President Biden delivers remarks on Afghanistan withdrawal. msnbc.com/live
"We completed one of the biggest airlifts with more than 120,000 people evacuated to safety," President Biden says.
"No nation has ever done anything like it in all of history."
"The bottom line: 90% of Americans in Afghanistan who wanted to leave were able to leave," President Biden says.
"For those remaining Americans, there is no deadline. We remain committed to get them out if they want to come out."
"I was not going to extend this forever war, and I was not extending a forever exit," President Biden says on the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
"To ISIS-K, we are not done with you yet," President Biden says. "I firmly believe the best path to guard our safety and our security lies in a tough, unforgiving, targeted, precise strategy that goes after terror where it is today. Not where it was two decades ago."
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President Biden delivers remarks on the Covid-19 response, the vaccination program, and booster shots. msnbc.com/live
President Biden: "Employers have more power today to end this pandemic than they have ever had before. My message is simple: Do the right thing for your employees, consumers, and your businesses."
President Biden says Covid-19 booster program will start the week of Sept. 20.
“As a simple rule, 8 months after your second shot, get a booster shot,” Biden says, adding that the shots will be free.
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Gov. Abbott recently banned mask mandates despite pushback from local officials and schools districts.
Spokesman said Gov. Abbott received Regeneron's monoclonal antibody treatment. The treatment is used for people at considerable risk of developing severe Covid-19 symptoms, including those with compromised immune systems.
President Biden delivers remarks on Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and evacuation efforts. msnbc.com/live
President Biden says "I stand squarely behind" decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan, adding "this did unfold more quickly than we had anticipated."
President Biden: "I will not repeat the mistakes we've made in the past — mistake of staying and fighting indefinitely in a conflict that is not in the national interest of the United States, of doubling down of a civil war in a foreign country"
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The UN report also details how the increasing ocean and surface temperatures will cause myriad physical changes in climate — including drought, heat waves, heavy rainfall and coastal flooding — in different regions of the planet.