Hundreds of passengers trying to evacuate Afghanistan, reportedly including American citizens,

are being prevented from departing in what some US officials are calling a hostage situation.

What do we know about the standoff over the flights?

And what's the State Department doing about it?

I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley.

That's Tuesday, September 7, and this is Morning Wire.

A new report finds that 61% of Americans paid no federal income taxes in 2020.

That's a 40% increase over last year.

How did the COVID lockdowns impact taxes last year?

And how has it changed the economic landscape?

And the trial of former billionaire in biotech CEO Elizabeth Holmes has begun.

The case which became the subject of a best-selling book involves multiple charges of federal fraud

in conspiracy.

We'll take a look at the trial and the scandal behind it.

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