Biden: “On a Pace” to Exit Afghanistan by Aug. 31

Erin Burnett OutFront

CNN

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4.4 • 706 Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Biden says the plan depends on Taliban cooperation; asks for contingency plans. Biden sticks to deadline for Afghanistan exit, citing security concerns. House approves massive budget plan; Biden: “we came together”. House dems end stalemate, approve $3.5T budget plan. 100 hospital workers protest vaccine requirements, could be fired. Scientist studying livestock drug for Covid met with hate mail. VP Kamala Harris departure for Vietnam delayed 3+ hours due to possible Havana syndrome incident. “This is scary”. Woman captures Tennessee flooding on Facebook live before being tragically swept away. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.8	Outfront next, breaking news.
0:32.6	President Biden sticks to the deadline, announcing that all U.S. troops will withdraw from
0:37.3	Afghanistan by next week.
0:39.4	Can he get all Americans and Afghan allies out of the country in seven days? Plus, more states
0:45.3	warning against ingesting a drug meant for livestock saying it is not a miracle COVID cure.
0:51.1	One doctor studying the drug actually called a Nazi for questioning it as a cure.
0:56.1	That doctor is my guest. And Vice President Kamala Harris's trip to Vietnam delayed by more
1:00.8	than three hours over a suspected case of Havana syndrome. Let's go up front.
1:07.6	Good evening, everyone. I'm Kate Baldwin in for Aaron Burnett. Breaking news tonight, sticking to his deadline.
1:13.7	President Biden announcing he will not extend his self-imposed August 31st deadline for all U.S. forces to leave Afghanistan.
1:20.7	Just hours after the Taliban said it would no longer allow America's Afghan allies to leave the country.
1:29.0	And just one day after the Taliban warned the deadline was a red line.
1:33.4	Biden tonight rejecting growing calls to extend the deadline, citing security concerns.
1:39.8	Every day we're on the ground, there's another day we know that ISIS K is seeking to target the airport
1:45.4	and attack both U.S. and allied forces and innocent civilians.
1:51.0	But is it a realistic deadline to fulfill the president's promise?
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