To members in that crowd. And there were some very interesting moments. Is that right . What can you tell us . Reporter certainly, jim, some very, very interesting moments. Certainly people who believe that this insurrection just didnt exist, that this was just people trespassing, people who just dont believe that when have seen before their very eyes. I had the opportunity to talk to one of the attendees, and he was talking about how no officers were assaulted, how this was a bunch of people who were just trying to go in and essentially protest, and asking him all sorts of questions, you could just tell he was living in his own kind of reality, take a listen to some of what i asked him. Its a public building. I mean people out there, people are in this town all the time and i think the most severe charge they have is trespassing. Destroying property, assaulting an officer . You dont believe the video . On video, there is assaulting of a police officer. You dont think show me that vide
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are rachel cunliffe, whos the deputy online editor of the new statesman. And Annabel Denham who is the Director Of Communications at the Free Market Think Tank the institute of economic affairs. Tomorrows Front Pages. Starting with. The telegraph said a third Covid Jab is being advised of the most vulnerable. While further boosters are yet to be confirmed. A similar story for the daily mail. Says their urgent calls to be but not to suggest to be given to all over 50s. The guardian from Dominic Raab but that the uk was caught out by the speed of the fall of kabul. According to the I Game Game has broken out between Cabinet Ministers of the Governments Exit from afghanistan. The metro leads with the news that itv has been cleared by Media Regulator Ofcom over piers Morgans Criticism of the duchess of sussex. A different story in the financial times. It reports that the uk has secret plans to
The issues that were facing right now in afghanistan as the Clock Ticks. Lara logan is here as well. Two veterans working hard to do everything that they can to get people out as the Clock Ticks down. Their heroic stories and the help that theyre getting from the u. S. Military. All that is coming up. Lets begin with the latest from jennifer griffin. You were in the Briefing Today. What are we learning at this point as we get closer to the exit time . Right now its 11 30 p. M. In kabul. 30 minutes from August 31st, which of course is the deadline that President Biden has set and the taliban has set for all u. S. Forces to leave. We know the u. S. Military has until midnight August 31. So that would be about 3 30 eastern time tomorrow. Were in the final hours. Its not clear how many more evacuees theyll get out. We heard from the white House Press Secretary that 6,000 americans have been evacuated as part of 122,000,000 since august 14. She suggested theres a handful, maybe 100 or so am
Sealing off the Kabul Airport to most afghans who are trying to evacuate. The massive airlift winds down ahead of the August 31st Withdrawal Deadline just three days from now, those troops are already starting to pull back from the airport. Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby earlier today admitted the danger is far from over. It is a serious threat. Im not sure what, how any potential Terrorist Threat could be anything other than serious. Serious. Eric we have Fox News Team coverage on this developing and unfolding story. David spunt if is at the White House where with President Biden has been meeting with the national security advisers. This is a meeting in the situation room. Lucas tomlinson is at the pentagon with more on the u. S. Drone strike that took out at least two of of the isisk operatives. But first, lets go to Trey Yingst in doha, qatar, where many of those evacuees have been heading. Hi, trey. Reporter eric, good afternoon. In the past 24 hours, there were 66 flights out
Many pieces and my body is here. My soul is in afghanistan. Researchers say protection against covid from two doses of the vaccine starts to wane within six months. Its a golden start in tokyo for Paralympics Gb as Cyclist Dame Sarah storey takes the 15th gold of her career in her eighth games. And once they were hunted to near extinction but now there are plans to release beavers back into the wild to help save the english countryside. Good Afternoon And Welcome to Bbc News. The government says it will use every hour thats left to evacauate as many people as it Can from afghanistan. The raf has flown more than 10,000 people out of kabul including 6300 afghans but more than 2000 people who are eligible for relocation are still waiting. Last Night President biden rejected pleas from borisjohnson to extend the operation from Kabul Airport beyond the current deadline of next tuesday. Uk troops will have to leave in advance of that, possibly by this weekend, so its now a race against time