Page 652 - Bases News Today

Will listen to the other side and have a compromise, you can lose your seat just for that. that is very dangerous in our ability to get something done. >> how much of this is a communications problem. there is plenty of polling work that shows a broad center that want this is consensus. but the conversation and those with the mega phones are the two political bases. and they denounce those efforts. and we see what happens in primaries. it feels like were really disconnected here before the major...

Lawmake lawmakers, for example, are asking about counterterrorism missions, how the u.s. is going to conduct strikes against te terrorists in afghanistan either through the cia or the pentagon. what is that going to look like since we no longer have bases in the country? of course the future of these afghan translators, are they going to be able to get out, and the future of kabul airport, which is such an important part in the country and if that falls into taliban hands, then the rest of the c...

Doesnt get on board makes the danger he faces much greater. >> we are about to see the lengths of allen weisselbergs loyalty to president trump. thank you both for helping us dig through this. one of the largest bases in afghanistan is clear from soldiers. we learned overnight that officials say that bag ram airfield now has been turned over to the afghan government. we turn to courtney kube, corning. what more can you tell us about this overnight development? >> if you think of the withdrawal...

In is a major base. it was the center for a lot of operations in and around kabul. one of the first bases established after 9/11. they came to look for osama bin laden. how many more troops are left is something of a military secret. they pulled out very quietly siting security concerns. theyre not saying how long it wi take or where the troops are coming from. where the next withdrawals will be, how many have been taken out, when it will be completed. there was reporting that it could be comple...

They need to come back in or move personnel in covertly or overtly, but a lot of what is happening here is not happening publicly, and i think that is also one of the factors that is sending -- that is creating such concern among the afghan government and among the afghan security forces because they really dont know exactly what is going on. the white house, president biden today made it very clear he does not want to talk about afghanistan. he would rather be talking about fourth of july. he s...

Cases regular afghan army are walking away. the taliban will arrive and they will have a negotiated surrender, surrendering their weapons and surrendering their bases and the afghan, and the taliban will, in some cases give them money, bus fare home in kind of an act of humiliation say thanks for your weapon. heres a few dollars, actually around $100 per person now go home and dont come back. that has happened about 50 times in the last two months. so there is a real serious concern that the afg...

That. that should become clear when we see the indictment. >> ely, are they sort of throwing the kitchen sink at this? are these more different kinds of charges than you were expecting or what you expected? >> it sounds to me like theyre charging essentially the tax fraud under various different laws, under various different statutes. there are different ways you can charge it. you can charge it as tax fraud, you can charge it as a larceny, you can charge it as falsifying records, meaning falsif...

To make sure afghanistan doesnt become a safe haven for terrorists. how can they make those assurances when there will be no actual troops in the country fighting alongside the afghans. they will not have any bases. pakistan has already said the americans are not allowed to base themselves there. they are all aligned to russia. youll have iran. where the united states is launching air-strikes from to support the taliban is from aircraft carrier regan in the persian gulf. it takes about an hour f...

This individual. if theres other bases to charge him for other potential sexual assaults, that could be in play, but the court says you cannot retry him for this particular victim. >> we know that the statute of limitations has passed for many of these victims, that was the whole point. >> yeah. >> that was why they were just waiting with bated breath for him to get some sort of justice. so the likelihood theres any justice from here -- >> when you see the number of women on the "new york" magaz...

Wish i had done it just to avoid this. >> reporter: now both are at home, on a slow mend. and linsey, louie tells me tonight that his wife is still on oxygen at home. as for booster shots, health experts say those who at most risk would be the first ones to get them if needed. linsey? >> elwyn, thank you. overseas tonight, president biden ordering a second round of air strikes on iran-backed militias near the border of iraq and syria. abcs martha raddatz is just back from an extensive trip to ...