WH defends withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan; TSA to extend masking on planes, trains into 2022; Pentagon confirms U.S. in communication with Taliban leaders;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 17 August 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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WH estimates 11,000 U.S. citizens remain in Afghanistan; Afghan women fear for their futures under Taliban rule; Burqa prices surge as Taliban impose new rules for women; Taliban pledge “no violence against women” but say the world needs to respect their “core values” on women; Top generals hope to speed up evacuations within the next day; Pentagon: up to 4,000 troops in Kabul by end of today; Pentagon estimates 5k-10k Americans remain “near Kabul”; Sources: Biden admin to advise booster shots for most U.S. adults; Record number of kids hospitalized with COVID as Delta surges; Tomorrow: Biden to address booster shots for most adults as kids under 12 aren’t approved for their first dose; 212k+ migrants taken into U.S. custody at border last month, largest number in two decades; CNN goes to the border to investigate worsening migrant crisis; Tropical rains compound misery in Haiti’s disaster zone; 1,900+ dead, tens of thousands of homes destroyed after magnitude 7.2 earthquake & tropical depression hit Haiti; 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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0:00.0	They served the U.S. and now they feel betrayed.
0:05.2	The lead starts right now.
0:07.9	Thousands of Americans and allies left behind, frantically trying to get on flights out
0:12.9	as the Taliban takes over in Afghanistan, were live in Kabul with the life or death situation.
0:18.4	Then, the Biden administration about to back boosters from more Americans, when should
0:22.8	you get your third coronavirus shot, plus a desperate and unprecedented surge at the
0:29.4	U.S.-Mexico border.
0:31.2	We talked to migrants who told us why they continue to make this incredibly dangerous journey.
0:41.5	Welcome to the lead on Jake Tapp, where we start today with our world lead the White House,
0:45.2	this afternoon attempting to defend how it handled the U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
0:49.4	as the Taliban solidifies its grip on that country, and Americans and allies rushed to
0:54.2	try to safely evacuate.
0:56.4	This afternoon, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said that the Taliban has agreed
1:00.2	to give civilians safe passage to the Kabul airport, where the U.S. military is hoping
1:04.9	to speed up the pace of evacuation flights within the next 24 hours.
1:09.5	This striking image, obtained by Defense One, shows nearly 650 Afghans packed inside
1:15.7	a U.S. military cargo plane they were safely evacuated on Sunday to cutter.
1:20.8	The White House estimates that at least 11,000 remained in Afghanistan, 11,000 Americans
1:25.3	remained in Afghanistan, but those figures do not include the tens of thousands of Afghan
1:31.0	allies who helped the U.S. during the war and their families, who could be killed by the
1:35.6	Taliban if they are not promptly flown out of the country.
1:39.2	Let's begin our coverage today with CNN's Clarissa Ward, who is live in the Afghan
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