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Resources become available, and not needed in one state, we'll forward deploy them and move them to the next state in greatest need. this is a constant evaluation, making sure that we can try to stay ahead of the anticipated need and get the resources in place ahead of time. >> are you thinking other states will need these resources? >> i think it is probably a good possibility that we're going to see additional states as we have seen these surges, they spread in a wave across the country. we have been doing this again since day one, sending resources out, moving them from one state to the nex...

That is open today in pennsylvania inside a former automotive shop at state college. tell us more about this spike. we also know nearly 46,000 students are going to be returning to state college this week from around the world. how worried are officials there about this? >> reporter: yeah, i think health officials' concern hasn't really gone away over the last few months and to that point, mt. nittany medical center here in state college is seeing more covid patients right now than they saw at this time last year. most of those patients are unvaccinated but we're here at a covid testing site, ...

Effort but a senior state department official tells us that they disbanded that unit. all in the face of americans being left behind. >> maria, we did create a unit. it was really well done. it was an important team we put together. it was in response to what i had seen whenpo i was a young congressman he when we saw an american diplomat killed in benghazi, libya. we need to put resources on the ground. this administration will have to explain why they didn't want to follow us down that path. look, as for why the state department was in charge, it temakes sense to put the state department in c...

Troops? and this just carried through for the last 20 years. and it put our military, especially, in a very difficult position because they were charged with doing what we were supposed to be doing, and they weren't getting a clear direction. and i think the fact is really in 2003 when we took our eye off the ball in afghanistan and went to eric, everything shifted. we took resources out. our strategic interests, everything was the middle east and iraq. that was really the beginning of it. and then we just, from there, lost our way. we kept putting more money in. the government kept becoming m...

Go and volunteer to help to make sure this rental assistance, this $46.5 billion that's available with only $3 billion of it spent, that we help get these resources out to those who need it. that is -- so that's where the work is right now. getting these resources out. we got 60 days, let's make sure that people are able to apply, that we make that process seamless and that we get the money out to the landlords and to those where this money is supposed to go. and in the meantime, as congress, we have to move. there is so much more work to do so this is just the first step. i am confident that ...