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Biden Fires Back At Critics Over Afghanistan Withdrawal
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 01:16:56
Publish Date: 2021-09-01 12:44:00
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President Biden fires back at critics, vehemently defending the U.S withdrawal from Afghanistan, ‘respectfully disagreeing’ evacuations should have started sooner, adding there is no deadline for evacuating remaining Americans ‘if they want to come out’. Sources tell CNN that the U.S. negotiated a secret deal with the Taliban to escort groups of Americans to the Kabul airport gates.

Republican hypocrisy is on full display over Afghanistan as GOP lawmakers fearmonger over the presence of Afghan refugees in the U.S.

Hurricane Ida has left more than 1 million people without power along the Gulf Coast, amid scorching heat. Food, water and gasoline are also in short supply. In order to best manage the crisis, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards has advised evacuees ‘do not return until we are ready to receive you’.

A Texas abortion law is set to take effect tonight, and if it not blocked, could effectively end Roe v. Wade. Texas’ 6-week abortion ban lets private citizens sue in an unprecedented legal approach. Lawmakers are waiting to see if the Supreme Court intervenes in the controversial ban.

Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy warns telecommunications companies not to comply with the January 6th White House Select Committee request to preserve records of lawmakers and private citizens, stating such an act would be in violation of federal law and would be subject to companies losing their ability to operate in the U.S.

On tonight’s panel: CNN’s David Axelrod, John Harwood, Charlie Dent, Brian Todd, Jeffrey Toobin, Laura Coates, Amanda Carpenter, and Scott Jennings. Plus: Matthew Dowd, Cynthia Lee Sheng, Debbie Jordan and Elliot Ackerman.

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