Morning Joe 8/18/21

Morning Joe

Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, MS NOW, Willie Geist

Washington, Congress, Government, Politics, President, Scarboro, Election, Brezinski, Ms Now, News, Issues, Giest, Campaign

3.9 • 8.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

As many as 15,000 Americans remain in Afghanistan after the Taliban's takeover of the country, Biden administration officials told Senate staffers Tuesday, two aides said.

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0:00.0	We're in contact with the Taliban to ensure the safe passage of people to the airport.
0:06.0	The Taliban have informed us that they are prepared to provide the safe passage of civilians to the airport,
0:13.0	and we intend to hold them to that commitment.
0:16.0	A remarkable turn of events, 20 years in the making.
0:20.0	There are fast-moving developments this morning
0:22.7	on the situation in Afghanistan, and the many thousands of Americans still there were joined
0:29.9	by a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter who was once held captive by the Taliban before escaping.
0:36.2	Plus, will a third vaccine shot help ward off the Delta?
0:41.3	The Biden administration is betting on boosters to help beat back the surge in COVID.
0:47.5	Plus, what about all those Americans who haven't even had their first shot yet? We're going to
0:53.3	talk about that and show you what's happening to children inside the ICU.
0:59.4	And the devastation in Haiti grows only worse with the severe weather there.
1:05.9	New reporting on the aftermath of Saturday's deadly earthquake.
1:10.6	Good morning and welcome to Morning, Joe.
1:13.2	It is Wednesday, August 18th.
1:16.2	It's good to have us all together, Joe.
1:19.5	Yeah, great to be together.
1:20.6	We have a lot to talk about today.
1:23.9	Willie, though, let's start.
1:25.6	Let's start by talking about, and you and I, maybe we shouldn't reveal this to everybody, but, you know, I'm frighteningly good in two things, and we don't talk about it a lot.
1:40.3	One is parcheesy.
1:42.0	The second is fortune telling.
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