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Biden takes a vacation as the Taliban takes Kabul.
Also, the Health Department does NOT mandate masks for your kids in schools! Jenny Baker returns to talk about the big win.
The Big Three 8-16-21
1 Biden’s on vacation and the Taliban are throwing a party in Afghanistan
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The Taliban have taken over Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul, which means the entire country and its government are now effectively under the terrorist group's control.
They also control the presidential palace. The president has fled the country.
All commercial flights out of Kabul’s main airport have stopped, and as of this morning, there have been reports of violence in that area.
Other countries are scrambling to get citizens and personnel out of Afghanistan, and the US has completely evacuated its embassy there.
US defense secretary Austin has approved 1,000 more troops to move into Afghanistan due to the deteriorating security situation, bringing the number of arriving troops to 6,000.
This whole situation follows the long US troop drawdown in Afghanistan, which experts predicted would lead to a Taliban resurgence.
President Biden is expected to brief the nation on the crisis in the coming days.
But for now, he’s on vacation.
2 Kalamazoo County Deputy Sheriff Ryan Proxmire has died after being critically injured in a chase over the weekend.
Proxmire is the first Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office deputy killed on-duty since 1867, according to state data.
3 On Friday The Kent County health Dept. issued "the highest recommendation possible" but stopped short of mandating masks in K-12 schools this fall.