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Biden did pull the band-aid off. and i think he took a very tough decision, a brave decision, and maybe at the end of the day there is no elegant way to lose a war. >> kaitlan collins at the white house, usually president biden can be coerced or -- it actually doesn't even take that much coaxing to take a question shouted out by the press corps after he gives remarks. his staff gets frustrated that he does that. but this time he gave his speech and left. >> reporter: yeah, jake. and i think a lot of the questions that went unanswered in that speech are not over why the u.s. is withdrawing from...

0 that they are the ones that have protected our nation for the past two decades by taking the fight to the terrorists in iraq and afghanistan, and not allowing them to attack our homeland. and, unfortunately, we see the resurgence of the taliban and the reconstitution of al qaeda in afghanistan. so i worry about the homeland. but that is the very first thing that our president needs to communicate is to these brave men and women, a heartfelt thank you. the second thing is how are we going to evacuate all of these americans, all these afghans, and then, third, how are we going to contain the t...

About how a few months ago i was on a website scrambling to get a vaccine appointment for my parents, my neighbors, for myself. i was on these websites all night trying desperately to find a slot to get one. i got one, thank god. i didn't think at the time that we would be in a place where there would be all these people who don't want to get the vaccine. but what i think is really interesting is to think about the middle cohort there of people who are anti-vax or hesitant or resistant or confused or worried. as dr. wen was saying, people need some coaxing. i think of the people you might see ...

To this point, we'd had this big slow down in vaccination over the summer, and through the early part of the summer, the mood was one of coaxing, inducement, would you like a lottery ticket, would you like free beer, maybe some other inducement, maybe money, maybe as much as a thousand dollars if you're take the shot, but none of that worked, and you could feel last week, as people who had done their civic duty got themselves vaccinated to protect themselves and others realized, what, the delta variant may force me to remask, may mess with my kids' fall term, something has to change. and that ...

Gertie, a white terrier mix, had gone missing. days later, the family got a call from a worried neighbor, thinking they heard gertie stuck behind two old concrete walls. coaxing her out. >> nice job! >> reporter: carrying her over to her thankful owners. >> thank you. >> reporter: and another rescue in wales, ollie lost in the ocean, paddling for at least three hours. >> found a dog. >> reporter: giving ollie water. >> oh, good pup. >> reporter: safely in the boat, soon to be reunited with his family. while back in cincinnati tonight, gertie is home. and her family, grateful. >> everybody was ...