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As of july 8 with, the presiden misspoke. the president also said, the likelihood that there's going to be the taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely. two days later on july 10th, the taliban was reported to have 85% of the country. then on august 12th, "the wall street journal" reported that on july 13th, you received an urgent dissent memo from 23 u.s. embassy personnel in kabul warning that the advances of the taliban and the rapid collapse of afghanistan. your spokesman said that you read every memo sent to you from the dissent channel. so, if you do...

Misspoke. the president also said the likelihood there's going to be the taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely. two days later, on july 10th, the taliban was reported to have 85% of the country. then on august 12th, "the wall street journal" reported that on july 13th you received an urgent dissent memo from kabul warning that the advances of the taliban and the rapid collapse of afghanistan. your spokesman said you read every memo sent to you from the dissent channel. so if you do, then you knew that, in fact, a major portion of people in the embassy b...

0 legitimizing them as a real government? >> not only us but virtually the sp entire international community has made clear what we expect and will insist on from the taliban if they want to see any support and that include, it starts with freedom of travel. we have been intensely engaged with turkey and qatar to get the airport in kabul up and running again which is now the case. we're working on that every day. >> thank you. i yield back. >> thank you. mr. secretary we requested such a classified briefing not too long ago. we welcome your assurance to schedule this briefing some time in the ...

0 legitimizing them as a real government? >> not only us, but virtually the entire international community has made clear what we expect and will insist on from the taliban. if they want to seek any legitimacy or any support. and that includes, it starts with freedom of travel. so we have been intensely engaged with turkey in qatar to get the airport in kabul up and running again which is now the case. we started to get flights out last week. and with regard to sharif, you're correct. there are flights that have been there for some time that have not been allowed to leave. we want to see the f...

The seven-day average of new cases for 100,000 residents is 300% higher than it was on labor day of last year. the cdc also said children's hospitals across the country are filling up with covid cases and community transmission is dangerously high. we'll have much more on this in a moment. let's begin with our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. good morning to you. why is there such a lack of clarity here on the booster? the way i understand is the white house said we got them and we bought them and now we need the green light from the fda. they thought they would get that by the 20...