Pentagon: 3,000+ U.S. troops will be deployed to Afghanistan; FDA could authorize booster shots for immunocompromised; Census shows most growth in cities, America more diverse; GOP Rep Perry played key role in promoting Trump’s “Big lie”

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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3.5 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Official: Biden approved order to send troops this morning; U.S. may move embassy to Kabul airport as Taliban gain ground; Fauci: “Inevitably” everyone could need booster shot; Debate rages over school mask mandates; Schools in MS, IN, GA return to virtual learning after outbreaks; U.S. averaging 122,000+ new cases a day with 75k+ hospitalized; Hospitals across the south running out of ICU beds; San Francisco to require vaccination for restaurants, bars & gyms; Preprint study suggests Delta hurt vaccine protection in U.S.; Op-ed: Rename “breakthrough” infection to stress vaccines work; Census: U.S. population now 331.4M, slowest growth since Great Depression in the 1930s; Census: Multiracial groups grew the most in 2020, up 276% since 2010 and surpassing black population; Sen. Rand Paul files late financial disclosure revealing his wife brought stock in Feb. 2020 in Remdesivir company; Man confesses to killing his toddler and baby, tells FBI he was “enlightened” by QAnon conspiracies; Postal service requests price increase through the holidays to help offset delivery costs 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	America's longest war, not over yet.
0:04.3	The lead starts right now.
0:06.9	Breaking news in Afghanistan, the Taliban sees more cities.
0:10.1	The U.S. ascending thousands of troops evacuating staff and telling any U.S. citizens to get
0:15.0	out immediately, we're live in Kabul.
0:18.0	Then, it's happening again, hospitals running out of beds and now some people may soon get
0:23.8	a booster shot.
0:25.1	Are you included?
0:27.0	Plus, how a little known congressman was privately helping form our president Trump and
0:31.8	the efforts to overturn the election.
0:40.5	Welcome to the lead, I'm Pamela Brown in for Jake Tapper and we start with breaking news
0:44.9	Afghanistan on the brink of collapse and moments ago, the Pentagon announcing 3,000 U.S.
0:50.2	troops are headed back there.
0:51.8	This movement consists of three infantry battalions that are currently in the central
0:58.4	command area of responsibility.
1:00.9	They will move to Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul within the next 24 to 48
1:06.0	hours.
1:07.0	Those three infantry battalions will comprise approximately 3,000 personnel.
1:12.7	Their mission to get Americans out now, a senior White House official telling me President
1:17.2	Biden gave the order this morning.
1:20.1	They are being briefed by his national security adviser and the secretary of defense.
1:24.8	And here is why.
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