is called not during the fighting season. if they did this during the winter you would have the taliban and back in pakistan at their bases and it would not be the chaos we are seeing but as you mentioned biden and vice president harris, biden will deliver remarks, both leave immediately without taking questions and call it a weekend at 2:00 pm during this there is no going back in reversing public perception that they are in way over their heads. to give you context, to this point in his presidency donald trump had done 50 interviews at this point, five times as many as president biden, only done nine and you see why, unscripted biden leads to viral soundbites from the wrong reasons like i don t know how you do withdraw without chaos in suing and that is why you haven t heard from biden. he takes questions it could be bad.
what does that tell you about the most transparent administration of all time? jillian: a number of people are disappointed they haven t heard from the vice president considering so much of the conversation around afghanistan is what happens to the lives and livelihoods of women and young girls and a lot of people like to hear that. i was watching yesterday, i watched the whole thing and want to get your opinion on this interview, former cia analyst matt zeller and like many people, people in congress that we ve been raising the flag on this for a while, he said i have been raising the flag on this for years, take a listen. i watched a different speech from you. i was appalled. i ve been trying to tell the government for years this was coming. plan after plan on how to
promised to bring in medical personnel out of state. not reversing his order. public health experts seem confused. when you have authorities for reasons that and i can t explain. is it political, is it libertarian? what is it? how can you prevent the local authorities from doing what it takes to protect the children for what reason is more important than protecting the health of the children? in a moment, the top elected official in dallas county fighting governor abbott on this, first ed lavendera joins us. what are you hearing about what officials need? hospital officials across the state that i ve spoken with today are sounding the alarm in a way that i haven t heard, even in the worse days of the pandemic in this state. there are more than 10,000
state that i ve spoken with today are sounding the alarm in a way that i haven t heard, even in the worse days of the pandemic in this state. there are more than 10,000 people hospitalized with coronavirus. this has spiked dramatically and quickly. these are numbers we have not seen since late january, early february. there are just under 370 available icu beds across the state and some regions are reporting single digit number of icu beds available and the ceo of the harris county health district in houston speaking to state lawmakers today said that the state is headed for a medical catastrophe if urgent action isn t taken soon and he says he s frightened about what s coming in the weeks ahead. there is no intervention out there that i am hearing about from the state or anyone else that is going to have an impact on those numbers anytime soon. if this continues, and i have no
soccer team saw their hopes for gold dashed, unfortunately, in today s semifinal. let me get to cnn s alex thomas with more on the highlights. let s talk about smiles, alex. s she had the twisties. it s just fantastic news, isn t it, she s back in a big way and maybe her decision to return to competition could prove to be even braver than that initial choice to withdraw from several events due to concerns about her mental health. we saw simone biles head to the gymnastics hall in tokyo earlier on monday but haven t heard from her yet. the news that she ll be back in action announced via the u.s. gymnastics twitter feed. it read, we are so excited to confirm that you will see two u.s. athletes in the balance beam final tomorrow, suni lee and sloimone biles. can t wait to watch you both. biles helping the usa win silver in the women s team event but opening up about her anxiety and uncertainty as she pulled out of