Trying to do, is contain a national security emergency, and as bob said, he was reading people in. While these calls with General Lee were being held, this was not secret. It was not someone working in ice lay. He wasnt going roy. So think about this he was trying to contain a president he believed was in serious mental decline. Trump stewing after losing, in his madeup mind, that big lie, The War On Democracy were alive. Now theyre happening in in counties that trump actually won, all because this entrenched idea that elections are rigged and cant be trusted. New today, senators Lindsey Graham and Mike Lee personally vetted trumps Election Fraud claims look, heres what you need to know. The Republican Party is running on this big lie. This is the partys platform. Politico is reporting that conspiracies are becoming more entrenched in circles. This is going to include the 2022 mid terms the while the rally supporting January 6th terrorists was a dud, remember, trump has said his heart
Longterm policy which is heAvy on our heArts todAy. But wAs curious As i sometimes get to do where you were At so thAnk you for your thoughts And good to see you. Good to see you my friend. AppreciAte it. This is The BeAt with Ari melber. We continue our coverAge on whAt is undeniAbly A historic And sAd dAy. Here is how the president just put it. My fellow AmericAns, the WAr In AfghAnistAn is now over. Im the fourth president who hAs fAced the issue of whether And when to end this wAr. I believe this is the right decision. A wise decision. And the best decision for AmericA. ThAt is how president biden mArked The End, todAy, to AmericAs longest wAr. WhAt begAn At OperAtion Enduring Freedom 20 yeArs Ago could be viewed And meAsured in so mAny different wAys. From the mAny lives lost, on both sides of A wArs ArbitrAry lines between the united stAtes And the Old AfghAnistAn And the new AfghAnistAn. You could Also meAsure it by the tremendous finAnciAl cost, indeed we hAve A speciAl look At
We still believe there are credible threats. In fact, id say specific, credible threats. And we want to make sure were prepared for those. Reporter the Pentagon Warning that these could be rockets or vehicle bombs. In kabul, families collect the bodies of their Loved Ones and survivors come to terms with what has happened. This man says that he was an interpreter for the british, and was among the hundreds of afghan wounded. I fell into the stream, and thought i was the only one still alive. I saw all the other people were dead. More than 5,000 evacuees are waiting for flights at Kabuls Airport and allies like italy and spain have already ended their missions in afghanistan. We have the ability to include evacuees on u. S. Military Air Airlift out of afghanistan until the very end. Reporter the walls at Kabuls Airport are now stained with blood as afghanistan counts down the final days of americas longest war. Now, jake, in the final days of the reign of the previous afghan government
And then next stop, nato summit. In the uk, covid restrictions are set to end soon but now those plans may be on hold. Why and for how long . We will have a live report from london. Good to have you with us. Naftali bennett is beginning his first full day as israels Prime Minister. Benjamin Netanyahus Record 12 years in power came to an end on sunday when the coalition was approved by a razor thin onevote margin. Netanyahu fought the shift in power to the bitter end. In a speech before the Confidence Vote he attacked mr. Bennett and called the coalition weak and dangerous and promised to make a comeback. In contrast, mr. Bennett delivered a message of unity. Translator we are at the beginning of new days. The hardships, not an exaggerated word in this case of forming a Unity Government are behind us and now the citizens of israel, all of them are looking up at us and we must deliver. We will act together in Partnership And Responsibility to heal the rift amid the people and immediately
Weekend. The first Holiday Weekend with half of americans vaccinated. Were covering all of that with our Reporters Coast to coast. But i want to start in washington, d. C. , Sahil Kippur on Capitol Hill, yamiche alcindor, white House Correspondent for Pbs Newshour and washington week. And carol leon ig, her new book just came out, the Rise And Fall of the Secret Service. Lets start with whats going on on Capitol Hill, Gaveling Out at 3 00 a. M. Whats going on in the senate . Chaos, i can think of other words but let me walk through it briefly. They were set to vote and a chinese competitive package that was written by Chuck Schumer the Democrat And Todd young the republican. It has deep bipartisan buyin from the start. The senate faced a number of Curveballs Yesterday that delayed passage. The first was from Republican Mike Crapo who demanded a vote on an amendment and finally got it. It looked ready to pass when Out Of Nowhere another curveball came from senator ron johnson, the wisco