President Ashraf Ghani who posted a statement in exile now in the United Arab Emirates saying that he had to flee to avoid more bloodshed in his homeland. Were alSo watching the White House where President Biden is scheduled to speak about the Pandemic Response in about 90 minutes from now, and just hours after his administration unveiled a plan to offer a Vaccine Booster Shot starting the third week of september. This has hospitals in hardhit areas continue to struggle with the rising number of cases, particularly those among people who remain unvaccinated, but as you can imagine we begin this hour in afghanistan, and here to start things off for us peter baker, New York times white House Correspondent and an msnbc political analyst. We should note that peter was alSo first american Newspaper Journalist to report from afghanistan after 9 11. Kevin barren is with us, the Executive Editor of defense. Great to have you both with us. Peter, lets start with you about what we know in terms
Lectures in historic to share with us thoughts on churchill, the angloamerican relation and other topics, other speakers have included andrew roberts, Sir Martin gilbert, and others all of whom have been given this distinguished Lecture Series. Today we present the 34th unit and are crosby lecture during the first to be delivered virtually to a global audience. And to introduce Todays Speaker i am pleased to welcome Churchill Fellow and the current director of the institute for Museum And Library services crosby kemper. Thank you very much tim i appreciate that introduction. The early 19 90s he came to Kansas City to speak. Im sure he wont remember this. I was conducting a campaign with petitions, banners, bumper stickers to bring real grass to the field at royals stadium. I was honored to sit next to him at lunch he gave me a learned disposition on the seven Layer Composition of grass at camden yards. I think he was on the Orioles Board at that point. We talked of the great groundskee
Street just next to us. Theyre led by a white flag, and theyre chanting as they go down. I dont think from our position, we cant show you that. Were about two or three stories, four stories up. But there they are, right here. Hopefully they keep going past this hotel. A spokesman for the taliban told Nbc News they ordered fighters to enter kabul to prevent looting since police appear to have abandoned their positions. Theres been steady Helicopter Traffic all day over the u. S. Embassy with evacuations taking an urgent turn when the taliban surrounded the city. Smoke is rising as officials scramble to burn sensitive documents. Theyre destroying classified documents as i speak. The Visa Process has stopped. And now, President Biden said in july this is not going to be saigon. Its not like south vietnam. Guess what, when i talked to ambassador crocker, we thing its going to be worse. A few hours ago, taliban fighters seized control of jabalabad and four other provinces. President biden h
Lectures in historic to share with us thoughts on churchill, the angloamerican relation and other topics, other speakers have included andrew roberts, Sir Martin gilbert, and others all of whom have been given this distinguished Lecture Series. Today we present the 34th unit and are crosby lecture during the first to be delivered virtually to a global audience. And to introduce Todays Speaker i am pleased to welcome Churchill Fellow and the current director of the institute for Museum And Library services crosby kemper. Thank you very much tim i appreciate that introduction. The early 19 90s he came to Kansas City to speak. Im sure he wont remember this. I was conducting a campaign with petitions, banners, bumper stickers to bring real grass to the field at royals stadium. I was honored to sit next to him at lunch he gave me a learned disposition on the seven Layer Composition of grass at camden yards. I think he was on the Orioles Board at that point. We talked of the great groundskee
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