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just moments. president biden is just wrapping up touring the destruction left behind by hurricane ida. later on this hour we'll talk to ceo of nathan's central kitchen spearheading food relief. i'm connell mcshane, great to be with you on a friday. this is "fox business tonight." ♪ connell: so our top story, the taliban is expected to announce the official formation of its new government, and that should be happening within hours. this all follows a briefing from secretary blinken at the state department today and fox's griff jenkins starts us off tonight. griff, what's the latest from where you are? >> reporter: hey, good evening, connell. look, it's been four days since the u.s. troops left afghanistan, and today secretary of state blinken wouldn't say if one american, even one, has gotten out since that last flight. watch. >> we have dedicated teams assign ised to each of these --

assigned to each of these american citizens to be in constant contact with them. we're providing them with very tailored, very specific guidance. let me just say that for their protection and also to protect the viability of our tactics, i'm not going to go into any details beyond that. >> reporter: blinking also says most of the remaining americans are dual nationals who call afghanistan home and the vast majority of the 124,000 evacuated were at-risk afghans. now, blinken wasn't the only secretary on camera today. hal -- alejandro mayorkas acknowledging that some of the evacuees flown out have been flagged by terror watch lists. >> in fact, we have and we denied access to individuals

whose derogatory information is not resolved, and we do not feel confident in the safety and security of the american people. >> reporter: meanwhile, on the hill a group of republican senators led by tom cotton turning up the heat on president biden. >> he broke his promise to americans, and he's continuing to break it because there are american citizens who are trying to get out of the country right now. >> reporter: but the fate of the remaining americans and afghan allies depends on promises made by the taliban in that soon-to-be formed government. it hasn't been stood up yet, but when it does, we'll see who heads it. when asked who would be the head of it, blinken saying it doesn't matter what the government looks like, what matters is what the government does, so only time will tell. connell? connell: griff jenkins live from the state department. peter brooks joins, heritage foundation senior fellow. let's start with this new

government in afghanistan. a lot of people would argue it very much does matter how that looks and who's in charge of it. there are reports that the cofounder of the taliban and someone who's been nicknamed the butcher over the years may be the person who heads this new government. what would you say about how things might be shaping up as the taliban takes over in afghanistan? >> not well. you know, the thing, connell, about this is that it didn't have to come to this. i mean, this is the result of flawed policies, and we shouldn't be even talking about the taliban, you know, controlling afghanistan and trying to lead a government, especially one that is the cofounder of the taliban. i mean, that's very, very troubling. and i think there's dark days ahead, unfortunately. i wish i could look at it differently, but i think there are dark days ahead for this policy and afghanistan. connell: and especially this idea that the united states still needs to work with the new government of afghanistan in some capacity, secretary blinken

did talk about that today. i want to listen a little bit more to what he had to say, and then we'll get your reaction. this is earlier today. >> there is an expectation that any government that emerges now will have some real inclusivity and that it will have those in it who are representative of different communities and different interests in afghanistan. >> reporter: a new government in afghanistan with real inclusivity. is that a realistic expectation, peter? [laughter] >> i don't think so. and, you know, i think the taliban are calling the shots. even if they bring in some folks that may make them look inclusive to the international community, once again i think the taliban is going to be deciding the policies of that government. and we know exactly what we're dealing with when we're dealing with the taliban. we know their associations. they're fighting alongside al-qaeda today against some resistance groups in parts of afghanistan. they had a long relationship

with groups like, terrorist groups like the haqqani network and al-qaeda. so, i mean, i don't know that you can bring people into the government, but really my sense is9 that the taliban is going to have a huge stamp on the policies of afghanistan going forward. connell: there are also the questions about getting american citizens who are still there, which griff mentioned, out. now, the secretary, secretary blinken, has been maintaining that many of the american citizens that are still there are dual nationals, and he was saying in his remarks that, you know, afghanistan to them, to many of these people, is their home country, and i think he said something like it's a wrenching decision for them to decide whether or not to get out. does that make sense to you? do you think that's what's really happening in terms of the people that are still left, that it's almost their decision the stay, or do you still put it back on the american government not doing enough to get them out? >> it's a flawed policy in the first place, you know, so it's very difficult. and i hope congress is going to get involved because i'm having

a very hard time the, as i mentioned others are, keeping track of the numbers, the vet ising situation. there's been reports that some people -- we don't know exactly who we took out of the country, so congress, somebody that does oversight over the federal government, needs to get involved, needs to hold hearings, needs to advise and inform the american people of the truth. it's very difficult for the press and for us on the outside to do that. connell: speak of the process, as a final point, the one thing that stood out to me about the special immigrant visas, the siv application process, they said we inherited a backlog and there were a lot of problems to begin with, and then we discovered, he said, this process was not meant to be done during an emergency evacuation. and i was thinking, well, then why was it done during an emergency evacuation? [laughter] >> right. connell: why wasn't it done beforehand, i know the question's been asked a number

of times. final thoughts and then we'll move on, peter. >> once again, like i said, it didn't have to be this way. congress, maybe a commission, needs to look into this. this has affected our credibility overseas, you know? it's amazing to me, one last point, connell, is that how the americans on the ground, the soldiers, the state department and others were able to execute so well in following on a failed policy. it's just amazing and a tremendous a amount of tribute needs to go to them considering the marching orders that they were given by the biden administration. connell: on that note, we'll wrap it up. peter brooks, thank you, sir. >> thank you. connell: we turn now to hurricane ida from the gulf which is where president biden is to the northeast where 49 people have been confirmed dead. fox team coverage with jeff paul in new orleans and bryan llenas in new jersey. jeff, we start with you. what's the latest from there? >> reporter: yeah, connell, biden just wrapped up a press conference where he said,

essentially, this is not about politics, this is about being american and building back better than ever. that was his message to louisiana, telling them that he's going to be here next to them the entire time to help them get through this terrible storm that we know now as hurricane ida. biden will also be touring some of the hardest hit spots like lafit, laplace, communities that had water damage as well as flooding and their homes being knocked down from the strong winds from hurricane ida. now, one of the things we should mention is some of these people have lost everything, so that means they have to wait in line just to get simple essentials like food and water, and they're depending right now on the kindness of strangers. >> in the mornings we've had about a 3-mile line waiting for us. starting at about 6:30 people are lining up. we're not open until about a 8, 8:30. so the lines are getting long

and it's hot. >> reporter: now, power is slowly flipping back on in places like where we are, the french quarter of new orleans. you're seeing some people out and about cleaning things up, a few bars even starting to open up. overall, throughout louisiana where this storm impacted it the hardest, hundreds of thousands of people without power. could take weeks and maybe even more than a month to get back to what normal. connell: jeff, thank you. jeff paul. let's get to bryan llenas, and bryan is reporting from a scene, as you can see there, it just looks like absolute devastation in the state of new jersey. bryan, what have you seen today? >> reporter: it's really incredible. we have in manville, new jersey, 30 miles south of new york city. this was a banquet hall. feet of water came in here from the millstone river behind it. it inundated the building, and then the best guess is a natural gas leak causing this entire building to explode overnight at

about 2 a.m. three other homes in manville also caught fire. not just tornadoes, not just flash flooding, also fire in all of this. just really incredible. we spoke to the owner of this banquet who says he spent every penny of his life savings to start this business in 2018 and, obviously, he's just distraught. >> when e got the news yesterday 2 a.m. that i've got fire and everything's burned to ashes, i think i was finished. i know. what's the use? i bet everything in my life for this property. i worked too hard. i don't know what to do. i just hope everybody pray for me. >> reporter: pray for him and for so many others. here in manville water rescues were happening nonstop really. 500 homes -- first responders responded to 500 homes rescuing

1,000 people in this township alone. gives you an idea of the extent of the flooding. the police chief says in the 30 years he's been here, he's seen 8-10 floods, nothing nearly as catastrophic or devastating as this. about 8 feet of water hitting at some point. the river nearby actually rose to 28 feet, shattering a record. and also the big issue in new jersey is the majority of deaths are actually, well, they happened in vehicles, people trapped in their vehicles as they were swept away or just submerged including even in connecticut where a police sergeant drowned in his cruiser when it was swept away while he was out there trying to help people. we have these satellite images as well to give you an idea of the before and after in new jersey. remember, we're talking about 10 inches, sometimes even more, of rain that came down in just a several-hour span if throughout. it was just one storm after the

other, essentially, creating a really chaotic situation with all the rivers and creeks in this, in this state inning undating homes and -- inundating homes and businesses and, obviously, a tragic loss of life. connell: had the throughout the northeast. those pictures, especially that minor league baseball stadium before and after, it's absolutely dramatic. here it is again. bryan, you were pointing out new jersey's a state, it's a state of rivers, and that's why, you know, it ended up in the situation it ended up here, i think, largely. even though the storm has passed, what about future concerns of flooding in the area? what are you hearing? >> reporter: yeah. so the passaic river which runs around north jersey is a real issue, they're looking at it. it could crest tomorrow morning they're expecting at about 22 feet, more flooding. obviously, cities and towns around the a pa passaic river ae alert for more flooding.

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♪ connell: well, big miss reported today in the monthly jobs report. the economy adding just 235,000 jobs in the month of august, well the 728,000 expected. the jobs added, not a single one in the leisure and hospitality sector, zero, as businesses continue to struggle to find workers. and that really is the backdrop for charlie gasparino's conversation today with the owners of an italian restaurant in oceanside, new york. >> hey, connell. i'm at la parma3 with the owners discussing how small business is adapting to the pandemic and basically the state we're in now, we have other issues affecting small businesses like the lack of employment. you can't find people to come to work in your kitchen. >> very, very difficult at this time. >> and what's ooh going -- what's going on? you have to pay more? is it eating into your profits? >> even now we can't find

people, but as far as getting people, hopefully they come back after unemployment -- >> so it's really all the benefits that they're throwing out there -- >> they need to stop all the unemployment. maybe they would have to come back to work, not collect that money just sitting home. >> can you compete against the government? >> no. [laughter] [inaudible conversations] >> so first they shut you down, then they make it -- and you were shut down for a big chunk of 2020, then they make you compete against them. why would someone want to open up a restaurant -- >> right now, well, right now is a difficult time. i don't think anybody wants to open a restaurant. but, you know, we've been here a long time, it's over 30 years. >> well, the times you can operate from 1:00 to 8:00, they changed your schedule is how you have to operate. >> they make it so difficult for you guys, and you guys love the business, this is what -- this is your, you're an artist.

let me ask you this, ritchie. what's the message you want to give president biden right now? >> stop giving the money. make them go back to work and they'll be better off. everybody will be better off if they get back to work. >> all right. connell, back to you. connell: steve forks with us -- steve forbes with us now, "forbes" media chairman. of course, charlie likes a good italian meal which you can get there out on long island, but there's some interesting points made by the owners. i know the jobs report was very, very weak, the president and others were saying this was all about the delta variant and the coronavirus. probably some truth to that, but the enhanced unemployment benefits and the idea that people know they can work their way through the issues and still be able to stay home, we've had this conversation over and over, steve, as you know. you think it's still contributing to the shortage we're seeing in places like that in terms of trying to find workers? >> well, you see it in the

numbers. 10 million job openings, 9 million still unemployed, 8.7 million, and people often just will wait until those benefits run out. and we've seen some of the red statements where they -- states where they ended them early had a little bit of a pick-up in employment. so as soon as these art firm bonuses -- artificial bonuses, so to speak, end, the better off we'll be. people like those restaurant owners need it, and the restaurant industry particularly was hard hit, as we know, by the pandemic. it's a tough business anyway, small margins, high turnover, and to have this kind of thing is terrible. and then you have cities like new york where you have to show proof of vaccine before you're allowed inside. so with the winter months coming, fall and winter months coming, they're going to be particularly hard hit even more than they've already been. so remove these artificial stimulants, then you have the whole thing coming up, connell, of what congress is going to do

with new taxes, especially they're going to hit small businesses on the personal income tax side since a lot of these businesses are what they call pass-through businesses. so enough already, government, get out of the way. connell: well, they are going to end the enhanced unemployment benefits next week, but then the president today made a point to say -- and he's already announced this but he made a point to say again to the states that if you want to use, essentially, stimulus money, whatever you want to call it n your state and extend the benefits, you can do that. and i wonder if states will. will we see blue states do that, do you think? >> i think some of them will. they'll think this shows compassion even though it hurts their economies and even though it forces small businesses and others to leave these statements and move to friendlier climates. it's absolutely perverse. they say they want to help people but end up hurting people. stop it, please. [laughter] connell: all of this as the surge we've seen in covid, the

delta variant surge has had an impact in terms of how people look at things, and we did see that as well in today's numbers. the debate now seems to be whether it's some sort of, i've heard the word used lull or, you know, or something a little bit more than that where we're going down a little bit, people are worried, but maybe -- and we're going to talk to a doctor about this later on in the show, but maybe the delta variant is kind of peaking and now a couple months from now, maybe even one month from now, things are a little bit better. how do you see it economically, because that's really what what it's all going to come down to, maybe where we are a month from now, not necessarily where we are now. >> well, it looks like britain which opened up in the middle of july, looks like the numbers there are getting better and the variant is coming down. hopefully, the same thing happens here. also on the public health side, they've got to get their act together. here today the fda tells the

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news as the weather seems to be improving a bit, and fox's william la jeunesse is reporting tonight from south lake tahoe. >> reporter: lake tahoe normally buzzes with tourists this time of year, but heading into the holiday weekend the area stands virtually empty as the caldor fire rages on, burning for nearly three weeks. the fire charred more than 330 square miles. [background sounds] >> reporter: calmer winds fell over the area this week allowing crews to divert flames for now from the resort town of south lake tahoe. but fire managers remain cautiously optimistic with dry conditions and warmer temperatures threatening to fuel the flames. >> we're at a good place right now for where we are, okay? that doesn't mean we can't get a wind shift. >> reporter: firefighters are taking advantage of the weather conditions. aircraft and ground crews worked to bolster containment lines and

clear dead landscape that could fuel spot fires. >> you're feeding the fire, and so it's getting bigger is and more intense. so if we can take away that intensity, you can bring the fire down to a manageable level. >> reporter: cal fire says the fire destroyed more than 660 homes so far is. damage inspection is ongoing, but the agency says about 65% of those structures have been inspected. still, the fire threatens some 32,000. >> we're working day and night to protect those moments to bolster our containment lines, to do everything we can to save saveable property. >> reporter: the fire forced thousands to evacuate from lake a tahoe but it could be several days before many return to their home. william la jeunesse, fox news. connell: some situation out there. william, thank you. as we move back to ida for a moment, the group spearheading relief efforts in the state of louisiana, the world central kitchen, they do such great work providing, in this case,

thousands of meals to impacted families, and nate joins us, the ceo. we had a report from louisiana earlier in the hour, and there's been so many disasters to report on this week, talking about the wildfires there and now heading back to talk about ida. what challenges have you guys been encountering in louisiana this time around? i know you've done this kind of thing in the past. what's it like this time? >> yeah, you know, the biggest challenge right now is the electrical grid. so, you know, ida really took out all of the power in the new orleans and a number of other parishes. the city estimates about 200,000 people are still here in new orleans who were not able to evacuate, so you can imagine this is day five now without power. it feels about 100 degrees fahrenheit outside, no air-conditioning and no ability to cook. and so you have a lot of folks right now that are struggling just to get through the day. now, the city has set is up a number of cooling centers, we

almost have about two dozen locations where we're serving meals. there's no gasoline here, folks can't fuel up their cars if they have cars, so is really everything shuts down without the electrical grid and, hopefully, the power companies are working to get some electricity on. i'm here in our kitchen where if the for the time -- for the first time this morning we got power, but our lines are underground. connell: let me ask you just having dealt with these storms in the past and dealing with this one, you say the electricity at least in part only came back on recently, what were you doing before then? essentially, how do you do what you do? >> yeah, so, you know, we prepare for this. we've been through a lot of big storms including hurricane michael in florida three years ago are where the entire infrastructure is knocked out. so we have sort of self-sustained cooking units. we have a food truck that can produce about 1,000 meals an hour, runs completely

independently off generators. you're able to get a number of generators to power at least the basic facility here at this culinary school in new orleans that we set up as our relief kitchen and headquarters here. we're able to get refrigerated trucks in, you know, this storm increased very quickly, went from a tropical storm to a strong category 4 hurricane, so is you have to move very fast. we didn't get everything in it we could, but we were able to pre-stage about 100,000 meals for folks. so in the hours after the stormed had passed, we were able to start cooking, and that's really what you've got to do. you've got to be really self-contained. connell: prepared. and, obviously, you are, and experience, i think, probably matters in these cases as well. what about spreading to other parts of the country? that was the other thing that's been so surprising about ida. we reported on i believe it's now at least 49 people dead in the northeast as a result of this storm. that's something you wouldn't have been able to pre-stage, so is that just too difficult to

help out, or will you be helping out in other parts of the country besides the gulf eventually? >> absolutely. our work through covid which you covered here, we served about 35 million meals last year during the pandemic, and so we have an incredible network of partners. so in places like new york and new jersey that were hit, we've been working with them to see how they can support some of the communities. thankfully, i think the water has recede ised quickly, just as quickly as it came, but, of course, we are looking at how we can support, and we're still -- we've got a team out in california for the dixie and caldor fires there. there's a lot going on simultaneously right now and, of course, you know, we just have to keep doing what we can do. connell: it's amazing work and, boy, a lot going on simultaneously is an understatement. keep it up, nate, thank you for checking in. keep up the great work. that is nate mook, world central kitchen. the liberal wing of the

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♪ connell: now to this democratic spending dispute that we've seen. there have been progressives in the party that are really starting to take aim at senator joe manchin. he urged colleagues to hit the pause button, as he put it, on president biden's $3.5 trillion spending plan. >> hit the pause button. let's step back. let's see what happens. we've got so much on our plate. we've really got an awful lot. i think that would be the prudent, wise thing to do. connell: following up those comments with a "wall street journal" op-ed. he was slammed by the likes of alexandria ocasio-cortez after that, and here with us now is the republican congresswoman, nicole malliotakis, from the if state of new york. you watch this from the outside and you're thinking, what? >> well, i'm near new york city

with alexandria ocasio-cortez, and what i find outrageous is that socialists like alexandria ocasio-cortez are using a tragedy that happened in new york where even people died to push a socialist spending spree, $3.5 trillion of so-called human infrastructure. and what i can tell you is that human infrastructure is not going to do a damn thing to help my constituents who have seen flooding in their basements, streets flooded. what we need is true, real infrastructure. and, unfortunately, nancy pelosi has even hijacked that bill and has prevented us from having a debate and a vote is on it. instead, she brought us to washington to jam down that $3.5 trillion socialist squad package, and i think that it's frustrating to a lot of people. but in addition to that, what's extraordinarily frustrating to me in general and to the taxpayers that i represent is they pay money to the government for a reason, okay? they expect certain things in exchange; public safety, quality education, transportation. and, yes, infrastructure.

what has the city, under mayor de blasio, or the state under governor cuomo been doing for the last decade with the money that we pay to the city of new york and the state of new york? which, by the way, is more money than taxpayers per population than any other city or state in the nation. and they should have been upgrading this infrastructure so we wouldn't be experiencing what we're experiencing this week. connell: to your point about the flooding and the comments, let me put that aoc tweet on the screen. what she said is she's talking about manchin, he has these weekly huddles with exxon as one of the senators who gives lobbyists their pen to write a so-called bipartisan fuel bill, and then she said it's killing people, at least 12 last night. i suppose that was at the time, saying she's sick of this bipartisan corruption masquerading as clear-eyed

moderation. rashida tlaib as well, why don't you look into the faces of my basements who -- residents who had their basements flooded with sewage. so, congresswoman, that's what you're talking about in temples of referring to what we've seen -- in terms of referring to what we've seen, thesewet events and spending and bringing it together somehow in the spending dispute. >> well, look, there's no doubt that we as a society just need to be more environmentally friendly. but, certainly, what they're pushing is a separate package that bases most of the spending on so-called human infrastructure as opposed to true infrastructure needs like sewer and water infrastructure, like roads, bridges and highways, like subway system, by the way, near new york city which was gushing with water. these are the things that need to be modernized, need to be kept up with population growth. and nancy pelosi has hijacked the actual infrastructure bill that could potentially make that

happen. so i think there's two issues here. there's the national issue of them playing politics with the true meaning of infrastructure, and the other issue is the way that our mayor and governor have been handling things over the years where they haven't used money wisely putting it towards the things that it needed to be put toward to improve quality of life here. connell: so we're in a tough spot politically because, to your point, we have this back and fort on these two bills and whether it's nancy pelosi, i saw bernie sanders tweeting something to this effect, basically, listen, you don't get this $3.5 trillion through, and without the likes of manchin they probably won't, they need the moderates, the senator sinemas and senator manchins of the world, they're not going to do the, quote-up quote, real infrastructure bill. so that goes back to your earlier point. you might get nothing out of this. how do you think it all ends up? >> well, i think it's incredibly sad that they would hijack an actual infrastructure bill that has bipartisan support.

at minimum, bring it for a debate, let it be argued on its own merits and voted on. this is something that i think there's a majority -- or i would say a majority of support in the house for but certainly even bipartisan support in the if house for. and the fact that they would decry community -- deprive communities like ours that could really benefit from some of the money that would be injected from a true infrastructure package, i think, is incredibly sad simply because they want to further push social isism down the throats of the american people. joe manchin, you know, he's talked tough before as did nine democrats in the house that said they were going to instant -- stand up against nancy pelosi, and yet they caved and voted for it right before we left -- connell: right. that's the question, will he go back and vote for it again even after this op-ed. thank you, congresswoman, we appreciate you coming on tonight. we'll take a brief look friday at the stock market as we have

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♪ ♪ connell: paying the price, the national hockey league will impose harsher restrictions and penalties on unvaccinated players for the upcoming season. in addition, those athletes will have to forfeit a day's worth of pay anytime they're unable to participate in a team activity. players who cite religious or medical reasons will reportedly be exempt, but in the meantime, at the u.s. open tennis if tournament, the players don't have to be vaccinated, but the fans do. gerri willis has the latest. >> reporter: that's right, connell. this is the big conversation, the fact that fans have to be

vaccinated, players do not. is and we talked to the usta about why is this, right? well, they say that the players' rules are regulated by players' representatives. it doesn't have anything to do with the usta, while people who attend here, all the fans? well, guess what? they have to abide by what the city says, and is as of the thursday before the event, city finally came out four days before and said, guess what? you've got that -- gotta have the jab. here's what the usta told us. listen. >> as far as new york city's concerned, their mandate was very specific, it was fans in attendance at events and players who live outside of new york city were not required to be vaccinated. so that's not a decision the usta made, that was made at the city level. >> reporter: so what we find here is not only do people who attend have to have at least one covid-19 vaccination shot, they also have to wear masks inside arthur ashe stadium if the lid

on the roof is closed. otherwise they're optional. and guess what? they cannot ask players for autographs which i know is very frustrating to some. end of the day, what we're seeing is the restrictions on tennis players much lighter than those in the nhl or nfl. connell, back to you. connell: still nice to see a great event out at flushing meadows, queens, taking place in person. gerri willis, good to see you. while we're talking about vaccinations, let's get to the timeline for the potential booster shots. health officials reportedly telling the white house to slow its rollout, dr. anthony fauci clashing with fda advisers about whether a third shot is even necessary. here to try and sort some of this out for us is a hackensack school of medicine professor and director at st. joseph's health. doctor, good to see you. first of all, on the booster shot rollout timeline, steve

forbes brought this up earlier in the hour, we've got to figure out what's what and what time we should be getting this booster. i believe i was at the white house when they rolled out that plan a couple of weeks ago, now health officials saying, wait a second, it's too fast. what are your impressions of what we should all take away from it? >> well, whether the booster's needed or not is the question. dr. fauci seems to think that's the case, so does the cdc. what we're being told is the shot that you had eight months ago, the second shot, makes you eligible -- and i think here in this area september 20th -- for the booster shot. now, we're giving the booster to people on chemotherapy, those with cancer, autoimmune diseases and a variety of other people with immunodeficiencies. so it's already being rolled out. whether it's going to happen is rather moot. people are lining up for it, i

know that for a fact. connell: yeah, they are. israel's already started their booster shot program. do you have do you wants in your mind looking at -- doubts in your mind about the medical data about whether we should, or is it just a question of timing? how do you personally view it? >> i personally view it as a matter of timing. i think the vaccine in general is very, very powerful. we see the numbers dropping particularly here in the northeast where i am. we're seeing things drop, and, you know, it's very comforting. people were running around without masks. i agree that there are infections that are going up, but we have to be realistic and realize that the numbers are significantly lower because of the vaccine. so i don't really know if we need a booster. but on the other hand, connell, if this virus is something we're going to see every year and it's not going to go away, we're going to need a booster every year like the flu vaccine. connell: so that's what it is, in terms of how we deal with it, at least. comes around, kind of a winter

thing, you think, and we get a shot every fall, i mean, that's what's in store, is what you think. but the problem in the meantime, doctor, we we still don't have enough people -- i know the numbers are going up, but the latest figures i says was just under 62 of americans 12 and up are fully vaccinated at this point -- 62%. has it peaked? is the worst behind us? the hope is we get as many people vaccinated as possible and those numbers start to come down, the fall looks better than the summer has, but how do you see it? >> i see it as things getting better, but we are all, all of us in the medical community, very concerned about the winter months. you know, you're seeing it in the southwest, you see it in the southeast because of the low vaccination rates, but when we get into closed spaces, when things get cold up here and we're all gathered in bars and concerts and the heat's on and you're in the house with all your relatives and family especially for the holidays, that's when the rubber hits the

road -- connell: even in areas where there are high vaccination rates? you're still concerned about those areas? >> i am because of breakthrough infection. i'm not so concerned we're going to see our loaded icus up here or an extreme number of deaths, but i do think the infection rate with this delta variant which is about six times more transmissable than the alpha if variant, that it may cause problems as things get warmer and we get closer together. connell: any of the other variants that are being talked about, if we don't get these vaccination rates up, at some point there'll be one that's even more concerning. are you concerned about anything you're seeing? >> that's right. a large number of unvaccinated people result in more i mutants, more variants, and there is a new one from south america which we're concerned about. connell: all right. we'll talk more about that as time goes on. doctor, thank you for all the analysis tonight. we appreciate that. meantime, can the government

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franchisees over the summer and looking for information on what exactly is going on with the broken ice cream machines and what's the problem with them. there has been a letter has become a big deal on the internet and "the wall street journal" says looking at it. thanks for joining us on "fox business tonight" that i'm connell mcshane. "the evening edit" starts right now. >> from the fox -- this is someone. maria: welcome to the program that analyzes the week that was and helps position you for the week ahead. i'm in for maria bartiromo. a shock in the jobs market shows weak growth in august. we break it all down and the impact it can have on the economy and the democrats agenda plus president biden's approval rating plunging amid his chaotic exit from afghanistan.