Good friday morning, Hallie Jackson here, craig will be joining us in just a little bit. This morning coronavirus, voting, and more all in the focus this hour. Right now the Delta Variant is making up 80 of all new cases in western and mid western states all of it putting a new focus on the race to vaccinate. Nicer looking for plans for a booster shot, and folks are getting creative in getting the message out to get vaccinated. You need to Vax That Thang Up you a handsome little brother, vax thAt Thing up. Were going to talk to juvenile about what drove him to make this new anthem. Plus, keeping our attention of Capitol Hill for a few reasons, new reporting about Speaker Pelosis Team on getting a Frul Bill to President Bidens desk. Ahead, talking about how housing is the glue for infrastructure efforts. Were learning that President Biden is set to speak next week in philadelphia about the plans to break the Sacred Skuntal right to vote. That is where we will bin. I want to bring in pri
Across the country. Do i trust the taliban . No, but i trust the capacity of the Afghan Military who is better trained, better equipped and more competent in terms of conducting war. Lets begin with afghanistan and nbc national Security Correspondent Courtney kubiak at the pentagon. Good to see you. Taliban leaders are selling themselves to the afghan people as basically an inevitably that they will inevitably take over. How strong they are and how fast theyre advancing. Most afghans dont want that inevitability. They dont want the taliban to take over, but they may not necessarily have that choice. The reality is the taliban have been taking over large parts of the Country And Theyve been doing it very quickly. Its been a contested country for 20 years now. So its not a surprise that whomever is controlling one area moves back and forth in various hand, but whats been surprising to the Defense Officials and military officials who have been speaking about this recently is just the spee
Fully in the fall and stay open even if covid prevention strategies cannot be fully implemented throughout each school district. that news follows reassurances from the agency that fully vaccinated americans are safe from serious covid illness as the delta variant surges and pfizer executives announced their companies will seek federal authorization for a shirt shot to potentially boost immunity. there are new questions on paychecks for capitol police. the department will run out of money for salaries in the middle of next month without congressional action. i see it as a potential problem, but i m hoping in the end the senate will understand that there s no way we can carry forth government without the capitol police being there to secure government. and the president with a forceful defense of his decision to move up the u.s. military s full withdrawal from afghanistan and pushing back on the criticism of the strategy as the taliban continues to make significant military gains