And were following new twists in a womans mysterious disappearance during a Road Trip. The fbi has been searching the Family Home of Brian Laundrie a day after the likely remains of his fiancee Gabby Petito were found. We want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and Around The World. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the Situation Room. We begin with the Breaking News on the ross of life from covid19 that is both unfathomable and frankly unacceptable. The u. S. Death toll from this pandemic just rose above 675,000. Thats higher than the Death Toll from the 1918 Flu Pandemic more than 100 years ago. The youngest americans are increasingly at risk in this crisis here in the united states, and tonight they may be closer to being eligible for vaccinations. Pfizer says its vaccine is safe and effective for children ages 5 to 11. In a smaller dose, a lower dose than adults get. Lets discuss all of this and much more with dr. Anthony fauci, the director of the National Institute Of Aller
Conducted an operation that killed Osama Bin Laden. That was ten years aGo. Think about that. Were Going to stay until we have a deal or we have total victory. Ive learned the hard way, there is never a Good time to withdraw u. S. Forces. The taliban is continuing its offensive across afghanistan. Taliban fighters have broken through the front line. The Afghan Army has collapsed. The central Government has fallen. Panic fills the air in kabul. President biden said this is not Going to be saiGon. But guess what. Theres been an Explosion Outside kabul Airport. 170 afghans killed. 13 american troops killed. I stand squarely behind my decision. Its time to end americas longest war. Is it a mistake . I think it is, yeah. Because i think the consequences are Going to be unbelievably bad. I must say that its a moral defeat for the United States. I think is the president is right. Enough is enough. What was all of this for . That has to be the question veterans are asking. Two decades. More th
Republicans. He is expected to do some blaming and finger pointing including to the Trump Administration to pull out which set the process in motion and including a backlogged visa process. It is to keep the focus on the bidens trillion Dollar Plan to create a social safety net. It is a critical week for at least today and tomorrow, lawmakers are shifting the focus back to u. S. Involvement back overseas. Joining us to start the hour as we are keeping our eye and the start of the hearing, we have with us washington Post Military Reporter Dan Lamoff and allied Commander Correspondent Admiral stavridis, and joining us back is a valued voice that we are happy to have back in the fold amna anhoff. Welcome back. And before the congressional hearing, they send out a prepared text, and we know what he is going to say, and he is going to defend the decision to withdraw from afghanistan, and he says that it is the Trump Administration that made the deal with the taliban and leaving them with tw
Were about a block from the reflecting pool where the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center once stood. President Joe Biden arriving at this moment in Lower Manhattan. He and Jill Biden will visit all Three Memorial Sites today. Starting here at the museum on this site. Vice president Kamala Harris will speak In Shanksville, pennsylvania later this morning, thats where United Flight 93 was forced down. She and second gentleman, doug emhoff, will then join the president and the First Lady at the pentagon. Nicolle wallace, as i always say, for millions of americans especially anyone in the tristate area, this is the saddest place on earth. Theres no way to walk by this spot if youre on Jury Duty a few blocks away, on an errand or going somewhere else that you dont feel gutted by what was lost here. Our Day Job is to cover politics, what you have in this place and what you have in this remembrance is heroes. Heroes who ran into towers. I think 20 years later that means more today than any
Absolutely no one could have known it would be all gone in less than 24 hours. Today, this site is a memorial to more than 2700 people that lost their lives here on September 11. Victims of the worst Terrorist Attack in american history. Tonight, President Biden will leave the white House And Travel to new york. Tomorrow he will come here to remember those lost and those Left Behind. He will travel to the Pentagon Site of the third Terrorist Attack, and shanksville, pennsylvania, where Flight 93 crashed enroute to washington, d. C. I want to bring in my colleague, Kelly Odonnell at the White House. Courtney kube at the pentagon. Think back. Joe biden was a senator when the 9 11 attacks happened. Now he is president. Talk to us about his experience in the last 20 years, how it is going to shape the way he marks tomorrows anniversary. Reporter in many ways, the sweeping part of Joe Bidens public life really is overlapping with Americas Journey from 9 1120 years ago to now. He has been pa