Us that the war has ended. And they can put out the picture of the last soldier, they say. But we all know it isnt over. Okay . Two reasons. Now, what we do know that is true is that america has lost the last clear chance to cut a different deal. Or to maintain a force in afghanistan until everyone is out or to reclaim the Bagram Air Base to secure exits, and to keep an eye on one of the most, if not the most, fertile Terror Spots in the world. So, you can say this has ended. But its certainly not over. Two reasons. First, the immediate. As many as 200 americans are still there. And, look, i ever never trusted the numbers, not because im cynical. Im just being skeptical from a practical perspective. I dont know how they know how many people there are on the ground. And they have said, themselves, even at the white House Level that they cant be sure. So they say 200. 100. 200. Americans are still on the ground who wanted to get out and couldnt. An unknown number of families who believed
Many of them, spending time at my mothers. My mother has a generator. My brotherinlaw doesnt. Hes lost power. He and my nieces. They still dont have power. They havent had it, i think, since yesterday. Its going to be a while. And its going to be a while that they are going to get it back. My sister, finally, got Power Pack to her home. But i am just grateful they are all okay but so many others are in situations that are far worse than my family. And i think that were going to find that its worse than we know right now once we start to get to the areas where there is no power once they start finding people. Um, people have been displaced. But the hurt that, you know, is the the need is great. And chris, we havent even mentioned on top of that, crovi. Hospitals overrun with covid patients and some of them on backup generators. Its a mess on top of a mess on top of a mess. You know, i got to tell you, though. Not to get, like, deep. But it does make me wonder if you know, if you think a
Experiencing today, you seen it experienced in jerusalem for thousands of years. For the jews, jerusalem is where solomen built the temple. People who have said to conquer the world swept through the city. No other individuals changed the landscape in the way Herod The Great did. Solodyn, the british badly wanted to control the holly land. For israelis if you dont know it in its complexity, it is hard to understand it today. The past is never dead. It is jerusalem. Solody s 725 years have past. By 1914, the world have under gone a drastic transformation, fuelled by the rise of technology and industrialization. But, World War i threatens the entire Globe And Jerusalem lies directly in its path. The time of the first World War, jerusalem is occupied by The Ottoman. The church thats been there for A Hundred years. The mideast lost egypt. They have turkey, some parts of Southern Bulgaria and eastern greece and what is Today Palestine and lebanon and arabia. They became really the third par
For the jews, jerusalem is where solomon built the holy temple. For christians, this is the place where jesus was crucified. For muslims, jerusalem is where the prophet muhammed made the night journey. People who are said to have conquered the world have swept through this city. No other individual changed the landscape in the way that Herod The Great did. Saladin was determined to take on the christians and throw them out of jerusalem. At a time of ottoman Islamic Rule, the british badly wanted to control the holy land. The main case of the arabs is against the british Government Policy in palestine. We are the only people in the world homeless and stateless. For israelis, the creation of the state of israel is seen as a miracle. And of course for the palestinians, its a great disaster. The history of jerusalem, a very complicated story. And if you dont know it in its complexity, its very hard to understand whats going on there today. The past is never dead. And if there is a city in
Ahead on Cnn News room. Its not going to be good. Were going in a wrong direction. Vaccine hesitancies fuelling the surge in cases and hospitalizations across the United States. Making it even more urgent to get more americans to get the shot. A Changing Mood in japan. The olympics spark optimism despite months of coronavirus restrictions. Were Live In Tokyo for you this hour with the latest details. And china plays the Blame Game during a diplomatic visit by a top u. S. Diplomat. Happy monday. Now the United States seeing a sharp rise in new infections. The Delta Variant spreads and Vaccination Rates fall. Less than half of americans are fully vaccinated. In the reach herd immunity. Its at least 70 of the Population Need vaccines. The majority of u. S. More than 50 new incovid infections last week. In a sea of dark red. Top Health Expert Dr. Fauci said the most pressing need now is to get shots in arms. Take a listen. Look historically at the model that has been done over the last 18