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One person returned. that person that returned isnt providing us any information. >> polo sandoval has more about the search. the police have some body cam video from some kind of altercation or disturbance in the days before her disappearance. >> its mid august. really what this has evolved into is one family making a desperate plea for another family for any kind of information. of course were talking about gabbys family here. a short while ago they sent a letter to the family of her boyfriend...

Question about visa status. senator sullivan and i wrote a bipartisan letter in mid august urging expanded eligibility for the siv program. i am interested in how you are working to expand eligibility under the existing visa programs to include family members and to support those the u.s. government supported and worked alongside but were not direct employees. i want to start, if i could, mr. secretary, by asking yes or no questions about three groups other senators mentioned. >> sure. >> theres...

As of mid-august, only a quarter of the countrys 146 million people had received at least one vaccine dose while 20% have been fully vaccinated. secretary of state antony blinken is expected to testify before the formulations committee today to answer questions about the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. yesterday he defended himself against fierce criticism from republicans. >> did president biden work with the coward exiled president from afghanistan to manipulate intelligence about the tali...

President made the announcement back in july, 2 million people signed up in the first 24 hours. it lit a fire under this countrys vaccination efforts. the other thing he did, he made it mandate for all health care providers to get at least one dose by september 15th. thats tomorrow. or you lose your job essentially. you get suspended without pay. as far as the country, it is a small country, 80% over the age of 12 have been fully vaccinated. since june, the vaccination rates are steadily climbin...

0 i thank you very much for the way that you have kept us engaged and informed as decisions have been made. as you pointed out, the biden administration was dealt a very difficult hand on the withdrawal from afghanistan. we all recognize we needed to withdrawal and the options were extremely limited. the mistakes made by previous administrations, we talked about it, but i think we need to understand that many of us did not support the 2002 campaign to go into iraq. one of those reasons was we wa...

Islamic rhetoric. and as far as i know, the islamic emirates according to usama bin laden is the caliphate that he wanted to establish, isnt it? >> its the cornerstone of the caliphate that they want to establish. usama bin laden successor is called the nucleus that they imagine they want to resurrect. washingtons policy here is really morally and intellectually disgraceful. the idea that they are going to try -- that some people, we dont know if it is the -- they want to recognize it as legitim...

Usama bin laden is the caliphate that he wanted to establish,e isnt it? >> its the cornerstone of the caliphate that theyli want to establish. usama bin laden successor is called the nucleus that they imagine they want to resurrect. washingtons policy here is really morally and intellectually disgraceful. the idea that they are going to try -- that some people, we dont know if it is the -- they want to recognize it as legitimate is unbelievably disgraceful. just days after they took power in mid...

>> we have to do something to try and increase our vaccination numbers, and anything that we can do i think is beneficial. 90% of our patients in the hospital are unvaccinated. >> reporter: here in los angeles. >> the item passes, thank you. [ applause ] >> reporter: unanimity on the school board. students 12 and up have got to be fully vaccinated against covid-19 by new years. >> polio was ravaging los angeles as i was growing up. and you know what stopped it? vaccinating every single student. ...

Done on a bipartisan basis, and were going to pass back better plan so we can invest in pre-k and child care, and make the child tax credit permanent and make sure community college is available to all americans, and invest in our people in a way we havent done in far too long, and were going to get these things done as a party that believes in results and were going to let the other side spin their we said and try and divide americans and really hope that the country fails and think that its ea...

Of hell, governor of south carolina. the majority of american workers support vaccine mandates in their workplace and here in los angeles. >> the item passes. >> thank you. >> reporter: unanimity on the school board, students 12 and up got to be fully vaccinated against covid-19 by new years. >> polio was ravaging los angeles as i was growing up. and you know what stopped it? vaccinating every single student. >> this action is not about violating anybodys rights. this action is about doing our j...