reaffirmation of our nato article 5 commitment when he talked again about protecting every inch of nato territory. i think it was also a good message to the russian people, a truthful message, an accurate message about what vladimir putin is not only doing to the people of ukraine, but what he s doing to the people of russia destroying their economy as he tries to destroy ukraine. lastly, jim, i d say the speech was a marked contrast from what we saw in july of 2018 in helsinki, finland, when president trump was not only showing deference to putin, he was genuflecting to him. president biden once again confronted putin, condemned him, as he s done over months, rallied the world against him. senator, the president also spoke directly to the russian people, or at least he attempted to, saying he does not view them as the enemy of the united states.
that got the most attention and we will get to that in a moment but overall what did you take away from this speech? the really important thing was that president biden made the trip, that his feet were on the ground, that he met in person with european leaders, nato leaders, traveled to poland, met with displaced peoples, and was able to experience that emotion of the, and tension around this absolutely crucial moment. the reaffirmation of the multi lateral order, of the importance of nato, an organization which let s not forget former president trump has described as being obsolete. all of those together were absolutely crucial. that what for me was one of the most important moments in this speech, and it was a departure from the state of the union address a few weeks ago was the way in which he explained to people the importance of fighting for these democratic principles and that we have to steel ourselves for the long fight ahead. in other words that these
use this in his propaganda machine. ultimately a threat against the russian leader is a threat against russia itself and the unfortunate aspect is president putin will be able to use this to justify this conflict, this unjustifiable incursion into ukraine. and, unfortunately, it shifts away from what was otherwise a very successful, very important, and even historic trip. words have power. words can impose a cost. let s go back to biden s speech when he called vladimir putin the butcher. president biden had already called putin an autocrat, a tyrant, a war criminal. now he is calling him a butcher. how unusual is it again to call out a head of state in such a way but also the impact of these words? is this just name calling or will it lead to justice? reporter: well, will it lead to justice? this is what the coalition and the reaffirmation of this multi lateral order are absolutely remaining committed to and the
covid vaccines will be needed every year like a flu vaccine. starting on november 8, foreign visitors will be able to travel to the united states, the white house said friday. that is good news for the u.s. tourist industry. reporting for cnn, new york. let s talk to primary care and public health specialist. i want to ask you first of all about the new cdc data about unvaccinated adults that are 11 times more likely to die. what are you seeing from patients who are still on the fence? does this news help them at all? listen, we need all the reaffirmation to try to convince 16 million unvaccinated people in this country to roll up their sleeve and get the shot.
afghanistan even as they try to complete this is a kred mission of evacuating americans as well as allies. the white house trying to see what they can do to improve the security situation including their reliance on the taliban for the security of the perimeter, coming under increasing scrutiny from lawmakers of both parties saying why are we outsourcing security for americans to a group that until just a few days ago we were actually fighting in a 20-year war? but the president he has said that he is very laser focused at this hour on completing this mission by the end of this month not looking to second-guess that situation, but instead looking at that attack is a reaffirmation of the need for the u.s. to withdraw now from a country where he believes we were at a war that was never going to accomplish the stated objectives of trying to rebuild afghanistan. as far as those evacuees, the