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Word here. and i think we've got to do everything we can to uphold our word to those people that are there. if we just kind of cut and run and leave them to the taliban to determine what happens to them, i think that will further undermine our credibility in the world. >> general hertling, president biden said more than 70,000 people -- that they've helped more than 70,000 people be evacuated from afghanistan since august 14th. i mean, to me, i mean, i'm certainly not an expert on this stuff. that seems like a pretty remarkably high number of people. a senior administration official said tonig...

To send into that kind of meeting than bill burns. he's someone who's probably the most experienced diplomat in the administration. and he's had to deal with all kinds of adversaries. so it was a good move to send bill burns in to talk to the taliban. and when the cia director shows up and talks to the taliban, he -- i think he brings p some authority to the table because the one thing the taliban does remember very well is the role of the cia in going after the taliban. so i think bill had some leverage here. i hope he was able to get them to understand that it is in their interest to coopera...

Talking about. in fact, i'll give you the language. the fda has a responsibility to provide the american people with the facts and the truth, and anderson, that's the phrase they're looking for right now. they want -- no exception, no excuses. our job is to save lives. that is our only mission. that's our only mission. that's what the fda needs to be talking about right now. for those who are not vaccinated, they are nervous that too many of these rules and regulations have been changed. >> right. >> that too many times they say one thing at one point, then they change it. and one last point. ...

>> do you think -- you know, the american public has not been paying much attention to afghanistan over the last many years. people have kind of didn't want to hear about it, didn't watch stories about it. it just dropped off the radar for a lot of people. do you think democrats are going to -- do you think this has resonance? though there's a lot of people who support withdrawing but obviously the images what's happened the last couple of weeks we've seen the president's poll numbers drop. >> look, a lot of people say he did the right thing he just didn't do it the right way. and so, you know...