Straight To It: Gwen’s Wednesday, August 18 recap

TODAY THE NOW FORMER AFGHAN PRESIDENT ASHRAF GHANI RELEASED A VIDEO ON FACEBOOK. JUST DAYS AFTER FLEEING THE COUNTRY HE SAID HE WAS SAFE AND IN THE UAE. HE ALSO DEFENDED HIS DECISION TO LEAVE AFGHANISTAN AS THE TALIBAN ADVANCED TOWARDS KABUL.

IN RESPONSE, HERE’S WHAT OUR FORMER PRESIDENT HAD TO SAY:

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ADDITIONALLY HE CRITICIZED PRESIDENT BIDEN FOR THE TALIBAN’S TAKEOVER IN AFGHANISTAN.

NOW LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE DEVESTATING VIDEO OUT OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

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THAT IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF THE DAMAGE FROM THE DIXIE FIRE. IT BEGAN MORE THAN A MONTH AGO AND HAS FORCED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO EVACUATE.

POPE FRANCIS HAS ENTERED THE CHAT.
HE’S THE LATEST LEADER TO URGE PEOPLE TO GET A COVID VACCINE.
TODAY HE SAID THAT BEING VACCINATED IS ‘AN ACT OF LOVE’

BUT COUNTRY MUSIC LISTENERS MAY NOT LOVE THIS ACT. GARTH BROOKS ANNOUNCED HE SCRAPPING THE REST OF HIS SUMMER TOUR. HE SAYS BECAUSE OF THE NEW WAVE OF COVID CASES BECAUS OF THE DELTA VARIANT, HE HAS TO DO HIS PART. EVERYONE AT LEAST GETS A REFUND.