Calls a stab in the back. And theres the continuing fallout from the chaotic u. S. Withdrawal from afghanistan after 20 years of war, including that mistaken Drone Strike last month that killed ten afghan civilians, including seven children. In an exclusive interview with Savannah Guthrie on the today show, british prime Minister Boris Johnson repeatedly refused to criticize bidens handling of the withdrawal. Its never going to be an easy thing to do, to pull out of somewhere like afghanistan after 20 years, in a clean and straightforward way. Your own diplomats were stranded in kabul. We have that mistaken Drone Strike. Are you frustrated that the u. S. Withdrawal was so botched, frankly . I think that it was ami logistical success, what they did. Great pain and extraordinary possibility. We have lost so much to this devastating pandemic, that continues to claim lives Around The World and impact so much on our existence. Were mourning more than 4. 5 million people. People from every n
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Many miss. Vice president kamala harris is on a dip matic offensive in southeast asia in an effort to deepen ties with allies and counter china s influence. Good to have you with us. Amid scenes of cay chose at kabul s airport, joe biden said the deadline to pull all u. S. Troops from afghanistan may be postponed and it depends on progress evaluating americans and afghans who helped the war effort. The airport remains the epicenter of a desperate attempt by thousands to flee the taliban. On sunday, mr. Biden said a number of changes have been made to ease evacuations. There s little sign that the number of people waiting to get out is decreasing. Increase the ability to get them out. We have changed the gate operations and the whole range of things. That s why we ve been able to significantly increase the number of people we re getting out. Has the taliban agreed to we ve discussed a lot with the taliban. They ve been cooperative in extending some of the perimeter. It remains to be see
Expected to authorize a third vaccine shot, a booster for people who are immunocompromised which may include people undergoing cancer treatments or organ transplants or hiv. Pfizer working with moderna to provide a booster for those people with immunocompromised individuals. It is about to assure the most vulnerable who may need an enhanced vaccine to help their immune system. And meantime, the headlines from covid from the south have gone from bad to bleak. Wrap your head around this, 40% of the new covid hospitalization, and 40% are coming from florida and texas alone. And now more people hospitalized with the covid in florida than there were in new york during the worst of the worst last year. So many overflowing e. R. S and icus that one florida county is asking residents to use 911 sparingly. And they are asking the federal government for ventilators, too. And in texas, one hospital is setting up tents outside in texas in august outside. And they are asking for nurses to come to t
Member of the new york times editorial board, mara gay. And white house reporter for the associated press, jonathan lemire, doing double duty this morning. So a couple of things. First of all, it s june. I mean, come on. Where did oh, my god. I m sorry, when did that happen? i thought we were like middle of february. No. Really, i need to reed the paper a little bit more. Check the calendar. And let s look on set. This is incredible. Look at this shot, joe. Here we are all the time at the top of our apartment building at 30 rock. Never left new york. But look at that, onset, and we ll see you there i think at some point. How was memorial day? willie, how was your memorial day? what did you do? unfortunately, i spent most of it watching the yankees be swept by the lowly detroit tigers and plummet to 5 1/2 games back in the al east. So it was a cold, rainy memorial day here in the new york renal. It s been a year and a half since we ve had a group this big around the table. So things are