So first we invade and then were invaded. And a reminder of who started this terrible 20year war. America and afghanistan are now allies against terror. Well be partners in rebuilding that country. Then another reversal in health policy. Just who could get a covid Booster Shot and when . Plus the latest push for congress to save Voting Rights. Even though the senate keeps killing the bill. Top house Democrat Hakeem Jeffries joins me to discuss that when all in starts right now. Good evening from washington, d. C. , im Mehdi Hasan in for chris hayes. No matter whether youre for or against the war in afghanistan, i think most observers agree the way its been brought to an end has been a disaster. The taliban is again in control of the country. In addition to political power, they have got their hands on u. S. Supplied military equipment, including guns, Ammunition And Combat aircraft. So we all agree its bad right now. But did you know there was a good chance we could have maybe avoided
Stomach night, mcknight, shannon bream, host of no interruption, tomi lahren, and the cost of Fox Friends and host of the brian kilmeade. Welcome, everyone. As the Delta Variant spreads and covid cases are on the rise, the president is saying rest states are to blame. Rushing onto governors like floridas Rhonda Sanchez over his tough stand against covid restrictions and mask mandates. Some governors arent trying to do the right thing. Kayleigh the governors fighting back, implying it is the president doing the wrong thing on many fronts, including the border. Joe biden suggests that if you dont do Lockdown Policy you should get out of the way let me tell you this if you are Coming Up to the rights of parents in florida, im standing in your way. If you are trying to impose mandates, ruin their jobs and livelihoods and small businesses, you are trying to lock people down, im standing in your way, standing with the people of florida. Why dont you do your job, get this board are secure and
And i will do the scans and see whether you have cancer or not. I dont get that. But anyway, of those five governors, three republicans, but only Ron Desantis doesnt want to talk about covid. He says work on your backswing before i work on anything. No. Hes talking about the border as if you cant do two things at once. Of course, that strategy didnt work too well for Donald Trump and its not going to work too well also for parents and children and teachers in part of Rons State that are experiencing extraordinarily high levels of covid. Im a parent and i certainly hope that my kids and kids in their classes are going to be able to wear masks. If that is, in fact, what mandate the teachers and the students, the local school board, local school board, imagine that, decisions being made on the local level, imagine that, decisions being made by parents, teachers, principals and students, imagine that. Why that almost sounds like a conservative concept. But ron, he says no. The power of the
Havoc, spreading now like wildfire among the unvaccinated. New cases and hospitalizations fueled by the unvaccinated are spiking in states across the nation. And even though the country is well short of its goal, well over 58 of people 12 years and ol older are vaccinated, dr. Anthony fauci says he does not think that the next few months will look like last year. I dont think were going to see lockdowns. We have enough of a percentage of people in the country not enough to crush the outbreak, but i believe enough to not allow us to get into the situation we were in last winter. But things are going to get wo worse. Joining us now, elizabeth cohen. You always do a good job of balance ing the numbers. Were seeing the Delta Variant Spread in unvaccinated areas. Still good news how the vaccine is working. Break it down for us. Explain it to people at home who might not have seen all the news this weekend. Jim, that is right. This is almost a Case Study in how well the vaccine works, becaus