but that is the rare exception. so that is a great thing. it is going to help reduce the amount of transmission of covid, the virus that causes covid in our community. we know that toddlers, young children, can transmit this virus as easily as older adolescents. so this will ultimately be a good thing. but i will caution here that we re still plateauing at daily deaths of 1000, 200 daily a day. as we go into flu and colds season. so we need to remain vigilant. doctor gupta, i d also like to ask you the last time that we spoke you were deploying as part of your service with the air force reserves working as an icu doctor for the critical care transporting for a response around covid, you were just starting that work. you are doing your training effort. there i just want to ask you, how that went if you could tell us at all with that deployment is like? absolutely. i would say that we were actually stationed in southern ohio, cincinnati. but we were actually moving patients that need
any camera you ve ever seen, it s a long thin line that that they can thread in through the debris and make its way through. another piece of equipment they have not deployed yet is infra red, it can pick up signatures of heat. they said they were not using that equipment just yet because they were using the listening devices to hear for the tapping and the type of equipment that can maybe pick up somebody breathing. it s important to note with all the equipment, the reason we have seen the miami-dade urban search and rescue team deployed around the world is because it s not only about having the equipment that you need in one place, it s also about the training. so those who would like to see this equipment might be in their fire department here, there and everywhere, it is a constant training effort. and that s why what we have here is have the guys here, they can
getting closer to a point where do the commanders on the ground say that? the ones who really know are the forces fighting with them. it s general mick nicholson who will tell you there are challenges that exist today and aren t going to go away any time soon, but there has been progress. my point is what s different is members of the afghan security forces have increased. there has been an increase in quality that you see. it s still not where it should be, so what the united states going to do is essentially take a page from what we did in iraq, which is we re going to support the training effort. we re going to get the afghans out front. the united states will continue to lead in terms of command and control at the highest levels with intelligence, with medical support, with logistics support. there will be some contractors. there always will be some contractors in neat ter. but what i m i guess what i m saying, jim, is it s not an ideal solution because you don t if you c
moderate rebels back into syria after their unit was decimated in an attack. this has been a difficult process to vet these people, to train them, to get them back into what is a very fluid, dynamic situation. the pentagon trying to figure out how to salvage the training effort. 70 additional rebels may finish their training in the next few weeks. we have to find a group to be the boots on the ground. the ones we have chosen right now aren t it. reporter: ash carter moving beyond just working with the rebels. there are other capable ground forces fight the regime and isil. i gave the example of the syrian kurds but we d like to see more. reporter: the strikes could be aimed at targets in iraq. isis on a rampage in mosul where up to 300 civil servants may
trying to find new ways to pressure the militant group. cnn s barbara starr looks at the u.n. s options and obstacles in this region. reporter: american f-16s at anytime could begin to strike isis from their base here at incirlik turkey. some strikes may be aimed at the tushish-syrian border where isis forces just moved in after al qaeda left. strikes will try to pave the way for putting u.s. trade, moderate rebels back in to syria after their unit was decimated in an attack. this has been a difficult process, to vet these people, train them and get them back in to what is a fluid, dynamic situation. reporter: the pentagoning trying to figure out how to salvage the training effort. 70 additional rebels may finish training in the next few weeks. we need to find a group