But President Biden had to think about the Human Cost of the Alternative Path as well which was to stay in the middle of the civil conflict in afghanistan. Meanwhile, in a Press Conference, taliban officials said u. S. Forces will not be harmed on afghan soil adding that women will be allowed to work and even study. Now those statements understandably are met with a lot of skepticism from americans and afghans alike. In a few minutes well hear from a senator about what needs to be done in the weeks and months ahead. All of this as the coronavirus here shows no signs of slowing down. Officials are expected to recommend a Covid19 Booster Shot for most people eight months of at second dose. Were also following the situation in haiti where there are thousands of injured patients following that massive earthquake over the weekend. And as if that wasnt enough, a tropical depression swept the nation overnight. Will were going bring you the latest on the u. S. Response we begin with the latest
Government. As if it couldnt get more perfect, now we have another fall of saigon. You are watching television in april of 1975, he will remember it well. The single most humiliating day in the history of the United States abroad. American officials fleeing in terror as an army swept through the capital city. Desperate civilians clinging to helicopters as they took off from the roof of the u. S. Embassy. It was a complete disaster, total defeat. We spent more than a decade in vietnam and an end, we lost so no matter how you felt about that, it was painful to see it happen and nobody wants to see it again. Last month, Joe Biden promised we never will see it again. Watch. Some vietnamese veterans see echoes of their experience in this withdrawal of afghanistan, do you see any parallels between this withdrawal and what happened in vietnam . None whatsoever, zero. What you have is breaking through the gates of our embassy, six if im not mistaken. The taliban is not the north vietnamese arm
Kabul could be next as considers Withdrawal Tonight the pentagon is sending back in 3,000 additional forces and even more to evacuate americans as the Taliban Close in on kabul. Two other major afghan cities her Roth And Gauzy quickly tell to the taliban today. Lucas tomlinson is at the pentagon with the latest. Good evening, bret. Some thousand marines deploying of a warning the afghan capital could fall to the taliban in the next 90 days. Here is how John Kirby described the mission. This is a temporary mission with a narrow focus. As with all deployments of our troops into harms way our commanders have the right to selfdefense any attack on them cant will be met with a forceful and appropriate response. 8,000 u. S. Troops total will be deploying thought tonal afghanistan but to the Middle East as well. In addition to the 3,000 3,000 soldiers and marines going to kabul. Fort bragg deploying to kuwait to be held in reserve in case they are needed in afghanistan. They arrive next week.
Allowed to spread by the ignorance of some of us. Ive been bugging my team with this analogy for months now. What were seeing happen in the World Today is so reminiscent of what was portrayed in the Aliens Series of great movies in which arrogant, ignorant humans decide that they can outwit and make use of a deadly Alien Species that has the ability to learn from its human hosts, mutate and become increasingly deadly to mankind. Heres a clip. What if that ship didnt even exist . Do you ever think about that . I didnt know. So if i made a major Security Situation out of it, everybody steps in. Administration steps in and theres no exclusivE Rights for anybody, nobody wins. So i made a decision and it was wrong. It was a bad call, ripley. It was a bad call. Bad call . These people are dead, burke do you have any idea what youve done here . Oh, god see, burke fed around and found out but that is the Ignorance And Arrogance displayed by republican politicians who are unleashing the alien o
Assured that the u. S. Would return home with more Gold M metals than any other country. And the u. S. Left it late. Yeah, a complete team effort. Track and field grabbed seven golds, then sunday u. S. Womens basketball captured their 7th straight Gold Medal. And then the Volleyball Team winning their first eever Gold Medal and there were tons of tears on the court after they scored that last point. The u. S. Had meddled five times before making the Gold Medal match three different times, but this the first time the women were able to capture the gold and pretty cool, it is also what got Team Usa Over The Top in the Gold Medal count. The u. S. Basketball team is a dynasty, they captured their seventh straight Gold Medal which tied the longest streak in any olympic Team Sport beating japan in the final. Brittney griner Setting A Gold Medal Game Record Scoring 30 points to lead the team. And the Usa Basketball legends playing their final game together for the team, they go out winning th