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Control, kabul and jalalabad. there's urgency at the u.s. embassy in kabul where thousands of troops are arriving to help in the evacuation of staff. earlier today president biden video conferenced with his national security team on developments in afghanistan. arlette saenz and natasha bertrand join me now. arlette, what else are we hearing from president biden? i understand he just put out a statement a few moments ago. >> reporter: he did, jim. really this is the most robust statement we've heard from president biden since he was asked about afghanistan on tuesday. in this statement, a pape...

Substantial transmission right now. just think about that and where we were a couple of weeks and months ago. so of course, they will continue to push for vaccinations but there are so many questions still about who might get an additional shot. there is a very bureaucratic process that has to take place. the fda will officially recommend and authorize a third dose for the immune compromised. we expect today to get that paper statement and the cdc director talked about how that is coming. then tomorrow, a cdc advisory panel meets votes and issues recommendations based on the fda approval. this...

Cnn's paula reid was at the hearing today. she joins me live from the federal courthouse in brooklyn. paula, take us inside the courtroom. did mr. barrack speak? >> reporter: barrack spoke little during this hearing, jake. he entered his plea through his attorney, entered a plea of not guilty. but when he left court, he was asked by a reporter how he thought things were going. here's what he said. in addition to that brief statement, his spokesman also issued a paper statement and his lawyer addressed reporters, so it's clear, jake, not only do they want to be heard inside the federal courthou...

>> well, if it's anything like the paper statement that the campaign put out last night it's on offense because it's not about his son or things that he had said. it's just about president trump, which again, has been the preeminent focus of the biden campaign throughout and we are just going to try to get into a better position as he comes over here right now because i can see some campaign staff and you can see he's making his way slow and steady, but we expect to see him here in a second. >> peter, this is laura engle chiming in, as we follow the camera movements going up and down the rope ...

Sit. >> like we mentioned, we know this kill happened at least more than a month ago because cnn reported it in late july. the announcement is coming as the president's strategy in afghanistan is coming under scrutiny. he's been criticized for trying to negotiate a peace deal with the taliban. now the president drawing attention back to his counterterrorism efforts. he's enjoyed touting the fact he decimated isis. so the president has prided himself on touting the fact he's largely eradicated terrorism in the region. we have a paper statement from the white house. we haven't heard directly fro...