In for erin burnett. Diplomats warned in july they believed the country could rapidly deteriorate and they feared a catastrophe after u. S. Troops pull out at the end of august. And tonight, there is chaos and dysfunction in afghanistan, as the u. S. Struggles to get tens of thousands of people out of the country. Officials today saying over the past five days, just 7,000 people have been flown to safety. These are some we are showing you of the lucky ones. The afghans able to board a flight. But they represent just a fraction of the tens of thousands whose lives are now in limbo. And as it stands tonight, we still don t know how many americans have left afghanistan, and how many remain. This is the u. S. , this is afghan. I do not have a breakdown. I suspect over time, as our manifesting process gets more refined, we may be able to be there. But we don t have that specific breakdown. How many american citizens remain in afghanistan? i don t know. Well, the 7,000 figure, at this point,
good morning. 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz-balart. a very busy morning. supreme court justice stephen breyer expected to announce his retirement today paving the way for president biden to make his first supreme court nomination. we ll look at who may be on the short list to succeed him in what could be an intense political battle over the nation. the kremlin says there are few reasons for optimism after the u.s. and nato delivered written responses to russian demands to end the threat against ukraine as russia continues to build up its forces along the border. we ll go inside afghanistan for a look at the desperate and disturbing measures people are taking just to survive. meanwhile, here in the u.s., covid cases are rising in some areas and falling in many others. a new trend is emerging, people becoming infected with the virus for a second time or more. around the world ceremonies and remembrances today honoring the 6 million jews killed in the
electionser. according to quinnipiac, only 26% of hispanics now approve of biden s performancen in the f white house and gallup foundou that biden is also hemorrhaging supportt among young voters. only 39% of generation and 41nd percent of millennials approve of joe biden tonight . bad poll numbers are just the beginning of biden s problems this week. president biden, you ve perhap seenen this looked lost andoo confused and at one point he attempted to shake hands with someone who wasn t there and duringngre the speech, joe biden claimed that he used to be a full professor at the university of pennsylvania. th watch this . i ve beenis impressed. i ve been a lot of university campuses and in fact for yearsty i was a professor at the university of pennsylvania th anhis is really impressive place. yeah. yeah. that sea n justot not true . however, at one pointty the university did pay biden almost a million dollars to be b an honorary professor. that s really nice. joining us n
scientists determined it was appropriate time from public health point of view to lift the title 42 restriction. carley: arizona senator kyrsten sinema joined republicans calling for the lifting of title 42 to be delayed. she stated, the administration extension of authority proves need to delay lifts title 42 to protect arizona communities and migrants. i will keep pushing for accountability to secure the border. 21 states, including arizona are suing the biden administration. this week the texas governor greg abbott made good on plan to bus migrants to washington, d.c. and to continue truck inspection. enhanced safety ipspection of every commercial vehicle coming across the border and predictable result, governors of states connected to state of texas would be knocking on our door begging for relief. we are demanding they implement security measures coming across the border. you saw images of the buses, the white house called governor abbott s efforts a publicity s
i have been away from the show for a few weeks. i took a hiatus to give myself a little recess and work on some other msnbc projects that i ve got cooking. i got to say you the hiatus has been fantastic. i m really grateful for it. i know it s hard to get in this business. i m grateful to msnbc and the president of msnbc for letting me do this. and grateful for the staff for doing such great work while i was gone and grateful beyond words for ali velshi in particular and other colleagues who filled in while i was away. if you can t tell from the way the rest of us talk about him, you should know that ali velshi is really a prince among men, he has been in ukraine and in bordering countries for five straight weeks. covering the war. hosting this show. hosting his own show. he has beenin doing incredible work. literally around the clock. all the while just being a great and generous and upstanding person and a great co worker to everyoneat who works with him a you should be so