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Seeing worrying headlines out of the states. what does that tell us? should we read and eating anything into that? >> yes, thanks jonathan. i think what it is telling us is a couple of things. and our state, thankfully, we have a high vaccination rate for those that are eligible. we are also seeing a surge of our us the, at the same time as we are seeing an increase in the covid cases. and that unique combination is really causing hospitalizations to surge across the state. where in preparatory ...

Took away our intelligence footprint, we closed bagram air force base, we closed the embassy. we dont have the capability to detect the threats that are out there to us because if we think the war is over, it is not. the taliban, isis, and al qaeda have us in their crosshairs and want nothing more than to target us in the region and beyond, we know that, and the cia has produced lots of intelligence about that. and we dont have the military to take connecticut action against them, so we are in a...

Same time as were seeing coronavirus. that unique combination is causing hospitalizations to surge across the state. were in preparatory stages to understand what that means, to understand what our icu capability is and what our hospitalization capability is for pediatrics, collaborating across the state and across the region so best understand that. i think its the combination of those two things plus now on the heels of going back to school, that really has our attention with significant plann...

Where al quaeda is able to pose a threat either to the u.s. homeland or the homeland of its allies. here is press secretary john kirby. >> we know that al quaeda is a presence as well as isis in afghanistan, and weve talked about that for quite some time. we do not believe it is exorbitantly high, but we dont have an exact figure for you. what we dont think is -- what we believe is that there isnt a presence that is significant enough to merit a threat to our homeland as there was back on 9/11 2...

>> we know that al qaeda is a presence as well as isis in afghanistan, and weve talked about that for quite some time. we do not believe it is exorbitantly high, but we dont have an exact figure for you. what we dont think is -- what we believe is that there isnt a presence that is significant enough to merit a threat to our homeland as there was back on 9/11 20 years ago. >> the question of course is how fast can al qaeda reconstitute to a level where it could pose a threat. the initial estimat...

Taliban. intelligence teams inside kabul are helping guide americans and afghans and their families to the airport or are arranging for them to be rescued by other means. now, this is interesting. quote, for those living in cities and provinces outside of kabul, cia case officers, special operation forces and agents from the defense intelligence agency on the ground are gathering some u.s. citizens and some afghans who worked for the u.s. at predetermined pickup sites. again, thats outside of ka...

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The officials would not detail where these airlift sites were for security reasons. they spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss ongoing operations. let it be so, that these are ongoing operations. and that this reflects not just new ambition but new capability. lets hope this can work, to get more people safely out. as the situation outside the airport in kabul stays bad, as it seems to be getting, if anything, even more dangerous with each passing day. as of...

For quite some time. we do not believe it is exorbitantly high, but we dont have an exact figure. >> the threat from terrorism has metastasized. theres a greater danger from isis and al qaeda and all these affiliates in other countries, by far, then there is from afghanistan. and we are going to retain the rising capability that they were going to come back to be able t, surgically removed. >> our ability, our intelligence gathering ability in afghanistan isnt what it used to be because we arent...

And get them to the airport. so the question of how president biden is going to be able to deliver on that commitment that we just heard him make is an open question at this hour, alex. >> 100%. there are no answers at this point. we dont know. thank you so much, josh leaderman, from the white house. joining me now washington congressman adam smith, chairman of the house armed services committee. awful glad to have you right now given what we are talking about, which begins with your reaction to...