Womens rights are should down by the taliban Firing Weapons in the air shortly after this video was taken. We have Fox Team Coverage with Ryan In London and david, lets start with you. Hi, anita, hi, griff. President biden is telling americans over in afghanistan, do not worry the united states is with you. If you eventually want to leave that country, we will be here to help you get out of that country. The president , as you just mentioned, is in wilmington, delaware at his home for the weekend spending a long weekend. He landed in philadelphia Last Night after touring Hurricane Damage on the Louisiana Coast for most of the day, then choppered down here to wilmington, delaware where hell spend time with family. He managed to escape the white House And Washington d. C. But the criticism of his decision not to bring home all americans continues to follow this president. He broke his promise to americans and hes continuing to break it because there are american citizens who are trying t
Rain damage due to the Wind And Rain in the parishes to the south and west. It is outside of the levee protected area. But inside, the areas that were devastated during hurricane katrina, those areas that have the levees systems are dealing with power outages. Most of the people the damages inside the levee protected area are damages that can be repaired quickly once the power comes on. Further south, a lot of devastation and homes, that have flooded. That will take longer. Host that storm came ashore with 150 mile an Hour Wind. Should we have expected the Infrastructure Damage, electricity Infrastructure Damage that we saw. Guest unfortunately, nothing i am seeing is unsurprising. These types of storms, this is what you get. And this has been a concern for a long time that our infrastructure is vulnerable to these types of storms. We have seen it in florida and in previous hurricanes that one of the big impacts to the communities is not just the physical damage of the storm, but the d
The big unknown tonight. All right. Peter, thank you the taliban quickly declared victory after the last american troops left, celebrating as they took over the kabul airport. Heres Richard Engel Reporter today was Victory Day for the taliban entering the airport. Their fighters inspecting the spoils the u. S. Left behind at what was the last american toehold in afghanistan. The taliban spokesman saying today the group wants new relations with the west and are even open to foreign investment they looked over the aircraft and weapons u. S. Troops abandoned and decommissioned so they cant be used but american forces did not damage the airport itself the united states is relying on the airport to reopen quickly to evacuate american citizens and translators who never made it out in the Air Lift some of them now in hiding from the taliban and who one day, once they have documents, will have to pass through here to leave the taliban insisting theyll let them go. The taliban also promising to
Soar there. Well have the very latest. Plus, we are following the continued battle in florida over the Governors Ban of School Mask mandates. A judge ruled the Governors Order was unconstitutional, but the state still has gone ahead with financial penalties against School Districts. Well have an update on that story. Good morning, welcome to Morning Joe, it is wednesday, september 1st, im willie geist, and were start with President Bidens address to the nation, one day after the final american troops left afghanistan, officially ending our part in the war. Peter alexander takes us to the president s defense of the decision. Reporter with the taliban declaring victory in afghanistan, President Biden at the White House marked The End of americas longest war. Leaving August The 31st is not due to an arbitrary deadline. It was designed to save american lives. Reporter facing bipartisan backlash, the president at times angry and defensive, standing by his decision to end the mission with up
Its final withdrawal from afghanistan, as evacuations wind down tonight. We begin with Fox Team Coverage on the latest in afghanistan. Lucas tomlinson live another the pentagon, and David Spunt has the latest live from the White House, where President Biden is spending the weekend. But we begin with Alex Hogan live from our london bureau. Alex . Good evening, jon. These are the final moments in afghanistan after two decades, britains final flight leaving today. And this of course is just inching closer to the u. S. s deadline of August 31st. Its currently early Sunday Morning in kabul. Again, just two days time before the u. S. s set withdrawal. The taliban already announcing plans to fully take over the airport after american troops leave. Gunfire there today. The taliban firing in an attempt to hold back groups of passengers and slow traffic to the airport. In desperation, long lines forming outside of banks, passport offices, and Travel Agencies for those still hoping to flee. Masse