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- [Jenna] Tonight
- [Man] They are seeking us,they are searching for us.
- [Jenna] The race to get Americans
and our Afghan allies out of Afghanistan,
as President Biden holds firm
on his August 31st deadline.
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COVID-19 and its origins.
China now blaming the UnitedStates for its spread.
What a US by agency investigations found.
And remain in Mexico.
The Supreme Court sideswith the Trump era policy,
dealing a blow to the Biden agenda.
All this on more tonighton "Faith Nation."
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- The race against the clock,
as the situation inAfghanistan remains desperate.
Good evening, I'm John Jessup.
- And I'm Jenna Browder.
Welcome to "Faith Nation."
Well, six days and counting
to get Americans and Afghanallies out of Afghanistan
to meet president Biden'sAugust 31st deadline.
- It's an all but impossible mission,
putting melting pressure on the President
to extend the timetable.
CBN, Jennifer Wishonhas tonight's top story.
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- It's unclear exactly how many Americans
remain in Afghanistan,
but getting them out nomatter how long it takes
is a cause that's unitingboth parties in Washington
and a growing number across the country.
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More than 70,000 people,
including some 5,400Americans have been evacuated,
since the Taliban tookcontrol of the country,
less than two weeks ago.
Each day, the pace picks up,
while on the ground, achaotic scramble continues
as more and more Afghans try to escape
the Taliban's oppressive brutality.
- We're waiting to get through,
but they're not letting us at the moment.
- [Jennifer] One Afghantranslator explains,
he's still waiting for visa approval,
as he's hunted by the Taliban.
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- [Man] They are seeking us,they are searching for us.
- [Jennifer] The US military
is under ever increasing pressure
to finish its mission.
The Taliban calls August 31st a red line,
warning consequences will follow
any efforts by the US tostay beyond the deadline.
- We're gonna do everything wecan with the time available.
And each day we're coming upwith new and innovative ways
to bring people.
- [Jennifer] The militarynow dispatching helicopters
to pluck some Americans to safety.
And today we're learningto members of Congress,
Democrat Seth Moulton, andRepublican Peter Meyer,
both Iraq war veterans traveledto Hammad Karzai airport
to conduct oversight of evacuations.
Speaker Pelosi, warning othermembers of Congress not to go.
- This is deadly serious.
You do not want numbers to go.
- [Jennifer] The tragedyunfolding on TV screens
is generating bi-partisancalls for the White House
to leave no Americans or allies behind.
Calling the alternative, unacceptable.
- Sadly, sometimes more grimly,
they are returned to their homes,
where they behead their family
and then behead them.
- [Jennifer] Members of Congress
calling the violation ofAmerica's word to its allies,
a future threat to national security.
- What is a worth ofthe American handshake.
- [Jennifer] As communitiesacross the country
prepare to receive refugees.
Afghans arriving on US soil-
- I think we are safe here.
- [Jennifer] Are grateful tohave escaped with their lives.
- You're working at thegovernment in Afghani,
like American, they kill you.
- And a number of Christian groups
are sending private planes
to evacuate Christians andother religious minorities
who face tremendoushardships if left behind,
particularly Muslims who've converted
and dedicated their lives to Jesus.
Jennifer Wishon CBN News.
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- All right, thank you, Jennifer.
Michael O'Hanlon is here now to help us
dive deeper into Afghanistan.
He's a senior fellow and Directorof Foreign Policy Research
at the Brookings Institution.
Michael welcome, we're we're glad
to have you with us this evening.
- Nice to be here.- So a week out,
from the withdrawal deadline,
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken
says there are about 1500 Americans
still stuck in Afghanistan,
in addition to our coalition partners.
Did the President make the right call
to stick with this timetable?
- I don't think so, butthere's still a chance
the President himself ispreserving some wiggle room
and that's what I'm hoping.
I wrote something yesterday,
advocating that we notstick to August 31st,
that it's a false deadline,we created ourselves.
The Taliban have no rightto demand anything of us,
when they haven't beenunder their own obligations
from last year's accordsigned with President Trump.
So I think that we need,
for the sake of human rights and decency
to be able to extend,
but maybe Biden realizedthere was no point
in telegraphing that too soon,
because that could make thisweek's evacuations contentious.
So he did give himself, as Iunderstand his words yesterday,
the option to reassess ifabsolutely necessary next week.
And I hope he means that.
And he's simply trying to prevent
any kind of an early showdownwith the Taliban this week.
But he runs the risk of sounding like
he's afraid of the Talibanand afraid of their reprisals.
So it's a delicaterhetorical balancing act
that I'm not sure he'sgetting quite right.
Bottom line, I'm hopefulthat he's willing to stay
past next week Tuesday.
But I'm not yet sure,
and I'm not sure the Taliban
really know how to read him.
- Speaking of the Taliban, Michael,
the Taliban says it has changedin the last 20 years or so
Taliban 2.0, if you will.
Pledging to be more inclusive
with regard to women.
Michael, do you see any reasonwhy women and young girls
should take them at their word?
- No, however, we do have leverage.
That's the way I like to think about it.
We have leveraged to try to increase
the probability of that outcome.
We do not have thedirect control, clearly.
That's the traumatic and terrible downside
of pulling out of this mission.
A decision of PresidentBiden's that I strongly oppose.
However, we have the prospect
of releasing their financial holdings
and those of thegovernment of Afghanistan,
granting diplomatic recognition,along with our many allies,
if they behave, if they moderate,
of giving some amount ofhumanitarian assistance,
to protect human rights,basic educational gains,
basic healthcare progress,
much of which has beenimpressive these last 20 years.
But only if they will complywith certain modest standards.
We have to be realistic.
We're not gonna get the country we wanted,
we're not gonna get the country,
any of us would want to live in.
But I think we need to thinkmore in terms of our leverage,
than in terms of whether ornot to trust the Taliban.
'Cause I think yourquestion was a loaded one,
and if I heard you, right,
I think I would be wary, you would be wary
of trusting this particular organization.
- Michael some say with the Taliban
back in control of Afghanistan,
we're right back to wherewe were two decades ago,
not to mention now the rise of ISIS.
With the looming 20th anniversary of 9/11,
are we more or less safe now?
- I think we're more safe.
I'm very sad by this outcomefor the people of Afghanistan
and I'm worried for our own security,
but I also think theTaliban have watched us
fight hard for 20 years.
And I wanna salute themen and women in uniform,
our diplomats, aid workers,
everyone who was part of the struggle,
because even if we didn't getto where we wanted it to be,
as former Marine Corps,pilot, Amy McGrath and I
wrote last week in "USA Today,"
we showed the Taliban,
that we are a tough and resilient nation
and if they cross our red lines,
we are capable of going inand hurting them very badly.
Not with the same kindof mission necessarily
that we just carried outfor these last 20 years.
We have that kind of leverage
in addition to all theeconomic instruments
that I just mentioned.
And we have a lot more intelligence,
Homeland security, ability to crack down
on Al-Qaida financialholdings around the world.
We watch them much morecarefully as they move.
So there are a lot of instruments
of American foreign policyand Homeland security
and counter-terrorism
that have improved andthese last 20 years.
So I don't think anybodyshould go to bed scared.
I'm a little bit heartbroken
and I am more anxious, more vigilant,
but I would not counsel people
to think that somehow we'reback in the same place
we were 20 years ago,
there has been progress.
- Michael, we only haveabout 30 seconds left,
militarily and moreimportantly diplomatically,
is the situation at all salvageable.
- Well, yes,
by the criteria that I just laid out,
I think we have ways to protect ourselves,
that are not gonna be asefficient or foolproof,
but we still have many waysof protecting ourselves
and reducing the odds of anAl-Qaeda or ISIS sanctuary
from coming up on Afghan soil.
And we have ways atleast to give the Taliban
powerful incentives,
to think about moderating their behavior,
no guarantees, but powerful incentives.
And that's a lot to work with.
So I'm not supporting what President Biden
has decided these last few months,
but I think it's time to recognize
that we still have apretty strong position
on a number of fronts inthis particular challenge.
- All right, Michael, that'llhave to be the last word.
Michael O'Hanlin withthe Brookings Institute.
Thank you so much for being with us today.
- My pleasure, thank you.
- Well, while Afghanistandominates the news cycle,
the White House also talkingabout cyber security,
- President Biden, meeting today
with his national security team and others
after several breaches earlier this year,
all in an attempt to figure out
how to improve thenation's cyber defenses.
CBN White House correspondent,
Eric Phillips joins us nowwith more on this, Eric.
- Well, John and Jenna,
you may recall thecolonial pipeline breach
that sent gas prices soaring
and prompted long linesall along the East Coast.
Well, that was just one
of a growing number of cyber breaches.
And today the president said,
he needs all hands on deck,
private and public sectorhands, to battle this problem.
- I invited you all here today
because you have thepower and the capacity
and the responsibility I believe,
to raise the bar on cyber security.
- [Eric] A needed improvementfor lots of reasons.
In February hack into the computer system
of a water treatmentplant near Tampa, Florida,
increased the level oflye going into the water.
Fortunately, the deed was detected
before anyone was hurt.
Just weeks before a breach
of government IT contractor SolarWinds,
giving criminals accessto government agencies,
including the treasuryand commerce departments.
In May meat processingcompany, JBS hacked,
shutting down plants in the US and abroad.
Officials pointed the finger
at criminals in Russia for this one,
just like the colonial pipeline hack
that happened before it,
leaving people scrambling for gas.
In April, the New York Citytransit system attacked.
The ferry to Nantucket andMartha's Vineyard breached
at the start of the busy tourist season.
On Capitol Hill lawmakers want answers.
- We need a comprehensive
federal civilian agencycybersecurity strategy.
- [Eric] And from theWhite House warnings.
- Companies that view ransomware
as a threat to theircore business operations,
rather than a simple risk of data theft
will react and recover more effectively.
- [Eric] President Bidenlaid out his plan months ago.
- We launched a new publicprivate initiative in April.
It begins with a a hundred days sprint
to improve cyber securityin the electric sector.
And we'll follow thatwith similar initiatives
in natural gas pipelines,water and other sectors.
- President Biden alsoearmarked $10 billion
in the COVID 19 reliefplan for cybersecurity.
But the White House issaying over and over again
that they cannot fight this battle alone.
Underscoring the needfor private businesses
to take steps of its own,to protect themselves.
The latest from the White House,
John and Jenna, back to you.
- [John] All right, thank you, Eric.
Well, as the world leaders
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- Well after more than 18 months,
it appears the world is no closer
to the origin of the COVID-19 virus.
- However, US officialshope new data on vaccines
will motivate more Americansto line up for the shot.
CBNs Brody Carter joins us now.
Brody it seems likewe're still at square one
on the origins of the pandemic.
- Well, John and Jennifer,
more than a year world leaders
supported China's theory thatCOVID 19 came from an animal
in a wet market.
Then a few months ago,CBN and other outlets
reporting on the growing lab leak theory
and gain of function research.
In May president Biden gavethe intelligence community
90 days to find an answer.
Now it appears those findings
have been presented to the White House,
but early indications arethere's still no smoking gun.
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China has taken the offensive,
now blaming the us forthe spread of COVID 19.
- We do not accept baselessunfounded accusations
that are politically motivated.
- [Brody] US spy agency
submitted their report to the White House,
on whether or not the viruscame from a lab in Wuhan,
or if it made the jumpfrom animals to humans,
the results appear inconclusive.
- We want the origins to remain
scientific, transparent,urgent, and inclusive.
- This is a contradiction.
If you're saying that the labhypothesis is a non-starter
from a Chinese perspective,
but we need to now go and lookat labs in other countries.
I find that difficult to understand,
but very willing to engagewith our Chinese colleagues
to understand what exactlythey mean by that statement.
- [Brody] The US accusesChina of both covering up
and being uncooperativefrom the beginning.
- Get vaccinated and the timeframe
will be truncated dramatically.
- [Brody] On the medical front,
Dr. Fauci hopes, thanks to FDA approval
of the Pfizer vaccine and other advances,
we could see greater controlof COVID by early next year,
if vaccinations continue to increase.
Over the last seven days,
6 billion shots given out,
the highest weekly tally since July.
- In Alabama, Arkansas,Louisiana, and Mississippi,
more people got their firstshots in the past month
than in the prior two months combined.
- [Brody] Even with that good news,
frontline workers stillfighting a raging illness.
- Kansas city is in a state of crisis.
- [Brody] Almost 80% of thecountry's ICU beds are full,
with the South seeingthe highest case rates.
The CDC says at this rateshospitalizations and deaths
could spike over the next two weeks.
- Vaccination requirements.
They can help us end this pandemic.
And the justice departmenthas already said that
vaccine requirements are indeed legal.
- COVID cases are leveling off globally,
except here in the US,
reporting the most new cases and deaths
than any other country in the last week.
John and Jenna, back to you.
- All right, Brody Carter, thank you.
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Since August 14th,
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Right now the Caldor fire
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and is only 11% contained.
Earlier this week, CAL FIRE
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- Today, we are almost three times
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almost three times over.
A lot of acreage is burning
fires are burning in waysthat nobody has seen before.
Yes, I keep saying that,
you keep hearing that,
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- [Jenna] The NationalInteragency Fire Center
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have burned 21/2 million acres.
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- [John] Up next prayers juststeps from the White House.
We'll hear from the leader
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Walker carries the backingof former President Trump
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- Support for thesituation in Afghanistan,
coming in the form of chartered flights,
personal hygiene goodsfor refugees and prayers.
Today, the group ConcernedWomen For America,
held a prayer rally at the White House.
The focus was on demanding the rescue
and protection of Americanstuck in Afghanistan
and for the safety ofAfghan women and children.
But with more on the prayer initiative,
we're joined by Penny Nance,
CEO and President ofConcerned Women For America.
Penny great to see you.
Can you tell us more aboutthe prayer initiative,
who attended and why you feltit was important to pray,
just steps away from the White House?
- Well, thank you so much for having me.
It's always just an honor to be on CBN.
Well, at Concerned Women For America,
we have about half a millionmembers around this country.
We're the nation's largest
public policy women's organization.
And we've been horrified as we've watched
just the debacle of theunraveling of Afghanistan.
And so we felt that it was essential
that we stand togetheroutside the White House
to steps from the White House,
and come together in prayer,
because frankly, we need a miracle.
I appreciate the fact that the White House
is flying evacuations right now,
but there's still over 1500 Americans
that they even know about
that are still in that country,
it's still a hot mess.
Alongside them though
are thousands, perhaps 50,000 or more
people who worked for the last20 years alongside Americans,
who we promised that we would protect.
And now we have the Taliban telling them
we're gonna get you.
We have stories on the ground
of the Taliban going home to home
and telling parents to puton the side of their house
an X, a red X, if they have a daughter
that's 12 or older inside their home.
And that is so thatthey can easily come in
and take their child,
and we use her as a spoil ofwar for the Taliban fighters.
If they happen to go in that home
and they take the phones
and they find a Bible app on their phone,
find out this is a Christian family,
they kill them on the spot.
So it's terrifying whatwe're seeing unraveling
right now in Afghanistan.
And so we came togetherwith women of faith
from all over this country.
Different organizations likewe had Mercedes schlaf there
from ACU, American Conservative Union.
We had Alyssa Farah
who used to work for the state department,
used to work for the Trump administration.
We had Tina Whittingtonwith Students For Life.
We had just a largegroup of women of faith
coming together to pray forthe people of Afghanistan.
- Penny, the Taliban issueda temporary policy Tuesday
for women to stay at home.
Indicating that the old mindset
really is hard to break.
And also adding that,
some of their militantsneed to be trained first
on how to treat women.
Your thoughts on that Penny.
- That was a New York Times story.
Let's just enjoy that for a second.
How crazy is that the New York Times
is having to report already
that women are told to stay home,
they can't leave their home.
They can't even leave their home
because they're afraidthey're gonna be raped
and abused by Taliban fighters.
I mean, it is demonic,
what is being unleashed on this country.
And I don't use that word lightly.
You need to understand,
I don't use that word lightly.
But women and girls are at great risk.
I mean, of course we already know
about being child brides and sex slaves,
but even simple things
like being able to leave their home
without a man present,
not being able to leave their home
without covering their faces.
Little girls, being ableto receive an education
and go to school.
I mean, they're going togo back to the dark ages.
And so we were asking,
frankly, demanding thatthe Biden administration
step up and do a better job.
Every president, since George Bush
to President Obama and Trump have said,
this can't go on and on.
There needs to be an exitstrategy and we agree.
But the issue is not like this.
We cannot leave the peoplethat have worked alongside us
and abandon them to thisdesperate situation.
We have to leave in away that makes sense.
But unfortunately the Bidenadministration is not listening.
- All right, Penny Nance withConcerned Women For America,
we always appreciate youspending time with us
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- Sorry Jenna, I was soexcited about the story,
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