Plus, the new spy games. A warning from the fbi about where china and russia are looking to recruit new spies in the united states. Welcome to the lead. I m jake tapper. And we start today with our world lead. President biden addressing the crisis in afghanistan this afternoon admitting that he does not know how many americans are left in the country or where they are located, but pledging to use every available resource to get not only u. S. Citizens but afghan allies out of afghanistan in what would be one of the biggest airlifts in world history. Any american who wants to come home, we will get you home. I cannot promise what the final outcome will be or what it will be or that it will be without risk of loss. But as commander in chief i can assure you i will mobilize every resource necessary. The pentagon says that evacuation flights have now resumed in kabul after being paused for around eight hours today. That s because the biden administration was scrambling to try to find other
The united states and all around the world. I m paula newton. Coming up on cnn newsroom. A tropical storm threatens searchandrescue efforts at the surfsidetower collapse in florida. We will have a liveweather update on the conditions. Plus, england prepares to loosen its covid restrictions. Even as the country s prime minister warns, the pandemic is far from over. And a surge in gun violence over the holiday weekend in the u. S. Leading at least 150 people dead and many searching for answers. At this hour, searchandrescue crews in surfside, florida, are keeping a close eye on tropical storm elsa moving across the gulf of mexico, at this hour. Now, the miami area is not expected to take a direct hit. That s good news. But the thing is that heavy rain and gusty winds could complicate the search for survivors, in that deadlybuilding collapse. The storm comes just as rescue teams got a major boost in their efforts. Cnn s leyla santiago explains. Reporter: the controlled demolition of the r
Building before the collapse. We will go to the conference when it starts. Today president biden is hitting the road to sell the infrastructure deal, but is the bigger sell in washington. The house select committee to investigate january 6th is taking shape. If you think it s too early to talk 2024, think again. Some bigname republicans are making moves. So where does the former president fit in. Answers from voters in iowa might just surprise you. Day six of search and rescue efforts at the collapsed condo building. Nobody has been pulled out alive since thursday. And msnbc s mike memorandaly is covering the white house. 11 people are dead, 150 still missing. What can you tell us about what first responders are doing on the ground in the larger efforts to investigate the collapse? chris, good morning. It s a twofold push. Search and rescue mission nonstop. This is a search and rescue mission. Every official here will stress that. They are not calling it a recovery mission just yet, be
britain s prince philip will be buried at st. george s at windsor castle. we ll see a powerful scene, the queen remembering her husband of 73 years. today is about prince philip. it is about is mourning his loss. well, good morning to you on this saturday. this is boris sanchez. good morning, christi paul, good to see you as always, it is saturday, april 17th. it is indeed. we want to show you what we re seeing across this country overnight. frustration. frustration with the cycle of shootings, frustration of the balance between black and brown people. and balance of issues promising but so far failing. later, we ll have the latest on the mass shooting in indianapolis as we learn more about the eight victims there. but first, we want to look at a tense end to a sixth night in brooklyn center, minnesota, over the killing of daunte wright, please forcefully clearing out the crowd when protesters were shaking a fence and throwing objects at officers. it s not onl
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