what you seeing it looks like it has call down from your earlier life spot. so much calmer than the early evening it is past midnight new orleans it has stopped raining we have some wind gust but it is an entirely different scene you mentioned president biden disaster declaration that s huge for the state to bring in federal resources and many but we have not been out on the roads for search and rescue has not begun people have been told to shelter in your house don t even come outside until you get the official word it could be days before we know the full extent of the damage. you mentioned there was one death reported have you heard anything as far as any additional deaths or injuries right now? i know the sun is down that will come up eventually and you will have a better grasp and have you heard anything from anyone? i haven t mentioning the man who had a tree fell on his home that s all we know officially but there are some folks in danger about 20 miles south 250
officials claim dozens of americans want to stay in the country. dana: chaotic situation in the ground guaranteeing some americans will be left behind in addition to thousands of our afghan allies. bill: the president s messaging on this has evolved over the past 10 days. take a look at this sample starting with abc nine days ago. president biden: no one is being killed right now. god forgive me if i m wrong about that. no one is being killed right now. we made clear to the taliban that any attack, any attack on our forces or disruptions of our operations at the airport will be met with swift and forceful response. president biden: the taliban has not taken action against u.s. forces. so far they have by and large followed through what they said. we ll see whether or not what they say turns out to be true. every day we re on the ground is another day we know that isis k is seeking to target the airport and attack u.s. and allied forces and innocent civilians. well n
question what s going right? what s going well? dana: the white house has thoughts they want to spin you on. to that end the president is plowing forward with the deadline of august 31 despite our allies pleading for more time to get their people out. the decision is also drawing scrutiny from lawmakers at home. thousands of americans that president biden stranded behind enemy lines. instead of spending every minute working to get them out, he put a shot clock on them saying there is only seven days left to get all americans out. our office alone has received over 6,000 requests. many of these requests are from families with multiple people seeking support. president biden has signed a death warrant for thousands of afghans who helped us and he is washing his hands of afghanistan at our peril as a nation. i do not believe this can be accomplished by august 31 and i have requested they encourage the president in the strongest possible terms to reconsider that deadlin
g-7 allies urging him to extend the operation beyond the 31st, a week from today. the taliban calls that date a red line. dana: the president will address the american people after the meetings today at noon eastern. right now he is meeting with his own national security team. bill: later this morning those same advisors brief house lawmakers on the crisis behind closed doors. lawmakers from both sides warning this entire situation is dire. i don t think it s possible to get out who we need to get out including our afghan partners by august 31. if by the end of the month this crew doesn t safely get every american out of afghanistan, that we will begin the process to hold each of these failed leaders accountable for their actions. the threat to the airport is very real and very substantial and this has been a concern of mine for some days now that this would make a very attractive target for isis k or elements of al qaeda. are americans going to feel they re more
afghanistan. the plans to get them home safely. four days after taking power the taliban is facing some of the first challenges to its authority, chaotic demonstrations breaking out across the country and three cities including jalalabad where this protest took place and despite the taliban s promise they would not use arms against those who oppose them these protests have been getting ugly. we are getting reports that several people were killed in a different protest today, the taliban fired on people waving the national flag of the previous government. lots of questions how women will be treated under the taliban. and the rule from 1996 to 2001 women weren t allowed to work or leave their homes without being covered head to so and girls were not allowed to go to school. the television has been saying women will have more rights this time around but today that seems less certain. one of the taliban s most senior leaders said this yesterday. to go to school universities,