President biden addressing the nation today telling americans the war in afghanistan is now over and marking the end of america s longest war. The president vigorously defending his decision to completely withdrawal u. S. Troops in the chaotic final days as the united states military airlifted more than 120,000 people out of kabul s airport. Tonight, more than 1 million people along the gulf coast, mostly in louisiana without power after hurricane ida s devastating blow but wide spread power outages could last for weeks amid excessive heat and a restrictive state abortion law could take effect tonight in texas. If it s not blocked by the courts, it could effectively end roe v wade. I want to go to john harwood now and also political commentator charlie dent. Gentlemen, thank you for joining us. Apr appreciate it. John, president biden delivering a forceful defense withdrawing not giving an inch to his critics. What is the strategy here? don, think what you saw today was part strikeateg
lawn. the announcement comes after blowback from progressives and moderates after president biden declined to raise the refugee camp last month. to the white house insisting that this was always the plan and not an example of president biden being pressured into something, but this has been the subject of intense debate here at the white house with president biden himself acknowledging that part of the reason he was initially reluctant to keep his campaign promises and raise the refugee cap was because of the migrants at the border. now by announcing the rays of the refugee cap 62,500 this fiscal year, the president put out a statement saying this erases the historically low number set by the previous administration of 15,000 which did not reflect america s values as a nation that welcomes and supports refugees. now in addition to accusations that the biden administration is bound to progressives in terms of raising the refugee cap his administration is also facing accusati
review is announced. the times reports there are plans to let ministers throw out legal rulings they do not like. and it s brexit on the daily express front cover saying uk companies will be able to compete on a level playing field. white neck feels like an old headline, doesn t that? with the read is that, though, perhaps, or not. let s start tony, with the telegraph. more than 300,000 people housebound have not had their boosterjabs. we are all being encouraged to get them, though. that seems to be encouraged to get them, though. that seems to be a encouraged to get them, though. trust seems to be a bit of an issue of who is going to go into peoples properties and give them their boosterjab. the government has offered gps £30 per household, but gps are not that keen on doing it, they have too much work to do. some areas have tried to sign up pharmacies and others have asked the st. john s ambulance for help. this is obviously a big chink in the armour where people wh
gop race for the white house, what he says about governor rhonda sanchez and former president trump. but first the marine that charged with the choke hold death of a black homeless man on new york city subway he has broken his silence. telling the new york post the killing of jordan he said and nothing to do with race but everything to do with the broken healthcare and criminal justice system. nate foy live with more on what he had to say. practice first interview since his may 12 arrest daniel penny told the new york post quote i judge a person based on their character. i am not a white supremacist. describing himself as a normal guy. he said of the men he killed while trying to protect others on the subway, that quote it s tragic what happened to him. hopefully we can change the system that so desperately failed us. he was on his way to the gym when he encountered jordan neely the marine vet did not go into specifics about what happened before he put neely in a choke ho