We will get you home. He says he s making the same commitment to evacuate afghan allies of the united states. In his most extensive comments yet, the president seemed less defensive as he addressed the danger and the chaos since the taliban takeover. Tonight there is new confirmation that americans in afghanistan have been beaten by the taliban. The defense secretary lloyd austin sharing that information with u. S. Lawmakers. Cnn crews have also witnessed taliban violence escalating in the afghan capital, making a desperate situation worse by the hour. Our correspondents and analysts are standing by covering every angle of this breaking story. First, let s go to jeremy diamond over at the white house. Je jeremy, the president made very specific promises today about the evacuation. That s right, wolf. Five days after the taliban took control of kabul, president biden clearly trying to show he is getting the situation under control, also showing some more of his trademark empathy, talkin
Day cake yesterday. I ate the entire thing. Lawrence: one of my favorite holidays. I m definitely a mama s boy. She is watching the show. I want to know how much i love her. My mother got pregnant with me at 16. Decided to choose life and my dad married her. Pete: friends@foxnews. Com. Bonus to get it on hair with the show in the background. Send us anytime with mom. If you have the show, we know it is real from now. We love to share it. If there is a pet you always know you get plus points from me if there is a cat or dog in there. Lawrence: got to have the background. Jedediah: exactly. Thanks for being with us this morning everyone. Pete post thanks for being here. But we start with the new scandal surrounding the biden administration. Republicans and i m reading jed s line. Jedediah: all good. Republicans are calling into question the president s ethics after he reportedly waived rules for some staffers. Lawrence: a lot of hypocrisy going on. Griff jenkins joins us from washington
Initially four. Now five. One in critical condition. But it s also clear that these numbers are going to change simply because there are a number of walking wounded. People who were injured inside or in the parking lot and took themselves to the hospital. Investigators trying to get a handle on that. A family reunification center was set up at a holiday inn express not far from where we are right now. A number of fedex family members were there trying to be reunited with the employees. Some of these employees aren t allowed to have cell phones on the floor of the facility and so when the shooting broke out, they ran out and were unable to reach their loved ones. So they are working on that. We ve been in contact with one of the clerks at the hotel calling and texting, going back and forth. One of the clerks telling us that he is now hearing that the employees are going to be heading to the hotel within the next hour so they ll be able to be reunited with their family members. We did ge
just looking at all their names together, and looking at the pictures that we now have of five of them. i want to give you a little more information as we re learning it from the people that knew them best and loved them the most. starting with rikki olds. she was 25 years old, she was a manager at this grocery store, at this king soopers in boulder, her uncle saying she was strong, independent young woman and was energetic and charismatic and a shining light in this dark world. her aunt saying she was bubbly, and you really just had no choice but to be happy around her. you couldn t be sad around rikki olds. also lost was tralona bartkowiak, previously from the los angeles area and helped to raise her cousin david who told one of our affiliates that she moved to colorado about 12 years ago to run the family s clothing line business. he says she had just gotten engaged and was in a very happy place in her life. another one of the people that we know lost his life was the youn
reaction and we have fox team coverage mark meredith haze latest on the response from the biden administration but we begin with steve harrigan reporting live from the border city of mission, texas. steve. jon, 18,000 unaccompany minors in u.s. system and a 00 more arriving each day the politicians from both parties coming down each day to tour smflt facilities on friday it was 19 senate republicans. touring facilities along the border on foot, on gun boat patrols also visiting a facility in donna, texas which has gotten notoriety for being overcrowded at a fiery press conference number of senators were sharply critical of the conditions in which the migrants were being held. here s senator cruz. this needs to stop and this was a manmade crisis this was avoidable and preventible. to get them out of the detention centers, into more child appropriate health and human services facilities, but even when they are moved out and inland into dallas, for example, the problems don t