u.s. capitol police say the force is closely monitoring plans for gathering september 18th. associated press say sources show extremist groups plan to attend the rally, designed to demand justice for the hundreds of people charged in connection with january s insurrection. the associated press adds that discussions are under way about whether to reinstall the fence put up around the capitol after the riot, and politico reports that new court filing shows prosecutors who reviewed body cam footage concluded the rioters committed more than 1,000 assaults on federal officers. in texas, ban on abortion after six weeks is raising fears about the future of roe v. wade. new measure is strictest state level abortion ban that went into effect after the supreme court did not act on a request to block it. private individuals can sue anyone who performs an abortion or helps a woman obtain one. white house wasted no time in voicing objections to the ban. this extreme texas law blatantly
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
purchased by americans for the afghan army, the one that collapsed into recent days. today the white house is responding to those painful images of human suffering, here is national security adviser jake sullivan at this afternoon s white house briefing. president biden and all of us as i said in my opening comments are heartbroken by the human consequences that have unfolded and could continue to unfold in afghanistan. we believe passionately in human rights and human dignity and we want to work with the international community to advance that wherever we can, but president biden was not prepared to have american men and women continue to fight and die in the civil war of another country in order to achieve that. we will use every other tool at our disposal to achieve that and we will do so day after day, month after month, in the period ahead on behalf of the people of afghanistan. we gave 20 years of american blood, treasure, sweat and tears in afghanistan, we gave them
about half a million of those people for the first time. we are also learning an explosive delta variant outbreak in provincetown, massachusetts, pushed the cdc to change mask recommendations for people who have been vaccinated. new data showed three-quarters of those infected in that outbreak were fully vaccinated, but, thankfully, full required hospitalization. the data also suggested vaccinated people could spread the virus. the data that we saw in massachusetts were corroborated in numerous other places, and that s when we knew we had to take action. meanwhile, more businesses are announcing mandates. broadway s theater owners and operators say audiences must be vaccinated and wear masks to attend performances when they resume in the fall. vaccines will be mandatory for walmart employees at its headquarters and disney says all salaried and nonunion employees will be required to receive a covid-19 vaccine. meanwhile, florida s governor is pushing back on mandates f
almost 1 million people got vaccinated. about half 1 million of those people for the first time. we re also learning that an explosive delta variant outbreak in province town, massachusetts push the cdc to change mask recommendations for people who have be three quartes of those infected in that outbreak were fully vaccinated. but thankfully, fuel required hospitalization. the data also suggested vaccinated people could spread the virus. the data that we saw in massachusetts work or operated in numerous other places and that s why we knew we had to take action. meanwhile more businesses are announcing mandates. broadway s theater and operators says audiences must be vaccinated and wearing masks to attend performances when they resume in the fall. vaccines will be mandatory for walmart employees and its headquarters. and disney says all salaried and employees will be required to receive a covid-19 vaccine. meanwhile, florida s governor is pushing back on mandates for mas