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Obviously protection for the kids and add more population immunity. i think youll see parts of the country, the northeast with very high vaccination rates. other places do reasonably well this winter. at least im hopeful that is going to be the case. and so my hope is if a lot more americans get vaccinated with full approval, youre going to see a lot more mandates, youre going to start getting some semblance of normal as we head later into the win der and early spring as dr. fauci said. >> lets ...

It sort of makes you wonder, are they ever going to apply. jim? >> interesting, but great to see those numbers on those first two. elizabeth cohen, thanks very much. >> thanks. >> lets speak now with the dean of brown university school of public health. dr. jah, good to have you back. goodness, a lot of folks thought, myself included, we would be back to some semblance of normalcy now. of course, the dell ti variant as well as vaccine hesitance has gotten in the way of that. do you agree with dr...

Governed. youll have various war lords and isis groups and the other groups. the u.s. helped stabilize that peace and gave some semblance of order. the taliban will have a lot of the same thing but a lot of warring factions. thats the history hoff afghan stand and that region. >> neil: you think this raises the threat level in this country? in other words, that because of whats gone down there that we could be attacked again? >> yes, i do. i think the response to this, the response to the taliba...

Safe passage and well hold them accountable. as with all commitments, were focused on deeds, not words. what matters to us is the follow-through. what matters is the follow-through now, before august 31 and the follow-through after august 31. let me make another point. the taliban has also said publicly that they want an afghanistan that has a relationship with the rest of the world. they want to ensure that the afghanistan, under a future afghan government, is not the pariah that it would becom...

Sources of levers. the taliban have an interest as well. if they want any semblance of durability, if they want the tools that they need to be able to administer a country as large, a country as expansive as afghanistan, what the united states and what together we say with our international allies and partners will matter to them in profound ways. >> let me follow up. its interesting that you just said that were not here negotiating with the taliban. is that a justification for why we have not s...

Trying to negotiate with the taliban on getting this extension? >> the taliban have a growing t first vice president whos now the acting president of afghanistan. theyre very concerned. those who were able to escape them are beginning to form the semblance of an army that could be a threat. they want us gone so they can deal with it. ive heard from two afghans who are telling what life is like under them and its just as bad as it was in the 90s and as awful as you can imagine. i just got sent a ...

And try to convey to people that two to five feet of water is not necessarily like youre getting splashed with water. this is water that can stick around for a little while. youre standing there in two to five feet of water and thats one of the reasons we really encourage people that if they are in, you know, a surge zone, surge zone one which we identified for possible voluntary evacuation of individuals yesterday and late the day before that they took that advice and listened to it because tha...

Were back now with more breaking news from afghanistan where thousands of people are gathering outside the airport in spite of a threat from isis k. lets go to nbc ali. welcome to you. we have the u.s. embassy that is officially asking people to stay away until they get some sort of an invitation, but that does not appear to be working. >> reporter: thats right. there seems to be some small semblance of order taking shape at the airport this evening. theres still panic, desperate crowds gatherin...

Here, a thin line of british soldiers trying to keep order. the heartbreak of having to turn away those without the right papers. and there are still fears for those left behind. i love this country, i want to be in this country. international community, they talk about evacuating people who worked with them, which can be good. but people who are in afghanistan, they are in need, too. first of all due to war from different provinces. some people came to kabul and they dont have a roof over their...

Charge towards us. you can see their rifle butt raised to strike producer brent swayles. when the fighters are told we have permission to report, they lower their weapons and let us pass . >> reporter: okay, now were going. get in the car. don, i should emphasize while the airport has been exceptionally chaotic, most of the city has been relatively calm. again today, we saw people starting to come out onto the streets, stores were open, traffic was moving, traffic policemen were out, government ...