that the embassy has been evacuated. jillian: some of the images coming from the airport in kabul are stunning and devastating. brian, thank you. the white house is under fire for going silent amid this historic collapse. caroline shibley continues our team coverage from washington. reporter: good morning, jillian and carley. reaction is pouring in from all sides in washington as the situation changes on the ground in afghanistan and members of congress seem stunned by the swift fall of kabul. as late as friday u.s. officials said they thought the afghan government could hold onto power for another month. this weekend, the taliban marched into the capital city, easily taking over. the biden administration is taking criticism from both sides. this is a crisis of untold proportions. this is an intelligence failure. we underestimated the taliban and overestimated the resolve of
old of. fox & friends first starts right now. good morning, new york city. and everyone else across the country. good morning to you, ashley. you are watching fox & friends first on this monday morning, i m carley shimkus. i m ashley strohmier. jillian and todd are off this morning. dr. anthony fauci expects, quote, pain and suffering as the delta cases surge but not any new lockdowns. the warning comes as lawmakers call for a full fda approval of vaccines to help ramp up shots. caroline shibley joins us live from washington. reporter: the nations top disease specialist saves he does not think the country will see the covid lockdowns we had last year but is warning the country to ready for more cases. things are going to get
them. we like to give the information to the people, we don t require them to do things, give them the right information, not exaggeration, make the choices available to them and let them make their decision and it s working. reporter: now, some lawmakers are calling on the fda to give full approval to the covid vaccine to encourage those who are hesitant to get the shots. back to you. caroline, thank you so much. ashley, one of the biggest things that happened last summer as relates to covid is with all the hypocrisy coming from lawmakers who didn t even follow their own vaccine mandates, their own covid mandates. newsom. yeah, newsom, nancy pelosi, the list goes on and on. it s happening again and there are multiple examples so last week d.c. mayor muriel bowser enacted an indoor mask van date