How will we know? i think also we have to understand that the taliban also has interests. They are not going to flatline now they re willing to extend the deadline. They want to show that they have control over afghanistan and they need to counter the isis threat. No one is going to say, sure, we re going to extend the deadline until you feel you re ready. What we do know, there s a classification who are already going to be u. S. Citizens. They are going to third countries that are not the u. S. We are giving them security reviews, bio mettic reviews and health reviews. Then they come to the u. S. Where they get covid testing. Just so people understand they re not being dropped in the united states. And the classic that was in review. Those that you re hearing about are getting sped through. I do think it s likely that those who may have been worthy but did not get into the process will be left behind. It doesn t mean they ll never get out but getting out, i think, will be dependent o
The last 24 hours. The taliban is clearly calling the shots, dictating the terms and the deadline of august 31 now just eight days away on when they say we have to be gone. If the u. S. Or the u. K. Wanted to extend their 31st of august deadline in order to continue evacuations out of the country, would you agree that? no. Why not? this is a red line. It will provoke a reaction. Lara logan has been covering afghanistan for 20 years. Ryan crocker is the former u. S. Ambassador to afghanistan and a number of surrounding countries. Both are standing by. We begin with senator tom tillis that writes in an oped that says don t let the taliban dictate the terms. Senator tillis, thanks for being here. You and your office are working around the clock to answer as many requests from people who are passing them along to you. I think we all thank you for the work that your office is doing right now. It is not necessarily something that falls upon senate offices to take that underway. What were you
X oh. Carley: it is quite the earworm. 24 hours a day. You are watching fox and friends first on friday morning. Carley: let s get straight to it. H h the secretary xavier becerra backing off of earlier comments in which he stated is the government s 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 government s 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 government s 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 be
A prison term without having gone to trial. At least 45 people have died after a military plane crashed in the southern philippines up to 50 survivors have been taken to hospital. And mesmerising aerialfootage of sheep goes viral we ll have more on that. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. The uk government has suggested that wearing a face covering could become a matter of personal choice, when coronavirus restrictions in england are eased, which is expected in two weeks time. The housing secretary robertjenrick said the public must learn to live with the virus and use their own judgment. The opposition labour party agrees that the economy must open up, but it wants to see the science behind the government s decisions. Our political correspondent chris mason has been giving me the latest. We will get the direction of travel from the government effectively saying that in england in a fortnight, that last stage of unlocking of the so called road map
And, mesmerising aerialfootage of sheep on the move, goes viral we ll have more on that. The former president of south africa, jacob zuma, has fiercely criticised the judges who sentenced him to fifteen months injail, insisting that he won t turn himself in. He was handed the prison term on tuesday for failing to appear before a corruption inquiry. Hundreds of his supporters have been camping outside his home in kwazulu natal saying they were protecting him from being arrested. Our southern africa correspondent nomsa maseko is there. It has been an eventful day with the spotlight firmly on the former presidentjacob, the former president jacob, hundreds the former presidentjacob, hundreds of his supporters lined the streets and are also gathered at his home here saying that they were forming a human shield to prevent them from getting arrested. But earlier in the day, there were some confrontations between jacob zuma supporters and police were trying to prevent his supporters from goi