The u. S. Military and taliban tried to expert what authority they could. Militants with rifles kept crowds away from the Airport Gates Guarding checkpoints with trucks and at least one humvee by the roads. Many with bags at their sides numbers in the hundreds, not the thousands of previous days. The Security Situation turning the united states and the taliban into Strange Bed Fellows. Seth moulton went on a controversial and unauthorized trip to kabul this week described the scene before the bombing and how the marines are working with the taliban. Its an impossible Task Weve given them to literally sift through a sea of humanity, thousands and thousands of afghans to try to pluck out our allies, our friends and their families, their husbands, their wives, their little girls and boys, literally pull them to freedom. I expected to see a gate with marines on one side and afghans on the other. Thats not the way this could work. We have to go out in the crowd. So these marines were out th
The request includes records from the trump White House relating in any way to former President Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence and in total to 30 other Key Figures in trumps orbit. In letters demanded from The National Archives and several other agencies the Committee Chairman signaled an expansive Investigation Touching not only on what happened on January 6th but also materials that could shed light on matters such as the former president s knowledge of the Election Results and what he communicated to The American people about the election. The requests include information on communications within and among the White House and Executive Branch agencies during the leadup to January 6th and on that day as well as attempts to place politically loyal personnel in senior positions across government after the election. The committee is hoping to fill in. A campaign that culminated in the deadly attack as congress tried to certify the Election Results. Here is a little bit of wh
That it was the right decision in general. I think that there has been a lot of mistakes, miscalculations, Mission Creep over the years. We accomplished what the original goals for the mission to afghanistan were a long time ago, but unfortunately the Mission Creep has been very real in this case. I believe the decision was correct, but there is obviously plenty of room for error and recriminations around the way the withdrawal was executed, but i think in general the decision was correct. We just wish there had been more listening to the veterans groups that were calling for the early Withdrawal And Evacuation of our there is plenty of room for, in my view, bipartisan criticism from many decisions made throughout our time in afghanistan and the way the withdrawal was planned for, the agreements that were reached, and the way it was executed. Host talk about that more on the evacuation. What are you hearing from other veterans . Guest the biggest thing has to do with the special immigr
But i think what people want to hear from him is that well take care of our friends, well take care of our allies, and well do what we can for the Afghan Women and children who are now at such grave risk from the taliban. Mike memoli who is standing by near Camp David where the president spent the weekend, mike, knowing that we have probably less than a minute to go, what kind of situation can you give us from there . Brian, what the White House wants to be today to be about is consistency, the consistency of a president who before that as a candidate for president , as a Vice President and even as a senator was very clear in his view of the situation in afghanistan and that the task of Nation Building there was one that meant an endless commitment of u. S. Blood and treasure, a commitment that he did not think would ultimately be mike, im going to interrupt. Heres the president. The unfolding situation in afghanistan. The developments that have taken place in the last week, and the st
The cdc and the fda say not so fast. They issued a rare joint statement that says if youre fully vaccinated you dont currently need a covid Booster Shot. Much of the country may be ready to move on from coronavirus, but it remains a real and in many places a growing risk. The hypertransmissible Delta Variant is driving cases up in nearly half the country. The states you see in red where cases are rising the fastest. And theyre the same states where Vaccination Rates are the lowest. Cnns Elizabeth Cohen joins us now. Elizabeth, give us the information here about the Booster Shot. What do people need to know about whether they need it or not . Right now i can just tell you that most people who are listening to this do not need a Booster Shot. Thats very clear from a statement that the cdc and the fda put out. So lets talk about these boosters for a minute. First of all, so pfizer says that theyre going to apply for authorization from the fda for a Booster Shot next month. I got to tell y