afghanistan who wanted to leave. but there is confusion over how many were initially stranded after the u.s. military withdrawal as opposed to what was said publicly by administration officials at the time. state department correspondent benjamin hall has the story tonight. good evening, benjamin. good evening, bret. so much about that withdrawal in august and september revolved around how many americans were stranded in afghanistan and what was being done to save them? what we now know that the figures we were given at the time they were simply not accurate. i would just reiterate that the united states does not track or put a tracker on american citizens traveling overseas. the white house today was again forced to defend itself against discrepancies in the number of americans left stranded in afghanistan after the state department released figures showing the number was far higher than president biden claimed in august. we believe that about 100 to 200 measures rem
vaccinated. the freak out over omicron is not lining up with the facts. doctors say that the variant is not as severe. republicans in red states are pushing back and telling people it s time to stand up. you give these people and inch they will never let go. they re going to take a mile, they re going to restrict it, they re going to mandate, they re going to lock it down. there s no reason to be restricting or mandating anybody throughout our country and 2,022 if you re in those states you need to make your voice heard and would change direction, because i fear there to continue to do this until they suffer at the ballot box. that craziness doesn t end there. jesse: wanted a vaccine comment before you fly. the lanark had a truly despicable idea suggesting treating unvaccinated patients last. and hospitals. also new jersey became very close and part of that was if you look even at the democrats look into the research as to why they lost a lot of parents were curious a
head on at the fair. iowa is an important state in the presidential election cycle. holding the lead off presidential caucuses in jana bright alexis mcadams live in des moines, iowa with the latest force. john, good evening from des moines, iowa at a busy i was state fair. we had a lot of fun today but we also worked really hard and caught up with almost all of the candidates who are out here on the ground including former president donald trump, which we will get to in just a minute find out if he s going to show up to the fox news debate in milwaukee just days from now. we also walked around the fair with 40 governor ron desantis talking to him one on one asking how it feels like he has connected with the voters here in iowa. he says he s going to go to all 99 counties. topic to border and talked about why he things he should be the next president, listen. what you want people to know about you if they are just going to end up having to side between you two is a top fro
wavering on him ahead of next year s elections. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, august 1st. we are in august already. i am jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin this new month with a possible new indictment against former president donald trump for his alleged efforts to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 election. the grand jury hearing testimony in special counsel jack smith s investigation is expected to be back in session in washington today. now it s been two weeks since trump announced on social media that he received a target letter, which is an indication that charges could be brought in the very near future. that letter suggested that the former president could face charges of conspiracy to defraud the united states, depriving voters of their rights, and witness tampering. trump seems prepared to be preparing for another federal indictment against him, posting yesterday on truth social that he
lets you pay off your high-rate debt. and you can save $500 a month. nobody takes care of veterans like newday usa. john: pentagon press secretary pat ryder will give an update the first time on camera since lloyd austin s secretive hospital stay. both sides of the aisle demanding to know how was president biden in the dark for days before learning a top cabinet member landed in the icu. sixth in line to the presidency, he is, hello, john roberts in washington. a jam packed first hour. here we go again. sandra: good to be with you, sandra smith in new york. breaking in the last hour, this incident, now forcing the white house to launch a review of protocols for cabinet secretaries, if you can believe that. secretary austin is still in recovery, we are told in walter reed, and the pentagon is not offering any information about that elective procedure that originally sent him into the hospital but ultimately landed him in the icu. john: even the deputy defense secretary d