First at the transit point. it would be nice if it was done before we brought tomorrow this the united states of america. are they rurd to be vaccinated before coming to the united states of america? they are vaccinated in the united states before they are before they are resettled into the united states. none of these afghan citizens that are allowed to leave these resettlement communities, ft. dix, dulles, et cetera, are allowed to leave new of them, none of them are leaving unless they re vaccinated for covid-19 s that your testimony? they re tested forever covid-19 and vaccinated. vaccinated before they leave? that s my understanding. all right. thank you, mr. secretary. is it the policy of the united states of america to take hard earned tax dollars and pay terrorist organizations? it is not. it is not. so your testimony earlier was that we re sending taxpayer dollars to afghanistan right now for humanitarian relief. who are we sending that to?
0 legitimizing them as a real government? not only us, but virtually the entire international community has made clear what we expect and will insist on from the taliban. if they want to seek any legitimacy or any support. and that includes, it starts with freedom of travel. so we have been intensely engaged with turkey in qatar to get the airport in kabul up and running again which is now the case. we started to get flights out last week. and with regard to sharif, you re correct. there are flights that have been there for some time that have not been allowed to leave. we want to see the flights leave. we want to allow the flights to start to move. and we re working on that every day. thank you. i yield back. thank you. mr. secretary. we requested such a classified briefing not too long ago. we welcome your assurance to schedule this briefing sometime in the immediate future. yes. absolutely. and i now recognize representative brad sherman from california for five minutes.
Give me my private security. why? i m more important than you i need it i m doing the work. here it comes with the coronavirus, mixed messages every step of the way. rules for you watching at home and not for them. lockdowns you have to stay home. gavin newsom gets to go french laundry. you need to wear masks, your children need to wear masks this upcoming school year at least right now in the state of new jersey but president barack obama can throw a party at march that s vineyard inside of a tent rife with celebrities. full of celebrity dancing around and nobody masking. and then when it comes to the border. we can talk about all the risks that against science. antiscience perspective our children present and yet illegal immigrant on the southern border coming through testing positive or not tested at all for coronavirus. that s not a crisis. rules for thee but not for me. contradictions everywhere simply because they don t buy their b.s. they will don t have to live by these rules.
Will: price of admission doesn t follow the science or data. we know at this point. we have 12 months of research on the risk of covid to children. as their own health threat or anyone else. meaning to transmit to anyone else. covid has for children under the age of 18 less of a risk than the common flu. that doesn t stop doctors for calling for mask mandates like you are talking about, ainsley. watch thmplets it s not a political statement. or an invasion of your liberties. this is a life-saving medical device. anding can kids to wear masks is uncomfortable but you know, kids are pretty resilient. protect the kids with a shield of vaccinated people. for the kid who can t get vaccinated that s the reason why we are having a strong recommendation that in the schools everybody should wear a mask. whether or not you are vaccinated. we have got to protect the children. we need to be working with our employers. not opposing them. on vaccine mandates. my members have stepped up. 90% of t
Actually gotten the vaccine. but i do think that the circumstances have changed and that vaccination is a community responsibility and it weighs really heavily on me that kids under 12 can t get vaccinated. steve: did she just say that 90% of the teachers are not gotten the vaccine. ainsley: have gotten it. steve: oh, good. i have got to clean out the taters in my ears as my mom used to say. ainsley: she says she is trying to find solutions and rising cases across america is alarming to her revisiting mask mandates. steve: they are. here in the op-ed section of the wall street journal dr. marty makary and h. cody meisner have written something it s really interesting. they say the cdc has mandated mask they re i object conclusive if it actually reduces coronavirus because they say no research has been done by the nih on kids and masks.