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0 personnel in danger, as well. kristen: sheriff martin, thank you very much. we'll have the latest on the fire at 4:00. tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. the abc news exclusive with president biden. his first interview since the fall of afghanistan to the taliban. president biden one-on-one with george stephanopoulos. the president said just weeks ago, a taliban takeover was highly unlikely. so, was the intelligence wrong or did the president downplay it? how the president responds. did u.s. military leaders suggest keeping some sort of a footprint on the ground? and if the u.s....

Enough people are taking 'em. and there are people, around the world, who would do anything to -- to get a vaccine. it -- it is -- it's just -- it's unconscionable. >> i -- i totally agree. i mean, i just came back from tokyo, and i got a chance to interact with people from all over the world there. and it is remarkable to me, the places around the world where, you know, access is 1 or 2% of the population even has access. there were vaccine programs that have just started in some countries over the last few weeks. so people are literally begging for these vaccines in order to get back to thei...

It'll be just like getting a cold. you want to get this done. and then, i tell them my own experience when the pfizer trial, first, opened up for 12 to 15-year-olds. my two youngest sons were two of the first children enrolled in that study. and i'm a firm believer in the efficacy of the vaccine. >> so the vaccines won't be available for kids under 12 before the end of 2021, according to the surgeon general. um, you studied over a million students and staff in -- in north carolina. can you just tell us what you learned about how effective masks are in schools? because you had rand paul, you kn...

Transmissable? sort of look at the weather. you are in texas, right now, 42% vaccination rate there. cases have been going up significantly over there. you don't know who is vaccinated around you. i think we will run into a situation earlier rather than later as you point out with dr. murthy that even if you are vaccinated, if you are in a situation where there is a lot of rviral transmission and low vaccination it may be time mask up again. you are seeing that in l.a. the american academy of pediatrics is saying that for students for the fall. we may see that more widely soon. >> yeah. i have...

>> very different vaccination picture there than in new york or d.c. where i live. president biden said social platforms are killing people. dr. fauci doubled down on part of that statement. i want to play for you what he said. >> the only thing i can say is just to underscore what surgeon general murthy said. that's misinformation in so many respects is killing people. you get misinformation out there. i have heard people who call me, who i get involved in interviews with, who think things about vaccines that make absolutely no sense, and when that information or misinformation and disinforma...