then afghan president ashraf ghani is meeting at the white house as taliban attacks surge ahead of the u.s. military pullout. plus, we will look at how a former president of the nra was tricked into giving a graduation speech in front of 3000 empty white chairs -- one chair for each high school student who could not graduate this year because they were killed by gun violence. >> there a some whwill coinue to ght to g t send amendnt, bui would wiing to bet many ofou will be amohose w stand out and prevent them from succeeding. amy: we will go to parkland, florida, to speak to manuel oliver, co-founder of change the ref about how he pulled off the stunt. his son joaquin was shot dead in the 2018 massacre at marjory stoneman douglas high school. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. president biden says he's reached a deal with senators on a bipartisan infrastructure plan that would significantly roll back the white house's original $2.2 trillion american jobs plan. biden's announcement capped bipartisan talks le

the visit by ashraf ghani and his former political rival abdullah abdullah comes as taliban forces haveabout ongoing us involvement in the country: the partnership between afghanistan and the united states is not ending. it is going to be sustained and you know, our trips may and you know, our troops may be leaving but support for afghanistan is not ending. in terms of support and maintenance of helping maintain their military as well as economic and political support. speaking at a press conference following the meeting, ashraf ghani paid tribute to the thousands of americans who'd lost their lives fighting in afghanistan. asked about the us decision to withdraw militarily, he said he respected the move: the decision of the president has been taken on the basis of very significant national consultation and deliberation. this is a sovereign us decision. we respect that decision and our course is to manage the consequences and to ensure that the people of afghanistan rise to the challenge. chinese researchers have discovered the skull of what they believe to be a new species of human tha

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president biden has told the afghan president ashraf ghani — who's on a visit to washington — that theghanistan would continue, despite the us military withdrawal. the visit by ashraf ghani and the head of afghanistan's peace council abdullah abdullah comes as taliban forces have escalated fighting in recent weeks, seizing control of dozens of districts. abdullah abdullah spoke to our correspondent, suzanne kianpour, about pakistan—afghanistan relations. is pakistan meddling? are they working with the taliban? the whole countries _ working with the taliban? tie: whole countries of working with the taliban? tue: whole countries of the region, including pakistan, we have engagements, we talk. and there is a new situation, there will be a new situation in the region and there were countries which were not happy with the presence of the international troops in afghanistan. meanwhile, they don't want the return to the taliban era. that's also a reality, so i'm talking about different countries in the neighbourhood. they also spoke about the potential plight of afghan interpreters if us and

president biden has told the afghan president ashraf ghani, who's on a visit to washington, that the us support for afghanistan would continue, despite the us military withdrawal. the visit by ashraf ghani and the head of afghanistan's peace council abdullah abdullah comes as taliban forces have escalated fighting in recent weeks, seizing control of dozens of districts. abdullah abdullah spoke to our correspondent, suzanne kianpour. she began by asking him about the reaction in the region to the us and nato pulling out theie troops by 11 september. there were countries that were not happy with the presence of the international troops in afghanistan. they do not want to return to the talent and error, that is also a reality. so talking about different countries in the neighbourhood, and all countries including pakistan, pakistan says that instability in afghanistan will lead to instability in pakistan, and peace in afghanistan means peak in pakistan and the region. and to translate the spirit into deals. is pakistan meddling? are they working with the taliban? the point is that they h

president biden met with afghan president ashraf ghani in the oval office to discuss u.s.-african relations as american troops withdraw from the country. pres. biden: hello. okay, everybody is coming in. in that is coming in?

phil mattingly has more from the white house. >> reporter: afghanistan president ashraf ghani had severalen. obviously there was no question the troop pullout that president biden had already announced was not going to change no matter what president ghani put on the table. but there is clear need, clear necessity for more u.s. assistance as the u.s. moves through that process. the country's security situation very clearly deteriorating amidst taliban offensives throughout the country, particularly in the north. real concerns from u.s. intelligence officials that the country could fall within six months of the u.s. officially departing after september 11th. where things stand right now, the u.s. is not changing, and president biden is not moving off of that september deadline. he's making clear the u.s. will continue humanitarian support, will continue its presence at an embassy in kabul, and there will be about 650 u.s. troops there to protect that embassy. but that security situation, that is up to the afghans. whether or not a peace agreement gets signed, the u.s. supports but that is

president biden has been meeting afghan president ashraf ghani to discuss us troop withdrawal and the surge in fighting between afghan forces and the taliban across the country. president biden said that afghans need to decide afghanistan's future. police in germany say three people have been killed by a man with a knife in the central city of wuerzburg. authorities say the attacker — a somali man — had recently spent time in a psychiatric institution. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me, benedicte paviot, france 24's uk correspondent, and esther webber, senior uk correspondent at politico europe. a warm welcome to both of you. lovely to have you both with us this evening, and to have you with us at home watching. let me bring you up to date with some of the front pages we have already had in this evening. it's that photo that features on many of tomorrow's front pages, including the daily mail, which says borisjohnson is facing an overwhelming clamour to sack matt hancock. the daily mirror also questions why the prime minister

he was in a meeting with the president of afghanistan ashraf ghani and said he wasn't aware of it beforehand. this was his response to the sentence. >> how long -- >> 22 and a half years. >> well, i don't know all the circumstances that are considered, but it seems to me under the guidelines that seems to be appropriate. >> the president saying it seemed to be appropriate, but also making very clear he didn't know all of the circumstances that went into it. we'll have to see if the white house says anything later. officials weren't clear if that was going to happen earlier today. but of course you heard the families talk about that critical component of the president's agenda. there's no question about it. however the president feels about the sentencing once he gets the full information on it, that agenda item where negotiators before leaving town said they had reached an agreement on a framework. still something the white house and the president personally want to see on his desk sooner rather than later. >> there is of course other breaking news today. rescue teams risking their lives amo

. >> reporter: hi, phillip good morning president ashraf ghani and his former rival will statistic down with president biden today in what is expected to be a show of unity, but also to talk about what's next in afghanistan, all but 650 u.s. troops will be out of the country in a matter of weeks, months ahead of the september 11th deadline. and today part of the conversation is about what happens after that, with the taliban gaining strength, will there be afghan government fall? president biden expected to push peace talks between the government and the taliban and he's asking congress for $3 billion, just a little bit more than this year for security there next year. the government also planning to evacuate some 18,000 interpreters and others who helped the u.s. during the war their lives are at risk, and the president says they will not be left behind. also today vice president harris heading to the border. she will be in el paso with the secretary of homeland security under some pressure to visit, this will be her first visit there, although the second gentleman says the pressure is

>> reporter: afghan president ashraf ghani met with president biden last week. the white house was asked if biden had a message for frerich's family. >> the president's message is that he will continue to fight every day of his presidency to bring americans home. >> reporter: tonight, frerich's sister sending a message of her own directly to the president. >> you have the power to bring my brother home. please get my brother home safely. we are relying on you. he's an american citizen, and i know that you would not leave an american citizen behind. >> reporter: the administration says it'll continue to work to get him out, but the deal they've struck with the militants brings no peace to the country and no hope to his family. linsey? >> ian, thank you. >>> when we come back, gas prices soaring heading into fourth of july weekend. why some stations may be running out. >>> and a family car hit by lightning, a married couple and children inside. thousands of women with metastatic breast cancer are living in the moment and taking ibrance. ibrance with an aromatase i

president biden has been meeting afghan president ashraf ghani to discuss us troop withdrawal and theuture. police in germany say three people have been killed by a man with a knife in the central city of wuerzburg. authorities say the attacker — a somali man — had recently spent time in a psychiatric institution.

let's get some of the day's other news: president biden has reassured his afghan counterpart ashraf ghanimeeting at the white house, mr biden said american troops may be withdrawing, but military, financial and political support for afghanistan would be sustained. police in germany say three people have been killed by a man with a knife who attacked passers—by in the central city of wuerzburg. other people were injured, some seriously. police say they shot and wounded a suspect as they arrested him. a senior official said the man had recently spent time in a psychiatric institution. iran has rejected demands from the united nations�* nuclear watchdog for an immediate response to its request to extend a deal that has just expired on monitoring iranian nuclear sites. the iaea chief, rafael grossi, said it was vitally important that inspectors continue to be able to collect data. and police in the indian city of mumbai have arrested ten people in collection to a coronavirus vaccine fraud. which apparently led to people being duped into paying for fake injections. the group's accused of runni

president biden has told the afghan president ashraf ghani, who's on a visit to washington, that theead of afghanistan's peace council abdullah abdullah comes as taliban forces have escalated fighting in recent weeks, seizing control of dozens of districts. abdullah abdullah spoke to our correspondent, suzanne kianpour. she began by asking him about the reaction in the region to the us and nato's decision to pull their troops out. there were countries which were not happy with the presence of the international troops in afghanistan. meanwhile, they don't want to the return of the taliban era, that is also reality, so i am talking about different countries in the neighbourhood. and to all countries, including pakistan, instability in afghanistan will lead to instability in pakistan and peace in afghanistan means peace in pakistan and the region and we want to work with the neighbouring countries based on that spirit and to translate that spirit into dates. is pakistan meddling? are they working with the taliban? the point is that, of course, they do have contacts. they do have relatio

president biden has reassured his afghan counterpart, ashraf ghani, of america's continuing support forer. after a meeting at the white house, mr biden said military, financial and political support for afghanistan would be sustained. all adults in england are still being invited to "grab a jab" this weekend, as hundreds of walk—in centres offer coronavirus vaccinations without the need to book an appointment. anyone aged 18 or over can turn up at the sites, which include football stadia, theatres and shopping centres. the drive comes as the latest covid figures from the office for national statistics show cases across the uk rising by 30% in one week our correspondent ben boulos has spent the morning at a vaccination centre in york. well, this is one of the largest pop—up walk—in vaccination centres in england, here in york, they have already vaccinated 300,000 people over the last few weeks and months. today they are hoping to vaccinate another 2000. it is part of the "grab a jab" weekend. people can turn up, no appointment, no booking necessary. one of those who has taken advantage o

afghanistan's democratically elected government is currently held by president ashraf ghani.tant organization try to come roaring back? joining me now from doha is suhail shaheen, the taliban spokesman. welcome, shaheen. >> thank you. >> let me ask you the question i posed right there, which is what happens after american troops leave, the coalition forces leave? will the taliban keep fighting to topple the kabul government? >> the issue has two dimensions or two aspects. one is the foreign. we have an association with the other side. then we signed an agreement based on the american troops and the allied troops were withdrawing from the country, and the other aspect of the issue is the internal aspect. we are having a negotiation with all of afghan sides. we want to reach a solution which is acceptable to all afghans. that is our policy, not fighting. we want and we are insisting that we reach an acceptable solution with negotiation. >> would that include the democratically elected government? >> it is not, i think, because the afghan population is now almost 40 million peop

reportedly, in the meetings this past week when president ashraf ghani and his delegation were here and met with the president and others on capitol hill, the defense department, and the cia, there were promises of several dozen additional black hawk helicopters -- that's mobility for the quick reaction forces and medical evaluation -- also a few additional close-air support aircraft, promise of additional money, and also some of the contractors would stay on the ground. and i want to highlight the contractors, david, because it's not just the loss of the 3,500 u.s. forces and then the follow-on loss of 7- or 8,000 coalition that can't stay if the u.s. doesn't stay. it's also the loss of the contractors because they are the ones that keep the fixed and rotary wing assets of the afghan air force flying. these are u.s. systems that we have provided to them, and in many cases, they require u.s. and/or western mechanics, spare parts, maintenance systems, and all the rest of that, that has been provided by thousands, many thousands of contractors for a number of years. and i fear again that,

in response, afghan president ashraf ghani fired and replaced his defense and interior ministers.ghani is scheduled to fly to washington, d.c., for talks with president biden at the white house on friday. in syria, aid agencies are warning of a looming humanitarian catastrophe if the united nations security council does not renew its mandate for an aid corridor from turkey to syria's idlib province. doctors without borders warns more than 4 million people will lose access to desperately needed food, medical, and humanitarian aid if the bab al-hawa border crossing is closed. it's the last lifeline into rebel-held parts of northwestern syria after russia and china vetoed security council resolutions in 2019 and 2020 that would have reauthorized three other aid corridors. in mexico, authorities believe they've found the remains of tomÁs rojo valencia, a yaqui indigenous leader who disappeared in the northern state of sonora about three weeks ago. he had been part of ongoing resistance by yaqui land and water defenders against gas ducts, water pipelines, and railway lines that run acr

looking to president biden for is and on going financial commitment, and he will look to them as ashraf ghani abdullah abdullah meet with him, and we think of them being the military xglue that has held afghanistan together. but it has been a political glue holding the disparate political elements together in the country and the president -- afghan president and former chief executive officer of the country exemplified that, they have been at loggerheads and it took the united states to get them to agree to share power. so i think that we will hear biden talk to them about unity and of course this is what the taliban is trying to undermine as it tries to take different areas in the country where it is succeeding in some places, that undermines confidence in the central government, weaken the resolve to be unified. and for the united states not being that diplomatic political glue, that will be hard. but i think the president will say that the drawdown date is set, you need to negotiate with the taliban. i don't think that it is a win/win situation for any of these leaders in the white house t

nick: flanked by afghan president ashraf ghani, and high council for national reconciliation chairmanh abdullah, president biden promised to confront afghanistan's third covid wave, by donating 3 million doses of johnson & johnson vaccine, and badly needed oxygen. and he pledged support for afghanistan's government, but with what an administration official called “tough love.” president biden: the afghans are going to have to decide for the future, what they want. nick: president ghani compared today in afghanistan, to the u.s. >> the afghan nation is an 1861 moment. like president lincoln. rallying to the defense of the republic, determined that the republic is defended. nick: but that's not going well. this week, afghan soldiers in multiple districts surrendered to the taliban, and taliban fighters have threatened two provincial capitals. the taliban also captured the tajikistan border crossing, and districts that could allow them to cut off the sole roads to kabul. on wednesday, the taliban released a statement declaring “manifest victory and triumph.” we interviewed taliban spokes

biden made the promise to afghan president ashraf ghani and abdullah abdullah, chairman of afghanistan's high council for national reconciliation, as the president ghani said after the white house meeting he hoped to engage the taliban in dialogue. >> it not the way to compel submission. we still call on to have a cease fire and to engage in a political process because of political settlement is the ultimate mechanism of endi a war. i think it is the best way of treating an enemy, turn them into a friend. amy: the visit came after the taliban doubled the territory under its control in just the last two months. in florida, the death toll has risen to nine people, with over 150 stillissing following the collapse of a high-rise apartment building in surfside last thursday. a 2018 inspection found the building had abundant cracking and spalling in its foundation, with engineers pointing to design flaws a insufficient wateroofing. npr is reporting a surfside official nonetheless told residents one month after the inspection report that the building was in very good shape. vice president kamal

. >> reporter: afghanistan's president ashraf ghani and his former rival meet with president biden at the white house today. all but 650 u.s. troops should be out of the country in weeks, months ahead of schedule. the u.s. is also making plans to evacuate 18,000 interpreters and others at risk who helped during america's forever war. >> we've already begun the process. those who helped us are not going to be left behind. soldier goes wheels up, these sentence and there will be blood on this administration's hands. >> reporter: president biden will endorse peace negotiations with the taliban and ask congress for just over $3 billion to secure the country next year. also, today, under pressure, vice president harris heads tots u.s. border for the first time. >> it is about time. >> reporter: she's overseeing the border crisis visiting el paso today, with homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. >> she will be more than 1,000 miles away down the border from the border patrol sector experiencing the worst of the crisis. >> reporter: republicans have announced a border visit too wit

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. >> meeting in the oval office, president biden urged afghan president ashraf ghani to pursue peacen the ground to help past september. >> our troops may be leaving but support for afghanistan is not ending. >> we are entering into a new chapter of our relationship. >> ghani's trip to washington amid whatmany sees a in his cou. the u.s. even launched two new drone strikes on taliban militants hour's before begany's white house. prove begany's government faces potential collapse. >> strategic and moral consequences of president biden's decision to abandon afghanistan are already coming painfully into focus. >> former afghan president harmid karzai is criticizing both the u.s. and nato calling nearly two decade long operation a failure. >> they are leaving behind the country in conflict with too much loss of life with too much suffering. >> the white house says if u.s. troops were ordered to stay longer, more american lives would be put at risk. house speaker nancy pelosi supports the president's decision to withdraw troops but insists there is still work to be done. >> there is great

president ashraf ghani the president of afghanistan such as it is will be in town friday to talk to pooid snoon what's that going to do? >> there's very little left to do. it's too late. it's one of these situations where it really is too late. the troops are on the way out, every week centcom sends another press release, it's basically all gone. >> what are the other option as soon as are there any options? >> mika, the only options left are financial support that will give them the money to buy the things, fire the contractors, keep their military in the air which is the most important thing and then diplomatically it turns out that every country that matters does not want the taliban to take over in kabul and that includes russia, china, iran, pakistan, every single country agrees with us. so some way to bring them together more forcefully to say, no, that's probably -- >> but they don't want it enough. they don't want it enough. i was in pakistan last week, i interviewed prime minister imran khan -- >> by the way, if you or your family is going i islamabad this weekend and you see pos

president biden met with afghan president ashraf ghani in the oval office to discuss u.s.-african relations as american troops withdraw from the country. pres. biden: hello. okay, everybody is coming in. in that is coming in? it is good to see two old friends. we met many times in afghanistan for long hours, and they are welcome here. they have had a chance to meet with all of the major players in the of ministration, secretary of defense, cia, across-the-board, and it is good to have them here in the white house. the partnership between afghanistan and united states is going to be sustained, and our troops may be leaving but support for afghanistan is not ending. the support and maintenance, helping maintain the military as well as economic and political support. they both have very difficult jobs. any time i think i have a tough job, i think of mr. president. seriously, they are doing important work. trying to bring about new afghan leaders afghans are going to have to decide their future. what they want. it won't be from lack of us helping. this senseless violence has t