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and we had to drive someone safer and then i could cuddle her. yeah. the thieves had cut out hazel s microchip. becky says she s not sure a new pet theft law would make her dog safer. it s only as good as those that follow it through. if the police don t act and then don t prosecute, then there is no point in having a new law. britain has about ten million dogs and owners say it is now time to treat them as more than just property. duncan kennedy, bbc news. time tojoin samira ahmed time to join samira ahmed for newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch with me samira ahmed. coming upjournalists in afghanistan have been working in very difficult circumstances but has the bbc done enough to help its former staff leave the country? and what happened to local news reports over breakfast over the summer? welcome back to newswatch. and like the traditional august news low the past month has seen journalist being confronted with major internatio ....
the question is do we have a full picture of the damage yet? and the european union takes the united states off its safe travel list amid a surge in covid cases. the question is will we see countries issue new travel restrictions for americans? it is way too early for this. what s up, everybody. welcome to way too early, the show that is coming to you from the great city of los angeles live. i m jake soboroff on this tuesday. the last american troop boarded a c 17 aircraft shortly before midnight in kabul last night, marking an end to a chaotic entry from the country. more than 122,000 people were evacuated since late july, including more than 6,000 americans, but despite the massive number airlifted out, officials estimate between 100 and 200 u.s. citizens were left behind. look. there s a lot of heartbreak associated with this departure. we did not getter about out that we wanted to get out, but i think if we had stayed another ten days, we would not have ....
deadline for evacuations to end and for all u.s. troops to withdraw from that country. it is believed that less than 250 americans remain in afghanistan. in the next hour secretary of state tony blinken will deliver remarks on the next stage in those efforts to evacuate americans and our allies from afghanistan. we will bring those remarks to you live when they begin. earlier today the pentagon announced that 1,200 people have been flown out of afghanistan in just the last 24 hours. and then in total more than 116,000 people have been evacuated from afghanistan just since august 14th. it is likely to go down in history as one of the largest airlifts ever. looming over this operation in its final hours is the threat of more attacks by isis. just today u.s. forces intercepted a barrage of rockets aimed at kabul airport. that comes on the heels of a drone strike by the u.s. targeting a vehicle that was carrying explosives and foiling a bomb plot. that strike reportedly kil ....
and tell them to do whatever it takes to pass the for the people act. the for the people act was defeated in the senate and is effectively doa. so the best action is to pass legislation championed by late georgia congresswoman john lewis who spoke at the original march on washington nearly six decades ago. if they can t do the right thing, they should at least do something for self-preservation. clearly, the people want to vote. and the way they want to do it is without impediments. these restrictions are for that. that s why martin and andrea king and i are calling and the lewis family are calling for people to pass the john lewis act federal. the backdrop of all of this is the filibuster. if democrats can t find a way to kill it or to modify it, passing any kind of voting rights legislation will remain nothing more than a dream. joining me now to discuss, judith brown dianis and dean obeidallah, msnbc daily columnist and host of sirius xm s the dean obeidallah s ....
. we are ten days from the negotiated deadline to remove troops from afghanistan. the situation remains chaotic. they are trying to flee the country. more than ry20,000 people have beenpl evacuated so far, and th includes approximately 2500 americans. this morning,te president biden met with his national security team. they discussed the security situation inis afghanistan, and counterterrorism operations. the government says the kabul airport is security. nearly 6,000 troops are nationed there. however, nbc learned the u.s. is tracking threats from isis against americans and others trying to reach kabul. the military is trying to find an alternate path. despite the challenges on the ground, president biden made this promise yesterday. let me be clear. any american who wants to come home, wets will get you home. meanwhile, the bipartisan group of governors has committed to taken in afghan civilians. sponsor cotts wrote to biden tuesday, and offered to resist. g ....