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Good afternoon im Martha Maccallum and this is the story a big afternoon in new york. Former President Donald Trump is about to hold a Campaign Event in the bronx. This is a highly unlikely situation. He would be the first republican president ial candidate if he were to in new york which he thinks he has a possibility of doing. As i said, very unlikely it hasnt happened since Ronald Reagan 40 years ago. Take a look at this, this is president reagan speaking to the National Urban league in new y...

Folks to qualify to get out, she told us today that it is a practical impossibility for anybody to take advantage of that, both because of the complexity of what the state department demands as part of that application but also specifically because of this requirement that in order to apply for that visa, you have to leave afghanistan. well, how do you do that? when the taliban now controls the government and the border crossings, as well as internal transportation within the country to a certai...

Her husband and her children are safe now in california where we spoke with her today. but she told us her mother and other people who are trying to get out of afghanistan right now, this p-2 visa that supposedly allows all these folks to qualify to get out, she told us today that it is a practical impossibility for anybody to take advantage of that, both because of the complexity of what the state department demands as part of that application but also specifically because of this requirement t...

Whit? >> brittany, thank you. good to have you tonight. now to afghanistan and the battle for control as american troops head home. the taliban rapidly gaining ground. half the countrys roughly 400 districts now in their hands. the u.s. is frantically processing thousands of visa requests from those who worked with american forces. heres abcs julia macfarlane. >> reporter: tonight, the taliban on the march, launching fresh attacks on three afghan cities. militants targeting key areas like kand...

Its an asset to protect us from terrorists. it counters russia, china and iran. >> we are going dark in afghanistan and there will be long-term consequences. >> in terms of the thousands of afghan translators and their families who faced death threats for working with the u.s. government, congressman mccall said they are negotiating to serve as a base as the u.s. processes their visa requests. >> up next the pandemic is easing and america is getting back to normal. why is the u.s. capitol still ...

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Been banned from entering that country. republican ron johnson of wisconsin and democrat chris murphy of connecticut say their visa requests were denied ahead of a bipartisan congressional delegation trip. in a statement senator murphy called it quote a perilous moment for our two nations fragile relationships, saying its a shame that russia isnt interested in dialogue. the russian visa denials come as senate minority leader chuck schumer sent a letter to president trump arguing against russias ...

Robert, let me start with you. its not your story, your paper is reporting, though, we just quoted from it, the president apparently feeling some urgency to show tangible progress on this border wall by election day 2020. obviously the signature promise of his 2016 campaign. behind the scenes, how big a concern is that for trump, that so little progress has been made in 2 1/2 years as president? >> inside the white house tonight, theyre bracing for a fall where the u.s. mca trade deal may not ev...

Legal way, theyre only processing some visa requests from 1992. 1993. these folks are doing it the legal way and they have still been waiting 20, 20 plus years. >> thats a great question. >> what do you do? >> should the folks that are here now at all get in line ahead of any of those folks? >> the answer is they have to get at the end of the line. but weve got to put more resources. you hear a lot of talk about border security. according to the migration policy institute, we have a minus net to...

in a presidential election run thauf weekend. we should tell you that riot police, military personnel have taken up positions outside the court. ben wedeman joins us in just a few moments with the latest on this. as soon as we get ben wedeman, well bring it to you. back to the u.s. you know the old saying, when it rains it pours. for the obama campaign it appears to be a gully washer. lately the president has had some bad poll number, some bad headlines, some democrats are expressing...