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Of the month. the deadline for u.s. troops to withdrawal. but he warned there are still risks. >> this evacuation mission is dangerous. it involves risks to our armed forces and its being conducted under difficult circumstances. i cannot promise what the final outcome will be or it will be -- that it will be without risk of loss. but as commander in chief, i can assure you that i will mobilize every resource necessary. >> reporter: biden, also, facing fresh questions about why he didnt act soone...

The consensus opinion was that, in fact, it would not occur if it occurred until later in the year. so it was my decision. >> reporter: and its hard to underestimate p, lindsey and kendis, how much of a chaotic scene has been here even at the white house with officials, many of whom were on vacation, scrambling to come back to deal with this crisis. the president had been set to go to wilmington to his home yesterday yesterday. he did not end up doing that. hes now expected possibly to go at som...

Taliban would come faster through afghanistan. can you say why after that cabl was issued, the u.s. didnt do more to get america out? >> there are all kinds of cables , all kinds of advice. if you notice, they range from this group saying that they didnt say it fall when it did fall, but, saying that it would fall, to others saying it wouldnt happen for a long time they would be able to sustain themselves through the end of the year. and made a decision for the buc stops with me. i took the cons...

Every resource necessary. >> reporter: biden also facing fresh questions about why he didnt act sooner to bring americans and afghans home after diplomats sent a classified cable in mid-july warning a u.s. withdrawal would lead to the collapse of the u.s.-backed government. >> america has all kinds of cables, all kinds of advice. i made the decision. the buck stops with me. i took the consensus opinion. the consensus opinion was that, in fact, it would not occur if it occurred until later in the...

Taliban would take over so quickly when the americans pulled out. >> got all kinds of cables, all kinds of advice. i made a decision. the buck stops with me. i took the consensus opinion. the consensus opinion was that in fact it would not occur if it occurred until later in the year. >> you heard president biden committing to helping abdul and his family, committing to help, before the world today, all those afghan interpreter who is helped the u.s. out. >> reporter: exactly, david, and abdul s...

Cable was issued, the u.s. didnt do more to get americans out? >> we got all kinds of cables, all kinds of advice. have you noticed they range from this group saying that they didnt it would fall when it did fall, but saying that it would fall to others saying i wouldnt happen for a long time and they would be able to sustain themselves through the end of the year. i made the decision. the buck stops with me. i took the consensus opinion. consensus opinion was that, in fact, it would not occur i...

Anything. >> the consensus opinion, and trump has amplified this is that if this were to go to the united states senate, that theres almost zero chance that he would be convicted because it would require 20 republicans to concur. is that your read as well? >> one of the things that im disappointed in about washington is what the senate has become and also disappointed with what the republican senators have not become. they have not become the republican senators who did what they thought was the...

Shocked everyone, democrats and republicans on capitol hill and certainly official efs at the d.o.j. and f.b.i. and then eight days later after this firing special counsel mueller was appointed and there was a consensus opinion at the time that was the right decision. that being said, i think that important questions are raised even in the clip you aired. i wonder what the other 59 minutes will be? >> how much more does he talk about? we were asking the same thing. republican colleagues are sayi...

Think its important to her troops to let them know that we are strong as a community, and were not going to let donald trump undermine our profession and our mission. >> someones emasculated, its not her. >> absolutely right. >> its donald trump. i think when you take the facts and stand behind them, the sort of consensus opinion of the entire community, its a stunning, stunning rebuke of his sort of fact devoid governing style. >> i find it mind numbing, were actually comparing the numbers of d...

Neil? >> neil: thanks. lets go to tom bevin from real clear politics. the blue wave was the consensus opinion. now improving economic numbers, the employment report and growing perceptions on the part of many americans that well, maybe keeping republicans in charge of congress is not a bad idea. that too can change. what is going on here? >> well, youre right, neil. if the commit, the presidents job approval is up, the generic ballot has been sliding for the democrats. things are looking better ...