one i saw very early on was of a vietnam veteran who had been previously wounded. he was in a wheelchair. all the sudden are these minuteman statues. these veterans were immediately exploding by the idea that american soldiers cannot be injured. and now all the sudden i have to admit to myself that war is a mutually injury that harbored philosophy tells us. so, it was a treat and i wanted to write a book about memorialization practices looking at the landscape to the eyes of veterans. but i don't tell from 10,000 feet. i want know who that man was. i met other veterans, all of them are still friends they put me in touch with each other. i wanted to tell in a way you are on the ground with them as they are repurchasing the memorial legacy. >> enforcer we don't have enough time to have you tell the whole story, but we need to know a little bit about your decision to enlist in the marines. your experience in vietnam and newark getting involved in the vietnam veterans against the war. maybe give us that thumbnail sketch free. >> it be a thumbnail for sure. i just want t

i am a vietnam veteran. i want to thank this man for his organization, but i'm going to tell you -- once you are back from these crop holes, i don't know why you would be committing suicide. you are back to the world. you are safe now. i don't understand why you would be committing suicide now, or thoughts of it. you are safe now, ok? second of all, i am pissed the way we left afghanistan, with all of weapons. how dare we -- how dare he leave all of those weapons. we lost that war. we haven't won a war since world war ii, and i am pissed about it. should have pulled us out in the first eight years. all of the weapons that are left for our enemies, thank you for your organization, and i am pissed. host: go ahead and respond, leroy. guest: first of all, thank you for your service. a lot of people don't talk about it. when they talk about 22 a day, it is actually higher depending on who you ask, but those suicides, for the longest time the highest percentage has always been the vietnam veterans. just like this

caller: yes, i want to first state that i may it vietnam veteran, infantry veteran. 20-year wars do not work. we had a one-day attack against our country, and we turned around and resulted with a 20-year war. it is ridiculous. same thing with vietnam, we just cannot continue putting troops all over the world and having extended, extended, extended nationbuilding type wars. sometimes our leadership has to smarten up and we have airpower that can solve things really quick, a one-day attack from our country. host: all right, we will hear from kenneth in diamond, missouri. kenneth, go ahead. republican line. caller: good morning. i am a vietnam veteran, too. and it's apparent that we have to learn from history. you go back and do the same thing that you did in vietnam. the trouble is we got politicians that ron wars. we don't have the military running it. we have got politicians. that is the reason we lose all -- all the equipment we left and everything else, because politicians run the wars. we didn't learn nothing. thank you. host: either of you, what is your sense of the loss, in terms o

vietnam war, another g.i. bill is passed that's not only applied to veterans, you know, serving during the vietnam war era, but also going back to 195 a 5, the end of the korean war era. so for the first time, the being offered to veterans who served even during a time of the late '50s even when the u.s. was not at war with anybody. you have this precedent of offering similar benefits to veterans of later wars. and the '52 and '66 g.i. bills, the benefits were not as generous as the 1944 g.i. bill. for instance, under these later bills it was almost impossible for most veterans to afford a private school unless they a had their own financial resources to do so. the bill themselves would not pay for their attendance. and then after vietnam when the u.s. transitioned to an all-volunteer force, another g.i. bill was passed in 1976 designed for, you know, veterans of the all-volunteer force. and the focus of the bill shifted from being, like, helping veterans to reintegrate into society to being kind of a recruitment in a sense, to get people to join the military. knowing that they would qualify for these educatio

i am a vietnam veteran. want to thank this man for his organization, but i'm going to tell you -- once you are back from these crop holes, i don't know why you would be committing suicide. you are back to the world. you are safe now. i don't understand why you would be committing suicide now, or thoughts of it. you are safe now, ok? second of all, i am pissed the way we left afghanistan, with all of weapons. how dare we -- how dare he leave all of those weapons. we lost that war. we haven't won a war since world war ii, and i am pissed about it. should have pulled us out in the first eight years. all of the weapons that are left for our enemies, thank you for your organization, and i am pissed. host: go ahead and respond, leroy. guest: first of all, thank you for your service. a lot of people don't talk about it. when they talk about 22 a day, it is actually higher depending on who you ask, but those suicides, for the longest time the highest percentage has always been the vietnam veterans. just like this wa

bill underlay to build is impossible for most veteran support, for financial resources to do so and not pay for their attendance. and after vietnam when they transition to an all volunteer force another g.i. bill was passed in 1976 designed for the force and the focus of the bill shifted from helping veterans to reintegrate to being a recruitment to get people to join the military knowing they would qualify for educational benefits and for the first time benefits were not free and pay into the system to qualify when they got out. the loan aspect of the g.i. bill were attached to lifetime benefits for all. that established the program. several more g.i. bills passed since then. one of the most important was the 9/11 g.i. bill, one of the most generous g.i. bills that made possible for most veterans to go to any public school they wanted so over the lifespan of these different g.i. bills and the loan guarantee program, the va suspends $400 billion in benefits, 25 million people and guaranteed 25 million loans worth $26 million so the g.i. bill had a huge impact on successive generations and one of the most popular benefits the va o

basement but i still can't imagine the bravery of someone who basically -- he wasn't hurt, he was a vietnam veterann front of them, just get me out of here. jon: you continued your service after that first fire. that's a credit to you, sir. thank you. >> thank you. jon: and we will be back in just a moment. we are not getting you a helicopter. looks like we're walking, kid. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ this isn't just freight. these aren't just shipments. they're promises. promises of all shapes and sizes. each with a time and a place they've been promised to be. a promise is everything to old dominion, because it means everything to you. to make my vision a reality my varilux progressive lenses provide seamlessly transition from near to far. with every detail in sharp focus. that's seeing no limits. varilux lenses by essilor. and there you have it— -woah. wireless on the most reliable network nationwide. wow! -big deal! ...we get unlimited for just $30 bucks. sweet, but mine has 5g included. relax people, my wireless is crushing it. that's because you all hav

but from what i understand, is, is he trying to cut hair from some vietnam veterans or other veteranswho are disabled. yes he's trying to help other veterans, and he's hoping to work with the paulo alto veterans hospital, the v a clinic in palo alto to get steady work, so that is the end goal. just god bless him. you know the where would the world be without people like him as a smith live for us tonight as a thank you. starting this wednesday, certain businesses in contra costa county will start requiring proof of vaccination or a negative covid test. customers of bars, restaurants and gyms will have to show a vaccine card or a recent negative covid test to be allowed inside. workers at these businesses have until november, 1st to get fully vaccinated or they'll have to show a negative covid test every week. in order to continue working. new polling shows a majority of americans support both mask and vaccine mandates as a way of getting the coronavirus pandemic under control. finally this comes as the white house ways its strategy on vaccine boosters after a cdc advisory panel failed

>> 90-year-old vietnam veteran from wisconsin getting back into a jirt yet for the first time in decadesons in the vietnam war and now he's greasing the wheels once again in a similar style plane to celebrate the 75th anniversary of a local parent. he said he felt like a teenager doing plyovers and tricks he wasn't rusty at all. getting back into the cockpits. love it. >> as a former flight simulator, i appreciate it very much. let's me take you to the garden state. a quick thinking and fast acting school teacher is being hail tonight as a real hero after she jumped into an suv that was rolling toward a group of students just outside of a school on wednesday. the teacher, valerie, appears to be wearing an orthopedic boot in the meantime. she waves at another teacher and then she runs around the suv which started rolling. she gets in on the driver's side door and slams on the brakes. she's also a softball coach, so well done and a good news, good night salute to you. >> shannon: teachers are always doing things they don't get recognized for. aside from the day-to-day. my mom was teacher f

. >> the last vietnam veteran serving in the united states senate. remember full well our withdrawal from vietnam. i remember watching on television as american helicopters rose from the ground in saigon and attached to all el them all over the helicopter were vietnamese people tieing to get out of country. i remember watching helicopters rise into the sky and people fall to their deaths. ands as i watched the withdrawal and efforts to try to get 125,000 people out of afghanistan, a month or so ago, i was reminded of what happened in vietnam . i think from the time donald trump sat down with the taliban, i think the dye was well cast. i think it was pretty well telegraphed. and i said to myself this may not end well and it didn't. i think the question for us now is what do we do now? we're out of afghanistan. we're trying to make sure about 125,000 other people afghans who helped us that they have a chance to get out of there and be resettled here. and how do we handle the resettlement? how do we handle that and that is big part of your job. to make i

bring the book unfit for command to the floor and that's the book in our activism with all the vietnam veterans is what brought w down john kerry's candidacy. jack is an independent writer, producer and has written a dozen books and has appeared on c-span booktv ten times and also produced a score of feature-length documentaries and is an executive director at the magazine. he writes regularly for the american spectator worldnetdaily and has written for "the wall street journal," "fortune magazine," the washington times the weekly standard. he has a phd from purdue university and american studies and has taught at the french university on the auspices of fulbright program. in conclusion, before we introduceho jack, one of my favorite bible verses is ephesians 5:11 and applies. it says do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness but instead even expose him and that's what he's been doing the past 20 years, exposing the evil deeds in the obama administration and the clinton administration. with that, with no further ado i bring my friend to the podium. [applause] thank you all for havi

best-selling author we worked to bring the book unfit for command and that is the book with all of the vietnam veterans is what brought down john kerry's candidacy. jack was an independent writer, producer who'd written a dozen books and has appeared on c-span booktv ten times. he also produced a score of documentaries and was the executive director of the magazine and writes regularly and has written for the "fortune magazine," the "the washington times" and the weekly standard. he has a phd from purdue university and american studies and has taught at a french university on the auspices of the fulbright program. in conclusion, before we introduce, i would like to bring up there's one of my favorite bible verses. to participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness but instead even expose him and that's what he's been doing the past 20 years, exposing the evil deeds of the obama administration. i bring my friend jack to the podium. [applause] it's always good to be back in cleveland. they don't tell you what to say and what not to w say. was a thought experiment where i walk into "the new york times" ne

will: a vietnam war veteran returning to the cockpit after 65 years. clyde richard, what a great name, got behind the t 33 fighter jet plane he flew as an air force combat pilot. he participated in a wisconsin airshow even showing off some tricks including a 360 overhead approach and touch and go landing. richard says he wasn't nervous because flying a plane is like riding a bike. you never forget how to do it. what stands out from this story, most of our career when we were 90 years old, a veteran of korea, in world war ii, now 90-year-old veteran of vietnam. time, 13 minutes after the hour, major news outlet publishing a report about hunter biden and his laptop. the same for the new york post broke, fox news verified a year ago. jim jordan has a theory we will share with you, got. shannon: nigel farage, joe concha and lawrence jones joining us on a busy wednesday morning. ♪♪ well, you can try using the buick's massaging seat. oh. yeah, that's nice. can i use apple carplay to put some music on? sure, it's wireless. what's your buick's wi-fi password?

most notably starting with vietnam veterans memorial, which reshaped the language of memorialization, but of course had predecessors going all the way back to rodin. what happened during the last 40 years and the conversation i think that has come to a head in the sense that we really shifted away from the hero figure and a lot of ways and much more to a, as i am sure will be discussed, an abstract way of thinking about memorialization, how we think about memorialization than the sense of many stories, not a single story. how to capture that? how do you acknowledge all the different parties involved? the rescue crews in the case of 9/11, the people who lost their lives and the plains, the people who lost their lives in the towers, their status -- these events and 9/11 are so rife with many different parties, trying to tell all of these different histories. how do you capture that in a single structure, a single project? >> i know your book. you look across a range, both the u.s. and abroad, but could you talk to us may be before we jump into our guest speakers about the memorials arou

bring the book unfit for command to the fore and that's the book and our activism with all the vietnam veterans is what brought down john kerry candidacy. jack cashill is an independent writer, producer, written a dozen nonfiction books and has appeared on c-span's booktv ten times. he also produced a score of feature-length documentaries. jack serves as executive director of -- he writes for the american thinker, "american spectator", worldnetdaily and is written for the "wall street journal", "fortune" magazine, the "washington times" in "the weekly standard." he has a phd from purdue university and american studies, and is taught at university on auspices of fulbright program. in conclusion, before we introduce jack cashill i would like to bring up, there's one of my favorite bible verses is ephesians dxi and it think it was -- 5:11 and it applies. do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness but instead even expose him, them, and that's what he's been doing theoi past 20 years, exposing te evil deeds of the obama administration and the clinton administration. with that come with n

vietnam veteran who is the director of security for morgan stanley and they wanted the firm's that talks about evacuation planning after the 1993 bombing and the twin towers. and he leads is incredible evacuation the south tower area before the opening minutes of the first half and ultimately saved hundreds of lives of morgan stanley employees who ultimately loses his own life and two of his other security personnel as well, sort of going by making sure that everyone is evacuated and then there was john was probably familiar to those of you and that means the lead al qaeda investigator and lead the hunt through the embassy bombings in 1998. and again coming up with this in august 2001. kind of retiring from the guy and actually on thursday i was speaking at the 9/11 museum in new york and was talking with the last person that saw john o'neill a liar and who is another fbi agent. in the service of this incredibly well and sort of ringing the alarm bell and it is not listen to and retires in frustration in august 2001 and that includes throwing in the fight. and then osama bin laden comes

selling author and jack cashill and i worked with him nationwide "unfit for command" and with the vietnam veterans brought town john kerry's candidacy. jack cashill has written a dozen nonfiction books and produced the score of feature length documentaries. jack writes for the american thinking-- thinker, writes for the washington times and weekly standard. he has a ph.d. from purdue university in american studies and taught under the auspices of the fullbright program. in conclusion i'd like to bring up one of my favorite versus, 5:11 and i think it applies to jack cashill. it says do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them and that's what he's been doing the past 20 years exposing the evil deeds of the obama administration and the clinton administration. with that, with no further ado, i bring my friend, jack cashill to the podium. >> thank you, appreciate it. >> thank you for having me, it's good to be in cleveland. this is my 11th appearance on book tv, i don't know if nip's done more, but i'm certainly appreciative and the cancel culture, what i parti

but looking forward, right, the the way vietnam veterans were treated when they came back to america,e learned from the vietnam war is that the way we treated the military when they came home was not right. and we have some unfinished business. with concern we need to communicate to these veterans and their families the true feelings of america, and i think the best in america has come out recently by all the kind words and support we've given to the, those coming back from afghanistan. and we think that that's very important. we think the veterans need to hear directly from the people. and we propose for a resolution which i mention in the book that a formal apology be given to these people by the congress on behalf of the people of the united states to indicate that we appreciate their service. there's no way in the world that it was right to treat your own sons and daughters upon their return from war by throwing feces and urine and blood and cursing them and treating them like the enemy. that was wrong. and so we propose a nonpartisan resolution. this is not about politics. it's n

yes. ..the vietnam war veteran.ce that the abuse of prisoners sometimes produces good intelligence, but often produces bad intelligence, because, undertorture, a person will say anything he thinks his captors want to hear. so that's a response to your point, because actually coercion sometimes doesn't yield the right results, they just say something to stop the torture. if you ask questions that way, that's true. if you ask leading questions, and you tell the person or lead the person to believe that the only way they're going to stop that is to tell you what you want to hear, then you do get that kind of information, you do get misinformation. but that's not how it was done. let me be clear with you. what happened is, when the eits were used, we would say to the person, we want information to stop operations. we know you don't have all of it, but you have some of it, and that's what we want to talk about. and so the point would not be to tell them where we wanted them to go. there was of course the senate intellige

and my father, i vietnam veteran, executive, tax director. — vietnam veteran, executive, tax director names of— dissent. thank you. the reading of the names of those _ dissent. thank you. the reading of the names of those killed - dissent. thank you. the reading of the names of those killed in - dissent. thank you. the reading of the names of those killed in the i the names of those killed in the 9/11 attacks 20 years ago here in new york city is continuing. for more on this day and for memories on what happened that the meaning of it, i am joined what happened that the meaning of it, iamjoined by what happened that the meaning of it, i am joined by the governor of new york at the time of the attack. thank you forjoining bbc news. 20 years ago, you had to close the bridges and the tunnels into manhattan. what is your overriding memory of that day? the overriding memory of that day? the overriding memo is memory of that day? the overriding memory is of _ memory of that day? the overriding memory is of the — memory of that day? the overriding memory is of the horrific _ memory of that d

his father who was in the korean war and was also it world war ii bettman -- bet there will vietnam war veteran. jeffrey is served in the nixon carter and ford administrations. i had the privilege of meeting jeffrey nguyen both of us were called to write a memoranda for president carter on economic policy issues and he has gone on since to be a director at lehman brothers to serve on corporate boards and as you mentioned liz the very distinguished dean of the yale school where he still professes. i want to tell you the most distinctive feature of garten and that he is married to his wife i know for 53 years. she is better known as the barefoot contest the probably one of the most famous chefs. by the way his classmates include hank paulson who they like to say is the most famous person at yale at that time was the inet garten. now we are going to talk about this fantastic look "three days at camp david." it is a remarkable summary of one of the key events that happened in the global financial world and i would also argue one of the great events are most important events in terms of really deali

. >> and my father, vietnam veteran, executive director, marcia mcclellan, member of the ancient l --e 18 mother -- members were lost on september 11, proud son, loving husband, proud father, uncle, and cousin. defender of the faith and good friend. and on this day as i said to my loving son, do not grieve, for we all shine on like the moon and stars, and the sun. thank you. [applause] >> janice m. scott randolph scott christopher jay scudder arthur warren scullin michael h. seaman margaret m. seeliger anthony segarra carlos segarra jason m. sekzer matthew carmen sellitto michael l. selves howard selwyn larry john senko arturo angelo sereno frankie serrano marian h. serva alena sesinova adele christine sessa sita nermalla sewnarine karen lynn seymour davis grier sezna, jr. thomas joseph sgroi jayesh shantilal shah khalid m. shahid mohammed shajahan gary shamay earl richard shanahan dan f. shanower neil g. shastri kathryn anne shatzoff barbara a. shaw jeffrey james shaw robert john shay, jr. daniel james shea joseph patrick shea kathleen shearer robert m. shearer linda june sheehan hag

vietnam veteran. executive director marsha mcclellan.ers were lost on september 11. proud son, loving husband, proud father, uncle, and cousin. defender of the faith and good friend. on this day, as i have said to my loving son last night, to not grieve. for we all shine on like the moon and the stars. and the son. thank you. >> janice m. scott >> randolph scott >> christopher jay scudder >> arthur warren scullin >> michael h. seaman >> margaret m. seeliger >> anthony segarra >> carlos segarra >> jason m. sekzer >> matthew carmen sellitto >> michael l. selves >> howard selwyn >> larry john senko >> arturo angelo sereno >> frankie serrano >> marian h. serva >> alena sesinova >> adele christine sessa >> sita nermalla sewnarine >> karen lynn seymour >> davis grier sezna, jr. >> thomas joseph sgroi >> jayesh shantilal shah >> khalid m. shahid >> mohammed shajahan >> gary shamay >> earl richard shanahan >> dan f. shanower >> neil g. shastri >> kathryn anne shatzoff >> barbara a. shaw >> jeffrey james shaw >> robert john shay, jr. >> daniel ja

veteran. i served in vietnam. i have a few hundred of us medics within three months, 104 were dead. combat medic. the veterans refusing to take a vaccine, that is their choice. if they want to separate, there is no problem. but to get them a dishonorable discharge, anything other than honorable discharge because of a choice they make is wrong. host: when he went into the military did they make you take vaccines when you joined? caller: yes. host: did you have a choice? caller: no. host: what was the procedure like then if he told the military you did not want to take the vaccines? what what they have done back then? caller: hi don't know. i am talking about today. back then i believed everything our government told me. back then you believed a lot of things. i was drafted. i got -- i had childhood moms and have nerve loss -- mumps and nerve loss. i failed seven physicals. the last one the doctor had it so high the headphones, went back down to the draft office. they said take don home. this time they said we will do more tests. i'm in the army. i called home. my mother said, where ar

veteran. i served in vietnam. i have a few hundred of us medics within three months, 104 were dead. combat medic. the veterans refusing to take a vaccine, that is their choice. if they want to separate, there is no problem. but to get them a dishonorable discharge, anything other than honorable discharge because of a choice they make is wrong. host: when he went into the military did they make you take vaccines when you joined? caller: yes. host: did you have a choice? caller: no. host: what was the procedure like then if he told the military you did not want to take the vaccines? what what they have done back then? caller: hi don't know. i am talking about today. back then i believed everything our government told me. back then you believed a lot of things. i was drafted. i got -- i had childhood moms and have nerve loss -- mumps and nerve loss. i failed seven physicals. the last one the doctor had it so high the headphones, went back down to the draft office. they said take don home. this time they said we will do more tests. i'm in the army. i called home. my mother said, where ar

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i am a vietnam veteran, and i am proud of president biden. i know what wars are like, and it is very sad when the republicans -- [indiscernible] host: lee, you are breaking up a little bit. we will go to kathy in louisiana, republican line. caller: good morning. i have very disappointed in what i am seeing and what i am hearing. i grew up in the service, and i realize what it is like to put your family aside to serve the country. the people that are still over there are not still over there by choice. some of them, i want to say they were speaking about it when the republicans talked last night, tried to get back into the country, and they were blocked. americans were blocked by the state department, americans, individuals, private citizens who had served already before that had gone over there to try and rescue. understand even our dogs were left behind that helped the soldiers. i cannot imagine -- host: actually, general mckenzie addressed that, those docs left behind were not part of the military effort. the general made that statement in

i'm a vietnam veteran. i am 74 years old.ll my life, i have seen the voting procedure in this country with rules and regulations. if you do not have rules and regulations to follow, they need to go back to the path to have voter registration because several positions need to be approved by a citizen of the united states, not anybody else. that is one requirement that needs to be added. they need to be a citizen. if you are not a citizen, you should not be allowed to vote in any federal position and you need to have rules and regulations so that the voters know who the people are that are voting. it is not right. it is crooked. it will be crooked like it was in this passed election -- passed election. you will have people voting that are not required to be voting. host: that is william in south carolina. remind you of other efforts in congress to make changes on the federal level when it comes to election law, there is the voting right advancement act voted on in the house and some of the elements of that, it would expand the

i am a vietnam veteran.litary during the cuban missile crisis when kennedy was president. from 1860 to 1960 our country, as lincoln said once "a nation divided against itself cannot stand." from 1860 to 1960 all of these crazy people were in the democratic party and then a candidate come along like lincoln and tried to make things equal for everybody and both presidents fascinate me for it. during when johnson came into office he says i will continue kennedy's policies and johnson called it exactly like he said. that when they passed the civil rights and human rights and voting rights acts, johnson said these people would go over to the republican party and join that party, just like he called it, it happened. what i am seeing, the country that i was willing to die for, these people are tearing this country apart. the thing is, our enemies like that division. when we follow the principles that this country was built on, we are unbeatable. but when we fail, or we allow these crazy people now in the republican

. >> e.coli a vietnam war veteran returning to the cockpit after 65 years. >> i feel like a teenagerld be without them. brian: starting to get back to normal in louisiana. they have been through enough as the united states of america is seeing a variety of different shots today little by little we are getting our staff back and dust off our equipment and use all the contraptions that we have left in the closet for the last two years. steve: that's right. dave running the camera rightnot unlike a year ago. it's all good. brian: absolutely. steve: let's see if dave remember, by the way rachel is in today for ainsley. rachel: welcome. steve: let's see if dave remembers he has to stay there while we read. brian: because the teleprompter is right there. if dave walks away we are stuck with nothing to say. steve: you know what? we always have something to say. brian: even if it doesn't make any sense. steve: thank you very much for joining us on this very busy wednesday. we start this hour with a fox news alert. and it turns out that body we were talking about yesterday discovered at wyomi

. >> the last vietnam veteran serving in the united states senate. i remember full well our withdrawal from vietnam. i remember watching on television as american helicopters rose from the ground in saigon and attached to all el them all over the helicopter were vietnamese people tieing to get out of country. i remember watching helicopters rise into the sky and people fall to their deaths. ands as i watched the withdrawal and efforts to try to get 125,000 people out of afghanistan, a month or so ago, i was reminded of what happened in vietnam . i think from the time donald trump sat down with the taliban, i think the dye was well cast. i think it was pretty well telegraphed. and i said to myself this may not end well and it didn't. i think the question for us now is what do we do now? we're out of afghanistan. we're trying to make sure about 125,000 other people afghans who helped us that they have a chance to get out of there and be resettled here. and how do we handle the resettlement? how do we handle that and that is big part of your job. to make

retired four star -- combat veteran in vietnam. former battlefield in the persian gulf. former member of the national security council. and doctor nahid but delia, back with us as well. infectious disease physician, founding director of boston university center for emerging and defections diseases, policy, and research. good evening and welcome back to the broadcast to all of. you doctor but delia, indeed, given the importance of public health tonight, i would like to start with you, what did you make of these dual fta votes today colliding as they did with the policy and wishes of the biden white house with the president on down? yeah brian, the question front of the committee today was given the data on vaccine efficacy, could you recommend those who had pfizer a booster. and the committee rightly said, based on the evidence that has been given to us, we cannot make that assumption. because there are strong data that says that in those who are older, and those who have medical conditions, there is oh waning of both protection against infection and severe disease. but i

and retired barry r mccaffrey, veteran of vietnam former battlefield commander in the gulf, and a former cabinet member of the national security uncil well. good eveni and welcome to you. all eugene daniels, i'd like to believe with you. what is the latest you are hearing from the white house tonight with these two bills? aka the president's agenda up in the yr. >> what we know is that they are getting a little concerned, right? it's kind of rerkable where we are in the process, legislation is messy. we all know. th the democratic party has to make sure everybody is happy from bernie stand there's, to joe manchin's in order to pass legislation. but for months the focus has been about helen president it is for the democrats have been united. they were on this two track process and everyone had agreed, and then the wl started to fall off, and i think that the white house, a lot of the people in the white house were surprised by how quickly have. been saying that it had to have a system tragic pause, and now nancpelosihe speaker of the use essentially decoupling the two bills and taken the

. >> you are a veteran of vietnam, and you saw the dangers of american military involvement in iraq.e iraq invasion, and in afghanistan, you opposed barack obama's surge there. and i'm going to quote you, you said this 11 years ago in 2010 to the atlantic magazine. i'm not sure we know what the hell we're doing in afghanistan. it's not sustainable at all. i think we're marking time as we slaughter more young people. i wonder in your view, was afghanistan lost long before the u.s. withdrawal last month? >> in my view, it was, jim. and it goes back to what i said ten years ago. we lost our way. we didn't really understand why we were there. i remember foreign relations committee hearings when we would have all the senior members of the bush administration up asking them questions. is this nation building or what are we doing? have we accomplished what we wanted to accomplish? where are we going? do you need more troops, less troops? and this just carried through for the last 20 years. and it put our military, especially, in a very difficult position because they were charged with doing