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the edge at hudson yard where robin has joined jennifer hudson. what's going on, robin? >> not a little bit, a whole lot better. i wish you could be here, guys. it is beautiful. beautiful people. and jennifer hudson herself is going to be performing for us. first, it's so good to see you. >> good to see you. frankl. we've been waiting since the pandemic. you've been waiting a lot longer. >> yes, ma'am. it's been a long time. i'm happy it's finally here then we're up here. >> isn't this gorgeous? >> so beautiful. >> i want to talk to you more but i want to hear some of these great songs that we're going to see in the movie "respect." a medley of miss franklin's songs from none other than miss jennifer hudson. >> yes. anybody feel like the blues this morning? here we go. ♪ i don't want nobody always sitting around me and my man ♪ ♪ i don't want nobody always sitting right there ♪ ♪ looking at me and my man ♪ >> i think they feeling like the blues this morning. >> all right. >> let's take them there. listen. ♪ ♪ don't send me no doctor ♪ ♪ filling me up

in 2008, hudson's brother, mother, and nephew were murdered. she says she used franklin's grief to tell her own story. >> i was, like, is this her life or my life, but i know it's my real emotion that is telling this story. there is no way i would have been able to deliver this or tell this about those deaths without my own life experiences. >> reporter: over the years, hudson's relationship with franklin ripened into a real friendship. before franklin died in 2018, they spoke weekly. >> she always said things like make sure you own your voice and be who you are. ♪ amazing ♪ >> reporter: and at aretha franklin's funeral, jennifer hudson sang "amazing grace." ♪ how sweet the sound ♪ >> i can only try to continue to do everything from the heart. and that's another thing that has helped me, su sustained me, through it all. i do it out of love. i do it out of respect. i do it out of appreciation. and i attribute her my whole career. and the tribute will whole career. and the tribute will continue. ♪ ♪ you are my sunshine ♪ ♪ my only

we will also be expecting issues in the hudson valley. where you're talking about 8 to 10 inches of rain in the hudson valley, west chester, cat skills. we know what happens when we get that amount of rain, especially in a situation like this, where the ground is already saturated. creeks turn into raging rivers. during super storm sandy we saw entire towns carried away. so long island, hudson valley, capital district, as the storm moves north, even some effect in the southern tier. right now by this storm track, new york city is largely spared. there will be heavy rainfall, some flooding. eastern queens may see a storm surge, especially in the jamaica bay area. timing. tonight, expect the heavy rain to start. tomorrow morning, you will see the winds pick up. you'll see the rain pick up. tomorrow noon we expect landfall of the hurricane on long island. and then, about a 26-hour event, and it should be over by monday, 2:00 p.m. again, that depends on the tracks and that depends on the weather reports and that depends on the ultimate power

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new york philharmonic, paul simon, jennifer hudson, barry manilow, santana. the list goes on and on. it is a great assignment, i can tell you that, as you well know. things are filling in since they opened gates at 3:00. we saw people running in, big smiles on people's faces. it is hot and humid. nobody seems to mind the weather, wanting to get as close as they could. everybody has to be vaccinated, everybody eligible. those 12 and up. still seeing a fair amount of masks on as well, you can deep those on if you feel more comfortable. a lot of excitement in the ariana lot of celebration. this hanna long battle as you know, being a new yorker, long 17 months in this city. so lots to celebrate tonight. >> i also appreciate you not correcting me saying bocelli showed up, saying bod chel ee instead of bocelli. athena jones is with those entering the concert, have you been watching people as they're showing their proof they've been vaccinated? >> reporter: hi, anderson, that's right. this is a massive undertaking. as we have been saying, event ticketed for 60,000 p

jennifer hudson stars as the preacher's daughter who became one of the most influential vocalists in music history. the movie takes its name from one of aretha's biggest hits. ♪ >> ♪ how is aretha doing? ♪ ♪ >> the story of aretha franklin, from child prodigy to the queen of soul is told in her respect. >> singing should not be done because someone told you to. >> the most important thing is you are treated with dignity and respect. ♪ >> for the director, the story of the r&b legend is one of the emancipation of artisc genius. >> all tough the writing process, they think that kept coming to me was the idea of telling the story, when he to tell the story of the woman who has the greatest voice in the world, but who still does not know what her voice is. >> ♪ r-e-sp-e-c-t find out what it means to me ♪ ♪ you really like it? >> breedlove it. -- we love it. >> before her death in 2018, aretha franklin hand-picked jennifer hudson to play here on the big screen. >> she told me i was very shy. she is like, are you shy or something? i said, well, i am sitting here talking to

jennifer hudson. co-creator and star of "ted lasso," brendan hunt. writer and actor lior raz. featuring the 8g band with jeff bowders and now, seth meyers >> seth: good evening. i'm seth meyers and this is "late night. how is everybody doing tonight that's great to hear let's get to the news. president biden spoke yesterday from the east room of the white house and said the situation in afghanistan was, quote, rapidly evolving no kidding did you see what the taliban did in a weekend part of me is like, put him in charge of the infrastructure bill during his address yesterday about the situation in afghanistan, president biden attributed the taliban's rapid takeover of the country to a deal negotiated by former president trump and the incompetence of the afghan military, but adding, "the buck stops with me. of course, before that, the buck had quite a journey. really, it all begins when george bernard reynolds discovered oil in persia in 1908. now stay with me folks former president george w. bush released a statement yesterday about the situation in afghanistan which is more t

. >> thanks, donna, so the first me or anyone found out about this was april 27th when the hudson school of journalism put out a press release saying that nicole hannah jones has been hired and did not specify whether she had tenure. and they were excited about it. the martin center and conservative wrote that this was a bad decision made by unc chapel hill and the hudson school. an organization here in north carolina later found out that the position was untenured and incorrectly assumed that it was because of conservative criticism. and so that article, you know, went viral and national media picked up on it and said that she had tenure and it was revoked and that it's terrible. but what really happened is that when the school submitted the information about nicole hannah jones, hiring nicole hannah jones to the board of trustees way back in january, the committee that looks at tenure asked the journalism school some questions about nicole hannah jones' experience presumably, we don't have that information, it is protected, personnel information that they pushed back and said, hey we w

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and it's all on the hudson. and what that is is literally a chain. a big thick chain, about, like, this thick, that just stretches across the hudson river. what do you think it's meant to do? >> keep out ships. >> keep out ships. literally tear the hulls open. would it work? what do you think? >> i would say no. >> anyone say yes? so bottom line, no one knows. batteries on either side of the cannon. but if west point falls and the chain and the garrisons and battle reserves are moved, what can the british do? take the hudson and therefore divide the colonies, which they've been trying to do. so andre, this is his self-portrait, again, he's a very fashionable gentleman, is going to arrange to meet with arnold and they're going to do it under secret. the thing is, arnold wants to meet with him past american lines. if a british officer in his red coat was meeting with benedict arnold, the commander at west point, that would look a little suspicious, wouldn't it? so he tells andre to take off his uniform. problems, what happens the moment he takes off th

"respect," jennifer hudson as aretha franklin. honestly what more needs to be said than that alone, she was born to play this role. wanted it for 15 years. she auditioned for "american idol" with an aretha song and on top of that, aretha franklin wanted jennifer hudson to play her. i recently asked j. hud what was the one thing aretha said you needed to get right with taking on this role and she said, aretha told her, don't forget, i am the queen of soul, and j. hud said, like, you don't have to tell me. i know you're the queen of soul. the best part though i believe is hearing jennifer hudson sing a lot in this movie. they really let it breathe and they let her do what she does best which is belt it out. i would be very surprise doesn nomination for this. it is out right now. check out "respect." you're going to love it. >>> jeremy, we are also game for a ryan reynolds summer blockbuster, i actually saw this movie in theaters yesterday trying to calm myself down because i was so nervous to anchor with dan. "free guy." >> "free gu

he outlined a plan to increase evacuations and kron 4 washington correspondent reshad hudson. he joins us live from d c with details on what the president had to say was shot. >> good evening. president biden said the u.s. is conducting a risky and difficult mission to bring americans home from afghanistan. but some lawmakers on capitol hill say it didn't have to be this way. good afternoon, standing alongside his national security team president biden said the u.s. is doing everything it can to get as many americans and allies out of afghanistan as possible. >> united states stands by its commitment. we've made to these people. >> and includes other van left and such as women leaders and journalist. >> president biden said the military has increased its footprint and evacuated 5700 people in the most recent 24 hour period. this is one of the largest most difficult airless in history. the scene in afghanistan remains chaotic but president biden warned the taliban not to stand in the way of the evacuation. we met with swift and forceful response. some lawmakers like alabama con

yamiche: eva, things were a reporter in your days at the hudson valley. republicans and former president trump, they are able to hold on and face the political consequences. on the democratic side, but there are men like al franken. is there a double standard? eva: democrats and republicans have come out and expressed different positions on this, different values. democrats say we are the party of women, we trust and believe women and when it is one of their own who is accused of sexualmis conduct, it becomes difficult. that is why we see the response. and what was powerful. collectively we are asking ourselves is this a moment we are seeing our shift in our politics. because some of the hallmarks of governor cuomo, the bullying and family legacy and we are moving away from the aspects and to the people in the hudson valley and sullivan county and catskills are thrilled by this outcome maybe not for the allegations against him but other shoes like gun control and filth they didn't have a voice in new york state because the charge voting population re-elec

. >>> jennifer hudson plays aretha franklin. she'll join us. along with the film's director. ♪ ♪ >> on "cbs this morning." >>> for the last 20 years four separate administrations told the american people to care about the plight of all the afghan people, especially the women, and we did care. and that's not going to change. all that's changed, there's nothing we can do about it now. so pulling out may be the right thing to do, but it's heartbreaking. it's humbling when the right thing feels so wrong. >> this morning's eye opener is presented by progressive. making it easy to bundle insurance. >>> welcome to "cbs this morning" and before we get to more news out of afghanistan, we have breaking news overnight on vaccines that we want to tell you about right away. sources are telling cbs news that the white house is recommending covid booster shots for all americans who got one of the two dose vaccines. these boosters would come eight months after your second dose and for now it would apply only to people who received the pfizer or moderna vac

and oscar winning actress and singer jennifer hudson joins us in the studio to tell us about playing aretha franklin in the new movie "respect." thank you so much for watching. i'm tom hanson. have a great day. ♪ ♪ ♪

place the capitol next to a river which is the hudson and other rivers were in the equation. he's going to forge a brand-new capitol. washington helped washington as part of the effort to get the scottish stonemasons to come in and provide all these beautiful embellishments on the building. so, washington plays a role in even selling the plots of land and trying to raise funding for this so beginning to end, washington is intimately involved in this. i think the idea, and i agree withby david during the presidey one of the great things washington did is he had his eyes on the ball of creating a nation and part of w that was yu could say the last ten years of his life he was starting to obsess with the idea of capital. he visited the site and demands regular updates and stays involved in it. let me say one more thing and i will bring this to a close. the dealmaking everybody has seen hamiltonll the musical, whh i love. my 20-year-old son is actually named after alexander hamilton which he now tells all of his friends if he didn't like his name before now he thinks it's cool. a

reporting in washington, rashad hudson. back to you. >> right now. kron 4 following some tragic news out of the east bay tonight we've learned that there will be a vigil. >> for the community in livermore after 6 livermore high school students were involved in a crash overnight along del val road in unincorporated livermore. >> and school officials have confirmed with us tonight that one of the students in this wreck has died. firefighters say this happened when the pickup truck, they were in plunged 200 feet down an embankment. and these are photos from the scene. this crash happened just before 1130 last night. 2 of the students who were in the car were airlifted to local hospitals in critical condition. crews had to extradite one of the victims who was trapped after first having to stabilize the vehicles really horrific the livermore valley joint unified school district superintendent kelly confirming the tragic news. in a statement to kron 00:00am tonight. >> that reads, quote, in part, it is with heavy hearts that we have been informed of last e

jennifer hudson transforms into a wreath. the franklin, the queen of soul for her new film a preview california! all of our homes share power. but heat waves can stretch our supply to its limits. flex alerts remind us when to use less energy from 4-9pm. so we can all stay up and running. sign up today. called the role of a lifetime. jennifer hudson as aretha franklin that comes to theaters friday entertainment. tonight's kevin frazier spoke with the star. >> catherine. jonathan portray the late queen of soul is no small feat. and even with read still nervous. >> what did it mean to you to lay a wreath that it's a role of a lifetime. you know, it's such a legend, an icon of the night time and to be shows about her to play her is. i'm still it, you even at the some of the film's still can't believe it. you know, a wreath, the handpicked jennifer to bring the story of her life to the screen telling her, quote, you're going to win another oscar for playing me right. hope so. and the wishes jay hood stunned at the film's premiere

kate hudson joins the cast come on. >> yes >> jimmy: i love kate hudson [ applause ] >> i play a podcaster, and kate is this world renowned guru, you know, teaching people how to deal with grief and so many other things to enhance their lives. and her -- she and i are childhood friends. and her husband dies, and she asks me to look into the case. >> jimmy: yeah, if you love true crime and you like podcasts and you love good acting -- great acting -- you've got to watch this [ applause ] i want to show everyone a clip here's octavia spencer and kate hudson in "truth be told. take a look at this. >> i put myself in a lot of danger last year my father too, and you know what happened, heidi >> joshua would do it if it were you >> it's not that simple. >> poppy, please please >> seeking answers is never a straight line. i won't only find out what you want me to know. >> i don't care about that >> but i do. >> jimmy: yeah octavia spencer. [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: season two of "truth be told" premiers tomorrow on apple tv plus. thank you so much for coming on the show we love you. >> than

the queen of soul picked jennifer hudson to play her in the movie. hudson who won an oscar for "dream girls" says she's nervous and excited for people to see the movie which is her personal tribute to the late singer. franklin died in 2018 at the age of 76. >>> on the cbs money watch now, which parts of the country saw the most population growth. >>> and a special delivery in space. diane king hall has those stories and more. from the new york stocks ek exchange. good morning. >> good morning. stock futures are pointing to a flat open after another record-setting day on wall street. investors remain optimistic over the pace of the economic recovery. now the dow added 14 points finishing at a record. the nasdaq gained 51 and the s&p 500 was up 13, also closing at a fresh record. >>> new census data shows amic the multiracial population exploded from 9 million in 2010 to more than 33 million in 2020. the white population, which remains the largest racial group in the u.s., saw its first drop ever, falling by 8.6%. the numbers also showed more people mo

skateboard when she was shot in front of her family pick what happened to the corner of bertha lane and hudson avenue in the bay view. another woman was also injured. da lin is live at the police department with a search for clues tonight. >> reporter: we are learning more about the teenaged victim tonight. after killing her family wrote on instagram how much they miss her. they posted videos and pictures of her on a public account. it appears she was a very happy teenager who loved to sing and dance. >> he will keep shooting these kids command. >>> a neighbor saw the teenager sitting on her skateboard, and hanging out with her family ord was like somebody shot the little girl. and she was laying on the sidewalk and all the family was there. the dad was hollering. they shot my daughter. they shot my daughter. >> police and neighbors say he put the teenager in a b,45 woma who was also shot in his truck and rushed them to the hospital. police would not say how the 45- year-old woman is related to the girl. they say the woman is in stable condition and expected to survive. neighbors are upset and

so the first wee anyone found out about this was april 27 when the hudson school of journalism put out a press release saying nicole hannah jones had been hired as a night chair. it did not specify whether she had tenure. just use night chair they were very excited about it. at that point the martin center wrote this was a bad decision made by the hudson school, an organization here in north carolina later found out the position was on tenured and incorrectly assumed it was because of conservative criticism. that article went viral. the national media picked up on it and said she had tenure, it was revoked, it was terrible. what really happened is when the school submitted the information to the board of trustees way back in january, the committee that looks at tenure asked the journalism school some questions about nicole hannah jones experience presumably we don't have that information that is protected personal information a pushed back and said we want more information before make this decision. and instead of going through that the journalism school offered her a five year contrac

reshad hudson. >> rule change for the pac. 12 conference ahead of the upcoming college football season this year. any team unable to play because of covid. well, not receive a forfeit last season games that had to be canceled because of the pandemic did not result in forfeits. now the pac 12 says any canceled. game will go down as a loss for the particular team that had the covid issue and the opponent will get a win. the conference also changed another rule now vaccinated players and coaches will no longer be required to get tested for covid. so those breakthroughs that are asymptomatic. what really matters. unvaccinated team personnel will have to get tested regularly and wear masks indoors. >> wildfire evacuees hoping to return home today. they're having to wait a little while longer. the efforts to contain the flames and last call for obamacare, the deadline to sign up for covered california to get your coverage. people were afraid i was contagious. i felt gross. it was kind of a shock after i started cosentyx. four years clear. real people with psoriasis look and feel better with

troops out of afghanistan, reporting in washington reshad hudson back to you. thank you reshad we have continuing coverage of the taliban takeover on kron 4 dot com. just scan the qr code that is usually on the screen with your mobile device will take you straight to our web page where you can read about what's next for afghanistan along with local reaction and where you can get help for loved ones. >>in national news today, a tense situation unfold in washington dc tonight law enforcement investigating what was a bomb threat near the u.s. capitol building the incident ended with the suspect surrendering but police say they have yet to determine if there were actually explosives inside that man's vehicle, they do know he did have a propane gas container. the threat all started about 9 o'clock this morning on the east coast when a man sitting inside a pickup truck near the capital told officials he had a bomb. capitol police tweeted calling the situation an active bomb threat investigation and warning people to avoid the area around the library of congress. >>th

and that's westchester, hudson valley, capital district. again, we're hoping that it misses new york city proper, but we're also keeping our eye on that. i spoke with the white house. the president is willing to sign what is called a pre-landfall emergency disaster declaration to qualify for federal funding, there has to be a federally declared disaster. and you can actually request that a disaster be called pre-landfall. that's important because all these preparation costs for the state, local governments, are then covered. and the president has said that he's prepared to sign that and that is good news. i spoke with head of fema. they are pre-deploying fema teams, which is the federal emergency management. we coordinate with them again in the same areas, long island, new york city, where we expect some flooding, but then primarily capital district and the catskills. our priority now is to protect life and safety. that's job one. job two will be, once the storm is over, we assess the damage and we come up with a plan to rebuild. but the fo

mike hudson is assisting in the effort for him. it's personal hudson spent two deployments in afghanistan helping the afghan people. we're all we're doing right now is just planning. we're trying to connect people. we're trying to gather lists of names of afghan families in need hudson recently helped his former military interpreter escape afghanistan on sunday. he told us a terrifying story of survival. stepped our whenever we're passing out and this was that i will never ever forget in my life. he spent congressman marked assonia offering his support to refugees immediately contact. the state department we're working with them. i think all of us want to have as much information as possible so that we can help people get out of what is a chaotic and dangerous situation for now this local effort continues. because there was little time to lose so worried about the people and i'm worried about the future of afghanistan and concord cornell bernard abc 7 news. the founders of marin county nonprofit roots of peace are racing to rescue

i'm michael smerconish live from hudson yards in new york city. that question was addressed by my first guest in an essay he co-authored for "usa today." a writing for amy mcgrath, michael o'hanlon, senior director of foreign policy at the brookings institution argued that those americans who fought in afghanistan exhibited valor and dignity and made a major difference for u.s. security. i agree. and it's an important distinction to note that we're now in the midst of

reshad hudson. >> back to you. were shot down. any idea what's next? in the withdrawal from afghanistan. >> well, the white house says the focus now is getting us personnel out as well as afghan allies out of the country. we're talking about people like translators who have worked with side the u.s. for the last 20 years. and the president said this afternoon that the u.s. embassy in afghanistan has been shut down. but there's also some concern from people about what's going to happen now that the taliban has taken over the country. what's going to happen to women and children who have made so many advances over the last 20 years. all right. thank you reshad. >> meanwhile of another big story that we're following tonight and that is san francisco is reopening a new mass testing site to respond to a surgeon covid cases. this is mayor breed said the city is averaging right now. 230 cases every day. the testing site will be located in the south of market neighborhood. that, of course, is an area that has been hit hard by the pandemic intersection of 7th a

maritime strategy at the hudson institute. she talked about the growing threat that china poses in the pacific and u.s. navy strategy to combat this. this is just over an hour. >> welcome to the hudson

help to those who need to get out help or get out safely kron four's, washington correspondent reshad hudson joins us live from dc tonight with the very latest shop. >> good evening. this is the first time we heard from president biden publicly as things are unfolding in afghanistan. and tonight the white house is facing growing criticism from lawmakers on both sides. >> after 20 years the war in afghanistan is ending and chaos. an outcome. president biden says he never intended. >> i stand squarely behind my decision. after 20 years. i learned the hard way. that there was never a good time to withdraw us forces. >> on sunday. the taliban seized control of kabul as u.s. troops scramble to secure the city's airport to evacuate americans and afghan allies out of the country. >> we will continue to support the afghan people. we will lead with our diplomacy our international influence humanitarian aid. >> florida congressman mike waltz does not support president biden's decision to withdraw from afghanistan and slammed the handling of the situation. >> at this withdrawl is just absolutely reckle

troops out of afghanistan, reporting in washington rashad hudson back to you. >>thank you reshad american taxpayers could be paying for the wars in afghanistan and iraq decades after their over the u.s. has spent 2.2 trillion dollars to finance the wars since the september 11th attacks. but a recent analysis of the figures found that by 2050 that number could swell to 6.5 trillion dollars in interest alone. other costs include the health care disability and burial costs for about 4 million afghanistan and iraq war veterans. that will have another 2 trillion dollars to that happen. we have continuing coverage of the taliban takeover on kron 4 dot com just scan the qr codes on your screen there with your mobile device. >>it will take you straight to our web page where you can read about what's next for afghanistan along with local reaction and where you can get help for loved ones. an update now from washington dc police say the man who client claimed to have a bomb in a pickup truck near the u.s. capitol is in custody after a 5 hour standoff, this was the scene

>> [laughter] >> before i was selected to the senate, i worked at hudson university in maine. most of the students were first-generation college students. virtually i think it was 85% to 90% of the students had either student loans or pell grants or work-study systems that enabled them to be there at hudson. and hudson also made a tremendous effort to keep its tuition and other fees more reasonably christ. but even then -- reasonably priced. but even then, i saw the constant tugs and struggles of the students experienced, between getting a job, and going on to complete their education. in many cases, they came from families with no experience in higher education. many times, the parents would say to them, "why are you accumulating all of this debt? why don't you get a job right now?" and it was difficult for them. so one of the very first bills that i introduced as a brand-new senator in 1997 was the college affordability act, and it provided a tax break for the interest paid on your student loan debt. >> well, i was very fortunate to go to west point, but my sister and brothe

washington correspondent reshad hudson joins us now live from dc tonight with what the president had to say. shot. >> good evening. president biden said the u.s. is conducting a risky and difficult mission to bring americans home from afghanistan, but lawmakers on capitol hill say it didn't have to be this way. good standing alongside his national security team president biden said the u.s. is doing everything it can to get as many americans and allies out of afghanistan as possible. >> united states stands by its commitment. we've made to these people. >> and includes other van left and such as women leaders and journalist. >> president biden said the military has increased its footprint and evacuated 5700 people in the most recent 24 hour period. this is one of the largest most difficult airless in history. the scene in afghanistan remains chaotic but president biden warned the taliban not to stand in the way of the evacuation. we met with swift and forceful response. some lawmakers like alabama congressman jerry carl c the biden administration is leaving congress in the dark. >> w

washington correspondent reshad hudson joins us now live with the very latest. good evening. were shot. >> good evening. the pentagon says the goal is to have a plane leaving afghanistan every hour with americans as well as afghan allies for the next 24 hours for their safety. pentagon officials say the taliban is not getting in the way of their efforts to get americans and afghan allies safely out of afghanistan. >> there's been no hostile interactions from the taliban to our at the airport right now. each flight is carrying approximately 700 to 800 passengers with a goal of removing as many as 9,000 people every day we're confident we have taken the right steps to resume safe. an orderly operations at the airport. the white house continues to stand by the decision to withdraw president biden was not prepared. >> to have american men and women continue to fight and die in the civil war of another country. >> and national security adviser jake sullivan says the u.s. achieved its goal in the country. and when it comes to afghanistan, that was getting bin laden and degrading al

reshad hudson. >> we'll do some international news right now. get the latest out of afghanistan. where 3,000 troops are helping with the evacuation efforts of the u.s. embassy in kabul. this is the taliban moves closer to the capital city. the taliban takeover comes just weeks before the u.s. set to fully withdraw troops from the region. the defense department is acknowledging the situation on the ground in afghanistan is quickly getting worse. but stands by the decision to withdraw troops. well, 3,000 troops will be evacuating the embassy. they will be leaving the defense of the city to afghan troops. >> certainly concerned the speed with which the taliban has been moving to is a this is a moment for. the afghans to unite. >> there are a little over 4,000 personnel still at the embassy. the biden administration warned taliban officials that the u.s. would respond if the taliban attacked americans during the evacuations. not to the east coast and the new york state assembly will suspend its impeachment investigation into governor andrew cuomo once he steps down. this is according

hudson, thank you for being here. appreciate your time. >> great to be with you, rachel. >> let me ask you if i got any of that wrong. and if sort of tinged with irony is the right way to explain it. this must be sort of a -- an unsettling moment for the cia. and its leadership. >> that is a perfect way to characterize what was an extraordinary situation on monday. it's hard to imagine more of a full circle event where you have a man who literally spent eight years in a pakistani prison because of the cia, the spy agency that worked with the pakistanis to arrest him, as you said, sitting -- standing next to the top director of the cia as equals, meeting and hashing out the future of afghanistan. it's important to remember there were many times with which the united states had negotiated with the taliban over 20 years of war in afghanistan, but in this meeting this was not a place where the u.s. could have leverage. it was after the taliban came in and took over the country with maximum leverage. so that is an incredib

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evan is on that line of hudson, -- and their family members. evan is on that line out of houston -- out of hudson. in what capacity were you there? caller: i was an infantryman in the u.s. army. host: how do you feel today? caller: i saw this coming years ago. it was the only way. those people there, the taliban and afghans, they have a way of living that they have been living for centuries. they don't see any reason to change. those that went along with us went along with us because it benefited them personally in the moment. now that we are gone, they will go back to living the way they've lived for centuries. the only way to change that would be through decades or centuries of oppression and reeducation, basically genocide. any notion to the contrary is a fantasy. when i was there in 2008, 2009, i realized that this was the way we work -- this was the way it was going to be. we would spend a lot of time, resources and contractors, war materials, suppliers would make a lot of money. this is the way it ended up. host: ed is in jacksonville, fl

. >> jennifer hudson transforms into the queen of soul for her newest film a preview after the break. i got single by his name, aretha franklin. >> already getting some oscar buzz for this. jennifer talking about home rule im playing the queen of soul aretha franklin hudson said now that the film respect is getting ready to hit theaters. she's taking a big sigh of relief. >> i like i've been holding my breath for 15 years. haha, is different says that they like it's exciting, but gives me anxiety at the same time. got what did that do? what's happening is see will be it. will she be happy out of most a lot of emotion. >> the film follows the ups and downs of the legendary singer's life from her childhood to the recording of her critically acclaimed a gospel album. amazing grace. it is the highest selling album of franklin storied career in the high selling gospel album of all time. franklin was just 29 when she recorded. hudson says working on the film has even inspired her to get back into the studio as she gets ready to record new music with the franklin herself handpicked. for the

our washington correspondent reshad hudson reporting for us live. thank you so much. >> many afghan americans here are watching and worrying about their family and friends in afghanistan now that the taliban is back in power and looking for ways to help them evacuate. today. dozens of people showed up at the office of the east bay. congressman eric swalwell looking for help. kron four's maureen kelly has the story. >> this man who says he worked as an interpreter for the u.s. army back in afghanistan became overcome with emotion when thinking about the events of the last few days in his home country. he says his brother also worked for the u.s. army and is still back there along with his mother, sister and other extended family. he's worried about them facing reprisals. it's also why a dual didn't want to give his last name. >> started in that part of pebble city. they're searching to people and house by house. they're finding out who who worked where with 2. >> i their final. those people and their lives and definitely intent. >> abdul is one of ov

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