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Answer, though, that, you know, the afghan forces just didnt hold up. could that just be the answer for the president? >> the question then becomes why didnt the u.s. realize -- >> anticipate that. >> right and i think there is obviously a lot of experts who didnt see this coming but also some experts who did see this coming. some people that served in the military said of course this was going to happen. of course the will power was going to disappear especially once they lost that critical u.s...

In terms of what we heard -- the united states missed how quickly the taliban would advance. we, still, have not heard, from president biden, um, why, exactly, that is. what was the failure here? we have had officials here at the white house tell us this was not an intelligence failure. you heard something very similar from the pentagon spokesman, john kirby, today. but ultimately, you know, those are the questions that -- that remain unanswered here and president biden is going to have to answe...

Time to start thinking about third shots for other groups of people. and to your point it may be by age ultimately, the elderly patients followed by younger healthcare workers. well see. but for now it is really specific. theyre just saying the immunocompromised and about 9 to 10 million of them. >> because you look at israel, theyre already administering booster shots for those over the age of 65. so thats why im asking about the age in particular. and i want to talk about the numbers in the ho...

Outcome that at this point seems inevitable? >> well, youd have to reverse course completely and essentially re-in vvade afghanistan, go back to what we were doing to maintain the status quo in afghanistan. clearly the administration was not comfortable with that. they decided to pull the plug. i think the american public at large was frustrated with afghanistan. and the decision was made, so now its a question of watching the country fall apart from afar. i hate to sound jaded, im sorry. >> loo...

Gratitude. opportunity. >> the anthem, still, gives this gymnast goose bumps 13 years after her gold. you have been there, that moment in a foreign country. and your national anthem plays. whats it like? >> its almost like youre not living in real life. its just like you and the national anthem and the flag. and you just, kind of, take a second to think back to all the obstacles you had to overcome. every single hard day, when you really wanted to just give up. and you kind of realize that it wa...

To his great credit donald trump ordered the fda to cut through the red tape to provide emergency use authorization for moderna, pfizer and johnson & johnson. what people dont realize is that the testing and standards for the emergency use of the covid vaccines is just as rigorous as final approval. the fda is bogged down in red tape. if joe biden really cared about giving billions more americans vaccinated. he can do what trumpng did and t the red tape. we would not have the conversation if he ...

In a tweet she said she is thankful for that support and it makes her realize that she is more than just gymnastics and her accomplishments, something she said she didnt truly believe before, alisyn. >> oh, my gosh. what a story just on every level. i mean one door closes, another opens. suni lee has this incredible experience. by the way, scientists need to study her and her family for resilience. i mean theyre just the models of that. but selina wang, thank you very much for that inspiring sto...

Event like this in the middle of a pandemic to the citizens of japan, citizens that live in that area? >> first realize that coronavirus is going to be an issue for the games. were trying to maximize the separation between the international visitors and the athletes and the local population. >> this is all why spectators both local and from abroad have already been banned in tokyo. and athletes movements will mostly be confined here to the olympic village. beyond that strategy, mccloskey said th...

Rising 25% between 2019 and 2020. this isnt just a new york problem we all realize. what is he trying to do, exactly? >> hes just trying to get people riled up and trying to -- its signaling to the republican base. hes trying to appeal to primary voters, most of whom have no idea. people who are actually in new york, which i happen not to be at the moment but am mostly in new york know it not a socialist hell hole. there are not gangs of looters roaming the streets. things look pretty good, but ...

This isnt just a new york problem we all realize. what is he trying to do, exactly? >> hes just trying to get people riled up and trying to -- its signaling to the republican base. hes trying to appeal to primary voters, most of whom have no idea. people who are actually in new york, which i happen not to be at the moment but am mostly in new york know it not a socialist hell hole. there are not gangs of looters roaming the streets. things look pretty good, but its a story they can tell and its ...