Drone strike was [inaudible] was that the only option you guys used? was there any other option to stop that bomb in the vehicle in i will let the general i ll ask the general to provide context. Only thing i would say is that we ve used the word dynamic a lot. It sounds like pentagon speak. But that s really how the best way to describe the threats we re facing dynamic, moving, fluid, quick. Because that s how isisk operates. And we have to try to be as quick and nimble as they are. And when you have what we believe to be an imminent threat and we believe this to be an imminent threat we took the action we believed was the most necessary at the best opportunity to thwart that attack. Commanders will always minimize collateral damage. That is one of the key tenets of how we operate. In this case like mr. Kirby said, that this strike prevented a highprofile attack against both coalition u. S. Forces and other afghan civilians. And so as we look at the information that we had during the
That was the original deadline. It was the administration that decided to move that up and has now decided there isn t any available wiggle room or room to maneuver. We expect to hear from the president an explanation as to why that is as well as perhaps what he heard from some of the u. S. s closest allies who are involved in afghanistan operations and have said they can t stay any longer without the u. S. , which means they re now in a scramble to get out as well. We learned a short time ago that the u. S. Has begun withdrawing those last troops in afghanistan. Just a few hundred out at this point of the last 5,800 there that are there right now as part of the evacuation. The mission at this point remains that evacuation. It hasn t transitioned yet to the full withdrawal of those troops, but it ll be key at this point to watch how many evacuees are coming out. Is it again once above that 20,000 peak that we just saw? or do the numbers begin to come down either because there aren t t
I love new york. I love you. Everything i ve ever done has been motivated by this love. I would never want to be unhelpful in any way. I think that given the circumstances it s the best way that i can help no as if i step aside and let government kickback to governing. We are live up from albany with more on this developing story this afternoon. Good afternoon it s just incredible 45 minutes before th governor resigned his personal attorney came out and said the attorney general s report was full of errors and lacked evidence and then he came on an spoke saying he would resign essentially saying that he didn t test intended too sexually harass anybody he said the report was false and that h also really blames politics. I m a fighter. My instinct is to fight through this controversy. I truly believe it is politically motivated. His instinct was to fight but ultimately he listened to those around him telling him to resig and that is what he did. What happens now with impeachment? the art
Senator josh hawley love america act. If a school district get federal money you have to treat kids about the basis of the country the constitution and bill of rights. What america i do live in? america is the home of the glass slipper. Some of us had nothing and now it s like a cinderella story. Will steve: live in new york city looking at the boardwalk and the ferris wheel. This the is second ferris wheel we have had in a row on fox friends. Brian: a new record. Steve: i don t think we have ever done backtoback days. Yesterday it was the national wheel. Today it is the boardwalk in wildwood which as you can see they built bigger and better than ever. Rachel: looks fun. Steve: look who is here again today. Brian: how many days is this in a row. Rachel: i will be here through the weekend. Brian: how many outfits do you have. I know steve travels with one suit. Rachel: one reason i had like wardrobe yesterday going i need more clothes. Took care of that yesterday. Brian: keep us up to d
A thin veil of clouds out there, but nothing that i think is going to stop everything. 71 degrees, this doesn t have to take off at a certain time. It s not trying to catch up with the space station, it s going to go up and come down. We could delay it if we have to. Haze, fog, smoke and sky in the northeast, heavy rainfall in the southeast, and still, that monsoonal moisture in the desert southwest. New day continues right now. That s where i do the robot. With that music, i m not going to do it. I ll spare you, welcome to our viewers in the united states, and around the world, it s tuesday, july 20th. And it s all systems go for jeff bezos as they prepare for their 11 minute journey to the edge of space and back. The new rocket was positioned on the launch pad overnight, and it s now two hours and counting until lift off from west texas. Bezos will be joined by his brother and 18yearold from the netherlands and 82yearold female aviation pioneer, wally funk from texas. His rocket will