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It would produce another humanitarian crisis in addition to those already existing. in afghanistan united nations food program, estimated over 22 million afghans more than half of the population, face hunger on a crisis level. not to mention famine, disease and conflict in other parts of the world. these are the consequences we may not always be aware of. joining us, someone who dedicated his life's work to helping those in need, economy governor of south carolina. can you give us an update on crisis in afghanistan. >> it has been bad for some time. they have been impoverishes and war and conf...

It would produce another humanitarian crisis in addition to those already existing. in afghanistan united nations food program, estimated over 22 million afghans more than half of the population, face hunger on a crisis level. not to mention famine, disease and conflict in other parts of the world. these are the consequences we may not always be aware of. joining us, someone who dedicated his life's work to helping those in need, economy governor of south carolina. can you give us an update on crisis in afghanistan. >> it has been bad for some time. they have been impoverishes

Kathy, you are in laredo right on the border. what kind of impact will this have in your community? >> thank you for having me on. i live in a border community and the situation is already at a crisis level and the biden administration does not have a plan in place and ending title 42 on may 23 is going to be catastrophic for all of that hispanic border communities arealready dealing with the border crisis firsthand . >> take a look at these poll numbers that show that approval for joe biden's border policies areat 37 percent . disapprove at 58 percent, what do you think those numbers are forp...

Know illegal immigration has plagued other presidents and immigration reform has yet to come. you mention that vice president kamala harris you feel like she needs to step up to the plate a little bit more and visit the border more often and also you mentioned that you feel that there is -- it is problematic to try to bolster the economies of some of these central american countries from where the surge of migrants are coming from. we know that the border issue has risen to crisis level under this president. what can he do to get a handle on this? all the things you said are problematic. what ...

I believe this morning at the beginning of the day there were only seven open icu beds in the twin cities metro area. so it's -- it's -- you know. we're at crisis level. it's as bad as it was last winter. it's quite disheartening, especially, as you pointed out, vaccines are readily available and we've been unable, as with many places in the country, we've been unable to get every eligible person to take the vaccine. and when, you know, one understands the vaccines are exceedingly safe and highly effective, it really -- it becomes really, really hard to understand. >> from your vantage point, ...