Face the Nation on the Radio 8/22
Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan
CBS News
3.5 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2021
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
This week, how President Biden is addressing fallout after Afghanistan quickly falls to the Taliban. We hear from CBS's Foreign Correspondent Roxana Saberi, Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, Former Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker. Pus, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinkin joins us to discuss the Administration's next steps with Afghanistan. Fearing life under Taliban rule, several Afghan citizens and allies are desperately seeking escape. CBS's Holly Williams reports there are also increasing concerns that ISIS could use the chaos in Kabul to carry out an attack. CBS News Meteorologist Jeff Berardelli has the latest on Tropical Storm Henri. And Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb joins us with the latest on the coronavirus, the Delta Variant, vaccines and more. CBS's Major Garrett guest-moderates this week's "Face the Nation."
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| 0:34.9 | evacuation of Americans from Afghanistan continues. The ensuing chaos |
| 0:39.4 | puts the Biden administration on defense. |
| 0:42.8 | The situation at the Kabul Airport today is increasingly dire, |
| 0:46.6 | as the United States struggles to get Americans and the thousands of Afghans |
| 0:50.0 | have helped fight the Taliban for the last 20 years out safely. |
| 0:54.4 | The Biden administration is working to ramp up evacuations, but it is facing a nine day |
| 0:58.6 | deadline to complete the mission. |
| 1:01.1 | Any America who wants to come home, we will get you home. Make no mistake, |
| 1:07.4 | this evacuation mission is dangerous. I cannot promise what the final outcome will be. |
| 1:13.5 | Taliban leaders are in Kabul working to build a new government |
| 1:17.0 | as the criticism about the president's handling of this crisis grows. |
| 1:20.6 | There will be plenty of time to criticize the second-guess when this operation is over. |
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