Face the Nation on the Radio 8/15
Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan
CBS News
3.5 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 15 August 2021
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
On this week's "Face the Nation," White House Chief Medical Adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci joins Guest Moderator Nancy Cordes to discuss booster shots and keeping children safe as they return to school. Set to become New York's first female governor in under two weeks, NY Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul discusses the fallout of Governor Cuomo's resignation and her vision for the state. House Republican Whip Rep. Steve Scalise joins us to discuss efforts to increase vaccinations as his state of Louisiana battles one the nation's worst COVID surges. Broward County School Board Chair Dr. Rosalind Osgood talks about how to keep children & staff safe in the wake of losing four teachers to COVID-19 in just 24-hours. The latest on the situation in Afghanistan with CBS News Foreign Correspondent Roxana Saberi and CBS News National Security Correspondent David Martin.
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| 0:15.6 | I'm Nancy Cordes in Washington and this week on face the nation |
| 0:20.1 | COVID pushes hospitals in some states to the brink and overseas the Taliban offensive |
| 0:26.0 | in Afghanistan enters a perilous new phase. |
| 0:30.4 | Breaking overnight the astonishing unraveling of Afghanistan, |
| 0:34.3 | the Taliban captures more territory just this morning, |
| 0:37.8 | and they're now in the capital city of Kabul, |
| 0:40.6 | forcing US troops to race back into the country to get U.S. diplomats out. |
| 0:46.4 | We'll get the latest on the evacuation. |
| 0:49.3 | Back home, the Delta variant is causing cases to skyrocket from coast to coast. |
| 0:54.4 | Along the Gulf Coast, some health systems are on the verge of collapse. |
| 0:58.9 | Hospitals are full from Memphis to Gulf Port Natchez to Meridian. |
| 1:03.7 | Everything's full. |
| 1:04.8 | Our people are at the brink. |
| 1:06.8 | We're seeing the highest number of children |
| 1:09.4 | in our hospitals than we've seen in the entire pandemic. The FDA approves a third |
| 1:14.4 | vaccine dose for the people at greatest risk, but it's those who won't get their |
| 1:19.0 | first dose who are fueling this outbreak. Everyone who's not vaccinated, I know it's a broken record, I keep saying that get vaccinated. |
| 1:27.0 | We'll check in with Dr. Anthony Fauchy. |
| 1:30.0 | And we'll talk to the number two House Republican, |
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