Deep in mind, the president has doubled our u. S. Military presence in afghanistan Over Th past several days to 6,000, could go to 7,000 according to some reports in an effort to ge us out of there. If got the Tele Band now in control at the president ial palace, the United States was forced to shut down the airport because we could not prevent what you see happening on the Lefthand Side of your screens here. We had to shut down the airport had to stop getting people removed from the country, now were hearing that the Tele Ba is going doortodoor Banging O Doors to try to find Anybody Wh may have sided with the United States, with our allies, with the afghan government, and they are trying to identify who thos individuals are. It is a really frightening situation. Look at this picture. United states military Service Member takes the american flag out of the u. S. Embassy where i flew for almost 20 years after the September 11th attacks. It is a poignant in disturbing photo. Moments from
Next. Pain and regret. Hospitals are running out of beds. Plus new era. New york will welcome its first female governor after Andrew Cuomo resigns in disgrace. No one will ever describe my administration as a toxic work environment. What is her plan to clean up New York politics . New Yorks Lieutenant governor Kathy Hochul joins me ahead. Hello. Im Jack Tapper in washington with the state of our union watching a tragic foreign Policy Disaster unfold before our eyes. Weeks before the anniversary of 9 11 and the deadline of President Bidens complete withdrawal of u. S. Troops in afghanistan, the taliban having seized much of that country theyre now At The Gates of the Capital City of kabul. Their representatives are meeting with leadership inside the afghan president ial palace. The rapid crumbling of the country has caught the biden White House flat footed. On saturday after pulling out almost all of the 2500 Service Members there when he took office, President Biden said he would deplo
Last stronghold of the afghan government. Afghan president ghani has now fled the country. Taliban fighters have entered the Capital City of kabul where the American Flag has been taken down from the u. S. Embassy as the u. S. Undertakes an urgent evacuation of American Personnel. The rapid crumbling of the country shocked the u. S. And u. S. Allies and caught the biden White House flatfooted on saturday. After pulling out almost all of the 2,500 troops when he took office, hes deploying troops back to get americans safely out of kabul, warning of a swift u. S. Response if the Taliban Inte interfered. Sources tell cnn the majority of the u. S. Embassy staff are now out of the embassy compound. Thats a Sharp Tsharound when President Biden called it highly unlikely the Taliban Would overrun the country, at the time striking many experts in his own administration as unrealistic and prompting questions as to whether biden was cherrypicking intelligence or indifferent to it. As american dip
Vietnam in 1975. In many ways, it reminds us of images that we might see on the news today. Its hard to ignore the human stories of families perishing at sea. Refugees are suffocating in meat trucks. They are crowding onto leaky boats. They are drowning. The bodies of those who are unable to cross to safety are washing up on mediterranean beaches. Refugees have been in the news for the past few years, particularly related to the crisis in syria, but refugees are being uprooted by conflict all around the world. So were not just talking about refugees coming from syria but from other wartorn regions. Especially in the past couple years, it has also been very difficult to ignore the public response to refugees. Refugee resettlement, like so many other topics today, has become a polarizing topic. On one hand, opposition to refugees has been fierce and even hostile. Politicians at the local, state and federal level have linked refugees to terrorism and have pursued antirefugee policies in t
With new data that shows Delta Variants only need one second to spread new Mask Mandates from the Nations Capital to your kids classroom, to the Magic Kingdom as a war over masks shapes up in the Sunshine State. Plus, the gold standard, The American who stepped up in simone Biles Absence to grab the gold. Hear her inspiring journey to tokyo coming up. Hey, everyone, welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. Any moment now were going to hear a major announcement from President Biden who is looking to shake the nation out of its relative complacency when it comes to vaccinations. Biden is expected to announce new requirements for federal workers requiring everyone in all agencies get a Vaccine Or Show proof of regular negative covid tests. This comes as a slew of major corporations go even one step further taking away the choice from google to netflix, morgan stanley, many more, theyre all now mandating vaccines for all of their employees. The momentum moves away from the Encouragement Period