Airport, the president said this. No the best of our knowledge, the taliban Check Points are letting through people showing american passports. Now, thats a different question when they get into the Rush And Crowd of all the folks just outside the wall near the airport. Thats why we had, yesterday or the day before, we went over the wall and brought in, how many . 169 americans. Sgr right now at Kabuls Airport, were told some flights have resumed after no planes took off for ten hours. Thousands of people there still stranded. Soldiers on the runway told cnn that 10,000 people had their Paper Work processed and ready to go but they were stuck in the Blistering Sun after the country they were being evacuated to said they reached Capacity And K could handle no more. The United Arab Emirates will host 5,000 afghans on a temporary basis after a request from the united states government. They are scrambling to enlist over nations to accept evacuees. We are waiting for this briefing. How do
Cant guarantee safe passage to kabul. The pentagon saying it has not dispatched troops to retrieve them, despite reports of beatings at taliban check points. At least a dozen people are reported killed in and around the airport in the four days since the taliban takeover. The u. S. Is ramping up the Evacuation Efforts but the numbers fall short in the race to safety. And heres the Human Face of the stakes involved. Small afghan child asleep on the floor of a military Cargo Plane as it leaves kabul. That child draped in a coat from a u. S. Air force member. What happens to those still trapped . Those terrified to the taliban now ruling the country. Denial of a Wall Street Journal report that he ignored advice to leave behind enough troops to prevent the chaos. Your top military advisers wanted you to keep about 2500 troops. No, it was split. That wasnt true. That wasnt true. They didnt tell you they wanted troops to stay . No. Not in terms of whether we were going to get out in a timefr
Office. Joining me now is kristin welker and garrett on capitol hill. First, what about the meeting with the senator republicans. He is going to talk about the order he signed yesterday which is aimed at strengthening the nation s infrastructure as it is aimed as protecting against these attacks. I. T. Companies who work in partnership with the government will alert the government if they believe there has been a hack. And it calls for government agencies to try to shore up their infrastructure and supplies to ensure they are guarded against these type of attacks. This is an executive order and only goes so far. He will talk about what the government is doing. Then he will call on people not to the hoard gasoline while this is getting back online and while gasoline is becoming more readily available in the wake of what has really been a crisis in some areas. In terms of the meeting later today with republicans, at the forefront of that will be infrastructure. Republicans, white house,
And the meteorite that landed outside a family home in gloucestershire, about to go on public display at london s natural history museum. The israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has warned that israel s biggest offensive against hamas in gaza in years is not over yet. Palestinians in northern gaza have been fleeing the israeli bombardment. Rockets were fired by militants towards israel from the territory for a fifth day. At least 122 people in gaza have been killed, and nine have died in israel since fighting began on monday. Our middle east editor, jeremy bowen reports now from jerusalem. It s ugly and angry on the streets and towns shared byjews and arabs in israel. They have the same id papers and not much else in common. Police broke down the door of a family in haifa. They deny accusations their sons were attacking jews. The police say their officers behaved correctly. The father, the imam of a mosque, and his two sons were arrested for attacking police officers. The woman w
atlanta. rand paul joins us as well. he wants to know how coke and delta and microsoft can get around uighur concentration camps in china. they do big business there every year but want to cancel a voter law in passed in georgia by the house and the senate but duly elected representatives in the state of georgia. later today, an arizona school is proposing an equity plan as an essential part of the elementary school curriculum for all the little kids in their school system. that s facing a wrath of some parents and they re standing up to classroom craziness. i m hispanic. never once have they come home and said that they felt victimized or discriminated against because of their race or ethnicity. martha: that s the voice of a mom of five children in that district. she joins us exclusively this hour. we begin in georgia with governor brian kemp. great to have you here. first all, i want to ask you about the new development that the texas governor says that he won t throw o