nato workers, local afghans who either worked for nato as interpreters or some sort of support staff role, and one of the men we met there was from kandahar. he said he arrived today and he talked about how the taliban militants were going door to door essentially looking for people who either worked for the afghan government or are working for the afghan government or worked with u.s. or nato forces, and these are the kinds of stories we ve been hearing over and over again, and this is the reason why so many people have ended up here from other provinces, as these towns and cities are taken over by the taliban. we did learn and confirm just in the past overnight hours, the past 12 hours or so that kandahar, the second largest city in the country also the birth place of the taliban, very symbolic city in that sense also the hub for american forces over the past 20 years has, in fact, fallen into the hands of the taliban to key victory for them. we also understand that lashkar
we think literally within about the next 24 to 48 hours americans should start receiving shots in arms. lawmakers are on the move, too, heading back to washington with covid relief now in the hands of the senate. democrats left with no room for error, the part of the bill they are now abandoning. that s all part of what s ahead on this hour, monday morning here in washington, i m hallie jackson with nbc s ellison barber in kentucky along with former fda commissioner dr. margaret hanberg. ellison, talk about what s happening behind you where you are, what we can expect next as these first j & j doses get ready to get loaded up on the trucks that are behind you. reporter: so it s quiet right now because we haven t seen any trucks leave just yet, but inside there has been a flurry of activity all morning. we heard and watched video as workers cheered the first boxes of the johnson & johnson vaccine making their way to the loading dock. you see this truck right here, this u
covid-19 vaccine available and with those vaccines developed at so-called warp speed interest in understanding the process has never been greater. the fda inside and out, they have to do that. let me briefly introduce our incredible speakers today. dr. stephen hahn is the 20 fourth administer of the fda, having trained in medical oncology and radiation oncology, prior to joining the fda served as chief medical executive at the university of texas cancer center. before that he chaired the permit of radiation oncology at the university, and the alma mater. and the commission of the fda, before that was founding vice president and senior scientist at the nuclear threat initiative, foundation dedicated to biological threats. recently dr. margaret hamburg was foreign secretary, at the american association for advancement of science. she completed her services at the organization. commissioners dr. margaret hamburg and dr. stephen hahn will be talking to clifton leaf who was guest
will tell us with some infected and ideally can we go back into society and be safe. the truth is we don t yet have that information. the test cannot provide that assurance. i think a lot of people think if they get this antibody test and they test positive that they are going to have a shield that allows them to go to the grocery store without their mask on. is that what a positive antibody test means? i think we cannot safely say that to people yet. ( ticking ) this is a snapshot of the microbiome. and this is the trillions of bacteria represented by the different colors. the microbiome, the they help process the food that we consume, but they do a lot more than that. they make vitamins. they re able to produce essential amino acids. they re able to talk to ( ticking ) i m lesley stahl. i m bill whitaker. i m anderson cooper. i m sharyn alfonsi. i m scott pelley. those stories, tonight, on 60 minutes. ( ticking ) ( ticking ) ( ticking ) because there