The pentagon is moving 3,000 marines to afghanistan and another 4,000 troops to evacuate the embassy and u. S. Citizens In Kabul. Here is the urgency to leave afghanistan immediately using available commercial flight options. If you cannot afford to purchase an airline ticket, contact the u. S. Embassy for information regarding a loan. Given the Security Conditions and reduced staffing, the Embassies Ability to assist u. S. Citizens in afghanistan is extremely limited. Even withIn Kabul. There are haunting echoes of the evacuation of saigon in 1975 being voiced by supporters and detractors of the current president and harsh critique of the treatment of our friends and allies in afghanistan. David ignatius boats, for President Biden who had hoped for a orderly withdrawal if fr afghanistan, the chaos carries the image he wanted to avoid. And if the saigon parallels century disturbing enough, the New Yorker offered this, when i spoke on this with experts who have decades of afghan experie
Introduced at least 389 bills that would restrict voting access. 22 of those bills have already been signed into law in 14 states. And at least 61 others are quickly moving through republican dominated legislatures in 18 states including one in texas likely on its way to becoming enacted. Vice president harris made Remarks Today about protecting Voting Rights at Howard University a few hours ago where she announced she and the president have directed the dnc to expand its i will vote initiative with an investment of 25 Million. Yes, it is early and we have never really started this early before, but, folks, it is never too early to defend your rights. So with these new laws that have been passed or theyre trying to pass we have to start now to finish strong. The people must be able without hinderance, without obstacle, certainly without insurmountable obstacle, to decide our countrys future. With this 25 Million, the democrats are investing in the tools and technology to register voter
Disinformation, Conspiracy Theories and rightwing propaganda. At the centered of the Conspiracy Theory devoted is todays gop, which purges members who refuse to lie about the election and is engaged in a coordinated attempt to whitewash the horrors of the January 6 insurrection. The divide has left democrats to defend democracy, while republicans in their current form endanger everything from Minority Voting rights to an unearthing the truth about the deadly attack on the u. S. Capitol to racial equality. Punch Bowl News has a blunt assessment of the state of dysfunction in Congress Today just six months after the deadly insurrection at the u. S. Capitol. They write this, the two parties loathe each other as much as ever. Some democrats believe republicans threaten their physical safety, especially on the house side. Theres still mags outside the house doors. There have been shouting matches in the halls of the capitol. One house democrat moved her office because she did not feel safe
Good morning to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. It is monday june 28th. Im John Berman in surfside, florida. Along with Erica Hill in New York. The desperate search for survivors in the Condo Collapse has been going on 24 7. Nine people dead and 159 unaccounted for and 152 families clinging to hope even though No One has been found in the collapse five days ago. They dug a Deep Trench to help in the Search Effort and special equipment was brought in to help detect signs of life through the concrete. A grim assessment of what they have found so far. It is horrific. That is one word i will say and, again, one of the most difficult collapses to deal with and the operation of what were seeing is just a very difficult situation. The type of debris, unfortunately, that were coming across, this is assuming it is a tough to describe. You know, we dont have the things we were looking for. Thats what i mean by horrific. It is a very difficult, difficult situation. So,
Performance for Phil Mickelson. Well talk about that in a little bit. Good Morning And Welcome to morning joe. Its monday, may 24th. With us to kick things off, we have white House Reporter for the associated press, Jonathan Lemire and u. S. National editor at the financial times, Ed Luce joins us early this morning. So guess what, everybody. The Pandemic Outlook is improving nationwide as new Coronavirus Cases drop to rates not seen in nearly a year. Death rates are also as low as theyve been since last summer, according to the cdc, 60 of people over 18 have received at least one shot and are almost half almost half are fully vaccinated, contributing to the sharp decline in covid19 cases. The vaccine makes a huge difference. Health experts do caution that the virus remains dangerous in communities with low Vaccination Rates. And thats that not enough americans have vaccinated to completely extinguish the virus, leaving the potential for new variants that could extend the outbreak. So