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Afghans out, we are pulling ought of the american civilians out, that would have sent a clear signal we know the afghan government is going to fall, and that would have been tough but it also would have been accurate and it would have helped at least reduce the level of chaos we are seeing in afghanistan right now. >> congressman adam smith, i want to appreciate what you just did. yes, i always pack a lot in my questions but you very capably break it down and answer them. thank you so much. >> i...

People with no masks and even defiant of masks and vaccinations, and that is incredibly demoralizing as well. and the staff shortages are extraordinary. nurses have been leaving the profession. were not training enough nurses, nearly enough nurses. so when you talk about icus being overwhelmed and now sadly pediatric icus overwhelmed, it is not just the beds, alex, it is the fact we dont have the nursing staff. you can always make an icu bed but you cant -- you cant make an icu nurse just like t...

I walk around grocery stores looking at people and wondering what they look like when theyre going to get into icu. it is pretty difficult to deal with. >> joining me now is dr. peter hotez, co-director, center for vaccine development at texas childrens hospital, also author of the book "preventing the next pandemic, vaccine diplomacy in a time of anti-science." dr. hotez, what is your response to what you just heard from those health care workers, as i welcome you? >> yeah, no, it is hard break...

Hilton. my friend, good morning to you. this information about debating face mask mandates, what do you say to people who think it does more harm than good? >> look at mississippi. its already quarantined over 6% of their elementary school to high school kids in the short period f o time theyve been open. what we know is that there are more consequences to covid than death and our children luckily -- the majority survive. however, were seeing pediatric icus are being overfilled a that point. the...

Abbotts threat. judge brown you have done so in direct contra convention of the law that your governor says is going to goat you in trouble. why? >> because, frankly, the threats from our governor and our attorney general are nothing compared to the threats faced by our children when they go back to school, the threats of getting sick, threats of potentially dying. and our icu numbers are filling up. in north texas judge jenkins told me yesterday that the pediatric icus were full. in austin and ...

Were not working together on stopping this spread of the delta variant as our kids go back to school and are put in dangerous situations in indoor classrooms, if theyre not required to bear masks. >> whats the logic of it? just work it out for me. texas is a place with a lot of sort of republican and conservative history who believe that governments shouldnt be, you know, telling localities what to do. you have a lot of independent counties. who gets -- who wins from this? im trying to figure ou...

Is really kpexemplified with whats going on now. we see lots of young people including adolescents and kids going into hospitals, even pediatric icus. and unfortunately one of the reasons for that is the low up take among young people. so having that option to vaccinate younger school age kids between 5 and 11 would be really great for a lot of parents who really want that comfort level. you know, the truth is if wed done in the south whats going on in vermont right now where all the adults are ...

Provide tomorrow, though, in terms of when -- when we think we might need this for the general population. >> and lets talk about -- um -- children under 12. the surgeon general says that a vaccine for kids under 12 could be ready before the end of 2021. how does that change the dynamic of this pandemic? and how fast can we get kids -- get enough kids vaccinated? >> well, the reason we need it is really exemplified by whats going on, now. we have got this firestorm raging across the south where ...

Frustrated, they are tired, but they know there is still a lot of work to be done. the weather is not cooperating. the entire week were expecting temperatures approaching 100 degrees. the high temperatures and the low humidity all contributing to what will likely be a fire that continues to grow over the next couple of days. camila bernal, cnn, greenville, california. the covid-19 pandemic is worsening among americas children. pediatric icus are filling up with kids and teens infected with the...

Health department or any doctor in my community. theyre hearing it on fox news, on facebook, from folks with something nefarious in mind to try to keep people from getting vaccinated, keep them getting sick. when we talked about the last governors, everyone said, well, it is old people dying, they lived out their life expectancy, we can sacrifice them for the sake of the economy, for the bizarre freedom to not wear a simple face covering. we have to ask now are we willing to sacrifice these kids...