34 provincial capitols at 7:00 this morning, eastern time when we spoke to you just an hour ago the official number was 14. so you can see that things are really progressing swiftly. steve, ainsley and brian? brian: yup, didn t have to be this way, jackie thanks so much. the president is on vacation hope he s having a great time. geraldo rivera joins us now fox news correspondent at large. geraldo one of the worst exits you can imagine something you can remember from vietnam, saigon? geraldo: let me give a more recent memory, if i may, brian. i was in the column that entered the northern afghan city and liberated it from the taliban in november of 2001, so in the 20 years since, what we ve witnessed is just a waste of trillions of american dollars and thousands of american lives. its just been horrifying to
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the very interesting statistic, people, their favorite shows, be it csi, be it er. the most faithful fan watches that show two out of four weeks. there was general fear and anxiety, and they had the data to back it up, that shows that became increasingly serialized would lose viewership over time. lex, don t! because of the audience misses an episode, they would be inclined to stop watching it because they would feel like, i missed one and now i don t know what s happening. there had been amazing shows that had been serialized. they never had syndication value because you couldn t revisit them. but there s almost no better hook. it s like a book you can t turn down, you go, i m going to watch a little bit more. 24 was set to debut in november of 2001.
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