Were going to stay until we get them all out. He did not fully extend that same commitment to afghan nationals when he said thats the objective. Its unclear how many americans remain in afghanistan. Yesterday u. S. Officials gave differing answers. They said it was 5 to 10,000. Yesterday afternoon Jen Psaki said it was in fact 11,000 and congressional aides were told by State Department and pentagon officials the number was between 10 and 15,000 according to three sources familiar with those briefings. That is the number the president said tonight. He also answered questions about the execution of the pullout. Sir, you dont think this could have been handled better in any way . No mistakes . No. I dont think it could have been handled in a way that there were going to go back in hindsight and look, but the idea that somehow theres a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing, i dont know how that happens. I dont know how that happened. So for you that was always priced into the decis
Department warning as many as 15,000 americans stuck in taliban country they cant ensure safe passage to get them to the Kabul Airport and fly them out . You must demand that the mightiest force on the planet does not surrender its own to this kind of fate from a bunch of zealot thugs. [ gunfire ] thats what you want your countrymen to surrender to . The State Department should not be warning the desperate. The warning is a desperate one to the State Department and this administration. You had been do what you have to to get americans out. What does this country stand for, if not committing completely to protecting its own . Another bad sign, the administration seems to be allowing the taliban to dictate terms here. Were going to get everyone that we can possibly evacuate evacuated. And ill do that as long as we possibly can until the clock runs out or we run out of capability. We will get out as many as possible. Clock runs out when you say it runs out. And as many as possible is all
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Welcome to the lead, im Pamela Brown in for Jake Tapper on this friday. We start with the Health Lead and the white House Today insisting those who are fully vaccinated dont need a Booster Shot. At least not right now. That in rebuttal to pfizer which last night prompted a scramble when it issued a statement saying its vaccine can wear off and people may need a third dose. Within hours the Fda And Cdc trying to tamp that down, the White House underscoring the message this afternoon. They are a private sector company. I cant speak to the origin or the motivation of their announcement. You have to ask them that. The Back And Forth comes as the cdc issues new Backtoschool Guidance which may make some parents happy. Athena jones starts us off. Reporter Confusion And Concern as pfizer announces its seening waning immunity from its vaccine and plans to seek Emergency Authorization for a Booster Shot next month. The company is not releasing any new data of its own. Within hours the Fda And Cd
But tHere was i lot of surprise about why Fiez Ser going to be doing that. Why are tHey applying for this authorization, why is it necessary . THey talked about waning immunity but tHere arent studies that show waning immunity And pfizer didnt offer up any evidence of waning immunity. And this is a pharmaceutical company. THeyre supposed to specialize in data. THe only data tHey pointed to is this israeli data. So take a look. We discussed this wHen it came out this week. So israeli data presented with very little Backup Or Science behind it that tHe shot is 64 effective at preventing infection And this is still with tHe Delta Variant being prodominant And 93 effective at preventing severe disease And hospitalization. That second number is tHe more important. 93 effect as preventing hospitalization. That is an excellent vaccine. Few vaccines are that effective. Why is Pfizer All Of A Sudden basically saying almost like its own Product Isnt working as well as tHey would like sense. An t