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Hemisphere. >> i understand that you dont want to talk about the numbers, but can you give us some sense of -- all right. that is ned price, the spokesperson for the state department here updating the news at the very top, and the u.s. is going to drawdown its footprint at the embassy in kabul to just the core diplomatic presence to help to handle that goal. the d.o.d. is going to get involved and move some type of troop presence to the airport there in kabul to help with those in evacuations....

Stand up for this. this the inner agency gone mad. you have multiple legal opinions by the white house, department of justice, dod and so they needed to act on it now they are. >> lets turn to afghanistan for a moment. the u.s. force theres final yuzing their withdrawal from the war torn nation. the taliban already taking control of i believe five out of afghanistans 34 capitals. talk about what you see as the trajectory of the escalating power struggle there between the afghan national forces a...

All dod employees. so kobe cubii has this report. >> we know that all u.s. troops will have a mandatory vaccine effective mid-september or once the fda makes a full recommendation for full authorization for one of the vaccines is. secretary austin says in the memo is that the belief is coming in the coming weeks and which ever one happens first. we dont know much beyond that, garrett. i will say that this, if in fact the secretary asks for a mandatory covid vaccine for the u.s. military before t...

Non-optional. according to dod, 64% of active duty troops are fully vaccinated who slightly more have had at least one dose. >> whether mandated or not, we want to encourage to be vaccinated not just for covid but everything else. >> officials say they are in a race against time with the delta and new landa variant among the unvaccinated to keep the military mission ready. legally anthony coon says maybe concern from service members is that it is not fda approved yet but until the waiver is offi...

Students and that will force al the schools to become better in florida, or any other state for it. >> what does the science and data tell us about masking youn children or theyre ability to transmit or become seriously il with covid as theyre headed back to school right now? >> if you ask me that two month ago i wouldve said kids are lo risk and they dont need to wea masks, but now were dealing wit delta and its a completely different strain. we are seeing over 500 percent increase in the numbe...

Amtraks vaccine in the nineties. the defense secretary has been asked to study whether the covid vaccine should be mandatory. the new york times is reporting that the defense secretary lloyd austin will make his recommendation in the next few days. joining us now is courtney kelly, and paul reich off, the founder of the iraq and afghanistan veterans of america, host of the independent americans podcast. its great to see you both. courtney, tell me first where this stands and if you have any tea ...

Pentagon correspondent courtney kube. courtney, tell me where this stands and if you have any tea leaves you can read about what secretary austin is inclined to recommend. >> so hes inclined to make this mandatory for u.s. service members and i think well see that in the next literally couple of days that that announcement will come out. so its -- hes already telegraphed that by the way. and president biden said last week he wanted the defense department to look at this. you mentioned in intro t...

Also -- courtney, tell me first where this stands and if you have any tea leaves you can read about what secretary austin is inclined to recommend. >> so hes inclined to make this mandatory for u.s. service members and i think well see that in the next literally couple of days that that announcement will come out. so its -- hes already telegraphed that by the way. and president biden said last week hooechted the defense department to look at this. you mentioned in intro that the dod has a compli...

Fighting. there are increasing numbers of civilian casualties and deaths. for the d.o.d. as you said, things not going well. that is the picture they paint, an increasing number of taliban attacks, that is certainly what were seeing in those provincial capitals. u.s. stepping up its drone and fast jet tracking. and also positioning in afghanistan additional helicopter based recovery units to help recover any u.s. pilots that may be forced down inside afghanistan. but the picture at the moment is...