Servicemen in women have alread left for the pentagon confirmin today the u. S. After that augus no longer control the airport they re pretty cute the president says all americans an afghan allies will be evacuated if they want to leave. But the taliban is blocking man afghans and likely americans from reaching the airport. In just moments we will hear from on the and standing by to join us in moments for it. We look forward to all of that and kick off fox team coverage for you at this hour. Retired fourstar general jack keane is standing by, but first to jennifer griffin who is life at the pentagon for as. We have learned during the pentagon reaping last night the u. S. Military launched another helicopter rescue mission in kabul to get roughly 1020 americans to the airport is the third time this type of rescue mission has been launched despite the pentagon insisting the taliban are granting safe passage to american spirit. Last night during the darkness, there was an operatio to go o
20,000 people still waiting to be evacuated. Plus, the fda could give full approval to a covid vaccine for the first time today, and it can t come soon enough with deaths and hospital admissions rising in the u. S. And from deadly floods in tennessee to tropical storm henri, hitting parts of the u. S. Northeast. We will discuss the impact climate change is having on extreme weather. Well, a week after the fall of kabul, close to 20,000 people are still waiting to be evacuated out of the afghan capital s airport. A source says new restrictions means only americans and u. S. Green cards and nato citizens are being admitted into the airport, while special visas are not. This comes as joe biden says there is active talk about extending u. S. Troop presence in the country past the deadline at the end of this month. But it s not clear if the taliban will play ball. We are working diligently to make sure we have increased the ability to get them out. We have changed the gate operations and th
Dealing with two major unfolding crisis. Any moment now pentagon press secretary john kirby will hold his second briefing of the day on the situation in afghanistan. We ll bring that you to live when it begins. This comes as the pace of evacuations picks up. The pentagon saying at least 16,000 people were taken out during a 24hour period. But, there are new concerns about security outside the kabul airport after the german military said one afghan soldier was killed and three others were wounded in a gun fight that did involve u. S. Troops. The president did get some good news on the coronavirus pandemic today. The food and drug administration gave fool approval to pfizer s vaccine. Now he hopes this will change the minds of people who have been hesitant to get the shots until full approval. The moment you ve been waiting for is here. It s time for you to go get your vaccination. Get it today. Vaccination is free. It s easy. It s safe. And it s effective. On capitol hill, the house is
America s longest war. President biden described scenes in kabul as gut wrenching. Citizens taking desperate and dangerous measures at the airport to try to free the taliban. Let s begin over at the white house. Jeremy is standing by. Jeremy, the president had little choice but to address the nation just a little while ago. As this crisis continues to explode on his watch. Reporter: no doubt, wolf. From the moment that the world witnessed the stunning collapse of the u. S. Backed government in kabul, it was clear that this was a moment that president biden was going to need to explain what exactly happened and how this rushed u. S. Exit ha chaotically at the airport in kabul. The president admitted he was caught off guard, but the president ultimately making clear that he stands by his decision. He has no regrets and he did not want to hand this u. S. War effort to a fifth president. I am president of the united states of america. And the buck stops with me. Reporter: tonight president
Country. Joining me now, ali arouzi nbc correspondent. Ali, thank you for being here. To start things off, could you tellrt us the reaction in teher to what s happening on their border? reporter: well, it s a mixed bag, jonathan, from teheran. Traditionally iran is ideologically opposed to the taliban. They are suni, the iranians are shi a and they never read off the same hymn sheet. As history has always told us, your enemy s enemy is your friend, and they are an enemy of the united states and iran is welcoming a large swath of u. S. Troops disappearing from their border. And we ve also seen extraordinary scenes, jonathan, of afghan military personnel pouring acrossta the border int iran in advance vehicles with advanced equipment. No doubt provided to them by the united states which the iranian defense ministry will be very happy to get their hands on. That s the military side of it. The humanitarian side of it is that the iranians have opened up three border crossings on this very p