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Morning in anticipation for that onslaught of the 15,000 strong caravan. you see behind me where the migrants are checking in but also the national guard called in for the crowd control to make sure things remain under the civil protection that they want here as these migrants try to get their refugee status and work papers. one of the migrants we talked to was ?aimd stephenson and he has a message for president biden. >> i would like it for president biden, haiti -- >> bill: will you go back to...

But that started to be -- to be fair that started long before doha. some commentators suggested that since 2014 the taliban have been surrounding provision capitals, insinuating themselves into the politics of the local communities, striking bargains. is that your impression, too, general mckenzie? >> sir, it is a good assessment from 2014 on the taliban did pursue that strategy and had some success. the government of afghanistan also had success holding onto to population centers but the taliba...

We told our interpreters, our drivers, our friends, the people who had had our backs during this entire period of time that we would not abandon them. and thats exactly what we did. and in an interview thats already been referred to on network news, president biden says, and i quote, if theres american citizens left, were going to stay and get them all out. two days later, the president of the united states unequivocally said, any american that wants to come on, well get you home. were going to ...

During this process, the views of the joint chiefs of staff, all of us, the centcom commander, general mckenzie, the u.s. 4a commander, general miller, and myself, were all given serious consideration by the administration. we provided a broad range of options and our assessment of their potential outcomes. the cost/benefit, risk to force, and risk to mission were evaluated againstives of the united states. on 14 april, the president announced his decision and the u.s. military received a change...

Fly out of for the over the horizon counterterrorism mission s. is that true? >> senator, this is a mission that i believe came up during a conversation that the president had with president putin, where president putin offered to offer to provide assistance. >> but have you reached out to the russians asking specifically to use bases? general milley just recently had a conversation with his russian counterpart. >> so the reports are true that have been coming out today? >> i can assure you that...

The president, but i will give you my honest opinion. and my honest opinion and view shaped my recommendation. i recommend that we maintain 2,500 troops in afghanistan. and i also recommended earlier in the fall of 2020, that we maintain 4,500 at that time. those were my personal views. i also have a view that the withdrawal of those forces would lead inevitably to the collapse of the afghan military forces, and eventually, the afghan government. >> i understand that. and general milley, i assum...

More democrats have expressed concerns about the size of the bill. >> bill: are you saying they are going for it or its not going to work? >> well, im not certain it is going to work because their margin is so slim in the house. if they lose three democrats in the house who vote with republicans the 3.5 trillion bill goes down. theyve already had one democrat a member of the budget committee. thats only part of the house, who voted against the bill and said i dont want to send it to the floor fo...

Longer to get more people out? so let me take each in turn. retaining bagram would have meant putting 5,000 u.s. troops in harms way to operate and defend it. it would have contributed little to the mission that weve been assigned and that was to protect and defend the embassy which was some 30 miles away. that distance from kabul rendered bagram of little value in the evacuation. staying at bagram for counter terrorism purposes meant staying at war in afghanistan, something the president made c...

>> bill: they had a 79 seat majority. >> dana: here they only have eight. a big difference. president obama much more popular at the time they passed obamacare at 52% than joe biden is at 43%. nancy pelosi had to tell the progressives were moving forward with infrastructure. we need to get a win on the board and you wont get a vote on the reconciliation bill. >> bill: senate democratic advantage in 2008 was 14 in the senate. today 1. the reason its one kamala harris breaks ties. its 50/50 and th...

The mistakes made by the u.s. military during the past 20 years. republicans see this as an opportunity to hit president biden for essentially handing afghanistan over to the taliban. the same terrorist organization that the u.s. spent a trillion dollars and nearly 3,000 american lives to crush after 9/11. both parties will press the administration not only for afghan translators, efforts to rescue them and other vulnerable afghans are continuing but the state department is now in the lead. it i...