Control, kabul and jalalabad. Theres urgency at the u. S. Embassy In Kabul where thousands of troops are arriving to help in the evacuation of staff. Earlier Today President Biden Video Conferenced with his national Security Team on developments in afghanistan. Arlette saenz and Natasha Bertrand join me now. Arlette, what else are we hearing from President Biden . I understand he just put out a statement a few moments ago. Reporter he did, jim. Really this is the most robust Statement Weve heard from President Biden since he was asked about afghanistan on tuesday. In this statement, a paper statement, he announced that he has ordered an additional 5,000 american troops to afghanistan to help with the drawdown of perSonnel at the embassy and to alSo help evacuate those afghans who helped americans over the course of that 20year war. In is in addition to the 3,000 members of the military that he has already deployed to afghanistan. And the president alSo issued a very strong defense of h
texas, he is at the border. a hearing that is about to be underway. we begin with bill and those new pictures. speetwo good afternoon. border patrol sources tell us that this happens a lot more than people realize, but nonetheless, the images are startling. we will pull them up. law enforcement sources telling us that this happened saturday night in the rio grande valley, as a drawbridge camera shows a group of three suspected cartel gunmen crossing illegally into texas, a very heavy cartel area. as they are moving through the brush on the u.s. side of the border, they are armed with ar-15 style rifles. some of them are wearing body armor. i am told that elite border patrol agents responded to the area, look for these guys, but came up empty. this happened just days after an armed smuggler was seen here in eagle pass. look at these images released by texas dps. drones over this human smuggler who had a rifle on him as he was guiding a group of illegal immigrants across the ri
campaign convinced fake electors in seven states that biden won closely. we ve got to see the electors. . yet another focal point. the pressure campaign. trump and his team call up officials, including. this remember this infamous exchange? so, look all i want to do is this. i just want to find 11,780 votes. that s one more than we have. , because we won the state. as they, say there is more. another plot, trump asked the justice department to declare the election corrupt. of, course the doj refused. perhaps the most famous of the alleged schemes, trump tries to bully his number two. then, vice president mike pence who reject, biden s electoral votes. he did this privately, he did this publicly. eventually making the vice president a target of the january 6th mob. now, look of all these, schemes you re likely asking yourself what laws were broken. what could jack smith bring charges on? or. four i m not going to speculate, since we do not yet know all of the evide
welcome to a special edition of cnn primetime. i m laura coates, and look congress is returning. they are coming in hot. republican set to hold hearings on the perceived weaponization of the government. all the, while special counsel jack smith, he may be very closely to decide whether donald trump over his weaponization of the government. of, course the efforts to overturn the election. separately, tomorrow in georgia, selection begins for a grand jury that will also decide whether to indict him. in a, moment i will speak live with a key, witness and a special counsel investigation, former trump official can . here is your evenings cliffsnotes, or the coats, notes on the various alleged schemes that jack smith is likely to be considering. one, scheme trump considers a plan to use the military to seize voting machines. in, another military-related plots, allies floated the idea of even using martial law, using troops to redo an election. he could also order, he could orde
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