division, stepping onto a c-17 in kabul, the final u.s. soldier to step off afghan soil. an iconic photograph, marking the unceremonious end to a war that cost some 2461 american lives, many thousands more injured. in just a few hours, president biden will address the nation he is expected to explain his decision not to extend the mission past the august 31st deadline, even with the administration granting that americans remain on the ground there. he ll also address what comes next. we have a team of reporters following all the angles of this story. let s begin in the region. cnn s nick payton walsh, joins me now from qatar where the u.s. diplomatic mission for afghanistan will now be based. of course, where many thousands of those evacuees went from kabul. so, what has the first day under taliban control looked like in afghanistan? reporter: some to understand, possible degree of celebration from the taliban declaring their independence. remember this is a country where t
todd: it is thursday, august 12th. the most complicated crisis, that s how officials are describing the situation at the southern border as we re told brand-new numbers set to break records. jillian: plus the white house ramping up the battle with florida governor ron de santis over masks in schools, after a new fox news poll sends a clear warning to president biden. todd: new video found on hunter biden s laptop raising national security concerns, so why isn t the media covering it? we try to answer that question when fox & friends first continues right now. jillian: that s a really easy song to dance that s not an easy song to dance to. i give you credit. todd: i m moving my legs so they don t get stiff. i m 43 going on 83, as you know. jillian: this shift will do that to you. you re watching fox & friends first. todd: let s check in with somebody else also up right now, will cain live from iowa ahead of the field of dreams game tonight on fox. will, last hour in ca
state history. kathy hochul will succeed andrew cuomo, who was brought down by a sexual harassment scandal, resigning in disgrace. let s begin with the coronavirus health crisis and specifically its worsening impact on the young. amara walker is in fort lauderdale. there is a brewing battle between florida s governor and the school system in broward county where you are. tell us about that. reporter: the battle is over whether or not schools should be requiring masks regardless of vaccination status. right now there s a total of three school districts in florida that are defying the governor s executive order that prohibits mask mandates. broward county, leon and alachua counties. the state education commissioner sent a letter to all of these districts to tell them they are being investigated for n noncompliance and their salaries could be withheld as potential punishment. this mask fight happening amidst this backdrop of a dramatic surge in covid-19 cases here in the state
we need for students and schools, the executive order prevents local officials from imposing mask mandates on students. he says parents should make that decision, not school districts. john roberts in washington, welcome to another edition of america reports . i am in today for sandra smith. the white house says that orders goes against proper public health guidance, and now president biden as checking to see if he s got the power to intervene in the seven states that have banned mask mandates. dr. nicole saphier as standing by with her opinion on all of this. hi, jackie. hey, john. after florida governor threaten to withhold the salaries of school board members and administrators who don t comply with his order banning mask mandates, the white house says it s looking into its options with respect to covid relief money that was distributed to the states, distributed to florida. there checking to see if they can use some of that money potentially to cover the salaries
communist china and against the values of america andnd why it tmatters to you. house intelligence committee ranking member devin nunes on the new investigation he sga announcing today into u.s. entities working with communist china. plus, australian weekend reporter sheri markson is here with new documents on the chinese communist party s plan to engineer a biological weapon. and then it was the whisper heard across the world. i wrote the bill on the environment. why would i not be for it? pay them more. this is an employee s bargaining chip now. maria: joe biden s creepy talk as he pulls a shakedown on the senate late friday, senator john barrasso on the president s detrail of betrayal of an infrastructure deal, moving to hold senators hostage to his radical agenda. all that right here, right now on sunday morning futures. maria: and first this morning, the allegations keep on flying over election law. the department of justice on friday said it is suing the state of