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It’s been a tough week watching the images come out of Afghanistan as the Taliban took over the region, following the United States’ exit after 20 years. It has left many Americans questioning was America’s longest war worth it? FOX News National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin has been covering the Afghanistan war since the beginning and she takes us back to where it all began, the outcome of President Biden’s decision to withdraw the troops and the questionable timing with the upcoming September 11 anniversary.

Coronavirus cases continue to rise across the U.S. as many schools start to reopen or plan to reopen across the nation. Concern over the Delta variant and breakthrough cases has the Biden administration planning to roll out booster shots this fall. Former U.S . Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams weighs in on breakthrough cases and explains why that shouldn’t deter people from getting the vaccine. He also discusses families can prepare for a safe back to school including both parents and children being fully vaccinated and wearing masks.

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There is rising anger against the Biden Administration across the political aisle over the chaotic exit from Afghanistan and both sides are demanding answers. The House could be having hearings to ask questions about the withdrawal and the Taliban's quick takeover of the country as soon as next week. FOX's Eben Brown speaks to Congressman Tim Burchett (R-TN), House Foreign Affairs Committee Member, about his thoughts on the situation and what he would like to learn from any hearings that will take place.

The Taliban is reportedly blocking people from getting to the airport in Kabul as Americans and Afghans struggle to evacuate from Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover this past week. While many are trying to flee the region, what does the future look like for those who stay under the Taliban's rule? The Taliban has said it will respect "women's rights" despite the government's history of denying women freedoms. Freelance reporter Hollie Mckay who was in Afghanistan during the country's takeover explains what this past week was like and what she's heard from other people living there and how they're feeling. We also speak with former Afghanistan Ambassador Hugo Llorens about if he thinks it would have been beneficial for U.S. troops to have stayed longer, and what he thinks the future looks like under a Taliban regime.

 

The Biden administration has faced multiple challenges in the past few weeks, with new concerns over combatting the pandemic, revitalizing the economy, and managing U.S. foreign affairs. Fox News Sunday Host Chris Wallace joins to discuss the difficulties facing the Biden White House amid surging COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations across the U.S., a crisis at the Southern border, an uncertain future for the economy as the nation confronts high levels of inflation and the flawed troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. Chris Wallace also discusses how the U.S. health officials and leaders are warranting calls for a third COVID-19 vaccine dose for Americans after WHO officials had called for international vaccine equity and he previews the guest lineup on this week's Fox News Sunday.

 

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Plus, commentary by FOX News correspondent-at-large, Geraldo Rivera.

The United States Air Force has evacuated two thousand people from Afghanistan in the past twenty four hours but that is far less than the goal of five to nine a day the Pentagon said they had set. And now, FOX News has learned the State Department is looking into non-military ways of extracting people without deploying U-S troops into the city of Kabul.  FOX's Trey Yingst speaks to FOX's Pentagon Correspondent Lucas Tomlinson about the current situation on the ground.

President Biden is facing multiple crises in the U.S. and abroad. From the Taliban taking over Afghanistan in less than 11 days after the withdrawal of American troops, the coronavirus pandemic that continues to surge across the nation, inflation affecting the U.S. economy and our southern border being overwhelmed with migrants. Former White House Press Secretary under President George W. Bush, and FOX News contributor Ari Flesicher weighs in on the President's handling of Afghanistan and the overlapping of domestic crises facing the Biden administration.

 

The U.S. is dealing with a surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations due to the spread of the Delta variant. On Wednesday, Federal Health officials announced plans to begin administering a COVID-19 booster shot to all those eligible starting in September. While the nation battles the latest wave of the pandemic, states, cities, and private businesses are also putting forth plans and programs, many of which include proof of negative COVID tests or COVID vaccinations, and mandating masks. Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University and Fox News Contributor Jonathan Turley joins to break down the latest legal challenges we are seeing in the U.S. in response to mandates, New York City restaurants challenging the city's vaccine passport program, why some private businesses are able to legally mandate vaccines while public institutions may provide more freedoms and how the Texas governor has prevailed in his challenge to mask mandates.

 

Plus, commentary by former White House speechwriter and FOX News contributor Marc Thiessen.

The Pentagon says around 5,000 people have been evacuated from Afghanistan as people continue to try and get to Kabul's airport and catch one of the limited number of planes taking off. The State Department says it cannot 'ensure the safety' of Americans trying to leave and there are reports the Taliban are stopping people from reaching the airport.  FOX's Trey Yingst speaks to FOX's State Department Correspondent Rich Edson about the ongoing efforts to evacuate Americans and allies from Afghanistan.

The Taliban has seized control of Afghanistan, with the Islamic militant group defeating the U.S.-trained and funded Afghan army at an astonishing pace. Last month, President Biden held a press conference where he insisted that despite the U.S. pulling troop presence from Afghanistan, a Taliban takeover of the country "is not inevitable." In just over a month since that press conference, the Taliban captured multiple cities and finally Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, cementing their control in the region. Former CIA Analyst, U.S. Army Major who served in Afghanistan and Co-Founder of No One Left Behind, Matt Zeller, joins to discuss the severe threat the Taliban poses the citizens of Afghanistan now that militants have taken control. He also talks about America's need to focus on quickly airlifting all U.S. personnel and allies out of harm's way, reports describing the violence beginning under Taliban rule, and how he plans to hold President Biden accountable for the lack of foresight that led to an international disaster.

 

The number of migrants crossing the southern border continues to grow every day and the crisis isn't going away anytime soon. In July, Border Patrol reported over 200, 000 migrant apprehensions at the U.S./Mexico border, making it the highest in over two decades. Last week, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas met privately with Border Patrol agents in Texas and said in leaked audio that the border crisis is "unsustainable" and "if our borders are the first line of defense, we're going to lose." Meanwhile former ​Border Patrol chief Rodney Scott  is warning that President Biden's mishandling of the surge of illegal immigrants at the southern border has caused a national security threat because of the increase of suspected terrorists crossing into the U.S.  Former Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf and former Chief Patrol Agent Roy Villareal weigh in.

 

Plus, commentary by FOX News contributor Liz Peek.

The Taliban held their first press conference since taking over Afghanistan saying they will not harbor any group or individual targeting other countries and they will protect women's rights within 'the framework of Islam'. But many Afghans are fearful the Taliban will return to their brutal ruling ways. FOX's Trey Yingst speaks to Bill Roggio, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, about what was the Taliban's strategy that led to such a swift take over of the country and what is next for the Afghan people.

President Biden addressed the nation from the White House on Monday, saying he stands by his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan. While the President did admit that the fall of the country was quicker than expected, he blamed the Afghanistan government for allowing the Taliban to take over. Over the weekend Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani fled the region followed by the Taliban seizing control of the capital of Kabul leaving the world in shock. FOX News White House Correspondent Peter Doocy discusses the White House's handling of the crisis and how we got here. We also get reaction on if America's longest war was in vain from retired U.S. Marine and host of the Proud American podcast, Johnny Joey Jones, who served in Afghanistan.

The airport in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul has become the center of desperation for both Americans and their Afghan counterparts trying to flee the country which has fallen to the Taliban. This as President Biden authorizes 6,000 more troops to help the tens of thousands that are trying to flee. FOX's Trey Yingst speaks to FOX's Pentagon Correspondent Lucas Tomlinson about the current crisis at the airport and what is now the military mission there.