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More than her son. >> our u.s. hostage crisis is a silent epidemic which very few are aware of. there are currently 55 public cases of u.s. nationals held hostage abroad. many more unknown cases and real threats of hostage taking amid the current afghanistan crisis. >> sandra: the four americans killed were her son journalist james foley and another journalist and two aide workers. >> bill: dark times. some might call it the great disappearing act. many democrats are doing just about anything to...

Finally convinced them? >> well, its a very good question. what gave them the pause is they werent sure until the very end, even when the seals went into the compound, whether bin laden was actually there. they were never able. it was a circumstantial case, his form kurior was there and they would have to go 162 miles into pakistan. they werent going to tell the pakistanis about it because they didnt trust them not to dell bin laden if he was there. you had navy seals going in. all kinds of poss...

Just saw. do you worry about a terrorist like him being able to now thrive in afghanistan since our troops got out? >> absolutely, absolutely. you know, when you consider the fact that the reason we went in in 9/11 the taliban gave safe harbor to al qaeda. al qaeda has been seriously degraded. as bad as the withdrawal was we did something important on may 1, 2011. we degraded al qaeda. never a terror attack on the homeland. but the group that was in charge on 9/11 is back in charge now. al qaeda...

Allies have been pulled out since monday? thats the big question, are they going to be hostages and get out or cannot? we have not heard from the u.s. government whether they have gotten out or not. it relates to my book. when i wrote "countdown bin laden", never thought this was going to be in 2021. the fact that we brought justice to bin laden and there was no attack on the u.s. emanating. >> john: as we await anthony

First of all, the intel to get us the most solid case possible that bin laden is there. they never had proof positive. when they decided to do the raid they had to rehearse and rehearse and rehearse are the navy seals and then when obama makes the decision on april 28th and some people are saying 40% chance is there, somebody says 80% chance. obama dismiss is it all its a 50/50 proposition, either there or not there and they send the seals out. the seals say, we thought it was a suicide mission....

That killed bid laden, he said it was a one way ticket and we fully expected if bin laden was there, and there was a 50/50 proposition that he was there. they thought that the compound was going to be booby trapped and there would be body guards to protect bin laden and like he said, he called his team the mar tars brigade and he thought they would never come back from this. but it was going to give justice to the victims of 9/11 and what seals do. >> sandra: appreciate you joining us as we awai...

Anchor of "fox news sunday" and the author of the timely new book, "countdown bin laden, the untold story of the 247 day hunt to bring the mastermind of 9-11 to justice". great to have you with us today. >> great to be with you. >> martha: lets talk about the questions that are coming to jen psaki and to the administration and to the pentagon right now, which really i think center around a couple of things. one is whether or not this handling of the exit was as the president called that mission ...

Report from the intelligence agencies that they could not come to a conclusion but it was not intentional use as a military or bio weapon they clearly stated that but i just dont see how the chinese will chinese will change or reverse course at this juncture. chris: thank you for participating in a jampacked show we will see you all next sunday. one final note, as we end our 20 year war on afghanistan, it is worth remembering we did accomplish our prime objective. ive written a new book called c...

How big do you think playbook could become? >> chris, i think that one day playbook is going to be an app on every athlete and every fans phone. theyre going to leave college with money in their pocket. its going to be a springboard for the rest of their life. im just super excited about all of it. chris: mitchell and her playbook team are now working with more than 2500 athletes. and now one final note. as bad as these last weeks in afghanistan have been, its worth remembering we accomplished o...

Could become? >> chris, i think that one day playbook is going to be an app on every athlete and every fans phone. theyre going to leave college with money in their pocket. its going to be a springboard for the rest of their life. im just super excited about all of it. chris: mitchell and her playbook team are now working with more than 2500 athletes. and now one final note. as bad as these last weeks in afghanistan have been, its worth remembering we accomplished our prime objective there. ive ...