Dose to get into arms. And denmark lifting restrictions as it declares victory over coronavirus. How did they do it? vaccinations. Great to have you along with me this hour. We re certainly following new developments out of fags where the taliban are flaming to the have, to have completely captured panjshir. That claim is being denied by the national resist front. They are still in strategic positions across the valley and are continuing to fight. I want to head straight to kabul where our reporter is standing by. Good to speak to you. What more do we know about the situation there? we know the taliban released a statement about 90 minutes ago saying they have claimed complete control. They said the valley where they ve been trying to invade for five days now, they said they ve been completely conquered. That is contested by the opposition forces. The opposition forces say they are still have some strategic positions and they say they re also controlling several side valleys. We know t
worry around the coronavirus pandemic builds. his coronavirus advisers were grilled on capitol hill today. instead the president choosing to focus on an issue he hopes unite and invigorate his political base. at least right now the votes aren t there. and progressives are skeptical. in fact, one of the leading progressive adds vo cats for voting changes who happens to be from georgia, snubbed the president, electing not to show up in atlanta today white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight live from the north lawn. good evening,. peter: peter good evening, bret. the president isn t even back here yet the naacp is already pressuring him to back up today s big talk saying in a statement voting rights should not simply be a priority it must be the priority. it s not the only thing on the president s plate as covid continues to spread more than ever. it s worldwide. it s not slowing up very much. peter: covid cases in this country climbing higher, 1 and a h
administration a wake-up call, calling for an urgent strategy reset or risk losing credibility with the public. the president biden claims the white house is doing just fine. speak to what we ve been able to do is we have been able to generate significant federal help in terms of both coming into the hospital and administering all the help that the states need. that s what we are doing now but i m confident we are on the right track. dana: dr. anthony fauci and other top health officials getting grilled about president biden s handing out comic handling of the pandemic. frankly, you ve lost your reputation in the american people don t trust the words coming out of your mouth. i believe that s a real distortion of the reality. but perception is a reality and you are hurting the team right now. has any of this funding, this close to $83 billion that was supposed to be used for testing been diverted for other purposes? some of the funds have been used for mitigation
facing an apathetic french public . for the french election in 20 years. it will be up to us to work together to achieve this unity. which will enable us to live more happily in france and beat the challenges that await us in the years to come. they will certainly not be quiet. so, le pen last night was quick to come out after the vote was clear. she didn t exactly compete, but she acknowledged who won. she celebrated her parties much improved showing since last vote, which indeed it was. and she said, she claimed they are well-positioned for june s parliamentary elections. translator: this result constitutes for our french leaders, as well as european leaders, a great defiance from the french people towards them, which they can t ignore. and that, of a widely shared aspiration for big change. the french have showed their desire for a counter power. our other top story this hour, the trip by two top u.s. officials to ukraine where they met with volodymyr zelenskyy. uk
together. rafael aka ted cancun cruz endorses the same trump who accused the looks of his wife. cruz is one of many cowardly republicans who signed on to trump s revenge tour at the mere price of their own dignity. the alarming parallels between president biden and lyndon johnson as each man faced re-election, including their roles in two very unpopular conflicts. we begin with writer e. jean carroll. long before her name became synonymous with donald trump and her encounter with him in a department store where he was found to sexually abuse her, she was known as a pioneer in the world of literary journalism, ra trail blazing journalist. he works have been published in countless magazines for decades. readers asked to her ask e. jean column to help solve their problems and hosted her own ask e. jean in the mid 1990s america is talking . the biggest man handling trick of all is to know there is no trick. all you have to remember is that you re a woman and if you re