it was the way the story might go. the men who risked their lives to bring her to safety say that honestly the federal government had very little to do with getting them out. you are in the faulkner focus . i m martha maccallum in for harris today. army veteran corey mills led a team into afghanistan to rescue this american mother and her three children. shortly after they escaped the country the state department released a statement claiming that it had facilitated their safe departure. any notion the federal government deserves the credit for this operation is in his opinion quote absolute nonsense. the in-country state department officials are eager to help. there is a cooperation there but this is politics being played out by the state department. they are the issue. there are major concerns whether the military can properly vet the thousands of afghan refugees coming to the united states. we ll talk a lot about this process of how they figured out who should come an
cooperate and allow access to the airport. thus far the taliban have been taking steps to work with us so we can get our people out. there s a reality that the taliban is currently controlling large swaths of afghanistan. the taliban has made public and private commitments to provide an permit safe passage to americans and work with them. greg: reports from the ground show little desire for cooperation. antony blinken doing more damage control the day. there could be other americans in afghanistan who never enroll in the embassy, who ignored public evacuation notice and have not yet identified themselves to us. we also found that many people who contact us and identify themselves as american citizens including by filling out and submitting repatriation assistance forms are not, in fact, u.s. citizens, something i can take some time to verify. some americans may choose to stay in afghanistan, some who are enrolled and some who are not, this effort does not end on augus
will in all probability see more guidelines and restrictions. my next guest know as thing or two about crafting white house messaging happening right now. we ve got kayleigh mcenany . in california, new covid guidance after two san francisco hospitals reported an alarming number of break through cases among staff. dr. marty makary is here to report. but first, steve harrigan. steve? more than 230 staff members at two san francisco hospitals have tested positive for covid. the hospitals are zuckerberg san francisco general hospital and the university of california san francisco medical center. now, most of these staff members are fully vaccinated. so these are break-through infections of the delta variant. officials say they re the result of community exposure. our ppe requirements have not changed since the beginning of the pandemic. we ve always adhered to them. this means that the number of infections among staff members right now is roughly equal to that during the p
infrastructure group or the audience at a kid rock concert? chicago mayor lori lightfoot maskless on lola p&a palooza. [cheers] 301-pound he fought for more than 8 hours. totally worth it. steve: good morning, atlanta. currently 77. you are going for a high today of 93 on this, the 30th day of july, 2021. you are listen to amy grant singing baby, baby. she is our featured performer today during the all-american concert series brought to you by our friends at best western. she is going to be with us at the conclusion of the show. rachel: so exciting. big grammy winner. i heard todd piro on fox & friends first said he had a massive crush on amy grant. steve: brian has a huge crush on ulysses s. grant because he loves history. brian: not related one won a war. rachel: one won a grammy and one won a war. brian: country? rachel: no she is a christian singer but married a to country singer vince gill. steve: we have rachel campos toughy she was on all weekend. today the w
after a six month delay. good afternoon. the chancellor, rishi sunak, has announced what he called a historic agreement to reform the global tax system. the agreement by the g7 group of finance ministers is set to include a global minimum rate of corporation tax. the base rate of at least 15% is seen as a starting point but is lower than the minimum rate of 21% that had been proposed by president biden. the plans are also set to stop major multinational companies, including apple and microsoft, from paying little or no tax in countries where they make money. the uk chancellor, rishi sunak, said businesses should pay the right amount of tax in the right place. many of the tech giants have welcomed the agreement. the former deputy prime minister and now facebook s vice president of global affairs, nick clegg, said the social media giant had called for reform of global tax rules and wanted the process to succeed, even if it meant the company paid more tax. our business corresp