very good tuesday morning, i'm jim sciutto. >> and i'm erica hill. and any moment now president biden set to speak from the white house on the heels of the

positive report showing inflation cooling in november. we'll break down the numbers. and we'll also bring you the president's remarks when he makes his way to that podium. >> the market jumps on this news. and the founder of the crypto joint ftx, sax bankman fr fried has been indicted. he's set to make his first court appearance this morning just hours after he was arrested in the bahamas. the s.e.c. is also charging the 30-year-old with fraud. all of this as the company's new ceo is set to be grilled on capitol hill this hour. it is a remarkable story of lost of tens of billion dollars. and right now a tornado warning is in effect near dallas, texas after a massive winter storm is slamming into states from coast to coast. this morning new video of suspected tornado, from parker county, texas, millions are bra

bracing for dangerous winds, we'll have a live update in the moment. we do begin with that failed cryptocurrency exchange. the founder sam bankman-fried arrested in the bahamas and charged with eight charges. >> and we're following every angle of this developing story. kara scannell joins us now. running into this, there was questions was this just a mistake, was he in over his head or was this fraud. now we know that u.s. prosecutors very much believe this is criminal and fraud. tell us about the charges they're bringing. >> yeah, good morning. this indictment was just unsealed moments ago and what federal prosecutors are charged, multiple counts of conspiracy and counts of wire fraud. what they allege were several different schemes, one that he had defrauded customers using customer assets in the trading platform but then transferring it illegally into a hedge fund called alameda research that

bankman-fried also ran. this is what prosecutors say was a fraudulent scheme because the customers in the ftx trading platform did not know that their money could be use fld this other way. that is one of the elements. and another allegation here is that they are defrauded lenters to that alameda research by giving the lenders false information about the financial condition of that hedge fund and also charged with crimes related to campaign financing, that they exceeded on how much individuals or companies could contribute to politicians and political parties and they made donations in others names. so a bare bones indictment, 14 counts. but what we learned earlier today was a lot of information about what authorities think went on inside of this company. we look at the civil charges brought by the securities and exchang exchange commission. and they get into more details. they say that investors in both ftx the company as well as the

trading platform customers were defrauded. and to sum up what the s.e.c. said, they said bankman fried said it was a safe crypto platform touting ftx automated risk measures to proteskt customer assets in reality he orchestrated a year's long fraud to conceal from ftx investors and money that he stole from investors was used for political donations to buy luxury real estate in the bahamas and $1.3 billion in loans were taken out by bankman-fried personally. jim and erica. >> the dollar figures are remarkable. thank you so much. >> and remarkable that s.e.c. filing said he knew exactly what was doing. sam bankman fried, we were expecting him to testify in a hearing and that is set to move forward with the me ceo john jay

ray. matt egan is following this angle for us. what are we expecting ray will say this morning? >> reporter: it is a little bit of a letdown that we're not going to get to see sam bankman fried get grilled by lawmakers. but in john ray, we're hearing from someone who spent the last month basically digging through the rubble. trying to understand what went wrong, how ftx went from an industry leader to basically a poster child for what could go wrong. and in his prepared remarks, john ray paints the picture of a company that is basically a dumpster fire. let me read you a key line from the statement. ep wrote, quote, never in my career have i seen such an utter failure of corporate controls from the lack of financial statements to a complete failure of any internal controls or governance what so ever. the company's control is in the hands of a small group of grossly inexperienced and unsophisticated individuals. this statement is particularly

damning coming from john ray because he is best known for leading another infamous company through bankruptcy and that is enron. now he stopped short of outright calling ftx a fraud but he does make a series of allegations about just what happened here. he said that customer funds weren't mixed with assets of ftx hedge fund, that backs up some of the allegations that cara just talked about from the s.e.c. and from federal prosecutors. he said the hedge funds made risky bets and they went on a $5 billion spending spree on investments and businesses and also said that the company had loans and payments to insiders of excess of $1 billion. lawmakers are going to question him today about how much responsibility sam bankman fried gets here and who else may have done things wrong here. >> we will be watching for that. and it is interesting to see what we get in terms of answers. matt, appreciate it. thank you. well the fallout from the demise of ftx has wide-ranging

impact. investors of all sizes were misled. we're talking about the very rich down to people who might have just had a thousand bucks in with him. they were all told this was a legitimate platform. now the question is will they get some, any of their money back. christine romans ie madoff and theranos. but what strikes me about this one is the total lack of oversight. you have a virtual kid here who so many people entrusted t themselves with but they didn't have a board of directors. they were doing things that should have been obvious, at least required someone to be watching. >> i mean, what i see, it doesn't look like they were pretending to be a legitimate grown up company yet marketing themselves to the world as a safe entry level place for regular investors to buy, sell and hold their crypt as assets. and in reality it was anything but that safe place.

it is a reminder, you guys, i think the fallout here is that it is still the wild west in crypto, right. it is buyer beware. you don't have the alphabet soup of banking regulators that could go in there andin s inspect. it is not a bank or a security's dealer, necessarily. there are laws, the securities and exchange commission using production laws to civilly charge this company. but it is a reminder here that congress might have to come in here and start to talk about how you're going to regulate this part of the world. because real investors got hurt and may not be made hold here. >> there is also a lot of focus, as we started to see issues with crypto, there was a spotlight on celebrities that had endorsed different companies. there is also a spotlight now when we talk about ftx on sam bankman-fried's parents. >> this is so interesting. his parents are both well liked law professors at stanford law

school. that gave him sort of a veneer of credibility. if you watch the super bowl, you saw some of your favorite people talking about crypto as if you're missing out on the next big thing. it was a little bit get rich quick feeling, didn't it feel that way to you? >> it did. >> and that is usually how these things turn out. the government is alleging fraud. he's a modern crypto snake oil salesman. we've heard a lot from him. we haven't heard what he will say to the charges when he's arraigned later this morning. but this is just one of those stories, if you wrote it as a script, you know, the hollywood producers would say that is too outrageous but this is happening. >> often real life is stranger than fiction as we know. christine, appreciate it. we're getting some new accounts this morning from folks who survived tornados overnight. of course most concerning when they happen overnight. we're talking about these in texas and oklahoma. >> this storm is incredible. because there is a lot of snow

and a lot of tornados and the threat of more tornados expected to increase as this storm continues to move east. you are looking at damage from wayne, oklahoma, where a reported tornado tore apart homes and toppled trees. this is about three hours south, also of parker county, texas. here is what one man told our affiliate kttv. >> i looked the door to go ouchded and i noticed the tornado was passing right next to us so i got my own out and i decided to film it and i saw all of the power lines exploding and after that it happened. all of the cars passing by on the road started to stop. so i decided to come and check on my neighbors and my front neighbors. so whenever i came out here, yeah, i just noticed everything was destroyed. >> looking at that picture, there is metal wrapped around the tree. it gives you a sense of the force of the wind. ed lavendera is at the airport

in dallas where they just lifted a shelter-in-place order due to a tornado warning. we also have chad myers tracking the storm. ed, first to you. has the threat passed there? >> reporter: yeah, just a few moments ago, officials here at airport at dfw lifted that severe weather emergency. at alarms have been blaring here for almost an hour. everyone urged to stay away from the windows as the line of severe weather blew through this area. and the airport sits half way between fort worth and dallas. and this is a system that has spawned a number of tornados west of where we are. so the threat here was very real. and it blew through very quickly. just a few moments ago you could barely see out of the windows and see the planes out there on the tarmac. it got so dark here. but that storm system has moved through the area. officials here at the airport now saying that the severe weather emergency here at the airport location has lifted. but there are still a number of severe weather emergencies and

warnings around the dallas-fort worth area and tornado warnings as well. so this line of storms continues to move through here and it has caused some damage in areas around north texas. but just to give you a sense of how quickly things are moving through here, our flight, which has been delayed is already now starting to board. jim and erica, back to you. >> and we're going to let you get on that flight, my friend. appreciate the update. ed lavendera live from the airport. chad, what else is this system bringing? not only to areas of texas but to the rest of the country? >> absolutely. snow to the north. blizzard warnings. some lightning in nebraska which is on the back side, an either ice and sleet event so thunder sleet and blowing conditions to the west of that. here is dallas. here is ed lavendera right there and the tornado that he was talking about was a small tornado but it did make damage at the sam's club. it moves about a mile just to the northwest of that airport.

the bigger storm that had all of the damage that we were showing you in parker county, that was to the west here, quite a few miles near decatur, texas, but this is a mess. dallas you're about to get it with this severe thunderstorm warning here and severe thunderstorm warning here. we don't have rotation at this point. but these storms have been rotated. so do not let your guard down. when you get the warning on your phone or stay away from windows, get to your safe place until this is all gone. you have 45 minutes and this is over. still a tornado watch in effect. soo those storms could spin. when they get closer to our derek van damme is later there in the day, through shreveport, that is where we see the storms possibly even after dark. days are very short this time of the year so we don't get a lot of light in the afternoon. there is the snowstorm. here is the ice. and then this is the severe weather on the tail end of this storm. there is your blizzard warning. and it is a blizzard. i guarantee it.

39-mile-per-hour at scotts bluff, 46 in rapid city. look at the visibility. it is in the quarter mile range. a quarter mile in akron. interstates are closed here. things aren't moving because almost zero visibility at times. so a lot going on. big storm moving to the east. >> yeah. certainly keeping you businessy, it is a big storm. might call it a perfect storm. not in a good way. chad myers and ed lavendera boarded his flight. thank you so much to both of you. any moment now, president biden is set to speak. we're standing by for those remarks and we'll bring them to you live. plus lawmakers scrambling to reach an agreement to fund the government before that looming shutdown. the deadline is the end week. we'll take you live to capitol hill. >> and later, for the first time in history, u.s. scientists produced a nuclear fusion reaction resulting in a net energy gain. what does this all mean? well there is talk here of a

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same-sex marriage bill that he's going to be signing into law later this afternoon. obviously this is going to be such a historic moment for the country, but it is also noting how significant this is in terms of the personal evolution for president biden on this issue over the decades, just keep in mind that as senator, he had voted to reject federal recognition of same-sex marriage. he had said for years that marriage should be between a man and a woman. and then there was this moment from may of 2012 when vice president joe biden said this and surprised many across the country. >> you're comfortable with same-sex marriage now? >> look, i am vice president of the united states of america. the president sets the policy. i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, and women marrying women are entitled to the same exact

rights, all of the civil rights and liberties. >> reporter: now i know that in the year 2022 this might sound like nothing. but just keep in mind just what a big moment this was ten years ago when biden said this. he was expressing support for same-sex marriage publicly for the first time in that interview. he also got ahead, remember, of then president barack obama sort of forcing him to come out and take the same position a few days later and was seen as this water shed moment in modern american politics around the issue of same-sex marriage. so just worth keeping that context in mind as we watch the president sign this into law. we do expect this to be a big and celebratory event on the south lawn with thousands of guests that were invited to attend this event. >> i believe at time obama said that biden got over his skis and you have to go back to 1996 when there was bipartisan legislation pass to define marriage only between a man and a woman.

m.j. lee, thank you very much. just four days to act, lawmakers on capitol hill are expected to pass a short-term extension before government funding runs out on friday. the one-week stop-gap bill would give more of a broader full year funding deal. >> manu raju is joining us. so they're going to get a week here. is that week enough to negotiate a longer term deal? >> reporter: it is really an open question here, still, jim. they do expect to pass the week long stopgap measure. it will have to pass the senate by the end of the week. it will need cooperation from all 100 senators to for a vote. and then it would give more time for a large scale funding agreement. something they've been haggling over for past several months and they're nowhere fiscal year and well past the initial deadline of september 30th so get a deal by next week.

now the concern among democrats and some republicans is that they don't get a deal now, it will be kicked into the new congress with a narrowly divided house and a nairrrowly divided senate. and that is something that dick durbin warned about this morning. >> senator mcconnell has been threatening that this could goo into next year. i'm wondering how concerned you are if there is a continuing resolution that kicks it to the divided congress and the new republican majority. >> that would just invite more negotiating and obstruction. we're long over due. this fiscal year began october 1st. let's get this job done this year and do it before christmas. >> reporter: are you worried that it could lead to a potential shutdown if that happens? >> listen, why tempt fate. let's do our job and get it done quickly. >> reporter: and in a sign of the challenges ahead, if it does get kicked into next year, kevin

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so this could be really important. energy sect jennifer granholm just announced a break through that could change the way we power everything. for the first time in history scientives have produced a nuclear fusion reaction gaining energy. that is getting more energy out than the energy they put in. >> so there is a lot of excitement here because it could potentially impact the nation's dependence on fossil fuels. p rene marsh joins us with more including the layman's version of this, renee. >> we all need the layman's version. so to put it in department of energy's secretary jennifer began holmes own words, she quoted the president and said this is a bfd. so this is a big deal today. not just in the scientific community but just for man kind. because as you guys just hit on at the top, it is a game-changer

for the way we consume energy, it is a game changer for the way that we use energy. so what is she announcing today. we touched on this yesterday, we have a scientific breakthrough where they're using two hydrogen atoms in 192 lasers to fire upon the two hydrogen atoms to fuse them together and that cause this is energy and that part sounds wonderful and interesting and very cool. but the breakthrough is that they were able to produce more energy on the output than they put into the process. and the reason why that is so important is if you're going to have a viable source of energy, you have to have more energy on the output than on the input for creating or generating that energy. and they were able to do this at a department of energy lab in california. and the reason why this is so important is because this is no longer a hypothetical. this is now proving, this discovery now proves that this

is a viable energy source. >> that is how the sun makes energy. would be pretty cool if we could figure out how to do it down here on earth. rene marsh, thank you so much. and joining us, a professor of theoretical -- and the big breakthrough that they made nor energy in the output than there was in the input. in practical terms, how big is this when you look at it, what could it mean for us? >> this is potentially huge. the holy grail for energy research has been to try to put the sun in a bottle. and every time we did that, it consumed more energy than it outputted. but this time by firing 200 or so laser beams at a pellet the size of a pea, they were able to extract more energy than they put into it.

this means that, who knows, maybe by mid century we'll have plants dotting the country side. that is step one. step two is to scale it up so we could energize a entire city and step three is to commercialize it and by mid century it could help to save us from global warming and another energy crisis. so this is a game-changer. >> it is a game-changer. i mid mid century, so that is really not that far away if year already at 2022. if we're looking out 20, 25 years, as to how quickly we could harness this power, that is one of the first thoughts, it is great that it happened, how soon could we see it in practice. so you talk about building the necessary, i guess power plants for lack of a better term. would other things need to change and i say that in thinking about this push for electric cars. where we're seeing you can't go to the gas station, we have to build charging stations.

what else would we have to ramp up. what would change? >> well electric cars have a weak spot and that is where does electricity for an electric car come from. it comes from a coal-burning power plant. so an electric car doesn't help you in terms of reining in carbon dioxide. but now we're talking about sea water. hydrogen from sea water is the basic fuel for a fusion reactor. no carbon dioxide. plus no meltdowns. and no accumulation of large quantities of nuclear waste. i mean, this is the ideal source of energy. to meltdowns, no nuclear waste and energy from sea water. and so this is a game-changer. but it will take a few decades to commercialize it. so don't expect the fusion plant to open up in your backyard any time soon. >> okay. but we're looking at it, is there enough sea water to support this? i know there is a lot of water on the planet, but i know how

fragile things are at the moment? oh, we may have lost the doctor. but we love having him on with us so i'm sure we'll get him back soon. jim. >> still ahead, republicans in congress are considering ending the special migrant visa program which has been designed to help afghans who helped worked and alongside u.s. forces. they missed a chance to extend it last week. stand by, actually, we have the president at white house now about to sign some pivotal legislation. >> -- reason for some optimism for the holiday season and i would argue for the year ahead. and we learned last month inflation rate came down. down more than experts expected. and in a world where inflation is rising in double-digits in many major economies around the world, and inflation is coming down in america. in fact, this new report is the fifth months in a row where annual inflation has fallen in

the united states. inflation outside of food and energy, a key measure that economists use also fell. make no mistake, prices are still too high. we have a lot more work to do. but things are getting better. headed in the right direction. most americans could see the progress driving down the street finding relief at the pump as gas prices fall. gas prices are now lower than they were a year ago and half of the gas stations selling gas are selling gas at $3.09 or less. the most common price for gas stations across the country is $2.99. the decline in gas prices is giving consumers a break. they need to help keep our economy going. a two-car family, they're saving hundreds of dollars a month. it is a big deal. today's report conveyed another piece of good news. food inflation slowed last month providing much-needed relief for millions of families at the grocery store. this is welcome news for families across the country as

they get ready for the holiday celebrations and for family dinners. it is also important that we put today's news in a broader context. when i took office, we inherited a nation with a pandemic raging and an economy that was reeling. we acted quickly and boldly to vaccinate the country and put in place a new economic strategy. a strategy built on an economy based on from the bottom up and the middle out. now 21 months later we could see how our economic plan is working. we've added every single month of my presidency, we've added jobs. a total of 10,500,000 new jobs. 750,000 of them are manufacturing jobs. you've heard me say it before and apologize for repeating it, where is it that america can't lead the world again once again in manufacturing. and by the way, i talked at length about the tneed to

continue to invest in research and development. look at the nuclear front. there is a lot of good news on the horizon. the unemployment rate is down to 6.4%. when i was sworn in. it was down from 6.4% and it is now 3.7%, near a 50-year low. we've done all of this while lowering the federal deficit and the two years we've been in office. $1.7 trillion. let me say that again. $1.7 trillion. we've lowered the federal debt. no administration has cut the deficit that much. now inflation is coming down as well. prices of things like televisions and toys are going down. it is good news for the holiday season. used car prices fell for the fifth month in a row. new car prices didn't go up this month. that savings is critical to so many families. and it gives them just a little bit of breathing room for the holiday season. and all of this means that for last several months wages have gone up more than prices have gone up.

wages are gone up more than prices have gone up. and i want to be clear, it is going to take time to get inflation back to normal levels. as we make to transition to a more stable and steady growth. but we could see setbacks along the way as well. we shouldn't take anything for granted. but what is clear is my economic plan is working and we're just getting started. my goal is simple. get price increases under control, without choking off economic growth. bring inflation down while keeping our labor market resilient. building a economy from the bottom up and middle out. an economy with good job and good wages and for the long run not a boom or bust economy. because of my plan, we're beginning to see historic investments that are leading companies to invest hundreds of billion dollars. let me say that again, hundreds of billion dollars to build semiconductor factories, another advance manufacturing right here in america. it is going to create tens of

thousands of good paying jobs in the year as head. and by the way, a significant number of the jobs are expected to be jobs that pay an average of $125,000 a year. many don't require a college degree. so things are looking up. so what is next? because of my plan, we're taking powerful interest to lower -- powerful action to lower prescription drug costs and health insurance premiums and energy bills. and in just a few weeks, starting in january, families will get a little more breathing room. they've been told for sometime since we passed the legislation that we're going to be able to lower the price of drugs. let me give you this one example. coming january 1, seniors with diabetic on medicare are going to pay no more than $35 a month for prescription of insulin. up to now they've been paying as much as $400 a month. that is a genuine savings for

seniors. this matters to so many families with loved ones who have diabetes and rely on insulin to survive. going from average of 400 down to $35 a month. and in january, they won't have to choose between paying insulin and paying for theirin insulind putting food on the table. it matters. it is real savings to people. an it is just about to kick in. the same is true for health care to clean energy. by taking action we're making real progress in strengthening and stabilizing our economy, giving americans across country some breathing room in the process. look, i know it is been a rough few years for hard-working americans and for small businesses as well. and for a lot of folks, things are still pretty rough. but there are bright spots all across america. where we're beginning to see the impact of our economic strategy. and we're just getting started. i've said it again, i've never been more optimistic about

america's future. and today's news gives me another reason to be optimistic about this future. we're building a better america. and an economy from the bottom up and the middle out. not the top down. when the poor have a shot, middle class do well, the wealthy do well. we just have to keep going. i know we could get this done. god bless you and may god protect our troops. and i'll take questions. i'll be seeing you later this afternoon. i'm not taking any questions right now. thank you very much. >> you could expect when prices to get back to normal, mr. president? >> i hope -- >> the president there reacting. >> i can't make that prediction. i'm convinced they're not going to go up. >> do you veto the mdaa over the vax requirement? >> his answer there, he was asked when does he expect prices to come down because this is

slowing inflation increase, right. it is not prices actually going down. he said he's not going to make a prediction there. >> yeah. but he's convinced that they're not going to go up. christine romans here with us watching as well. you were noting as we watched this together, you with watching closely the markets. they opened and they were up more than 500 points, about 1.5%. still in positive territory here. >> yeah. it started out as a good morning in the markets because the investors were encouraged by cooler than expected inflation report and the president trying to use that as a back drop for things that he said will make your bills better. he talks about insulin payments and health care premiums an the like. so many of the things that his team touts as success have been drowned out by high inflation numbers. he hasn't been able to seize that narrative and today with cooler than expected inflation, you could see the team trying to do that. 7.1% inflation, guys, that is

much better than we've seen over the past few months but still a problematic number. and his treasury chief has said that we'll start to see the numbers to come down next year, too. >> christine, last year fed and others said prices will slow. they were wrong. >> right. >> and in fact prices went way up. >> yep. >> folks watching at home. should they be more confident today in the direction of prices than we were last year? >> look, it is too soon to declare victory over inflation. case in point, what happened last year when the smartest people in the room said that inflation would be transitory. they were wrong. and that is why you have to look at the trends and we could see this curving of the peaking of inflation here, but never say never. we hope that the worst of the inflation is in the rearview mirror. we know there is a lot of interest rate hikes that haven't worked their way through the economy yet. that is still coming. so the hope here is that this fed medicine will really start

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coming to an end. this after language extending the program passed 2023 was removed from the national defense authorization act text. which came out last tuesday. last hour i asked congressman and marine corp vet seth moulton for his reaction to that program possibly going away. have a listen. >> it is a betrayal. not only of our afghan allies, but of our own troops. of our troops like myself, that made this promise, if you come and work for us and put your life on the line for america, we'll have your back. they're risking lives, not just afghan lives but american lives by this anti-migrant frankly outright racist approach to this problem. >> strong words. joining me now to discuss is travis peterson, a retired air force master sergeant has whoo has been worked to support american allies who he fought alongside with there. good to have you on. thanks for taking the time this

morning. >> good morning, jim and thank you. >> so first, i wonder if you could give your reaction to what congressman moulten shared. many of these folks face a threat from the taliban and it is a betrayal of not just them but other veterans who fought alongside of them and some who gave their lives. >> 100% i agree with him and you could feel the pain and anger in his voice and just like you can in mine and any other vets. >> so yrry, go ahead. i've spoken to veterans that say this contributed to your ptsd, it caused genuine stress. not just heartbreak, but genuine stress. you could describe that to folks at home. >> yeah. absolutely. and i hate the word ptsd, it is a single event of something that happened, moral injury is what we're looking for and that is a multitude for years and years. like i way sazing, i've spent 20 years taking orders and

following through with the orders to co-locate and fight along our afghan brethren and sisters. and make relationships. and we did that. and forced those in blood. and in the end we ended up giving it all back and we left them hanging. and that to me it is a daily kill shot for me and many veterans like us. we don't know what we did. what did we give up our mental state for, limbs, lives, and why our kids are fatherless and motherless now. go ahead and answer that question. we've had three administrations that have failed us on that answer. and now we look at afghanistan alone. it is a safe haven for terrorists. we basically retreated. we had a explosion that killed 13 service members on the 22nd. and then we left three or four days later. with the taliban surrounding the

airport. the ones that we've been fighting. so, yeah, it is -- how do you identify with that. and it just -- the hits just keep coming. the siv program is the latest hit. we haven't had any wins. it is all losses. so, yeah. we're disappointed. >> i know that you keep in touch with afghans still stuck in the country, folks that you fought alongside who made great sacrifices themselves and i know from speaking to folks in the same category, that they're afraid the taliban is hundrting them down. what do they say to you. >> it is not them being afraid. it is happening daily. yea, in i'm in contact with all of my afghans that fought alongside of me and many others in an organization that our government promised they would be taken care of for supporting us in our efforts. but yeah, it is a daily, a daily threat. and we heighten them every day.

we move them. we try to keep them safe. it is not a veteran out there that will say, yeah, just leave them behind. it is not our problem. it is not how we operate and that is not how we -- >> the trouble of course is that even the folks who have been approved for special migrant visas. there is backlog. some 50,000 primary approved applicants and their family members still waiting to get on a flight and when they arrive they stopped for the world cup. it is only about 250 people a week. it will take four years to get those folks out. you can't do what you're doing forever. and they can't run from the taliban forever. so what does it mean for them? >> i've preached that from day one. it takes president's signature, one signature and we could have this done. and it is a different program. it is getting people out. it is saving lives. this is not immigration, this is

saving lives. and we had plans that we presented numerous times of how to do this. and we don't have four years. i can't keep doing this. i can't put my life on hold. every other volunteer is doing, is putting their lives on hold. so we're asking the government to create a program, look at the guys that fought with us. they're not qualified for sivs. they don't qualify. so create a program and make them eligible. we have the betting capabilities. if i vouch for someone, if you vouch for someone, and, you know, go with that. start there. and start with small amounts. we're not looking to get thein tirity of afghanistan out. we're looking to get, as i know, and brothers and sisters like me fought with. they know it is personal. >> start with one. that makes a difference.

well travis peterson, i and i'm sure folks watching are appreciate your service to this country and your efforts on the part of the many afghans you served with. thank you so much. >> thank you, jim, appreciate it. a note. i wrote a piece about this on cnn.com about the struggle of one family of thousands trying to flee afghanistan. take a few minutes to read it because you'll get a real sense of the frustration and the danger. >> yeah. absolutely. and it is just one family and an important piece. just ahead here, nancy pelosi's daughter opening up about the attack on her father. paul pelosi and how the family is now coping, the trauma, the lingerer lingering trauma of it all. here from her interview this morning. always look for the grown in idaho seal. ♪ ♪

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nancy pelosi's daughter is speaking out today about the brutal attack on her father paul. the impact it had as well on her mother's political future. she joined don lemon to talk about how the family is coping during his recovery. take a listen. >> he went out to the kennedy center honors and people say that is so great, he's back. but these are traumatic brain injury is not something that just goes away the and the threats haven't gone away. so we're still living with this every day and i don't know how

these things haeal. this is a long-term recovery. i'm wrestling with, is it all worth it, for my family, what we went through, was it worth it? now my parents would say yes and my mother would say i'm proud of the life that she's lived but for the family, the families are the ones that pay the highest price for this kind of life. >> indeed. alexandra pelosi is releasing a document about her mother's life and political service and hbo max owned by our parent company warner brothers discovery. thanks so much for join ug today. i'm erica hill. >> and i'm jim sciutto. "at this hour" with kate bolduan starts right now. hello, everyone. at this hour, the founder of the crypto exchange ftar