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In the face of fierce ukrainian resistance, the u.s. says russian troops have stopped advancing on the capital, kyiv. video shows damaged russian tanks and vehicles after ukrainian soldiers claim to have routed the russians from a suburb east of kyiv and a top russian general now claims this is all according to moscows battle plan from the beginning, and that its focus will now turn to eastern ukraine. the general also said some 1,300 russian troops had died in the fighting. the first casualty u...

President have not broken through the crammed schedule that were dealing with today. >> i found the same at the white house, garrett. i think theyre trying to figure out their responses. staying on top of them for that. i want to turn to you, lets play an exchange with savanna guthrie. take a listen to what he told her about when he tested positive. >> i dont know, i dont even remember. i can tell you this. after the debate, i guess a day or so, i think thursday evening, maybe late thursday even...

Places where they required two-thirds. they debated at the founding convention about whether there should be a super majority requirement for the passage of legislation and decided not to. and heres whats really shocking, nicole. i did the math the other day. you can assemble 41 votes in the senate to stop anything, and those senators, those 41 senators, represent 24% of america. so, 24% of americans can basically veto anything thats important and desired by 76% of americans. to me, that doesnt ...

President biden is still pledging that the u.s. will try to evacuate afghan allies. the promise was much broader once when the u.s. said they would try to help vulnerable afghans escape. and then they have been narrowing and narrowing the people that have been getting out. these promises are still being made, but when you talk to people on the ground, afghan special immigrant visa holders are not being let into the airport. >> there is something thats falling down that doesnt square up here, jak...

Whole reason theyre pulling out, which is the afghan army is incompetent on the one hand, and the bet that that very same army will hold the line long enough for an evacuation to occur, both of those people we were just talking about were afghan citizens and the american citizens. and that just doesnt square. it doesnt make any sense. and they are now living with the disastrous consequences of that imminently foreseeable problem. indeed, if they really believed the afghan army was so bad, why di...

Whole reason theyre pulling out, which is the afghan army is incompetent on the one hand, and the bet that that very same army will hold the line long enough for an evacuation to occur, both of those people we were just talking about were afghan citizens and the american citizens. and that just doesnt square. it doesnt make any sense. and they are now living with the disastrous consequences of that imminently foreseeable problem. indeed, if they really believed the afghan army was so bad, why di...

That ultimately theyre going to be looking at judging him by the success of getting our american citizens, everyone that wants to leave, out, as well as those who we made commitments to and promises who supported and helped save lives of american citizens, whether it be translators, working for ngos and those we cant leave behind because they know they would with focused for retaliation by the taliban. so we got to do that and do it well. you know, something like the air lift that happened in be...

Scott. npr. >> thank you, mister president. i wanted to follow-up on something you said a moment go. you said there are no circumstances in which american citizens cant get to the airport, it doesnt square with the images were seeing around the airport with the reporting on the ground for my colleagues that are describing chaos in violence. are you saying that any america that wants to get to the airpor is getting there in is getting past the security barrier into the plains where they want to g...

Ambassador crockerings thanks so much for joining us. you heard what the president said tonight to abc, that chaos ensuing was unavoidable. doesnt square with past statements that he made about a safe and orderly withdrawal. but i am wondering what you made of what the president said? >> the presidents comments, anderson, not just this -- this evening but going back several days now are -- are deeply disappointing, to say the least. he seems to be blaming everything thats happened on everybody b...

Houston doing whats necessary to protect the residents of those areas. >> to that point, governor abbott is seeking legal action to uphold his anti-mask mandates saying any school district, public university, or local government official who decides to defy the order will be taken to court. this is the state of texas versus everyone else. so i take your point about this being reprehensible. it also to me doesnt square with the supposed conservative principle of small government, of trusting loca...