previously jean surged after first lady barbara bush from 1989 -- 92. is also a member of the scholarship award on the cancer port as well as a member of the advisory board of the george bush presidential library. ... materials to texas and has been an station ever since. now let's hear from jean becker and thank you for joining us today. >> jean. good evening. nice to see you. >> thank you for the kind introduction. also, a shout out to our partners in crime the george and barbara bush foundation and my colleague from alabama and then also to the dean of the bush school and the staff at the library have been so helpful and also to the staff of the office it's a great organization that we belong to. very lucky to be a part of it and part of the life of george and barbara bush for all these years. my first question, so you kind of came to the bush office in a curious way. can you talk a little bit about you work for usa today and did the diary so can you talk about how that led to barbara bush hiring you to work on her staff? >> it is sort of an interest

chairman and ceo barbara humpton is with us now.u think the biggest boom will be for your business? barbara: we are involved in so many aspects of american infrastructure. we are excited that so many of the initiatives we are interested in, including public transit getting ramped up, getting electric vehicle charging with the american jobs act, all of these things are great opportunities for the many men and women at siemens. amanda: one of the places that you could benefit, arguably, barbara, and infrastructure bill should focus because it is so ideal to spend, is on the energy grid, transmission. what would you hope to see, what with the bill due specifically to empower the grid for the future? barbara: some of the things we are looking for in the grid have to do with the transmission and then the distribution network. we have so many buildings and electric vehicles now coming onto the grid, it will be important for us to have the software controls that really help the grid integrate these new technologies. kailey: that is a part

it's called george and barbara bush, the great american love story, i think. it's a sweet, wonderful book. and i know you, i think you have a story to share with us. >> so they, ellie -- kelly and chase who helped with the book, they came to the bush library and did a lot of research. and these scrapbooks that mrs. bush kept, they were amazing. we did the museum on the 10th anniversary, for the 10th anniversary. one of the reasons we wanted to redo the exhibits is because we had discovered these scrap books. we'd been through them all, but apparently we hadn't been through them all in great detail. so there's one from is 1945, and ellie and kelly are going through thescrapbook with mary finch, and they open a page, and there's an envelope, a letter envelope sealed up, and it's got the names of people who attended the dinner. and so they open the envelope, and inside the envelope is the wish bone from the first thanksgiving turkey george and barbara bush had in 1945. and mrs. bush was always great about this, the guests that all came. just, i mean, just lovely.

little did she know i was only trying to keep up with barbara in new york. i love you. >> a great letter. >> it's such a great letter and before, i'm going to jump right in and then i promise i will let you talk again. i know that right now people are leaving weeping across america with that letter so now i am going to make them less so we are going to wipe away the tears quickly. missus bush was a good sport, president bush teased her unmercifully. i think she was the target of most of her practical jokes, this was the worst thing he ever did to her so i'm going to read this. missus bush often told people one of the many reasons she married george bush as he made her laugh. he was the master of practical jokes, his wife offered his target. one of his more famous stories had to be the day he managed to convince her that she might be going to jail for trafficking pork. during the summer of 1998, there were a lot of surprises in this book, everyone needs to read it. the dirt, 1998, it came to light someone in the house was looking up and printing porn off miss

little did she know i was only trying to keep up with barbara pierce.ove you. >> great letter. >> at such a great letter. warren, before i'm going to -- promise i'll let you talk again but i know right now people are weeping across america with that letter. and i'm going to make them laugh. so were going to wipe away the tears quickly. mrs. bush was a good sport. resident bush keister unmercifully. he had a wonderful sense of humor and i think she was the target of post of his practical jokes. this is a worse thing he ever did to her. son going to read this. mrs. bush often told people that one of the many reasons she married at george bush is he made her laugh. he was a master practical jokes with his wife often his target. one of his more famous success stories had to be the day he managed to convince her that she might be going to jail for trafficking pork. during the summer of 1998 -- see, there's a lot of surprises in this book. everyone needs to read the book. during december 1998 1998 o light that someone in the house was printing mac off of her

all right, barbara plett _ has not been confirmed.a plett usher, _ has not been confirmed. all right, barbara plett usher, thanks - has not been confirmed. all right, | barbara plett usher, thanks again, life in washington. barbara talking about those who could potentially be left behind and i have been is speaking to the truman security product, which is coordinating with some to help evacuate those afghan allies. �* , ., , some to help evacuate those afghan allies. �*, ., , . ., allies. here's what she said. what is unfolding _ allies. here's what she said. what is unfolding in _ allies. here's what she said. what is unfolding in afghanistan - allies. here's what she said. what is unfolding in afghanistan now. allies. here's what she said. what is unfolding in afghanistan now is| is unfolding in afghanistan now is what we had long feared would be the case and what the us embassy had won wasn't in fact quite imminent, so what we know is there are casualties on the ground and us servicemen have been reported as those amongst the casua

so barbara, let me start with you then, since you are where it's all happening right now. it's fair to say this is not the olympics that japan had envisioned, when they were awarded the games in tokyo back in 2011 in the middle of a pandemic. no spectators, lots of domestic opposition to this, with protests, and so on. but given all of those limitations, can it still be seen as a success? and how is that success measured? >> well, that is a difficult question, and that really depends on which stakeholder is being given that question, right? so for the ioc, they will most definitely say this is going to be a success, because their main income comes from tv rights, and it's a tv only event now. well, if you talk to the japanese population, the thing looks very, very different, as they are being shut out from the games, but they're being held there. they were very cautious about the possibility of different virus mutations coming into the country. you know, 200 countries coming into their city. when you look at the japanese government, the costs are tremendous. when you look

and barbara, i wanted to ask ou far. and barbara, i wanted to ask you about — far. far. and barbara, i wanted to ask| you about one statement from the white house which has been raising some eyebrows. it is told us president biden has not spoken to other world leaders since the kabul crisis, which may give the impression it is notjust america first but america alone on this matter. , :, :, :, , : , matter. yes, the national security adviser was _ matter. yes, the national security adviser was asked _ matter. yes, the national security adviser was asked about - matter. yes, the national security adviser was asked about that i matter. yes, the national security adviser was asked about that as i adviser was asked about that as well, he said that mr biden had been deeply engaged with his national security teams on a sort of very close watch about what was happening on the ground, but he said that mr biden's team, the security of defence and the secretary of state, had been touch with international years and their counterparts, talk about always going on. but it raises a

, _ to bring them to safety. just finally, barbara, and - to bring them to safety. just finally, barbaraat at the airport, there is some talk of biden noting that isis k, isis and afghanistan was a potential issue — that's something people will be concerned about. it is something that administration _ concerned about. it is something that administration officials i concerned about. it is something that administration officials have j that administration officials have been talking about recently, as well, saying there is a threat of attacks by the afghanistan's brand of islamic state, known as isis k. they are monitoring it very closely, but they are afraid that the islamic state group would take advantage of the chaos at the airport and try to attack either american citizens or the army. mr biden spoke there about attacks from afar — i'm not sure about the capability of isis k in afghanistan, but what the national security adviser said today was that it was a very real threat, it was something there following very closely. having said that, the group itself is not made any public threat

barbara plett usher is in washington. barbara, first we are expecting... extreme weather that you are having there. on afghanistan, is he really on the 0n afghanistan, is he really on the defence now, do you think? weill. on afghanistan, is he really on the defence now, do you think? well, his administration _ defence now, do you think? well, his administration is _ defence now, do you think? well, his administration is on _ defence now, do you think? well, his administration is on the _ defence now, do you think? well, his administration is on the defence - defence now, do you think? well, his administration is on the defence and | administration is on the defence and they were his senior officials were called to account for what is happening in kabul on the sunday morning programmes today and they faced some pretty tough questioning, but they did defend the steps that they had taken with the narrative they had taken with the narrative they have held all along, that no intelligence had predicted that kabul would full so quickly, in ii kabul would full so

i'm wearing barbara bush blue in honor of her birthday and pearl earrings. i almost brought the parole necklace but used to drive missus bush crazy because when i would bring pearls i would twirl them and she would say quit twirling your pearls so in her honor. i did not wear pearls today. i would like to read a letter that is in the book that president bush wrote that says everything you need to know how he felt about his life of 73 years. january 6, 1994 the 49th wedding anniversary. will you marry me? i forgot you did that 49 years ago today. i was very happy on that day in 1945 and i am even happier today. you have given me joy that few men know. you have made our boys into men by calling them out and then right away loving them. we've raised the sweetest daughter in the whole world. i've climbed the highest mountain in the world but even that could not hold a candle to being barbara's husband. mom used to tell me don't walk ahead. little did she know i was only trying to keep up with barbara pierce on the street in new york. i love you. >> great letter.

all 3 of you, richard barker, barbara holt is, and ross griffin. thanks so much to be on inside story and thank you. as always for watching, remember, you can see this program again. any time by visiting our website as a dot call man for further discussion, go to a facebook page. facebook dot com forward slash a j in size stored. you can also join the conversation on twitter handle. there is a j inside school for me. haven't seen the whole team. yeah. bye for now. the me a multi $1000000.00 online 6 am in the philippines is black mailing men from around the world, one on one east, uncovered. how small time syndicate became a terminal on al jazeera in the wake of the printer race, right. how much can someone take before the fight for recognition is crucial. we needed court heads to prevail rather than heads. fable things, it was sort of the religion and the thing that was a community wants to be disrespect to al jazeera, explores the history and struggled of the lebanese community in australia. once upon a time in punchbowl on al jazeera, there are

i'm wearing barbara bush blue in honor of her birthday. i also have a pearl necklace. whenever i would wear pearls i would play with them and twirl them and she would say jean quit twirling your pearls. in her honor did not wear pearls today. i'd like to read a letter warned that in the book that president bush wrote her on everything you need to know and how we felt about his life. it was the january 6 of 1994 their 49th wedding anniversary. to barber from gh wpri your will you marry me? i forgot you did that 49 years ago today. and i was very happy on that day in 1945 but i'm even happier today. you have given me stories that few men know. you've made our boys into men and call them out and loving them. you have the greatest out of the whole wide world. i have climbed the highest mountain in the world but even that cannot hold a candle to being barbara's husband. they used to tell me now george don't walk ahead. little did she know i was only trying to keep up, keep up with barbara pearce on the street in new york. i love you. >> a great letter. >> at such a great le

previously gina served as press secretary to first lady barbara bush in 1989 to 1992. as a former journalist, she's a member of the jake william scholarship award the change can support as well as a member of the advisory boards of the george bush presidential library and george bush school of government and public service. our moderator for tonight's discussion is lauren, director of the george h.w. bush presidential library museum. horn has more than 30 years of experience of the national archives and records administration, first with the officer presidential library here in washington d.c. and fenced with the ronald reagan library in california and not the bush library and museum. details to the bush white house in 1992 to assist the move of bush presidential materials to texas and has been there ever since. that's where from jean and lauren now. thank you for joining us today. >> hello. >> good evening, great to see you. >> thank you for the kind introduction. also, i like to shout out to our partners in crime, but george barbara bush foundation. my colleague from

so barbara, let me start with you, then since you are where it's happening right now. i think it's fair to say this is not the, the olympics that japan had envisioned when they were awarded the games in tokyo back in 2011 in the middle of a, of a pandemic. no spectators, lots of domestic opposition to this with, with protests. and so on, but you know, given all of those limitations, can it still be seen as a success and how is that success measured? well, that is a difficult question and that really depends on which stakeholder is being given that question i. so for the i a see if they will, most definitely say this is going to be a success because their main income comes from tv. right. and it's a tv only around now. well, if you talk to the japanese population thing in a very, very different as they are being shut out from the games they're being held there, there were very cautious about the possibility of different buyers and bars, new mutations coming into the country, 200 countries coming into their city. when you look at the japanese government, the costs are tr

barbara there with the latest — how that can happen._ how that can happen. barbara there with the latest on that _ how that can happen. barbara there with the latest on that story. - how that can happen. barbara there with the latest on that story. a - with the latest on that story. a developing story and we will bring you more throughout the day on bbc news. day 13 of the tokyo olympics is getting under way, but the talk is about the records that have been broken on the track in the athletics stadium. both men's and women's 1t00—metres hurdles have seen new fastest ever times in the last two days, and that's got people asking if it's the athletes, their shoes or the track itself which is the main factor. for more on this, we can now cross live to tokyo with sarah mulkerrins, who is there for us. every time i see one of these stories, i think i must get myself a pair of these super shoes. that might change my career altogether. that might change my career altogether-— that might change my career altogether. that might change my career a

barbara holton and ross griffin. thanks so much to be on inside story and thank you . as always for watching. remember, you can see this program again any time by visiting our website as a dot call man for further discussion. go to our facebook page, facebook dot com, forward slash ha, inside stored. you can also join the conversation on twitter handle. there is a j inside school for me, haven't think on the whole team here from the me with more than 200000000 cases because of 19 worldwide governments abutting to fight fresh wave of the virus and newberry. and there had been a 3rd and the number of people working vaccination appointment from human call you the political and economic pool are all just there. when you the latest on depend demik, this'll have vaccinated more than 1100 people here. all of them migrant farm workers, people on home testing because they think that there is the risk to democracy, special coverage on i'll just there are the viruses indiscriminate get those living in poverty a far more vulnerable to the dangers of covert 19 ollie re examined the

we had 'ust lost barbara. we will attempt _ or not? i am sorry. we hadjust lost barbara.ry. we hadjust lost barbara. we will attempt to go - or not? i am sorry. we hadjust lostj barbara. we will attempt to go back to her later in the programme. let's take a look at some of the other means. —— other news. at least 10 people have died and dozens more are trapped under debris after a landslide in northern india. falling boulders swept a truck, a bus and other vehicles from a stretch of highway in himachal pradesh state. officials say rescue operations are being hampered by rocks that continue to fall. the italian island of sicily may have registered the highest temperature ever recorded in europe. regional authorities report that the reading which needs to be verified by the world meteorological organisation. the current official record in europe is 48 celsius registered in athens greece in 1977. the latest heatwave has been caused by an anticyclone nicknamed lucifer moving up from africa. a high court allowed... ajudge previously ruled that the wikileaks founder could not b

barbara, thank you.ergency cobra meeting taking place this lunchtime in downing street. a little earlier today, the defence secretary ben wallace admitted that some people who want to leave afghanistan won't get back. our political correspondent jessica parker has more. landing in the uk in the early hours, hundreds have been evacuated with more to follow. the government is working to get british passport holders home, as well as eligible afghans who worked for british forces. but an emotional minister admits not everyone will make it here. it is a really deep part of regret for me that some people won't get back. some people won't get back and we will have to do our best in third countries to process those people. why do you feel it so personally, mrwallace? because i'm a... because it's sad and the west has done what it's done. we have to do our very best, nick, to get people out and stand by our obligations. and 20 years of sacrifice is what it is. uk forces first went in to afghanistan in 2001 in the

that point, barbara, there is - acknowledge any mistakes. just on that point, barbara, there is some| was the right thing to do, but the manner in which it has been done, is it something that president biden is going to have to answer questions about in the very near future? he said in about in the very near future? he: said in his press conference there would be an evaluation of what happens and questions would be asked. but now is not the time, now the focus is on getting everybody out as quickly as possible. but his administration has already been asked these questions and will have to answer them in the coming weeks and months. there are a number of congressional committees, headed by democrats, who have launched investigations. there are a lot of lawmakers on capitol hill this week, just speaking about concerns and demanding responses and so this is something that will be carried on in washington for some time, i think. i suppose, from an american perspective, the question is whether voters will continue to hold him to account. there was strong support for the decision to withdra

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barbara plett usher is in washington.o hearfrom i'm expecting to hear from the white house shortly? the i'm expecting to hear from the white house shortly?— house shortly? the briefing room does seem _ house shortly? the briefing room does seem to _ house shortly? the briefing room does seem to be _ house shortly? the briefing room does seem to be prepared - house shortly? the briefing room does seem to be prepared to - house shortly? the briefing room| does seem to be prepared to have somebody make a statement, but it has been very confusing here this morning because a number of briefings have been cancelled in the wake of what has happened as the administration has tried to get across what exactly is going on. it looks as though there is preparation for a statement but we don't actually know when that will happen and who it is that will speak. there is some speculation that president biden may address the nation at some point today, no confirmation from the white house about that, but up until now, everything in washing

let's bring in the bbc's barbara usher live from the u.s. state department.y, i'm assuming it is about certain that this will go throug barbara: that the expectation. we were told by you end up in months they had presented it by russia and china, which are two crucial members of the five that have a veto power, and that they had managed to have compromised language. they said that there had been changes, the language was not as strong as they liked it, but it sounded as if they had reached agreement. they were hoping to able to pass this on a vote in a little while, and they stressed that this was just the first step, they were laying out principles to which they expected the taliban to adhere, and they would heat sea in the coming months how things played out on the ground and what further action to take. ros: i guess this is a sign, albeit not the most significant sign, but nonetheless a sign that china and russia and the west will be able to find some common ground on the issue of the taliban and afghanistan? barbara: the common ground that has been found,

ros: our state department correspondent barbara usher with her assessment of the interview. was remarkable he refused to make any admission of mistake or failure, saying there had been no intelligence assessment that things would collapsehis rapidly, that they had de contingency plans, and this is what we were seeing play out right now. furthermore, he said it would not have been possible to leave afghanistan without some sort of chaos, which is the opposite of what he said last month, in which he sd it would be an orderly withdrawal. at also, not an acknowledgment at least at that point of chaos being a danger to many afghans who feel they have to get up quickly to say there -- to save their lives. he did acknowledge concern for women's rights, b he said military power was not the way to get them, that they would need to be done through economic and diplomatic pressure. he said the military had not advised him to hold off on the withdrawal. it has been widelyeported the military wanted to keep a stabilization force in country. he said that had not been proposed, surprised -

barbara, thank you ve much investigation. barbara, thank you very much indeed. _ investigation.bara, thank you very much indeed. again a - investigation. barbara, thank you i very much indeed. again a reminder that if i pop back in vision very quickly, it is because we are waiting to hear from quickly, it is because we are waiting to hearfrom virginia. the pentagon are holding a briefing imminently, so as soon as those who are responsible for it appear, we will cross straight to virginia in the united states. in the meantime, has been a desperate plea from one afghan who is living in england who says his family are in immediate danger. he lives in ipswich but he is desperately worried by the chaos backin is desperately worried by the chaos back in afghanistan. his family are in hiding and he is urging his local mp to help rescue them. he is one of hundreds of afghans living in east anglia and they are watching helplessly the events unfold. danil shows me a photo of his family in hiding. his father is an afghan police officer. his mother and sister both teachers, his two brothers

barbara? >> do you have any indication of the level or types of foreign fighters that may have flowed into afghanistan in recent days and weebs? weeks? >> i do not. okay, we're going to call it a day. we're going to call it a day, lucas. lucas, i appreciate it very much. appreciate it very much. >> -- prisoners released -- >> thank you. i appreciate it. >> is that evidence the taliban and isis might be in -- >> all right. there you have it. about a half hour pentagon briefing with john kirby, the pentagon press secretary, and major general hank taylor. we got three important headlines out of the briefing. first, not one but two isis-k facilitators and planners, terrorists, were killed in that u.s. drone strike yesterday. one facilitator and planner was wounded. we also learned that the terror threats from the u.s. perspective that remain during these final three days of the u.s. military withdraw and evacuations, the terror threats remain in the words of these pentagon officials, very real, ve

stand by, barbara. sam, you're there in doha, qatar, in the region.sports, also processing afghans with special immigrant visa applications, other vulnerable afghans who worked with the u.s. they're processing these people for flights out of kabul. what do the operations look like today? what's going on? >> reporter: well, they're way down is the short answer to that, wolf. the overnight numbers in the last 24 hours, 3:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m., 2600, down from peak of over 12,000, just on the u.s. side. numbers of civilians are going down rapidly, not surprisingly. not only the taliban have a ring of steel around the airport as public policy, not allowing afghans through it. on top of that, gates are all closed for security reasons. those getting into the airport, coming in by covert means with prearrangement with now predominantly almost entirely the united states. united kingdom is in the process of drawing down entirely their operation after ending the british evacuation process. that's a thousand troops pulling out. this will not mean the basis more v

barbara, we believe that there. barbara platt usher live from us from washington, dc. evidence that that taliban has lists of people who worked with the us and its allies and in some cases those people are now receiving saying they need to cooperate with authorities and will be with under sharia law, and will be with under sharia law, and some copies of those have also been released as we were seeing earlier. so concern growing about how those who work for the americans may be treated which connects to the pressure that we are seeing at kabul airport with many afghan people trying to get out of the country. we will continue to talk about the strain a couple of minutes' time. hello again. well, so far this month, the weather has been quite average in terms of the amount of rainfall we've seen, quite average for temperatures too, but, it has been a cloudy month. and today we had a lot of cloud in the skies once again. yeah, a few breaks in the cloud every now and then. the thickest cloud is across northern england where we had some outbreaks of rain. and talking of rain,

let's bring in barbara mcquaid. thank you again for joins us.ant to play some sound for you from senator dick durbin, recalling rosen's testimony. >> he told us a lot, seven hours of testimony. i might quickly add, this was done on a bipartisan basis, democratic staff and republican legal staff, asking questions during this period of time. mr. rosen appeared voluntarily, which says a lot, and cooperated with us. the justice department had set it up for us, and said we're waiving any privilege. he can speak to any issue, we're not holding back. i thought he was very open. and there's an awful lot there. you can imagine, seven hours of testimony. >> barbara, you have senator blumenthal saying, listen, rosen revealed things that were not known before this investigation. where does this lead the investigation? >> i think it's a great illustration of how so often we assume that what is in the public domain is the whole store. so on which in investigations there are facts that are not publicly known. i also they that one significant reason jeffrey ros

anchor: for more, we can bring in the bbc's barbara. thank you for joining us. why did mr.old this press conference? who he is he trying to reach? barbara: because the evacuation is chaotic and the images on the ground are so deference -- desperate, he wanted to make the case for the administration to explain what was going on it, to defend it, to say there is something being achieved at a difficult circumstance. of course, he has been criticized on both sides of the aisle in washington but his audience was voters, the american public, the people he was speaking to, and the military. he praised them a lot in the speech and many military are angry and demoralized about how all of this is coming to an and especially feeling they are abandoning their allies. anchor: is he on me solid footing after this press conference? barbara: with americans, may be. he made a strong pledge to make sure all americans come out. he would do whatever it would take and he made sure the taliban knew that. with afghan allies, perhaps, because he made a stronger commitment not to abandon them once

cnn's barbara starr is at the pentagon. barbara, let's begin with you.hat are pentagon officials saying this morning about the taliban gains, especially those overnight? >> reporter: well, the fact that the taliban may be in control of the city of kandahar, afghanistan's second largest city, is of great concern. and why is that? basically kandahar sits on the highway to kabul, the capital, and this, they believe, has been the taliban's strategy all along, to encircle kabul, essentially. maybe at great distances, but control the roads, the highways, into the capital city. you begin to isolate it. you begin to create a sense of inevitability that kabul is at risk. and now the u.s., in fact, sending some 3,000 troops back into mainly the capital kabul, an additional 1,000 or so will go into the persian gulf to get visas, another several,000 will go into the region stand by. this is a heavy military deployment by the u.s. something president biden did not want to have to do, to send troops back in. but the security situation making sure the americans at the

wow. >> remarkable reporting, barbara. >> barbara starr there at the pentagon. thank you. >>> the biden administration also says diplomatic efforts in the region will continue. we heard that from the secretary of state. as the military mission ends, the diplomatic mission begins. that's going to doha, qatar. >> cnn's sam kiley is there. sam, what happens now in afghanistan? >> reporter: well, certainly from the perspective of the qataris, and they arguably have the best insights into the taliban having hosted them throughout the period of the peace talks with the united states that were successful in some regards and unsuccessful intra afghan peace talks, they have people on the ground regularly meeting with the afghan taliban and demanding of them that they make good on the promises for an inclusive government, for respect for human rights, and making sure that they understand that any kind of future trade and aid with the international community will be dependent on that. now, from the american point, perspective, this speaks directly to the 100 or so american

let's bring in cnn national correspondent kylie atwood and barbara starr.he finger pointing, what are you learning? >> reporter: john, what we're learning is the biden administration officials have stayed far away from how this all went down. but behind the scenes you're already starting to see officials point the finger at other officials for why this went wrong. so you've got folks at the pentagon pointing to the state department saying that they had warned the state department that they should more rapidly draw down diplomatic personnel from the embassy in kabul sooner than they did. and then you have the state department saying, look, we did everything that we could. we had started to slowly withdraw diplomatic personnel, but we were ultimately making the decision to fully pull them out based on the intelligence we were getting and we thought that we had more time. and as you have seen many officials say, the taliban took over afghanistan in kabul much more rapidly than many of those assessments had laid out. then you have the intelligence community and

barbara plett usher is at the us state department for us in washington. hello, barbara.s exactly what this resolution says, please? exactly what this resolution says, lease? , ., , , , please? yes, it has been put toaether please? yes, it has been put together by _ please? yes, it has been put together by the _ please? yes, it has been put together by the united - please? yes, it has been put i together by the united states, britain and france, and it essentially lays out the principles that the international community or that the international community or that the international community or that the un would expect the taliban to uphold. there are four main areas, one is that wooden it would not allow a safe haven for terrorists, another it is that it would continue access for humanitarian aid, a third is that it would grant safe passage for those who want to leave afghanistan, even after the military airlift has ended, and a fourth is that it would respect the human rights of all of its citizens, especially women, children and minorities, and that there would be effor

. >> cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr joins us. barbara, the number we got from the pentagon was 2,000 people evacuated on wednesday. as nick said, the concern there is not the air lift capability. it is having people to fly out. what more are we learning about what the pentagon is saying, why the numbers are where they are? >> reporter: well, victor, as nick just so aptly explained, the problem is getting people past the taliban check points, getting them past the gates at the airport, which are manned from the inside by u.s. troops, and on to flights. the pentagon has been working towards trying to get a capacity, if you will, of 5,000 to 7,000 to 9,000 seats per day, but they don't have the bodies to put in those seats because of the situation outside the airport. there is a top u.s. military commander at the airport who has been talking directly to the taliban for many days now, trying to get them to ease back on their violent control of the crowds, but it is a crowd control issue, and trying to get people through, trying to ge

barbara plett usher at the white house.nd more to come later. right now, it is 12:22pm. let's turn to that story there. there's a clue. manchester united announcing they have re—signed the portuguese superstar cristiano ronaldo from juventus. let's head and talk to nesta mcgregorfull tub what do you make of it because yellow it is a busy 0ld what do you make of it because yellow it is a busy old trafford as well. -- it is —— it isa —— it is a busy 0ld —— it is a busy old trafford. this morning he went into the aventis training ground and said he wanted to leave. less than seven hours later a statement on the manchester net website saying they were delighted that he would be returning —— juventus. mind you delighted that he would be returning ——juventus. mind you it delighted that he would be returning —— juventus. mind you it has delighted that he would be returning ——juventus. mind you it has been an emotional day for united fans. they woke up with the news he could possibly be joining manchester city. 0nce manchester city

east bay congresswoman barbara lee shares her thoughts in a war that she voted against 20 years ago. >> a family and bay man speak to us. their desperate plea to get the school direct that is announced two separate classrooms with covid-19. >> abc 7 news at 11 starts right now. >> live breaking news. >> that breaking news is the white house is expected to recommend booster shots for all vaccinated americans. the additional dose would come eight months after the negotiable vaccination. an noum could come this weekend depending how quickly the f.d.a. acts. supplemental shots, those boosters could start the middle of next month. among the first to receive them could be healthcare workers, first responders and nursing home resident departments. we'll have more coronavirus coverage later on in this newscast. president biden: it remains today what it has always been. preventing a terrorist attack on american homeland. >> president biden is defending his decision to pull troops out of afghanistan as new images emerge on the unfolding crisis. this shows more than 600 people packed into a c-1

thanks for coming up, barbara. this press conference and this reading was interesting.f the things that jen psaki did say is we do not trust the taliban, this is not about trust, something she said, yet, we clearly have to work with the taliban. this situation has changed drastically the last weeks. what clues are we seeing about how it might evolve? barbara: basically, what administration officials do is focused on what is actually happening. they say there is a tactical arrangement at the moment because both have the same interest, which is gettg the evacuation completed by august 31. they're working on the ground in a practical way to facilitate that evacuation. they do all say, as jen psaki said and mr. biden and others, they don't trust the taliban. they will wait and see with the taliban as. in terms of the tactical arrangement, military generals have said they have seen results from i and they believed, for instance, the taliban had blocked potential attacks earlier. they say medications are getting better with the repetition of saying what it is they want and ne

barbara starr standing by at the pentagon. what are you learning?ell, ana, at this hour, we are wait, for a memo from the secretary of defense, lloyd austin, and a message to the force, to the troops from general mark miller, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. austin will say that he is now seeking that approval from the president to make the vaccine mandatory. this is something that had been in the works so it's not a complete surprise but what is interesting is they're also saying make the vaccine mandatory or await the fda full use authorization, whichever comes first. either way, the vaccine will be mandatory by mid-september according to the secretary for u.s. troops. up until now, the vaccine's been voluntary because it did not have that full fda approval. emergency use authorization is what the vaccine was being administered under and under that it was going to be very difficult to make it mandatory unless the president gave a full waiver. it was several days ago when president biden as part of his overall effort to boost vaccination rate

barbara plett usher is following developments for us. good to have you on the programme, barbara.ou for this comes against the backdrop... comes against the backdrop of the huawei extradition case we were talking to you about yesterday, adding more pressure to us—china tensions ahead of a planned visit by vice president kamala harris to asia in a few weeks? what is the impact going to be on the relationship between the us and china? ~ . ., , ., china? well, it will certainly add to the pressure _ china? well, it will certainly add to the pressure on _ china? well, it will certainly add to the pressure on the _ china? well, it will certainly add to the pressure on the us- - china? well, it will certainly add | to the pressure on the us- china to the pressure on the us— china relationship, all those things you mentioned, but also hong kong is one of the _ mentioned, but also hong kong is one of the big _ mentioned, but also hong kong is one of the big sources of tension since china _ of the big sources of tension since china imposed that sweeping national security— china imposed tha

east bay congresswoman barbara lee shares her voted against 20 years ago. >> a family and bay man speak to us. their desperate plea to get out of the country. >> just one week in the school year and the about unified school direct that is announced two separate classrooms with covid-19. >> abc 7 news at 11 starts right now. >> live breaking news. >> that breaking news is the white house is expected to recommend booster shots for all vaccinated americans. the additional dose would come eight months after the negotiable vaccination. an noum could come this weekend dep quily . acts. supplemental shots, those boosters could start the middle of next month. among the first to receive them could be healthcare workers, first responders and nursing home resident departments. we'll have more coronavirus coverage later on in this newscast. president biden: it remains today what it has always been. preventing a terrorist attack on american homeland. >> president biden is defending his decision to pull troops out of afghanistan as new images emerge on the unfolding crisis. this shows more than 600 p

so it says to "to my dear beloved barbara, with respect, dolores huerta.e we have the presidential medal of freedom, and the highest honor of any american can receive. it was awarded to her in 2012 by barack obama in honor by barack obama. >> dolores huerta has dedicated her life alongside ceasar chavez to secure basic rights for migrant workers and their families to help save thousands from negligent or abuse. dolores huerta has never lost faith in organizing for training other activists to walk the streets into history. >> so this photograph was taken by harvey richards in the first week of the strike, and dolores huerta mentioned recently in a public program that this is the fifth or the sixth day of the strike. by that time, she had ran out of clean clothes and those were the last ones that she had. she described how the clothes were wrinkle and she was standing on top of a truck, and though there are versions where you can see the truck and holding the sign up to call to workers to leave their grape fields and strike with the national farm workers ass

it was congresswoman barbara lee. one of the headlines from mike about that. let's revisit her lonely vote against the afghanistan invasion going back to that september 2001 vote. one thing i wanted to ask you before you go, jim, this headline in today's usa today that asked the question that afghanistan war veterans are asking themselves -- were our sacrifices wasted? how do you feel about that? caller: you know, that is a pretty hard thing. like i said, i spent two months recovering at walter reed and i was probably one of the fortunate ones able to walk around. i would go to the various rooms and visit the wounded warriors.

barbara. barbara, do you have children? >> yes. two. >> sarah: all right. didn't ask how many. [ laughter ] are they the most wonderful people in the whole world? >> of course, i raised them. >> sarah: yeah, okay. so let's just pick who the goyim is. and it has to be jason. >> no. >> sarah: you know, all of these are mcguffins. i mean, maybe barbara seems like a jewish mother. she could be italian. you know, but then josh -- i'm going to say josh is goyim. >> no. [ laughter ] >> sarah: this game is stupid, it's written by the writers. [ laughter ] i threw them under the bus. well, we have prizes for you anyway. even though we all lost, i think in that one. a neti pot for everyone. clean your nasal passages, there's nothing better. [ applause ] nice, clean, salty nasal irrigation. todah to all of our pedestrians. we've got a great show for you tonight. we've got james mcavoy here. [ cheers and applause ] taika waititi is here with us. music from max with ali gatie. we've got something important to discuss when we come back so stick around. pumpkin lovers, th

barbara, it's a great piece. for our viewers detail the crimes donald trump could be and should be investigated for? >> well, at this point of course doj should just begin investigating.u rbfo there's enough evidence, i think, in the public domain to suggest any number of crimes that have been committed. number one, conspiracy to defraud the united states.y en it's one of the things robert mueller charged against the internet research agency, obstructing the administration of government. in this case congress in certifying the vote. number two, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding. that is a charge that has been h laid against some of the protesters there that day. possibly even rico, which is the organized crime statute, using the president's office as the machinery to engage in other crimes that are called racketeering acts.rsvenier those could include extortion, and the rico statute permits both federal extortion acts, could be these pressures on rosen as well as state crimes. so it could be these pre