thanks for watching. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. "outfront" next, breaking news, several biden advisors urging him not to keep troops past the august 31st deadline in afghanistan siting security concerns on the ground. this as warnings grow louder on the terror threat coming from afgha afghanistan. mississippi's poison control center inundated with calls of people taking a drug to treat parricides in horses. why? because it's being pushed by the right as a cure for covid.

21 people including 7 month old twins swept away by catastrophic flash floods in tennessee. i'll talk to a mother who along with her 4 month old barely made it out of her flooded home alive. let's go "outfront". good evening, everyone. i'm kate bolduan in for erin burnett. we have breaking news. president biden being urged by several advisors against keeping troops in afghanistan past the august 31st deadline. the reason, the deteriorating security situation on the ground. meanwhile, the pentagon needs the president to decide by tomorrow whether to extend the deadline in order to honor his promise of evacuating all americans and afghan allies. also at this hour, top intel officials just wrapped up a briefing for the house intelligence committee on afghanistan and this briefing coming as warnings grow louder and louder over the terror threat from afghanistan. jake sullivan today addressed a possible isis attack on the

kabul airport after calling the threat real, acute and pers persistent. >> our commanders on the ground have taken every step they can to prepare for such an attack. our president has authorized every capability that those commanders have asked for to protect the air field against such an attack. >> also tonight, intelligence officials tell cnn that the u.s. is now scrambling to fill the intelligence vacuum that exists following the taliban's rapid takeover of the country and officials also saying the takeover has given a boost the terrorest and extremist groups. one former u.s. counterterrorism official telling cnn quote, as we are approaching 9/11 for them to be able to reclaim afghanistan, think about what that does for recruitment. as for the august 31st deadline, the taliban warning the white house that quote, that deadline is quote a red line and that crossing it would lead to consequences. of course, no one knows and no one has said what those

consequences would be. one bit of positive news, the pentagon revealing today the u.s. is making real progress so far 37,000 people including u.s. citizens and afghan allies have been evacuated out of afghanistan since august 14th. that includes 16,000 in the span of 24 hours. a vast improvement in what is some of the harshest conditions and so far, thankfully, without a single american casualty. but as administration knows too well, the situation on the ground is very fragile and could turn at any moment. kaitlan collins is "outfront" at the white house for us tonight. how much pressure is president biden getting around this deadline tonight? >> reporter: i think it's basically a hard deadline, kate, because it is something that the pentagon needs to know what the decision is because it takes a lot of time to move those thousands of u.s. troops on the ground right now out of there in addition to their equipment and their weapons. and so that is why the military has advised the president that

he has essentially until tomorrow to make a decision about whether or not he is going to extend that deadline to remove u.s. troops from afghanistan by august 31st, which is of course where it is right now and kate, what we're told is that as of today, president biden has not made a decision one way or another about what he's going to do but of course, he's going to have to make one in the next 24 hours and it's a decision we could find out as soon as tomorrow morning potentially because at 9:30 east wern time on his schedule he has a meeting with the g 7 leaders, nations, allies some of whom are calling on president biden to extend the deadline because they think it would be in the best interest for this evacuation process underway now. kate, we're learning there are several advisors here at the white house who do not think it is in the u.s. interest to extend that deadline. siting the security situation on the ground as we know that officials are increasingly concerned about that chaotic situation happening outside the kabul airport and it could be right for a terrorist attack.

they've been monitoring potential threats from isis k and other organizations so the idea whether or not the president is going to extend that deadline, it's not clear yet what decision he's made but we do know there are several people who are advising president biden against this tonight. >> he will need to make it soon. you do know. good to see you, thank you very much for that. i want to go to sam kylie "outfront" in kabul tonight. you hear her talk about th admini administration's concerns about the security situation in afghanistan and on the ground. how dangerous is it there? >> reporter: it's extremely dangerous. there is if you like a confluence of interest ifiticale to make an attack against the large crowds on the base and there is some kind of probing attack, the first we've seen since the u.s. took over or the lead element here at the airport last night. this is my report.

one of four afghan soldiers wounded in a fire fight after an unknown sniper killed a comrade who was guarding kabul's airport. the attack followed warnings that isis posed a threat to the evacuation of thousands of foreigners and afghans from the capital. >> the threat is real. it is acute. it is persistent, and it is something we're focused on with every tool in our arsenal. >> reporter: the first known attack on the airport came as the state department said that afghans who have been issued special immigration visas would no longer be allowed in. thousands of others inside the air field are being evacuated. this is the stage for evacuees before they get on an aircraft and get out of the country to safety. they're down to the last 10,000 having moved 10 and a half thousand the last 24 hours. thousands of people left outside the gate with no prospect now that the special immigration visas have been suspended of getting in and getting out to

safety. the reopening of the gates to the airport is likely to depend on how long u.s. and coalition forces can stay on to run evacuations. president biden has said troops would remain until all americans are out. but the taliban have said no ex eng ex en extensions by august 31st. letters with the taliban seal sent to the brother of an interpreter that worked for u.s. forces. apparently from a taliban court, they demand first that he present himself and when he failed to do so, delivered him a death sentence. all in the last three months. >> their life was in danger. >> reporter: this african american is a sergeant in the 82nd airborne. originally from kabul, he was an interpreter for u.s. forces for nine years before enlisting. his family was also threatened. >> we received two letters, threatening letters. that's why we're moving out.

we moved two locations. >> reporter: his family was evacuated this week in a process where the high point is when safety comes from a white wrist band. it's a plane ticket already given to more than 38,000 people in a massive airlift. one during which there have been no american deaths but the window from more flights to freedom for foreigners and a afghans is fast closing. now kate, the situation continues to be extremely dangerous, which is why the united states and other countries, the british, norwegians, danes and others have been using what they are calling alternative routes. these as you can imagine are closely guarded secrets involving special forces sometimes involving the use of helicopters, but to go and try to pluck people out of areas where they're too vulnerable in getting to the airport and of course, that doesn't solve the problem of the vulnerability of

people at the gates of the airpo airport. that is of deep concern. there is concern they want to try to reopen the gates to get the evacuation process going for the 10,000 inside this airport will be the last ones being evacuated and there are many, many thousands of others including american citizens according to the state department who are expecting to be evacuated. i can hear gunfire over to my left. kate? >> sam, thank you so much for your continued fantastic reporting there. really appreciate it. "outfront" with me now democratic congressman mike briefed as a member of the house intelligence committee on the situation on the ground in afghanistan. i know with any classified briefing, you're going to be limited in what you can share. how serious do you believe the threat is of an isis attack in afghanistan as we learn more about the real concerns from administration? >> sure, as administration pointed out, the threat is very real and very serious. we also know that look, if we had withdrawn five years ago,

five years from now, it wouldn't be clean. it would be brutal as we're witnessing now. i think what is important for us and what i would advice the president is we need to complete the mission by filling our commitment to protecting those who helped us. that's going to be very tough by august 3 1st. >> and just hope you're able to hear from my colleague kaitlan collins that president biden is getting some pressure internally to not ex entend the deadline p the end of the month because of the fragile security situation on the ground, because concerns are great and growing. do you think given the uncertain and dangerous security situation, does that change your opinion if the president should extend past the deadline or not? >> i think our commitment has to be with those who helped us. this was a 20-year fight and they protected americans. they kept us safe. they saved lives for us to abandon them is not what we are

as a country. i recognize the risks involved and solute our military there but i think the taliban is making this far more difficult and time consuming. i think the president needs to make it clear to them. you get out of the way or we're going to stay until everyone is out that we made this commitment to. >> coming out of this briefing, are you more concerned or less concerned about the situation on the ground there from what you heard? >> look, my -- i think the threats coming out of afghanistan are consistent for the time i've been in congress for almost 13 years, half of that on intel and nothing changed my understanding of the danger of the situation there, and why our role mattered so much. >> today, the president's national security advisor said it's impossible to know how many americans are still there and laid out reasons why but another member of your committee said to me today that that is exactly the question that he had going into this briefing. did you find out the answer to

that, how many americans they believe are in country? >> yeah, and again, i can't talk about what we were briefed on today. >> even if you don't tell me, do you feel comefortable you have n estimate? >> no and i think i understand why. it's impossible for us here to understand the true nature of the chaos and danger taking place there now. there is absolutely no information people can get. there is no way to transfer information -- >> absolutely but how do you know how to get out? when it's -- when you're clear to get out, when you've completed this operation if you don't get a handle? right? it is a fundamental problem even if it comes from, you know, a place of understanding that this is a chaotic situation? that's absolutely true. the best i think you can do is create a safe passage. again, it goes to the president's promise to get all america cns out and our commitmt to get everybody out that helped us. it is impossible to know exactly

how many americans are still there or with visas or those two are most vulnerable, who we still want to help. all we can do is the best we can. unless there is a portal to safe passage into the airport, those people won't have a chance communication or not. >> yeah. there is a lot of work ahead. congressman, thank you for your time. >> thank you. "outfront" with me now, seth jones an expert on afghanistan and terrorism at the center for strategic and international studies and warned late last year the taliban would takeover afghanistan with the u.s. with drew from the country. thanks for coming in. you've been talking to a lot of sources in the last 24 hours and you are really concerned about the potential of an isis attack at the airport in kabul. can you tell us why? >> yeah, i think if we look at what isis has been doing over the past year, they have been conducting these attacks not just in kabul itself but in other places in afghanistan. they don't care about any discussions between the u.s. and

taliban right now. in fact, i think for islamic state leaders, this is a primary opportunity to show their actually in competition with both the taliban and al qaeda for the global muslims right now. i think this is an opportunity to conduct an attack against a vulnerable u.s. that is backed into the airport right now and i think the threat assessments support that. >> how does that factor into the decision that as we're learning, the president essentially is being told by the pentagon he needs to make by tomorrow, which is are you going to extend past the deadline or not? how does this isis threat factor into this? it's very real. >> yeah, well, i mean, it's certainly true the longer u.s. forces stay at the airport, the longer they will be exposed to attacks from groups like the islamic state. i think you draw this one out for days, if not weeks. the u.s. is definitely going to be targeted at the airport. i mean, everybody in the world knows that the americans are

locked down at the airport right now. that's a very vulnerable situation. >> especially with the mass of humanity that is there. any crowd as always opportunity for a horrible situation to play out. cnn has this new reporting tonight that the united states right now is scrambling to kind of fill the intelligence vacuum that has been left in the wake of the rapid collapse of the country and the rapid takeover by the taliban. what does that mean, seth? how big of a problem is this really? >> i mean, it a huge problem. i've spent considerable time in u.s. special operations in afghanistan on this issue, and i can say sort of straightforward firsthand that we don't have a lot of assets on the ground. we don't have an ally anymore because the taliban runs the government. we don't have a basis right now other than the kabul airport but we're about to lose that. we don't have a basis in the region now. in terms of assets on the ground, allies, collection platforms, bases to fly

intelligence surveillance recognizance aircraft, it is hard to put ourselves in a worse situation now where u.s. officials already highlighting the seriousness of afghanistan by islamic state attack at the airport. so i mean, we put ourselves in a really, really tough situation that frankly, i don't see getting a lot better. >> seth, thank you. >> thank you very much. "outfront" with me next, president biden's agenda facing a critical test on capitol hill. members of his party threatening to derail a vote to advance his top priorities:plus, pfizer's covid-19's vaccine gets the fda official stamp of approval. could the biden administration mandate vaccines on planes and trains after this monumental decision? calls to poison control over a fabricated covid cure. why are people taking drugs intended for horses? and how did word even spread about this drug?

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with a backing of democratic senator joe mansion demanding the house pass the infrastructure bipartisan deal first before taking on the budget. there is a lot going on this jessica dean is "outfront" from capitol hill. this seems to be moving quickly. what is happening tonight? >> reporter: there are a lot of developments in the past hour. let me set the stage for everyone. we know nancy pelosi wants to move forward with this budget bill first and then vote on infras infrastructure. we know that these moderates are holding that up. she needs their vote. she's only got a three-vote margin and there is at least nine of them. so they want to instead vote infrastructure first. what happened within the last hour? typically, for this procedural vote to go through, they would vote on what is known as the rule first for whatever bill they're voting on and then vote on the actual bill. what has happened now is that the rules committee met and they have done something called ed deeming.

that means they will only have to vote one time on this budget resolution and that could come as early as tonight. we are told they do expect to hold this vote tonight on the budget resolution and if it passes tonight, that's it. it is cleared its legislative hurdle in the house setting up a blueprint for a reconciliation bill. the question, kate, remains can nancy pelosi get the nine moderate democrats to vote for this rule tonight, to get them on board? we're told right now if you take a look on the house floor, you can see some of these moderate democrats huddled with others. we have been talking with them in the halls. they say they're still working out a deal so the question remains what deal can they get and can they get this done? that's what we're watching tonight is when this vote comes up, can speaker pelosi keep the democrats together and get it through? >> fascinating to watch this play out. thank you for laying it out. "outfront" with me janohn kasich of ohio.

governor, you know that insanity that is house jargon better than anybody. the rule, the deem, the pass, the whatever. let's talk -- let's put it in english. the white house and speaker pelosi, they're on the same page on this. they want to pass this budget bill to set this up so they can, you know, come to this massive reconciliation deal. before they do this and vote on the bipartisan infrastructure package but as jessica is laying out, they are getting jammed up somewhat by their own party. how do you think this shakes out? >> well, i wonder if the moderates are going to hold firm. they should. i mean, this is a $3.5 trillion package and what they're saying is pass the infrastructure bill because we don't know what will happen with the other part of this thing and we want the infrastructure bill to pass. and now, kate, you may think this is -- or some people may think this is way out there. i think actually pelosi has a moment here to tell

progressives, no, i'll pass this with republicans because there are plenty of republicans that want to vote for an infrastructure bill and plenty of democrats but seem to be holding it hostage to this big monstrosity of a $3.5 trillion -- not saying everything in there is bad because it's not but to lump it together to me is out of balance. that's what the moderates are saying, but will they stay strong or fizzle? one other thing, kate, you noticed the president's aprol r -- approval ratings aren't what they used to be. through the spending trillions of dollars, i mean, it didn't sit well with people and that's not why joe biden was elected to do all these things. infrastructure, if he does it, it will be applauded by both sides of the aisle. it will be applauded across this country and his ratings will improve because that's when he ran on, bringing people together. >> is there something to this? you've got -- there are clear signs that, you know, it's kind of storm clouds ahead when it comes to this big budget deal because you got moderates in the senate and joe mansion and

christian cinema who are clear they got a problem with the price tag for one and you wonder then why does speaker pelosi want to put what are now vulnerable members in the position of having to vote yes or no, which is a sticky position but is there some kind of, i don't know, three dimensional chess of let this play out and then everyone can kind of have a little bit of what they want and it will end up in the same place? i'm trying to understand it here myself because when you have margin why put people in more vulnerable positions? >> if i were betting, kate, i would bet that they will work this moderate democrats over and promise them things and threaten them with some things and put the heat on them and then they'll probably fold like a cheap suit but maybe they won't. and if they don't,infrastructur. we faced this, kate, back in the days i was there we were trying to do welfare reform and

medicate. so clinton didn't want to have both of them. he -- so the issue for us is wait a minute, do we take one and pass it and figure out the other one later? fortunately, we took one. we took welfare reform. here you have a situation where the country wants the infrastructure bill. everyone wants to see improvements in roads and bridges and everything that's out there and the fact is if they pass that, it would be great. but they're holding that up in exchange for this $3.5 trillion big bill. my view is break the $3.5 trillion bill up and let people vote on pieces of it like the tax credit, the family tax credit. things like that are good but don't jam it through and try to put a red, you know, a round peg in a square hole and i think they got trouble in the senate anyway. cinema said she's not even in a mood to negotiate. so pass the infrastructure bill, get it done but at the end, they'll probably jam it somehow

if i had to guess, kate. that's kind of the way that place works. >> that is -- no matter who is in power, that is often how it works. democrat and republican alike. let's see what happens tonight and what happens then the rest of this week. this is really interesting moment happening, playing out before us. governor, good to see you, thank you. "outfront" next here come the mandates now that pfizer's covid vaccine has full fda approval but will that convince vaccine skeptics to get the shot if it required? a poison control center getting calls for help after people are taking a drug meant for livestock. they falsely believed it's a cure for covid. who told them that? that liberty mutual knows everyone's unique. that's why they customize your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. [ nautical horn blows ] i mean just because you look like someone else doesn't mean you eat off the floor, or yell at the vacuum, or need flea medication.

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tonight the flood gates opening for vaccine mandates after the fda gets full approval for pfizer's covid vaccine. all 1.4 million active duty service members will be required by the pentagon to be vaccinated. nearly 150,000 public school employees in new york city facing similar mandates along

with tens of thousands of students at the university of minnesota. cvs announcing mandates for pharmacists and corporate employees and chevron the first oil company to require the vaccine. "outfront" now is professor of global health law at georgetown university. he advised the biden administration on covid vaccine mandates and the author of global health security a blueprint of the future. thanks for being here. you think this is a monumental moment in this pandemic. why? >> i do. we have to sit back. it's about eight months since we first applied these covid-19 vaccines. we have to really pat ourselves on the back. this is a triumph of science and humanity and i think that it's going to be a pivotal landmark to get the country vaccinated because of the landmarks you've been talking about. >> president biden pressed for all americans that said they're

waiting for full approval to go out and get the shot without delay but there is a big question how big that group really is versus people who just will not get the shot no matter what. over the weekend even former president trump was booed for promoting covid vaccines at a rally in alabama. let me play this for everyone. >> i recommend taking the vaccines. i did it. it's good. take the vaccines, that's okay. that's all right. you got your freedoms. but i happened to take the vaccine. >> do you think the full approval in and of itself will have a meaningful impact in getting more shots in arms? >> first of all, it's pretty sad commentary that you would be booed for those kinds of remarks but yeah, there will be a few. the studies that we've done show that, you know, they will be 5% of the undecideds who will go ahead and get the vaccine.

so you've got basically hard core anti-vaxxers are those who are just so politicized this pandemic that they are just not going to listen to science and just good commonsense but there are a lot of really good americans that have been saying wait a minute, on the consent forms for emergency use authorization, it says experimental. let wait until it has full approval. well, now it does and i do think that many will change their mind and as they see their neighbors do it, more will do it. >> and then also, this does open -- it's been described to me the wave coming of business and government and organizations saying now they feel more comfortable requiring vaccinations to do business with them or work -- or to go to a workplace and more so for people who don't want to get vaccinated and will now inevitably face a vaccine requirement, what legal

rights do those people have? >> kate, they really don't have any legal rights because businesses, universities, cities and states have the power to require vaccinations and if you need a vaccine to go to a safe workplace for a safe classroom or in new york city, more cities to come, you need a vaccine to get into a restaurant or a concert or movie, people are going to roll up their sleeves and people aren't going to want to just get tested once or twice weekly. it's much easier to get the vaccine and we've got really good evidence that mandates work. they are highly effective over time. >> dr. fauci just said this evening that if a majority of americans get vaccinated right now, we may be able in his view to get control of the pandemic

in about a year. >> if all things go the way we want them to go and get really the overwhelming majority of the people vaccinated, i think as we get into the fall and winter we could start to really get some good control over this as we get back into the fall of 2022. >> the context of mandates, how far do you think president biden given that timeline can go and should go with requiring vacc vaccines? >> you know, first of all, tony fauci is right, i've worked with him since the aids epidemic. we can bring this down. look at the delta variant in the u.k. it's starting to drop already so i think we are going to be able to do it. president biden was very reluctant to do mandates. it was a political third rail but he saw cases really spiking, people in the hospital, he had a

seat change and all in on mandates now. you can't have a national mandate. that's a big misconception. the president has no power to require that but he has and can require it of the military, the entire federal work force. i'd like to see him do a proof of vaccination system so that it makes it easier for states and cities to actually require proof of vaccination and he can use federal funding as a condition. and he's already starting to think about that. the white house has been very actively trying to think what can we do? one of the things they're trying to do is get hospitals and long term residential care settings to require vaccines as a condition of medicate and medicare funding. >> you think he could require it on planes and trains, as well? >> absolutely could. not only could, he really

should. there should be vaccine requirement one form or another for international travel. in the united states he could do it for interstate and international travel. he's done it for masks. it makes no sense to be tested and masked to get into the united states but you don't have toc va toc vaccinated. that's well within his power. he should do it and do it now. >> thanks for your time. "outfront" next you are not a horse, that is the message from health officials as some people are taking a drug meant for livestock, thinking it will cure covid and they're ending up in the hospital. plus, one family's incredible saga during a title wave of flooding in tennessee that so far claimed 21 lives, the frantic mother of a 4 month old baby, she did what she never imagined as a relative struggled to try to save them.

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tonight, the poiseon contro center in mississippi inundated with calls ingesting a drug used for horses. they're taking this drug thinking it's a cure for covid and they're wrong. >> reporter: it is medicine for horses, medicine for cows but the mississippi poison control center has been pelted with calls from people taking ivermectin in an attempt to dodge covid. 70% obtained the drug from animal supplies. two people hospitalized. >> why in the world would an individual want to take a medication for livestock? >> reporter: officials say most of the reported cases have not been too serious, but they warn taking a dose intended for 1,000 pound animal could lead to overdose, to seizures, coma and death. the fda tweeting you are not a horse, you are not a cow, seriously, y'all, stop it. >> let me just say very clearly

that ivermectin is not a recommended treatment for covid-19. it is not a recommended drug to prevent covid-19. >> reporter: still, with the white house and so many health officials steadily encouraging legitimate approved free covid vaccinations. >> the sooner you get fully vaccinated, the sooner you'll be protected. >> reporter: how has ivermectin come into play. >> i've i'vermectin. >> reporter: itthe same way som hope on wild cures like uv light and hydroxychloroquine. >> it's something we're trying to evaluate in the middle of a pandemic. >> reporter: and president trump embraced manydisinif hfif -- d

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also died being swept up by the floodwaters. anthony and vanessa yates, those two, they were among the lucky ones to make it out alive and they have quite a story to tell. they join me now along with their 4-month-old baby. thank you both for being here. after seeing the pictures of what happened in tennessee, it's unbelievable. i mean your story stopped my heart today when i read it. anthony and vanessa, you were separated when all this happened. anthony, you left for work early that morning. a few hours later, vanessa, you're standing on your countertop with your 4-month-old because the water is rising so fast. it sounds like it happened in an instant, vanessa. can you tell me what you saw and what was going through your mind then? >> i just felt so overwhelmed. i didn't know -- i just felt

like i was going to drown because it just happened so quickly. and i just knew that i needed help. and so people just came to my rescue. i had all kinds of people trying to get to me. my family and all kinds of people had posted on facebook get to her. she has a little baby, she needs help. and the next thing i know, it wasn't long after that, that someone was at our house. >> what were you seeing? in the moment it's probably hard to remember. but when you realized that you had to get on the countertop and you had to -- and then you ended up putting coralei on top of the kitchen cabinets to get her as far away from the water as possible, what were you seeing at that time? >> the water was -- i mean everything was floating. someone was like put her on top

of the fridge. everything was floating. everything was under water at that point. and getting on top of the kitchen counter has my only option. everything was under water. my ankles were actually covered with water at that point. and so i just put her at the highest level i could and just prayed to god that we would be okay. >> we were just showing video and i'll show it again of your brother-in-law who came looking for you. he was in a kayak. and then he kind of recorded a video just moments -- in like a moment that he didn't know if he was going to be able to reach you and coralei. let me play this. >> somebody help me. there's a house on fire over there. i don't know what to do. i can't call vanessa. if i die, i don't make it, i

tried. i love you all. >> and what did you think when you saw him and he arrived for help? >> it was honestly such a relief because he came through the kitchen and helped me get off the counter and helped us into the boat. it was just -- i was just so glad to make it back to land honestly. >> and there's an another other chapter of this story, anthony. this whole time you're trying to get home from work, roads blocked, flooded, washed out, all of the above. you start walking because you get out of your car, no idea what's happening with your family. i mean what is going through your mind? and then that moment when you finally reunited. >> oh, my goodness. so of course i got up to go to work that morning and the rain was only just starting.

and then i get the call that vanessa says the house is flooding. i said what do you mean the house is flooding? i know it's raining hard but surely it can't be -- regardless, that's my wife and baby. if she says that the house is flooding, the house is flooding, i'm getting out of there. i'm going to get my wife and baby. and so i drive out of there as quickly but safely as i possibly can. and once i get through mccuen, i come to an impasse where the ems workers are turning everyone away. the road between mccuen and waverly has just entirely washed away. but i mean i wasn't about to wait. i had to make sure that my wife and baby were okay so i walked along the railroad tracks. i get back in town and i met

some of the most wonderful people. they gave me a lift to my house once i was in town and the ems workers, they were still outside trying to evacuate houses and everything like that. i see mine and i see the one next to us is completely gone and its remnants are on fire and i just -- i start running to the house as quickly as i can. and i'm like have you guys evacuated my wife and baby? we got everybody out of that, we're pretty sure. i say please be sure, she's a 4-month-old girl. they go with me to help. i had the window that i can see is busted out, and i could see the most heart warming thing i'd

seen, two pointy little ears sticking up, our family dog lily. >> so you get your dog and then you get to be reunited with your beautiful wife and daughter. i have to say, guys, it's such an honor to meet you. the fact that sweet coralei has just been an angel this entire time, i'm just sitting here in awe. god bless her. it's so nice to meet you. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. outfront for us next, capitol police say the shooting of january 6th rioter ashli babbitt was lawful and the police officer will not be disciplined even though donald trump tries to make her a martyr. we'll be right back.

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crowd was breaking through a barricaded doorway, the entrance to the speaker's lobby that day. the office of professional responsibility has determined the officer's conduct was lawful and within department policy regarding use of force. he has not and will not be publicly identified because he and his family have received credible threats, according to the department. thanks for joining us this morning. "ac 360" starts now. good evening. today has been a day of truly good news in the fight against covid but it is tempered by what one of the leading figures in it just said about the timeline. today dr. anthony fauci told national public radio we could start to really get some good control of this as we get back into the fall of 2022. not this fall, next fall. it all depends, he said, on how successful the vaccination effort is. he joins us in a few moments. we begin with a milestone in that vital effort. the fda granting full approval to pfizer's covid vaccine fo