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Fire as washington is. i will make one final point, in the past 50 years, 78 times the debt ceiling has been raised, 49 times under a republican president, 29 times under a democratic president. so these republican lawmakers who are intransgent here today have raised the debt ceiling before in other administrations. >> fights the definition of ceiling, keeps getting raised, mythical washington thing w weaponized now. thank you very much. joining us to discuss is rachel bade and errol louis of ...

Just in from the state department, new number owes evacuations from afghanistan. more than 100 u.s. citizens and legal permanent residents flown out within the past 24 hours. that development coming as top military leaders face congress for the second day on tough questions surrounding the withdrawal. the questions ranging from the drone strike that killed multiple innocent people and what didnt happen in the handoff between administrations. lloyd austin saying he didnt get any plans for the wit...

Conversation. doug, of course, national security counsels director for iraq in the bush and obama administrations. also retired army lieutenant colonel in afghanistan. doug, lets dig into the future timeline here. general milley, as you know, noted this morning in his opening remarks and al qaeda could present themselves in the next 12 to 36 months. one to three years in afghanistan could pose a threat to us again. how real is that concern, doug? and what are your concerns about our ability to c...

>> courtney kube, thank you so much. and thank you general mccaffery. joining us now is bob woodward who has a new book out. his latest book kors two administrations. it looks at donald trumps chaotic last year in office, the debate in the white house, and it is coauthored with robert costa. congratulations, it is the hottest book in town. as smp that knows the military so well, what is your reaction to the generals publicly contradicting the president?

Years since september 11th? >> i think you have to look at the -- at the entire 20 years, senator. i think theres some great lessons learned that were going to take away once we do that, but, yeah, i believe youve got to look at the entire time spent. >> thank you. i agree that an effective review must be comprehensive. after all, the war in afghanistan was shaped by four different administrations and 11 different congresses. no party should be looking to score cheap partisan political points of...

For the presidents agenda. this week is going to be really tough to see how we get there, and republicans arent going to make it any easier. kevin mccarthy i dont think is going to let republicans who might otherwise support, this is a bipartisan infrastructure package that will be on the floor on thursday, i dont think hes going to let them go until were actually watching pelosi try and get this done on the floor and if she gets to 218, then, okay, hell say, fine, go ahead, vote for it. that wi...

At kabul airfield, evacuation itself. the loss of our soldiers and could have been done better. those will all be front and center. >> bill: chairman reid is reeding his opening statements. >> i think it is equally important that this committee takes a step back and examines the broader mission that shaped the outcome with faced today. throughout the summer and the events surrounding it did not happen in a vacuum. the path that led to this moment was paved with years of mistakes from our pivot t...

To ensure that our future counterterrorism efforts in afghanistan and elsewhere continue to hold violent extremists at bay. much of this hearing will focus on our final months in afghanistan. i think it is equally important, however, that this committee takes a step back and examines the broader two decade mission that shaped the outcome we face today. our withdraw this summer and the events surround it had did not happen in a vacuum. the road was paved with years of mistakes from our catastroph...

Republicans do not care about the debt. they never have. what they do care about is not letting democratic administrations succeed even if that means recking the economy to ruin their administrations, and they care about not letting democrats spend money on ordinary people like you. they only want money to be spent on things like giant subsides like oil companies and tax cuts for the super rich. all e res is eater. hunger games theater. which brings us to today. when senate republicans have once...

Vaccines that they have managed to do. the shift in american foreign policies, again for several administrations, we talked about a tilt towards the endo-pacific on a way to focus in europe and middle east. it was talk until now and the biden administration had done it. this is a really significant shift. and the u.k. and austria with the quad arrangement and failure to fans in the u.s. all the counter china and this is what people have been talking about for a long time. this administration get...