Helicopters have rescued 169 americans from a hotel outside the airport in kabul. This comes hours after President Biden claimed americans were not having issues getting through the taliban blockade. We have no indication that they havent been able to get in kabul through the airport. We have made an agreement with the taliban thus far. Shannon other parts of the biden administration have conceded that does not line up with the reality for some on the ground, as the White House admits it is unsure how many americans are in need of evacuation from afghanistan, and the pentagon corrects the commander in chief on his claims that Al Qaeda is gone, and the u. S. Will be able to monitor the Terror Threat to americans from afar. Look, lets put this thing in perspective here. What interest do we have in afghanistan at this point, with Al Qaeda gone . Al qaeda is a presence, as well as isis, in afghanistan. And we have talked about that for quite some time. We do not believe it is exorbitantly
Apart but his own party is fracturing. Democrats struggling to put the comments from a squad member comparing the u. S. And israel to terrorist groups like hamas and the tele band. That is where we start, have a great weekend, bill hemmer lived in york city, dean is out today. Good to see you this morning, martha maccallum and this is america s newsroom. This is like the closest that we have been, on time. Over there and i don t know, no. Bill: 18 inches so the eagle will land. Good to see you. Martha: good to see of this morning. Nancy pelosi is doing her best to brush aside those remarks by congressman ilhan omar calling the progressive democrat a valued member of their caucus. She said leadership accepted the apology and it is now time to move on in her words, but some jewish democrats not so sure that they are okay with brushing all of the society. Ilhan omar with hostility against american. Bill: so peter doocy with the president in brussels and we begin with jacqui heinrich with
lawfully to receive. it follows news reported this morning by the washington post that the committee had been poised to vote to hold meadows in contempt, quote, before the week is over. the news that the committee is planning to hold a vote tomorrow to advance contempt proceedings for another trump official. jeffrey clark who served as acting head of the doj civil division toward the end of trump s presidency who plotted to oust jeffrey rosen. the developments in the house investigation come as a legal case critical to that probe sits before a d.c. court of appeals. this morning, arguments by donald trump s lawyers to keep secret a broad swath of records that could provide insight into his actions the day of the insurrection and days and weeks before their case met with apparent skepticism. judge jackson, quote sit the is it the current occupant? when you have a conflict of incumbent, the incumbent gets to decide. judge adding we have one president at a time under our c
to have a good conversation with each other all the time. i am much more hopeful about the the that discourse can get us somewhere, empathy still lives but people are dwelling off of a lot of bad information, making decisions off of entirely false information, usually that they are getting off of social media. that part worries me. i look forward to your conversation on saturday you said saturday? saturday and sunday. i will bring it to you both days. all right. i will see you on sunday. thanks very much. thanks. we are going to get this done. just maybe not today. that s how president biden described the state of his spending plans after meeting with the house democratic caucus this afternoon, one day after the house missed its self-imposed deadline to vote on the senate-passed bipartisan infrastructure bill. i am telling you, we are going to get this done. it doesn t matter when. it doesn t matter whether it is in six minutes, six days, or six weeks. we ar
after tropical storm megi hits the philippines. and back in court for a blockbuster defamation case, asjohnny depp s trial against his ex wife amber heard begins in the united states. we begin in ukraine, and as more russian forces head to the east of the country for a major new offensive, horrors are being uncovered in the villages and towns close to the capital in the north, that they used to control. there are repeated stories of violence against women in particular of soldiers using rape as a weapon of war. our correspondent yogita limaye, has been speaking to some of those affected, and a warning that her report does contain material you may find upsetting, including descriptions of sexual violence. a quiet rural neighbourhood, shattered by barbaric violence. in a village west of kyiv, a first hand account of rape by invading soldiers. when we started talking to this woman, we didn t know what we were about to hear. we are hiding her identity to protect her. translatio