President biden addressing the Nation Today Telling Americans The War In Afghanistan is now over and marking the end of americas longest war. The president vigorously defending his decision to completely withdrawal u. S. Troops in the chaotic final days as the United States Military airlifted more than 120,000 people out of kabuls airport. Tonight, more than 1 Million people along the gulf coast, mostly in louisiana without power after hurricane idas devastating blow but wide Spread Power outages could last for weeks amid excessive heat and a restrictive State Abortion Law could take Effect Tonight in texas. If its not blocked by the courts, it could effectively end Roe V wade. I want to go to John Harwood now and also political commentator charlie dent. Gentlemen, thank you for joining us. Apr appreciate it. John, President Biden delivering a forceful defense withdrawing not giving an inch to his critics. What is the strategy here . Don, think what you saw today was part Strikeategy A
Unfolded. Thats one headline from his address to the nation today. One thats of immediate importance, especially in a domestic political sense. The other headline could be far longer reaching with much greater impact on how this country maintains its presence in the world and at what cost in dollars and lives of american service members. Namely, the president s commitment to avoid fighting another war like the one he just ended. Well talk about both tonight. Today new polling from Pew Research showed that americans by a 12point margin, 54 to 42 , approved of the decision to withdraw. However, as the president s overall handling of the situation, 42 said the president did poorly. Substantially more than those who rated it either fair, good or excellent. This part of his remarks spoke to that. Let me be clear. Leaving August The 31st is not due to an arbitrary deadline. It was designed to save american lives. My predecessor had made a deal with the taliban. When i came into office, we fa
Good evening. We have two breaking stories tonight. Each, with considerable impact now. And one almost certainly for years to come. There is the aftermath of Hurricane Ida and Rescue Operations underway right now. Zwlf zwlf zwlfrmgts. First, though, this countrys 20year War In Afghanistan is over. With the last C17 Transport lifting off just one minute before the President S selfimposed August 31st deadline arrived in kabul. He will be addressing the nation tomorrow. The Secretary Of State spoke just a short time ago, and addressed the issue of americans remaining in afghanistan. We believe there are still a small number of americans, under 200, and likely closer to 100 who remain in afghanistan and want to leave. We are trying to determine exactly how many. Were going through manifests and Calling And Texting through our lists, and well have more details to share as soon as possible. Our commitment to them and to all Americans In Afghanistan and everywhere in the world continues. The
Or thank you all for your service, because so many of these afghans, tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, have worked closely, have fought alongside and have died alongside American Military Service Men And Women over the past 20 years. And so i do think you will likely get some kind of response from afghanistan as the news of that speech trickles out, jake. So, dana bash, President Biden 13 days ago said that they would get every american out by August 31st and would stay longer if every american wasnt out. Obviously events overtook them. There was a Terrorist Attack, and the president said that it was the unanimous advice of his military and civilian advisers to withdraw August 31st. He said in addition in his speech just now that 90 of the americans who wanted to get out would get out and the administration was still going to work on getting them out, just not through military means. How do you think politically the american people are going to respond to that . It depen
Huge path of damage, but the Wrecking Power is obvious. Just look at this video. Listen to the winds. Flooding is widespread. Some areas could get 20 inches of rain. More than a half million homes and businesses are without power. That number is sure to climb, and officials say it could take weeks to fully restore power. The Levee System in New Orleans was vastly upgraded after katrina and is holding as of now. South of New Orleans, the Rainfall And Storm surge have pushed water over a levee in plaquemines parish. A Flash Flood Emergency is in effect, and residents are urged to seek higher ground. Lets begin our coverage with cnns jason carroll. Hes in houma, louisiana, not far from where the Storm Made Landfall. What are you experiencing, jason . Reporter well, pamela, just within the past hour, weve seen Emergency Crews For The First Time make their way through the Parking Lot beside me. So thats some indication that perhaps, you know, this storm the eye of the storm is finally makin