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U.S. Strikes Back Against ISIS-K
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 01:20:06
Publish Date: 2021-08-28 10:45:02
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BREAKING NEWS: The U.S. has conducted an air strike against an ISIS-K 'planner'. U.S. Central Command spokesman, Navy Captain Bill Urban, has said the unmanned air strike occurred in Afghanistan and initial indications are that the target was killed. No civilian casualties are known of at this time.

The U.S. embassy in Kabul advises U.S. citizens to leave the gates of Hamid Karzai Airport immediately to avoid traveling to the airport following a warning from the President’s National Security Team that another terror attack is likely. The Pentagon has confirmed there was one explosion in the ISIS-K terror attack outside the airport yesterday not two, as they originally reported. The bomber wore a suicide vest.

Louisiana and Mississippi face both hurricane and storm surge warnings as Hurricane Ida bears down on the Gulf Coast with the concern it will make land-fall as a category 4 tomorrow.

A Judge has ruled against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ ban on mask mandates in schools. Despite his continual threats of removing funding, the majority of school districts in large populated areas rebelled against the Governor. Florida reported more Covid cases in the last week than any other since the beginning of the pandemic with 17,000 cases in schools.

The assault on voting rights is spreading across the country. 18 states have enacted 30 new laws just this year. House Democrats passed the John Lewis Voting Rights Act this week, but the bill faces an uphill climb in the Senate.

On tonight’s panel: CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Alex Marquardt, Lieutenant General Mark Hertling, Karen McGinnis, John Harwood, James Clapper, Dr. Larry Brilliant and Suzanne Malveaux. Plus: William Cohen, Matthew Dowd, Colonel Scott Mann, Afghanistan Veteran Lieutenant Jason Redman and political commentator Amanda Carpenter.

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