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vaccines are providing against the delta variant. we begin with president biden declining approval numbers on immigration. a poll shows biden under water just 35% of registered voters approve of president biden handling ever immigration. his weakest category. i am john roberts and welcome. i am jackie in for sandra smith. the poll comes awaiting new numbers from border patrol. july apprehensions will exceed 210,000. the highest in 20 years. jacqui heinrich. the chief calling the border public the most complicated situation. and standing by for remarks from the dhs secretary mayorkas who was at the border today. the biden administration says the border is closed. but community leaders say their towns are being overwhelmed by migrants. fox news coverage. jonathan hunt is in brownsville, texas, today. we expect secretary mayorkas here at the brownsville station within the hour to answer questions from the press. we asked a one-on-one interview with him for fox. ....
kabul could be next as considers withdrawal tonight the pentagon is sending back in 3,000 additional forces and even more to evacuate americans as the taliban close in on kabul. two other major afghan cities her roth and gauzy quickly tell to the taliban today. lucas tomlinson is at the pentagon with the latest. good evening, bret. some thousand marines deploying of a warning the afghan capital could fall to the taliban in the next 90 days. here is how john kirby described the mission. this is a temporary mission with a narrow focus. as with all deployments of our troops into harm s way our commanders have the right to self-defense any attack on them can t will be met with a forceful and appropriate response. 8,000 u.s. troops total will be deploying thought tonal afghanistan but to the middle east as well. in addition to the 3,000 3,000 soldiers and marines going to kabul. fort bragg deploying to kuwait to be held in reserve in case they are needed in afghanistan ....
infections 42% of the time. modern moderna s was 67%. that was for infection. both vaccines provided very strong protection against hospitalizations and deaths. i want to dig into all of this and bring in kerry sanders in ft. lauderdale, florida. mayor steve adler is joining us from austin, texas. and from the children s hospital in philadelphia is on the fda vaccine advisory committee so i have a whole lot of questions for you, doctor, if i got the pfizer vaccine and i hear it is only 42% effective, i m a little freaked out. can you give us some context? how worried should we be? not worried. i think what you want from these vaccines you is want them to protect you against moderate severe critical disease. the kind of disease that caused you to seek medical appointment or to go to the hospital or worse. and this vaccine, these vaccines, the mrna and johnson&johnson remain very good at doing that. you can t expect this kind of vaccine also to be highly effective again ....
from could to should. and on schools, dr. fauci speaking out against governors in states like florida and texas who have been blocking mask mandates. i can tell you that those of us in the public health sector are really very concerned when you have authorities at a higher level be that at the level of the state, a governor, what have you who tell local health people that they can t do things that are obviously important for the safety of people. i ll be speaking with kentucky s democratic governor andy basheer and we ll be bringing you president biden and he s running 45 minutes late already. let s start on the covid crisis. morgan chesky in dallas. there s still debate over masking in texas and no debate in hospitals and major cities are over capacity due to the variant. tell us what s the latest. reporter: yeah, andrea, hospitals all across the state are facing a shortage in staff while having to try to deal with this surge in patients that in some cases is c ....
expected to authorize a third vaccine shot, a booster for people who are immunocompromised which may include people undergoing cancer treatments or organ transplants or hiv. pfizer working with moderna to provide a booster for those people with immunocompromised individuals. it is about to assure the most vulnerable who may need an enhanced vaccine to help their immune system. and meantime, the headlines from covid from the south have gone from bad to bleak. wrap your head around this, 40% of the new covid hospitalization, and 40% are coming from florida and texas alone. and now more people hospitalized with the covid in florida than there were in new york during the worst of the worst last year. so many overflowing e.r.s and icus that one florida county is asking residents to use 911 sparingly. and they are asking the federal government for ventilators, too. and in texas, one hospital is setting up tents outside in texas in august outside. and they are asking for n ....