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I dont know if we have that available. if we can put it up on screen. you can see republicans are more likely to be vaccine hesitant. there it is right there. the dark spots on the map are in trump country, basically. fox news country. what are your thoughts when you look at that? >> when you look at the kaiser family foundation polling, they poll vaccine attitudes he ever month around the united states. 90% of democrats have been vaccinated, 50% of republicans. it makes no sense. the virus does...

Comes to vaccination progress in that department as well. the cdc says 77.3% of u.s. adults have now had at least one covid vaccine dose. do you think thats why were seeing a decline in new cases because today if you look at the average daily case rate it is at the lowest it has been in more than seven weeks? >> well, you know, i -- i cant answer the back end of that, but front end of that, this is really encouraging news, you know. that is a great rate. the kaiser family foundation put out data...

Say that is where they heard chatter regarding this imminent threat. lets listen to what dr. walid had to say. >> im really shocked. why? this house is labelled as a safe house for isis. it is absolutely untrue, but i do expect from the u.s. government to clear the name on my house. >> reporter: dr. walid obviously is feeling in danger now. hes been exposed as the country director for the u.s. ngo as well as falsely accused of being affiliated to isis. as for zemaris family, they are looking for...

Conditions, it failed to fully honor any other condition. under the doha agreement and perhaps for the united states national security the taliban has never renounced their linkages with al qaeda or broke their affiliation with them. we in the united states adhered to every condition. in the fall of 2020, my analysis then was that an accelerated withdrawal without meeting specific and necessary conditions risks losing the substance gains made in afghanistan. would potentially damage u.s. worldwi...

Condition under the doha agreement. and perhaps most importantly for the united states national security, the taliban has never renounced their linkages with al qaeda or broke their affiliation with them. we, the united states, adhered to every condition. in the fall of 2020, my analysis then was that an accelerated withdrawal without meeting specific and necessary conditions risks losing the substantial gains made in afghanistan, would potentially damage u.s. worldwide credibility, and could pr...

Americans and white ericans in terms of vaccination has closed in our surveys. >> in terms of the divide that remains with political party affiliation, is there anything in your survey data that indicates, other than calling yourself a democrat or republican, what might be driving those decisions? you just spoke about the kinds of concerns th were driving what weve previously seen as a racial gap. are there any other subtleties about why republicans are so much more reluctant to get vaccinated t...

Ready to make a decision about getting the vaccine. they had questions and concerns, and also concerns about effects in addition to access. one in terms of vaccinations, the gap has closed in our surveys in large part. >> in terms of the divide that remains, with political affiliation, is there anything in your survey datahat indicates, other than calling yoself democratic republican, what may be driving those decisions? you just spoke about the kinds of concerns that were driving what we had pr...

In statistically significant terms, have those numbers tightened up? >> yes, in our surveys they have. we go back to april and may early on in the vaccination effort. what we find in oururveys is that any black or hispanic adults were telling us they werent yet ready to make a decision about getting the vaccines. they had questions and concerns both related to side effects but also to access to the vaccine or time off from work. we found tha gap that used to exist between bla and hispanic americ...

Multi-administration drawdown. not a 19-month or 19-day ne-yo. under the doha agreement, the u.s. would begin to withdraw its forces, contingent upon the taliban meeting certain conditions, which would lead to a political agreement between the taliban and the government of afghanistan. there were seven conditions applicable to the taliban and eight conditions applicable to the united states. while the taliban did not attack u.s. forces, which was one of the conditions, it failed to fully honor a...

Full credit of the united states houston durst and the implications. >> no sign of an end to the still made on capitol hill tonight as we mentioned every single republican in the senate voted to block a bill that would refer to a government shutdown by the end of thursday. back with us tonight victoria defrancesco professor assistant dean at the lbj school of public affairs at the university of texas austin. my camera fee, veteran who worked with arnold fortunate her back in all three when calif...