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Silence speaks volumes. Thats the focus of tonights angle. Now, right down to the spooky staging, we have seen how the white House Springs into action when it needs joe biden to go out and condemn americans. Well, the americans who didnt vote for him. This maga threat, a threat to the brick and mortar of our democratic institutions. Its also a threat to the character of our nation. Laura as pathetic as it all came off at the time, biden did have his Talking Points down pat. And the entire cabine...

Very clear. what is your sense of how the president is handling this right now, given what were seeing in the last 24 hours, and the stark warning from the president that we may see another terrorist attack in the next day or two? >> well, jim, i just had the opportunity to speak to someone high up in the administration. that is rare ive heard anybody in government be preoccupied in a grave sense taking this warning from the president very literally and so theyre preoccupied with two things. one...

Week didnt have their heart in it. its very disappointing to see the lack of fight from the afghany military force. i have friends that have served over there that have worked to try to train these afghanys to defend their capital city, defend their country and they didnt have the will to fight when it came time to fight. it was very disappointing. you cant be a nation builder. we have to accept the fight as americans, not every country around the world views democracy the way we do. they dont c...

0 not a credible ally, not someone -- steve: that is what is so. im sorry were out of time, you have summarized it. have summarized it. jillian: it is monday, august 23rd. were following two major stories this morning. first, more chaos in kabul, the biden administration defending its botched withdrawal from afghanistan while struggling to evacuate thousands of americans stuck in harms way. this as isis poses a new threat to soldiers on the ground there. we have the fallout. >> tropical depressi...

Slow walked the visa process for the afghanys who helped us, ainsley like the guy you were quoting who were interpreters and they dragged their feet and now its too late. there are 80,000 people who need to get out. will: you know, this is a complicated issue and we want to be led with our hearts but we also want to be led with our minds. we start talking about the people we owe something to the interpreters the refugees we want to bring to motorcycle. the question is how do we balance what we o...

Watch afghanistan unfold? >> well, my heart breaks for all 9/11 families, but even more for those gold star families who lost their loved ones, our men and women who gave their lives protecting us here on our homeland so another 9/11 wouldnt happen. and, listen, our country has to be better than the scenes that you are seeing over there now. there is a way to do it and do it right. and to protect the afghanys that that helped us fight the war on terror. we owe it to them to bring them here on ou...

Well as arms committee, senator, great to see you. before i get to your colleagues opening the door to massive tax increases and spending, that will be coming to us, i want to get your take on whats taking place in afghanistan this morning. we have breaking news, the taliban has entered the capital city of kabul. we have news that the president of afghanistan has now left the country and theres panic underway at the white house. the biden administration is now sending 5,000 troops to afghanistan...

Important to look at this from both sides and both sides here are culpable. >> one side is, the doctors without borders borders should e treated dying people. >> they should not have treated terrorist trying to kill american soldiers, period. >> they should let people bad until dedie. thats not what doctor does. >> it is treating terrorists. they are known terrorists -- >> doctors treat the injured. they dont get a label, and you know this. surely you know this. ask my doctor about the oath they...

Counterterrorism advicer. nice to see you. >> nice to see you use, the president has apologized. the question is, according to doctors without borders-was this a war rhyme? did they know or should they have known and kept firing? >> one issue is the u.s. militarys reliance on afghan intel. the reason why they have to do that is because the administration basically pulled out a lot of our intelligence resources and now we are focusing really on the afghanys and putting a lot of confidence in thei...