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good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that s really hoping we don t have to pull out our umbrella this weekend. i m alicia menendez on this friday, august 20th. we ll start with the news. facing intense criticism over the exit from afghanistan, president biden will deliver remarks on the evacuation efforts. as of yesterday afternoon the u.s. had evacuated thousands of americans since saturday when the government began to collapse. nbc news correspondent kelly o donnell has the latest. reporter: u.s. officials say another 6,000 people made it safely to the kabul airport awaiting evacuation. pressed repeatedly, officials at the departments of state and defense could not say how many americans still need to be rescued. i don t know with that level of detail. we re just not in a position to give a number right now. reporter: in an interview with abc, the president defended the evacuation mission despite chaos near the airport. well, there s but, ....
as you ve been hearing, the uk parliament today is being recalled to discuss the situation in afghanistan. the taliban held their first news conference on tuesday since taking control of the country and attempted to reassure the world s media, saying they want to end the conflict and have pardoned all those who fought against them. they said: after the formation of a government, everything will be clearer. so how quickly can life in the country return to some kind of normality, with businesses able to reopen, trade to resume and people to find work? also will a large part of the workforce women be allowed to return? the former governor of afghanistan s central bank, who fled the country at the weekend, told the bbc the economy will deteriorate. we were able to maintain that economic stability, even as provinces were falling, even last week but there are a number of factors that i think will lead to a worsening situation. first of all, we have a large international reser ....
stick with the of kabul is imminent. speak of imminent fall of kabul. the fall of kabul. the taliban has entered the city. the fall of kabul as the taliban completes its takeover of afghanistan. broadcasting live from inside the presidential palace. greg: i blame those pesky whites and pharmacists. you would figure we would have a plan for this but this is the most botched pullout since hunter knocked out that stripper. 20 years, doing $2 and no plan. or maybe we had a plan but joe left it at the men s room. this crowd is quiet. oh, now you are laughing. wake up, people. i know it s monday but [bleep] if we knew this would happen the moment we left, what gives. i m not here to see i told you so because i never did. i was like most everyone else, spending the last decade forgetting afghanistan existed and watching the bachelor which is either a testament to the effect of effectiveness out of our military are my very short attention span. the telegram sets its sig ....
conservative fierce that some viewpoints aren t welcome on social media but censored. hawley calling it an assault on the first amendment. this kind of coordination between big government and the big monopoly corporation is scary stuff and censorship. the status is independent private companies, it looks more in danger here. bill: jackie heinrich begins coverage from the north lawn. what are they saying about this? good morning, bill. the white house says misinformation is keeping people from getting vaccinated and they are asking social media companies to crack down on what they are calling super spreaders on their platforms. we ve increased disinformation tracking within the surgeon general s office and tracking problematic posts in facebook that spreads the information. it seemed to indicate the administration through the surgeon general s office is actively monitoring and flagging what they deem to be problematic posts. the advisory from the surgeon genera ....
rest of us. there is a war raging in america. it started last summer when thugs started burning down homes and businesses. reparation, anything they want to take, take it because these businesses have insurance. judge jeanine: from looting businesses, they started ramming residential areas, creating their own hate america zone. forcing evacuations much police precincts, trying to burn down a federal courthouse. the left was covered by the mainstream media as engaging in peaceful protests even as thousands of comes are injured. those arrested, the charges were dropped. storming residents with bullhorns, trespassing, and yelling it was really their property. democrats did flog. they made believe it wasn t even happening. the thugs advanced to the next level. groups yelling at and interrupting people as they dined outdoors. then going inside restaurants insisting people raise their fists. throwing drinks, taking wait, andics phones. the democrats in the cities did nothin ....