FDA approves Pfizer vaccine, paying way for more mandates; Pentagon: 16,000 evacuated from Kabul within last 24 hours; U.S. officials worry terror groups inspired by Taliban victory;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 23 August 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Biden encourages hesitant Americans to get their shot today; Pentagon to make vaccines mandatory for troops after FDA approval of Pfizer; Florida records most deaths in a week, COVID cases top 3 million; Miami-Dade begins classes with mask mandate, defies FL governor; As hospitalization rates soar, FDA approves Pfizer vaccine; Pfizer working on plans to advertise its approved vaccine; NYC mandates vaccine for all public school employees; U.S. prioritizing evacuations of Americans out of Kabul; Afghan allies told to stay away from airport today; Pentagon: “trying” to meet Aug 31 withdrawal deadline; Afghan soldier killed by gunfire outside Kabul airport; State Dept: “several thousand” Americans still trying to leave; Biden’s national security adviser: ISIS threats against the Kabul airport are “real” and “acute”; Pentagon: 3 babies born during Kabul evacuation missions; WH: “irresponsible to say Americans are stranded” in Afghanistan; Biden: discussions ongoing to leave troops past Aug. 31 deadline; Sullivan: we can suppress terrorism without permanent presence; Officials watching for signs of recruitment among terror groups; Source: thousands of Afghan staff for U.S. embassy remain trapped in country and were “screwed over”; Controversial company conducting AZ audit delays release after members of staff test positive for COVID; House Democrats: GOP-led Arizona audit sought to promote the big lie, compromised election integrity; Flash flooding in Tennessee leaves 21 dead; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The long-awaited stamp of approval, the lead starts right now.
0:07.8	The FDA fully approves Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine, setting the stage for sweeping
0:13.4	Vax mandates and may be pushing more reluctance to Americans to get the shot.
0:19.2	A race against time in the Taliban, the U.S. up against a deadline to evacuate thousands
0:24.7	from Afghanistan.
0:25.7	We'll talk to a former U.S. official who has negotiated with the Taliban.
0:29.4	Plus, seven month old twins swept out of their father's arms.
0:34.3	They are among the 21 dead after floodwaters in the U.S. unleashed disaster in a matter
0:40.9	of minutes.
0:46.1	Welcome to the lead on Jake Tapper, and we begin today with the health lead and the
0:49.8	major development in the fight to end the coronavirus pandemic.
0:54.3	Eight months after the first shot was given under emergency use protocols, Pfizer's
0:59.6	COVID vaccine has now been fully approved by the Food and Drug Administration, or FDA,
1:05.8	opening the door to more vaccine mandates in businesses, in government agencies, and
1:11.9	in universities across the country.
1:14.3	In fact, minutes after the FDA news, the Pentagon announced it is requiring all of its
1:18.8	1.3 million active-duty service members to be vaccinated.
1:22.9	Today, President Biden urged Americans who have been waiting for full approval from the
1:26.6	FDA to go get vaccinated now, and he reiterated his call for private and public sector leaders
1:33.3	to implement vaccine requirements or mandates.
1:36.7	About one-third of the eligible population in the United States, 82 million people, still
1:42.2	has not been vaccinated, and more than 1,000 Americans, nearly all of them, are dying
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