joining us now from the pentagon, press secretary john kirby. john, the u.s. almost two decades training up the afghan military and the police. we spent over $88 billion over that time training them up. why are they failing so miserably in repelling the taliban? >> you're right, chris. they have much more capacity than they've ever had before, much more capability and they've got an air force, a very capable air force to help defend their groups on the ground, they have sophisticated special forces that have been in the fight and they're brave fighters. this is a moment of leadership. you heard the president talk about that the other day. it's their right and responsibility to he defend their country and their citizens. we're going to look back and we'll be able to say it came down to leadership, civilian and military leadership. one thing we can assure our afghan partners, while we won't be on the ground with them going forward, we're not walking away from this relationship. we'll continue to support them from a financial, logistical perspective and aircraft

we will ask pentagon press secretary john kirby what it means for america's national security.s, sharp reaction from the administration's door-to-door vaccine drive. >> this is still an experiment of vaccine being used under emergency use authorization, it's none of their business who's had it and who hasn't had it. >> chris: we will ask our sunday panel about the controversy as the delta variance urges. paul right now and "fox news sunday." ♪ ♪ >> chris: and hello again from fox news in washington. well, there's an old-fashioned political showdown in texas right now that could shake next year's midterm campaign across the country. the battle geared up in may when democrats fled the state capital to block new voting laws the g.o.p. wanted to pass. of now the governor is called state legislatures back into a special session to deal with that and other issues on the border wall, transgender students in sports and critical race theory. in a moment we will have an exclusive in every with the governor of texas, greg abbott, but first let's bring in casey stegall in dallas with a loo

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general milley was asked about the reporting in those books at the pentagon press conference he declined to elaborate. >> i'm not going to comment on what's in any of those books. let me just say this, though. i always, personally, provided the best military professional advice to president trump previously to president biden or any other president. we take an oath, an oath to a document, an oath to the constitution of the united states and not one time did we violate that. >> joining us now is nbc news pentagon correspondent, courtney kube. it's not surprising to me that general milley, who wouldn't comment through a spokesperson, he's certainly not going to comment standing behind the podium in the pentagon press briefing room. tell us more how he handled questions about allegations laid out now in a number of these books? >> reporter: that's right. we weren't expecting him to come out and say, that's right, i stand behind everything in those books. he went a little further than we expected. he pointed out, some of the sound we just heard, that at no point did he or the joint chiefs vi

speaking to fox news pentagons press. secretary says the officials will assess the security risk in the country. the haitian government initially requested troops from the u. s. to protect the port airport and other key infrastructure, we are aware of the request by the haitian government. we're analyzing it just like we would any other request for assistance here at the pentagon. it's going through a review. i'm not going to get ahead of that process and today in interagency team largely from the department of homeland security and the f b. i are heading down to haiti right now to see what we can do to help them any investigative process. and i think that's really where our energies are best applied right now in helping them get their arms around investigating this incident and figuring out who's culpable, who's responsible and, and how best to hold them accountable going forward. that's where our focus is right now. and he gallagher is long for us in washington dc. so andy, i mean, this is a bit of a balancing act for president joe biden. isn't it? there was the request for troops, bu

now speaking to fox news, the pentagon press secretary says the officials will assess the security risk in the country. we are aware of their request by the haitian government, we're analyzing it just like we would any other request for assistance here at the pentagon. it's going through a review, i'm not going to get ahead of that process. and today, in interagency team largely from the department of homeland security and the f b, i are heading down to haiti right now to see what we can do to help them any investigative process. and i think that's really where our energies are best applied right now. in helping them get their arms around investigating this incident and figuring out who's culpable, who's responsible and, and how best to hold them accountable going forward. that's where our focus is right now. how do gallagher has more from washington dc? well, this is what the us is calling a technical team, made up of department of homeland security and f b i. agents. and essentially, what they may do, or at least i think they will try and do, is add some legitimacy to any of the findi

pentagon press secretary on "fox news sunday" with chris wallace. >> are you surprised that the talibanching with deep concern, chris. the deteriorating security situation and violence that is way too high and the momentum the taliban seems to have now. >> bill: on the ground in afghanistan back in kabul is our greg palkot. hello. >> bill, just a few minutes ago we got back from what is technically called a transfer of command ceremony. that is general miller has been commanding troops on the ground in afghanistan for three years landed over to general mckenzie, the head of centcom running things from now on. it was much more than that. look at what we saw. >> this spot a few moments ago a symbolic end to america's war in afghanistan was declared. but for the afghan politicians and others behind us, there are a lot of questions about what is ahead. >> this all comes at a troubling time here in afghanistan as the u.s. troops have been pulling out and most of them have pulled out. taliban has been on a rampage going through at least a third of the districts in the country contesting a thi

we really pressed pentagon press secretary john kirby about this issue yesterday and he had to acknowledgeed about information like that falling into the wrong hands and potentially injuring american and nato forces who were there trying to leave, hallie. >> courtney kube reporting there live from the pentagon, great reporting, thank you for that. appreciate it. >>> coming up on the show, a ticker tape parade honoring covid essential workers about to begin in new york city. we'll take you there. you can see that's where it's getting ready to start. >>> and we're also talking next up about a potential solution in the pandemic for the nearly 6 million renters at risk for eviction because of it. our look at the first of its kind housing program in philadelphia that could really help. u want to put out the best snacks that taste great, and come straight from the earth. and last time i checked, pretzels don't grow on trees. just saying. planters. a nut above. gillette proglide. five blades and a pivoting flexball designed to get virtually every hair on the first stroke. so you're ready for the

"fox news sunday" he will have exclusive interviews with texas governor greg abbott and pentagon press secretary john kirby much to discuss on both the domestic and foreign policy front. that is it for "special report" tonight. "fox news primetime" hosted by the one and only mark steyn starts right now, have a great weekend. >> mark: what was the word the nice lady won with murraya. >> shannon: this young woman nailed it knows every word on the planet apparently. >> mark: that is very good. my kid was eliminated in middle school because he couldn't spell eel. he spelt it eal a national humiliation i told him he should have told the teachers that was the canadian spelling. what a family humiliation a tragedy that was. thank you, shannon, we will see you in a couple of hours. midnight. thank you very much. welcome to "fox news primetime," i'm mark steyn. ♪ the line up for you. starting with tucker carlson and wrapping up with pete hegseth. with all the news you need before you head to have spend the weekend dog sledding or clog dancing or whatever floats your boat. the msnbc unamerican a

mere's the pentagon press secretary. we're certainly watching with deep concern the violence which is of course is way too high and the advances and momentum that the taliban seems to have right now which is why we are working with our afghan partners to encourage them to use the capabilities that we know they have and we know they know how to defend their country. this is the time for them to step up and do exactly that. todd: point blank, knowing the region as you do, are you confident that the afghan forces will be able to prevent a humanitarian crisis? >> absolutely not. fully leaving afghanistan, i said it before, it's a catastrophic mistake that will reverberate for decades and joe biden will go down in history as the president responsible for removing one of our major lines of defense and leaving us vulnerable. the taliban can never be trusted. no one knows that more than u.s. troops that are stationed there. i think it's the biggest mistake of the president's tenure. the peace talks have created the humanitarian

pentagon press secretary john kirby said wednesday that all options are being considered and that would include the potential for short-term use of u.s. base installations. from our perspective of advocates, the location matters as we advocated should be u.s. soil to ensure the safety and rights of applicants. this plan, which was just released wednesday, is a vital first step in honoring the promise to afghan allies but it is concerning the scares inessential details. much like the president's remarks last thursday, we are left with more questions than answers. we understand the sensitivity of u.s. military operations, but these outstanding questions seem desperate. we hope the unders -- the administration will avoid anxiety by releasing details as soon as possible. >> thank you very much. ambassador jacobs, thanks for being here. could you tell us, what is the process like and why is it so challenging, ambassador jacobs? >> thank you. i want to thank all of the distinguished artist event in today's panel. everyone is bringing so much dedication and expertise to the subject. also, let

"fox news sunday" he will have exclusive interviews with texas governor greg abbott and pentagon pressgn policy front. that is it for "special report" tonight. "fox news primetime" hosted by the one and only mark steyn starts right now, have a great weekend. >> mark: what was the word the nice lady won with murraya. >> shannon: this young woman nailed it knows every word on the planet apparently. >> mark: that is very good. my kid was eliminated in middle school because he couldn't spell eel. he spelt it eal a national humiliation i told him he should have told the teachers that was the canadian spelling. what a family humiliation a ag

the pentagon press secretary said in a briefing that all options are being considered and that wouldnclude the potential for short-term use of u.s. installations. from our perspectives, location matters greatly and we advocate it should be u.s. soil to ensure the safety and rights of applicants. this plan is a vital first step in honoring the promise afghan allies but it is scarce in essential details. we are left with more questions than answers. we understand the sensitivity of military operations but these outstanding questions seem distant from the u.s. security considerations. we hope the ministration will recognize the needs and release further details as soon as possible. ? -- >> thank you very much. ambassador jacobs, thank you for being here. can you tell us what the process is like and why is it so challenging? >> thank you. and i want to thank all of the distinguished participants in today's panel. everyone is bringing so much dedication and expertise on the subject. and let me say there is not anyone involved in the process doesn't firmly believe that we owe the afghans w

pentagon press secretary john kirby said in a briefing on wednesday, all options are being considered and that would include for the potential for a short term use of u.s. based installations. sfrom our perspective, advocates location matters great. it should be u.s. soil to ensure the safety and rights of the applicants. this plan, which was released as i mentioned on wednesday, is a vital first step and honoring the promise to afghan allies. it's concerning we scares in essential details. much like the presidents remarks on afghanistan last thursday. we are left with more questions and answers? we understand the sensitivity of military operations, but these outstanding questions seem distant and desperate from the u.s. security considerations. we hope the administration will recognize the need for information and prevent anxiety, and for the chaos by releasing details as soon as possible. thank you. >> great, thank you very much. ambassador jacob, thanks for being here. could you tell us what is the process like and why is it so challenging, ambassador jacob's? >> all right, thank y

concern about the taliban filling the void left by the united states and new reaction from the pentagon pressry to that. >> we're watching with deep concern. we're watching it and monitoring it which is why we're working with our afghan partners to encourage them to use capacity and capability that we know they have and we know that they know how to defend our country. this is a time for them to step up and do exactly that. >> on capitol hill, new concerns from democrats and even some republicans on who kevin mccarthy is going to choose to fill those five empty seats investigating the january 6th capitol insurrection. >> to my colleagues in politics, let me say this to you. you either have to be a zombie for the nonbelief system whatever that is today and tomorrow it varies based on donald trump's whims or stand up and tell constituents the truth. >> a look at dallas, texas, where in just a couple hours donald trump will take the stage. >> joining me now is benny thompson, chair of the january 6th house select committee. congressman, glad to have you. a lot of important things to talk about.

agents headed to haiti to assist the investigation into the president's assassination, the pentagon, the press secretary says l. assess the security risk in the country. the haitian government initially requested us troops be sent. we are aware of their request by the haitian government, we're analyzing it just like we would any other request for assistance or the pentagon. it's going through a review. i'm not going to get ahead of that process. and today, in our agency team, largely from the department, homeland security and f. b, i are headed down to haiti right now to see what we can do to help them any investigative process. and i think that's really where our energies are best applied right now. in helping them get their arms around investigating this incident and figuring out who's culpable, who's responsible and, and how best to hold them accountable going forward. and that's where our focus is right now. south korea is imposing tougher current of ours restrictions in the capital from monday. after recording another, $1300.00 infections in the last 24 hours. so in neighboring areas will

in fact, the pentagon spokesperson was pressed on this point during his briefing. he said the afghans knew when we were going to be leaving, new we return control of the airbase, they knew this was coming. we gave them multiple tours to show them how to run the base once u.s. forces leave. there is a bit of defensiveness, but there is also a resolve that the u.s. military is leaving afghanistan in large part because trying to prosecute a war after nearly 20 years is not making a difference, and it is time for the afghan government and afghan people to chart their own course. anchor: thank you very much. a drone has attacked an airport in iraq with explosives. kurdish security sources said it was targeting a u.s. base. the casualties have been reported. -- no casualties have been reported. humanitarian agencies are reporting rising kidnappings in nigeria. around 1000 students have been abducted since december. the latest attack took place at a boarding school. nearly 150 students are missing. >> reporter: distraught parents gather at the school compound, as they wai

ashley: pentagon press secretary john kirby expressing concern about the taliban in afghanistan as thestan relinquishes command today. symbolically ending america's longest war. we have greg palkot live in kabul with the very latest. greetings to you, greg. reporter: greetings, ashley. yeah, we witnessed a little bit of history today with troubled times in this country. technically it is called a change of command ceremony. the outgoing command general, scott miller, handing off to general frank mckenzie who will be running things overall but it was much more than that, take a look. >> this spot a few moment asking a symbolic end to america's war in afghanistan was declared but for the afghan politicians and others behind us, there are a lot of questions about what is ahead. >> what i tell the taliban is they're responsible too. the violence that is going on is against the will of the afghan people and it needs to stop. reporter: the taliban now has taken over 1/3 of the country. another third is being contested. afghan military shown not up to the task, fleeing, surrendering, what is

we're going to be joined by pentagon press secretary, john kirby. good to see you.n the ground in kabul and afghanistan who are going to be dealing with the void that's going to be filled with death and destruction, especially to women, as the taliban moves in? >> i think we're all mindful of the security situation on the ground, mika. and some of the taliban's resent advances. but we're also focused on transitioning to a new relationship with the afghan forces we're not walking away from them or the idea we have to help them in their capacity and capability. we're still going to be able to do that. nobody wants to see this desolve into civil war. that's why the president made it clear, two things we're going to keep a diplomatic presence in kabul, stay attached to the programs and initiatives to keep the progress going for women and girls but also we're going to continue to put a lot of energy into the diplomatic solution to the war. we believe there's not going to be a military solution here sustainable for the afghan people or the region. you have to get the tali

and in fact the pentagon spokes person, john kirby was pressed on this point during his regular briefing on tuesday afternoon. and he essentially said this, look, the afghans knew when we were going to be leaving. they knew that we would eventually turn control of bog room error base over to them. they knew this was coming. in fact, we gave them multiple tours to basically show them how to run the base once us forces leave. so there is a bit of defensiveness on the part of the biden administration. but there's also a lot of this resolved that the u. s. military is leaving afghanistan in large part because trying to prosecute a war after nearly 20 years is not making a difference. and that it's time for the afghan government and the afghan people to chart their own course rather than jordan. thank you very much. indeed. a drone who's attacked abil airport in northern iraq with explosives. kurdish security forces sources said it was targeting a u. s. based on the airport grounds, no casualties have been reported. mentor in agencies, a warning arise in school kidnappings. in north western n

pentagon correspondent barbara starr. >> all of this unfolded earlier today at a press conference earlier in the pentagon.yd austin. perhaps not a big surprise. milley shied away, would not confirm after repeated questions anything about what these books said about him and his relationship with the former president. have a listen to what he had to say. >> i know there's a lot of interest out there and all of these books that are out there quoting me and lots of others, et cetera. i'm not going to comment on what's in any of those books. let me just say this, though. i always personally provided the best military professional advice to president trump previously, to president biden or any other president. but we take an oath, an oath to a document, an oath to the constitution of the united states, and not one time did we violate that. >> perhaps most interesting, milley did not dispute any of the things that any of these books said about him and his very tense relationship with the final days of the trump white house. and then secretary austin weighed in and gave general milley his unqualified support. pam

the pentagon spokesperson spoke to the press today saying that the u.s. is looking at using locations abroad, but when asked for clarification later by a reporter who asked specifically if the u.s. is considering any locations within the continental of the united states, this panda gul pentagon spokesman said. this >> a possibility for u.s. military installations being used, is that being considered? >> i'm saying that we are looking at all options now. all options are being considered and that would include the potential for, for short-term use for military space use. but no decision snow. >> all options are being considered, bob. so they may be headed to another country, they may be headed to military installations by the united states some combination of the two that you questioned fewest her stories for instance guam. still out there >> and addition to the question of where they're going is how the bill will get there? the only flights out of afghanistan are out of the capital city of kabul, but afghanistan is a big country and internal travel is not

. >>> okay, we hope to learn more about this at the press conference at the pentagon later today.allie jackson reports." right now more news with my friend, kris jansing. right now, delta deja vu. confirmed covid cases and hospitalizations are on the ride. and word now driven by covid life expectancy in the u.s. has dropped by a year and a half. that's the lowest it has been since world war ii. there are new mask mandates in pasadena, california. breakthrough cases among vaccinated staffers on capitol hill and at the white house. today raising critical concerns. we have sinking vaccination numbers nationwide. misinformation stunting our process, and the strength of this new variant being called into question. a new study suggesting that johnson and johnson's vaccine may be less effective against the variant. one illinois man drove 640 miles round trip just for that single shot vccine and told the

a pentagon spokesman said today in a press conference that the u.s. is also looking at -- that the u.s. is looking at using locations abroad, but when asked for clarification later by a reporter who asked specifically whether the u.s. is considering any locations within the continental united states to bring the translators, the pentagon spokesman kirby said this. >> the possibility of u.s. military installations being used, is that being considered? >> i would say we're looking at all options, bob. all options are being considered. and that would include the potential for short-term use ofu bonus base installations, but no final decision has been made right now. >> all options are being considered, bob. so they may be headed to another country. they may be headed to military installations in the continental united states. some combination of the two. the question of u.s. territories like for example guam still out there. in addition to the question of where they're going, there's the question of how they'll get there. the only flights out of afghanis

pentagon. everybody knows it is the age symbol of evil. we have to do counter magic -- it's a goof. the press is like, that's funny. it's like our poor republican friend down in delaware who gets a lot of news coverage for saying things that's special. that's cool. you're funny. can we take a picture of you? it catches people's attention. and it kind of clicks, oh, if you want more attention, you're trying to reach the majority and get publicity and people to hear you, maybe you got to do kind of clever goofy stuff that breaks the paradigm. the civil rights movement, right? think about it. very serious and sober. these guys are like, let's make it funny. let's make it clever. dangerous. we're talking about war. we're talking about people dying in vietnam. but the american public is kind of fickle. so maybe to reach them -- it's another how do you do contentious politics? how do you get people to listen? how do you get them to focus? how do you break them out of their apathy? and these guys in particular, they're trying to get young people to focus. not just individually maybe try to evade the

they come up with a goof, a scam, where they announce to the press that the purpose of linking their arms and encircling the pentagon is not just to block people from getting in and out, it's actually part of a magical rite and if done properly, they can levitate the pentagon, because the pentagon, everybody knows, is the ancient symbol of evil, so we have to do -- this is kind of a goof. but the press is like, that's funny. it's like our poor republican friend down in delaware who gets a lot of news coverage for staying stuff that's special. well, same idea. oh, the press says, that's cool, you have long hair, you're funny, can we take a picture of you? it catches people's -- suddenly it clicks, it's like, oh, if you want more attention, you're trying to reach the majority, you're trying to get more publicity, trying to get people to hear you, maybe you have to do clever goofy stuff that breaks the paradigm. the civil rights movement, right, think about it, very serious, very sober. even the people who are angry. these guys are like, let's make it funny. let's make it clever. dangerous. we're talking about war, we'

they come up with a kind of a goof, a scam, or they announced to the press that the purpose of linking their arms and circling the pentagon is not just to block people from getting in and out. it's actually part of a magical right. if done properly, they can levitate the pentagon. because the pentagon, everybody knows, is the ancient symbol of evil. so we have to do counter magic. this is kind of a goof. but the press is like, that's funny. it gets a lot of news coverage forcing stuff that is special. well, same idea. the president? that's cool. you have long hair. you're funny. can we take a picture of you? and suddenly, everybody kind of clicks. it's like oh, if you want more attention to try to reach the majority, get publicity, trying to get people to hear you, maybe you have to do clever, goofy stuff that breaks the paradox. civil rights movements, right? think about it. very serious. very sober. even the people who are angry. angry. these guys are like let's make it funny. let's make it clever. dangerous. we're talking about war. we're talking about people dying in vietnam. the american public is kind of fickle. so

press conferences. they will both likely face plenty of questions. general millie will walk into the pentagoncretary at 1:30 east coast time, knowing he'll face questions ability all these reports and recent books about his views about the last days and weeks of the trump administration. what we don't know is if general millie will answer any of those questions. he's been very reluctant to publicly speak about president trump. he will be in complete control, of course, of his message and what he wants to say and how far he wants to go. but at this hour, we simply don't know. and plenty of genuine questions from both of them, covid, afghanistan withdrawal and any number of other questions they're likely to face. kate. >> very thankful they're going to be facing great reporters like you, barbara, coming up at 1:30. barbara starr from the pentagon. much more on that coming up. >>> a stunning defeat for team usa as the olympic games are now starting. the latest in a live report ahead. with plant based cleansers. and moisturizers for healthy and hydrated men, skin, relax your body and mind, shower

really most interesting to the pentagon, and i think the ones that keep the media's curiosity, because remember until year ago, talking about this in the mainstream pressas anathema. but we are doing it now because the sightings that were the most compelling were of those from military personnel in restricted airspace. so that raises some questions. it raises some questions. if it were aliens, why would they know where our restricted airspace -- these are demarcated on maps for us humans. would e.t. know that? or would it be something that our rivals or another government agency developing exotic technology would know about and would want to test this experimental equipment in real time on the best trained american military men and women and their equipment? and so, there have been a coterie of other sightings. i want to make one point about the way that experimental military technology is developed. people in the 1980's and late 1970's outside of area 51, the ufo watchers were seeing and taking pictures what they thought were ufo's but they were early prototypes of the stealth bomber. as far back as the late 1970's you have what we now know is the ste

press claiming that the u.s. bagram air base without notifying the new afghan commander. the pentagon is denying the u.s. left without telling anyone. just moments ago, we'll have an update on that. today marks six months since the deadly january 6th insurrection on capitol hill. we'll bring you these stories. as we await president joe biden for an update on the nation's efforts against the coronavirus, joining me is the white house reporter for the associated press. he is, of course, also an msnbc political analyst. also with us, physician and fellow at the brookings institution. she is also a form white house health policy director under president obama. great to have you both with us. starting us off this hour, jonathan, let's start with you. walk us through the white house strategy here moving forward on coronavirus. how are they planning to combat vaccinations plateauing in this country? >> well, as you know, the white house did not quite reach their goal for the mournlg of july in terms of vaccination status. they didn't miss by much. that is 70% of all adults having at least one dose. they think t

press. we'll bring you those comments as they come in. president biden there in ohio. >>> also tonight, there's new pentagon reaction to a stack of new booksat then president trump would attempt a coup. let's listen. >> i am not going to comment on any of the books. but i want you to know, and i want everyone to know, i want america to know, that the united states military is an apolitical institution. we were then, we are now. and our oath is to the constitution, not to any individual at all. and the military did not and will not and should not ever get involved in domestic politics. we don't arbitrate elections. that's the job of the judiciary and the legislature and the american people. it's not the job of the u.s. military. we stay out of politics. we're an alitical institution. >> with us now is the former defense secretary william cohen here in "the situation room." thank you so much as always for being with us. the chairman of the joint chiefs reportedly fear that former president trump would try to use the military to cling to power. you heard some of general milley's comments there. what do you think of the significance of what he

pressing issues and major differences between the united states in germany. so to get some insight in at 2 german and us relations beyond the diplomatic visit, we bring in former pentagon official, michael, michael, great to have you and i get your big day actually you are my 1st guest and over a year and a half to be here and i'm, and i'm honored that it's you on a big day because you do have, this is the 4th president, chancellor merkel has actually worked with. we talked about fair and went through this whole list of things. you and i last about north street. and i want to get to north with the reality of if anything can change, but is there actually anything realistic that can be still accomplished considering the chance or is expected to retire this fall and we still don't know her successor yet. that's correct. well, i think this, even though this is her swan song, i think from biden's standpoint, this meeting was good in order to reinforce the alliance with germany, of course, be in the top country in the, in the nato alliance. and i think it was a reaffirmation that america is still back there and, and they're still going to be in the lead. and that germany is,

pentagon. thank you. cuban americans take to the streets of washington right in front of the white house to get president biden's attention. first, beyond our borders tonight. white house pressretary jen psaki says the u.s. is concerned about the to your knowledge and urging calm in that country. to your knowledge's young democracy faces its worst crisis in a decade after its president ousts the government and suspends parliament with the help of the army there main parties including islamists are condemning the move as a coup. flames threatened some residential areas. firefighters there say other places are being engulfed by dense smoke. no deaths or injuries had been reported but france and greece are dispatching aircraft to help put out the wildfires there. officials and athletes at the tokyo olympics are keeping an eye on a typhoon expected to arrive in a few hours. it's expected to disrupt some parts of the games. archery, rowing and sailing have already adjusted their schedules because of the typhoon. the games have also been dealing, obviously, with the coronavirus outbreak and hotter than usual weather there. japan was taken the lead with 8 gold medals in the games.

pressing needs the u.s. military to do intelligence, surveillance, to do training, for airpower. and while airpower is combat, that is pretty much u.s. troops are doing in combat right now. sources in the pentagonct numbers are going to change much. right now, they have 2500 troops in iraq. but they are not only supporting the mission in iraq, the are supporting 900 or so u.s. troops in syria. we don't expect that mission is quick to change much. this is being seen widely as a political move to try and help iraq's prime minister in the run-up to the next election. >> in ecuador, prisons remain in a state of emergency after gang fights in two overcrowded jails left at least 22 people dead and 57 injured on wednesday. the president vowed to mobilize all necessary human and economic resources to reestablish order. they say they have gained control. dozens of prisoners try to escape. there have been to other deadly riots and would door's presence just this year. turkey's defense ministry is searching for survivors after boat carrying 45 migrants sank in the southeastern 80 and c, 260 kilometers off the coast -- ag aean sea, 260 kilometers off the coast. many immigrants traveled there on overcrowded

press" with chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. operation enduring freedom in afghanistan began on october 7, 2001. it was less than one month after the attacks on the world trade center and the pentagon. by december of that year the en taliban, which had provided a ie safe haven for al qaeda, had collapsed. and then on may 11, 2011, u.s. forces killed osama bin laden. what was once thought of as the, quote, good war, as opposed to iraq at the time, afghanistan became a forever war and one that, for americans who did not have friends or relatives serving in the fight, eventually became the forgotten war. on thursday president biden said 20 years was enough. he announced that the united states would complete its withdrawal from average by the end of the month.y aw later, actually, than former president trump planned.t left behind is a resurgent taliban, making sweeping gains against overwhelmed and uninspired afghan forces.ak also behind, the afghan translators and contractors, america's nation-building efforts along with the hopes of establishing a greater level of freedom and more independence for women in that country. in fact, even as he announced the withdrawal, president biden ad

press conference in cape coral, florida. now government is looking to make covid vaccines mapped for the military. jennifer griffin with the details from the pentagoneleworking due to the delta variant, starting monday. president biden has asked secretary of defense lloyd austin to look into making the vaccine mandatory for the u.s. military after previously saying he would leave the choice to military leaders. >> vaccinations are required for active duty military today. i'm asking the defense department to look into how and when they will add covid-19 to the list of vaccinations our armed forces must get. our men and women in uniform who protect this country through great threats should be protected as much as possible from getting covid-19. >> in doing so, the president has waived the need for the vaccine to be fully approved the fda. the vaccine is still under emergency use authorize. we are told the decision to mandate the vaccine for the military could be quick, within days, not weeks. the latest numbers of vaccinated members of the military stands at 72% have had at least one dose, 63% are fully vaccinated, much higher than the average for th

really most interesting to the pentagon, and i think the ones that keep the media's curiosity, because remember until year ago, talking about this in the mainstream pressnathema. but we are doing it now because the sightings that were the most compelling were of those from military personnel in restricted airspace. so that raises some questions. it raises some questions. if it were aliens, why would they know where our restricted airspace -- these are demarcated on maps for us humans. would e.t. know that? or would it be something that our rivals or another government agency developing exotic technology would know about and would want to test this experimental equipment in real time on the best trained american military men and women and their equipment? and so, there have been a coterie of other sightings. i want to make one point about the way that experimental military technology is developed. people in the 1980's and late 1970's outside of area 51, the ufo watchers were seeing and taking pictures what they thought were ufo's but they were early prototypes of the stealth bomber. as far back as the late 1970's you have what we now know is the stealth

pentagon. lucas, that some it was only two or three weeks ago, and here we are. >> that's right, dana. president biden wrapping at his meeting in the situation room before leaving for chicago. the pressew hack. >> secretary psaki: i will say that the president takes malicious hyperactivity from any entity in the united states whether it is the rnc or any private-sector entity, very seriously. he did not mince words when he met with president putin in conveying that that would not be acceptable. >> the rnc stating that one of its software providers had been hacked. none of the date it was stolen. the russian intelligence agency is believed to have carried it out. this is a second attack this week -- carrying out a ransomware attack after hacking a miami-based software provider and committing $70 million. this just weeks after president biden met president putin in geneva. biden was asked yesterday if he plans to retaliate for that ransomware attack. >> president biden: it appears to have caused minimal damage to u.s. businesses, but we are still gathering information. we will have more to say about this in several days. that is what i can tell you now. >> they say those red lines are

press is he has been assassinated. nbc news has yet to confirm that news. >> we'll continue to follow this breaking news. >>> to afghanistan now, the pentagon announced yesterdaying afghan forces to battle the taliban. nbc's richard engel was on the ground there as a fierce fire fight broke out, and he filed this report. >> reporter: in a taliban controlled area outside kabul, afghanistan's best troops huddle. they'll raid a safe house and kill or capture the taliban inside. before these elite troops had american support, shoulder to shoulder, no longer. >> what is it like now fighting all on your own, no american support? >> we are ready to fight. if we die, we don't care about it. we are ready for this. >> reporter: they head out in old american humvees, at one point slowing to crawl, seeing what looks like a roadside bombe. the ied may have been a false alarm. they push on, now on foot, quietly, they hope to surprise the taliban. >> the building they are closing in on is actually a mosque. there are 15 talibans inside. >> the commander spots a taliban fighter. >> they have clearly lost the element of surprise, so now it's just a straight up fight. wherever

publication of the pentagon papers, an act that triggered one of those consequential legal matters in the history of this country, a bow that ultimately help define the rights of the free press. it also reminds us that drawing the line between national security and press freedom continues to evade clear demarcation. indeed, it was 15 just go that i testified before the house intelligence committee and called again for the enactment of a federal shield law. it's a reminder of how this area remains dangerously ill defined and uncertain for reporters. particularly with the growth of new technology that is made a mockery of many of our protections. this is this is a difficue there's compelling arguments on both sides by the department of justice and by the media. courts have chosen what is often presented as a zero-sum game. you can see that in the cases i discussed in my testimony. so this is a very serious matter. we don't know all of the facts but it cuts across and raises issues of separation of powers, the free press and privacy. i would like to focus on where i ended 15 years ago, and that is on the necessity of a federal shield law. but i will note my testimony identifies