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But the israeli government sees this as something as a race against time to try to get as many of the fourth doses out as they can before the omicron wave peaks. that wave is a little bit behind the u.s. and the uk. other countries and israels government says that is because of the very strict travel restrictions they put in place in november when omicron first emerged. all foreigners are banned from entering israel right now. the u.s., canada, turkey, other major countries are also on israels t...

We have more with raph sanchez. whats the latest in the rollout? >> israel is rolling out the fourth dose in stages beginning with the most vulnerable. it started with people with weakened immune systems. care home residents, and beginning today israelis over 60 are eligible to come to vaccination centers like this one and get that fourth dose. and, of course, the whole world is watching very closely what happens here in israel, because israel has consistently been ahead of the curve during this...

Woman accused of recruiting jeffrey epsteins victims. also congressman adam kinzinger will be our guest after calling out kevin mccarthy for cozying up to extremists in their party. and remembering broadway legend, steven son time. well talk to tony award winning actress patty lapone. we begin this morning with covid. countries around the world are scrambling to contain a new strain of covid-19. since being discovered in south africa, the omicron variant has spread to a number of nations acr...

Were doing right now. >> joining me now is raph sanchez and josh letterman who is with president biden in nantucket. msnbc medical contributor and politico chief economic correspondent. thank you for being here. raph, youre in israel. the first cases were found outside of africa in israel and belgium. i know tel aviv and israel is shutting down travel from south africa. what else is happening there? >> yeah. katy, israels government is moving more aggressively than any other. theyre stopping tra...

That is now en route to doha, qatar. just yesterday you saw that first commercial flight, we talked about it right here on this broadcast as it was in the air, leaving the afghan capital for the first time since u.s. forces pulled out of the country in late august. raph sanchez is in doha. as weve been talking about, the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan very much tied to the moment were in now. these reflections on september 11th and the 20 years since and as we speak the evacuations are co...

Leader remains in afghanistan, has not fled the country the way president ghani did when kabul fell but not saying where he is. >> raph sanchez, thank you for the reporting. i want to bring in marina lagree of the organization ascend which empowers women in athletics and marina, good morning to you. i should note, too, im familiar with your organization since one of my in-laws used to be on the board. thank you for being here. can you give us a status update? where do things stand at 10:29 eas...

Photo, shows six planes on friday at an airport in northern afghanistan. a white house official says these claims of a so-called hostage situation and americans on board from top republican in the house foreign affairs committee are not confirmed. listen. >> we have six airplanes as ma st a sharif airport, six airplanes with american citizens on them as i speak, also with these interpreters and the taliban is holding them hostage for demands. >> white house not confirming that but the taliban sa...

Ngos asked for some guarantee these people can have work authorization and a lot of support as they try to get resettled into the united states. its not always easy to do. but of course the big question will be what happens to people who are still there? we know there are about 100 to 200 americans according to white house estimates, and far more of those afghan allies, many of those who worked with the united states, tens of thousands who may never be able to get out and are now trying to decid...

Begin speaking. we heard from raph sanchez the announcement on the new leadership is formerly postponed. i wonder what that relationship looks like. would you support a formal recognition? under what condition? >> not right now. thats the other form of the chaos. not like the taliban won an election and now installed as the government. anti taliban forces are fighting back, obviously we know about isis-k but also the taliban they didnt have a government in waiting. it adds to the chaos. the u.s....