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Americans in taliban captivity. brian: did you ever dream america would leave so many americans and allies behind? >> not in my dreams. there are approximately 100,000 allies we left behind. now everybody's attention is on ukraine. brian: the "new york times" has a study saying is the taliban really new? they are hunting down they say 500 former government workers, members of the government at some level local and national and killed them. is that 500 number gel with what you know? >> that's such a small number. i have been witness to it. we had 1,300 prisoners in the

Americans in taliban captivity. brian: did you ever dream america would leave so many americans and allies behind? >> not in my dreams. there are approximately 100,000 allies we left behind. now everybody's attention is on ukraine. brian: the "new york times" has a study saying is the taliban really new? they are hunting down they say 500 former government workers, members of the government at some level local and national and killed them. is that 500 number gel with what you know? >> that's such a small number. i have been witness to it. we had 1,300 prisoners in the

>> reporter: 99% of u.s. cases are delta, but scientists want to know whether this new variant is more transmissible. >> we need to remain vigilant. whether this variant will turn out to be a problem or not, until this is controlled everywhere in the world, we all remain at risk. >> dr. besser saying remain vigilant and we will. erielle reshef with us now. you reported on the guidance of mixing and matching these boosters. you reported the fda likely to say for many, stick with the same vaccine if you can, but that other boosters are just fine. and then this particular study saying if you got ...

Is that measurable? do we know how less likely? >> yeah. so, with regard to the first question, you know, there's some real data, now, on this. because, you know, we sort of were waiting for this data but roughly eightfold less likely to become infected. um, you know, it can vary, depending on the specific group so that's across the board. >> eightfold. does that mean, like, eight times -- eight times less likely? >> less likely to become infected if you have been vaccinated and what i mean by infected means that you come back with a positive test. you may not have symptoms. you may. but just ...

>> but some is not enough. >> it matter how we treat each other. >> because the boys watching today will be the men of tomorrow. >> martha: joining me now contributors norris jones and whitman from the jitman strategies. good to have you with us. there are moments in that, that are inspiring and send a good message. but other moments, in one that the produce pointed out is all the guys lined up at the barbecue, which i just think, can you imagine if there was an ad like that with women lined up baking cakes what the reaction to that would be? lawrence, what do you think? >> i think there is a ...