Homeland again. We did that. We accomplished that objective. I said, among with others, we would follow Osama Bin Laden to The Gates Of Hell if need be. Thats exactly what we did, and we got him. With the Terror Threat now in many places, keeping thousands of troops grounded and concentrated in just one country at a cost of billions each year makes little sense to me and to our leaders. We cannot continue the cycle of extendsing or expanding our Military Presence in afghanistan, hoping to create ideal conditions for the withdrawal and expecting a different result. Im now the fourth United States president to preside over american Troop Presence in afghanistan. Two republicans, two democrats. I will not pass this responsibility on to a fifth. After consulting closely with our allies and partners, with our Military Leaders and intelligence personnel, with our diplomats and our development experts, with a congress and the Vice President as well as with mr. Ghani and many others Around The
Shimon prokupecz, take it away, what are you seeing . Reporter yes, so don, the Police Continue to fall these pepper balls at protesters who are still gathered here. As protesters get closer, they are firing these pepper balls and tear gas. Sorry, we are looking around and trying to stay out of the way. Plor Police Officers trying to clear this area. This is what they are doing. Theyre pushing people back and coming in. You can see there theyre making an arrest. This is ongoing now for over an hour now where the police have been and there you see shimon, can we listen in a little bit . Well move over this way. You need to move back now. Yes. Shimon is there on the ground shimon, are you getting tear gas . Reporter i am okay, it has been constant but it does not last very long because of the rain and the precipitation in the arir. Our crew and producer and Security Team all just been here for the last hour and this has been constant from the police here, the tear gas and flash bangs. Yo
Tape. A warning. This excerpt may be disturbing. Ill tase ya ill tase you. Taser, taser, taser tensions now high in minnesota over that widely deemed avoidable killing of Daunte Wright. This is what were seeing right now at 5 01 p. M. Local time. That area is bracing for another night of gatherings, of protests. There is a curfew in place. There are 2,000 National Guard troops already on the ground. There is intense interest around the nation when you track protests, gatherings and other cities. Today the mayor also held a 40 Minute Press Conference announcing taking full authority over the Police Department, firing the city manager and setting aside time during this presentation, during this tough time during the community to hear emotional pleas from the community. You wrap your arms around your kids every day. Every day. Im gonna need you to wrap your mind around it. Im going to need you to get informed. Im going to need you to put your boots on the ground and act like you care abou
Fredricka whitfield. We start this Easter Sunday with the race to vaccinate and efforts by Health Officials to ward off a new covid surge this at a time when americans are gathering to celebrate the holiday. Churches like st. Patricks cathedral in new york seeing long lines of people waiting to get in to attend mass at 50 capacity. Theres reason for optimism, more than 4 million vaccinations were administered in the u. S. On friday, setting a new record, and bringing the sevenday average past 3 million a day. However, the average of new cases is rising above 60,000 once again. And as the u. S. Closes in on 555,000 deaths from the Disease Health experts warn we are not in the clear just yet. At this time we really are in a Category 5 Hurricane Status with regard to the rest of the world. At this point we will see in the next two weeks the highest number of cases reported globally since the beginning of the pandemic. In terms of the United States were just at the beginning of this surge.
You, you know what. I think that was the only time you got me. That was good. Felt good. I bet it did. We needed a laugh, considering all tehats going o, dont you think . I will take any laugh i can get. We had some big developments today. Obviously, you have the hypocrisy down in texas of the governor saying we need a sanctuary for guns when really we need a sanctuary from guns. You have a shooting after he says it. You have in the chauvin trial, this is the critical phase. Damning. Substantial causal factor. The prosecutors have to show that what chauvin did caused the death of floyd, and caused has a specific meaning under law in every state, but specifically in minnesota. It doesnt have to be the only reason he died. See, thats the problem for the defense here. What about the drugs . What about the drugs . Even if you want to argue they may have weakened floyd from a medical perspective, it doesnt matter. Right. He could still have been the substantial cause of floyds death. That w