To freedom is fast closing. Jake, one of the striking things about all of this is the fact that The Americans are having to use what theyre calling alternative routes. These remain secret military secrets, but we have seen a large amount of helicopter activity, and without giving the game away, you can imagine what the other kind of routes are being used and the sorts of people that are going out and picking people up, trying to get around this Log Jam outside the airport. Jake . Sam, we know afghans who applied for the special immigrant visas, the sivs, to the u. S. Were told to stay away from Kabuls Airport because the u. S. Is prioritizing evacuations for american citizens and legal permanent residents. Do we know how long that might be the policy for sivs to stay away . No, we dont know, jake. What we do know is that the process inside the airport is now much better than several days ago. There are very, very frequent takeoffs. That means they can be processed more quickly. So there is a hope that perhaps the gates will be opened up. But that means that theyre in danger of running into the withdrawal Time Line and this 31st Of August deadline. Jake . The well, lets talk about that because the taliban have warned of consequences if u. S. Troops stay in afghanistan past that August 31st deadline. Do we know what that could look like . And of course the u. S. Is a much stronger Military Power than the taliban. Who are they to be making threats . Reporter well, that is true. But it is the united states that are withdrawing in the face of a taliban victory. So the taliban certainly feel that they have a robust position. There are also many thousands of people with the danger of swarming onto the airfield. So both sides need to cooperate in this. Certainly the british Ambassador Briefing the number ten Downing Street has been that it would be very dangerous to extend the deadline beyond whats already been agreed with the taliban because it would be squandering good will. But good will is something the taliban very much need if theyre going to prove their moderation based on their previous rather medieval rule and their desire to become part of the international community in all the Trade And Aid that would flow from that. So its not inconceivable, but it is something that will have be negotiated, jake. Sam kiley, thank you. And stay safe. The White House is facing increasing pressure both at home and abroad to extend that deadline for the withdrawal from afghanistan after a Nightmare Week in kabul followed by the evacuation of 11,000 americans and afghans by the u. S. Cnns Kaitlan Collins reports that President Biden is trying to convince the world that hes got things under control. Reporter as the evacuation from afghanistan grows more chaotic, President Biden is under pressure to extend the deadline for the u. S. Exit. Ultimately, it will be the president s decision how this proceeds, no one elses. Reporter biden is considering extending the August 31st deadline, but a taliban spokesman is pushing back, saying the u. S. Must adhere to removing troops by August 31st. Otherwise it will be a clear violation. Biden spoke with british prime Minister Boris Johnson today. And Tomorrow Hell Meet virtually with leaders of g7 nations who want that deadline extended. All im going to say is that the president continues to consult with the prime minister and our other allies on how this evacuation should proceed from here. And hell ultimately make the determination. Reporter officials still havent said exactly how many americans are left in afghanistan. I think im just going to leave it at several thousand right now, dave. Reporter national Security Adviser Jake sullivan says hes confident about evacuating all of them by The End of the month. We believe that we have time between now and the 31st to get out any american who wants to get out. Reporter the president is pledging that once screened and vetted in other countries, all afghan allies will have a home in the u. S. Because thats who we are. Thats what america is. Reporter but special Immigrant Visa Applicants are currently being told not to go to the kabul airport, as the military prioritizes the evacuation of u. S. Citizens and legal permanent residents. We are working to get out as many afghan allies as we possibly can. Reporter in a 24hour period, the u. S. Military evacuated nearly 11,000 people out of kabul. The first time the pentagon has met and exceeded its initial goal to evacuate up to 9,000 daily. Biden was briefed on afghanistan by his national Security Team this morning and will be every day this week. A new Cbs Poll found that most americans still support the decision to withdraw from afghanistan but not like this. 44 of those surveyed believe the u. S. Led drawdown has gone, quote, very badly. The test of competence and of leadership is not about how you operate on your best day. Its about how you operate when the chips are down. Reporter and, jake, one question that critics have raised in the wake of this drawdown going so poorly at the beginning is whether or not anyone who works in the administration, whether national Security Teams, intelligence, or what not will lose their jobs over this. Thats actually a question that a reporter posed to Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser, when he was in the Briefing Room earlier. He said he has not heard President Biden say that regarding anyones future position in this administration. But right now he is focused on the evacuations underway. We should note that we were told last week the White House currently does not expect any firings over this. Of course, that is right now its hard to say of course what will happen in the future. And, kaitlan, another interesting moment from that briefing. Jen psaki, the white House Press Secretary pushed back when a reporter from fox asked about americans being, quote, stranded in afghanistan. Take a listen to her response. I think its irresponsible to say americans are stranded. They are not. We are committed to bringing americans who want to come home, home. We are in touch with them via phone, via text, via email, via any way that we can possibly reach americans to get them home if they want to return home. Im just calling you out for saying that we are Stranding Americans In Afghanistan when we have been very clear that we are not leaving americans who want to return home. We are going to bring them home. To be clear, the White House, the national security council, the State Department, the pentagon, all the troops over there, they are working Day And Night to get americans out. And we shouldnt pretend that they arent. But that said, there are also no doubt americans in afghanistan, i know for a fact, who feel as though they have been stranded, at least as of right now. So, i dont understand the point shes making, just that they ultimately will not be stranded . That seemed to be the argument when she was asked to clarify if she was saying that none are stranded right now, which is what Jake Sullivan said earlier, that by the 31st they believe they will have all The Americans who want to come home back home. But i think really to look at the point of this question on whether or not this is the case is what the pentagon has said theyve been doing. And they said there have been two instances where troops have had to leave the airport in kabul, something that last week they said was not in their capability at the time to go and get americans and bring them to the airport because they were unable to bring them there either because the trip was so dangerous and they did not feel comfortable leaving their house given that there were taliban checkpoints set up around the airport. How many americans are left there and how many they still have to get out. Joining us now to discuss, part of the City Council in hayward, california, which made her the first afghanamerican woman ever elected to political office in the united states. Shes a democrat. Thanks so much for joining us. Let me ask you, what are your conversations what have they been like with your friends, and if you have family still in afghanistan, are they going to try to evacuate . How are they . Well, every single person is trying to leave the country. This is not only the american allies but also everyday afghans. They do not want a regime where the taliban are in power, and the old 1990s taliban specifically. The people that ive talked to specifically in afghanistan via Social Media have stated that everything was shut down for roughly nine days, grocery stores, banks, they can not access their funds or get funds, leaving people hungry, leaving people desperate. People are actually fleeing the capital and going back to their region of origin or disappearing and trying to pay Human Traffickers to get them out of the country, either through one of their neighboring countries. So, there are a lot of taliban soldiers in particular that are going from home to home to home in search of folks in particular. People are hiding, their lights are off, theyre not leaving their homes. Their windows are painted black. And theyre in fear for their life. So thats kind of the makeup of whats happening in afghanistan today. You were part of a rally in hayward, california, last week. What are other members of the afghanamerican community telling you about whats Going On right now . The afghanamerican community here, the diaspora, which is one of the largest in theination, specifically are looking to have their Loved Ones be able to come to the united states. If not Loved Ones, they want us to honor the promise to these individuals that supported american troops and american forces, and allow them to come the united states with an expedited fashion. Peoples visas are being held up. The State Department is not answering a lot of the nonprofits that are requesting, you know, information, what is Going On, status update, even our congress members are feeling the same way with their staff as well. Its been difficult, and the situation ends up being theres a lot of pressure because people want to leave immediately. We dont know what after August 31st is going to really look like for these people in afghanistan. Obviously, and we shouldnt have to underline, but i think in American Politics we do. The taliban are the bad guys here. Thats who is the evil force. But theres a lot of political fingerpointing Going On. And one of the signs at a rally you attended last week said, quote, afghan blood is on your hands, joe, not your signs but a sign at the rally, presumably referring to president Joe Biden. Do you agree with that sentiment as a democrat who is no doubt loyal to President Biden, how do you feel about this when you hear President Biden blamed . Its quite frustrating to see whats happening in the united states today. This is not a left or right issue. The extremism is not, you know, conducive to what were trying to do at this moment in time. We can point fingers all we want. We can debate whether we shouldve walked away in 2011 when Bin Laden was killed in pakistan or later or earlier, thats not the point. We need to come together as americans and understand what the objective is right now in this moment, which is basically we need to focus on how we can support our allies and how we can heavily lean into humanitarian Aid And Diplomacy now that biden, President Biden has made the difficult decision to withdraw. These are reasonable critiques that we are hearing, but this withdrawal was negotiated with the previous president , and President Biden is taking responsibility, and everyone is counting on his leadership to fix a bad deal. Our international reputation is at stake. But, more importantly, lives are at stake. Men, women, and children, including babies, will be starving, will be dying, and thats what, you know, these people stand for. They actually stand for freedom and they are going to be dying for it. Aisha, thank you so much and obviously stay in touch with us about anything we can do to help bring attention to individual stories of people who need to be rescued. 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Kristen, what have you seen so far when it comes to the mandating of vaccines . We really are starting to see that sort of Cascade Effect that officials had hoped for. This was the big goal and the big hope when you look at full approval. You had some people thinking it would move the dial on vaccine hesitancy, but you also hear from a lot of Health Official whos say were just not sure how far its going to move the dial. But what we did hear from experts, health experts, as well as legal experts was that this full approval would give the cover to these organizations and universities that they needed to actually impose a Vaccine Mandate. And thats what were starting to see as early today. We heard almost immediately after full approval from the mayor of new York City that there would be a Covid19 Mandate for all members of the department of education. No testout option. This makes them the largest School District to do so. And thats a huge number of people. And, in fact, afterwards De Blasio said that he wasnt concerned about teachers resigning over this, which just gives you kind of a sense of the confidence that this has given him to move forward with this mandate. We also heard from the pentagon. They talked about doing a Vaccine Mandate as soon as it was approved. Kirby today said we are going to vaccinate more than A Million servicemen and women. Theres a reason im bringing this up. They said that they were going to work with their employers if those employees wanted to implement a Vaccine Mandate. Thats a big deal because we know that there are a lot of unions out there who have been a little bit hesitant about actually issuing these Vaccine Mandates. Theyve been hearing from their members who say we dont want that. So if we start to see a movement among unions getting their members actually vaccinated, enforcing these Vaccine Mandates, that is thousands and thousands if not millions of people. Now, there are quite a few people that we are watching closely here who have said that they are interested in a Vaccine Mandate once it was fully approved who have not said anything today. That includes alaska airlines, Louisiana Governor bel edwards. Were watching that to see if they follow through with those Vaccine Mandates. Lets discuss this all with cnns chief medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay gupta, as well as dr. Ashish jha, the dean of brown University School of public health. Thanks to both of you for joining. Sanjay, right now about a third of the eligible population in the u. S. 82 Million people still have not been vaccinated. Do you think this is going to move the needle in a significant way . Yeah, i think it probably will move the needle. Let me show you sort of what the overall impact might be on certain groups. First of all, people who were concerned that maybe this just felt too new, the vaccine. They wanted a full approval. If you look at some of the sush very muches, they say maybe around 20 of people would fall under that category. So maybe those people would be more likely to get the vaccine. Giving that cover now to major organizations to do these mandates. And i think that thatll probably make the biggest difference. Let me just show you quickly, jake, who the unvaccinated are in the country, sort of where things stand by looking at this pie chart. We know, as you mentioned, about 80 Million people still unvaccinated. We know 51 of the country fully vaccinated. 9 partially vaccinated. Its that red in the upper left corner that are the eligible unvaccinated that were talking about here. Thats where obviously this Move Today would have the greatest impact. One thing i do want to point out, jake, and this is a problem that people have been citing to me quite a bit is this is my proof of Vaccination Right here. Its a hard. Its handwritten. Thats probably going to have to be part of this discussion as well if were going to mandate vaccines and require proof of vaccination. And dr. Jha, fda officials said it completed its full approval in about 40 of the time it would normally take. Already, this is being used on a certain Rightwing Channel to accuse the fda of rushing the process. How do you look at the Time Line . First of all, thanks for having me back. The Time Line i thought, if anything, went a little longer than i was hoping but certainly not rushed. Were in a global pandemic, and usually they are looking at lots of different drugs at the same time. This was obviously given priority status. And they had six months before the full application was even filed by pfizer to do a lot of the back work. I think the fda took its time, it did a careful review. I wish they had moved a little faster, but im really, really happy to see this full approval. We brought back the number of deaths because sanjay, were back to more than 1,000 americans dying every day, almost all of them unvaccinated. And thats the highest this numbers been in five months. Do you think that this news is going to bring that number down . Um, well, the thing about vaccines, jake, is that they take a while to work. I think its great news, dont get me wrong, but there are some strategies as weve talked about in the past like masking which worked much more quickly, and masking, by the way, should still be part of this conversation because we still have high Virus Transmission in most of the country. You get the vaccine, you got to wait a few weeks, you get another shot, and then it takes a couple of weeks after that. So really five, six weeks before you see the impact of people started getting vaccinated today because of approval. So it will have an impact but just not immediately. There are many americans who said that they didnt want to get the vaccine until full fda approval, as opposed to emergency use. But its interesting, if you get hospitalized for covid, youre often given treatment that doesnt have full fda approval, and presumably all those sceptics took those therapeutics. How do you explain the contradiction . Yeah. You know, jake, theres been so much misinformation targeted towards these folks that im very sympathetic to what is clearly not kind of consistent thinking on this. The key point for people to understand is that there is so much good evidence about these vaccines. These vaccines were every bit as safe and effective yesterday as they are today after the approval. Approval is the gold standard. I hope it moves people to get off that fence. But its absolutely true. In the pandemic were often using things under emergency use. Dont worry about the designation. Focus on the underlying data. And the data on the vaccines is really remarkably good. Dr. Ashish jha, dr. Sanjay gupta, thank you so much, appreciate it. One small town ravaged by covid, well have a look there at the places where schools the place where schools are shut down and the local icu is full. Stay with us. Stop clearing breakouts doesnt have to be harsh on your sensitive skin. New cetaphil gentle clear contains balanced formulas that gently clear breakouts and soothe sensitive skin. Cetaphil. Complete Acne Care for sensitive skin. Now in the acne aisle. Your Shipping Manager left to find themself. leaving you lost. You need to hire. I need indeed. Indeed you do. Indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates matching your job description. Visit indeed. Com hire without my medication, my small tremors would be extreme. I was diagnosed with parkinsons. I had to retire from law enforcement. It was devastating. One of my medications is Three Thousand Dollars per month. Prescription drugs do not work if you cannot afford them. 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And according to the Hospitals Ceo there earlier this month during a Twoweek Period they tested 119 people, and 50 tested positive. Thats a 42 positivity rate. And about this time was when school started. And according to the superintendent, 23 of staff and 16 of students either tested positive or they were exposed to someone. So, jake, the superintendent says she had to shut down the school because she didnt have enough teachers to teach class. And, rosa, you were especially touched by the way towns people seemed to be coming together to support their neighbors who are sick. Tell us about that. Reporter i interviewed a woman, her name is vicky. She works for the city so she knows everybody. She shared the story of sammy. Hes a husband, a father of a 9yearold, and he got covid. He needed Icu Care. As you mentioned, there is no Icu Care at this town. The rural hospital doesnt offer it. And so vicky set up a community prayer, brought everybody together. Theyre in their cars to be covid safe. Take a listen. It was a cry of mercy to god for him to have mercy on our town. We had had covid before, but never to this magnitude. Reporter during that livestream, you can hear the passion in her voice as she is asking god to help heal her town. Now, eventually there was an Icu Bed that opened up for sammy. It was about A Hundred Miles Away in san angelo. But he died just five days after and just hours after our interview with that woman that you just heard, and from just being in this town, one of the things that became very clear is when everybody gets infected, when people start dying, the division, the differences, those fade away. They dont matter anymore. Jake . All right, Rosa Flores, thank you so much. The democratic agenda facing some Road Blocks from fellow democrats. Coming up next, the tough new warning from House Speaker Nancy pelosi. Stay with us. S The Nature Of Beg the economy. 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The moderates are demanding that the House First Vote on the 1 Trillion bipartisan Infrastructure Deal this week before the house goes on to consider a 3. 5 trillion Budget Plan that no republicans support. Pelosi needs their votes but sa she wants to plan the Budget Plan first. Right now house democrats are set to hold an emergency caucus meeting. What are you learning . Reporter we know right now the democratic leadership has been in a closed Door Meeting since about 5 00. And we know that the caucus will be coming together. On paper it is sold as coming together to talk about the build back better agenda for children, of course bidens agenda. But we know behind the scenes very much so that there is this push and pull between the moderates, those nine moderates that want to hold this up and then also the progressives who have said, look, were not voting on an Infrastructure Package until we do The Budget First. And Nancy Pelosi has a Threevote Margin that she is dealing with right now. So it is quite a tightrope to get everybody on the same page and find the way forward. We did see Speaker Pelosi just a few minutes ago. She was going to open the House Floor for tonights votes that will be coming up here in just a little bit. She said she had not spoken to many of the nine moderates because they had not connected yet. She also said that she did think that the budget, that she maintains that she wants to move forward with her plan, which is to vote on The Budget First and then get to infrastructure. And that has been her plan all along, jake. We know that Nancy Pelosi typically what she goes for is what she gets. So it would be quite rare to see anything changed. But again we are watching to see exactly whats going to come out of this house democratic caucus meeting. Will it be an airing of grievances . Will they find a way forward . Thats what were seeking to learn as they gather right now. What does the biden administration have to say . Right now they are being very publicly supportive of Speaker Pelosis path forward. Jen psaki said the president is supportive of doing The Budget First and then also doing the Infrastructure Bill, that thats what they are supportive of. Psaki saying that she believes and the president believes he will ultimately be signing both of these bills into law, that this is just how washington works, its how Capitol Hill works. But the fact remains is that theres a real schism right now that theyre going to have to figure out to find their way forward again with just that Threevote Margin, pelosi really has to get everybody to come together and move forward to get the biden agenda through congress. All right, jessica, thanks so much. Lets discuss this, and we probably need to explain a little bit more because probably a lot of people out there think who cares which one comes first. But it has to do with whether or not you can get the republican support to pass the Infrastructure Bill or not and the progressives also want a commitment to this bigger spending bill. Mona, let me start with you. This group of nine moderate democrats says, in part, time kills deals. This is an old business saying in the essence of why were pushing to get the bipartisan Infrastructure Deal through congress and immediately to President Bidens desk, lets take the win and pass the bipartisan Infrastructure Bill. Do you think theyd really vote against the budget bill, though . So thats the question is whether they will all stick together and really vote against the Budget Reconciliation Bill, which would sink it. But, look, they have a very good argument, which is that with biden having been somewhat weakened by whats happened in afghanistan over the last few weeks, now more than ever they really have a strong argument for lets have a win. And politics is additive. If you have one one, it creates momentum for more. Unfortunately, Nancy Pelosi has made the decision that she is going to rope these two things together and therefore endanger both bills. What do you make of the calculation by the progressives that they cant just wait, that they want the commitment . Are they just worried that the 3. 5 trillion Budget Deal Isnt ever going to come up for a vote . What is the concern . I think the concern is if you move the 1 Trillion package that people will say thats a win. And some of the other parts that they want to be part of the Reconciliation Package Wont get addressed. They think they are being accountable to their base and ensuring that they deliver what so many voters showed up in 2024. And i understand that time kills deals, but sometimes when you separate policy, thats how things die as well. They want to move it together to ensure that they get a comprehensive package that they said they would deliver for their voters in 2020. But democrats also have narrow majorities in both chambers. So there is very little room for error. And it was in fact President Biden as well that embraced this Dualtrack System that they can move on this bipartisan package at the same time that he and his party would try and advance his broader economic agenda. And there is a narrow window of time because its only a matter of time before the politics of midterms really sink in, and its more difficult to frankly get any legislation passed. And whats really at stake here is also much of President Bidens agenda because this bipartisan Infrastructure Compromise is really the only example he has of really having secured that republican support that he said that he was uniquely positioned to get when he was running for president. Much of the rest of his agenda will absolutely rest solely on democratic support. So theres a lot more at stake than just this internal bickering. Its a real test for whether democrats can overcome their internal agendas. Youve heard Senator Sinema and senator manchin, two of the most influential democrats on the senate, come out and support the nine democrats, basically telling them to hold firm and to get this deal done and to try to bring the sides together. Now, progressives are going to say thanks but no thanks. They are public Enemies Number one and two. And you have outside groups going after these democrats. Not only is there this family feud, its out in public. Thats relationships that youre seeing tested within, and the more a lot of these people are attacked the further theyre going to dig in. One of the things that seems to be that progressives are worried about and why they want the 3. 5 trillion Budget Reconciliation Bill is they dont know that they can get kyrsten sinema and Joe Manchin to vote for this budget package. Not necessarily the bill itself. I think they think they have leverage now because what they have that they can kind of hold close to them is this Infrastructure Compromise and say, well, if youre not willing to sign on and support some of our key legislative priorities, then were not going to support this Infrastructure Package that moderate dats have come together with republicans to support. And they feel like that Thats Opportunity thats on their side now. They lose momentum if they support the Infrastructure Deal and face the real prospect that some of these moderate democrats say thanks but no thanks. If they were thinking about the 2022 elections, theres a good argument that dont frighten the horses should be their strategy. That they get the Infrastructure Bill win, that they have this bipartisan agreement, which Joe Biden, you know, a couple of weeks ago we were all talking about, wow, Joe Biden really achieved something wonderful with this, and this is a newton in washington. They stand to lose all of that. So, again, for 2022, what they need is to make sure that those republicans who put them over in 2020, those moderate republicans who voted for biden should feel happy with their decision and that there isnt going to be too much radicalism that the biden administration is delivering so that they will stay home and not vote republican in 2022. Let me ask you because President Bidens Approval Rating has taken a hit over the last month, his overall job Approval Rating. Some of that might be whats Going On in afghanistan and that could be ephemeral if ultimately the airlift succeeds and that all works out. But how concerned do you think the White House should be . And which do you see is the key to improve those numbers, the Infrastructure Bill, which might appeal to independents or the Budget Reconciliation which maybe could boost support among democrats . I think its clear that the reason why the biden Approval Ratings have dropped so significantly is because of what is happening in afghanistan. And if democrats are smart they go to a strong domestic agenda. It is why voters turned out in 2020. Rather their base that showed up, communities of color, lowincome people. Yes, independents and republicans voted, but that is who they are going to need their base in 2022. And the one thing that i think is so interesting is that progressives get such a bad wrap. Oh, theyre radical, oh, you should be afraid of them. They are following in line with the speaker and the president right now, and it is moderates who are making the problem. And they are not being demonized as being difficult or challenging. They say they are following their constituents. Well, so are these progressives and so is Nancy Pelosi and i think she knows how to get it done. I think the difference is moderates are always in danger in a lot of ways. They are what used to be called majoritymakers. Progressives tend to be, not always, from safer seats. So they have less to lose not from a Policy Perspective but from an electoral perspective if they decide to go a different way. I do wonder if it is more cumulative than just afghanistan as to why were seeing his Approval Ratings drop. Think about whats happening with covid, things that are happening in the economy. I think it was the Nbc Poll had a number that was about the covid Relief Legislation and whether people thought it was helping the economy. And more people said it wasnt helping, 38 . And 27 i believe had no opinion. That, if im a house democrat, im looking at that and wondering about the midterms because Thats Something theyve been campaigning on. And we know those polls dont include their base normally. Polls are just the snapshot [ laughter ] itself exactly. And weve seen when campaigns were lied to, it ends up biting them in the long run. Thanks to all of you. 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If enacted, the legislation would restrict Mailin Voting and eliminate some early voting options. Diane gallagher joins us now. After months of negotiations and efforts to block this from passing, including by fleeing the state, this will pass and it will be a huge blow for democrats. Yeah. Look, democrats at this point say dont count them out just yet. We might be watching some of that unfold in realtime as the Texas House is about almost an hour late to coming back from recess. They had to pause. And they went in to recess in this Committee Hearing on that Election Bill so all members could go to the floor. We have been waiting for an hour for them to have enough members on the floor to gavel back in. Now, again, they can only delay this for so long. Democrats were there at that Committee Hearing asking questions and attempting to talk about this bill. What was very apparent was that the republicans had not made any real changes in the house from last time back in july when they had that original session until this time and do not appear that they intend to at least not in the committee. Jake, once that vote is taken in the committee, it would then of course go to the House Floor. But democrats tell me that they are not done fighting yet. Even though they are very much in the minority and dont really have anything to do beyond some of these Delay Tactics to keep this from passing. The math just isnt there for them. But i will say the will appears to still be there at this point. And what happens after the Committee Vote . So just like any other bill, it will go to the full house. Now, if they have a quorum there on the floor, it will likely pass along party lines. But a little bit of a new step that the house put in talking about during the Committee Hearing this morning saying they wanted to substitute some of the language. That means it will have to go back to the senate and could end up in one of these conference committees. Thats what tripped up the republicans during this regular session in texas that allowed the democrats to go into the very, very end and walk out and deny quorum that first time. Jake, the democrats said that there is no such thing as, quote, perpetual forum, which is foreshadowing on what we can expect with less than two weeks left in this special session. Thanks so much. The Jer Search for a Jeopardy Host is back on. Thats next. And you have thinkorswim mobile so i can finish analyzing the risk on this position. Host is back on. Thats next. Search for a Jeopa Search for a Jeopa Host is back on. Thats next. Introducing xfinity rewards. Our very own way of thanking you just for being with us. Enjoy rewards like Movie Night specials. Xfinity mobile benefits. And exclusive experiences, like the chance to win tickets to see watch what happens live. Hey its me. 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Tonight the pentagon says its pushing limits to complete the frantic evacuation from afghanistan within the next eight days. The taliban is drawing a Red Line demanding all must withdraw by the August 31st deadline. President biden has left the door open for extending the mission. But the time time is running out for that as well. A u. S. Defense