when this senseless war began, ukraine was a free country. today, it is still a free country and the war will end with ukraine remaining a free and independent country. russia will not prevail! ukraine will prevail. the north atlantic treaty organisation was founded 75 years ago, after the end of world war ii, by the us, canada and several western european nations as a collective security alliance against the soviet union. nato has expanded its goals over the years, including tackling climate change and cyber attacks. since russia s fullscale invasion, sweden and finland have joined the alliance and it is expected that ukraine will as well but not all nato members agree on the country s membership. importance of women s rights and security was highlighted at the conference on tuesday. the us secretary of state said they would commit more than $7 million in protective gearfor female ukrainian soldiers. a spokesman briefed officials on the security of woman and talked about the
the united states and around the world. in is early start. i m christine romans. i m laura jarrett. it s 5:00 a.m. here in new york. the breaking news this morning is hurricane ida. one person already confirmed dead. more than a million people without power as the storm slows to a crawl over louisiana. deputies responding to a scene in prairieville, louisiana sunday evening. found a tree had crashed into a home killing the storm s first victim. all of new orleans parish, including new orleans, now in the dark after catastrophic damage to the transmission system. the power company said some of the customers could be without electricity for weeks. there s extensive flooding across the state. the levies have overtopped around the town of john will feoff. here is the lieutenant governor. when you see the boats and ves vessels bouncing around out of port fourchon, the wind that has broken those vessels loose and just tossing around like small coins. we haven t seen anything
that s going to do it for us tonight. we will see you again tomorrow come hell or high water. now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. we ll continue the gram news fame here but will have good news in this hour and actually, good news on the vaccination rate in one small town in the south where the state has the lowest vaccination rate in the country but this one small town is a remarkable success story, thanks to one retired woman there who took it on herself to get the town vaccinated. it s really an amazing story. we ll do that later in the hour. that is exactly the kind of story i need on a day like this and on a night like this. i m going to sit here and watch it. thank you for finding that story and b, thank you for telling me that s ahead. that s what i need. that s what is coming up. thank you, rachel. thanks, lawrence. what could become one of america s enduring lies to itself about afghanistan is being given birth on live tv these days. l
against the pandemic. millions of school children head back into the classroom just as the virus rages back. we ll talk about the mixed messaging coming from the same people who should be setting an example good morning and welcome to morning joe, it is monday, august 16th. joe is traveling this morning. big news this morning. complete collapse. 20 years after the united states toppled the taliban regime in afghanistan. the group is on the verge of retaking political power. taliban forces entered the capital of kabul on saturday continuing a blitz that has seen insurgence capture more than half of afghanistan s 34 provincial capitals. the group overtook police posts and gained control of the bagram airfield yesterday. afghans pled the airport looking to escape the violence only to find flights suspended over reported gun fire. one person able to escape was the country s president who said he left to, quote, prevent a flood of bloodshed. we know the embassy in kabul has been
tonight on the mehdi hasan show, do these people look like tourists to you? knew the gop would rewrite history, didn t know would be this soon. i ll talk to former top trump white house official who accepts the election results. conversation ahead. plus many of us have seen this haunting video, congresswoman jayapal hiding. what s her message to republicans who want to move on. israeli/palestinian conflict into the lighting up, what do americanuish people think. jeff bezos is rich enough to buy his yacht a yacht. interview with brad stone. good evening, gaslighting is attempt to make one question one s own memory, perception and judgment. to make someone think they might be crazy for having ever thought otherwise. begin tonight asking you this, what do you remember about what happened in nation s capital on january 6th. lot of us predicted that republicans would try to rewrite the history to some extent of what happened that day, what we didn t expect or i didn t was