well, our white house correspondent. kimberly how can joined us live and kimberly, of course, the, the pentagon in general, take the orders from the white house and it would have been president, jo biden's decision to have that reduced force of us troops. not just in kabul itself, but to secure the airport. what further reaction has that been from his administration to all this? well, not. the 1st person we've heard really officially in the capacity is the general, the just rate that we took in its entirety. in fact, what we're waiting for some sort of clarification or indication that the us president may in fact speak to the american public and we have not had that clarification. in fact, instead what we've had are delays or cancellations of the president's schedule as he has been brief to on and off throughout the day at times in the situation room. a classified intelligence setting. in order to monitor respond in real time to the events on the ground in the coordinate with the commanders on the ground, is that cancell

kimberly help hit al jazeera, the white house. meanwhile, the government is announced a $1300000000.00 support package for business affected by all mccrendon. more than 90000 new covered 900 cases were reported there on tuesday. prime minister bias johnson says type of measures will be considered after christmas. sedans by ministers reported a close to stepping down. abdullah ham doc was removed in a military takeover in october, but he was reinstated last month after signing a deal with the authorities for justice called the agreement. betrayal. libya's presidential election is likely to be postponed after a dispute about rules and regulations, as when no official announcement that fridays vote will be delayed. at the head of the election commission has dissolved electro committees. the vote was called as part of a un led peace process. opposition supporters in georgia, demanding the release of jail, the former president because successfully after doctor said he was tortured in custody. thousands rallied in front of parliament in the capital tbilisi threatening a mass hunger strike. s

on behalf of the white house office of presidential personnel, i am delighted to welcome you for the swearing-in of the day one appointees of applied in paris administration we are joined by hundreds of white house staff and hundreds more agency appointees, all of us have been great privilege of serving our country. i was privileged to hear many of your stories during the hiring process, some of you have worked in government before and thought your days of service were behind you. until finding yourself in this moment, others have never worked in government and bring perspective to the book that lies ahead. some of you graduate college, veterans who have borne our nations uniform. dollars and sons of immigrants for immigrants yourself. have introduced your job while wrapping up work in presidential campaigns and others interviewed covid or caring for family members who were ill. all of you share in the hope we have for the biden harris administration and each of you have answered the calls to serve. having worked in government, i know that no public service does this work alone i'd l

i could be me at the white house . a record number of women and children have been killed or injured in afghanistan . the 1st 6 months of this year. the un says nearly $1700.00 civilians died during that period. and it says of chemist on is on course to see the most the civilian deaths since it started keeping records in 2009. charlotte bellis reports from cobble its been less than 3 months since mohammed nobody's daughter re 100 dikes. she was 16 and an identical triplet with his sisters in yellow or bray her wanted to be a doctor. but she was killed in an attack at his school and may well enough putting on the issue that i was the 1st one to get to the bombing was really horrible. it's always on my mind when i got there, it was chaos. there was screams, cries, and morning they were father's picking up. the daughter's brother's picking up the sisters. the attack on say it will. she had a high school was cited as the worst incident in a new you in report, tallying civilian casualties, and the 1st 6 months of this year.

i think many ran into that situation as well >> c-span is live at the white house just waiting for president joe biden to deliver remarks on his racial equity agenda. president biden: my campaign for president, i made it very clear that the moment had arrived as a nation where we face the racial inequities in america's systemic racism that has plagued our nation for far, far too lofpblgttitsdz over the course of the last year that the blinders has been taken off the american people. but what many americans didn't see or had simply refused to see couldn't be ignored any longer. those eight minutes and 46 seconds that took george floyd as life opened the eyes of millions of americans and millions of people all over the world. it was the knee on the neck of justice, and it wouldn't be forgotten. it stirred the conscience of tens of millions of americans, and in my view, it marked a turning point in this country's attitude toward racial justice. when a 6-year-old daughter, gianna, who i met -- when i met with the family, i leaned down to say hi to her, and she looked at me and said, daddy change

white house correspondent, kimberly, how could reports? good morning, folks. following a briefing by his coven response team given us president joe biden addressed the american public, urging them not to be alarmed by the new varied army crime. this for, it is a cause for concern, not a cause for pen. you assigned to, sir, already evaluating army con, but it made, it could take weeks before it's known if the current covered vaccines provide enough protection. still, biden, once again, urge the 10s of millions of americans not yet vaccinated to get fully vaccinated. and a booster, you have to get the shot, you have to get to get the booster if you're a sooner or later. we're going to see cases of this new very here in the united states will have to face this new threat to. so we faced those that come before us announced restrictions last week for travelers from 7 countries. plus south africa were army crime was 1st attacked, it biden's also not ruling out new restrictions depending on the degree of army cross spread. however, he insist for now there will be no

our white house correspondent, kimberly hawkins reports. the leaders of the world's 2 biggest economies sat face to face for the 1st time using their virtual summit as a way to reset points of pension in their relationship. we need to establish a common sense guard rails, to be clear and honest, where we disagree and work together or interest intersect, especially on vital global issues like climate change. for years, the united states has accused china of economic and defense provocations that include disrupting global trading practices. that hurt american businesses were recently stepping up military incursions near taiwan. president joe biden said recently, the us would defend taiwan in any conflict that in tuesday summit, he also told the chinese president, the us was committed to a one china policy and to pose any change in taiwan status. president. she's in peg referred to by. and as an old friend, same china and the u. s. need to increase communication and cooperation to may show watson, china and the united states should respect eac

the white house president biden made yet another appeal to americans to get vaccinated. get your booster shots, were a mask our doctors and made it clear booster shots provide the strongest protection . unfortunately, we still have trans millions of people who are eligible for the booster shots covered not yet gotten. i've gotten the 1st 2 shots, not gotten the booster folks. the booster shots are free and widely available in new york city, those booster shot even come with a cash payment. the city's mayor has offered a $100.00 to every person who gets booster by the end of the year at desperate measure as the us enters another holiday season. riddled with uncertainty about what course to pandemic will take. well, pandemic is just one of a number of battles. president biden is fighting at the moment. we asked are washington correspondent stuff on siemens. what the mood at the white house is like one year into the biden administration. optics matter in politics and the optics at the moment for the violent ministrations are not that great. why not because of the built bett

at his 1st year in office was like a fairy tale joe biden was set to ride into the white house on a white horse to save the country from the nightmare. those lights that are shooting out from the lincoln memorial. i look, it's like almost extensions of jo biden's arms embracing america president elect joe biden and vice president harris cold the grief and regret out of the privacy of our hearts if just for a moment so that we all could share it. but in just a year, the country seems to have shifted from tears of joy and sighs of relief to let's go brandon. mm mm. mm. mm. mm. mm. oh, oh, also that 70 percent of americans doubt that biden is a leader. you can trust only donald trump had a worse approval rating at this point in his presidency. and it's not just the american voters, the mainstream media that wants praised him, are now calling him worse than a lame duck and recommending he not run for reelection in 2024. why do you churn? how could this have happened to a democratic president? so love by mainstream media and the party establishment, coven das, at this point of added up to abou

just a short distance from the white house. these people are coming up to be tested for cope at 19 as case numbers reached record highs. i'll call the fall, we are so i need to take a test in everybody that is a few of us getting together. so we want to all take a cobra test to be safe to be just because i've got grandkids at home and my mother and everybody else me. so i have to keep, you know, just by don't back and take a chance to sit in at home to my family. i'm not trying to do it, but it's not just testing that'll help in the battle against alma crohn. the white house president biden made yet another appeal to americans to get vaccinated. it's your booster shots, were a mask our doctors and made it clear booster shots per by the strongest protection . unfortunately, we still have transit millions of people who are eligible for the booster shots covered is not yet gotten. i've gotten the 1st 2 shots, not gotten the booster folks. the booster shots are free and widely available in new york city. those booster shots even co

house, and joe biden to coffers can yet is facing scrutiny for his offshore holdings revealed in the so called pandora papers, which is getting news that former us president bill clinton's been hospitalized in california with a suspected blood infection. and a statement is spokesman says he's on demand and in good spirits. i judge in rome has suspended the trial of 4 members of egypt. security forces for the kidnap, and murder of an italian academic julia. jenny's body was fined in a ditch outside cairo. in 2016, the for security agents were due to be tried in a sense. yeah. but the judge found it was unclear whether the agents knew about the charges against them. and you, case of a bowl has been identified and democratic republic of congo. the discovery in the city of briny comes just days after a 3 year old child died from the disease. those are the headlines and now and i'll just get back to witness, goodbye. ah ah ah. but i am in a bad . she didn't make a sheet. i go my so thank you, alyssa, alyssa, you me in though as will garza, i still dial up a barely a so says we are home th

during a meeting at the white house, they agreed to work together against aggression from moscow. and anti democratic means by china. differences remained over a contentious russian gas pipeline. more than 60 people have died, dozens are missing in western europe has severe flooding devastates towns and villages. most of those killed where in germany, which is experienced, it gets worse whether disaster in decades. the africa and taliban and pakistan's government have agreed to reopen an important border crossing to allow stranded people through fighters took control of the spin bolduc crossing with pockets on on wednesday after weeks of rapid territorial gangs and south africa, mobilizing thousands of soldiers to stop more than a week of riots and looting. violence is stopped fears of food shortages with large lines for me outside the shops. at least 117 people have died in the unrest which was triggered by the jailing of former president, jacob 0 my last week. you are up to date with the headlines and out to 0. witnesses next? ah, i owe $200.00. which total move up? any oh on th

direct talks with a run for the white house is warning. sanctions remain in place and the u. s. is preparing additional measures if an agreement isn't ranged during talks in vienna. us president joe biden has held a phone call with his ukranian counterpart in a show of support over the build up of russian troops along its boredom. but moscow denies its preparing to invade its neighbour both countries of.

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what we're hearing is, is that the, from the white house and from the pentagon is that they're keeping all options open on a potential. another strike against iso k in terms of the threat to the airport to the people either outside the airport or to us service members guarding inside the airport, where the evacuees, the white house is not saying exactly what the threats are, but they clearly are very clear and very credible threats. and joe biden says that he met with his top military commanders and intelligence officials that say it's very likely that has tack could happen, come within the next 24 to 36 hours. the taliban says cobble airport will be under its complete control very soon as a bolster security around the complex following that bombing that killed at least 175 people. the group is now escorting some off guns into the airport. the last british military flight has less trouble carrying the u. kays remaining diplomats and troops out of dentist on the final flight carrying off down civilians left earlier on saturday. hundreds of guns eligible for resettlement have been left b

allen fisher al jazeera at the white house. not less cross now to fill val who is in washington and so you have the social spending plan that alan was just talking about, but then separate, you also have this infrastructure bill and there is a fair bit of uncertainty over that. yeah, absolutely. and in the last few minutes, we've actually heard from the caucus representing progressives in congress. that is said that it will not be voting for this infrastructure bill without the build better plan. so you know elliott, nancy pelosi, she was not very happy. she said that her patience was wearing thin. she said that her fuse is running low. you can only imagine how close the fuse might be blowing. now, blowing now that she's had this latest development because these are 2 separate bills . but they're all so kind of linked that it's quite convoluted, but i'll just explain why he called the bill. the album is just referring to the build a better plan than you've got this infrastructure bill, which is worth $1.00 trillion dollars. now

news and these are our top stories joe biden has entered the white house for the 1st time as u.s. president he's expected to sign executive orders including rejoining the paris climate accord and stepping up coronavirus pandemic measures earlier he was sworn into office and gave an inaugural address stressing the need for national unity. harris made history by becoming the 1st woman to be sworn in as vice president.

our white house correspondent, kimberly hunk reports. it's a white house under increasing pressure to act, expanding the right to vote. the access of people across the country to vote is going to be a fight of his presidency. last month. us president joe biden tasked his vice president, comma le harris with counter republican efforts to restrict the voting rights of some americans. republicans allege the 2020 presidential election was rife with fraud and or implementing laws in conservative lead states to limit male in voting, among other measures. but democrats believe republicans want to keep democrats and voters of color from the ballot box. this own is designed, i believe, to make it harder for you to vote, so that you don't vote to democrat lead bills in congress. reserve voting rights have stalled due to a lack of republican support. earlier this month, democrats also suffered a legal set back. the supreme court granted states new abilities to restrict voting in texas democrats. there are protesting republican voting restrictions b

he will not meet with joe by then the if the white house disappointed well, in some ways the white house is probably relieved, given the fact at least now there is an outcome in terms of these elections. there has been sort of a collective holding of breath waiting for that because it really was impossible to move forward until they knew who specifically they were dealing with moving forward . so now there is resolution on that, but the hard work begins because iran has made it no secret what it's looking for. and that is lifting of those extremely punishing sanctions. and that is something that the united states up until now has not been prepared to do. having said that, the united states, as part of trying to revive this deal with 2015 agreement to live in a rise nuclear program, that the truck administration, the previous administration, withdrew from there have been signs of good faith. but it appears that that has not been enough. for example, there has been a quiet lifting of some sanctions that affect businesses as well as certain individuals. the state department saying this is b

just a few weeks ago the white house was counting what it said would be a summer of joy and freedom. things have changed. this american tragedy. people are dying and will die. who don't have to die throughout their own vaccinate. you don't have to die view as president announced a mixture of incentives and requirements. employers will be reimbursed for paid, sickly, given to employees to get vaccinated. and biden urged local authorities use emergency federal aid to offer the unvaccinated $100.00 to get their shots. in addition, federal government employees and contract is, will be required to disclose their vaccination status if they refuse or are vaccinated. they will be required to wear a mask no matter the location. physically distance from others, be tested weekly or twice weekly, and have travel restrictions imposed. but this isn't a federal vaccine mandate. the president said he wasn't clear about the legality of one and federal employees have a choice not to get vaccinated, but clearly their working lives will be more difficult as a result. by didn't made it clear, this was no

i'll just see it up at the white house. you know, the u. k says it's in direct talks with the taliban to secure a safe passage for british nationals and afghan allies remain there. the talks in both and you can officials and senior taliban members taking place in doha. britain's mission came to an end on saturday. it's learn more than 15000 people out in the past 2 weeks. when the taliban expressed disappointment at the departing us troops for disabling planes in the helicopters and destroying equipment at campbells airport, the group also said it wanted to attract foreign investments. run an inclusive government. in other news honeycutt ida has left hundreds of thousands on the us gulf coast without drinking water and electricity. louisiana governor called the destruction catastrophic. restoring power could take weeks and he's 4 people died. you have federal court documents show that one of 2 former u. k. nationals accused of being part of an eyesore cell will be guilty to criminal charges on thursday. alex on dakota was expedited from ira

according to the white house you asked president joe biden wants to talk about most coast aggressive actions in ukraine. he wants to call out russia for human rights abuses. they had poisoning of the position leader. i'll explain nevada, but i think when the leaders come together at the villa ground right behind me, it's cyber security. that will be at the top of the agenda. there has been a few significant, far reaching cyber attacks in the u. s. lately, some of them having rush and fingerprints on them one targeted murray test biggest fuel pipeline. so the u, as once russia to do more to debtor, to deter such a text from within its waters. well, you know, allison's just a few months. a week ago we saw the u. s. president say when he was asked that let me put in is a killer. he's talked about drawing red lines in the meeting. so how tense do you think the summit is going to be? well, the fact is that the relations between the 2 countries are at the very low point, and you as president joe biden, he has made clear that he wants to be tough on russia. however, my impression is that he

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kimberly hell can al jazeera, the white house, the 8th round of talks to revive the iran nuclear deal has resumed in vienna, around the foreign minister once guarantees the us sanctions will be lifted on oil sales. of in process in iraq to the supreme court rejected an appeals over 10 parliamentary election result, shia cleric our father is the election biggest when us russia says talk, supplant with the u. s. over security concerns next month. michaela reports. well, we've all state department for a response to the comments made by sir g. a lab rather than to there is no direct confirmation off the lab rubs intention to hold a meeting between experts from both the us and russia at the state department simply says that it's willing to engage in diplomacy. whatever the forum be direct talks or the through nato allies, however, it says as well that any talks must depend on the fact that russia addresses us concerns about security. and also as such, discussions have to be on the basis of reciprocity. so there's no direct confirmation from state department. apart from that comment saying

according to the white house, what's your message? the platforms like face the world, people. really, the only pandemic we have is that we've increased this information, research and tracking within the surgeon general's office. we're flagging problematic post for facebook. the federal government is now marking post that it deems problematic for facebook to take down it's 5. this is for every one's good. they say one time thing to save lives. they say this is ministry of truth level of no fees and they're literally admitted to collude with media to control the narrative, this a censorship. this is the union of corporate and state power. one of the classic hallmarks of fascism that they people who spend 5 years babbling about fascism support probably didn't expect facebook to put up a fight. see, facebook has been playing biden scape good game for, for much longer than biden has been president, and they're very good. the data shows that 85 percent of facebook uses in the us have been, or want to be vaccinated against cobra. 19 these and other facts tell a very different story t

and kimberly how could at the white house. thank you. and now marks it's patrick associate fellow at the international institute for strategic study in the americas. also form a deputy assistant secretary of state. he's in washington as well to talk about this just following on from what kimberly was saying there, mark about this idea of the u. s. lifting sanctions before a deal was struck. what's your take on that? it sounds politically risky. well, the united states has lifted a few sanctions in a very minor way as your correspond indicated. and you know, anything by didn't ministration does to show flexibility toward iran is going to be criticized. republicans are not going to support any feasible deal with iran. so the binding team knows this and knows they will have to whether criticism. i think the issue is not so much the one of sequencing, but rather than the extent to which they will lift sanctions imposed by the trunk team. the white house has said that there will be several 100 sanctions that will remain in place. iran want al

the white house for its part sides concerns about alleged human rights violations in china. as the by new ministration will not send any diplomatic or official representation to the beijing 2022 winter olympics and paralympic games given the peer scenes, ongoing, genocide and crimes against a humanity and john and other human rights abuses, the athletes and team usa have our full support will be behind them 100 percent, as we cheered them on from home, who will not be contributing to the fanfare of the games. we got reaction from a pair of guess. they both say the biden administration is trying to politicize the winter olympics. it's an unnecessary slide against paging. it's it, it looks like a reactionary attempt by a week president. well, you know, during the cold war attrition wants to politicize the olympics. somewhat similar to what we saw between the u. s. and the ussr during the cold war. now this will indicate the many by does not subscribe the life experience of peaceful, athletic competition. we should keep in mind however, that it's not a total boycott as your lea

we will take back the house and senate in 2022 and we will take back the white house in 2024. [applause] >> god bless you, god bless the united states of america. thank you. [applause]

the white house says it's disappointed by the decision is here and is extending it's nationwide lockdown until tuesday after reporting 70 new cases of corona virus. the country's largest city, oakland will remain locked down for another 2 weeks. those are the headlines coming up next to now to 0. it's witness. goodbye. how many nukes has too many new america has in many ways driven the arms parties are much more like the british parties down to the there you are regulation to own a tiger than there are to own a dog. how can this be happening? you know, we take on us politics and society and that's the bottom line. the business i went into in georgia tech and i was actually going each and little get what they say. you do the knowledge or what you know from child symbol nation. you. so to me, to the remote and the gentleman in the military tauriel made some kind of way to cushion ship in high school. you can work with that. you could talk to patients in human i me what do you want. c me thank you mom in step with you who should this is like no shall fall or 2 on top. she can, he saw him no

kimberly healthcare al jazeera, the white house to the rest of the days. news in the us supreme court has ordered the binding administration to rein state a controversial program for asylum sake. is it rule that ending the so called remain in mexico program violated federal law. and trump era policy requires asylum sake as to why to mexico, all their applications are processed for the backlogs. mean that many people are stuck living in camps and months. the head of a runs prison authority has issued a aware apology. after lake video is revealed how detainees are being this treated so violence footage, linked by a hacker group shows, guys baking, dragging and kicking inmates inside tie runs, evan, prison. it has as political prisoners and jewel nationals. and the government has the use dismiss, delegations of human rights abuses around state tv, says the judiciary has ordered an investigation. dam is a new president, has taken office hockey in day he g. lemme is promising an economic turnaround, but he's got a challenge on his hands. a nation is saddled with debt as roo matessa report.

the white house of acting without congressional authority. so there are complicated issues here in the united states for joe biden, moving forward. the big concern for ron is that there has to be some trust shown by the united states. how does iran know that the united states in the success of government after the biden administration, may live up or may not live up to its words? as we saw with the trump administration, thousands of people have gathered in armenian capital to celebrate nichol passion, yields victory, and sunday snap election passing. and i'm told that early poll front of each public anger about the peace deal he signed to end the war with the by john last year, his civil contract party took a majority of the votes, came in well ahead of the party of his main rival, the former president robert a chinese is because look at the results now. questions civil contract party with nearly 54 percent of the vote. his main rival, as we said, robert custodian and the armenia alliance block just 21 percent distance. second, the still a lo

kimberly, how's that reporting from the white house over the u. k. the prime minister board johnson is facing pressure to impose stricter restrictions, and more than one to 8000 cases have just been reported a few moments ago. or a challenge has more from london. i words, has it a gas that the likelihood of the restrictions in england is receding? i'm not because i think i, his cabinets and his back bench m. p 's a very reluctant, they're very empty. extra lockdown measures. they don't want them at all. they would much rather people make their own decisions and hated their behavior accordingly. rather than have the government imposed decisions on them and his back benches and his cabinet. i think probably fitting vindicated at the moment by the new data that's coming out of various studies around the world, which suggests that all micron is a variance is less severe. it's of obviously much more infectious and delta, but it seems to be less severe and that means that they are saying, okay, well, we told you, so those scientific advisors have been all

he left the white house just a couple of minutes ago. he'll fly to under the air force base and then take the flight to oklahoma. he sees this is an important part of the platform that we'd like to do, and he's aware that black votes largely helped him get elected. it was black voice that essentially tundra and the primary campaign. so he became the predominant democrat in the race and eventually secured the nomination and many times throughout the election campaign he said to the black community, we've got your back. this gives him the opportunity to develop that platform when he gets down to tulsa. he's obviously going to address what happened 100 years ago, which was the, was the example of racial violence in the united states history. but he's also going to talk about how we can improve things for the future. he's going to talk about the racial wealth gap and what the federal government can do, how it can help small businesses that are owned by minorities, how we can funnel federal funds into a small businesses make them part of the

we keep hearing from the white house that it's a false choice. i think really what we need to see is action to prove that it's a false choice. and that can start by making sure that we see hundreds of millions and up to 2000000000 more doses of vaccine to low and middle income countries. by the end of this year, that's really the only way we're going to solve the pandemic. what color majestic challenges are there? i mean, is it the speed of production? no. is it the kind of a cold chain or some? what are the main obstacles? yeah, i think we're really in, for a daunting few months here as hard as developing new vaccines from scratch. we're an under a year as hard as getting manufacturing up to a 1000000000 doses a month have been getting shots and arms is going to be actually the most complex and damping part of this entire endeavor. we know that you can fix manufacturing in ways that are controllable. it's much harder to make sure we have everything from logistics and data systems to cold chain, to the 1000000, the vaccinate that are going to be

now the white house my correspond that alan fisher. so alan was talking about a reinvigorated war on drugs, but it's been going on on an off for what a generation now. what's the u. s. p that the by the administration brings to the table here more you got to look at this on, on a couple of levels as international politics is never just one thing as it. first of all, there's a relationship between mexico and the united states. and it's been strained over recent months, essentially says joe biden came into the white house, and there was the, the guesting of a senior cuban official and mexico for the near the they did the independence day celebrations. when the president and mexico was said, hasn't cuba done very well to withstand the embargo for many years? the americans didn't particularly like that. joe biden was invited to meet at the president. that hasn't happened. he sent his secretary of state instead. so you can see that there's a bit of tension there, although both sides would have you believe everything is okay. but then there'

well, alan fisher is live at the white house. hi there, allen. so plenty of criticism there and we're supposed to be hearing from president biden later, i believe its been delayed a couple of times. he was due to speak, but 30 minutes ago still new sight of him appearing in the state dining room in the white house. normally there's a pillar reporters that are gathered. they've been told to go back inside. so it could be another 1520 minutes, perhaps even longer than that as they get job and ready to address the nation. it's interesting, he's doing it in the middle of the afternoon here in the united states rather than a prime time address on all the major networks a will be carried by all of the major networks, but not when most people are sitting watching the tv he's going to leave a foreign policy. but before he does that, he will thank everyone who is involved in the a lift operation. more than 120000 people listed in the last couple of weeks. he will talk about the military and the volunteers who are involved in that operation and getting it

c, a large crowd gathered outside the white house. people was voicing that concerns over the fall of the afghan government and the troop withdrawal. saving waving us down flags and holding signs, proclaiming america betrayed to the afghan people that demanding the country opens its borders to them. immediately ali, our tv son of join my colleagues, were to say in the studio to discuss how the ton of bonds triumph is being viewed in the us. all we can do is just speculate as to how trump would have could have, might have handled the withdrawal would have been better, would have been worse. there's no way of telling because trumps no longer president and printed the president is a joe biden. and of course, it's difficult to whitewash this whole thing because and to make it look like a success which they are trying to do right now. because just think of it, the americans, they've been present and i've gone to a new just short of 20 years. that's 2 decades. if you're an american teenager in 19 going on 20, it means you never remember. you

over all the white house is a pretty weak spot where the country looking on and disapproval. there just aren't people that are united over anything these days. they're divided over war. they're divided over response to the corona virus. they're divided over the economy. the divisiveness in america causes people not to reflect on what really makes sense. and instead to join in this blame game of right versus left, which leads to know which doesn't lead to actual illumination of the issues and thoughtful responses. the rift between the american people is just going to wide and wide and wide and, and the possibility for civil dialogue between the 2 is going to become harder and harder. and that's why it's crucial for those of us who don't fall into either one of those can't make a point of pointing out how all of the politicians are wrong. and how this was never supposed to be about republican versus democratic reality. as this is the american people for the very small handful of incredibly powerful people that run washington d. c, will fall out from it. well, joe biden trust an

how much of a surprise was it to the white house? it was a huge surprise. you heard there this hesitation when the host said, you're a know he hesitated because that was the 1st time the white house was hearing that and it's not too happy that that's how they found out. add to that. this is a member of the president's own democratic party sen mansion, the democrat from west virginia. but he made that announcement on fox news, which in the united states is aligned more with the republican party. it's largely a conservative values networks. so this was a big slap in the face with the white house because joe match has been at the center of negotiations with the biden administration, various levels, including the president himself and phone calls and personal meetings. not just for weeks but months. and so this is the issue for the white house that they found out like this. they felt that in a statement that they issued after that appearance, by joe mentioned that he, he had an essentially slap the president of the face, that they had no advance warning. the wa

well, our white house correspondent, kimberly how it is standing by. but 1st let's cross live to rosalind jordan. she's at the state department with secretary of state anthony blink, and you to speak there very shortly. now rose, we heard from the pentagon earlier, so 10000 people are still waiting to be evacuated. is the us actually confident that us going to plow? well, according to officials at the pentagon and at the state department, they are confident that they can get the remaining 10000 or so people that they believe are at perhaps the most risk of being harmed by the tall bond. they believe that they can get them out of the country before the august 31st deadline. and of course, so the re priority is to make certain that all us citizens are able to get flight out of the country, but time is running short. they're just about 6 days left, but certainly this is a situation that is top of mind. especially for the pentagon, which is actually overseeing the actual flight in and out of cobble international airport. john kirby is the paragon spokes pe

experience when joe biden was back in the white house between 282020 or other 2016. and give me about the other people more than 30 still left in guantanamo. how long might they have to wait? well, what we're hearing from the white house is that they're working on it right now. as, as the white house press secretary discuss, some of them are eligible for transfer already. others are having their cases reviewed. and what we know if that's a pretty lengthy process, because not only does the state department have to work with other nations to see that they can be transferred somewhere. but this has to be approved by the department of defense and also has to be congress has to get notified about an every step of the way along the way. there are hurdles and add to that the attorneys for each of these individuals is also working to flag the fact that much of this is considered lawful. many of these people were abducted by the ca, went to black sites where they disappeared for years, only to reemerge at guantanamo. so there's the unconstitutionality of that and the sort of

the white house says it's raised concerns about the issue through diplomatic channels. the you and skills you counsel as held an emergency meeting on north korea a day off to pyongyang, tested a ballistic missile from a submarine. it's the 1st underwater test launch into years. the u. s. south korea and japan have condemned it. the afghan taliban says it needs international recognition to ease the countries, humanitarian crisis. representatives were speaking in moscow. following a conference were regional powers including china, india, and pakistan. russia says the group would have to uphold a basic standard of human rights to get recognition. the taliban also promised to address ongoing security concerns. we had very good meeting all the participating countries. they supported unfreeze in the assets of renaissance, dental, bank, which is actually the assets of the avalon people. and it should not be connected with political issues. and also all the participating countries, this supported close engagement with the new islamic government and of honest on and overall the

let's move on now to other news coming from the white house and concerns of a new conflict. and ukraine could come to head on tuesday with a virtual summit between the us and russian leaders. joe biden is promising what his spokesman, called, enduring and meaningful costs. if a build up of russian troops, east of ukraine's border results in an invasion, something his intelligence experts say could happen in just weeks is an opportunity for the president to underscore, of course u. s. concerns with russian military activities on the border with ukraine and reform reform. the united states support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the ukraine. it's also an opportunity to discuss a range of topics in the u. s. and russia relationship including strategic stability, cyber and regional issues are, but you can certainly expect that ah, the are, are concerns about the military activities on the border will be a prominent part of the discussion. vladimir putin is denied that an invasion is planned, blaming nato, for the need to position his military as a ball work agai

the tea long is already reached the white house. so this has been building and building and building. the foreign ministry is going to keep getting questions on this and i can't keep saying, i don't know about this particular on its own media is tweeting and, and putting out posts on that very topic. government have fellow players and have fans. and now waiting for answers and marriage, audrey al jazeera, people in lebanon are struggling to paying for medicines after the government cut subsidies on some drugs. the countries already in a severe economic crisis. and as in a 100 reports from bo routes, there seems and no way outs insights about how much is a diabetic who needs continuous medical care. but this 75 year old can no longer afford it. lebanon began gradually lifting subsidies on drugs a few months ago. but now they include those for chronic diseases. wagner marshal, good. i am state employee, and my pension is not enough to pay for the medicines. i need to have no idea how much we will die because we can't buy medicine. i'm