The taliban is defeating Afghan Security Forces at an alarming rate. Taking control of large swaths of the country. So far 17 provincial capitals, including kandahar with strategic and symbolic importance now fallen to the taliban. The pentagon is sending 3,000 u. S. Troops to help evacuate and as fears grow the taliban could soon seize the afghanistan capital. It is unraveling faster than President Biden and many of his national security advisers anticipated. In fact, this is just over a month ago. Listen to the president. The jury is still out. But the likelihood there is going to be the taliban over running everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely. We have every angle of this Breaking Story covered. Lets begin with Nick Paton Walsh on the the latest in afghanistan. Nick, as the united states prepares to leave that country, thousands of american troops are headed back in. Theyre going to help with a really complicated and poten potentially dangerous process of evacuating american diplomats. Tell us what is going on there. Reporter tomorrow well see 3,000 Marines Land In Kabul. Whether the u. S. Had a presence for quite a long time but this is the focus of the Security Operation providing a bit more of a Security Blanket into the rest of kabul towards the embassy. Quite a big area potentially there. The marines will have influence over and with likely Air Cover and other enablers too. That may ease some of the concerns about the taliban maybe choosing to Pressure Kabul imminently, although the marines will themselves be a substantial target and make no mistake, they have penetrated kabul over the past 10, 12 years. But the operation is meant to last two to three years two to three weeks. So get the u. S. Diplomats out and a Skeleton Staff just at the airport but also to begin possibly getting out the Tens Of Thousands of afghans who worked with the united states who feel threatened by the taliban advance who may be able to apply for special visas. That is a mammoth task with a dangerous part of the city at the same time i imagine and were getting indications that the diplomacy is trying to kick in at some point. Weve just seen today now half of provincial cities being in the talibans hands. The key one being kandahar, sort of the birthplace of their movement back in the 90s. And the question i think is whether or not the united statess pipeline dream, i have to call it that, Today Or Tomorrow or the days ahead we may learn whether there is any grain of truth to the idea that taliban would like to negotiate a settlement. Would it involve a transitional government or involve no siege of kabul. Well have to wait and see. But there is panic in the capital right now. Understandably so. Thank you so much. And lets get over to the pentagon with more on what the u. S. Troops are doing as part what is clearly a rescue effort. Barbara starr is there. What are you hearing from your sources . I think right now all bets are off on any predictions. Officials are privately saying they dont have a perfect sense of the intelligence about what is going on inside of afghanistan in part because things are moving so fast. As nick just mentioned, the fall of kandahar absolutely critical in u. S. Calculations because it sits on Highway To Kabul and that has appeared from the very beginning to be the taliban strategy. Seize the highways, the major Access Points to the capital city, make it appear a sense of inevitability that the taliban will be able to take over the country. So you now have u. S. Troops moving in to help get the americans out. You have u. S. Troops wanting to be visible, to send a message to the taliban, dont mess with us while were In Kabul. Just dont do it. So there is a lot of tension over the coming days about what will happen. But i think very rapidly there are also longterm strategic questions emerging. President biden said the u. S. Could get out of afghanistan because it was no longer a Safe Haven for Terror Groups to plan a execute a homeland attack. But clearly all of this movement by the taliban great uncertainty in the region and on borders and not all clear who is operating now in some of these ungoverned spaced. And from the pentagon and from the u. S. Military, another country with billions of dollars of effort, years and years of trying to train their Military Force to look after their own affairs, and no answers right now why once again it just did not work. Dana. Stomach churning. Thank you so much for that reporting. I want to go to State Department. Kylie atwood is there. What are you hear being the diplomat efforts going on right now. Reporter well the pace at which the Security Situation is deteriorating has taken u. S. Officials by surprise. And it is important to note that as this unfold, this is a situation that threatened to permanently strain the President Biden Foreign Policy legacy. He said that the u. S. Is going to leave afghanistan. He knows that americans are with him in that. But the u. S. State department has also said they are engaged in talks with the taliban. Those talks have, however, gone nowhere. And in the situation that the biden administration is facing right now is alarming. Of course there is expectation that there will be more taliban atrocities, Human Rights for women and girls are clearly under threat as the taliban come in and take over areas where they have some rights provided to them because of what happened over the last 20 years. That is now all going by the wayside. And there is also the situation of the afghans who worked alongside u. S. Diplomats and u. S. Forces over the last 20 years. It is not assured that all of those folks are going to get safely out of the country as the taliban continues to make these gains. Now it is our reporting that the White House is continuing to stick by the president here. They dont see grand political implications for the president and his efforts to double down on his decision to get u. S. Troops out of afghanistan. That is because the american people are largely with him in this. The other thing that is fuelling their determination here is if you take a step back and look at Foreign Policy broadly, they see china as the longterm threat to the u. S. When it comes to Foreign Policy. The big long strategic threat. They want to put resources toward that. The question now is if there is a Civil War that unfolds. Was that really the right move to make. Is that something that well watch as the biden administration makes their decisions over the next few days. No question. That is the longterm question for the biden Foreign Policy, but shortterm there are u. S. Embassy officials still there and also the symbolism, a lot of people looking back to saigon hoping that there isnt too much of a mirror going on between these two situations. Kylie, thank you so much. And i want to go to Congressman Jason Crow of colorado who served on the intelligence and armed Services Committee and is also a former Army Ranger who served two tours of duty in afghanistan. Congressman, thank you so much for joining me. I know you came back here to washington to try to get a better handle on what is happening in afghanistan. What are you learning . Yeah, thanks for having me, dana. As you mentioned, im a member of congress now. But before that i was an Army Ranger in afghanistan and fought with the afghans in like many veterans that have pieces of their heart in afghanistan. This is a very heartbreaking moment. But clearly this is not going well. There is a disaster unfolding on ground here that we have to make sure that were getting our arms around. We have three immediate missions right now. The near Term Mission over the next couple of days is to protect americans and u. S. Citis and to evacuate those that need to be evacuated as quickly as possible. The second is to evacuate afghans and partners and im calling on biden administration to conduct a speedy and robust and broad evacuation of our allies and partners and democracy workers and others who are at great risk over the next couple of weeks. And the third mission is making sure we dont see the reconstitution of Al Qaeda in afghanistan. I want to ask you about that point in a second. Just so our viewers have an understanding of what you know and you experienced, of course since 2001 the u. S. Has spent over 2 Trillion, trained more than 350,000 afghan troops and lost over 2,000 u. S. Service members. So how is it possible that the country that where you said you left a piece of your heart seems to be almost where it was 20 years ago. This is a tough pill to swallow. There is No Doubt about it. And were going to have decades to come where books are going to be written about this, debates will be had about this, what went well and what didnt go well. There is No Doubt about the fact that after hundreds of millions of dollars and tens of lives altered, decades to help build a 300,000 strong afghan army to see the manner in which that is collapsing and as fast as it is collapsing is really tough. It really is. And were going to have that debate and how did we misread the intelligence and not seeing this coming and what do we have to do better in the future. Were going to have that debate. But you have such a unique perspective on the the ground serving alongside afghan troops for two tours. So given that, and your experience, how surprised i know your clearly saying your surprised. But what should we know or what did you know about the afghan troops that people missed given the fact that theyre just melting away at the mere threat of the taliban without the u. S. Presence there. Well, dana, first it is important to say that not all of them are melting away. There are elite special Operation And Commando operations that are fighting right now. But it is true overall that the Rank And File is not holding in afghanistan and were seeing large units simply dropping their weapons and going home. So i think one of the lessons for us here is there is a difference between arming and equipping and training and giving resources to an army and actually that army and that forces will to fight. And their Leadership Or Lack of leadership and in the issues of governance and corruption. And also the issue of their identity. It is a largely tribal country and always has been so when you look at where the loyalties of Rank File of the afghan army where they reside, it is largely with tribes, with their provinces, not necessarily at the afghan government and i do think there has been a large Scale Leadership Failure within afghanistan because they have failed to actually create a sense of cohesion, moral to the afghan military. You mentioned there is an Intelligence Failure that will have to be assessed. Here is what President Biden said just a month ago. You have the afghan troops have 300,000 well equipped, as well equipped as any army in the world, and an air force. Against something like 75,000 taliban. It is not inevitable. The jury is still out. But the likelihood there is going to be the taliban over running everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely. So, you were there. You were on the ground. Youre on the Intelligence Committee now. Why did the administration and the more broadly the u. S. Government get it so wrong . I dont think we know yet. Were in the middle of this mission. This mission is unfolding right now. Lets not forget that kabul, a city of 6 million, is still secure and holding. And there are other cities that are too. It is definitely not going well. And there are very tough questions that im going to ask and that others are going to ask about how we misread the signals an the intelligence here. But this mission is ongoing and that is why we have to stay focusedond what we could control and what we could control is the protection of u. S. Personnel, u. S. Citizens and our allies. There are still some honor to be had here. And in evacuating the Tens Of Thousands that stood by us and bringing them to safety and showing well stand by them and that has to be the focus and well have plenty of time later to have the debate about what went wrong. Congressman, im out of time but i have to ask you real quick, we are just very close, less than a month away from the 20th Anniversary of 9 11. And the u. S. Went to war there largely because of Al Qaeda having a large presence there. Are you concerned that Al Qaeda will reconstitute itself in afghanistan . I am concerned, dana. Because it is my job to be concerned. I am not somebody that sent to washington elected by my constituents to Rubber Stamp assessments or get a good night of sleep. Which i dont any more. My job is to conduct over sight and ask tough questions and figure out what assumptions were making and im going to continue to do that and well have those hard discussions, No Doubt about it. Im going to do everything necessary to make sure that were responding to isis, Al Qaeda, and the threats to the homeland and u. S. Citizens wherever those threats might exist. But i will say one thing that is really important, dana, as we look at the 20th Anniversary of september 11th, to all of my fellow veterans out there, you should be proud of your service. You stood up and when your country needed you. You answered the call. Be proud of your service and what you did for our country. And well have the Policy Debates later. Herehere. Very well said and ill add you to that. Thank you for your service. And well get back to you as you get answers to the many questions you still have. Thank you. Thank you. And coming up, hospitals on brink. Critical shortages of beds and staff as coronavirus surges across the south. And vaccine advisers to the cdc are meeting right now, how soon could they recommend Booster Shots for americans . Ill talk to sanjay gupta, or dr. Sanjay gupta next. S no plac. Enjoy the cool, refreshing strawberry poppyseed salad. Panera. Order on the app today. Its Grilled Cheese time. Yeah, its time for Grilled Cheese. 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Those startling words from a Hospital Administrator in tennessee on the overwhelming impact the Delta Variant is having on his state. Hospitals across the south are at a breaking point. Nearly 80,000 americans are hospitalized with coronavirus right now. The most in six months. Half are of the Covid Hospitalizations are in eight states which have lower Vaccination Rates. Louisiana and mississippi are seeing the highest number of Covid Hospitalizations ever. Cnns Adrian Broadous is joining us from jacksonville, mississippi. What are you seeing there in the Field Hospital . Reporter well, dapa, im standing in a spot that is reserved for a parked car. But as you could see there is a Hospital Bed here. This gauge at the University Of Mississippi Medical Center is being transformed for covid19 patients. Behind me you notice this green line. This is where Oxygen Tanks will be connected. This area will be reserved for those low grade patients. It is like Deja Vu for some, this is a path they didnt want to travel again. I spoke with the Vice Chancellor a short time ago and he and the Lieutenant Governor say they are nervous and theyve had to call on the federal government for help. Our Icu Beds are full from covid. Were treating people in the Emergency Rooms and in the Waiting Rooms in some cases in some of our hospitals. To determine why this last wave has occurred, unfortunately i think we only have to look in the mirror. Reporter and you know what, dana, it is not just mississippi, but florida is one of the states leading the nation in covid cases and tough news out of broward county. Four teachers there died from covid complications and they were not vaccinated. Aif you look at this map there are low Vaccination Rates in southern counties. Half of covid patients are in eight states. But back here in mississippi, the State Department of health released new numbers a short time ago, the number of new covid cases have gone up to more than 5,000 and that is a number that frightens the Vice Chancellor. Back to you. Understandably so. Thank you so much. What a stark report you just gave. Standing on what should be a is a Parking Lot where cars should be and now there are Hospital Beds. So vaccine advisers are meeting right now to discuss the need for additional Coronavirus Vaccine doses. So we have a lot to discuss with dr. Sanjay gupta. Good to see you this morning. Unfortunately we have a lot of very dire things to talk about. So i want to take a step back. New cases are rising in 47 states. Were seeing tents in front of the hospitals like we just saw trying to handle the over flow. Schools, some are going remote because of outbreaks. So i feel like this is a Time Warp. Like were back in 2020. It is a Time Warp and it is even in some ways more disturbing frankly, dana, because there is the vaccine. Right. I mean we spent so much of the time last year saying if there were only a vaccine that could get authorized and there is. And 99. 99 of people who are getting severely sick with this disease are unvaccinated. I mean the data is really clear on that. So it is really frustrating and i agree seeing those sorts of images from adriannes report, i see those things in other countries, not here in the united states. I have to tell you, that when you talk about hospitals being full, that is has a direct impact on everybody. Hospitals like mine even have gone on diversion. Meaning theyre not taking any new patients. Elective cases are getting canceled. Operations that would routinely be done get postponed. You goodet in a Car Accident and there is trauma and they have to find Hospital Beds however they can. It lowers society when this happens and this effects everybody, all of society is affected when this happens. Such an important point. Lets talk about the vaccine and the cdcs advisory Committee Meeting right now as i mentioned. Theyre going to take a vote on whether certain immunocompromised patients need a booster after the fda authorized that last night and discussing a possible booster for the general population that is vaccinated already. What are they looking at and what are you looking for . Well i think this is mostly about the folks who are immunocompromised today and were looking forward them to strictly define who those people are. How are they going to define that. What the fda is basically said, we could show you their language. But people who received organ transplants in particular are going to have be immunocompromised because they take medication to prevent the organ being rejected by their body. But people who may have recent chemotherapy or patients with hiv. So i think they have to define that. It is likely theyll say 28 days after the second dose you could now take a third dose. I dont think that there is going to be a lot of discussion about the rest of people who have normal Immune Systems getting a booster at this time. Because, as we were just saying, the vaccines work so well. 90 plus effective at keeping people out of the hospital and 100 effective at preventing death. So we may have that conversation eventually but probably not now. Lets take a listen to what dr. Fauci told last night about this very thing. We are assuming that sooner or later were going to have to give boosters. So what were doing right now, the decision is we dont need to do it right now. It is not imminent. You know, a lot of people in my circle are saying, okay, it is not imminent, but how do we know if people got the vaccine in january, that it is not Running Out, so how is that being tested and looked at. I spoke to dr. Fauci this morning because i waned to make sure i understood what he was saying specifically, because it could be confusing. But let me make this as easy to understand as i can. When we talk about immunity, people look to antibodies. Immunity is made up of different things many of which we dont measure regularly so antibodies are one thing to follow. But with the immunocompromised, we know they were five times more likely to end up in the hospital. Were not seeing that with a general population. If people that are healthy and vaccinated end up getting severely ill, that may trigger the discussion of having a third shot for Everyone Else. I think following antibodies alone is hard to do. Those are the numbers right now. You have a vaccine out there that almost 90 percent for both vaccines prevented death. If you see those Numbers Tart to go down, that may be the indication that a third shot is important for Everyone Else. Always learn so much from you, sanjay gupta, thank you so much. 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This kind of activity ramping up to 2022 as they try to influence our elections one way or another. But one major part is the Disinformation Campaign surrounding covid and the vaccines. This is something that the russians have seized upon in the last year, particularly in the last several months as the vaccine has become available to try to sow more divisiveness surrounding the vaccine and that is counter to what the booiden administration has been trying to do, getting americans to get the covid shot. So what the russians are doing is a very familiar strategy. Theyre trying to divide america and sow tensions in society and their tactics are evolving and that is what intelligence officials are telling us, it is very common for the russians. They test what they are doing in 2020 and 2016 and then they evolve and come up with new strategies and ways to try to insert themselves into our democrat processes. Classic russia. And i encourage people to good online and read the full report that you and alex mar court and others did because it is really important. Paeshl especially as it relates to covid information and people are getting things wrong and it is not an accident, it is been done by the russians. So thank you so much for that report. And were going back to our top story. Afghanistan on the the brink of collapse. How america got it so wrong. Were going to talk to a retired Army General who has an idea of an answer to that. And also a quick cnn programming note. The cnn original series jerusalem, city of Faith And Fury examines the u. N. Partition and the founding of israel. The effects we could still see today. You could watch all new ep poeds. This is sunday at 10 00 p. M. Eastern and pacific only on cnn. Paper money. Its the future get outta here. Im leaving with my gold. Its not crazy. Help me, mother. Its an omelet. Just crack an egg. When subway® opened they changed the fast food game. 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How did it come to an end this way . Well, i think what happened is post 9 11 we knew we were going to go after Al Qaeda, those that had brought this incredible tragedy to our shores and we knew where to go. We went into afghanistan. Bear in mind that the taliban controlled afghanistan at the time. But they only controlled what was In Kabul and a few of the provinces. Afghanistan has always essentially been ungoverned space. So Al Qaeda, not the taliban, were able to develop a plan and execute quite effectively sadly the 9 11 attacks. When the united states Got Into, with the coalition, but when the united states Got Into afghanistan, we went in afghanistan to defeat Al Qaeda and to defeat and remove the taliban from power. Both of those happened, especially with the taliban very, very quickly. They were removed from power and we began the process of replacing them with a new government. We then had to continue the effort against Al Qaeda and we got lost. This suddenly became a counter insurgency, it was american hubris and wars in afghanistan and trying to convert a society that is essentially tribal and has always been tribal and defined by the borders of its neighbors. There is no reason a land locked country exists, just harboring a bunch of tribes. So we got lost. We got immersed in societal issues and advance womens rights an Take Care of the children and try to build roads. And we got lost. The ever unpopular termination building. It seems is what youre describing. So giving that, looking back over the past 20 years, do you think there was a military moment that the u. S. Could have withdrawn and left a more stable afghanistan than were seeing now . I do. Not just second guessing the incredible leadership that has been in place for over two decades trying to get this right. But after the taliban fell and after a new government was put in place and the united states helped and the coalition, not und estimate and understate their contributions, but led by the united states, a number of nations were there to help the afghans stand up and get this right. What happened is we just completely got off another trying to make it right. So if youre look for a timeline, maybe that is a year or a year and a half in the united states then suddenly said, okay, guys, here is the timeline. Youve got it from here. Weve committed and weve sacrificed, you need to be able to make this happen from here. But it obviously, 20 years later, were making the determination. And the sad thing about this, i dont want to use the word ironic. But the sad thing is that we might be leaving afghanistan in annin extremist way on the 20th Anniversary of 9 11. That is a horrible optic. It sure is. But it is becoming more and more of a reality. As we talk, i want to put up once again for our viewers the big picture for americas longest war. 2 Trillion spent, 352,000 Afghan Security Forces trained, nearly 2,000 u. S. Service members killed in action. And here we are, general marks, the pentagon is announcing sending 3,000 troops to evacuate the u. S. Embassy In Kabul. The u. S. Is considering moving the embassy to kabul airport. You talked about how sad it is, not using irony, but the symbolism of the embassy there in historical context. Yeah, the challenge obviously is the immediate image that comes to mind is april 1975. Exactly. And the evacuation, the again the hurried and defeated evacuation from saigon. We do not afford to of that picture or that image but were getting close to that. Bear in mind that where the ambassador is where the embassy is. If the ambassador and his Counselor Staff are at the airport, and In Kabul, that is where the embassy is. The building is irrelevant. And the only function that we should really Take Care of right now is protect the noncombatants, have that military presence, theyre going to be in country to make sure that the Taliban Cannot Range The Airport to facilitate that evacuation. You cant arrange it either with personnel or long Range Fire and that is why the military is going back in to prevent that. But we have to be able to get those troops out therefore. Lets hope that we dont see that image again. Major general James Spider marks, retired, thank you so much for joining me and giving us more context and perspective. Thank you. Thank you. And coming up, more and hor hospitals are overwhelmed in texas. Which is really straining staff. Ill speak with a nurse about the Covid Crisis there next. Ocun what matters most. Whether its ensuring food arrives as fresh as when it departs. Being first on the scene, when every second counts. Or teaching biology without a lab. We are the leader in 5g. 1 in customer satisfaction. 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Joining me to talk about the strain all of this is putting on hospitals across the state is serena Bumpus Director of practice at the texas nurses association. Thank you so much for joining me. I have talked about the headlines, we have seen the pictures out of texas. Talk about what youre seeing on the ground as a nurse and what youre hearing from your colleagues who are dealing with this surge . And so i have the opportunity to hear from nurses across the state of texas, and what i hear consistently is just how tired and exhausted nurses are right now with this third wave of covid19 patients coming through their facilities. And many are struggling to renew their Passion And Joy for the practice of nursing. And is part of that because so much of what theyre seeing was preventable, because at the beginning there was no vaccine, now there is, and people are coming in so sick because that day unvaccinated. Thats correct. So many are frustrated because we didnt have to be this way. If we had taken the vaccine or for those who did not want to take the vaccine continued those precautions that we had early on in the pandemic prior to the vaccine becoming available. We could have avoided this third wave of patients. And youve said its time for the public to step up. What do you want people to do . And i think it goes back to really reevaluating getting the vaccine, that we have a 53 Vaccination Rate here in the state of texas, and that is part of our challenge and why we are where we are today, and so its reevaluating that choice to get the vaccine and to understand that this Delta Variant is no joke. We really need people to get vaccinated in order to prevent these hospitalizations. If they choose not to, then at the very least, wear a mask when theyre out in public, especially in areas that are indoors and they dont have the ability to be outside. Doesnt seem like a lot to ask. Before i let you go this week, the texas Childrens Hospital in houston was the latest in your state to mandate covid vaccines for employees, and your organization has come out in support of mandates like this. What is your position and what is your message to people who are nurses about them getting the vaccine . As nurses, we have a moral and ethical obligation to ensure the safety of our patients and of the public. And so its up to us to model that behavior and get the vaccines so we can be available to our peers and our coworkers and most importantly to our patients so we can take the best care of them. Serena bumpus, thank you, and to all of your fellow nurses and medical professionals who are doing so much hard work, and are, as you said, absolutely understandably exhausted. And thank you for joining me to tell their stories. Thank you. And Ininside Politics Wit John King starts right after our break. If you have this. And you get this. You could end up with this. 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