The taliban trying to instill a sense of calm but with all of these Al Qaeda fighters, Isis Cells being released from the prisons, they pose not only a shortterm threat to this Evacuation Operation but also to the Talibans Ability to create a Calm Environment once we pull out and they no longer have even most likely a working airport there, alex. So right now the White House is saying that they stand by the original mission, the original timeline, which is tuesday. At the same time theyre saying that we are not leaving and we will not end until we get everybody out. Okay. Heidi przybyla at the White House. Thank you so much. All of you, we are past the top of the hour, so stay with us here on msnbc. As we bid you all a good day from Msnbc World headquarters here in new york, welcome to this hour of Alex Witt reports. We are just past 2 00 p. M. In the east, 11 00 a. M. Pacific time. We will bring you an update on what we learned from afghanistan, Breaking News from the taliban in the l
Pandemic. Which she serves as president bidens right hand woman in his war, in his wartime response to the plague which remains the Prime Legislative Fight On Capitol Hill as the president s relief bill passed last night with no republican support. And even as the president is promising more vaccinations and more americans and even sooner than promised the numbers continue to bear out the fears that many black and Brown Americans have had from the beginning, that they would be left behind. I asked the nations first black and brown Vice President about all of this and, of course, the history she sees in the mirror everyday, one month after her historic inauguration and a little later in the show, ill talk to civil rights royalty, the son, daughterinlaw and granddaughter of reverend dr. Martin luther king jr. Join me with what Kamala Harriss rise means to them. Of course, without exaggerating, the Vice President still has much, much history left to make. And so with that, theres where we
We are talking about fire conditions in january. This is supposed to be the middle of our rainy season, but we havent gotten a lot of it. Now were dealing with very dry vegetation and the winds coming in. And we have an elevated fire risk for the bay area. Now some of our Mountain Wind gusts have already been over 80 miles an hour and for our valleys, well start to feel those winds going into this evening. So all you need are some type of spark that could really make things go out of control really quickly under these conditions. As we look at whats going on, right now most of us are feeling a light wind in some of the valleys. Then you can see how that wind is funneling through the delta as we look at fairfield and even toward napa. 43mileperhour winds. Then its been quite breezy in santa rosa as well. When you go up above 1,000 feet, these are the kind of winds weve seen. Recent wind gusts in the hi healdsburg hills topping 87 miles an hour. Scott . To dublin, nbc bay areas bob redel
Mr. Biden mr. Mayor, thanks for your hospitality, and to all the elected officials that are here, i bring you greetings. I cant breathe. I cant breathe. George floyds last words, but it didnt die with them, are still being heard echoing all across this nation. They speak to a nation where too often just the color of your skin put your life at risk. They speak to a nation where more than 100,000 people have lost their lives to violence, 40 million have filed for unemployment with a disproportionate number of those deaths and job losses concentrated in black and brown communities. They speak to a nation where every day millions of people, and millions, not a moment of losing the light but in the course of living the life are saying to themselves, i cant breathe. Mr. Biden its a wakeup call to our nation in my view. Its for all of us, and i mean all of us. Its not the first time we heard those words. They are the same words we heard from eric garner when his life was taken away six years
President trumps recent handling of the protest and called on congress to begin addressing racial injustice. Mr. Biden mr. Mayor, thanks for your hospitality, and to all the elected officials that are here, i bring you greetings. I cant breathe. I cant breathe. George floyds last words, but it didnt die with them, are still being heard echoing all across this nation. They speak to a nation where too often just the color of your skin put your life at risk. They speak to a nation where more than 100,000 people have lost their lives to violence, 40 million have filed for unemployment with a disproportionate number of those deaths and job losses concentrated in black and brown communities. They speak to a nation where every day millions of people, and millions, not a moment of losing their life, but in the course of living the life are saying to themselves, i cant breathe. Its a wakeup call to our nation in my view. Its for all of us, and i mean all of us. Its not the first time we heard t