We will get you home. He says he s making the same commitment to evacuate afghan allies of the united states. In his most extensive comments yet, the president seemed less defensive as he addressed the danger and the chaos since the taliban takeover. Tonight there is new confirmation that americans in afghanistan have been beaten by the taliban. The defense secretary lloyd austin sharing that information with u. S. Lawmakers. Cnn crews have also witnessed taliban violence escalating in the afghan capital, making a desperate situation worse by the hour. Our correspondents and analysts are standing by covering every angle of this breaking story. First, let s go to jeremy diamond over at the white house. Je jeremy, the president made very specific promises today about the evacuation. That s right, wolf. Five days after the taliban took control of kabul, president biden clearly trying to show he is getting the situation under control, also showing some more of his trademark empathy, talkin
Facing fierce criticism of his handling of this us withdrawal. We will look at one other straying today s programme, the devastating earthquake in haiti. At least 1300 people are now thought to have died in that 7. 2 magnitude quake. Injuly, president biden was asked if the taliban seizing power was inevitable once us troops left. The likelihood there is going to be at taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely. And owning the whole country is highly unlikely and owning the whole country is highly unlikely. Now, though, in au:ust, these are pictures of the taliban in the presidential palace. They are in power, president ghani has fled the country and the afghan military largely offered no resistance. Injuly, president biden was asked whether he saw any parallels between the us withdrawal from afghanistan now and the infamous moment in us history its rushed withdrawal from saigon in vietnam in 1975. Zero. What you have his entire brigades break
february and that the nominee will be a black woman. the person i will nominate will be someone of extraordinary qualifications, character, experience, and integrity. that person will be the first black woman ever nominated to the united states supreme court. it s long overdue, in my view. i made that commitment during the campaign for president, and i will keep that. in the end, i will nominate a historic candidate, someone who s worthy of justice breyer s legacy and someone, who like justice breyer, will provide incredible service on the united states supreme court. breyer s announcement today takes his relationship with the president full circle in a way. then senator biden presided over breyer s confirmation hearings in 1994. let s go now to cnn white house correspondent m.j. lee. the president, he made it clear he s not chosen his nominee to the court yet. so, what happens now? reporter: that s right. though it is clear that the search has already begun, choosing a
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