way to give families of service members injured or killed. you seem to have a different number. where is that coming from and what does that entail? the number that i ve heard was 13 not 13 americans, to be clear. but what we heard is at least 13 afghans. that was being confirmed by some taliban sources. take it for what it s worth. the taliban are obviously a brutal group and shouldn t take what they are saying. they are saying 13. bodies are being taken away from the scene. to be clear not americans but total at this time. maybe that number will grow if there were two attacks. as you know, the fog of war as these things take place in complex situations the numbers may change and numbers of attacks may change in realtime. harris: we learn more about
covid makes it way less likely that you will get covid a second time, less likely than if you have been vaccinated. you wouldn t know this though in america. for example if you google natural immunity vs. vaccination this is what you get on google. you get no results on the israeli study. you will come up with absolutely nothing. but if you go to duck duck go for example, this is an independent search engine you can find those israeli studies that i just mentioned. and for what it s worth, israel is the gold standarard in data. they are absolutely the best place to mine covid data on this planet. number four, if you are in the 10 to 15% of americans who are adults and you have not had the vaccine and you have not had covid, the vaccine will reduce your symptoms and will reduce likely hospitalization and death. that is important. vaccine if you are adult will reduce the likelihood of
vulnerable afghans as early as may but were not allowed to do so. here at nbc, as well as other news outlets new reporting that the intelligence community warned the white house of a potential collapse and that those warnings were ignored. of course, all of this is somewhat subjective. what one person thinks they brief and what another person think they heard for what it s worth. the white house will not confirm whether president biden received such a dire forecast from his national security team, but a senior intelligence official just released a statement which seems to be the first official acknowledgment from the administration that there was information and the possibility of a swift government collapse. and here s how the statement reads. we consistently identify the risk of a rapid collapse of the afghan government. we also grew more pessimistic about the government s survival as the fighting season progressed. this was less an issue of afghan military capabilities and more a re
july payment. 69% said they spent some of the extra money on food. 37% spent it on clothing. 27% spent it on utilities. you can see from the data just how critical this money is. too many families, many who are spending the money on the most essential thing, food. president biden s domestic policy adviser noted today that the number of families with kids that don t have enough to eat dropped by nearly a quarter. and for what it s worth, every dollar spent on groceries or school supplies is money that has a direct impact on the economic recovery, on the local economy. joining us now is chuck marr, at the policy on budget and priorities. chuck, this is a good one to talk about because it s helpful to people. it is low hanging fruit, relatively inexpensive, and the bang for the buck is enormous. it s just tremendous, ali. i think this is the first month we already have signs of how
i will say that when i google something like that in the news, i end my search string with nbc. so if i m looking for covid vaccination facts, i ll write covid vaccination facts nbc so that articles from nbc news come up higher in the search because it s a trusted source. just a suggestion. take that with you for what it s worth. eric deggans, i want to start with you when we come back. everybody sit tight. we have more to discuss coming up, including the search for a new jeopardy host. that search might be coming to an end. but the show might be making a risky wager with its reported front-runner. plus, an uptick in summer travel is bringing a rise in unruly airline passengers. did some folks just forget how to act in public during quarantine? what can we do about this? first richard lui is here with the headlines. hey, richard. hey, joshua. a very good saturday to you. some of the stories we re watching for you this hour, church in jacksonville florida is holding vaccination