Sources, victims were either new overnight the White House tells cnn that 1800 people were flown out of kabul, the airport the last 24 hours on military transports. Thats almost twice the number from the day before, but its nowhere close to where they need to be or where the president himself suggested the u. S. Should be. There are at least 10,000 americans still in afghanistan and Tens Of Thousands who worked with the u. S. The u. S. Embassy In Kabul warns it cannot ensure Safe Passage to the airport. And in a new interview, President Biden says u. S. Troops will remain in afghanistan until all americans are out, even if that means staying beyond the August 31st deadline for withdrawal. However, he did not make the same commitment to afghan allies to afghans who helped americans in the war. These scenes of Desperation And Chaos are unfolding across afghanistan. The taliban imposing a curfew over the entire eastern city of Khost Today after protests broke out there. Violent clashes ar
News. A declaration of victory by the taliban, moments ago in an Independence Day Statement the taliban announced they defeated, quote the powerful and arrogant United States. This morning, reuters reporting that at least 12 people have been killed in kabul since the afghan capital fell to the taliban on sunday. President biding is vowing to get 10,000 remaining americans out of afghanistan No Matter what it takes or how long even if it means keeping the recent surge of u. S. Troops on the ground at the airport in kabul beyond the original Withdrawal Deadline of August 31st. All troops are supposed to be out by August 31st. Even if americans and our afghan allies are still trying to get out, theyre going to leave . Were going to do everything in our power to get all americans out and our allies out. Does that mean troops will stay beyond August 31st if necessary . It depends on where we are and whether we can get ramp these numbers up to 5 to 7,000 a day coming out. If thats the case,
Out. Los angeles times photographer captured what appeared to be a brutal crack down by taliban forces. He spoke to Anderson Cooper overnight. I think a lot read on facebook that The Americans were taking afghans and taking them out of the country, so they didnt just want to try their luck. And this is on the road on the side of the airport, outside the airport. So, the taliban basically were doing Crowd Control. I watched several taliban fighters walk around with sticks, they used the butt of their rifles to hit people and chase them around and Shoe Everybody around. They just wanted everybody off the streets. I even watched one taliban fighter after firing some shots in the general direction of crowd smiling at another taliban fighter. Like a game for them or something. Again, this is what the photographer said was happening when people tried to get to the airport. Which again is the only way out of the country. He says he saw at least six people hurt including a woman and her child.
X oh. Carley it is quite the earworm. 24 hours a day. You are watching Fox And Friends First on friday morning. Carley lets get straight to it. H h the Secretary Xavier Becerra backing off of earlier comments in which he stated is the governments right to know of americans have been vaccinated. A new study shows vaccinations for kids and teens may not be necessary. The study suggests kids are likely to survive a covid 19 infection with or without a vaccine. The health and human Services Secretary is facing backlash after he said it was absolutely the governments right to know if your household has been vaccinated. The federal government has spent trillions of dollars to keep americans alive during this pandemic so it is absolutely the governments business. Knocking on the door has never been against the law. Reporter the government has no Database Tracking who is vaccinated. We are encouraging people to step up to protect themselves and others by getting vaccinated. It is the best way
Last spoke last hour, that sideways rain we were experiencing has disappeared, at least for the moment. Also, that Memorial Causeway which leads from the mainland to here in Clearwater Beach where we are, that has reopened. Thats good news. Theres Beach Access once again. And i mentioned those boats we saw yesterday last time we talked it was still dark out so i was wondering if they were still out there. The good news they are still out there and im told they moved them out there and put them under these very large concrete anchors moved them out of the marina because its safer to be there. The worst of the rain and the wind came howling through at about 2 00 a. M. Here. That was when it got really bad, kept a lot of folks up here in our hotel. Weve been talking to some folks this morning. We were expecting Hurricane Warnings which we had and winds about 50 to 70 miles per hour, which we got, which are clearly very, very strong still this morning. And lots of rain about 4 to 6 inches.