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military and our diplomats and intelligence professionals. that was the choice, the real choice, between leaving or escalating. i was not going to extend this forever war. and i was not extending a forever exit. to those asking for a third decade of war in afghanistan, i ask, what is the vital national interest? it was time to end this war. we will maintain the fight against terrorism. we just don t need to fight a ground war to do it. and to isis-k, we are not done with you yet. the speech gets the broader outlines of his foreign policy, saying that the era of nation building is over. the president also noted that the u.s. would help evacuate the estimated 1 to 200 americans still in afghanistan, if they want to leave. the state department also think kabul embassy staff, posting this photo taken just before the departure. there is no longer an embassy in afghanistan. those diplomats will now be based in qatar. meanwhile nbc news has learned more about just how closel ....
will still likely be weeks before power is fully restored. and the white house announced a short time ago that president biden will visit louisiana on friday to tour the damage. and about 2,000 miles away in california, a desperate battle sunday way right now to try to save south lake tahoe as thousands of firefighters are struggling to deal with a series of wildfires burning across that state and the caldor fire s growth now heading to the nevada state line forcing people to flee the region just before the labor day weekend. we re going to begin this hour with the aftermath of hurricane ida. joining us to start off our coverage nbc news correspondent sam brock in la place, louisiana, roughly 30 miles northwest of new orleans and nbc news correspondent shaquille brewster in the big s. shaq, you re one of the places seeing long lines and lots of people waiting to get supplies they need just for basic survival. tell us about the situation as you ve been observing it today ....
wide range of covid-19 topics but none more timely than getting our children back to school. throughout the last two weeks i have spent countless hours talking with educational leaders around the state. everyone agrees for the future of our children we must do everything we can to have them back in a learning environment again this fall. working with states school superintendent woods, educational administrators and school boards around the state we have guidelines for schools that i am very proud of because it took the assumption we would open schools what do it very safely and ensure that schools have the tools they need to protect students, staff, teachers as well as the community as a whole. we fully expect some cases of covid-19 among students and teachers and we are doing what we can to provide the resources that need it to protect everyone in the setting. working with fema, schools receive less in the coming days. to go back to school, we know schools need to be ....
the house select cubs subcommittee on the coronavirus crisis resistant to hear from former federal reserve chairs about economic inequity during the pandemic. live coverage here on c-span2. george w. bush in 2006 and oversaw the federal reserve is response to the global financial crisis. before his tenure as fed chicken dr. bernanke served as the chair of president council, bush is council of economic advisers. dr. yellen served as vice chair of the federal reserve until 2010, 2013 before being appointed chair. in 2014 of our president barack obama. dr. yellen also previously served in the white house as chair of the council of economic advisers. this is the first time that either dr. bernanke or dr. yellen has testified before congress since stepping down from the federal reserve. these extraordinary times require congress to seek out advice from experts with extraordinary experiences. as congress works to end this economic crisis and enable a strong recovery, we are ....
gov. kemp: good afternoon, everyone. let me thank you guys for being here. i certainly want to thank the general who was with us today. homer bryson. last to my left. and behind the cameras. we appreciate all that they have been doing with these many press conferences we have had. before i get started i want to thank the faith leaders across our state and the many georgians that which is a painted in our day of prayer. this went well and certainly appreciate that. in our fight debated against covid-19 we let we must continue to pray for health care workforce, our front care frontline workers and law enforcement nfl the fellow georgians. casestoday we had 23,773 2 fatalities and we continue to keep those folks as well as their families and communities in our thoughts and prayers. ,169ave given a total of 127 tests and through the leadership of the public health department, the national guard, our gustaership with au university, walmart, walgreens and others are t ....