Servicemen in women have alread left for the pentagon confirmin today the u. S. After that augus no longer control the airport they re pretty cute the president says all americans an afghan allies will be evacuated if they want to leave. But the taliban is blocking man afghans and likely americans from reaching the airport. In just moments we will hear from on the and standing by to join us in moments for it. We look forward to all of that and kick off fox team coverage for you at this hour. Retired fourstar general jack keane is standing by, but first to jennifer griffin who is life at the pentagon for as. We have learned during the pentagon reaping last night the u. S. Military launched another helicopter rescue mission in kabul to get roughly 1020 americans to the airport is the third time this type of rescue mission has been launched despite the pentagon insisting the taliban are granting safe passage to american spirit. Last night during the darkness, there was an operatio to go o
President comes out. With us today, former u. N. Ambassador nikki haley. Her husband deployed to afghanistan while she was governor of south carolina. General jack keane that provided oversight for the afghan war, assisting david petraeus during the u. S. Surge. Jennifer griffin and greg palkot who together have decades of experience reporting from the region on the ground. Chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin having first traveled there in 1993 and reported from that multiple times over the last decade. Senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot who was embedded with the early battles with the taliban. We re hearing these reports of what s going on on the ground and what may be the beginning of the closing of doors. A lot of people thought they were on this list, people that worked with the afghan national government to build democracy in that country are learning that they re to stay home. Don t come. Martha, we have just learned from sources that the u. S. Mi
Conditions on the ground remain volatile. The taliban blocking the airport in kabul making it difficult for those desperately trying to get out. Plus critics claiming that biden administration for a lack of transparency and mixed messaging. The pentagon admits it still does not know how many americans are stranded in afghanistan tonight. So let s get to the team coverage and the fall of afghanistan. Kevin corke is in washington gauging the political fallout from the chaos. The evacuation situation that we began with diane with the latest developments with friday morning done in afghanistan. Actually, we have a little bit of technical difficulty so charles let s go with the evacuations, good evening, charles. Shannon, the u. S. Is in control of karzai international airport and chaos ensues as thousands of people including americans desperately tried to flee afghanistan here there is major crowding outside of the airports north and east gates as people tried to make their way past arms a
Final respect to officer ella french. I have two children. They are my heart. Today i am here it to pass my heart. It the texas state house is back in business now that enough democrats have returned back to the state. G. O. P. Backed election reform bill. Steve: good morning, it is 6:00 a. M. On the east coast of the united states of america. It s 2:30 in the afternoon in kabul, afghanistan. As you can see right there, a fox news alert, antitaliban protests spreading across that country with hundreds gathering in the capital city of kabul headquarter their country s independence day. Demonstration quickly ended when taliban militants opened fire on that crowd. Meanwhile, taliban fighters are reportedly going house to house, hanging people who have worked with the united states. Will: terrible. Thousands are still trying to escape. President biden is expected to address the united states today as his administration admits they don t know how many americans need to be evacuated. Griff j
Thousands of americans and afghans are still desperately trying to get out while movement at the airport has picked up. That is good news. This is still the message from our state department and all caps warning in an email, safe passage to the airport is not assured. Now after saying the taliban was not going to take over the country and any sort of short order, was biden now saying in an interview that this was pretty much inevitable. The idea that somehow there s a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing, i don t know how that happens. General jack keane is standing by with us. First, an update from lucas tomlinson live at the pentagon. Lucas? martha, there s now more than 5,000 u. S. Troops on the ground right now at the airport in kabul, including special operations forces. Another 1,000 troops are due in any day now and the pentagon is concerned about their safety. Isis and alqaeda is a planning factor. You wouldn t expect it to be otherwise. I m not going to talk about spec