but i think what people want to hear from him is that we ll take care of our friends, we ll take care of our allies, and we ll do what we can for the afghan women and children who are now at such grave risk from the taliban. mike memoli who is standing by near camp david where the president spent the weekend, mike, knowing that we have probably less than a minute to go, what kind of situation can you give us from there? brian, what the white house wants to be today to be about is consistency, the consistency of a president who before that as a candidate for president, as a vice president and even as a senator was very clear in his view of the situation in afghanistan and that the task of nation building there was one that meant an endless commitment of u.s. blood and treasure, a commitment that he did not think would ultimately be mike, i m going to interrupt. here s the president. the unfolding situation in afghanistan. the developments that have taken place in the
arlette saenz also joins us along with cnn national security analyst andrea kendall taylor. let s go to you first, arlette. what are we expecting to hear from president biden in just moments? reporter: bianna, a short while ago, we saw ukraine prime minister denise sheal and said they met with president biden and national security advisers arlette, the president just walked in, so let s listen to him speak. sorry to keep you waiting a little bit. had the honor of spending some time with the ukrainian prime minister who s in town today and he is meeting with some of my cabinet members, including secretary of treasury and others. and we had a good discussion. i talked about what i m about to tell you about today, as well as thanking the american people for their support, understands it s significant and we talked about keeping everyone together in terms of europe, european union and others, in the effort to stop putin s brutality. but before i head out to the west coast
today at least four buses were able to leave that city. in the east, russian forces making incremental gains in the donbas region, in luhansk, the village of kreminna is under russian control. plus, massive shelling in kharkiv, it is intense but they have no plans to evacuate. later this hour, president biden is set to brief reporters on further u.s. security assistance to ukraine. we ll have more details on that in just a moment. let s begin with cnn correspondent matt rivers, he is reporting from lviv, in western ukraine. matt, mariupol is now on the brink of falling into russian hands as putin calls off storming the azovstal steel plant, instead ordering a blockade, so not even a fly could get through, his words. what more are we learning about that standoff? reporter: this is essentially vladimir putin declaring victory in mariupol, even though if victory would be capturing the entire city, that hasn t happened yet. putin himself has said that. even if the russians func
border patrol council are toque who art del cueto will join us on that. we began america reports this friday with june unemployment report beating expectation but still below pre-pandemic levels. with inflation still climbing. hello, i am in for sandra smith and rich, hello to you. good afternoon, i am in for john roberts. 372,000 jobs added last month in unemployment rate to study at 3.6% but record number of job openings persist with two jobs available for every unemployed person and there are still concerns over runaway inflation and new jobs report shows rising costs with average earnings. anita: meanwhile the president is taking heat for more than just the economy and some of his own party criticize him for a lack of action on guns and abortion. the president s last hour sending executive order to access to abortion and the move comes two weeks after the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. rich: mark meredith live on the beautiful lawn of the white house, mar
pictures of this extraordinary child that had as many dreams, hopes and aspirations as anyone else and they were just cut. i thank you, mark, for being with us. i really appreciate your time. thank you, jose. this is just an example that we solve this, we can do this. we can do it in a bipartisan way. it s the best way do this, as this country becomes more divided. this is such a great message to the country that we can do this and save lives this way. thank you. thank you, mark. appreciate it. that wraps up the hour for me. i m jose diaz-balart. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. right now on andrea mitchell reports, o.j. simpson, the superstar football player turned defendant in the most high-profile murder trial in american history has died of cancer at age 76. a look at the individuals who could be called as witnesses starting monday in president trump s hush money case. arizona s abortion ruling. m