Forward on afghanistans new government. There are Satellite Images of 6 planes on the ground in Northern Afghanistan. Yesterday a top republican and the house foreign Affairs Committee Mike Mccall warned that the taliban is keeping americans hostage in preventing them from leaving the airport as shown in meas pictures. We have a busy afternoon ahead. We kick it off with trey in qatar. The Defense Secretary is here to meet with officials. The biden administration will have to work closely with these people and lean on them to use diplomatic chance with the taliban. He will visit Kuwait And Saudi arabia in the gulf. In a statement over the weekend the Pentagon Press Secretary said Secretary Austin will meet with partners and thank them for their cooperation with the United States as we evacuate americans and afghans from afghanistan . There are at least 100 americans in afghanistan. While evacuations can pick up the u. S. Military wont be directly involved. The u. S. Secretary of state i
Sam kiley is in doha, qatar, and with u. S. Cnn military retired general. Orrin, lets start with you. What do we expect to hear in these remarks . In terms of the expectation of how this plays out, we expect austin and milley, and then some time for questions. Generally when these two spoke in front of the press, it lasted a tight 30 minutes and thats what we expect here. Second in terms of what we expect to hear, i think it will focus on a message of support and a message of absolute confidence in the troops, and a message of mourning for those that lost their lives in 20 years of war, including the 13 Service Members of lost their lives last wednesday, and then support for 8,000 other Service Members that served in afghanistan over the course of two decades of war. I dont think we will hear too much insight on the disagreements and the insights of going into the withdrawal and the process of the evacuation, that they are almost certain to keep themselves, and we hope to get in there
More reportedly than 90 targets, including the homes of senior hamas leadership. This overnight strike killed 42 palestinians. 55 children have been killed so far according to the local health ministry. The reported death toll are far lower in israel. Ten people are known to have died there in the latest violence. Today the united nations security counsel held an emergency meeting, and secretary general antonio gutierrez called for the violence to end immediately, and israel s prime minister made it clear that won t happen. We will do whatever it takes to keep quiet, and we are trying to degrade hamas s terrorists abilities and it will take time, and i hope it won t take long but it s not immediate. President biden was working the phones this weekend. He spoke to both netanyahu and mahmoud abbas. Now he s in a tough spot. It was just this past thursday the president met with republican senators about the infrastructure and jobs plan and now this crisis in the middle east has topped his
the biden administration as the president gets ready to mark that arbitrary, though symbolic period this coming wednesday with a joint address to congress. one measure stands out to me. when joe biden took office one out of every 11 americans was hungry. today, that number is down to 1 out of 7. we talked about in the abstract what the biden administration has achieved so far. remember, we live in an age in which so many people have written off politics and politicians, in which 80 million americans didn t vote in the last election, possibly the most consequential election in living memory. truth is that, politics can bring about meaningful change in people s lives. today four more people out of every 11 struggling with food insecurity in this country are no longer hungry because of actions taken by this new government. that s a real accomplishment, a progressive achievement. luckily most americans do recognize this. a new national poll from nbc news shows that approval for w
sandra: more unrest in brooklyn. these images showing protestors facing off with police miles from where the derek chauvin murder trial is still taking place. some 60 people were arrested last night in the minneapolis area. john: we will seek speak to a civil rights attorney. but first from los angeles. that murder trial is on-going here in downtown minneapolis. not far from this tense situation in minnesota, it was the third night of demonstrations after 20-year-old wright was shot and killed. the brooklyn center police department was the target. police made dozens of rests. some through bricks and bottles at police. protestors were seen in dark clothing. police used riot gas. the minnesota senate person of color held a press conference in front of the brooklyn center police station and criticized the minnesota state republicans and are calling for reforms after writhing s arrest and ending police response to mentally health calls. president joe biden you said you we