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People in every place that you are fighting terrorists, to work with americans if they think that they're going to be left hanging out to dry when the americans decide to leave? >> look, obvious question, fareed. after 20 years of war, did you ever think that we would be in a situation where the united states was forced to rely on the taliban to evacuate people? >> no. because i thought we had established enough of a security presence in afghanistan that even if we left, we would be able to leave in a way where we would secure the airport, secure certain roads, secure certain perimeters. and i...

That they're seeing an increase in mild to moderate cases, even among those who have been vaccinated especially among those who were vaccinated the earliest. now, hallie, who were those vaccinated the earliest in this country? those most vulnerable, the seniors, the front line medical workers so there's a concern of course, now given the prevalence of the delta variant a more severe strain of the coronavirus, that we need to get some fresh protection here, as especially we head into the fall. so what the administration is laying out is a plan to begin giving those vaccinations again starting w...

In terms of kabul airport, i think there needs to be a u.n. led effort to control the airport. very few people who want out are going to trust the taliban and frankly, we don't want to be the only security force at the airport so that to me says the u.n. will have to have a role. there needs to be an international role in keeping the airport open and getting people out and i hope we will move towards that. >> i think the most obvious question is ambassador newman is the president said they can't anticipate that the afghans ability to sweep the country. if they can't anticipate that to do it in...

There was the dramatic heatwave in canada and western us last month and russia, mexico and new zealand have all been experiencing unusually high—temperatures. the climate science is very clear on this, it has been predicting not just for years but for decades that if we continue to pump huge amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, we will experience increasingly high temperatures and because warm air holds more moisture, that means heavier rainfall and therefore, floods. you only have to look at the pictures of these devastating floods to know that we need to do better. it is not ok w...

Amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, we will experience increasingly high temperatures, and because warm air holds more moisture, that means heavier rainfall as well and therefore floods. you only have to look at the pictures of these devastating floods to know that we need to do better, and it is not ok for this number of people to die in 2021 from floods. the next obvious question is, is the world doing enough to tackle climate change? again, the answer is very clear. it is not. the un says we need to reduce carbon emissions by 7% every year for the next decade if we're going to st...