Tonight Cnn Learning that more than a dozen u. S. Diplomats signed a classified cable last month to the secretary of state, tony blinken, warning of potential catastrophe on the ground in afghanistan when the u. S. Withdraws. Its the exact same situation were seeing right now. Diplomats called for the swift evacuation of afghans who had swiftly left the u. S. Thats helping to fuel a heated debate over Mask Mandates in schools, and a man who said he had a bomb after an hourslong standoff at the capitol. The author of Joe Bi biden the life and the run and what matters now. What do you know . There were clearly people in the federal government who felt there was a greater urgency to the situation than the administration was reflecting. We see that in this state department memo, weve seen that in some of the leaks from the Intelligence Community suggesting that there were some dire predictions from within the Intelligence Community. Of course, President Biden and chief of staffs joint Chai
Tony blinken warning a catastrophe on the ground in afghanistan when the u. S. Withdraws. It is the situation we are seeing right now. The diplomat calls for a swift evacuation of afghanistan. The cdc reports covid19 for children reaching the highest as ever. D. C. Police arrested a man who he claims to have a bomb. Lets bring in John Harwood and author of Joe Biden, the life, the run and what matters now. John, the president is insisting the afghanistan withdrawal is going as well as it could have. But in the memo raises questions about his Administration Handling of it. What do you know . Well, look, theyre clearly people within the government who felt there was greater urgency to the situation than the administration was reflecting. We have seen it in the state department memo, we have seen it in the leaks of the Intelligence Community suggesting there were some dire prediction in the Intelligence Community, of Course President Biden and chief of Staff Milley had said that there was
Florida, on theirsearch and recovery efforts to find more than 150 people missing following that condo collapse. That search in day four, the death toll stands at nine. When that press briefing begins, we re going to bring it to you live. First up for us, infrastructures back from the brink. Several key republican senators making the rounds today to reaffirm their support after a comment from president biden nearly tanked their bipartisan deal. It was a surprise, to say the least, that those two got linked. I m glad they have now been delinked and it s clear that we can move forward with a bipartisan bill that s broadly popular. Mitch mcconnell wants infrastructure as much as anyone else. He wants jobs that this will create. I think leader mcconnell will be for it if it continues to come together as it is. Those are the republicans, but a number of progressive democrats now worry about the prospects of the second part of the deal, the socalled human infrastructure package. It will cost
Around $38 million. The pink diamond that s putting the sparkle back into the jewellery market we start with the travel business because there are hopes tourism can restart across europe this summer after a deal in brussels on thursday. The european union has agreed to bring in covid 19 certificates allowing free movement for travellers if they ve been vaccinated or had a recent negative test. The deal will allow the european parliament to vote on the plan next month in time for it to be introduced at the beginning ofjuly. The european parliament s negotiator on the deal was very excited at the prospect. You are vaccinated in a member state of the europe and union so the health system of your member state will provide you with a certificate, that is the new rule of the game and that certificate will do, that certificate will do, that certificate means you don t need a test every week, i am vaccinated. This certificate says so. I was vaccinated. Please let me in. So that we regain t
perspective, and anybody who knows, it is about more than laughs. he is known best for perhaps the realtime with bill maher. and he continues his comedy and touring cities with good reason. in his first appearance on tv in days after the 9/11 attacks, he asked the question, can we change? that question is hovering over our nation more than ever. it is a pleasure to welcome back to primetime and great to see you. that is a great intro. i didn t write it, but i read it like a champ. you did not talk about 9/11 and me being canceled. but it was pre-canceled. but it is a much more interesting question that you cited, can we change. that what you were getting to, and i believe in giving people the benefit of context, and i lived through what you talked about after 9/11 and someone who echoed and upped the ante of the u.s. military was donald trump and it worked out just fine with him, and remember him and bill o reilly and when o reilly was talking to him about put