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Approach. >> doctor, last word goes to you. what are your logistic concerns about getting shot number 3 in arms, and im guessing, you hope that by example, the anti-vax communities will see people getting their third and wonder, perhaps again, whether or not they ought to get their first. >> well, one would hope, but i dont know. i think the administration was caught off guard by the strength of the anti-vaxxers resistance. and secondly, by this extraordinary combination of breath taking ignoran...

They used to be, history says otherwise. >> recent history says otherwise, the taliban allowed al qaeda to homestead on their territory for the past two decades. there military wing, the connie network and the deputy of their network is a designated terrorist, they were the ones mounting suicide attacks against coalition forces and the afghan government and have a close and collaborative relationship with al qaeda. we should have no illusions what afghanistan is about to become on the precipice ...

I dont think anyone should have been overly surprised. weve been identifying problems with the capability of the afghan military for years. i think the speed of it caught everyone by surprise. >> how much do you think, john, you no he that responsibility lies on how the americans trains the afghan forces and how much is on the afghan army? afghans you speak to say they lost 60,000 soldiers fighting the taliban during this time. they said they had the will but also as we heard from general willie...

Conference, a little bit of a with boy and mark miller getting a lot of criticism this morning. much of it surrounding the statement, take a listen. >> we dont have the capability to collect large numbers of people. we are working hard to get as many people through as possible and quite frankly we -- it is obvious we are not close to where we want to be in terms of getting the numbers through so we are going to work 24 hours a day 7 days a week. todd: that internally inconsistent state is chilli...

Just going back, these were not low pass. these are providing air support. and this isnt anything new. as we know, the ronald reagan has been there, providing support. so these f-18s are flying more than just yesterday. they are continuously in support and part of the assets i briefed early on that were always available to the centcom commander. >> overwatch since? >> always. >> you mentioned them today because -- >> to give an update to specifically the type of capability that the commanders on...

Assessment. the u.s. military does not have sufficient forces to rescue americans who cannot get to the kabul airport evacuation point. >> we dont have the capability to go collect large numbers of people. >> reporter: the u.s. is relying on the taliban to let americans and afghan allies pass through checkpoints to reach the airport. a risky journey. in an interview with abc news, president biden said he knew chaos was inevitable. >> well go back in hindsight and look but the idea somehow there ...

Been done. biggest questions raised by the quick fall of afghanistan, john, is the southern collapse of the afghan army as the taliban advanced. i want to play for what you mark milly had to say about that yesterday. >> i stood behind this podium and said that the afghan security forces had the capacity and by that i mean they had the training, the size, the capability to defend their country. this comes down to an issue of will and leadership. and, no, i did not, nor did anyone else see a colla...

They are doing their best with a difficult mission handed to them by the miscalculation of civilian leaders. >> laura: and austin seems lost in the moment. >> we dont have the capability to go out and collect large numbers of people. >> laura: in other words, to the americans in harms way, no promises. better call uber. for the first few months washington and the rest of the world were willing to give bidens people a chance want thats over now. -- and now some of the media that supported biden h...

Especially after you fought for some amount of time. this war was fought as long as we were there. we were sort of the glue in capability that kept that, not just that force, but the government. hall of famer flawed, shortcomings, maddening, frustrating activities. >> let me ask you this. do you think, we kept referring to this as our longest war for a long period of time. over the last five years, it wasnt necessarily the way, it wasnt as, there were plenty of folks in harms way but it was not ...

As backbenchers have been talking about, its clear we need _ have been talking about, its clear we need to— have been talking about, its clear we need to reconceptualize our foreign — we need to reconceptualize our foreign policy for a generational shift _ foreign policy for a generational shift its— foreign policy for a generational shift. its something biden has in common— shift. its something biden has in common with from, a view of what the us is capable _ common with from, a view of...