassy in kabul last night urging americans to stay away from the perimeter of the airport. The situation remains very fluid. The president has been briefed on the situation and is exp
Aircraft per hour in and out of h kaya, it could look like 5,000 passengers departing per day, but we are mindful that a number of factors influence this effort. The most stunning image going viral. More than 600 afghans squeezing into a c17 transport plane, and they are the lucky ones. You have likely seen the image of afghan families in a cargo plane. This speaks to the humanity of our troops in this mission. The skill and professionalism of our u. S. Military. The president sending a clear message monday that while acknowledging surprise at the speed of the taliban takeover, he has no apologies, no regrets for the decision to withdraw. I am now the fourth american president to preside over war in afghanistan, two democrats and two republicans. I will not pass this responsibility on to a fifth president. I am president of the united states of america, and the buck stops with me. The main concern is the taliban. The group promising today not to attack foreign embassies while trying to
And particularly so in those hot spots where vaccination rates are still quite low. Maybe 30%. That would be missouri and arkansas, louisiana, florida. And those are areas of deep concern. As he said, one of the epicenters of the covid surge, florida. That state now accounting for one of every five new infections in the country. Cnn s randi kaye joins me from riviera beach, florida. How are people responding to the spike in cases there? reporter: they don t want to change anything in the state of florida. They seem to think things are going well, despite the surge of numbers on the state level. In the last week we saw more than 110,000 new cases in florida. The daily average 50,818 cases yesterday. Yesterday there was a record for the most cases in a single day. 21 ,683 cases yesterday. If you look at how florida stacks up across the country, 19. 2 % of all the cases in the u. S. Are here in the state of florida. Mostly in south florida where we are. Also florida is seeing the highest