Promised to continue the evacuation of american citizens and afghan partners. We will rescue americans. We will get our afghan allies out. Our mission on the line from america will not be intimidated. Some lawmakers were not convinced by what the president said. We know that his heart is empty, his head is empty and it is costing our lives. Trace: the latest on what is happening in afghanistan, let s bring in senior foreign affairs, amy on the line with montes, amy. Hi, trace, of course, the casualty numbers are changing. At this point, we are saying 13 american service personnel lost their lives. Unnamed taliban official is saying 28 people from that organization were killed and afghan hospitals this morning are saying 72 civilians, afghan civilians were killed and despite the deteriorating security situation, trace come evacuations are continuing this morning. Some countries have wrapped there was up but they united states along with some of the allies continued to get people out of
never been in before to watch someone run for president, nonetheless a former president facing several indictments and several court dates during the process leading up to the election. mike: to that point, martha, you had the republican candidates on your program, his former vice president mike pence on yesterday. what about the challenge for the other candidates to stay on message, get on message, whatever you want to call it, when the former president is constantly the story? martha: it s rough, obviously. these campaigns all are raising money, they are, you know, putting ads out there, trying to make their mark, trying to break through, which you know, has been they are basically in a pretty tight heat in the polls and the 10% to 6% range, some at 3% in the top, and those are the top candidates. the former president is more than 37 points ahead of his nearest competitor who is ron desantis, supposed to come on to the scene and make a big splash. but i think even the
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dozens injured in a drone strike. who ordered it? how will america respond? also tonight, 2016 déjà vu. it is time we all talk about how we will talk about trump and his current primary for the route white house. we couldn t sign out this weekend with her diving into the drama surrounding barbie. the stars, the snubs, and the serious conversations it is all. sparking. i m ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. we begin this hour, though, with that breaking news out of the middle east. specifically the reaction tonight here at home. the u.s. military has confirmed that three american troops have been killed and more than 30 injured in a drone strike at a base in northeast jordan near the syrian border known as tower 22. u.s. officials tell msnbc that the drone was filled with explosive and impacted near shelter where troops were sleeping. president biden blamed radical around-backed militant groups for the attack and the u.s. is still, quote, gathering the facts. first time a
captions by vitac www.vitac.com announcer: this is cnn breaking news. hello, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. new details about u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin secretive days long hospitalization, the storm around his hospital stay is growing, as more top white house officials are now saying they had no idea austin was incapacitated. defense officials tell cnn the deputy defense secretary was not informed about why she began assuming some of austin s duties last week, the day after austin was admitted to walter reed medical center for complications from an elective surgery. austin s staff did not reveal to her, white house staff, or even president biden for another two days. and now many republicans are criticizing the defense secretary, calling his lack of transparency shocking and totally unacceptable. the handling of this by the secretary of defense is totally unacceptable. and i believe the american people have a right to