A twoday trip on the west coast. His first trip to the region since taking office and the president will once again tie the extreme weather events that we ve been seeing across the country with the need to pass his infrastructure plan and the bigger broader economic agenda. President biden will be surveying the damage from the recent wildfires there which has burned millions of acres in several states this year. He will also campaign for governor gavin newsom ahead of tomorrow s recall vote that could decide newsom s political fate. This visit comes as so much of the president s domestic agenda is hanging in the balance. Top democrats have set a wednesday deadline to finalize a deal on the the massive $3. 5 trillion budget proposal but major differences between moderate and progressive democratic lawmakers is threatening to derail the whole thing. The wednesday deadline seems like a no go at this point. Let s start with john harwood at the white house. John, what is the white house loo
What s the 1 retinol brand used most by dermatologists? it s neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair® smooths the look of fine lines in 1week, deep wrinkles in 4. So you can kiss wrinkles goodbye! neutrogena® welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world, it is tuesday, august 31st. I m john berman. Brianna is off this morning. Chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins is here with me. Great to have you. Thanks for having me. You are here for a moment, 20 years in the making. Americans are waking up with no u. S. Troops in afghanistan. 20 years. So what does that mean? what s the legacy, not just of these last 20 days but of the last 20 years? president biden is set to address the nation this afternoon. The taliban this morning, celebrating withdrawal. A spokesman called it a historical day, a historical moment. New video shows taliban fighters just moments after the final u. S. Plane departed entering a hangar at the airport, checking out helicopters and other
I m kate bolduan in for erin burnett. A race against time. Six days left, up to 1500 americans are still on the ground in afghanistan according to the secretary of state tony blinken. As administration offered for the first time any concrete numbers of americans left to evacuate, blinken said the u. S. Does not know if all of them are looking to leave or are even still in afghanistan. These are dynamic calculations that we are working hour by hour to refine for accuracy. Blinken also saying at least 4500 americans have been evacuated so far. More than 500 in the last day alone. But those evacuations in kabul growing more dangerous by the day as cnn learns an isis affiliate wants to create mayhem at the airport and planning to carry out multiple terror attacks there. That s according to a u. S. Defense official who also tells our jim sciutto the concerns increase because of quote a very specific threat stream from isisk. Adding to those concerns, members of isisk escaped two prisons in
Officials here. So this is a remarkable logistical achievement set against this background of extraordinary negotiations between the united states and the taliban. The two leading belligerents up until the taliban conquest of kabul with the exception, of course, of the afghan government itself. With highlevel meeting now that we re going to hear more about with your guest just now, and ongoing fire fights. Last night until about 5:00 this morning from about 4:00 to 5:00, just off to the west here, there was very heavy exchange of small arms and mediumsize weapons fire. Went on for a long time. We don t know who was involved in that. We are also getting reports on the ground that the taliban have arrested five suspected isis members who were believed or alleged to have been filming possible targets in the capital city. And we are now seeing massive crowds of people trying to get to the qatari embassy downtown. Similar numbers of people not similar numbers, similar scale of people who ha
Schools. Fox and friends first continues right now. Todd: the musical. Jillian: one inch by one inch. We can see you that is. Todd: didn t mean to mess up the lights for that guy. You are watching fox and friends first on tuesday morning. Jillian: good to see you this morning. The crisis at the southern border, major reversal from the biden administration is that migrant families who don t qualify for asylum will be expelled. Jillian: todd: what this means as covid cases by, migrants. With little notice or explanation, a statement resuming a beer a policy that accelerates the procedure for moving families saying certain family units were not able to be expelled under title 42 will be placed in expedited removal proceedings, the biden harris administration is building a safe, orderly and humane immigration system. That was welcome news to texas lieutenant governor dan patrick. Much too little too late, they are worried about covid, right now a lot of these people are coming from guatema