information on joe biden has pleaded guilty to a campaign finance charge. and for the second day in a row, a passenger plane left afghanistan and has now landed in qatar carrying americans and other foreigners trying to leave the country in the wake of the taliban takeover. this as america prepares to mark the 20th anniversary of one of the darkest days in our nation s history. the attacks on the world trade center and pentagon on september 11, 2001. we begin with the president sweeping plan to try to put an end to the coronavirus pandemic. joining us all to start this hour, nbc news correspondent steve patterson in north hollywood, california, nbc news white house correspondent and ceo of advancing health equity and msnbc medical contributor. great to have all three of you with us. mike, how is the white house responding to all of this pushback, mostly from the right and the threat of lawsuits and other actions aimed at trying to overturn its rules? the white house is real
of race can be called into question. this is all the result of decades of work, even longer. even the united daughters of the confederacy bullied school boards to teach white supremacist propaganda as u.s. history. the latest strategy according to the propublica pieces to seize control of the gop from the bottom up. galvanized by none other than steve bannon. you know that saying, good artist copy, and great artist steel, bannon is activating his army of trump worship-ing conspiracy theorist to swarmed the precincts. let s be clear, the precinct strategy is in bannon s brain child, this is simply as propublica notes something that he plucked out of obscurity. wait a minute, this strategy, maybe not so obscure, republicans have been flooding the election boards, school boards and local city county ranks for a long time. let s not forget there pinch off for purging the courts. it s just out in the open now. its use of intimidation has been truly unleashed. at this point, they a
work or longer. given the united daughter of confederacy fullied school boards to teach. the latest strategy is of propub propublica is to seize control. yes, bannon is activating his army to flood the lowest run of the party s infrastructure which is the precinct. this is simply as propublica notes that something he plucks out of obscurity. and let s not forget about their pension for purging the courts. it is just out in the open now. it is use of and thuggery had been truly unleashed. joining me now is corey belcher and adviser for the triple c. curt, you know steve bannon, he didn t come up with this. he definitely understood how to use this daughter of the confederacy time of politics to get people at the lowest level on board and start to recruit them from the school board on up. talk to us about that strategy and how closely is it align to maga or somehow separated or are they fused at this point? joy, i feel like you and i have been having this conversation for like
the president s national security advisor, jake sullivan. but first for our ongoing coverage we are joined by helene cooper, pentagon correspondent for the new york times, an msnbc contributor, former top state department official rick stengel, now also an msnbc political analyst and paul rieckhoff is here, founder of veterans of america and host of the podcast independent americans. helene, i start with you. if there s any question as to whether or not this president and this white house cease the criticism of this decision, i think it was answered by the president going right at this very sort of specific line of attack that you hear frankly from the right and the left. he talked about this, quote, we shoulda, coulda maintained a small force and not taken on any casualties. they felt it was important to knock that down. what did you make of the specifics that he had and the attempt to knock back the critics? hi, nicolle, thanks for having me. it was a clear effort to kn
one uk minister describing it as imminent and lethal. in just minutes president biden will meet with his national security team about this rapidly escalating situation. so far the u.s. has evacuated more than 101,000 people including 13,000 over just the last 24 hours. as for american citizens, the state department says 1500 are still in the country, including a third who have been in contact with our government. the white house says they are on track to wrap this up by the president s august 31 deadline. and the taliban is speeding things up, keeping crowds away from the airport. their spokesman telling nbc news that they will stay out of the way for now. translator: we don t want our countrymen to go to america. whatever they have done in the past, we have given them amnesty. we need young educated professionals for our nation. but if they want to leave, it is their choice. keep in mind an isis affiliate still poses an immediate threat to people in and around the airpor