message is simple. abroad and at home, america has to do better. will we? thank you for watching. coverage picked up with don lemon tonight. it's a big star. >> we got to get vaccinated. just so you know, everyone is saying i got soap in my today. and it's red and i tried to rinse it out with eye drops it just made it worse. so i know people will be saying what happened to don lemon's eye? he is okay? i got a little soap in it. in the shower. >> good to know. >> yes. but anyway, back to the thing. get vaccinated. i heard your conversation about red and blue. i think, you know, i hope clearer minds prevail regardless of ideology and political affiliation. but there are still groups of people out there who are

fighting people to keep their masks off and you saw what happened in los angeles. i'm sure with people maskers and anti-maskers. there is only one group fighting against it, actively. other people may be doing it, you know, vaccines, masks, however they feel in the normal lives and the polling works out the wait that harry has it. but there is a big group out there, an active group literally, physically, fighting to keep masks off people's faces. >> yes. that's called covid-19-idiots. the mistake is to write off all republicans as that. i think republicans and democrats is done. i think right and left -- >> mostly trumpsters. >> i think the binary system is a disease. it has to change in this country. i believe that the new demographic is the vaccinated. they are republican, democrat, left, right, brown, black, white, anything you want to make as a designation.

you have a majority of them are vaccinated which means that they're putting sense first. focus on them. that's who our leaders need to speak to. >> and everyone, listen. i'm going to get it to at the end of what i'm going to say in the opening of this show. but if there is a message to anyone who needs to be vaccinated, you're going to hear it tonight. it has something to do with what i did last week when you were gone. so i'm going to get to it. i'm not wearing black just so you know this is blue and green. not black and white. just so you know i'm not -- >> good to know. >> i love you. you got something right here. >> yeah. i know. it's from the shower. >> thank you, sir. >> nobody cares. i love you. >> you as well. this is don lemon tonight. we have to get to the business of this. this is what the white house is facing tonight. now nearly five times -- nearly five times as many americans in the hospital with covid-19 as there were just two months ago. and with the delta variant raging, the president announcing

a plan for booster shots. even though 30% of p empeople tt are eligible vent gotten first shots yet. and as americans and the world wooc watch the disaster unfold in afghanistan, as they watch scenes of desperation in this in a never before seen video at the airport -- [ gunfire ] >> president joe biden now saying troops may stay past his august 31st deadline if all americans are not yet evacuated. >> all troops are supposed to be out by august 31st. even if americans and our afghan allies are still trying to get out? they're going to leave? >> we're going to do everything in our power to get all americans out and our allies out. >> does that mean troops will stay beyond august 31st if necessary? >> depends on where we are and whether we can get -- ramp the numbers up to 5,000 to 7,000 a

day coming out. if that's the case, then all that be out. we have 10,000 to 15,000 americans in the country right now, right? >> and you are committed to making sure that troops stay until every american who wants to be out is out? >> yes. yes. >> so u.s. troops could in afghanistan past august 31st if there are americans waiting to be evacuated. but the president wasn't add definite will our afghan allies. that as the pictures coming out of afghanistan are nothing short of chaos. you hear that? crowds of desperate people, mobbing the airport in another exclusive video. hoping against hope to get on a plane. gunfire heard repeatedly. though the taliban didn't appear to be shooting at people. and president biden says this -- >> so you don't think this could have been handled. it could have been handled better in any way? no mistakes?

is . >> i don't think it could have been handled in a way -- we're going to go back in hindsight and look. but the idea that somehow there is a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing, i don't know how that happens. i don't know how that happened. >> for you that is was always priced into the decision? >> yes. >> so the president says chaos always priced into the decision. last month he called the drawdown orderly. >> the drawdown is proceeding in a secure and orderly way for our ties in the safety of our troops as they depart. that had, the jury is still out. but the likelihood there is going to be the taliban overrunning everything the whole country is highly unlikely. >> and in and out airport in kabul is the center of it all. the center of the desperation. the u.s. embassy in kabul warning it can't ensure safe passage to the airport despite the pentagon saying that the

taliban is guaranteeing safe passage. they're once again trying to escape. some of them so desperate their passing baby overhead hoping that u.s. troops will save them. >> i was thinking about a relative of mine at the north gate in the airport in kabul. and exactly what you're seeing, people are so desperate to get away from the taliban, as a parent, i can't believe that's what they're doing. and bucket brigade style, passing them to the front of the line hoping to convince the military to take their kids. i don't think we need any more argument than that. >> if you're not much whatting cnn's cla risa ward, you're mising what is happening there. she's on the ground doing a hell

af of a job in kabul. they're trying to get out. >> it's definitely chaotic. i will say this, the taliban appears to be trying to disperse the crowds. there are crowds there. of young men who seem to be just engaging and just like criminal activity. i don't know if you heard that. they're kind of running towards the taliban and then run ago way from them again almost like it's a game. but, you know, when there are bullets firing like that, it's clearly not a game. >> one man in the crowd pleading for help from america. >> what is your message to america right now? >> our message. we help the american people. that's their job is to help right now here. and remember that photo that shocked the world some 630 afghan air and men. c-17 on the way to safety.

well, to day the pentagon released a photo of u.s. marines arriving at the international airport aboard a similar military plane to assist with the drawdown. take a look at this picture. an afghan child sleeping on the floor of another u.s. air force c-17 departing from the airport in kabul. draped in a coat from an air force member. and this child is one of the lucky ones. one of the lucky ones getting out of the country in chaos. that as here at home hospitals and hot spots across the country are full to capacity. . people are dying needlessly. even though we have all the vaccines we could possibly ever need. even though we could be protecting children who are too young to be vaccinated. simply by wearing masks. president joe biden announcing a plan to give booster shots to americans eight months after their second doses. the first boosters expected to rollout beginning next month.

pend pend pending signedoff and far too americans have not gotten the first shots. that as the president today slammed governors who banned mask mandates in schools for their own goulish political good. >> some politicians are trying to turn public safety measures that, is children wearing masks in school in a political disputes for their own political gain. some are trying take power away from local educators by banning masks in school. they're intimidation and threats across the country are wrong and unacceptable. this is not about politics. it's about keeping our children safe. >> it shouldn't be about politics. the president is right. some governors are putting their own political gain ahead of children's lives. really of their constituents'

lives. like texas governor greg abbott who issued an executive order banning school districts from requiring masks. and tested positive for covid-19 the day after he attended this crowded indoor republican club mee meeting apparently not wearing a mask. then there is ron desantis. you can always count on him to try to turn a deadly disease into an applause line. politicians want you to cover your face as a way to cover their own asses. that's the truth. they want to say they're taking this on and doing this even though it doesn't -- it's not proven to be effective. they want to continue to do it. >> god that is it just such crazy. just to say this is bullshit. really. they want to protect kids, governor. what do you want? >> the cdc and ama both agree

that masks reduce the transmission of the virus but desantis reacted to the miami-dade school board's vote today in favor of a mask mandate with a statement pushing the same old misguided bad faith view of freedom. this is nothing to do with freedom. how is it freedom to force children who are too young to be vaccinated into schools where they could be exposed to a deadly virus surrounded by people not wearing masks? putting politics ahead of life saving science like those governors encouraging people to do. it is just depraved. people are dying all across this country. people with loved ones who are grieving tonight. she's thooe these are people that didn't have to die. their loss is a preventable tragedy. this is what i was talking about earlier with chris. i'm thinking of tonight about a man i met in must hometown of baton rouge last week. his name is jim. he was in the hospital where i

was born. he and his brother both got covid-19. both were unvaccinated. the brother went home last week. jim passed away on sunday. and our deepest sympathies go out to his family. jim shared a message with days before he passed telling everyone to get vaccinated. and i want you to hear that. >> how you doing? >> doing good. >> yeah. >> doing a lot better. you and your brother were here? >> yes, sir. >> we got sick and went to the hospital. and they didn't have no place for us. he came down two days before me. he left yesterday. i've been here for three days. >> how is your brother?

>> he's doing good. he actually got out this morning. he was at home. first night at home last night. >> what does it feel like? >> feels like you got your lunged clamped down. you can't get the air. >> why didn't you get vaccinated? >> just -- didn't have time. you know? i guess just didn't do it. >> so you're not anti-vaccine? >> no, sir. no, sir. >> just kind of ambivalent about it? >> yes. country boy. >> do you regret it? >> yes, i do. . >> tell me why. >> just -- i don't know if the shot would have helped me. maybe it would have kept me from getting it worse. >> what do you say to folks? >> open your eyes. you no he? open your eyes. take heed to this. this is nothing to play with. >> may he rest in peace. and as my colleague wolf blitzer says, may his memory be a blessing. his brother was in that

hospital. he and another family member is going to join me next.

we have a lot to talk about

this evening. we're going to get into the politics, there is something very important that i have to do first. so i really need you to listen up and pay attention. last thursday i traveled to my hometown of baton rouge, louisiana, speaking with medical staff and covid-19 patients. and today i was stunned when i got the call. i learned sadly that one of the patients i met has passed away. he was 53 years old. joining me no you is jim's brother and ray's wife jerry. hello to both of you. i'm so sorey. how you are holding up? how are you doing? >> it's sad. >> yeah. >> rough. >> yeah. >> i only met him for just a little bit. and he just -- he was so kind and so adamant. about how he felt about what was happening and he wanted people to get he was starting to feel

better. >> i'll tell you i didn't get to come home. i was exercising and stuff. he said he was feeling good. >> and then -- and then they had -- his oxygen started dropping. so they had to put him back in icu. >> yeah. >> and then saturday night, about 12:00, they had to put a ventilator on him. and then his heart quit. >> what do you -- you are okay? >> yeah. >> it's just really hard. >> what do you want to say? >> everybody get their shots. whether i get through this, i'm getting my shots. >> you were right there in there with him. you guys went in -- i think you

went in before him, am i right? >> i went in about two days before he got there. >> you were boenl th in the hospital. >> yes. >> they didn't have room for you. they sent you to baton rouge to the general in midtown or mid city. >> yes. >> what was your experience like with covid-19? >> it was pretty rough. >> it was hard to keep your head up. >> were you worried when you left because you had gotten better, did you feel some encouragement that he would get better or were you worried that you hate leaving your brother there? >> i didn't want to leave him

there. >> jerry, i know that you also got covid-19. i correct? but the difference is that you got the vaccine. >> i've had both vaccines. i work at a facility. i'm a registered nurse. there was times before i did get to injection that i didn't really want to get it. you know, we all kind of and my thing my thing was i was worried about my residence getting covid-19.

when he got down, you know, i didn't have any symptoms. i didn't even lose my taste. i know other people even that had the shot sometimes not thsh they do have some symptoms. >> but, you know, i was lucky. i didn't have symptoms. you know. whenever we woke up that morning that i took him to the hospital, i checked their oxygen levels. and normal is anything over 92. junior's was 84 and jim was 74. and jim said i feel good, whatever. i said you're going to the hospital. >> yeah. >> so, you know, it's bad in the nursing homes or the hospitals and, you know, i don't really understand any more. and i'm going to be really like a big supporter of making people understand they need to get the shot. i can't force anybody. but i sure can tell them my

story. >> right on. right on! right on! you -- but you weren't against getting it, right? >> no. you weren't get getting it? >> no. you said am will i against it? >> you weren't against getting the vaccine, the shot? >> i was at the beginning. i was leery of it. but i got it. i was thinking about others. i work in the facility. i work the covid-19 hall before we even knew it was covid-19. we kept having patients get sick and sick and sick. but i was lucky back then. i never caught it. >> got it. got it. rafel, so your brother told me he just didn't -- he said he didn't have time to get vaccinated. st he is laying there not doing well. i didn't want to press him too much on it. but he said it wasn't really against it but we live in the country. he told me, you know this so i played some of the korvegts

earlier that happened. i just want to play that part again. here it is. and i want to get your response. here it is. >> why didn't you get vaccinated? >> just didn't have time. just didn't do it. so you're not anti-vaccine? >> no, sir. >> you just kind of ambivalent about it. >> just country boy. >> now what about you? were you anti-vaccine in the beginning? >> well, we didn't know sense it was. but a long story, you hear we with respect going to take a dhans on getting the shot. we were keeping it to ourselves. i definitely going to get the shots when i get over the rest of this. >> whenever they say he can have one. >> yeah. >> your entire family i got, right? >> yeah. they've been getting it. >> so give me, you said you're

going to get the shot. i don't want to put words in your mouth. do you feel you were misinformed in the beginning? >> yes, i think so. >> you do? and your message to folks now who may be thinking the way that you thought? >> i guess they knew they won't but i'm getting my shots, definitely. >> what should people know about your brother? what message do you want people to hear right now, rafel? >>. >> i know we should have got his. he liked everybody. most of the time. >> look, from the few minutes i spoke to him, i could tell he was a good guy. very kind soul. was i wrong about that? >> he's good. we worked together. most of our lives.

>> what's the age difference? >> i'm 57, he is 53. so most of your life. >> well, may he rest in peace. rafel, i'm sorry about the loss of your brother. i'm grateful that you're here sharing your story with people and here to honor your brother. and i hope more people can listen to folks like me and you, both grew up -- we're about the same age, rafel. both of us grew up in louisiana and we're completely different. but you're my people. i know you. i grew up with folks like you. i brew up in baton rouge. i grew up in port allen. i get it. i'm sorry it happened. if you need anything, let us

know. want to help more people? >> thank you so much. >> that's the message folks. sadly, he had to pass. very kind man. you can tell people when you meet them if they're kind or number very kind man. invited us in and spoke to us about his story. he had trouble breathing as you saw there and now he is gone. so let that be a lesson to all of you. we'll be right back.

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so president biden is on the defensive insisting the chaos in afghanistan amid the u.s. troop withdraw is not a failure of intelligence planning or execution and claiming there is no way the u.s. could have withdrawn without afghanistan falling into chaos. i want to bring in matthew dowd, a former strategist for george w. bush. so let's go. lots to talk about. president biden defiant and saying u.s. troops will stay in afghanistan until every american is out. pass the august 31st deadline. he must realize the facts on the ground are dire and he's got to get this done. i think he understood that. that's why the decision he made what so hard.

they asked president obama and trump and i've been critical of trump. i thought trump's decision of withdrawing from i think the overall decision was i think president biden has proved, i you this he's been proved out by what is happening. and they gave up and proved him right which is they weren't capable of governing their country and no matter when we left this was going to happen. i have been listening to you and reading what you have been writing. and you think you're very, shall i say, bullish on the president's decision and what the president has done. quite frankly, you believe that democrats -- that everyone should be, but especially democrats should be rallying behind the president and his decision now not that you don't have some issues with the way it was executed in the end.

you think it's a good decision. >> i don't understand why some democrats, many democrats and are scared of this. most every single one ran on the idea of getting out of afghanistan. president biden ran and won on the idea of getting out of afghanistan as quick as he could. i couldn't get the idea that they're so easily scared of their own shadow and democrats have a tendency and i've watched it over the years as i head in a tweet, they feel shame too quickly while republicans never feel shame at all. and i think democrats should say, listen this was a mess. president biden finally had the courage to make the decision other presidents wouldn't do. we're out of the war. and now let's do what is humanitarianly right and get it right about getting people out. i think that's where the question ought to be. not about whether or not joe bud enband onned the afghan people. joe biden didn't abandon the people. the afghan people abandoned the

afghan bem. that's who band ond the country. >> let's talk about covid-19 now. president biden is talking to governors who block mask mandates. saying get out of the way if you can't help. and his add manition is going to take legal action if necessary. is this the fight republicans want to be having? >> no. i don't -- this is nowhere close to the fight. when 70% of americans including nearly a majority of republicans are for mandatory mask in schools. i don't think they want to have it fight. there is some element of the republican base that still feels like wearing a mask is a liberty and they don't want to protect themselves. not protecting other people is to me is unamerican. that's not how we were set up. but i think joe biden is right. i think he's reached the point in it time that there is an element probably 20 or 25% of the country, that's what i think it, is about 20% of the country,

a rational argument the not work. they're emotionally connected to know vaccine and no masks. >> you can't change people who are emotionally connected with a rational argument. it doesn't work that way. >> and you know that in your own life. if somebody is emotionally connected to an issue, you can give them ten point logical thing and no matter what, they won't switch. i think it's time to start mandating these things. to forcing these things so we can get on the other sued of. this not only the thousand people that died yesterday from covid-19, don, but the health of the economy, everything about getting us back to a place where we can interact normally with each other. the only way we're going to get there now is a businesses and others start mandating these things. as i was traveling to and returning from baton rouge last week where i interviewed this man whoi didn't know he was on his deathbed then. i thought he was sick and going to improve.

but on the airplane everyone had to wear a mask in the airport. to and fro. guess what? they were all fine having to wear a mask for however long the flight was. they didn't rip their faces off. all these things. listen, i spoke to the family of that man just moments ago you. and now, you know, we're dealing with politicians even today still speaking out against basic common sense safety like wearing a mask. and just safety measures. what the hell? >> you know, we may have talked about this before. i think we're in this time frame now where the gop is band onning the idea of the common good. the idea that we're all in this together and we got to figure a way out of it. they're totally focused on the mane i of this. what i can get. what i want. what is good for me as opposed to what is good for the community or neighborhood. as i listen to that family, it's heartwrenching and heartbreaking. they've been given a lot of bad information by a lot of

politicians which is one of the reasons why they're in this mess and many states are in this mess. but we have to get to the idea that sometimes the common good is -- needs shared sacrifice. and it's a tiny sacrifice as you know to wear a mask and get a vaccine. we have had more sacrifices in the history of our country, people that lost lives and done a lot of things. people gave up things. all the things we've done. we can't even have a small sacrifice of wearing a mask? and getting a vaccine to protect people in this country. it got that point. we need to get back there. >> so ridiculous, matthew. wherever you go, if i see -- if i walk into a place and people are wearing masks and i say do i need -- they may say there may be someone with a weakened immune system. even here at work, what skin is it off my back to help someone else? so that they don't get sick? that's what i don't understand now why we aren't to that point. especially if you're supposed to

be a christian. and you're supposed to be looking out for your fellow man. >> well, and just -- not only as christians, but just as americans. one of the first words of our constitution start with we the people and it talks about our common welfare. the entire system of government was set up on the idea we could come together for the common good. that's what we're supposed to be about. john f. kennedy talked about ask not what you can do for your country, ask what you can do for your country. the small level of sacrifice that people are being asked to do in order to stop the hundreds of people dying every single day in this country and our hospitals filling up, that doesn't allow care for other people that don't have covid-19, it's a tiny sacrifice. and the idea that gop overall is pushing back against this tiny sacrifice for the sake of communities around the country is ludicrous. >> yeah. matthew, always a pleasure. thank you, sir. >> you, too, don. take care. >> president biden planning to evacuate all americans from afghanistan. afghan civilians scrambling to

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tonight president biden saying that u.s. troops will stay in afghanistan until all americans who want to leave the country are out. even if that means keeping them there past the august 31st deadline. but he stopped short of making that same commitment to america's partners in afghanistan. they're desperately crowding the perimeter outside the kabul airport trying to get in. [ bgunfire ] >> many people holding up papers trying to guest past the checkpoints manned by the taliban who periodically fire weapons into the air to intimidate them and push them back. let's discuss now the military analyst major general james

spider marks. thank you, general. you see this video. much and you know, we can see the chaos on the ground and what a tough spot the military is in right now. thst could be a riot waiting to happen. and then what? could this situation get worse? >> it really can. it is a riot. it sun folding directly in front of us. and these soldiers and marines and the video shows soldiers from the 82nd airborne division, they're simply manning a per umter. the they're not part of a checkpoint validating whether one of these afghans needs to come into the compound to the airfield or whether they shouldn't. that needs to take place from homeland security folks. so they're going through the sivs, the special immigration visas and the paperwork they may or may not have. >> president biden says that troops may stay in afghanistan. general said past that august 31st deadline. the idea that the united states is relying on the taliban, it's,

you know, it's just kind of ridiculous, right? >> sketchy. it really is. what we have is at least the taliban and i'm not saying that when the sal ban has stated emphatically that we will stay out of the way and the united states will be able to proceed with its evacuation and they're not going to facilitate but they're not going to get in the middle of it. we have seen evidence that they are getting in the middle of it and trying to disrupt it. but we're going to one of our enemies and we're saying can you give us a time-out so we can get out of town? that is a lot of reliance on an untrustworthy partner. this is not a partner. this has been an enemy of the united states who has in many cases when they were in charge before 9/11, they harbored al qaeda. al qaeda is part of the fabric of afghanistan. they're married into different tribes. so you got the taliban. you have al qaeda. you have isis and this unholy

trinity of terrorist organizations and we're relying on one of those for safe passage. >> yeah. it's not a good idea to do that. >> so listen, what's the plan? what is the plan then, general? we can put up when you see this chaos. what is the plan? >> when we need to be able to do, i think the plan is we prioritized american citizens. those from the embassy and citizens are declared and in country. and we simply don't know about. and then, yes, the sids and the other generals that part of the coalition that has been in country for many, many years. and then everybody else. and what happened is clearly this is a joint effort and

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as covid worsens and children are heading back to school, arguments over wearing

masks are turning violent. here is rosa flores. >> no more masks! >> reporter: the heat of debate over masks is escalating in various states. in texas, a parent ripping a teacher's face mask on monday, according to school superintendent tom leonard. >> let's just least mask wars out of the schools. >> reporter: in alert to parents and staff, he called it a physical assault on a teacher by a parent. >> if you want to fight those wars, fight them somewhere else. don't mess with the teachers, they have a hard enough job right now. >> reporter: a teacher was hospitalized after a parent attacked him during a verbal argument over face masks, a district official says. >> it was between a parent and the principal, the intervened saying, it's time to go. >> reporter: the teacher was

stitched up with cuts and lacerations to his face. police responded to the sxhcene and are investigating. the parent was not arrested. the superintendent says assaulting a teacher will not be tolerated on any school campus. in this demonstration, it was a news reporter who fell victim. this video capturing his hat getting knocked off and his glasses ripped from his head while he tried to do an interview, according to his twitter post. >> it just exploded pretty quickly. unfortunately this is a pattern we've seen at a few other protests around l.a. >> reporter: the tension and misinformation flowing into county board meetings like this one in san diego. >> your children and your children's children will be subjugated! how many vaccines have you had? have you been a good little nazi? hail fauci!

>> reporter: and into school boardrooms in florida too. >> we also had the bird flu. >> reporter: the debate today in miami-dade stretching out for hours. >> you know what is better for our children, better than the parents and the mothers who have to give birth to those children. >> reporter: at the same time, this in hillsboro county in the tampa area. >> we are surrendering our children to a pandemic of sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. >> reporter: in louisiana state board of elementary and secondary education meeting was adjourned after a raucous crowd refused to put on masks. in tennessee last week the chaos started inside the school boardroom. >> we know who you are! no more masks! >> reporter: and spilled into the street. >> we know who you are! >> reporter: with crowds he heckling officials after they approved a mask mandate. sheriff's deputies had to

intervene to help them leave the premises. >> parents should not feel threatened in a parking lot. that is not the america i know. >> reporter: educators warn children are watching and learning. rosa flores, cnn, dallas. >> they sure are watching. thank you, rosa. i want to make sure you know about we love new york city. the homecoming concert. join us for a once in a lifetime event saturday, starting at 5:00 p.m., exclusively on cnn. president joe biden defiant on the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan but he says troops may stay past the august 31 deadline in order to get out all on americans. more on our breaking news just ahead. r you're winning, or just doing your best. when you're on the lanes, they're right behind you. reunite with your team. go bowling.

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tonight, president biden is saying u.s. troops may stay in afghanistan past the augus