We offer our prayers and support to your communities and we share in your grief and your resolve to rebuild and recover. President biden is visiting Louisiana Today and i want to reiterate what he and our Fema Administrator and all of us have made clear from the start we said we would be ready to respond to this massive and catastrophic storm and we were. We preposition personnel, assets and resources on the Gulf Coast in key areas ahead of time. We had meals and water in place for anyone forced from their home. We secure generators for hospitals so they could continue to treat patients no matter what. We continue working to provide states with fuel to cover any shortages. Right now, we encourage people to stay away from flooded and damaged areas for their own safety. I make this pledge thanks to the extraordinary team at fema and their partners in state and local government, just as we were there before and during the storm, we will be there long after to help the impacted individuals
Final program is a great i have a couple items for all of you at the top. Uncover 19 response. We got todays vexing report. For the rest of you who were not a part of that, the report is nearly one point one million shots in arms, 1. 1 million is the highest single day total shots since july third which is a good sign. In august, we have gotten 12. 5 million first shots into arms, already two million more first shots than in all of july. With several days left to go to add to that total. We have not had a major milestone in our effort to vaccinate adolescents at a particularly important time as people go back to school. 50 of 12 to 17yearolds have at least their first child. More work to do, but a positive step forward. Also i wanted to note that today the department of health and human Services Secretary announced 80 5 million in funding to improve mental health services for our nations children and youth, which is a priority for the Biden Harris Administration as part of our push to
Despite the danger, the u. S. Military continues Evacuation Efforts there with new urgency, President Biden calling it a worthy mission during an event with israels Prime Minister a short time ago. President biden come with significant loss of american personnel. It is a worthy mission because they continue to evacuate folks out of that region, out of the airport, evacuated more than 12,000 additional people out of the airport in the last 24 hours. John the president did refuse to take questions from the press. Fox news strategic analyst jack keene, Griff Jenkins with the latest. Sandra we begin with Jennifer Griffin live with the Lates Jennifer eminent Terror Attacks against u. S. Forces is ongoing. Were monitoring these threats very specifically. Virtually in realtim Jennifer Newsom two Suicide Bombers yesterday, adding there was not a second Suicide Bomber at the baron hotel. Gunmen opened fire. The pentagon could not say if u. S. Troops were killed by that gunfire. Death toll of af
President comes out. With us today, former u. N. Ambassador Nikki Haley. Her husband deployed to afghanistan while she was governor of South Carolina. General Jack Keane that provided oversight for the afghan war, assisting David Petraeus during the u. S. Surge. Jennifer griffin and Greg Palkot who together have decades of experience reporting from the region on the ground. Chief national Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin having first traveled there in 1993 and reported from that multiple times over the last decade. Senior foreign affairs correspondent Greg Palkot who was embedded with the early battles with the taliban. Were hearing these reports of whats going on on the ground and what may be the beginning of the closing of doors. A lot of people thought they were on this list, people that worked with the afghan national government to build democracy in that country are learning that theyre to stay home. Dont come. Martha, we have just learned from sources that the u. S. Milita
To follow up quickly is. There an education camp, information sent in to stakeholder as Cross The Country that may have some concern sorry. Domestically here in states . Yes. Yes. Were in touch with governors, local authorities, communities, engaging with local media. Theres an understanding of the stringent process that we have in place before individuals come to the United States. And i think a part of that is a reminder that these are individuals that fought alongside the United States over the last 20 years. Thats part of who we are as a country. Part of the fabric of the United States. So Thats Part of it as well. In terms of a specific vetting components, were thinking about that and ensuring were communicating that effectively. Thats our objective. Go ahead. Can you share more about the possible incidents of Havana Syndrome that the Vice President has talked about . Sure. Ill say that the Vice President is now in country, in vietnam. Certainly we take very seriously let me get t