away. from one battle to the next, new confusion surrounding covid booster shots as the white house and members of the scientific are at odds. and they re set to make a decision on pfizer s booster shot tomorrow. and spacex just launched four people into orbit for the company s first ever all civilian mission. i speak with a former astronaut about what this means for nasa and the future of space travel ahead. welcome to meet the press daily. i am garrett haake in for chalk todd. the agenda for president biden and democratic leaders in washington is lengthy and filled with long-standing priorities, but they re running into major road blocks, mostly from inside their own party. as deadlines approach, democrats are starting to realize the limits and challenges of three vote majority in the house and fift ee fifth ee senate. the white house likely would have preferred he make the speech weeks ago before afghanistan and delta surge knocked them off message. the bolt of tha
troops killed in kabul was vandalized. doesn t matter if you are the right or the left. these are for the 13 slain u.s. troops. and i think that s why it hits a cord. he is going to be remembered for a long time whether he makes this one or misses it. win it. with the stars and stripes and the eagle flies. there s a lady that stands in a harbor. brian: great shot of the freedom tower as we pan over to the left. you hear that song, not only appropriate because it was written and inspired by 9/11 and the attacks, aaron tippin wrote it, but little bit later on a.j. hall came up with this great idea and i was able to do some stand-ups and front the package. i don t deserve any of the credit. toby keith, aaron tippin, bret michaels some of the artist on a package as they talk about songs that were written to inspire and reflect on 9/11. later in the show. that s one of them. steve: aaron tippin sang that song on this program and there has been a lot of music dedicate
conflicting reports at the moment, the leaders of the national resistance saying they still hold key parts of the valley, so in their eyes at least the battle is not over. now to the other news, this worrying news that there are americans trying to escape from afghanistan who have been prevented from doing so. congressman mccall saying yesterday that the taliban is holding american citizens and allies hostage for demands by blocking six plane from leaving northern afghanistan. he says those americans are sitting on-board but unable to leave. this is really, chris, turning into a hostage situation where they re not going to allow american citizens to leave until they get full recognition from the united states of america. they re going to demand more and more whether it be cash or legitimacy as the government of afghanistan. reporter: and as reports of taliban brutality continue to grow, including the murder of a pregnant police woman in front of her own family, on thursda
comeback performance. and iran confirms a new president as the crisis in the persian gulf worsens foreign relations. good to have you with us. the u.s. once again is ramping up its vaccination efforts as the delta variant sends covid cases soaring. later today president biden will deliver a speech about boosting vaccination rates at home and around the world. it comes one day after the u.s. reported that 70% of all americans have received at least one vaccine dose. meeting the biden administration s goal about a month late. but even with vaccination rates on the rise, officials say that the danger is hardly over. there are still about 90 million eligible americans who are unvaccinated. and we need them do their part, roll up their sleeves and get vaccinated. while we desperately want to be done with this pandemic, covid-19 is clearly not done with us. and so our battle mist last a little longer. and it is clear the u.s. is not out of the woods yet. the cdc says daily
employees on this new approach is moderate to a policy viewer. get vaccinated or get tested later. it is also a contrast to many poor countries around the world where vaccines is not widely available even today and people are clambering just to get one. not waiting around to see or waiting to get paid. i want to be clear with you, some real talk. it is striking that we live in a country where the government determines it needs to give out incentives for vaccinations because i want you to remember something. vaccinations are the incentives. they are the thing that everyone was waiting for last year, hoping to come into existence to protect us and avoid death and get back to regular life and not wearing a mask and all that other stuff. it is the incentive. the covid rebound and i bet you know this, it is truly to america s story right now. highly vaccinated area living in a different way. take florida, we talk about florida a lot in the news for a variety of reasons, in just th