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>> i stand squarely behind my decision. >> reporter: the president acknowledging he was wrong about how swiftly afghanistan would fall. >> the truth is, this did unfold more quickly than we had anticipated. >> reporter: just last month he dismissed a quick taliban takeover. >> the likelihood theres going to be the taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely. >> reporter: while the president did not express the u.s.s responsibility for the chaos, he put blame on...

People out of the hospital and from dying from this illness and i think that is where the fda as far as i understand it really is focussing now and right now its about these immune compromised people. >> all right. i want to define some terms that we heard from dr. walensky. she used the word severely or moderately compromised immune system. she throws out the phrase some cancer patients. as we know, there is a lot of different cancers out there. so how would you define moderately compromised? h...

Lets turn back to the news as we try to get more people vaccinated against covid. we heard stories of anti-vaxers. but our next guest said were focussing on the wrong people. we should focus on the minds we can change. joining us now, contributing writer for the atlantic. good morning, its great to have you with us. lets read from the latest piece. in it you write this, this is a pretty straightforward example of how the current public sphere, shaped by human tendencies, politics, financial ince...

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Favorite, but with biles still out focussing on her mental health, it was the 18-year-old from minnesota, suni lee, who stepped up to become the fifth american in a row to claim gold and the sports most coveted title. her home state is celebrating the new champion today as both minnesotas governor and the govern of st. paul sign a letter. lets start with that remarkable win by suni lee. is it a reminder to the world the u.s. is still dominant in gymnastics even without simone biles? >> reporter:...

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Its the illegal handguns, the illegal trafficking thats killing 10, 20, 30 people in chicago on a weekend. thats causing gun crimes to skyrocket over the past year. we -- i dont understand why -- i know republicans have cut funding for atf in the past. but i dont understand why we arent focussing more on illegal guns. i will -- ill tell you, we have to focus on illegal guns. thats not just true this year. thats been true the past 20 years. but also this police pull back that we saw in the newspa...

This took me by surprise. we feel like everything is covered all the time but look at this, biden has confirmed eight federal judges the most, in your lifetime or my lifetime, thats twice as many as trump had at this point or george h.w. bush. and at this point in their presidencies, ronald reagan, barack obama, george w. bush had confirmed zero. so they are putting a big focus on this. the chief of staff, ron klain is particularly interested in this. heres a twist, the administration has been t...

That meant they were leaving. there isnt an "or" where you think, "oh, well, they dont want me, - "so well try and arrange someone else to be prime minister." - thats not how it works. ijust thought it was a jaw—droppingl moment and any advisor who begins to believe theyre as important. as the principal is in real trouble. and, liz, was thisjust a massive open goalfor labour, or have they not really been exploiting it that much? i think what came out of it for me was just the arrogance really ...

Right now. theyre testing people every day. >> and how are the athletes responding to the measures in place right now? >> oh, they know this is what they have to do, jim. they have so thankful for the opportunity to be here. it is a different perspective than what we think they have. instead of focussing on the negatives, theyre focussing on the fact they have this chance at all. theyre willing to be able to do it. the u.s. olympic team has 100 unvaccinated athletes, almost 100 unvaccinated athl...