A little bit old, that. It was just a few minutes into donald trumps speech when a volley of shots rang out. Get down, get down, get down. The former president could be seen clutching at the right side of his head. After that, he hits the ground as the secret Service Pile on top of him. Theirjob, to put their bodies between him and the shooter. Get down, get down when you look back closely at those moments, the sheer horror of the events is hard to avoid. First, the rapid gunshots. Then the bullet, captured in midair on its way to its target. The former president going down to the ground and then, with help from the secret service, getting to his feet. He also resisted leaving the stage because he cant find his shoes. I got you, sir. Let me get my shoes. Sir, weve got to move. A potent reminder of what shock can do to peoples thinking in the moment. Its difficult to hear, but he tells them several times to wait before raising his fist. He can be heard saying the words, fight, fight. Ch
To try to forget about it. You have chosen to write a book, to dig deep into your memories of that chaos, that desperate time. Why . There are really two questions that people asked me when i got back from kabul in august 2021. One was, why did any of this happen . Why did it happen after a 20 Year Campaign there, the expenditure of thousands of lives, the expenditure of trillions of dollars . How is it that this came to be back in the control of the taliban . The other question i was asked was just what was it like . What was the Human Element of this . What was it like dealing with desperate people trying to flee their country, you know, with their lives in a Carrier Bag . What was it like for the people on the ground . And what was it like for the soldiers who had invested so much for so little over that 20 years . You are very candid about the degree of trauma that you felt and that many of those around you felt. Would you say that, sitting here with me now, that trauma is still ve
Is the world safer wIth nato . Are you safer . Is your FamIly Safer . I belIeve the amerIcan people know the answer to all those questIons Is yes. And I belIeve the amerIcan people understand that amerIca Is stronger, stronger because of our allIances. I belIeve the amerIcan consensus from truman, to reagan, to me stIll holds today. AmerIca cannot retreat from the world. We must lead the world. Were an IndIspensable natIon. PresIdent bIden s speeches are beIng closely watched after concerns arose about hIs mental fItness over hIs performance at the recent presIdent Ial debate. WhIle several promInent democrats have defended bIden sInce the Press Conference, three more Party Members have called for bIden to wIthdraw. Top rankIng democrat jIm hImes, along wIth two other congressmen ErIc Sorensen and scott peters. BIden delIvered scrIpted remarks where he praIsed nato and the work beIng done. But durIng questIonIng from reporters, he mIstakenly mIsnamed hIs VIce PresIdent , Kamala HarrIs.
To move on, to try to forget about it. You have chosen to write a book, to dig deep into your memories of that chaos, that desperate time. Why . There are really two questions that people asked me when i got back from kabul in august 2021. One was, why did any of this happen . Why did it happen after a 20 Year Campaign there, the expenditure of thousands of lives, the expenditure of trillions of dollars . How is it that this came to be back in the control of the taliban . The other question i was asked was just what was it like . What was the Human Element of this . What was it like dealing with desperate people trying to flee their country, you know, with their lives in a Carrier Bag . What was it like for the people on the ground . And what was it like for the soldiers who had invested so much for so little over that 20 years . You are very candid about the degree of trauma that you felt and that many of those around you felt. Would you say that, sitting here with me now, that trauma
Is irreversible. The language says as long as ukraine meets the conditions set out by all of the allies, they will be able to eventually join this alliance. Previously Volodymyr Zelensky expressed discontent not to be issued with a direct Invitation But Today the message from him was of gratitude, after the announcement was made that ukraine would be receiving f 16fighterjets. Everybody was also watching both the performance from the new uk prime Minister Sir Keir starmer on the world stage, watching President Biden as well over the concerns about him continuing with his candidacy in the race with the white house. They held a Meeting Today after which President Biden said they were the best of allies, calling the uk the Transatlantic Knot in the nato alliance. In ukraine, Emergency Workers have found more bodies buried in the rubble of a Kyiv Residential Building that was badly damaged during a series of russian Air Strikes on monday. Six cities were also hit in the strikes. Ukraines A