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of 9/11. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i'm jim acosta, and you're in "the situation room." this is cnn breaking news. >> and we're following breaking news. u.s. troops right now heading to afghanistan as the pent gone expresses deep concern over the taliban's rapid takeover of more territory in key cities. in moments i'll speak to pentagon spokesman john kirby. but first cnn chief international correspondent clarissa ward is on the ground in kabul for us tonight. what is the latest intelligence in how quickly kabul may fall? it is very worrying right now. >> reporter: the situation is definitely highly distressing for people who are living here. it is still calm in the capital of kabul. but the prognosis is not good. nobody expects necessarily for the taliban to imminently enter the city.

but the real fear at the moment, jim, is that they could quite easily surround the city. they could isolate the city. we have seen now the taliban continue this extraordinary offensive, gobbling up territory across the country, more than half of the provincial capitals including most significantly kandahar, the second largest city in the country. this is the spiritual heartland of the taliban. this is the very place where they first declared their islamic emirate. and it was in fact the capital of their original islamic emirate. we have spent a couple of days with the taliban in ghazni province. that province also completely under the control of the taliban. and we really pushed them on the issue of whether they have any interest in negotiating with the government now that they have made so much ground in such a short space of time. and the taliban governor we spoke to said, simply, we will do whatever our leaders in doha say, but it's not clear yet.

that is not exactly reassuring news for the many afghans who are desperate for some kind of a ceasefire agreement to be implemented or some kind of clarity as to what the future holds for the situation on the ground, jim. >> and give us a sense of the evacuations taking place right now. >> well, so, they're not calling them evacuations, jim, they're calling them withdrawal u.s. embassy personnel 3,000 troops on the ground. i'm sure john kirby will be able to speak to that much more incisively than i can. but what i can say is that it's being seen on the ground by ordinary afghans as an evacuation, which has only been contributing to the sense of panic as the sort of noose appears to be tightening around kabul. another thing that is really contributing to the sense of panic is the stunning silence from the afghan government. we have not heard anything from

president ashraf ghani. people are desperately looking for leadership. rumors are swirling, is he going to resign, what's the future? and with that stunning lack of clarity comes uncertainty with uncertainty, comes anxiety with anxiety, comes panic. and i think you get a sense of what the situation is. it's eerily quiet on the streets here in kabul. but one official i spoke to earlier said you hear that sound of silence? that's the sound of everybody in kabul packing. >> there are so many questions to answer right now, clarissa ward there in kabul for us, thank you so much. let's get some answers with the pentagon press secretary rear admiral john kirby. john, thank you so much for being with us. we appreciate it. and the last week alone the taliban have captured 17 of afghanistan's provincial capitals. was the biden administration caught offguard by this rapid advance? they are sweeping across the country very quickly. and it seems more quickly than you anticipated. >> certainly deeply concerning,

the speed with which the taliban has been able to move, as well as the lack of resistance they have faced. but we have been watching taliban advances even before the president made his decision to withdraw our troops from afghanistan and to end the 20-year war for the united states there. it's something we were watching closely and we have been watching closely now for just the last few weeks. >> i want you to watch what president biden said about this almost one month ago because i think it goes to this question. let's watch. >> the jury is still out, but the likelihood there's going to be a taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely. >> that was just on july 8th. admiral kirby, the president, if the president is saying that on july 8th and we're seeing the taliban sweeping across the country in the fashion that they're doing right now, that would seem to suggest that you were caught off guard and that the white house was caught off guard. am i wrong? >> jim, what i would tell you is we've been watching this very

closely. and the intelligence community as well, we've certainly been monitoring this. it's not like we haven't been able to see it happen. >> well, seeing it happen and not anticipating it to the level and to the speed that we're seeing right now are two different things. >> jim, what we couldn't predict was the lack of resistance that they were going to get from afghan forces on the ground. and as you heard the president speak just a couple of days ago, what's really needed is for political and military leadership in afghanistan. no outcome here has to be inevitable, jim. but it has to be led. and clarissa talked about leadership in her comments with you just a couple of seconds ago. i think what has been disconcerting to see is that there hasn't been that political leadership, the military leadership and the ability to push back on the taliban as they've advanced. quite frankly, the afghan forces have all the advantages they need. they've got more troops, they've got an air force and more equipment. >> why have the afghan security forces melted away in the

fashion that they have after all of the money that the united states tax payers have put into arming them and equipping them? as you said, they have an air force. are they using that air force? what has happened? >> they are using the air force. in fact, they're flying more airstrikes than we are on a daily basis. but you can't, money can't buy will. will has to be there. the ability to exert leadership and exude leadership on the field, that has to be there. and, again, i think the international community would like to see more will, more political and military leadership on the ground in afghanistan so that there is no inevitable outcome here of the taliban overrunning the whole country. >> let me ask you about this because today you said you can't speak on whether the u.s. will meet the august 31st deadline or withdrawal. president biden has said he has no regrets but is moving that withdrawal date at all possible at this point? is this a hard no from the white house? >> the president, the commander in chief, being chander in chief means making difficult decisions and he has decided that we are going to complete this drawdown

by the end of the month and we're on track to do that. obviously we are flying more forces in temporarily to help our state department colleagues draw down their presence in kabul as well and to help them with the processing of people applying for special immigrant visas. but the president made clear, too, when he approved the state department reduction in force that they would do that and have that complete by august 31st. i certainly can't speculate beyond that. >> i understand you're saying you're on track to do that. but, as you know, conditions can change on the ground. if things deteriorate more quickly than you anticipated and the white house anticipated, surely you have to be open to some possibility that you'll have to move that date if you have assets on the ground there that have to be moved out, if there are key afghan resources there, people there that we promised to get out, and you haven't gotten them out, you're just not going to leave them hanging in the wind, i imagine. >> that's going to be a call by the commander in chief. and he will be advised by the secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs if

it comes to that. what i can tell you is that our job is to tee up options for the president, to make sure that he has decision space. in addition to the 3,000 troops that we're going to be getting into the airport there in kabul by the end of the weekend, we also have about another 3,500 to 4,000 that are going to be staged in kuwait just in case they're needed. it's all about making sure that the president has options before him. >> today you said kabul is not under, quote, imminent threat. but how can you say that when u.s. troops are evacuating americans? clarissa was saying it's not evacuating, you're moving americans, and diplomats there with being instructed to destroy sensitive materials. sounds like there's some threat there. >> certainly we're mindful of the potential threat here posed by the isolation that the taliban appear to be putting into place in kabul. and that's one of the reasons we know we're flowing these forces in to help the state department

reduce their footprint. but there's no intention right now to close the embassy or close all the diplomatic presence in kabul. we still want to be able to have that in place. and as clarissa reported just a few minutes ago, the situation in kabul is calm right now. yes, there's unease and uncertainty and we understand that. but as we looked at it from a military perspective, the city itself, as you and i speak, is not under an imminent threat of collapse at this point. but obviously we're watching this closely. we wouldn't have made this decision to send in another 3,000 troops if we weren't mindful of the deteriorating security situation there. >> and the state department says the message to the afghan people is one of, quote, enduring partnership. but afghan civilians are terrified and what they see is americans leaving. is that the message from the biden administration? is that appropriate to be sending that kind of message, considering what we're seeing unfolding right now? it doesn't look like a partnership, it looks like the partnership is over. >> i wouldn't say that at all, jim. again, no outcome has to be

inevitable here. we still want to see a secure, safe prosperous afghanistan. an afghanistan that is led by afghans who they have chosen to be their leaders and that they have a choice in their future. we want to see the progress, the economic, political social progress continue in afghanistan. and we want to stay a partner. that's why here's the defense department, we're working on a bilateral relationship with afghan forces after we're no longer on the ground there that can help them sustain their capabilities. >> but, john, they don't seem to have any kpacapabilities right . they are just melting away. so how can you have a partnership with afghan security forces that are you are just not going to be existent in a few weeks? >> they've got 300 -- >> they're not holding any of these areas in afghanistan, if you don't mind me. i mean, that's just the case right now. >> i'm not arguing the disconcerting nature of the security situation on the ground. for all the supports you can give, you can't buy somebody the

will. you can't buy somebody the ability to exude leadership. we want a bilateral relationship with afghanistan still going forward. but the president also had to make some tough choices about the kinds of threats and challenges that this country's facing. and quite frankly the terrorism threat has migrated in the region. it's not as heavy in afghanistan. it's migrated to other parts of the world like north africa in the lavant area. there's larger nation state threats and challenges that we need to be ready for and prepared for. the threat posed by russia. the continuing aggressive actions by china in the south china sea and in that part of the world. there's a lot of choices and priorities that have to be made, too. and we're focused on that as well. >> john, do you acknowledge we could be in a situation where the united states marks the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks with control or near control of the taliban in afghanistan? what is going to happen to the

women and girls of afghanistan that we made all of these promises to over the last couple of decades? john, i know you've been in the heart of this for so long. i know you must struggle with this. >> nobody wants to see afghanistan slide backward, absolutely not. and it's in the international community's interest to make sure that the progress that has been made in afghanistan can be sustained in afghanistan. and that's why we still believe there's time and space for some sort of a political settlement here that will help preserve those gains. and if the taliban, as they say they do, want international legitimacy and a hand in governance that has the legitimacy of the international community, they would do well to get back to the table and try to help procure, negotiate a political settlement that can preserve these gains so that the afghan people can have a voice in their own future. and that's what we all want to see. >> it certainly is. all right, rear admiral john kirby, thanks for taking time

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people. that is such a big deal. who does this apply to exactly? is it a big group? >> it's probably about 3% of the population, jim. maybe 7 to 9 million people. and we could put the list up of people who sort of fall into this group of immunocompromised people who have had organ transplants, they take medications to suppress their immune system. it's a busy screen of things there. most people who are on these medications that weaken their immune system know this. if it's not clear, you can find this information at cdc's website, our website as well. but the point is people who have weakened immune systems, if you give them a vaccine, they may not generate the same amount of protection as people who have regular immune systems, healthy immune systems. that's who they're really targeting here. people who have had autoimmune diseases take medications for that. people who have had recent chemotherapy for cancer.

if you're not sure about it, you can talk to your doctor, and one of the things that struck me today, jim, it's sort of an honor system. there's not going to be a prescription for this third dose. it's going to be self-attestation to the pharmacist. you don't have to show an antibody level or something like that. so i think it's going to be a discussion. >> that's good news. and how do advisers determine who needs these additional doses first? how did that process work? >> i think there's two main things. and the primary thing is because immunity is so complicated, they wanted to see people who are vaccinated, is there a population of people who are getting severely ill. when they started to look at that data, they found that it was the immunocompromised who were most likely to develop a post-vaccination infection and get sick enough to actually end up in the hospital. of all the breakthrough infections that ended up requiring hospitalization, 40 to

44% of them were in immunocompromised people. the second part of it was looking at the just overall effectiveness of the vaccine. i could show you this one graph, jim. this was in the "new england journal of medicine" earlier this week, but basically showed people who had some response, they generate some response after the first two shots. not enough. but when they got that third shot they had significant improvement in their overall antibody levels. there may still be people who just have no response. they didn't respond, they didn't develop antibodies after the first two shots and they may still not even after the third shot. and, again, we don't know for certain who those people are. but they should be talking to their doctors about whether or not the third shot still makes sense for them. >> and this is an interesting question. cdc data shows more than 1 million people have already received unauthorized booster doses ahead of this fda decision. is that problematic?

what do you make of that? you do hear rumblings of people saying i'm just going to go and get another booster shot on my own. >> yeah. i've gotten tons of tweets about this and people emailing me. here's what i'd say. i don't think it's dangerous. i think the side effects that they've seen in some of these trials with people who got third shots, the side effects are similar with what you got with the first two shots. i don't think it's dangerous. we know that there's about half the country that needs to get the first shot still. while the third shots, there are people who are doing that, may not be dangerous for them. the real focus needs to be on protecting people who need to be protected and getting the unvaccinated vaccinated in the first place. >> let's get those folks vaccinated, absolutely. all right, sanjay gupta, thank you so much as always. we appreciate it. up next, a new warning about the potential for violence in the u.s. within the next few weeks. you're in "the situation room." an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan from unitedhealthcare. medicare supplement plans

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with the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks less than a month away, there's a new warning tonight about the threat of violence. cnn senior national security correspondent alex marquardt is working this story for us. >> reporter: this is a very disturbing bulletin from dhs. what they usually do in these situations is put out these bulletins to tell the american public for the threats. and they break down the types of terrorists into two potential categories. those who are inspired from groups abroad like al qaeda, and those that have more of a domestic focus that are fueled by grievances that are anti-government or white extremists, for example. in that first group, they say that with the fast-approaching anniversary of 9/11, the 20th

anniversary, that al qaeda could be looking to inspire potential attackers in the country. they note that al qaeda has just put out their english language magazine also called "inspire" for the first time in four years. and in that second category they say that the health restrictions that have been imposed because of covid, that could also fuel people to carry out some sort of attack. again, these are people who are motivated by racial grievances, these are people who might have grievances with the government. and another target, they say, could be religious institutions. i want to read you part of that bulletin from dhs, which says, the re-opening of institutions including schools as well as several dates of religious significance over the next few months, could also provide increased targets of opportunity for violence, though there are currently no credible or imminent threats identified to those locations. so, jim, that's important. there are no known threats right now. another thing that we have to

talk about is the head of intelligence at dhs told our colleague exclusively that a lot of the chatter that they are seeing in online forums is just like the chatter that they saw in the leadup to january 6th. it is not just -- this is not just chatter that could lead to violence, but there has been an uptick in this kind of chatter. so it's doubly worrying. and there is a thread that runs through all this chatter. it is the big lie, this perception, this belief, misguided, that donald trump had the election stolen from him last year. >> right. and there was all of this goofiness that he was going to be reinstated today. he is not reinstated today. stand by because we want to bring you in on this discussion. the former director of the national counterintelligence and security center is also with us. bill, you're such a respected expert in this area. so thanks for joining us. this new terrorism bulletin that

alex was just talking about outlines a huge range of possible threats. but when you look at this, what concerns you most this evening looking at this warning? >> well, thanks, jim. thanks for having me. i think there is a multifaceted aspect to these threats. i think dhs and the fbi are doing the right thing by making the public aware what they're seeing on the online forums. there are two different angles here, the foreign and domestic. i think we also have to be concerned with what russia and china can do, primarily russia on online forums to stoke the arguments on both sides. we saw the russian intelligence services do that in both of the last two election cycles as well as during george floyd and black lives matter and the covid and vaccines. so the russian intelligence services can play a big role in what happens between now and september 11th. >> and this comes as the homeland security intelligence chief says online calls for violence are very similar to what they say in the lead-up to what happened on january 6th, the deadly insurrection.

how do intelligence officials avoid repeating the same mistakes? because we have heard anecdotes about signs that were missed. >> it's very difficult. and my hat's being tipped here to all the members of law enforcement intelligence community to do their best with the authorities they have to watch into the inner circles of chat rooms, but they can't watch online conversations from person to person. so they'll identify that as well as look at external forces, what is al qaeda, al shabaab, russian intelligence services, how are they manipulating and amplifying domestic voices here in this argument? they're very good at taking both sides of the argument and inflaming those arguments so there's potential of violence in the middle. >> and, alex, you also have new reporting on intelligence reports that show that russia is trying to capitalize on this moment of american division. i guess, it's new information, it's new reporting. but it seems like the old game on the part of the russians. >> that's exactly what bill was

talking about. it is russia taking two sides of different issues and simply trying to divide us. the point is the chaos. the point is to undermine american democracy. so it is not the strategy that has changed, it is the tactics that have changed. it is the subjects that have arisen january 6th covid, the vaccines, mask mandates, things like that. new things for the russians to seize on and amplify that are already in our conversation. and we know that this has been noticed by the intelligence services who are obviously analyzing and watching the russians very carefully. and we know that it has concerned the administration so greatly and the intelligence community so greatly that this has been briefed to the president himself. in fact, he made a reference to this in a speech to the intelligence community very recently. let's take a quick listen to that. we don't have the sound of that. >> well, essentially what he says is it is a violation of our

sovereignty. and he pointed to the fact that the russians are not just doing this on a general basis, but they are also going after the elections in 2022. and of course, jim, this comes on the heels not too long after that summit between the two presidents back in june in which president biden essentially told president putin to knock it off. he is clearly not doing that. >> and you were in charge of briefing presidential candidates on threats of the 2020 election. what would you say to candidates now about what the russians are up to? they won't cut it out. >> yeah. good point. and i think we have to be as transparent as possible at all angles. and i would say the intelligence community and apartment is going to continue to enhance the effectiveness of those transparencies, provide all the information that's viable for a potential candidate to see what that influence looks like not only to their campaigns but those inside their campaigns, and also the folks back home in their business entities and what the social media template looks

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threatens his signature legislative priority. over 3,000 troops now headed to afghanistan to help evacuate u.s. embassy staff. >> in addition to the 3,000 troops that we're going to be getting into the airport there in kabul by the end of the weekend, we also have about another 3,500 to 4,000 that are going to be staged in kuwait just in case they're needed. >> reporter: the quick deployment shows the u.s. was prepared. but the president and his team were caught off guard by the speed of the taliban advance. >> it is not inevitable. but the likelihood there's going to be the taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely. >> reporter: but biden is having no second thoughts about the withdrawal. even as half of afghanistan's provincial capitals are now in taliban hands. >> we've been watching this very closely. the intelligence community as well. what we couldn't predict was the lack of resistance that they were going to get from afghan forces on the ground. >> reporter: a surge of coronavirus hospitalizations

driven by low vaccination rates in a handful of states and the fast-spreading delta variant also test the white house. the cdc advisory board today recommending some immunocompromised get a third dose of the pfizer and moderna vaccines. one day after the fda approved the three-dose region mane. as for the rest of the population. >> we are assuming that sooner or later we're going to have to give boosters. so what we're doing right now the decision is we don't need to do it right now. it's not imminent. but we're preparing as if it will be emment. >> reporter: biden also facing questions and criticism about his immigration policies. the highest monthly total in 21 years. >> we are encountering an unprecedented number of migrants in between the ports of entry at our southern border. >> the bill as amended is passed. >> reporter: just days after

clinching senate passage of his infrastructure plan, biden hitting hard political realities within his own party. in a letter to the house speaker, nine moderate house democrats threatening to withhold support for the $3.5 trillion budget resolution unless the house first passes the bipartisan infrastructure bill, a nonstarter for dozens of progressives. and, jim, president biden is now at camp david where he's expected to remain until next wednesday. white house officials insisting to me that the president is still fully set up to do his work from there. and already today you can see on his schedule all of these different crises on his schedule in terms of a briefing with his legislative affairs team about the state of play on capitol hill, a meeting with his coronavirus team, and also the white house just now tweeting this photo of president biden speaking with his secretary of state, defense secretary lloyd austin, as well as his national security adviser jake sullivan to get the latest on the situation on the ground in afghanistan. certainly top of mind for the president this weekend. jim? >> he will certainly be busy

with that subject. all right, jeremy diamond, thanks so much. and joining me now is one of the nine moderates who sent that letter to house speaker nancy pelosi. congressman, why go this route? why risk passage of this legislation at this point? >> i think just the opposite, jim. and thanks for having me. the route we're going is let's get a vote right now on that great bipartisan infrastructure package that came out of the senate last week that is so key to getting 2 million jobs a year going every year for the next ten years. not to mention key projects including roads, bridges, rail, mass transit, the tunnel between new york and new jersey, the train tunnel. so many things regarding the environment, climate, electric vehicles are on the line. the key is not risking the momentum we've got for that in getting it done. and of course we can also work on the reconciliation package. but all we've said is let's goat on that now, let's not delay, and let's take a win for the

country here. >> and your democratic colleague congresswoman pramila jayapal said anyone who votes to slow down progress on this package is voting, quote, against the president's and the democrats' agenda. what do you say to that? >> just the opposite. anybody who wouldn't vote for an infrastructure president is directly going what the president asked. he said get it to my desk as soon as possible. and that's what we're focused on. i'm really confused by some of my colleagues who are actually holding this bipartisan package hostage and refusing to let it come to the floor for a vote. and all we're saying is this has got the backing of democrats and republicans. the chamber of commerce is behind in. let's just get this great thing done for the country, show that we can operate and move forward. and then of course we can also work on the reconciliation package. so, i don't really understand the hesitancy of some of my colleagues to vote on that package. >> are you -- >> i'm just hoping we can do that. >> are you calling some of these

progressive colleagues to try to work something out? are there discussions underway? >> of course we're good colleagues and we're always talking to each other. and my hope is that we'll work it out together. we work with democrats and republicans in the house and work with our colleagues in the senate. it would help get this infrastructure package going. and, frankly, i'm hoping that that kind of spirit both within the party and between parties we'll get it across the finish line and to the president's desk. this will be a huge win for the president. and it's great for the country. so we'll get it done. and of course we can also look at the other priorities. there's no reason we need to hold that up either. but let's just get this done. >> and since you're from new jersey, i really want to ask you about this. i want to get your reaction to some disturbing news. the department of homeland security issuing a new terrorism bulletin, warning of a range of possible threats. this comes as we're approaching the anniversary of 9/11. and the dhs intelligence chief

is warning that warnings are what they say to the lead-up of the january 6th attack. what's your sense of the threat right now, and what are you telling your constituents who may be asking about this? >> i did have a briefing last week with homeland with top officials there on the threats. and like all americans, we know that the 20th anniversary of 9/11 is around the corner, a very solemn time for the country. and we lost so many people. and i think our law enforcement is remaining vigilant. we've got the best intelligence and law enforcement in the world, and, frankly, i know they're on top of it right now and why they briefed us on it i don't want to go into any more specifics than that, except to say that i feel very confident that they're taking all the action necessary, and we'll make sure that we protect the country, it's our number one responsibility. and, at the same time, thinking about all those we lost on 9/11

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happening now, breaking news. a significant new endorsement of covid booster shots. the cdc just signed off on a third vaccine dose for some people with compromised immune systems. also tonight the pentagon calls the taliban's rapid takeover in afghanistan very concerning. and a new warning for the potential violence, terrorist violence in the next coming weeks. possible attack threats on the 20th anniversary of 9/11. welcome to our viewers around the united states. wolf blitzer is off tonight. i'm jim acosta and you're in "the situation room". this is cnn breeking news. >> and we begin with breaking news on covid-19