restrictions a lot like the rest of europe. doctor, the flight restrictions was met with a lot of criticism, especially with the world health organization. when do you think it should be lifted? as soon as possible. travel at this point has no implications for stopping it. it s the right move and should be removed, quite frankly, immediately. we have a tsunami cases here, and more travel won t make a difference. what would make a difference, is have people test when they arrive and requiring vaccinations for those coming in from other places. that s the best scenario. a new number of new confirmed case is more than 242,000. the 7-day average of omicron is higher than the peak of the delta variant from september. what is your sense of where we are going and how much worse
story and history you won a house seat after republican congressman resigned and during a sex scandal. you lost that house seat to a congressman who was later indicted. you ll now be governor after elliott spits ear democrat resigned over a prostitution scandal. democrat david patterson pulled out of his race after he was accused of intervening in an aide s domestic abuse case. now of course democrat andrew cuomo has resigned. so first question, what the hell is going on in new york? can you promise new yorkers that you will end this legacy of sleaze? it won t be difficult for me. everyone who has known my career over 27 years of elective office knows i have very high ethical standards and i will go in there and literally say it is a whole new day. zero tolerance. i m going to be very firm in my expectations on how my administration conducts themselves throughout the entire work force but also i want people to know particularly young women like i was once a young intern working in bu
all of this is consistent with the effort to make sure we have the best possible information and we are doing everything we can to get people out of harm s way. china is reportedly prepared to recognize the taliban as a legitimate government. would the biden administration ever consider doing that? a future afghan government that upholds the basic rights of its people and that doesn t harbor terrorists is a government we can work with and recognize. conversely, a government that doesn t do that, that doesn t uphold the basic rights of its people, including women and girls, that harbors terrorist groups that have designs on the united states or allies and partners, certainly that is not going to happen. and beyond that, to the extent the taliban has a self-interest, if it is leading the government in afghanistan, of assistance from the international community, support from the international community, none of that will be forthcoming. sanctions won t be lifted. their ability to trav
recognize. conversely, a government that doesn t do that, that doesn t uphold the basic rights of its people including women and girls, that harbors terrorist groups that have designs on the united states or allies and partners, certainly that is not going to happen. and beyond that, to the extent the taliban has a self-interest, if it is leading the government in afghanistan, of assistance from the international community, support from the international community, none of that will be forthcoming. sanctions won t be lifted. their ability to travel won t happen. if they re not sustaining the basic rights of the afghan people and if they revert to supporting or harboring terrorists who might strike us. i mean, that sounds like a no you would never recognize them because based on what we know about the taliban they don t respect the rights of women and girls. there are reports from afghanistan right now that they are forcing young girls into sexual slavery. jake, this is heart wrench