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Around the airport itself. the interpreters couldnt get through that perimeter. most americans did. some got blocked by our own u.s. government at the airport. the state department wholly failed in this evacuation, and we had to rely on groups like operation task forces like pineapple and dunkirk who i implore the state department to work with to help get these americans and interpreters left behind out. but the retaliation has been severe, chris. stories of interpreters being taken home to thei...

But are you fearful terrorism will come to the homeland again based on whats happening in afghanistan? >> i have never not been fearful. i understand the threat we have and the threat we bat away every day in this country. having been a d.o.d. tech and seeing some of the threats the last 20 years. i understand what the threat is and how hard we work for tour security and how much gathering intelligence is important to that. to see our d.o.d. say hopefully we can work with the taliban and thats w...

The last couple weeks whether seeing how terribly the things were going the president would change course. but reporting from inside the administration says he surrounds himself with people that have differing viewpoints to challenge him but its hard to change his mind once he decided this is the course. >> its one of the advantages of getting someone in office that youve known for 50 years. theyre consistent. joe biden has been stubborn on foreign policy since he entered professional d.c. publi...

The last couple weeks whether seeing how terribly the things were going the president would change course. but reporting from inside the administration says he surrounds himself with people that have differing viewpoints to challenge him but its hard to change his mind once he decided this is the course. >> its one of the advantages of getting someone in office that youve known for 50 years. theyre consistent. joe biden has been stubborn on foreign policy since he entered professional d.c. publi...

36% of americans. while 70% supported the withdrawing, over 60% disapproved of the disastrous, chaotic withdrawal. i have to point out, when we talk about the americans left behind, a community liaison member who is working on behalf of a community, a school district to get students back to america, unlike the president, he called them "invisible families." even the dod spokesperson said "i am heartbroken over the americans left behind." the president pulled out an arbitrary deadline he set, it ...

Afghanistan and who remains in that country. what is your take on how the administration is handling this? >> look, i think we are beginning, ali, to understand some key lessons from the last month. i think biden got a policy right. when trump said lets get out of afghanistan, that was trumps decision, biden correctly assess that the afghans would not fight for their own capital. it proved it was not proper to ask one more american to die for a war the afghans would not fight themselves. so the ...

Thats terrific. also, not surprising. thats what we do. the united states stands apart for our global leadership and welcoming refugees into our communities. last night i had a chance to go out to the center, some of you may have visited where i saw the incredible operation that we, together with dod, hhs, are wanting to welcome new afghan arrivals when they first touch down in the united states. many thousands of people have fled fear and desperation and now, hope for a better life and future h...

Want an actual number. so, in january, february, march when they were reviewing sivs before we left afghanistan, those applications were denied when we had time to really vet these applications. they are not spending near the year and a half like they should be. we dont have access to the afghans records anymore. how do they verify these documents are authentic? how do they manipulate the dod database and find out if they are sympathizers for terrorists? and now, they are doing it in a matter of...

Green beret commander who led a mission dubbed pineapple express. that helped during the 20 year war, help get them to safety. retired lieutenant colonel scott mann joins me now. >> it is good to be here. i appreciate it. >> your work has done so much. the u.s. now said that it could continue evacuations and it hopes to of vulnerable people even under the taliban. that credible? >> i think so. and i want to point out that all of our volunteers, it was navy s.e.a.l.s, army rangers, green berets, ...

Washington, it infects our state a and local governments and mainly corporations and inside our schools and in communities all across the country. it also affects immigration. there is some good news though in the demand for answers as america first legal is requesting the dod inspector general investigate the afghanistan withdrawal debacle and demands answers on exactly how we are vetting tens of thousands of refuse we dids, stephen miller joins us with those details later. so why are the democ...