Continues. Host we are joined by Earl Anthony Wayne, a former deputy u. S. Ambassador to afghanistan and current fellow at the wilson center. Remind folks what years were he were in afghanistan and what the political and military situation was. Guest from 2009 through 2011 and i worked on afghanistan from washington at the very start of our involvement in this century from the fall of 2001 to the beginning of 2003 working on the coordination. So, the time that i went back to afghanistan was during the period where we were surging military and civilian forces into the country with efforts to really boost the work against the taliban and to try and boost the government of afghanistan in its capacity to deliver services and to govern well in the country. Host you said you saw the start, and the surge, did you ever expect you would see americans being airlifted out of kabul at the end . Guest the thought sometimes passed through my mind, but i did not think i would see it happen. And i hop
Governor Ron Desantis just signed a new executive order, banning schools in the state from requiring students to wear masks as they head back to the classroom. This follows outrage at School Board meetings across the country. Parents in Broward County, florida, pushed back against Mask Mandates at schools this week. My daughter didnt get to see her teacher smile. My daughter didnt get to see her friends faces unless they were sitting at lunch. We the parent, the taxpayers alone, have the authority to decide for our children, not you, not the cdc. I dont want to wear it because i cant breathe. Its not just florida. Republican leaders at the state and local level across the country have banned schools for Mask Mandates. Even in congress, house republicans are pushing back against Speaker Pelosi Pelosis new mask mandate. And thats not all the resistance to science we are seeing from the republican party. This week, texas Senator Ted Cruz attacked the Cdcs Credibility for delivering update
With russia. And i will speak about President Bidens Mon You Mnl decisions to withdrawal troops. Wee begin with minnesota with two breaking stories. Nbc correspondent Morgan Chesky is following the wright story. And morgan, ill begin with you, what just happened in court on that front. Eamon, good afternoon, a hearing took place with Kim Potter. It was a short hearing, she appeared briefly via zoom. It was virtual because of the pandemic. And she heard that the charges she knew were made official yesterday, that is manslaughter and the second Degree Charge that carries with it a maximum of ten years in prison here in the state of minnesota. Weve also been learning a little bit more about potter. He has been part of the Brooklyn Center Police department since hired on as a rookie at the age of 22. Since then, shes risen up in the department to reach a point, ayman, where she actually was teaching other officers in the field. That is actually what was taking place at least partly on sund
has called the trip a mistake, but the question is, what do his constituents think? also this morning, the biden administration says it s ready to hold talks with iran to discuss the country s nuclear program. question is, could we see a deal where the u.s. re-enters the 2015 iran nuclear agreement? it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early. i m alicia menendez on this friday, february 19th. we re going to start with the news, the latest out of texas, where power has been restored to more homes and businesses, but the crisis still appears to be far from over. right now, many texans don t have safe drinking water. at least 7 million people, a quarter of the population of texas, are under a boil water order after the record-low temperatures damaged infrastructure and pipes. as for electricity, more than 300,000 people still without power and utility officials have warned that rolling blackouts are still possible. the historic storm has made th
laundrie s parents went to the park this morning to help search for their son. police are conducting a more thorough investigation. what appears to be partial human remains have been found in the carlton reserve. 23-year-old brian laundrie remains the only person of interest in the disappearance of his fiance gabby petito. a medical examiner ruled petito s cause of death was homicide by strangulation. nbc s dasha burns and former fbi agent clint watts join me. dasha, what have you learned about the search? geoff, up until today, there had been seemingly no trace of brian laundrie but it seems that has now changed. we are still watching the story as it is developing very quickly. let me reset, again, what it is that we know now. we know that last night, the fbi and north port police learned chris and roberta laundrie, brian laundrie s parents, were planning to go to the carlton reserve to search for brian again. the reserve had been closed for about a month. it reopened yest