Capital has fallen under tabl control. All of this happening since last friday. And the taliban now appear to be closing in on the capital of kabul. One senior official telling cnn The City could be cut off in 30 to 60 days, dooming the u. S. Backed government there. Kylie Atwood And Barbara Stair And Clarissa ward In Kabul with the latest. And what are you hearing from State Department this hour . Reporter we are highwaying that there is a growing sense ever urgency among biden administration officials over these taliban games that are happening at an accelerating pace in afghanistan. This is prompted a number of meetings and Phone Calls to happen this morning. We know that secretary of state Tony Blinken spoke with his counterpart at pentagon earlier today. We know that he had a Phone Call at least last night with national Security Adviser Jake sullivan. All about afghanistan. And this comes as we have reported that there have been ongoing discussions within the State Department abou
A window here to get more of this vaccinated. What you cant mandate, the biden administration is hoping it can achieve working through sports physicals, working with The American of pediatrics, as well as new Guide Ambassador to pediatricians and forms that they could use to deliver these physicals, about 60 to 70 of the nations kids do participate in team sports. They think that he a good way to reach them. Also working deploying pediatricians to attend those first backtoschool meetings to get all kids vaccinated. Im going to throw up a couple of maps to illustrate why we have the perfect conditions. All of these overlap with actual bans on mask mandates. States like arkansas, oklahoma, florida and that is why when the Education Secretary spoke with us exclusively, he sounded a note of urgency. Heres what he said. I would hate to see this year the same level of disruption in our classrooms because of decisions that adults made. Unfortunately as you know, it become politicized in some
Ahead this hour ill talk to the doctor leading the Covid Unit. The majority of those patients are being vaccinated. It comes as theyre rolling out new vaccinations for children this very week. Another beger big story, an impeachment show down with governor cuomo. We start with josh letterman, Katie Beck in atlanta georgia. And Shaquille Brewster is in springfield, missouri. And i want to bring in dr. Bernard ashley. Thank you all for joining me. Josh, let me begin with you. Could we require foreign travelers to the u. S. To be vaccinated . Yes, but it is a work in progress. White house officials saying this will not be an immediate step. They are describing this as part of a fazed approach. So they are going to, at some point, require vaccinations for people entering the u. S. In some limited exceptions that we still dont know exactly what they will be. We know that other countries like britain, canada, they have started to lift sop of their restrictions on americans. The long list of
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