Liz Shuler Talks about the economy and jobs with the christian science monitor. She reflected on the being the first woman to lead the organization. The previous leader, Richard Trumka, died in august. All right. Im going to take my mask down so im more understandable, but we are thank you. Good morning, im linda feldman, Washington Bureau Chief of the christian science monitor. Before i introduce todays guest, president Liz Shuler of the aflcio, i would like to say a few words about her predecessor Richard Trumka who passed away earlier this month. Mr. Trumka used to appear annually at the Monitor Breakfast Right about now, right before Labor Day, in his 12 years as president. He came with copious talking points and tons of energy, ready for a hearty debate with us reporters. Some might say an argument. We used to knock heads a little bit. We miss him dearly. As i know you do very much at the aflcio. Now let me welcome Liz Shuler and start by saying how glad i am that were able to hav
Still there in the, quote, thousands. And the nun of unknown, unknown number of afghan allies who helped the u. S. In the War But Havent gotten out yet. Secretary of State Antoni Olympicen telling lawmakers the State Department is working on that last number, trying to estimate it. But experts familiar with the situation put that number in the tens of thousands. Yet, Secretary Blinken insisted today the u. S. Withdrawal from afghanistan was an extraordinary success. Blinken was grilled by republicans on the house foreign Affairs Committee this afternoon. That grilling has continued late into the day. Congressional Correspondent Aishah Hasnie starts us off tonight live from Capitol Hill. Good evening, aishah. Bret, good evening to you. Democrats tore into republican Questioning Tonight as republicans tore into blinkens decisionmaking calling for him to resign at one point and even questioning why he didnt show up to this hearing in person. Can you tell us where you are today . Yes, im a
Infection. Next slide. Now, if you look at the people who should benefit from this, this is a list from the fda and the Nih Treatment guidelines about all of the people who may have significant benefit from this type of therapy if given early in their infection. Im not going to go through each and every one of them, but as you can see, there are a number of conditions on this slide that could benefit from the monoclonal Antibody Treatment after infection. Theres also the benefit of prevention using Monoclonal Antibodies. We know now that the fda just a couple of weeks ago authorized the regeneron Monoclonal Antibody for post exposure, namely for the prevention of covid19 after someone has been exposed to a documented case. There are now studies in preexposure prophylactic. The treatment Guidelines Panel will give you all the information and its accessible on the website shown here. For physicians, patients and others who want to know how you can get Monoclonal Antibodies administered,
Get off the ground in planes but penned in at the Kabul Airport with taliban terrorists holding the ground around it. President biden will try to say something today. What will that be . Meanwhile, Fox News spoke exclusively with an afghan journalist what it is like watching her nation crumble. I had lots of dreams and lots of hopes. I am in a bad situation and im trying to find a way. It is not looking good here. There is lots of firing. [inaudible] no one could not fight taliban. Harris wow, if the Usa Cant do it, nobody can do it. The pentagon says more than 5,000 people have been evacuated from Kabul Airport over the last day. The grand total, 12,700 people since last saturday. And weve been told by the pentagon they are working and so is the State Department to get actual numbers of how many americans are still in afghanistan outside that airport. Senator Lindsey Graham says there will be a big price to pay if the evacuations are cut short. Were duty bound to get every american ci