2021-08-30 - EWTN News Nightly | Monday, August 30, 2021

On "EWTN News Nightly" tonight: President Joe Biden set a deadline for the US withdrawal of Afghanistan for tomorrow, and already the US military is coming under fire as the last planes fly out. Tonight, after two decades, America's final moments in Afghanistan are unfolding. Some Republican lawmakers are not going to be satisfied by hearings and investigations into what happened. Congressmen Andy Harris and Ralph Norman's resolution is the first to call for a Biden Administration official to be impeached - Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Former State Department Official and Executive Vice President of the Religious Freedom Institute, Eric Patterson joins to give his take on what is playing out in Afghanistan and why he compares it to the Iran hostage crisis of the late 1970s. Officials in China are asking the Biden Administration to offer positive guidance to the new Taliban rulers in Afghanistan. Author Gordon Chang, joins to share what "positive guidance" implies and what he thinks it says about China's relationship with the Taliban. And, at least one person is dead and more than a million are without power as Hurricane Ida pummels Louisiana. Finally this evening, tomorrow, the summer pilgrimage of the Diocese of Rome to Fatima, led by Cardinal Vicar Angelo De Donatis comes to an end. Father John D'Orazio, from the Diocese of Rome joins from Fatima, Portugal to tell us more about this pilgrimage. Don't miss out on the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Get EWTN News Nightly delivered to your email: https://ewtn.com/enn