Its version of the 3. 5 trillion Reconciliation Bill expanding the social Safety Net and fighting climate change. Were going to talk about where thing goes from here with Chris Van Hollen. A short time ago, President Biden outlined the plan to make big corporations and the wealthy pay more in taxes to boost the economy and strengthen the middle class in this country. Saying that it is the right thing to do. Its not to punish anyone. Im a capitalist. If you can make A Million or A Billion dollars, thats great. God bless you. All im asking is you pay your fair share. As the f. D. A. s Vaccine Advisory Committee prepares to decide whether to recommend Vaccine Booster shots, well look at how leaders are working to overcome Vaccine Hesitancy. And while many fled or sought to flee taliban rule in afghanistan, were going to talk live to one of the leaders who stayed behind to make sure thAt The taliban uphold their promise to respect womens rights. But we begin this hour in washington, d. C.
Have our Sheet Metal, local 104, danny. Thank you all for being here and welcome to our 15year celebration of Citybuild Academy. Its truly an honor for me to be your emcee today. Its truly great to be here today after the last year with all the zoom meetings. For me, its really been an honor to standup here, right, with my mentors, all the past citybuild directors that are here, we have chris rodriguez, chris iglesias, pat mulligan, joshua arce, and of course myself. Without them mentoring me these last 15 years, i would not be here, but of course, thank you, mayor breed. [applause] thank you for leading our city during these tough times. You saved lives, and youre leading the way for economic recovery, and were going to be building stronger together, and a special personal thanks to you for appointing me to this position. Thank you, mayor breed. [applause] and we have our president of the board, shamann walton. [applause] now i have a story to share with you all. Him and i used to run
Rugby players shows that after just one season, they suffer a loss of Blood Flow to the braIn and cognItIve functIon. And Its the same old Story Dame Sarah wIns yet another gold at the tokyo paralympIcs. Good Afternoon And Welcome to Bbc News. It may Be the same old story but one we are delIghted to celebrate. More on the paralympIcs later thIs hour. The talIban have taken control of Kabul AIrport, after the unIted states pulled the last of Its troops out of afghanIstan. The fInal EvacuatIon FlIght left at a mInute to mIdnIght Last NIght. It brIngs to an end to the longest war In amerIcan hIstory, In whIch more than 2,000 us servIcemen and women lost theIr lIves. The talIban are back In Power, as they were 20 years ago. Theyve declared vIctory and have Been celebratIng on the streets. 0ur Correspondent RajInI vaIdyanathan reports. HeadIng Into a new and uncertaIn era. TalIban mIlItIa now In control of Kabul AIrport and afghanIstan. Just weeks ago, thIs tarmac was packed wIth afghans de
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Being caused by hurricane ida. Millions of people remain without power. There is still Heavy Rain in mississippi which is causing a crevice to open up in one highway. Two people died in that. America s longest war is over. And on tuesday, millions of afghans woke up to a new reality. The taliban is in charge and all foreign forces have left the country. The taliban said its victory belonged to all afghans. But theres widespread concern about how they intend to govern after their brutal rule 20 years ago. More on that later, but first, the withdrawal. Late on monday night, minutes before the August 31st deadline, the last us military flight left kabul airport. The Evacuation Missions are 120,000 people airlifted out of afghanistan. It is americas top Military Commander in the region. The withdrawal signifies the end of the Military Component of the evacuation but also the end of the nearly 20 Year Mission that began in afghanistan shortly after september the 11th 2001. Its a mission tha