Pathway toward peace. Thank you very much. I appreciate you coming on, as always. That is going to do it for me today. Deadline white house starts right now. Hi, everyone. Its 4 00 in new york on a very busy day of breaking and developing news here in america, and of course overseas with a volatile situation in israel and gaza. Israeli forces are amassing for a possible Ground Invasion, while communities in israel continue to come under rocket fire from hamas, even forcing u. S. Secretary of state blinken to shelter in place during his visit to israel. On the other side of the border, in gaza, nearly 200 people kidnapped during last saturdays Terror Attack inside israel are currently being held hostage by hamas, and a dire humanitarian crisis is unfolding. Well get to all of it coming up in this broadcast. We begin with a story that we have been following very, very closely on this program. One of the significant consequences for our democracy and the rule of law in america, and one th
department for contingency plans to adjust the timetable should that become necessary. late this afternoon president biden announced he will not be extending the u.s. military presence in afghanistan beyond the august 31st deadline. that leaves one week to complete the evacuation of u.s. citizens and allies. the u.s. military has ramped up its efforts with 71,000 people evacuated in the last 10 days. almost 22,000 were flown out of afghanistan just yesterday including more than 4,000 americans and their family members. it also includes three babies who were delivered aboard those flights. given that we were told that the target number of people to be evacuated was about 80,000, that sure sounds like they are on target. joining me is jane ferguson, special news correspondent. appreciate you being here. let s talk about this. the number we were given at the outset, there were about 80,000 people that needed to come out.