is who else but the mayor of austin. you for being with us. >> the with you. laura: you have kindly spoken to us remotely. it is great to be here in person. you have afghan refugees arriving already in austin. a warm welcome? >> they are. our community is welcoming refugees. it -- it given what is happening now, all the more important to do our part to provide safe places for people to go. laura: isn't it a heart rendering situation? those translators who are protesting at the capital, their families are trapped, and they are not technically families who are eligible for evacuation. that is a tough situation. >> this heartbreaking. it's heartbreaking to hear about it. we are all still confused about how the intelligence could have been that far off. but all focus regardless of the situation that otherwise exists, and that is why we are welcoming people to town. laura: you have a lot on your plate. you are seeing a spike again in coronavirus cases. hospitals are reporting a shortage of icu beds. children are being hospita

austin: we continue to work on that. we have gone and emphasized that people who are trying to get to the airport have the right credentials and need to be allowed through. >> if the taliban entering kabul, people are worried that the longer they wait, even if it means several days to get a flight, it will be difficult to get them through. also there is the question of if they should try harder. gen. milley: like i set up front, we are focused on the mission. we are focused on getting out american citizens and afghans who are at risk. there will be time to focus on regrets. right now, this is not that time. >> we appreciate your time. thank you. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government, funded by these television companies and more. including comcast. >> is this a community center? >> it is way more. >> comcast is partnering to provide wi-fi for low income families to be ready for everything. >> comcast supports c-span as a public service as well as these other television providers giving you a front row seat to d

austin: we continue to work on that. we have gone and emphasized that people who are trying to get to the airport have the right credentials and need to be allowed through. >> if the taliban entering kabul, people are worried that the longer they wait, even if it means several days to get a flight, it will be difficult to get them through. also there is the question of if they should try harder. gen. milley: like i set up front, we are focused on the mission. we are focused on getting out american citizens and afghans who are at risk. there will be time to focus on regrets. right now, this is not that time. >> we appreciate your time. thank you. [no audio] >> coming up in 20 minutes, the house transfer -- transportation chair will talk about the infrastructure bill. we have live coverage beginning at 4:00 on c-span. after that, president biden will address the nation on the pandemic, the delta variant, and vaccination efforts. the conference is set for 4 :30. live on c-span. >> good wednesday morning. here is the headlin

secretary austin: thank you, senator. you heard general millie talk about the late combatant commander's view on isr. having been a combatant commander, i agree, there is never enough isr. i always want more. the air force is committed to taking off a number of lines of isr, but they are not reducing the tales of the aircraft -- the tails of the aircraft that go with those lines. they are making sure they upgrade and modernize their aircraft were possible so that they can network the aircraft better. so, the number of tails is not being produced. the number of lines is being reduced slightly. senator: can you get us information about that, so that we know with the program of record will be going forward and how it can impact us? secretary austin: absolutely. senator: thank you. i would like to talk about iranian aggression, how we combat that, because iranian-backed militias are increasingly targeting u.s. installations, service members in iraq. iran continues to be the world' is leading state sponsor of terrorism, threat

, i hope you get this message >> reporter: a mother's plea on the 40th birthday of her son, austin tice the freelance journalist and former marine who disappeared nine years ago while on assignment in syria. >> august 11th will always be our special day. i'm so gteral futo be your mom, and i can hardly wait to hold you again. >> tice went missing in august 2012 after being detained at a checkpoint near damascus >> oh, jesus >> reporter: this video posted online a month later shows the last time he was seen. his family, however, focuses on happier memories when was the last time you saw him that you were together? >> the last time i saw him, i was dropping him off at the airport in january of 2012, thinking about the last time i hugged him, he was 30 and now we've had this milestone that we would have celebrated. this year is really challenging. >> despite the heavy emotional toll, deborah and mark tice have never given up hope for their son's safe return. we last spoke with them in 2019. >> my expectations are very high right now. >> reporter: secretary of state antony blinken recommitt

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and so that's -- the community in austin is coming together to demand that the school district in austin defy governor abbott's -- a ban on mask mandates and implement a mask mandate to keep your kids safe. >> you battled cancer. you mentioned that you had a weakened immune system there. is -- and the tape that we played. is the governor putting your health at risk with this ban? >> well, certainly, yeah. i think i have a unique perspective on the pandemic because i spent the whole pandemic trying not to die from cancer, chemo and covid. and really i have within me a duty to serve children, to educate children and that's where i need to be too. i need them first and foremost to be safe when they're with me. and i need to stay safe so that i can serve them and work with them and their families. so, yeah, my health is on the line as well. and i need to stay safe for them. >> clearly -- i admire your passion on this. and i know you're worried about your students. what are you hearing from parents in the community, caroline? >> i work in an area of austin that is underresourced. at the schoo

she and her husband have lived in their home in northeast austin for around 14 years.oximity to the highway, there have always been some meless people nearby. but after the city stopped enforcing ordinances against public camping, she says things got much wse. >> i go to the library and i see trash. i can't go to the park because there's homeless tents, there's drug needles, there's drug deals going down in the middle of the day, you know, i mean, even where we live. here in front of our home for about a month, we heard and saw a woman being sex trafficked and we saw the men going in and out of her tent and we saw her and we heard her cries. and my husband, my children's window is close to the street. and they heard her. >> sy: there are laws against drug and sex trafficking, and their enforcement has direct connection to prop b. but rios says criminals exploit the homeless, and hide among them. >> i know people who were in drug trafficking. they were arrested and it started an avenue for them to get help. and so they went to jail and because of jail, they were able to

>> it's what we said to secretary austin too.he came into office, he wanted to pull out of there. i was going to ask you, michel, about the polls. seven in ten americans said weshlwe should get out of there. that's not what we're talking about here. the polls are now was it worth it? >> i honestly think this is one of those questions that won't be answered today or tomorrow. it's one of those soul searching questions. it's a ido it's a question about american identity. this question about whether it was worth it it will be royaling the country for quite some time. craig, you have expertise in this area, but one of thencerns do for recruiting of white nationalist groups. this is one of their core issues, refugees. this is a very fraught time for the country for reasons we can't even anticipate at the moment. >> we're also dealing with a pandemic. that c-17 loaded with more than 800 afghans and most didn't have masks on. i was in afghanistan a couple months ago. there are no vaccines there. nobody is getting a vaccine. concerns abo

faltan camas en los hospitales de austin, texas para atender a los pacientes del coronavirus.e niega a imponer el uso del cubrebocas. la pandemia repunta, pero se estÁn realizando varios festivales y eventos masivos. los expertos estÁn alarmados porque podrÍa convertirse en focos de contagio. >> tenemos que tener la vacuna. presentadora: abajo las cadenas, asÍ claman miles de exiliados en miami, pidiendo el fin de la dictadura comunista en su paÍs. muy buenas noches. la administraciÓn biden retomÓ la deportaciÓn express a los inmigrantes. los centroamericanos estÁn siendo enviados vÍa aÉrea y mexicanos vÍa terrestre. como nos explica pablo, no todo estÁ perdido para estos migrantes porque pueden solicitar asilo antes de ser expulsados. pablo: estos indocumentados llegaron deportados vÍa rÁpida a san pedro, honduras. habÍa hombres, mujeres y niÑos. la administraciÓn biden retomÓ las deportaciones rÁpidas vÍa aÉrea de indocumentados a sus paÍses de origen. las llamadas deportaciones express tambiÉn serÁn por tierra. este grupo de indocumentados es devuelto a mÉxico. ¿cuÁnto tard

a teacher in austin -- in the austin independent school district. and there she is, on your screen, now, live. um, thank you. i appreciate you coming on, and telling your story. and for the really powerful message that you gave there. and it's not just you. parents and students are, also, begging for a mask mandate tonight. let's listen to them, and then you and i will talk. >> please, stand up to governor abbott and his anti-science order, and require masks for austin students. my 9-year-old, emmett, has sacrificed 15% of his childhood to stay safe at home. i'm terrified his brothers may bring covid home to him. >> to stand for the safety of our community. the leadership means protecting others and speaking up for them. >> it is our responsibility to protect our children. returning to school without a mask mandate risks the lives of our children. it teaches them that science is irrelevant, that education is unnecessary, that expertise is meaningless, and that critical thinking is not actually critical. >> huh, interesting. listen. i think i misspok

it was interesting secretary austin's comments about extending the perimeter. i think that is something that lot of people would like them to do. let's go further out into the city, let's prevent the taliban from interfering with anything, great reporting by clarissa ward where people have been stopped coming toward the airport. it would seem the prudent solution that military force would just go out and counter any taliban activity. that is easier said than done with the size of the force that is present at the airport right now. there were some other things that were interesting to me as you and i talked last week i think it was when john kirby had his presence cos conference and about what they were doing and i said make no mistake, this is the prelude to a kneo operation. and when general milley said this is the second largest ne oeneo that we've done, that hit hard to me because i've executed a partial neo and i know how difficult that planning and partial execution was. to say this is the second largest with perhaps upwards of 80,000 people tells me this

. >> this morning tough questions for defense secretary lloyd austin. was the pentagon prepared and will the mission expand? >>> plus, reaction from republican senator joni ernst. an army veteran on the senate armed services committee. >>> fall booster. the cdc recommends a third shot for all vaccinated americans. >> the vaccine is starting to wane in its effectiveness against infection. >> surgeon general vivek murthy joins us live. >>> all that, plus our powerhouse round table on the political fallout of president biden's first foreign policy crisis. >> announcer: from abc news, it's "this week." here now co-anchor martha raddatz. >>> good morning. welcome to "this week." it has been exactly one week since the fall of afghanistan. a swift, stunning outcome that has created a political crisis for the biden administration and a desperate humanitarian mission. there is chaos in kabul and renewed urgency to rescue some 15,000 americans on the ground and the tens of thousands of afghan allies. those that remain are facing increasingly dangerous conditions.

, katie austin. train arrive _ corresponded, katie austin. we have had one train arrive into _ corresponded, katie austin. we have had one train arrive into st _ corresponded, katie austin. we have had one train arrive into st pancras i had one train arrive into st pancras this morning already, carrying passengers from paris. there is of course are among the first travellers coming into the uk from the fans who no longer have to do self—isolate for ten days when they get here if they have been double vaccinated. very soon at the first train out of london to paris from st pancras will be leaving. we spoke to some of the passengers getting on to that, some of the brits who are going to france and are quite relieved when they return that they definitely will not have to self—isolate. this change that was announced on wednesday is being seen as very good news by businesses who take passengers between the uk and france, including eurostar which has been hit really hard by the travel restrictions over the

i know that austin has been in prison for more than nine years. half. what can you tell our viewers about what he may be experimenting and the urgency of this situation? >> well, ayman, first and foremost, thank you for shininging a light on austin's plight right now. we do this every year at this time as it coincides with his birthday and his abduction. i wish we talked about him on a daily basis until he comes home. i can tell you that, you know, when austin was abducted i've been working at "the washington post" for just four months. when it happened my editors, our editors were obviously extremely concerned and not a day has passed that we haven't stayed concerned and on top of this issue. you know, i worked for the post for another two years while austin was in prison. i was in prison myself for a year and a half. i've been free for five and a half years, and all that time austin has remained detained and it's a horrific experience. one day in captivity is a nightmare and draw that out over a period of almost a decade and it's almost impossib

>> well, dell is lots of places in austin, butatou offered at $2.6 million in west austin, higher-endting, that looks very lovely, beautifully photographed what did it go for >> we got an offer of $3.5 we had 11 offers on that property, the majority of which were cash, but the offer that was alone, because they were willing to step so far above the next price, and this is an unusual situation. it's important to know they were also willing to put up half a million in what we call due diligence money, which means they would have lost that money if they terminated that made it a sure thing for that seller. >> so these people wanted that house some kind of bad genet, thank you for educating us for what's going on in the wonderful town of austin. >> you're very welcome thank you for having me. >> yes, that's where south by southwest is, isn't it >> yes, when they have it. >>> expansion across the country is not slowing down, and now looking to team up with its rivals to keep the growth ingog. the ceo joins us next. at usaa, we've been called too exclusive. because we only serve those who h

president moon, secretary austin, mr. charles mcgovern, and dr. replica of the wall of remembrance. [ speaking in other language ] >> ladies and gentlemen please direct your attention to the ceremonial box as the chairman, governor hogan, superintendent jeff reinbold, colonel weber, and the secretary, with ambassador lee will now conduct the official groundbreaking for the wall of remembrance. >> ladies and gentlemen, this concludes today's ceremony. please remain seated until the official party has departed the

my colleague morgan chesky is in austin. mara barrett in memphis, tennessee, where kids are headed back to school today. also dr. ezekiel emanuel, from global initiatives at the university of pennsylvania. he was health policy adviser in the obama white house and part of president biden's transition board on covid-19. morgan, i know things are rough down south, but austin sounds particularly bad. what's going on? >> steph, you mentioned that number. this came out over the weekend. 14 icu beds for 2.3 million people in the greater austin area. it's hard to imagine that that number actually got worse from then to monday morning but, yes, six icu beds in the greater austin area. we know warnings were sent out from officials saying this is a dire situation. please mask up. please stay home if at all possible, and there's a couple of reasons for that. the numbers are so bad with this delta variant sweeping across the south and hitting texas especially hard. local leaders no longer have the authority to issue a mask mandate becaus

" on our costation cbs austin, why did you want to hear "god only knows"? moment at that time. that was absolutely beautiful and amazing! and i want to congratulate you too, the show every day i enjoy watching and i want to congratulate you on the success, you have this spirit that makes people want to open up to you and just between give me major oprah winfrey vibes. >> kelly: oh! i will take it even if it's alive. thank you. it is a blessing at this point in my life and we talk about this all the time, just to be able to go to work and do what you love and love who you are doing it with is a gigantic blessing, because we have all had those jobs -- so it's an amazing thing, thank you, that was so sweet of you. >> but so i requested the song because it is kind of a fun fact in our family around the dinner table and sometimes in icebreaker conversations that the very first concert that my husband went to as an 8-year-old, which is very funny to us is the beach boys, said lid beach boys any time i hear them or the wilsons or that song in particular it makes m

laura trevelyan is in austin, texas for us tonight.s here in the great state of texas, and many of those interpreters who worked for us forces in afghanistan, made friends with the us soldiers and have resettled here in the state of texas. so for more on how the ripples from afghanistan, nearly 8000 miles away, are being felt here in austin, texas, i'mjoined 8000 miles away, are being felt here in austin, texas, i'm joined now by 21—year—old grant rommel, president of the young republicans here at the university of austin, texas. you are 21, so america has been at war in afghanistan for the whole time that you've been alive.— you've been alive. pretty much, eah. i you've been alive. pretty much, yeah- i have _ you've been alive. pretty much, yeah. i have no recollection - you've been alive. pretty much, yeah. i have no recollection of. you've been alive. pretty much, yeah. i have no recollection of a world _ yeah. i have no recollection of a world where the united states is not in afghanistan. so for me, this is totally— in afghanistan

president moon, secretary austin, mr. charles mcgovern and dr.ll of remembrance. >> [speaking korean] >> ladies and gentlemen, please director attention to the ceremonial bonds as chairman -- superintendent jeff reingold, colonel webber, chairman son, and secretary, with ambassador lee -- will conduct the official groundbreaking for the wall of remembrance. >> [speaking korean] >> ladies and gentlemen, this concludes today's ceremony. please remain seated until the official party has departed the area. >> [speaking korean] >> i ruth gaiters being spur, do solemnly swear. >> that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. against all enemies, foreign and domestic. >> against all enemies, foreign and domestic. just -- >> that i will bear truth, allegiance to the same. >> that i take this obligation freely. that i take this obligation freely. without any metal reservation, for the purpose of invasion. >> without reservation, or purpose of invasion. >> and

he is michael hayward of the university of texas at austin. you can ask them questions on this report and the information there. you can call us at (202) 748-8000 for the eastern and central time zones. (202) 748-8001 for the mountain and pacific time zones. professor, we talked about the impact of covid when it comes to these jobs. aside from that, were there other factors? guest: in terms of the decline in life expectancy, we saw some additional contributions from drug poisoning. the opioid epidemic continues to percolate along, as it did before covid. then we had some increases in accidents and homicides. those were kind of small potatoes in comparison to covid. to some extent i actually wonder if the effects are not greater than we are seeing, because it took us a while to actually measure covid deaths with some degree of accuracy. as we got better at identifying deaths on the death certificates. host: is this measured by deaths directly related to covid or deaths because of associated factors to covid? is that measured in there? guest: th

thank you. >>> joining me now is the mayor of austin, texas, steve adler. mayor adler, thank you for being with us. talk to us about the decision overnight by the austin school board to issue mask requirements for students in the incoming school year. >> i think this is clearly something that parents in our community want, which makes perfect sense. it is following the doctors and the data. when the cdc and the american academy of pediatrics speak very clearly that the safest thing you can do for children is make sure that everybody in schools are masked, parents with children in school are going to want -- are going to want everyone masked. >> what's your message to texas gov governor greg abbott who tried to restrict the freedom of local school boards to make their own decisions on masks? >> i really do believe the local communities know best what is important for those communities. i think there is a basic freedom and liberty interest in local communities being able to make those kinds of decisions. that's what we're seeing here. ultimately the question

as you heard secretary austin, we have no way of helping them get to the airport. the state department put out and advisory saying they cannot guarantee the security of americans getting to the airport. they're saying that our citizens are on their own trying to get to the airport we have secured. we've heard reports from people on the ground that's not the case with the british or the french. >> martha: that is incredibly frustrating and you can hear? general milley's voice, he said yes, we're going to get all americans out and all partners that want to leave. that is our priority. he said "we are going to get them out." i was disappointed we didn't have a more definitive answer to the august 31 question. they said we're going to do as much as we can with the resources that we have. what happens if you're not done and there's people that by that definition, americans or partners that we want to get out, they will get out. august 31 comes and goes. >> martha, i don't know. a very good question. august 31 is fast approaching especially when we have thousands of amer

what should we expect to hear from lloyd austin and mark milley? >> well, i think you're going to hear them tell us that the situation is more under control than it has been 40 hours ago, that they have backed, you know, a relatively clear, crisp operation going in terms of evacuating more americans and afghans, burks of course, they will have to answer a lot of questions, questions about what they told the white house and when. what advice they gave. reports have come out, of course, that general milley and secretary austin warned president biden even before he made his decision to withdraw in april that there could be, you know, consequences to it, that there would be unpleasant consequences along the lines of what we've been seeing we they will be asked why the execution of it, even if the policy was the right choice, why the execution of it seems to have been so flawed. why if the contingency planning that was done in advance of these final days of the afghan government didn't prepare the forces on the ground to be ready to get out the people w

." >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> i am dagen mcdowell with austin, greg gutfeld.o'clock in new york city and this is "the five." 7 minutes into joe biden's presidency and the border is a disaster. video shows more illegal immigrants crammed into a room amid rising covid fears. we are getting staggering new numbers. 212,000 migrants were apprehended in july. breaking a 20 year record. the numbers went up every month since president biden was sworn in. the homeland security secretary mayorkas was at the border today trying to down play the situation. >> the situation at the border is one of the toughest challenges we face. we have seen surges in migration before. they are not new. >> while biden officials claim there is not a crisis, look at this texas judge who deals with the situation firsthand. >> we are all very, very frustrated. what people don't understand this is not just a border crisis. it's a national crisis. president biden failed the american people and failing us here on the border. we are battling a war against these refugees that are coming illegally

here's austin goolsby and dallas said advisor daniel booth. things folks look at like bond yields, one of the members of the dallas fed acknowledging it is too early to taper because of the delta variant and feels like something more on this, if you look at 2022 we could see a massive slowdown. >> we are in the midst of a massive slowdown for rent in the united states rising 17%, hard for us households. we see confidence collapsed in the space of the last 3 weeks, unemployment benefits run two weeks and use the money supply in the country begin to contract so we -- there are a lot of crosscurrents but it does not bode well for the future of consumption. the united states is 2 thirds spending consumption so we cannot contend that the slowdown. charles: there's a thing called citigroup economic surprise indicators. it has plunged. almost every economic report outside morris and jobs report. are you concerned about that q >> we talked about my view that the virus is the boss and if we let the virus rage out of control the economy will slowdown. i

are you concerned about retaliation in the city of austin? >> you know, i think those kind of concerns always exist but you can't alter the course of action that you have. at the very beginning of this process a year and a half ago, we all pledged, the governor pledged to be guided by the doctors and data but at this point rather than being governed by the data, i think we're being governed by republican donors. we're going to have to do what it is necessary to keep the kids safe. we've already been in court twice with the governor and won it twice at the district court level and weighing in regardless, we need to be doing everything we can to send a really clear message to our community that masking works. it helps keep us safe. it is something we can do and keep our economy open and safe and vibrant but we've got to do at least that. we've got to get people vaccinated. >> have you seen much of a push back to new recommendations for even fully vaccinated people as we know may be time to start masking up indoors? what are you hearing? >> i th

-- austin -- that's a reminder, today, that full approval of the vaccines. full-formal approval, not just emergency authorization. that might make a difference, in terms of various entities and agencies and big employers feeling comfortable, actually, requiring vaccination, right, the way that schools and the military and so many other entities have required various other vaccinations for so long. as to whether or not they are comfortable with the vaccine. as of last week, 70% of all adults in our country have received at least one dose of the vaccine. that's a big accomplishment. it did come a month later than the july-4th deadline, president biden had hoped for, for that benchmark. because more americans have not been willing to get the shot, we are now seeing this disparate-lived experience based on where you might live. if you live in a part of the country where not that many people have been vaccinated, day to day life right now is starting taking a time machine back to the battle days of last spring. in mississippi right now, in 20 -- 20 of the state's

our own martha raddatz pressing defense secretary lloyd austin on american operations there. tens of thousands still desperate to get out of the country. flights resuming today under heavy security. u.s. officials saying 3,800 evacuees removed in afghanistan in 24 hours. 17,000 in the last week. here's abc's julia macfarlane with the fast-moving developments. >> reporter: tonight, chaos in kabul. scenes outside the airport reaching breaking point. the uk ministry of defense confirming that seven afghan civilians were killed today in the crowds. heartbreaking images showing bodies covered in white tarps. soldiers struggling to keep the terrified crowds calm and hydrated in the brutal heat. [ crying ] >> reporter: desperation growing as thousands more arrive each day. nato troops trying to keep the airport secure. >> stay there! stay there! >> reporter: the u.s. embassy warning u.s. citizens not to make the hazardous journey to kabul airport unless they have individual instructions from a u.s. government representative. on thursday, three u.s. chinook helicopters airlifting ame

we now know that we will hear from defense secretary austin, coming up this afternoon, secretary austin is going to, it's my understanding what i'm being told he will brief at 3:00 this afternoon. i got to tell you, toby, one of the things that i've heard, i've had conversations with veterans who served in afghanistan, has been and one vet and we'll hear from them later in the show put it succinctly. i want to hear from secretary austin. he said general austin, how he knew him in the military, this is a guy that i trust. i want to hear from him, what is the plan? what are the logistics moving forward? how is this going to happen? why hasn't he come out and spoken yet? the president has, the commander in chief, not the defense secretary. that happens this afternoon. toby, how important is it based on the people that you're talking to that we hear from secretary austin and what do they want to hear from him? >> hallie, thanks for having me on the show. i think in a situation of chaos and peril, which has been outlined so well people want to hear from ed looers and want to be reassured. th

. >> a mother's plea on the 40th birthday of her son, austin tice.sappeared nine years ago while on assignment in syria. >> august 11th will always be our special day. i'm so grateful to be your mom, and i can hardly wait to hold you again. >> tice went missing in august of 2012 after being detained at a check point near demass -- demascus. this this video is the last time he was seen. >> when was the last time you saw him and you were together? >> the last time i saw him i was dropping him off at the airport and he was 30, and now we had it be really challenges. >> they never gave up hope for their son's safe return. antony blinken saying we will continue to pursue all avenues to bring austin home. words are easy and we're measuring by action which is what we don't see, and the only thing lester that we have asked since 2012, nine years, three administrations, is direct diplomatic engagement with the syrian government. >> what do you think the obstacle is to seeing that happen? >> right now what we need president biden to do is to tell the national

it's the 40th birthday of austin tice, a journalist who went missing in syria nine years ago this weekand his family put out a statement today. i was going to read just a short portion of it for you: we are now imploring a third president to communicate to his administration that austin's secure release and safe return is a priority. there are many capable people working in our government who are eager to see austin walk free; they must have president biden's authorization for significant and relevant diplomatic engagement with the syrian government. what has the president done, publicly or internally, to communicate that this is a priority? and when will we hear from him directly? ms. psaki: well, i would note that, first, this week, as you noted, marks his ninth year in captivity in syria. i talked about the detainment of austin tice when i was in a prior administration, two administrations ago, and that tells you how long his family has been waiting. we'd certainly reiterate our call for syria to help release -- on syria to help release austin tice and every u.s. citizen held hostag

as we come on the air, we are awaiting a joint news conference from secretary of defense lloyd austin joint chiefs chairman mark milley and the first joint press conference since the fall of kabul, and the evacuation of the americans and allies in that country, and keep it here for that, and we are also awaiting an address to the nation from president biden about the recommendation from the covid task force for a booster shot for all americans ages 12 and older. >> we know that the highly effective vaccines are less effective over time, and that is why today we are announcing the plan to stay ahead of the virus by being prepared to over covid-19 booster shots to vaccinated adults 18 years and older and prepared for the booster shot eight months after receiving the second dose of the moderna or the pfizer dose. we plan to start this september 2021. >> three points are clear. vaccine protection against the sars covid-19 protection begins to decrease over time. and second the vaccine effectiveness against the severe disease and hospitalization and death remains relatively high. and third

i lost all the money made -- i make i do because only cost which is a beautiful thing and austin, 2.5 acres and two and 5d about us. i sold all that, downgraded, downsized but i never sold a book that i've given away if you but no, no, the books i've been a bookseller, a book collector, and author and a book publisher at hoover's for a while. no, no, books are not going anywhere. when i die to become one of the use bookstores in the country. there are some one-of-a-kind stuff intellect the first -- from 1909, owned and owned and signed by the chairman and the main stockholder mr. dupont. i did have all kinds of crazy stuff that i've collected for like 65 65 years or 62 yearsr something like that. >> host: you write in "the lifetime learner's guide to reading and learning" the most fundamental skill of a curious person is to look and to observe. >> guest: i'm sorry, to look -- >> host: and to observe. >> guest: yet. yes, yes. i mean i talk a lot about the ways that we learn and what i call studies of being in the classroom and and i was an entrepreneur in residence at the business scho

priscilla thompson is live in austin.g us, the superintendent of the austin independent school district. priscilla, it is first day of school in austin. what are they doing to keep kids safe? >> reporter: steph, in addition to offering rapid covid testing on campus, austin isd does temperature checks and screening. and they're one of the districts in the state requiring everyone on campus to wear a mask. and when that announcement came out last week, more than 700 parents switched their child enrollment from virtual learning to in person learning as a result. i was here this morning, speaking to parents. i want to play some of my conversations with them about the mask requirement. take a listen. >> as long as you have the mask on, we're good. stuff like that doesn't scare me, it is life, something we have to go through. >> as a father, i'm excited, generally concerned still on how the procedures will be, how they're going to be able to be safe around everything else. other than that, i trust it. give it to the lord. >> re

>> so six beds there in austin, any idea how many they had to start with? >> we know under normal operating levels, talking about more than 100 here, craig. so this is becoming to the point where you have six beds left in a metropolitan area this big and we know it is concerning. will enough people get vaccinated toon shuf no balance out the spread. that is the question that no one knows the answer to right now. >> let me turn to you for a moment here. there are other cities in the country where they have fewer beds than they need. do they just send folks to the closest hospital with space? >> certainly that is happening if you look at med twitter. it is pretty active with anecdotes. of people that have been health care providers. because of diversions there. and what morgan was describing, and what is happening in multiple different hospital systems around the country, is essentially what we were seeing last year before we were having universal masking. before vaccinations. we talked about flattening the curve. no one likes to talk about shutdowns. what sa

let's bring in austin, ceo of luminar. austin great to have you back.ight make some brave new world of technology predictions during his keynote. what would you love to hear most from him tonight? >> [laughter] well, you know, i think it's certainly an interesting time with everything going on, but i think the reality is is that whether we like it or not, the people have come more and more to appreciate just how challenging of a problem self- driving vehicles is to be able to solve for urban environments complex environment s and be able to do so much less with to be able to try to do so without the required sensing capability and that's part of the distinction of what we've been solving for is to be able to allow these cars to accurately see and understand everything on them, to a stage of where you can solve that last 1%, solve all of the edge cases that are difficult and i think, recognition of that and at the same time, the ability to focus not just on trying to better improve the systems of today, but taking the leap to be able to get to the system

and so in that respect, i think austin's is well known here. in the meantime, we're having a warning from the u. n. h, the all that says that there was a even larger great problem that is learning enough comes down to the 39000000 people that live that the high commissioner for refugees, almost baking european union to keep it who does open the u says they are open but as we've seen from that reinforcement differences and sorry, and your idea that they could be deploy drones and patrols in the borders size, know how many people feel? we've had a similar course to keep food. food is open from the international rescue committee saying that you must not abandon people's chemist on. unfortunately, that is now how many people feel that they have been already abandoned. now we spoke to maximilian crime, a german member of the european parliament who believes that the best option would be to get the taliban to guarantee it won't retaliate, retaliate against those who had helped western forces. we spend a lot of money, a lot of time, a lot of life, and

again, that is in austin. the governor of texas today republican greg abbott. today he asked all hospitals in the state of texas to delay nonessential procedures, as covid patients strain capacity. in brunswick, georgia, icu beds, today, are completely full at two different local hospitals. you see that -- the headline there. as covid-19 cases soar, icu beds full. here is tampa, florida. tampa bay paramedics wait hours in hospital bays, while patients await open-er beds. terrifying. charlotte, north carolina.oftinc mpin h hospitals are full. doctors urge you not to go to the emergency room for your covid-19 test. this is ft. pane, alabama. icu beds are full. i coronavirus is going to get worse.re tonight, the u.s. passed 36 million recorded cases of covid. that's from the start of the pandemic.here but just to -- i think this is helpful just to get a look at how fast the rate of infection is increasing right now. we're at 36 million cases, as of tonight. look at the last few million cases. we hit 33 million in mid-may. to get the next million cases, it took 64

we heard from general austin, lloyd austin, the president -- he referred to him as the general. he didn't use his name. he talked about why he couldn't let them go back to the perimeter, why they can't push out the perimeter as other countries are doing. listen to this sound bite. i'll get your thoughts on the other side. can we play that sound bite? this president biden on why the troops are not going beyond the airport. can we play that? >> the reason why we have not gone out and set up a perimeter way outside the airport in kabul is that it's likely to draw a lot of unintended consequences in terms of people that in fact are not part of the taliban. >> martha: quick thought on that senator and then we're going to the pentagon. >> yeah, what it means we're not going to fight to get our people out. if the taliban tell us we can't get beyond their point we won't. britain and france are going beyond the airport. what president biden is saying is misleading. how could the state department tell people on the ground we can't guarantee your safety, we may close the gate at any minute

. >> ten years ago, then general lloyd austin was head of u.s. forces in iraq and recommended to the president not to full troops out of iraq. months ago, now defense secretary austin recommended the same thing in afghanistan. is he frustrated that presidents are ignoring him? >> the secretary is 100% focused on the mission at hand right now, which is a non-combatant evacuation operation. and he is comfortable that throughout this deliberation, his voice was heard. that he had an opportunity to provide his best advice and counsel to the commander in chief and the national security team, as did other leaders here at the pentagon. it was a very inclusive, deliberate process, and the secretary believes that the president was given the benefit of a lot of different views, not just his but a lot of different views. and then the commander in chief made a decision. that's how it works. that's exactly how the process should work. a very calm and deliberate decision-making process. and once that decision is made, you execute. that's the way this building

robocall over the weekend. >> covid-19 situation in austin is dire. health care facilities are open, but researches are limited due to a surge in cases. >> the county's top doctor calling it an hour-by-hour situation. cases are rising so sharply, you could potentially send patients out of state? >> it's a -- it's a possibility. >> reporter: the surge now forcing worst case scenarios, like covid overflow tents in houston and pediatric units full as stephanie lopez watched crews fly her 11-month-old daughter eva to a hospital nearly 150 miles away. >> it was a very overwhelming, heartbreaking experience >> reporter: many states, including new jersey and arizona haven't reissued mask mandates, while in arkansas, the governor, amid a surge in cases, regretting a prior ban. >> it was an error to sign that law. i admit that. >> reporter: tonight experts warn the type of mask matters. >> the virus is being spread through aerosols and not droplets wearing a higher quality mask becomes more important. >> reporter: dr. gottlieb says n95 masks are safest, warnin

. >> reporter: catie beck, nbc news, austin, texas. >>> we're back in a moment with what's driving up the cost of renting apartments and tell you how to save >>> as people begin returning to the office, many are heading back to cities and discovering that finding an affordable place to live has gotten harder. stephanie ruhle now with the skyrocketing rents in tonight's "price you pay." >> reporter: across the country, rents are rising as employers tell employees it's time to go back to the office. >> i have a return to the office coming in september. >> reporter: sasha mankofski left new york city at the start of the pandemic to work remotely from a farmhouse in rural iowa but now it's back to the city >> by the time that i was looking to move back, i saw an uptick in the price, and that's why i returned a little bit earlier to start looking, because i was anticipating a lot of people were doing the same thing >> reporter: and it's not just new york. in washington, d.c., before vaccines became available, rent was down 12% now it's only 3% and in miami, rents are now higher than pre-pa