american behind. tony blinken testified lastamern week there were one hundred and seventy five americans andre may are hostages. why did they keep that from us for so? but i want to move on because i could talk to you about this all day. ust to finish on just to finish. i have no idea. it was the worst and most embarrassing decision, in my opinion.ot getting out, i wanted to get out before not getting out because i wantn, to get it. i would have been out befor e then. n ou it was the most embarrassing. the way they got out. we would have gotten outd dignit with strength and dignity and we would have kept bagram air base, which is the biggest runway, most powerful runwaysane anywhere in the world. and the reason r is in afghanistan, the reason it was one hour away, away from where china makes its nuclear missiles. so would have an air base right next to where china makes and you know who s occupying it now? now? chi china. and up next, more of our interview. president donald trump
years, has been much greater than any perceived or any real risk of the vaccine. i believe that. but if you re younger, the risk of the vaccine, even thoughthe i they re rare, cank actually exceed the risk of the disease. in all likelihood. do and i think giving three vaccines, we ve got universities mandating three vaccines i thinkt is. i think that s malpractise because the risk ofses the maracatu is increasewi s with each vaccine. there s a lot of compromises that could happen here. promisesone vaccine, no vaccinef your kids already had it, but instea id, the government says, do as you re told, don t think about this, don t listen to anya dissent. just dreo as you re told. it s reall sthat s a recipe for bad medicine and really malpractise well said . , senator . dr paul , we appreciate you, si. being with us. thank you, sir. all right. when we come back , part two of my interview with former president donald trump. he discusses the dangerous and growins g alliance betweenand hi c
they re committed to this. if john avlon and i can agree on all the issues we just said, you can get 60 votes in the senate. thank you guys. thanks, guys. after protests, a big reversal from china announcing that it will ease some of the country s strict covid restrictions. and a concerning measles outbreak among children here in the u.s. the latest next. greatest sandwih roster ever assembled. for more on the new boss, here s patrick mahomes. incredible - meatballs, fresh mozzarella and pepperon- oh, the meatball s out! i thought he never fumblbles. the new subway sereries. what s your pick? all across the country, people are working hard to build a better future. so we re hard at work, helping them achieve financial freedom. we re investing for our clients in the projects th power our economy. from the plainto the coasts, we help americans invest for their future. and help communities thrive.
and most recently, unprecedented protests. cnn s ivan watson has more on the changes. ivan? reporter: for the first time in months, the chinese government has announced a relaxation, significant relaxation of its strict zero covid policies, and that s triggered some real excitement. for example, a surge in inquiries about plane tickets for internal travel, and why is this so important? because look at some of the changes. for example, the government says that no longer will people need to be required to get negative pcr tests to go into public places like shopping malls, for example. previously a lot of cities required people to line up and get tests every 48 hours just to do things like travel on public transport or to go to public places. asy asymptomatic covid cases, people with mild symptoms and close contacts of covid cases are no longer going to be bundled off to government quarantine where
there are large numbers of chinese that are very vulnerable to covid. for example, 23% of citizens over 80 are completely unvaccinated. that s, like, 8.4 million people now at risk. chi china is trying to rush out vaccines to these vulnerable parts of the population right now. ivan watson, cnn, hong kong. our thanks to ivan. back here in the u.s., a measles outbreak in ohio is wors worsening. more than 50 children have been infected. some thesing hospitalization. public health officials report none of the kids have been fully vaccinated. joining us is the health commissioner in columbus. dr. roberts, thank you for taking the time to talk us to about this. some visited a department store and a mall while they were contagious. given how infectious this is, how concerned are you this