are on the cusp of getting so much done. i really mean it but with your help, i know your help and my help with us working together going to get a lot done for the american people. griff: president biden all out campaign blitz across pennsylvania today after members of his own party turned on democratic lawmakers urging him to end his reelection bid welcome to fox s life i am group jenkins. alicia: i am allan lichtman. eric shawn and i felt neville are off today but urging biden to step aside that vice president kamala harris leave the democratic ticket they say harris is better equipped to take on former president donald trump in november still biden exists he will stay in the race met his latest campaign stop was in harrisburg, pennsylvania that is where at lucas tomlinson is reporting live at this hour. hi lucas. is some democratic lawmakers may be turning on president biden, senator j john fetterman from right here in pennsylvania is not one of them he kicked up a small
it is a question, i think, of looking at the laws and the individual states and finding the right lawyers and attempts. but these laws that are being passed and the efforts to weaponize poll watchers in the polling place are all part of thinking, i think wrongly that intimidation of election officials is going to help republicans. i think what my fellow republicans are not recognizing is what goes around can come around and that this weaponization in election laws can be turned on them. this is not going to be a one-way street. and that overall is bad for the democracy. yeah. it s not what any party should be about. no. right. we re seeing that as you two join together. ben, thank you so much. bob, really appreciate it. it s a pleasure. thank you. new day continues right now. welcome to our viewers not united states and all around the world. i m john berman with brianna keilar on this new day. we do have breaking news. a covid decision that will immediately
division, stepping onto a c-17 in kabul, the final u.s. soldier to step off afghan soil. an iconic photograph, marking the unceremonious end to a war that cost some 2461 american lives, many thousands more injured. in just a few hours, president biden will address the nation he is expected to explain his decision not to extend the mission past the august 31st deadline, even with the administration granting that americans remain on the ground there. he ll also address what comes next. we have a team of reporters following all the angles of this story. let s begin in the region. cnn s nick payton walsh, joins me now from qatar where the u.s. diplomatic mission for afghanistan will now be based. of course, where many thousands of those evacuees went from kabul. so, what has the first day under taliban control looked like in afghanistan? reporter: some to understand, possible degree of celebration from the taliban declaring their independence. remember this is a country where t
better. each day of operations brings added risk to our troops. but the completion by august 31st depends on the taliban continuing to cooperate, and allow access to the airport for those who we re transporting out and no disruptions to our operations. in addition, i ve asked the pentagon and the state department for contingency plans to adjust the timetable should that become necessary. as for what would make that necessary to stay longer, the president did not elaborate. he did, however, warn that each day on the ground increases the risk to americans and american forces as well as civilians including from isis-k militants who he said are targeting the airport. i did not address the taliban blocking afghans who wanted to flee from getting to the airport, cutting o the road. nor did he do what a number of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle wanted, he did not commit to staying until they could all get out. the president also chose not to say how many americans remain. ins
this is cnn breaking news. you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta. we re standing by for president biden. he ll address the nation at any moment now on his administration s urgent evacuation efforts in afghanistan. cnn learned the department of defense is mobilizing several commercial airlines, including delta, united and american to assist in the evacuation. we re also learning that about 8,000 people were flown out from kabul, afghanistan, in the last 24 hours, but a source tells cnn that roughly 20,000 people still remain at the airport all desperately seeking a way out from the taliban-held country. a source tells cnn conditions at the airport got worse today. the entry gates were for the most part closed and families were being split up and sent to different countries in the chaos. that s according to the latest reporting we re getting on the ground. i m joined by sam kiley. he s live at the airport in kabul. arlette saenz also. also with us, kylie atwood. sam,