Dana taliban calls it a nonstarter. Who is calling the shots . Bill dana, the President Saying the u. S. Has expanded the perimeter around the airport. More on that in a moment as the u. S. Confirms that isis is taking full advantage of the chaos and plotting to kill americans who are trapped there. Dana team Fox Coverage. General Jack Keane, Trey Yingst the latest from the capital of Doha And Mark meredith is live At The White House for the update this morning. The White House insists it is making significant progress on the Evacuation Effort underway. Evacuating another 10,000 people or so. But there is also mixed messages coming from the White House with the president insisting this is not going to be easy and he says it is possible that u. S. Troops will have to stay on the ground in afghanistan longer than previously planned. President biden there are discussions going on among us and the military extending. Our hope is we wont have to extend. But there will be discussions, i susp
Plus, agony and anger. Doctors in india forced to hide from relatives of Covid Victims after a series of beatings. Welcome to the lead, everyone. Im jake tapper. We start with the health lead. The United States is turning a corner in the battle against coronavirus. Thats the declaration from a leading Infectious Disease expert today, the usually quite cautious epidemiologist Michael Olsterholm saying while there remains work to do, the u. S. , he says, should be celebrating the progress made thus far with vaccinations. One of the reason for his optimism . Record lows in the United States in the average of new daily cases, the lowest level since october. Covid hospitalizations, a low we havent seen consistently since last fall, and daily deaths from the virus, still tragically high, 776 deaths yesterday, but deaths have fallen to the lowest average since july of 2020. For context, there was a day just in january where we lost more than five times that number of americans to the virus in
Theyre actively seeking a viable candidate to challenge cheney in next years republican primary in wyoming. The trump loyalist expected to replace cheney is the number three House Republican. Representative elise sstefanik. Kn after more than a year we appear to be turning a corner. Reporter we sure do, wolf. Here in california early january, this were more than 20,000 people in the hospital fighting this virus. Today fewer than 2,000. As the governor just tweeted, turns out the vaccines work. Turns out the science works. Broadway tickets back on the things are only going to get better other summer. I feel extremely optimistic about where were headed. Reporter the covid19 daily Infection Rate across this country, the lowest its been in seven months. The models projected a sharp decline in cases by july 2021 and even faster decline if more people get vaccinated sooner. Reporter vaccinations the only number going the wrong way right now. Average daily doses down 20 in a week. The preside
That was the toll of this trial today. As you know, its midnight on the east coast, 11 p. M. In minneapolis. There is a sense of relief on the streets, but this is a trial that echoed not just across the country, but across the world. And this was the moment of truth. We the jury in the above entitled manner as to count one, unintentional Second Degree murder while committing a felony, find the defendant guilty. Count two, thirddegree murder perpetrating an imminently dangerous act, guilty. Count three, culpable negligence creating an unreasonable risk find the defendant guilty. So Derek Chauvin is guilty, but he still has to be sentenced. But he is likely to be behind bars for a very long time, convicted on all counts, including murder in the Second Degree. Chris, they ran them off one by one by one by one. The first day it took four hours. Second day today six and a half hours. Under leonardo hours that jury reached averdict. That is very quick considering what was at stake here. Rel
And nancy pelosi firmly believes that she believes it so strongly shes directing the Biden Administrationn to develop an urgent new plan to keep the border secure. In fact,t,ve not simply secure,t in the words of the new Legislation Section to wait invaluable Meaning Impossible Toecti Breach , walled up and buttoned down, bulletproof. Thats quite a border. But why wouldnt it be when it comes to borders . Nancy pelosi isnt messing aroundwhen. Are you surprised to hear this . Well, he may have misunderstood. Pelosi isnt talking about the u. S. Border, the one thats currently open. Shes talking about the Ukrainian Border, the one that actually mattersrs. The bill pelosi is promoting isk called the defending ukraines sovereignty act. Its purpose is to guarantee, quote, ukrainesrain sovereignt, independence and territorial integrity. These are the things ukra that l countries need. Wed love to have them here. But no, were going to have tot wait. Ukraine is ahead of us inwa the queue for sec