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eyed is. >> that's right. there is no question they must have recognized that the taliban were going to at some point probably take over or at least share power. otherwise we wouldn't -- look, the reason the united states gave up on afghanistan was it was not able to defeat the taliban. it was an implicit recognition of the enduring strength the taliban has but it's one thing to decide you're going to withdrawal. what is stunning is the lack of preparation that comes from that. first, did you inform all the nato allies who have been fighting with the united states for 20 years? did you adequately give them time to think this through and make provisions? we've been negotiating with the tall iban for two years. during that negotiation, did we talk about the need to get americans and afghans out? did we talk to the pakistanis with whom the united states has reasonable relations? did we get lists, did the united states government get lists of americans and afghans it wanted to get out were those people precp precl

we were clear eyed about that. as the president said in his remarks yesterday, we did not anticipate it would happen at this speed, though we were planning for these potential contingencies. the reason i say that at the outset, we knew it was possible they could take over and that had to be built into our calculus and making the determination as the president did to draw down our forces, is because once the taliban came into kabul, we were going to be faced with a situation, no matter if there were still u.s. troops on the ground or no u.s. troops on the ground, of dealing with a significant number of people wanting to come to an airport to try to get evacuated. i will give you an example. we communicated with american citizens for weeks, telling them to get out of the country. we offered financial assistance for those who wouldn't be able to afford to get on flights themselves. many chose to stay right until the end. and that was their choice. we now are faced with a circumstance where we have to help evacuate tho

at the same time, we need to have an honest, clear eyed assessment of nato's involvement in afghanistan. despite our considerable investment and sacrifice over two decades, the collapse was swift and sudden. there are many lessons to be learned. but we should also recognize the gains we have made. nato allies and partners went into afghanistan after 9/11 to prevent the country from serving as a safe haven. over the last two decades, there have been no terrorist attacks on allied soil organized from afghanistan. those now taking power have the responsibility to ensure that international terrorists do not regain a foothold. allies have the capabilities to address teacher terrorist threats from afghanistan. due to our military presence and the support of the international community, a new generation of men and women have grown up in a new afghanistan. able to get education, take part in the political process, run their own businesses and enjoy a vibrant media scene. today's afghanistan is very different to the afghanistan of 2001. those gains cannot be easily reversed. the world will be wa

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the big question we have to ask in a clear eyed way is why didn't the forces we trained and supportedr so many years, why were not able to stand up against the taliban? we were always aware of the risks that the taliban could regain control. that was stated clearly when we made the decision to end military presence, but it was a surprise the speed of the collapse and how swiftly it happened. so, international terrorism remains a challenge. therefore, nathan -- nato needs to stay vigilant, to stay at the forefront of the fight of international terrorism, but there are lessons that need to be learned and we will do that. the main focus today is to get people out of afghanistan come out from the airport, and then we will examine the lessons learned after the immigration has been finalized. >> brussels morning. >> thank you very much. i would like to ask especially about nato in afghanistan. nato is not only u.s.. -- not only u.s. don't you think the decision you took was wrong? how do you respond from that? how many more foreign policy will be followed before our work will be implemented

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the president insisting all in that interview that he was clear-eyed about the chaos that would ensue following the u.s. departure. >> you don't think this auto could have been handled, this actually could have been handled better in any way? no mistakes? >> no. i, i have, i don't think it could have been handled in a way that -- we -- we are going to go back in hindsight and look, but the idea that somehow there is a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing, i don't know how that happens. i don't know how that happens. >> so for you that was always priced into the decision. >> yes. >> bret: today, joint chiefs of staff chairman general mark milley disputed reports that u.s. intelligence predicted a swift taliban takeover in a matter of days. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is following it all for us from the pentagon. good evening, jen. >> good evening, bret. finger pointing has already begun. some of the images you are about to see are very disturbing. u.s. military continuing to land in kabul. more than 5,000 u.s. troops now on the ground after pulling out comp

ei sun: of course, the front runner is indeed the immediate path of the deputy prime minister. were to become the next prime minister, it would be more of the same. mainly that almost saying the cabinet with reshuffling of some of the portfolios -- it was the same, shall we say, less than inspiring -- which has in a sense not handed malaysia pandemic quite well. it was not quite able to revive malaysia's economy. the person who was part and parcel of that cabinet, essentially the same cabinet again. i think malaysians would need to work very hard in order to pull the country out of the pandemic as well as the economy. >> what do we know about the economic agenda given everything you talked about and the vulnerabilities of the economy as well as the potential for a ratings downgrade? ei sun: i think malaysia is struggling with trying to balance on the one hand knives which are affected by the pandemic and on the other hand, a livelihood such as jobs, such as whether businesses are open in order to secure the livelihood of the people. the previous government of which he was very

we were clear eyed about that.president said in his remarks, we did not anticipate it would happen at the speed we planned for these contingencies. the reason i say that at the outset, we knew it was possible they could take over, had to be built in calculus in making the determination to draw down forces is because once the taliban came into kabul, we were going to be faced with a situation, no matter if there were still u.s. troops on the ground or no u.s. troops on the ground of dealing with significant number of people wanting to come to the airport to get evacuated. we communicated with american citizens for weeks, telling them to get out of the country. we offered financial assistance for those that wouldn't be able to afford to get on flights themselves. many chose to stay until the end. that was their choice. we now are faced with a circumstance, we have to help evacuate those. that's our responsibility as the u.s. government. the point i am making is that when a civil war comes to an end with an opposing f

we were clear eyed about that.esterday we did not anticipate they would happen at this speed though we were planning for these potential conti contingencies. i knew it was possible they could take over and that was built into our calculus to draw down our forces because once the taliban came into kabul we were going be faced with a situation, no matter if there were still u.s. troops on the ground or no u.s. troops on the ground of dealing with a significant number of people wanting to come to an airport to the try to get evacuated. i'll give you and example. we communicated with american citizens for weeks telling them to get out of the country. we offered financial assistance for those who wouldn't be able to afford to get on flights themselves. many chose to stay right until the end and that was their choice. we now are faced with a circumstance where we have to help evacuate those. that's our responsibility as the u.s. government. but the point i'm making is that when a civil war comes to an end with an opposin

while a sharp eyed if you were noticed this.op of the screen where fareed zakaria is coming from, a place called cheer mark massachusetts. the island of about 800 off the coast of massachusetts and they are 98% market in chilmark. the median housing price is $4.2 million so let's be totally clear. if we could move millions of afghan refugees there, a lot of us would fully support that. that would get our seal of approval immediately. we wonder if fareed zakaria, the blowhard that he is, would approve. we will see. so if you refuse to get the covid shot in new york you are now banned from eden. you can't go to restaurants or grocery stores, and one hospital decided to stop treating sick people who refuse the shot. they are refusing to allow unvaccinated patients to get organ transplants. just let them die. one of those patients, is honored derek kovic. first of all i could be sorrier to hear of the situation that you're in. it's beyond belief. tell us what the hospital said to you. >> thanks, tucker. i've been on the transplant l

we were clear-eyed about that.t said in his remarks, we do not anticipate that it would happen at that speed. we were planning for these potential contingencies. the reason i say that at the outset that we knew it was possible they could take over, and that had to be built in to our calculus and making that determination is the president did to drive down our forces, because once the taliban came into kabul, we were going to be faced with a situation, no matter if there were still u.s. troops on the ground or no u.s. troops on the ground, dealing with a significant number of people wanting to try to get evacuated. i will give you an example. we continued to communicate with american citizens for weeks, telling them to get out of the country. we offered financial assistance for those who would not be able to afford to get on flights themselves. many chose to stay right until the end, and i was their choice. we now are faced with a circumstance where we have to help evacuate them. that is our responsibility as the u.

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we were clear eyed about the risks.e plan for every contingency but i always promised the american people to be straight with you. the truth is this did unfold more quickly than we anticipated. what has happened? afghanistan political leaders gave up and fled the country. the afghan military collapsed, sometimes without trying to fight. if anything, the development of the past week reinforces that any u.s. military involvement in afghanistan now was the right decision. in american troops cannot and should not be fighting in a war and dying in a war that afghan forces are not willing to fight for themselves. we spent over a trillion dollars , we trained and equipped afghan -- equipped afghan million forces some 3 million strong. incredibly well-equipped. a force larger in size than the military for many of our nato allies. we give them every tool that they needed. we paid their salaries, we provided for them is of their air force. something the taliban does not have. they do not have an air force. we provided air support

clear-eyed? >> anything but clear-eyed, laura, this commander in chief has shown his inability to lead, his inability to make tough decisions and his inability to plan, we still do not have a plan to get americans out of afghanistan, consider this, 6 out of 7 of those who we have evacuated out of afghanistan are afghans, not americans. we know that there are an estimated 15,000 or more americans who are still trapped behind enemy lines. the question every single american should be asking is why aren't all of our resources going towards evacuating americans first? and the fact that the president still does not have a plan to do that shows his inability to continue and remain as our commander in chief. >> laura: and sean, a source of mine who has been assisting in some of these evacuations told me late last night that their understanding is that the taliban is actually taking note of names that are being called off of some of these lists, and if they are turned away at the gate for whatever reason,

we were clear eyed and plan for every contingency, but i always promised the american people i would be straight with you and the truth is this did unfold more quickly than we had anticipated. so, what happened? afghanistan's political leaders gave up and fled the country? the afghan military collapsed. sometimes without trying to fight. if anything, the developments of the past week reinforced that any u.s. military involvement in afghanistan now -- ending u.s. military involvement in afghanistan now was the right decision. we cannot and should not be fighting and dying in a war that afghan forces are not willing to fight for themselves. we spent over $1 trillion. we trained and equipped and afghan military force some 300,000 strong. incredibly well-equipped. a force larger in size than the militaries of many of our nato allies. we gave them every tool they could need. we paid their salaries, provided for the maintenance of their air force. something the taliban doesn't have, the taliban doesn't have an air force. we provided close air support and gave them every chance to determine

well, a sharp-eyed viewer noticed this.e screen where fareed zakaria is coming from, a place called chilmark, massachusetts. if you are not rich, you might not know that that is on martha's vineyard, a population of 800, an island off the coast of massachusetts. they are 98% market in chilmark. the median housing price is $4.2 million. so, let's be totally clear. if we could move millions of chilmark, a lot of lot of us would fully support that. that would get our seal of approval immediately! we wonder if fareed zakaria, the blowhard that he is, would approve. we will see. so, if you refuse to get the covid shot in new york, you are now banned from eating. you can't go to restaurants or or bars. meanwhile, in the state of washington, one hospital has refused to treat six people who refuse to the shot. that hospital is refusing to allow unvaccinated patients to get organ transplants, let them die. one of his patients is derek kovic, who joins us. thank you for coming on here i cannot be sorrier to hear the situation that yo

. us, indication that this was carried out by eis. a history of carrying out this brutal, devastating suicide bombings, especially here in kabul. in the past they have targeted wedding halls, hospitals, funerals, almost anything you can think of. this latest bombing suggests that even if the taliban's war against the afghan government has come to an end, the bloodshed in afghanistan may well unfortunately continue. i bloodshed in afghanistan may well unfortunately continue.— bloodshed in afghanistan may well unfortunately continue. i don't want to dwell on — unfortunately continue. i don't want to dwell on this _ unfortunately continue. i don't want to dwell on this point _ unfortunately continue. i don't want to dwell on this point for— unfortunately continue. i don't want to dwell on this point for very - unfortunately continue. i don't want to dwell on this point for very long i to dwell on this point for very long because it is pretty obvious, but the blame game has already started between the two sides because the taliban, only i

but i also have to stay clear-eyed and focused because i am a member of congress. and the people in the executive branch, in the administration, have to stay clear-eyed. we have a job to do right now. there are people to be saved. and we have to stay focused and we have to expeditiously evacuate as many of our partners and friends as possible. that's what i call on the administration to do, to do it fast, effectively, and in a broad-based way. >> do you think the whole u.s. embassy should be evacuated rather than most but not all? >> i don't know. as a member of congress i can't sit here and say that i have the real time information and the intelligence to make that decision. that's a decision that i think the secretary of defense, the secretary of state, the national security council, and the president have the information to be able to make. part of the problem is we don't want to remove capacity that we actually need to process these evacuees, to process these applications and these people trying to apply for evacuation. so there is a balancing act between keepi

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>> well, let me be just as clear eyed as i can be. it was a stain. integrity and honor a few months ago, we were not meeting our obligation to the men and women, our afghan allies that served alongside us as interpreters and other aids in this war. we owe them the special immigrant visas. we owe them safety every bit as much as we owe the safety to our embassy workers in kabul. so to see this unfold and to see us leaving these allies high and dry to effectively be hunted down and assassinated and lord knows what will happen to their families and extended families in the aftermath of those assass assassinations, i can't say strongly enough how shameful it is we have allowed this to play out and we're continuing to allow this to play out. >> very quickly, jake, are you surprised that the afghan allies just kind of melted in the face of the taliban so quickly? the forces i should say? >> i saw someone earlier today say that the presence of u.s. troops in war planes stiffened the spine of the ally or the afghan forces when we were there. i am not surpris

. >> reporter: for a third day in a row, number of people hospital eyed with covid-19 in louisiana has reached a new high. most patients are unvaccinated like 37-year-old daniels. >> it is one thing to be out of breath but it is another thing to just be out of breath watching tv. >> reporter: unvaccinated and delta variant are driving a surge in covid cases nationwide rise in the face of large events like the sturgis motorcycle rally that begins today in south dakota. last year it became a super spreader event. >> we have every reason to believe this year will be as bad if not worse. >> reporter: most people hospitalized are unvaccinated but the director says expect tens of thousands of mild cases among vaccinated individuals. the agency says by early september it should have a plan for booster shots. united airlines joined a growing number of companies telling employees they must be fully vaccinated by late october. a poll finds one in five u.s. adults say they won't be vaccinated under any circumstances and that number has held steady. as students prsc edion secretrn schools or in pe

. >> we were clear-eyed going in when we made this decision that it was possible that the taliban would end up in control of afghanistan. we were clear-eyed about that. >> national security adviser jake sullivan framed the fallout in afghanistan as inevitable outcome of concluding 20 years of war but said there were other forces that caused the chaos. >> we communicated with american citizens for weeks telling them to get out of country. the afghan government and its supporters, including many of the people now seeking to leave, made a passionate case that we should not conduct a mass evacuation less we trigger a loss of confidence in the government. >> evidently the least confident afghan president ghani who fled the country sunday. president biden has not since spoken with him. the administration is instead negotiating the safe exit of americans and possibly allies with the taliban. now in possession of u.s. military weapons. >> given to the afghan national security forces to be able to defend themselves at the specific request to president ghani, certainly a fair amount of it has fal

this isn't a question whether we're clear eyed about the terrorist challenge from afghanistan. it's about whether the terrorist challenge in 2021 is fundamentally different from the terrorist challenge in 2001. we believe it is fundamentally different and we need to be post t -- postured to deal with the terrorism challenges we find today as opposed to 20 years ago. >> can you shed light on the decision to leave behind blackhawks and other equipment, how that fits in with the contingency plan -- >> leave behind? >> blackhawks and other equi equipment. why give the taliban access to state of the art equipment to use to bolster their defense or sell to other countries? >> this is a good example of the difficult choices a president faces and a secretary of defense and national security advisor face in the context of the end of a 20-year war. those blackhawks were not given to the taliban. they were given to the afghan national security forces to defend themselves at the specific request of president ghani that came and asked for additional air capability, among other things. the p

-- there's no way that you cannot be wide-eyed to that.he simple truth but it is absolutely impossible. i'm not a genius. i don't have any access to special information. the reality is, that the biden administration, everyone of them knows exactly what they are doing right now. and this, by the break is the same flight that was pushed by the obama administration when biden was vice president. of this is not newport and what everybody is ignoring here is that it was never about nationbuilding or just about the afghans and freedom is a way. and everything that comes from the fact. and now get the idea of an islamic world, great reactionary, extreme narrow interpretation distorted interpretation if you like of islam. but really, what the g how distal tells you what they told me is that his lump, to them, is not a religion. it is a civilization. that is about power but that is about ruling the world. and we are no losing this war and just more of idea. and we condemn it. and the idea that biden did not know or missteps, all of these decisions

my goal in some ways was to go in with that kind of wide-eyed, never having seen it before, almost kindf naivety those people brought to the united states and try to judge it what i saw. it was very much in that tradition. susan: we have the map you posted on social media. let's take a look at it. in general, how long did this trip take? it's a long walk. neil: it took 26 days of various forms of motion. i will point out that in new york, i spent an entire day. in philadelphia i actually spent three days doing a lot of things but i wasn't moving. in lancaster, i also spent a day. in princeton, i also spent a day. there were basically five days of non-motion and about 19 days of motion. my days averaged -- the longest day was down in northern maryland, i did about 24 miles, that was pretty grueling, the third day. the days averaged probably about 14 miles a day. susan: how much preplanning was involved? neil: a lot, but i also allowed for a lot of slack for things to just happen. it's fascinating. if you go into that area, it is extremely hard to find lodging of any kind throughout that

>> but you're thinking joe biden was not being clear-eyed enough even with himself.en you say they were kidding themselves when they thought they were going to pull it off. >> you play the tape. it's not hard. the president said as this was going on, he said quite clearly, it would not be chaotic. and now he is saying it was inevitable that it was going to be chaotic. okay. well, that doesn't really add up. one of those two things is not true. and i think that's unfortunate, because fundamentally, the president isn't wrong. in that when donald trump decided to negotiate with the taliban and cut out the afghan government, i mean, that put us in a terrible position. and also, it's become clear that the afghan government was unable to stand. i mean, we put 20 years, thousands of lives, trillions of dollars into this, and at the end of the day, the corruption, the tribalism, and the incompetency of the afghan government never got to the point where they had enough confidence to hold off the taliban. >> so the other aspect -- >> go ahead. sorry. >> i'm sorry. you tweet, y

my goal in some ways was to go in with that kind of wide-eyed, never having seen it before, almost kind of naivety those people brought to the united states and try to judge it what i saw. it was very much in that tradition. susan: we have the map you posted on social media. let's take a look at it. in general, how long did this trip take? it's a long walk. neil: it took 26 days of various forms of motion. i will point out that in new york, i spent an entire day. in philadelphia i actually spent three days doing a lot of things but i wasn't moving. in lancaster, i also spent a day. in princeton, i also spent a day. there were basically five days of non-motion and about 19 days of motion. my days averaged -- the longest day was down in northern maryland, i did about 24 miles, that was pretty grueling, the third day. the days averaged probably about 14 miles a day. susan: how much preplanning was involved? neil: a lot, but i also allowed for a lot of slack for things to just happen. it's fascinating. if you go into that area, it is extremely hard to find lodging of any kind throughout tha

chinese astronomers are eying the tibetan plateau to be the newest home of an observatory.rld" and has an average elevation of about 15,000 feet above sea level -- that's about three miles for anyone trying to do the math -- which makes it the highest region on earth. researchers have studied the area for three years and like it because the black sky and clear air make the location a premium spot to view the cosmos. the new telescope will image the entire sky above the northern hemisphere once every three nights. it will sync with telescopes at the observatory in chile to give a worldwide view of the sky. the telescope is under construction. it will be more than eight feet long and cost $28 million. expensive but pretty cool. that's it for this edition of "matter of fact." i'm soledad o'brien. i will see you back here next week. announcer: if you missed our top stories about the massive humanitarian relief effort in haiti, the texas superintendent who defied the governor and issued her own mask mandate for students, one man's quest to preserve the legacy of emmitt till, and

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it is not without the immense difficulties and we are very mindful of the difficulties and clear-eyed about the difficulties, but that is how we have watched the last week unfold. why the president did not walk out, and says, let me explain to you exactly what is going to unfold in afghanistan, all along, the president has been clear that the united states was not going to enter a third decade of american military deployment in the middle of another country's civil war, and in the speech in april, and in the speech in july, and in comments that he has made since then, he has been clear that it could mean difficult times in afghanistan. we have been clear-eyed about this from the start, but what we were not prepared to do, and what the president was not prepared to do was to say that for that reason, with need to keep the american men and women dying in the civil war. yes. >> jared, whether it is august 31st or shortly thereafter, it is clear that all of the eligible afghans who worked for the u.s. forces and the u.s. government are not going to be able to get out. for those watching,

in this he says that by tomorrow all city employees should have ei submitted proof of vaccination or begin submitting weekly negative test results. city leaders say at some point it will require all city employees to be vaccinated. >>> a community in the east bay is pleading with city leaders to take action on the notoriously dangerous intersection at the street and mission boulevard in hayward. witnesses say they witnessed grasses near misses in the crosswalk all the time. nearby business owner shared this surveillance video with us, it shows the moment the truck slammed into a wheelchair bound man earlier this month. >> we are imploring the city of hayward to do something about this intersection. arthur luckily survived his encounter but the next person might not. >> are democrats intersection, every time i go outside and there are cars rolling by i'm seriously traumatized. >> a spokesperson for the city says there is potential for short-term changes to the intersection but nothing permanent in the works. >>> a dramatic rescue in the north bay. a group of teenagers got stranded on

gene therapy, the mrna that have been produced by pfizer image irna and at that time, we were clear eyedthe risk associated with that but we had no other choice but to move forward, my point were very dangerous decision one path the biden administration is hurtling down goes to universal forced vaccinations, the other is an alternative strategy which would be targeting vaccinations to the high risk population and letting everybody else deal with it in a way where they use therapeutics. gerry: them interrupt, i want to pull up for you you cannot see it but you may have seen it, it's a new york post today on friday had a very good from page graphic if you'd like we can show that wouldn't you say the line is insanity from the york post it shows a huge square lots of squares with the number of people who have been vaccinated in the tiny, tiny fraction of them that have actually had breakthrough cases, the vaccine is a very powerful wave of episode in that, the vaccines are working, are they, why given they work in terms you're right, they don't necessarily stop at the spread of the disease b

we were clear eyed about the risks. we planned for every contingency, but i always promised the american people i would be straight with you. the truth is, this did unfold more quickly than we anticipated. what has happened? afghanistan's political leaders gave up and fled the country. the afghan military collapsed, sometimes without trying to fight. if anything, the developments of the past week reinforced ending u.s. military in afghanistan now was the right decision. american troops cannot and should not be fighting in a war and dying in a war afghan forces are not willing to fight for themselves. we spent over $1 trillion. we trained and equipped and afghan military force with some 300,000 strong. incredibly well-equipped, a force larger in size than the militaries of many of our nato allies. we gave them every tool they could need. we paid their salaries. provided for the maintenance of their air force. something that taliban doesn't have. the taliban does not have an air force. we provided close air support. we ga

we were clear eyed about the risks, we plan for every contingency but i always promise to the american people i would be straight with you. the truth is this did unfold more quickly than we had anticipated. so what has happened? afghanistan political leaders give up and fled the country -- gave up and fled the country. the afghan military collapsed, sometimes without trying to fight. if anything, the development of the past week reinforced that any u.s. military involvement in afghanistan now was the right decision. american troops cannot and should not be fighting in a war and dying in a war that afghan forces are not willing to fight for themselves. >> our correspondent is in washington dc. an unapologetic tone from president biden. how is it going down over there? >> a fundamental problem has been seen everywhere. biden keeps saying the buck stops with me but then he is blaming afghans and everyone else for the chaos we have been seeing for the past few days. what he was trying to do is keep the american public opinion on the big picture. yes, scenes in recent days have been gut wre

that is the reason why we need to be honest and be clear eyed and also ask hard questions about whatre the lessons learned. >> stoltenberg primarily blames the afghan government and armed forces for failing to repel the -- the telephone advance. others say there is plenty of responsibility to go alone starting with the west's intentions to change afghanistan. neither the united needs designated states nor nato afghanistan well enough when we were setting these goals. things like the geography, the demographics, the history, the economy of afghanistan. coco they retired -- >> doug lute is a retired u.s. general as well as an ambassador to nato. he says one big mistake the military alliance made ironically was its focus on the military fight. >> afghanistan collapsed, our government and afghanistan collapsed not becausef military failu where w could put all this focus but because of politics. we over militarized our approach to afghanistan. two others will be drawing conclusions from nato's actions as well. afghan women who made massive gains in equality with the support of the interna

from the beginning of my presidency, i have been clear eyed that we need to attack this globally. it is in america's self interests to do so. the virus knows no boundaries. you can't build a wall high enough to keep it out. there is no ocean wide enough to keep us safe from the vaccine -- to keep us safe from covid-19. just like the original virus that caused covid-19, the delta variant came from abroad. as long as the virus continues to rage outside the united states, potentially more dangerous variants can arrive on our shores again. we know that covid-19 in other countries stifles economic growth, disrupts supply chains, risks instability and weakens governments. as we have seen in the u.s., the key to growing economies is to vaccinate people. just as the american economy is recovering, it is in all of our interests for the global economy to recover as well. this is about our values. we value the inherent dignity of all people. in times of trouble, americans reach out to offer a helping hand. that is who we are. i have said before, in the fight against covid-19, the united stat