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>> yeah. and i have flight on august 20 this friday. i already fill out the application for the u.s. embassy. this is the e-mail that i got from the u.s. embassy. >> so did you try to get into the airport? >> i did. >> what did the taliban say? >> the taliban say we dont know, just go. we dont want to try to let you in. >> they dont have flights. >> they just say, but they do have flights. >> youre getting the impression. look, im surrounded here. everybody here has got a story, people work for ...

Good friday morning. this is "early start." >> it is 3 is p1 past the hour time for our top stories. the pentagon sending 3,000 troops to afghanistan to help partially evacuate embassy staff and local u.s. allies from kabul. the move highlights the stunning speed of the taliban takeover of much of the country. it comes just weeks before the scheduled final withdrawal of u.s. forces from afghanistan. a third vaccine dose for some immunocompromised americans now authorized by the fda. recent stu...

Effect until august 20. back in june multiple days of record triple digit temperatures led to nearly 100 heat related deaths in oregon. to business now, lets get a check on cnn business. looking at markets around the world, asian shares closed slightly higher. europe has opened higher for the morning. wall street stock index 23u9s a futures are barely moving. it was a record day after the senate passed the bipartisan infrastructure bill. the dow closed up 162 points hitting a fresh high. the s...

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It’s the first time the company has brought one of its shows to the Valley in 18 months and is part of a 25-city tour marking the WWE’s return to putting on live events with audiences. Last month, the company announced its resuming live events in arenas across the U.S. starting in mid-July after more than a year. In March 2020, the WWE started broadcasting its shows and pay-per-views from its training center in Orlando before moving to nearby arenas and stadiums (where it set up a bubble-li...

Gleaned from those conversations that ukrainian embassy was aware that there was some kind of a hold on the assistance. >> sir, the way i would phrase it is that there was some kind of an issue. yes. >> you are now, ms. cooper, the third witness before our committee who has testified that the ukrainians found out about a problem or a hold on the security assistance prior to becoming public but you are the first to indicate that may go back as early as the date of the presidents call with preside...

Officials were alarmed in august. that the aide was being held up. thats more evidence that under cuts the presidents defense from him and from the people who were supporting him. >> they have been making this argument that the ukrainians didnt know the aide was being with held therefore it couldnt have been a ransom. the testimony under mines that argument. shes saying this date happened on august 20. and top aids knew about it. shes talking about the fact that it was essentially leverage from ...

From him and from the people who were supporting him. >> they have been making this argument that the ukrainians didnt know the aide was being with held therefore it couldnt have been a ransom. the testimony under mines that argument. shes saying this date happened on august 20. and top aids knew about it. shes talking about the fact that it was essentially leverage from white house officials over the ukrainians potential people like rudy giuliani and others conducting this foreign policy. anoth...

Lead to higher fares and possibly moves towards automation, and the said this. >> if the only way we are making rights more affordable and accessible is by making other people miserable, drivers, something is wrong. >> shannon: comments a day after rideshare drivers blocked market street in front of wilbur headquarters in san francisco. california assembly would make it harder for companies to classify workers as independent contractors. hurricane dorian is now heading for floridas coast as a ba...