Jessica. Jessica thank you so much. Bret thanks. Good evening. Im bret baier. We are coming to you tonight from milwaukee, wisconsin, site of this weeks republican national convention. We are covering several major stories at this hour. Newly anointed republican president ial Nominee Donald Trump has selected ohio senator j. D. Vance as his Running Mate Myrtle beach time a federal judge in florida also a dismissed the classified Documents Case against the former president. The judge ruling the appointment of special Counsel Jack Smith was unconstitutional. Smith says he will appeal that according to the Justice Department. The former president telling me today he is thrilled with the ruling and, quote. Is having a great week, blessed to be alive after the Assassination Attempt saturday, those are some of his first public comments since the shooting in pennsylvania which resulted in a wound to the former President S ear. The death of one spectator and injuries to two others. The shooter
Americans driven outside of kabul. Department of state officials are saying that they do not know how to get them through taliban check plagues. This is outnumbered. In the hot seat, we have vivek ramaswamy. Thousands of americans are stranded in afghanistan at this hour. Fox news have been told that Taliban Fighters have established Checkpoints Throughout Kabul and the airport. We are told that some taliban people have been eating and whipping people as they arrive. Meanwhile, this was outside of the airport this morning. Green smoke being released on crowds desperate to free out of the country and yesterday, a man outside of the airport kicked in the face as we get reports of 17 people injured this morning and his stampede to the airport. Were also getting this to bring video of the television violently breaking up the protest. Gunshots rang out. One person has reportedly been killed and six others wounded. Amid the chaos, please for President Biden to help those who stood sidebyside
That setting off a heated debate. At the same time, politico citing two biden Administration Health officials who say the Delta Variant is far more widespread than federal estimates. The variant already makes up more than 50 of u. S. Cases. But in some parts of the country, like a midwest and upper mountain states, that number is closer to 80 . Right now, the sevenday average of covid19 cases in the u. S. Has gone up by about 11 just since last week, particularly in states where Vaccination Rates remain low. In fact, Cdc Director Rochelle Walensky says around 93 of covid cases in recent days have occurred in counties with Vaccination Rates of less than 40 . And in just about 30 minutes, the markets are set to open after a beating on thursday with the dow closing down more than 250 points on concerns about the global economic recovery from the pandemic. Ive got the best team with the latest details to help make sense of all this. Shaquille brewster in missouri, dr. Jha, and ron, cnbc Se
Trends here in the u. S. Cases up where vaccinations are down. Were going inside the countrys clashing Covid Realities and a new survey showing that red Blue Divide growing. Im Hallie Jackson on this Friday Morning with you here in washington. Thats where we start with Nbc News Washington Investigative Reporter Scott Mcfarland and political Contributor Jake Sherman cofounder of Punch Bowl News with us. Scott, bring us Up To speed on what youre hearing with the last of the Security Fencing set to come down today. A physically small gesture. I didnt see any workers, contractors or equipment being staged so the removal is not imminent. A Capitol Police Union official tells me he expected to begin sometime today. Capitol Police Arent saying. Heres what i can say for certain. The sergeant at airports sent a memo to members of the house saying the work would likely begin friday, weather permitting and the weather is fine, would take about three days and feels like the soft deadline is when m
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