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state department's about to process people? >> let's talk first about the movement, the air capacity that is set. so that ability to air move up to 5,000 to 9,000 a day has been set and continues. as i think you have seen in the report today of the increased numbers we continue to see the ability to build those ready to fly on kabul airport and to increase to allow us to fly those out. with the ability to continue obviously as said, we that to continue to increase as we continue to bring more people, more american suicides on to the airfield so they can be processed and ready to fly. >> is there a request for
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officials. >> i think you have seen the airfield is secure and every day in security operations commanders are always improving the security environment. so as the commander on the ground at every level finds those things that need to be improved to increase the security to allow mission success, they will do those things that they have authority to do on a daily basis. so the ability to bring more people on and to continue those that is what we will continue to look at. >> do they have the snablt. >> i don't want to get ahead of where we are. but the mission remains security at the airport and inside of the airport and that is what we're
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doing. there are as we speak, there is no plans to expand beyond that and i think we leave it on that. the general has been talking about it, air lift is not a limiting factor. but that doesn't mean every set on every plane is available. there is a lot of factors that go into the in the throughput. including processing at the gates where we have set up and the general mentioned we now a have additional gates for us and security at the airport is a
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tack or and we're not taking any of those for granted. it changes every day. the security environment changes and the weather into there is a lot of points on the way to getting to throughput. what we want to make sure is that the limiting factor is not airlift capacity. as the general said we're confidence that it is not now. and that moving forward it will not be. but that doesn't mean that -- just because you have 5,000 seats that you can fill 5,000 seats every day. that's what we want to get to. we want to move as many people as fast and safely as possible, but there is a lot of steps in the process. >> some clarification on that, are you saying you're at capacity right now, that these
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flights, you could take 5,000 people out but you only took 2,000 out? >> like i said within the commanders capabilities and assets available, we have the proeshl air assets to fly the 5,000 to 9,000 a day. depending on the ability, those ready to fly, we bring in assets to fly them out. so yes we have assets available to reach those numbers today, and we have had those. >> what is physically flying in right now in these 24 hours, is that enough? >> it's not about the math, it's about what is ready to fly. who is on the airfield ready to leave a holding area and get on the aircraft.
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they will continue to bring in the air flow required. >> what is the factor in this among other factors is the u.s. being dependent on the taiban to keep those terrorist groups in check. >> isis and al qaeda absolutely. i'm not going to talk about specific measures against terrorist threats, but clearly we're mindful that that threat could persist. >> is that why there is overhead flights. >> it's just prudent force
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protection in the air. we want to protect ourselves against any threat. >> so i want to be clear, you're nowhere near the demand for getting people out, nowhere near the 5,000 to 9,000. that you have established and maintains, right? what is the best estimate that you have that you'll work through those and turn full-time, if you were, so sivs, afghans, or whatever. >> so a couple points on this. we have the capacity now, there is enough airframes to meet the capacity that we would like to have. but that doesn't mean that number of airframes are just landing in kabul and just taking
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them off empty. we're trying to make maximum use. we're going to adjust that every day. the demand will drive, the demand and the cue will determine how much we fly. >> what is the best -- >> yes, and you asked about american citizens. as the general briefed just in the last 24 hours of the 2,000 that got out, it was a mix of american citizens and family members as well as special immigrant visa immigrants and afghans. and i think you will see that every day, gordon. we want to take care of our
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fellow afghans. so we're not holding up a plane just to fill it with americans and then saying enough. we're getting people on as fast as they can to their stations. we're trying to strike that every day. >> what proportion on women? >> i don't have a gender break down, of the 2,000 over the last 24 hours, i think nearly 300 of them were americans and that included legal permanent residents, it includes american citizens as well as family members. and every day that will change. i don't have a gender break down of what the manifests are. >> do you recognize the taliban as the legitimate government of afghanistan now? >> that's a question for the state defendant, we're focused
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on this non-combatant evacuation. >> are you seeing more throughput to the individuals who are able to access the airport? are more people accessing the airport in the last 24 hours? >> we're seeing by opening another gate and adding officers now we believe that we will soon begin to see an opening up of the aperture. and we're hoping that means a more different increase in the flow. i can't tell you as we speak that there was a dramatic rise. there are additional troops helping and so i think we're poised to see an increase. what we want to drive is an increase is very much on everybody's minds. >> the clarification is that you were talking about american
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citizens, about afghans, sivs, the number presented earlier the general said that you're now including other countries, evacuations in those numbers, is that accurate? or is the 7,000 exclusively u.s.? >> it's others. it has always -- every time since the 14th when we gave you numbers they have included some measure of third party nationals. >> on u.s. flights or -- >> hang on, one at a time. >> how many people has the u.s. government flown out? 7,000 if it you're including other countries or civilian flights -- >> we're giving you the total number of people that we helped evacuate since the 14th and it's not just all americans, there's some that went out and we're giving you u.s. government flights. i'm not even -- that is not counting people still getting
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out specially or on charter flights. does that clear that up? we get, and understand here at the pentagon we're focused on the tales that we own, but it's not the not the only way out of kabul right now. it's limited, it's not as robust as what we can do on the military side, but people are getting out this way. >> this is u.s., this is afghan -- >> i do not have a break down. i suspect that over time as the process gets more refined we may be able to be there but we don't have that specific break down. >> how many american stsds e citizens remain. >> so you're planning for these operations and you should have some kind of account of how many americans are in harm's way or need to be evacuated, right? >> i think as you probably know,
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and first of all the state defendant is a better place to go for how many americans are afghanistan, they would know and i think as you also know not all citizens in every country, there is no obligation that they register their presence. >> does the president have, does the pentagon have the ability to -- >> i'm asking if the pentagon has the authorization.
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>> i'm not going to talk about the potential. that would be a policy decision. >> do you have the authorization now? who makes that decision now? >> we're authorizationed to provide safe and secure operations at the airport. >> there is a lot of civilians and troops. food, sleeping arraignments, are you handling military and civilian. >> when you look into who comes in and is processed for ready flight, all human needs, all of those needs, the basic needs to ensure their wellfair, their care, to ensure all of those things to make sure they can go forward and fly are being done. and that is a combination of state department support and
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military support. working hand in hand with the commander and the state defendant to ensure eating and sleeping are taken care of. all of the elements are being done. >> are there concerns about maintaining the input of supplies? the cleanliness overtime. >> we always ensure that we have proper supplies for conducting missions and those are assessed on a daily basis. and they are always assessing what do i have now, and what do i need to do. and you see other planes continue to arrive as required.
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>> tom? hi, john, thank you, good morning. i want to just check on something in regards to the policy that existed to provide air support and other assistance to the afghan government that was in place, has that ended with the fall of kabul or is it still alive for elements of the government and still functioning in places? thanks. >> tom, as i think you can see by events there are not operations out in the rest of the country to support. and our focus, in terms of air power is as the general described. and that is appropriate overwatch for our operation and that operation right now is at
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the airport, bash? barb? >> this new gate that you opened, are the taliban outside of that gate or are they letting people of afghans and u.s., people with u.s. documentation through that new gate? and have you been able to keep very specifically all of your gates, including camp sullivan, on your side? have you been able to keep them open? or have you had to close camp sullivan. have you had to close any gates? >> that gives the commander greater capability and it allows us to open more gates and allow for greater input into kabul airport. >> i'll follow up with kirby,
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are all of the gates continuously open? do you have the taliban letting people through this new gate, have you been able to keep them all open? >> the reporting this morning is they're all open. but there has not been times that because of security incidents they may have had to close. i expect that is true. our goal is to keep them as open as possible. >> have any u.s. troops been
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involved in any crowd control measures? >> i not aware of any in the last 24 hours. i think that is a good place to stop. thank you very much. my plan is to -- >> i have a ha haiti question. there is reports that military medical teams are going into the area. do you have anything on that? >> that's what i said earlier. first we do have air force medical personnel there helping assist, and the first thing i said was that we're, you know, the flighting of those helicopters are bringing in some medical hospital capabilities. more to come today to assist in the first aide type care. >> so they're setting up a field hospital that will be near by? >> that is correct. >> great, thank you. >> thank you, my plan is to up
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date you again this afternoon, but it will be off camera. we'll see you about 2:15. good thursday morning. you just heard the latest from the pentagon on that mission to evacuate thousands of americans an allies from afghanistan. moments ago the pentagon said we have 5200 u.s. troops in afghanistan right now and the military evacuated more than 2,000 people. a lot of it focusing on how they ramped that up. we'll have a lot more on afghanistan coming up later. on capitol hill police are investigating a suspicious vehicle near the library of congress. police asking people to stay away from the area. the nearly office building also being evacuated. joining me now is sahil kapur.
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pete, i know you have been working the phones, what can you tell us? >> a pickup truck was stopped near the capitol and it drove on to the library of congress. it is hard to tell, but that on the upper right-hand corner of your screen you can see the foot of the capitol hill, you can see how widely an area has been blocked off. it is now in front of the library of congress, this is a block away from the u.s. capital. it's right near the cannon house office building, and the main library of congress building, the jefferson building, and they have both been evacuated. the reason for this is according to several law enforcement officials is the driver of the truck claims that he has an explosive device. we have been told by several
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officials that those near the truck have not seen a device. this is all based on what driver of the vehicle is claiming to have. you have to treat it like it is real and that's why you're seeing this response. it's based entirely of the claim of the driver. according to law enforcement officials they have not seen anything in the bed of the pickup truck. it is a four-door truck with a extended cab and they can't look into the cab and they can't be sure, but the point is they have not seen anything that would indicate there is an actual explosive with device. they are communicating with him. there are people that have been -- the u.s. capital police has to keep a lid on this because it is on capitol hill.
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but they have asked for assistance from both the fbi and the team for explosives. they sent in bomb techs and negotiators. they are holding the detonator switch or the detonator control in his hand. so whether or not there is a real device or not is unknown, but everyone has to treat it like it is real. it is just a lock from the capitol. it is just, if you're facing the capital from the supreme court side it would be on your left as you look out from the right, and that's the reason for this concern. i should say one other thing
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here, kris. we're not certain exactly why this vehicle was originally stopped. now you see those upper right-hand corner of your screen, you see those v barriers that have come up? those are not up always. they have come up to stop traffic. normally speaking traffic can go past the u.s. capitol and it is just large trucks stopped or diverted. those things go by the capitol routinely. we heard why the vehicle was stopped, we heard that they don't have license plates or tags and that may be the reason it was stopped, but we don't know what caused them to stop it in the first place. >> pete, i know you will continue to work your sources. i want to go to julie who is on
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the scene right now. who is there, the situation, but you have been on the hill, give us a sense of what you're actually seeing on the ground. >> yay, you heard pete there explain the latest reporting that we have. we're not getting much where i am. giving you a sense and a picture here, i'm about a block and a half away from the library of congress. in my vantage point i see a large group of construct workers. they're here on the ground. there is also a large emergency response team. a special operation unit here, and i want to stress that there is no lawmakers right now they're on recess. so farce being a security concern, there are none in these
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buildings. but the police presence around the perimeter is extending. i have been here just about an hour and a half and it has grown about two blocks in each direction. and i can't see much, they won't allow us directly to the scene, but i see yellow tape blocking off the area. a tent, a lot of people here, staffers are confused and don't really know what is going on. and you heard the reporting there on the possible bomb or explosive threat. >> yeah, i wonder where you were when you first heard about this. were you inside, and obviously we're in a situation where if they're evacuating the buildings, they don't have to just come out the doors, probably not huge numbers of people there since the house is not in session and we're looking at an unknown number of staffers? >> yeah, exactly right.
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less staffers perhaps than usual. i was not in the building, fortunately. i was able to get up and have a clear view of the scene. we have other members here. i have been able to stay put and i saw when i was walks up, a special operation officer with the metropolitan police department running out of the black looking tank with a gas mask on, heavy equipment, weapons, he was running through the and it but again, one time it killed a capitol police officer when a truck hit him, and there was also no lawmakers
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here then either. >> i don't know where you are in relace to sahil, if we can go to you, where are you and what are you seeing and hearing where you are? >> i'm in the russell senate office building about a block and a half from this incident that is, as pete mentioned just outside of the library of congress where the suspicious vehicle appears to be located that the police are looking into now. we don't know exactly how long the situation has been unfolding. it has been at least two hours and i know that because as i walks into this building there was a lot of police cars just down the steet and they were pushing pedestrians away. that has been expanding since then. it has been clear that this is a serious situation.
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again, lawmakers are not in town right now but staff are. there is law officers that maintain this capital complexion year round. an unfolding situation, we're trying to stay on top of it as best as we can. the police are still trying to keep this going on. they believe explosives are.
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there is potentially an explosive where they had evacuations that springs me to jim cavanagh. as you heard, jim, your former colleagues at atf are on scene. fbi negotiators are on scene, police taking the lead. you have been inside of these kinds of situations explain to us what will like i will be happening on the ground right now. you can't late the vehicle move or leave. most of the people there, the staff, and the reporters are safe. they will not be demolished by a bomb in a bupt. it is a goon sign if they saw in the pickup truck that the bed was empty. that is a good sign. that means a payload of explosives is not there.
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there's some reporting on that. we're not sure how this will pan out. that means if he has a device it would be contained within the cab which is mostly in the back seat. i have had bombs in cars that have a few hundred pounds in the back seat. you a bomb issue, an negotiation issue, so once he is isolated communication is critical. so the u.s. capital police, metropolitan police, they all have negotiators and they're training to talk and deal with bombers and they're going to want to communicate with him. if there is no tag they will have to work to get a cell phone number. they may have a verbal communication or use a sign. so you want to establish a phone
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contact so you can negotiate. we do that with a throw phone. we can throw them a phone or in a case like this it is delivered by a robot. so you have to maybe negotiate through a sign. that you hold up, we want to send you a phone. and you have to get his agreement to that. but they may already be on the cell phone. communication is established, what is his grievance. what is his demands. what is his emotional state. what is he trying to accomplish? what was his target, kris. it's obviously not where he is because he was trying to be stopped by the police, capitol police or metropolitan police and they followed him to this point. who knows where he was found and who knows if he actually as a bomb.
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we had a man at the washington monument that wanted to ban nuclear weapons and he claimed to have thousands of milligrams of explosives and they shot and killed him. you can't have someone drive around a city with a bomb they're threatening to detonate even if it is just a hoax. if you tried to leave they would have to stop him. but the preferred method is to back that perimeter up, negotiate, and try to get him to surrender. >> i want to bring in client watts who is now a distinguished research fellow and an msnbc national security analyst. let me pick up if i can, clint, where jim left off. as we said before the fbi is
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sending negotiators to the scene. so many questions i have including what are the chances they have eyes on his hands and whether or not that detonator switch. how important is it for them to be able to run plates, figure out who this guy is, how quickly can they do a check on him. give us a sense of how quickly this can unfold for them being best able to talk this guy down? >> some changes they have include the fact that they are in washington dc. and this is central to a lot of the apparatus of the fbi and the local police. separately there are more cameras than other if is around the country. so they can pick up on it and make news. the big thing they're trying to
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figure out is is this person acting alone? this could be part of something bigger. we saw people placing bombs, we saw an insurrection at the capital. it looks to be, you know, a loan actor but i would assume they want to confirm that. and the next part is is it tied to any sort of treatment? that would be essential in running down that data. it might have surfaced somewhere, potentially the driver has surfaced, and there will be a way to think through their negotiation. >> clint, i need to interrupt you for a second, what do you have for us? >> we were told now by a couple officials about why the discussions with this driver may
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be going rather slowly. we're told that he is communicating with them by writing on a dry erase board. you can write on them and white off the ink start over again. that's the way he is communicating with them on a dry erase board. >> he had a dry erase board? that he has -- they didn't give him a dry erase board? he had one and he was trying to communicate with them? >> what i'm told is that he is communicating with them through a dry erase board that he apparently had with him in the pickup truck. that is the method of communication that he has decided to use to communicate with them. so that is one reason why things are proceeding slowly at this point. >> okay, clint, what do you make
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of that? >> it would be really fascinating if he brought the equipment with him which would mean he had a plan. for whatever reason he is using this, he has a plan for why he brought that dry erase board. and that starts to beg questions about why does he want to do this? why are they using this message. maybe he wants to provide this here, perhaps he is picking this channel for some reason. that's what i would take away from that now. now in terms of negotiators, why it is important is as a negotiator you want to have as much information as possible.
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even more information than the person you're negotiating with so you can get them to a better outcome so you can dominate that space. it gives you more options, number one. number two they want to build the rapport. they don't want to agitate or provoke the person. so it could be a license plate, past criminal records, helps him avoid potential pitfalls and build a more calm and sauce taned relationship with the person. and maybe this system, maybe he is trying to delay the system. it seems like this is the way he wants to do this.
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we should always republican that if this is a terrorist act on behalf of the political or social moment, part of the reason people pursue terrorism is to capture time and a spotlight and to bring eyes on to your cause into that is another thing we should look for, why is this individual doing that? i'm sure that's a negotiation for them and they're trying to page through it. if they're doing it with a white board, other forces of communication, i think that will go on for some time. >> thank you to all of you, we're going to continue to follow the capital news. there is a man in a truck, they're in communication with
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so we're staying on top of that breaking news in our nation's capital where u.s. capital police are investigating a suspicious vehicle and an active bomb threat. bomb techs have responded, so have negotiators. our own pete williams just reported that the person in that truck is using a white dry erase board to communicate. capital police ordered the evacuation. a reminder that no members of congress are in session. the house is not in session, but there are staffers in those buildings and we will update you as we get more investigation. now to the latest in the scramble to evacuate americans and allies from afghanistan. we learned that the u.s. military evacuated more than 2,000 people in the last 24 hours. that means 7,000 evacuations so far nap is still far short of the goal of 5,000 to 9,000
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day. let's go to kelly o'donnell. the president says no american will be left behind in afghanistan, does that include folks not in kabul right now or can't get there. i know he and the vice president met with their national security team. what more can you tell us? >> a big issue is are there americans not near the airport where there is a process unfolding for how they can get safe passage. and at this point, u.s. officials are saying that the process is working. there are other reports of how difficult that journey can be. that there have been communication issues, and some set backs here and there but no conflicts between the u.s. military and the taliban.
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but can military personnel get all of the americans out. at this point officials are saying they're not expanding the perimeter, not putting in additional military and that is a real question about how that will get done. this goal of 9,000 evacuations in a single day, they have the air lift capability but the processing of individuals, those that have the proper credentials is not going at that pace. 2,000 in the last 24 hours, 7,000 since august 17th, and they went further back to say about 12,000 have been air lifted out of afghanistan. what happens an august 31st, the u.s. deadline for withdrawal. the president was asked about
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this and if there are americans in country after that point, what happens? >> e we will do everything we can to get americans and allies out. >> does that mean troops will stay behind if necessary. >> it depends on where we are and if we can ramp these numbers up to 5,000 to 7,000 a day coming out. if that's the case they'll all be out. >> but america should understand that troops might have to be there past august 31st. >> we'll try to get it done before. >> if we don't we'll determine at the time who is left. >> and? >> and if there is american citizens left we'll get them all out. >> so you're hearing the president's response that he wants the operation completed by the deadline. that is part of the agreement with the taliban. what would happen with u.s.
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taliban relations beyond that point? what are the logistics. it is a question for the president that may be something we see unfold in greater specificity as we get closer to that deadline. right now the pentagon trying to ramp up operations. >> courtney, that is a critical question, right? can they get this done by the end of the month? what is the hold up if they have the ability to get foiks out why are more people not leaving every day. give us your headlines. >> they are in there, and getting them on planes. so the talibans a kelly was just saying, they set up checkpoints.
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there is syndications that the americans are now getting through in some cases through the check points and that is in part due to the conversations they're having with taliban commanders. but there are many store resist of afghans that can't get through and some american passport holders that can't get through the checkpoints. then when they get through the airport they have to go to a gate. there is two that are supposed to be open to american where's there are u.s. consulate officers and military there helping facility getting people through but we're still hearing about bottlenecks at the gates as well. and once they get on, you know i keep hearing from u.s. military officials, look, we'll put these people on the planes, but we need to know who we're putting on. so then they are relying on the state department to tell them who to manifest on to the flights. this is logistical and
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bureaucratic hurdle. they don't necessarily have just a master list of all of the people once they get there to the airport. so the two things that stuck out for me from today's briefing, number one it is very clear that they have a capacity to take thousands of people out every day, and despite the fact that they got about 2,000 people out in the last 24 hours, it seems as if they had the capacity, the air lift capability to get out more than they took out. the second thing that i found interesting is this acknowledgment that will are armed f 18s flying out of kabul right now. flying out of a u.s. air carrier. this is interesting to me because it shows the u.s. military has not only the capability but they are ready if need be to carry out air strikes over kabul if called in.
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another significant development, chris. >> thank you both for the latest going on in afghanistan. this morning a debate over covid-19 officials laid out the plan for a third dose of those moderna and pfizer shots. some of those officials out on the morning shows today making their case as critics question whether those shots could be better used for people here and abroad who haven't been vaccinated at all. >> you we want to meet this plan now so the vaccines are extended. we are starting to see waning and infection and we think that will result soon in waning in severe disease of outcome. we certainly don't want to see that here and so that's why we're planning now to get ahead of it before that happens. we will continue to follow the science, but i don't think it's a given that we will be doing this continuously.
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>> right now the push to get more americans to roll up their sleeves for just that first round of vaccinations each day. in some states, quote, many overwhelmed hospitals with no beds to offer are putting critically ill covid-19 patients on plane, helicopters and ambulances and sending them hundreds of miles to far-flung states for treatment. i want to bring in nbc news medical contributor dr. nahid beddalia. so many questions to ask you about, but the key one that's being debated right now is with 98% of the virus circulating, being the delta variant, some doctors saying, look, the better way to protect everybody is to get more of the unvaccinated, and vaccinated rather than adding boosters to the menu. where do you stand in that argument? >> chris, in my mind the data that cdc released yard, and one shows that the time from
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vaccination as well as the addition of the delta variant which is affecting some efficacy of the vaccine. they have a nursing home study that over time you saw the efficacy of the mrna vaccines go down to the 50s go down and what they're seeing in their over 65 patients. for the general population you are seeing an increased number of breakthrough infections and yeah, there could be a benefit in reducing mild infections and right now there's no effect on hospitalizations and death. they want to be proactive and get those boosters ready. i do think it's not a zero-sum equation. where i stand is yes, sure. let's plan for those boosters if we need them and again, they have to go through the cdc and fda, we have to look at the safety issues and we have 1 million people that have gotten that third dose, and they'll
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look at that closely before that's made available to the general public, but it's not a zero sum because by mid-next year we'll have a billion doses in vaccines and we need better clarity and dedication to get those first shots abroad while representing the booster. >> while there's that debate going on, new development in the fight over maskis and want to bring in erin mclachlan. as i understand it, doug ducey is taking financial action in schools over masks? >> yeah, that's right, chris. republican governor doug ducey continuing to apply pressure to schools fighting to keep their mask mandates in place. this time financial announcing the creation of $163 million grant fund funded by the federal government covid relief funds effectively amounting to $1800 per student, but in order to be
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eligible to receive those funds, schools have to essentially meet two requirements and they have to remain open and they have to comply with arizona state laws and those schools who want to continue with a mask mandate in defiance of arizona's state law will be deprived of those funds. governor ducey is saying that he believes while health recommendations within schools are welcome. he said mandates put undue pressure and stress on students, but democrats and education leaders throughout the state here are absolutely outraged at this. i was speaking to the superintendent of the phoenix union high school district which represents 22 schools and the school you see behind me in 28,000 students they have been in the fight to keep mask map dates in place. the superintendent telling me that they'll continue to put student safety before money. take a listen. >> a lot can change, laws can
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change, guidelines can change and the virus can change and i'll tell you one thing that will not change and that's our commitment to our community. we've said we will always do everything we can to prioritize their health, safety and wellness and we'll do everything we can to protect them. >> governor ducey's office is saying that these schools have ten days to lift their mask map mandates to be eligible for the funding and because of the school district's efforts in court the start date for the law putting a ban on mask mandates doesn't begin until the end of september which is creating more confusion in the state. >> erin mclachlan, thank you for that reporting and dr. nahid bhadalia. that will do it for me. i'll be back tomorrow. a big hour we have planned for you. if you plan to getting back to
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the office, do you have questions about how it all works about corporate vaccine or testing policies? does the idea of going back make you feel anxious? so we've been taking your questions. we will ask them to our team of experts tomorrow. you can email at talk @msnbc.com or tweet them to the #msnbcanswers tomorrow on msnbc, but first, dr. anthony fauci will join my colleague andrea mitchell on the latest on the booster recommendation. she is up next.
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good day. this is "andrea mitchell reports," and we are following breaking news in washington. an active bomb threat investigation after an alert from the capitol police of a suspicious vehicle at the library of congress. joining me now with the very latest nbc news justice correspondent pete williams and garrett haake, terrorism analyst and retired atf special agent jim cavanaugh and msnbc national security analyst clint watts, former fbi special agent. pete, bring us up-to-date with the latest you've learned from police. >> so this has been going on for about an hour and a half, andrea. it happened when the driver of a black pickup truck stopped the vehicle in front of the library of congr

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