with jessica tarlov, pete hegseth, sandra smith, charlie hart. it s 5:00 in new york city. and this the five, a huge final line at the rnc. hulk hogan bringing down the house by revving up trump maniacs, rippingrippin his shirt off and kid rock serenading the crows de crw with a pro-trump twist on his hit song. there s so mucth a p truh more . but first, donald trump meeting the moment during his big night at the rnc. the formerrnc. delivering a heartfelt message of unity justnity after dodging a bullet. trump sounding like a changed man as he recounted his bone chilling brush with death. i will tell you exactly what happened, and you ll never hear it from me a second time,se because it s actually too painful to tell. i said to myself, wow, what wasbe that? it can only be a bullet and moved my right hand toear. my ear. brought it down. my han d was covered with blood. blo just absolutely blood all over the place. i immediatel y knew it was very we serious that we were und
[gunfire] [screaming] bill: that scene played out 40 hours ago. on this mon morning turning the page on tragedy after nearly an assassination president trump arrived in milwaukee last evening for an rnc convention like we ve never seen before. good morning, kicking it off right now on day one. bill hemmer live in milwaukee inside the arena, are you ready? dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. it s quiet here in the hall right now but that s not going to be the case in a few hours. it will be an amazing rocky committed crowd, all the feelings all here. the former president is set to appear today. he said i shouldn t be here. i m supposed to be dead. by luck or by god, many people are saying it s by god, i m still here. bill: that assassination attempt prompting president biden to give a rare oval office address in prime time sunday night calling on americans to lower the temperature in politics. president biden: yesterday s shooting at donald trump s
meet this year s mercury prize winner 20 year old arlo parks. it s eight in the morning in singapore, and eight in the evening in washington where president biden has set out a series of measures to get more americans vaccinated against covid 19, amid a surge in cases of the fast spreading delta variant. all federal government workers will be required to get a vaccine. businesses with more than 100 staff will have to ensure they are vaccinated or tested weekly. mr biden expressed frustration at the 80 million americans who are still not vaccinated, saying they were overcrowding hospitals. he appealed to them to get the shot. i think we re already starting to see republicans what more do you need to see? the vaccine has fda approval. more than 200 million with at least one shot. you have been patient, but patience is wearing thin. and refusal has caused all of us, so please, do the right thing. listen to the voices of unvaccinated americans. taking theirfinal americans. taki
amid mounting criticism over his handling of the withdrawal from afghanistan, president biden yesterday arguing the exit from that country was always going to be difficult. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is monday, august 23rd. we will have full coverage of the situation in afghanistan, including a report from the ground in kabul in just a moment. but first, what could be a big day in the fight against covid. the fda is working to approve pfizer s two-dose vaccine as soon as today. according to the new york times, the goal was to get the approval by friday but regulators are still getting through a substantial amount of paperwork and negotiation with the company. people familiar with the matter told me that some components of the review could possibly push the approval date beyond today. the times said a spokesperson for the fda declined to comment. it could be very exciting news, mika p. we talked to people that are close to us that said they re not goin
kabul could be next as considers withdrawal tonight the pentagon is sending back in 3,000 additional forces and even more to evacuate americans as the taliban close in on kabul. two other major afghan cities her roth and gauzy quickly tell to the taliban today. lucas tomlinson is at the pentagon with the latest. good evening, bret. some thousand marines deploying of a warning the afghan capital could fall to the taliban in the next 90 days. here is how john kirby described the mission. this is a temporary mission with a narrow focus. as with all deployments of our troops into harm s way our commanders have the right to self-defense any attack on them can t will be met with a forceful and appropriate response. 8,000 u.s. troops total will be deploying thought tonal afghanistan but to the middle east as well. in addition to the 3,000 3,000 soldiers and marines going to kabul. fort bragg deploying to kuwait to be held in reserve in case they are needed in afghanistan. they