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prevented the pilots from being able to take off. just moments ago, we confirmed from three u.s. officials that officials are going to start at the airport on the military side. meanwhile. they are bracing for the group of taliban rule by removing images of women from store fronts like this beauty salon. the white house says we ll hear from them soon. that s where we start this very busy hour. richard engle is on the ground in kabul. mike memoli is near camp david. we re also joined by doug olivant. he is also a retired army lieutenant colenel in afghanistan. good to have all of you here on a very important day. richard we have to start with you on the ground. the situation still very much unfolding. what are you seeing right at this moment? so courtney just confirmed that the flights out of kabul are supposed to resume soon. we are very close to that airport. i have been watching it for the last several days. we have not seen those flights resume at the moment. but t ....
another 1,000 troops on the way bringing the total to 7,000 troops to aid in the nail-biting escape that president biden himself dismissed just a month ago. is the taliban takeover of afghanistan now inevitable? no. it is not. why? because you have the afghan troops that have 300,000 well equipped as well equipped as any army in the world, and an air force against something like 75,000 taliban. it is not inevitable. mr. president, some vietnamese veterans see the echos of their withdrawal in afghanistan and do you see any parallels between this withdrawal and what happened in vietnam with some people feeling none whatsoever. zero. you see entire brigades breaking through the gates of the embassy and six if i am not mistaken, and the taliban is not the north vietnamese army, and they are not remotely comparable in terms of capability, and there is no circumstance to see people lift lifted off of the roof of afghanistan and it is not at all comparable. and ....
at westminster cathedral. good morning. a promising sundae of sunshine awaits. yes, we have some low cloud, mist and fog around. it will lift and we will have another glorious day. plenty of sunshine and getting a little bit warmer. all of the details, coming up shortly. good morning! how are you? it is sunday the 30th of may. 0ur good morning! how are you? it is sunday the 30th of may. our top story: chelsea fans are celebrating the biggest prize in european club football for a second time after their team beat manchester city in the champions league final in portugal. more than 16,000 supporters were allowed into the stadium in porto. the host city was changed from istanbul because of covid restrictions. laura scott reports. nine years on from the first taste of european glory, chelsea crowned champions once again. but on a frenetic night in porto, they had to keep fighting right to the wire. 0n keep fighting right to the wire. on paper, manchester city were all out a ....
a frightening look at what our future holds if nothing is done to fix the crisis. and we will get to those stories in a moment, but first the latest developments in the breaking news we re covering out of haiti. a group of 17 christian missionaries abducted by gangs outside of port-au-prince. the washington post reports one of the victims posted a call for help on the whatsapp messaging service while they were being kidnapped. an ohio-based organization called christian aid ministries has confirmed the victims are members of its group. we get more now from cnn s matt rivers. we spoke to him earlier. so this is basically very much an ongoing situation at this point. what i can tell you, though, is that, you know, we were doing stories about kidnappings months ago when we were there after the haitian president was assassinated back on july 7th. and this has been an issue that has plagued haiti for a long time, but this year specifically, a significant spike in kidna ....
6th committee. what more will americans learn about the former president. january 6th committee member congressman adam schiff will be here. one-you way ticket. washington and new york struggle to cope as border states bus thousands of undocumented migrants up east. it s just a mean and cruel thing. what is the long-term solution on the border? texas congressman dan crenshaw is coming up. hello, i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is wondering just how strong that red wave will be after months of democratic concern and despite persistently high inflation. democrats in washington, d.c., are now feeling more hopeful about their chances to maintain control of the u.s. senate this fall. polling in key battleground states where republicans had hoped to defend or pick up seats now appears to be trending blue. and senate republican leader mitch mcconnell is blaming, quote, candidate quality after a series of trump-backed hopefuls with liabilities ....