National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin starts us off from the pentagon. We saw in iraq what happened when the u. S. Declared a war over and pulled out troops leaving isis to grow e the u. S. Isnt done with afghanistan. As the taliban continue to Brandish American weapons captured from the Of A Dan Army when the government fell 17 days ago, those fighters expressed anger the u. S. Had disabled all of the military planes and helicopters at the airport before leaving. For the first time since The Last American Soldier left afghanistan, the Defense Secretary and chairman of the Joint Chiefs faced the press. They took just three questions. Including whether they might have to partner with the taliban in the future. I can tell you from perSonal experience that is a ruthless group from the past and whether or not they change remains to be seen. And as far as our dealings with them at that airfield in war you do what you most in order to reduce Risk Admission and force; not necessari
York City Transit said the flooding was due to overwhelmed drains. And more Rain Hit the area overnight thanks to tropical Storm Elsa wreaking havoc in new York City. And out west, states are preparing for another scorching weekend. Forecasters predict temperatures will be Up To 25 degrees higher than average. This comes as California Governor Gavin newsom asks residents to cut Water Usage by 15 . The state is grappling with a record breaking set of temperatures and a drought. Joe, 100 of california, the state of california, is dealing with high temperatures. Just unbelievable. It is unbelievable. It also follows up just historic record highs in oregon, in washington state, in the pacific northwest. Why dont we go right now to Meteorologist Bill karins for more on the forecast. Bill, i think you said those temperatures a few weeks back werent temperatures you saw every ten years, or even every hundred years, they may be every thousand years. And now its happening again, this time in ca
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I hope every member of this committee will work together to see these important reforms enacted into law. Thank you. The young lady yields back. Mr. Carol, you are now recognized for your testimony. Good morning. [ inaudible ] could you pull your mike and make sure the red light is on . Were having trouble hearing you. I apologize. Thank you. Thank you Chairwoman Maloney. Todays hearing is about looking back at and what and appropriately holding responsible those who committed horrible and wrongful acts. It is important that we do that. But its also important as we look back that we focus on what is happening today, what is happening now. The Coronavirus Pandemic of the last 15 months has resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. Thankfully, we are now recovering and america is healing. We now need to turn our collective focus to the ongoing and worsening crisis of addiction and the resulting fatal overdoses that have killed what might be 100,000 people during the same
Represent its voters. Were not guessing about that. We know what republican voters care about. They tell pollsters all the time. Since they kept getting ignored in 2016, they elected donald jump just to make it incredibly clear what they cared about. If that wasnt a wakeup call, nothing would be. Yet nothing really changed it remains true as of right now that the priorities of the people who run the Political Party are very different n some cases completely different from the priorities of the people who vote republican. Why is that . Well, there are a lot of reasons for it probably, but Frank Lunz is definitely one of those reasons. Dr. Frank lunz is the republican partys longestserving message man. For decades, frank has told elected republicans what to say and precisely how to say it. Lunz Massages Language for politicians. He does it now. Just this week, in fact, the national republican congressional committee, the nrcc, invited lunz to florida for the socalled Policy Summit where