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Surprised me the most is how for the most part when biden speaks they give hem him the benefit of the doubt. they were disappointed overall with the message. that to me was the most surprising. steve: first soundbite watch the dials, folks. here he is sounding a lot like harry truman, kind of. >> i will not mislead the american people by claiming that just a little more time in afghanistan will make all the difference. northerly shrink from my share of responsibility for where we are today and h...

Fighting? because america was there with air power and support and command and control. now, you -- if someone would whisper into his ear that we are the kernels and captains and we commander of the operation. they are on the front lines and getting bloodied and dying but we are using intention not just to help afghanistan this has got to be clear. this is to help america. our presence there had us front and center in the war on terror islamic extremism while keeping an eye on china, russia, ira...

The plane, the pilots decided you know what he? we are going to save everybodys life and going to take off. are those guys in trouble? we havent heard of any u.s. personnel that are going to be held to any sort of punishment or anything like that. based -- when you look at that photo you imagine what any of us would do in that situation. steve: absolutely. >> my god, all of those people just desperate to survive. not just the u.s. have sent planes. french have sent one today. there is concern ab...

Ever accounted for when it came to our defense department. ainsley: just five weeks ago joe biden said he doesnt trust the taliban and that was a silly question to the reporter. now the white house says theyre willing to transfer power to the taliban with conditions if they uphold rights. steve: they took the power. ainsley: they protect the rights of women and girls. is that a smart move? pete: what condition? what condition are they going to honor? we left. we left and we left with our tail be...

After the disaster that unfolded on their watch. dont buy it. what they have been selling us for 20 years didnt work. steve: you know, because the images are so bad, pete, you know, the white house and the state department is in damage control mode. the secretary of state blinken yesterday got on the phone and called united kingdom, china, india, pakistan, russia, turkey just. >> why? steve: had to explain, hey, listen, you know, apparently this is why we did it because he didnt have a good answ...

People in the afghan army, why didnt they fight back? they were told by their government dont fight back. just were going to see how this plays out. so do not shoot at the taliban. so, you know, they are sitting at home now sheltering in place having been so frustrated it [inaudible] ainsley: 10-year-old could have told them how this was going to play out. thats what happened 9/11 the first female mayor only 27 years old. and she said im sitting here waiting for them to come. there is no one to ...

Horror. it is, in fact, painful to watch. we cant believe what we are seeing, the images are heart breaking and we wanted to hear that from him and people wanted to hear more of it people criticized him felt like he was reading it he didnt emote as much as we would like. to say this is terrible what we are watching is atrocity, apalm nation. people wanted to hear him say it was painful to watch. they agreed with that. steve: absolutely. meanwhile we have seen the chaos at the airport and elsewhe...

Honored his commitment but he failed in honoring to do it in the right way. it wasnt, again, that he did it. it was how he did it how could he not have been prepared? people wanted to hear more details and just didnt give it to them. steve: thats right. he didnt say what went wrong and how he was going to fix it. here he is on how on what is happening in afghanistan tough to watch. >> the scenes we are seeing in afghanistan are gut wrenching, particularly for our veterans. our diplomats, humanit...

And say oops, i guess you are going to have to stay and live under this regime and be beheaded maybe we can see that video a little bit later. thats the choice you have left it can country. steve: at the airport thousands of americans waiting. dips and thousands members of the embassy personnel on the north side of the airport which is controlled by the military. the balance of americans in afghanistan have been told by the state department to shelter in place. do not come to the airport. but, n...

Ainsley: admitting they have no information about plans to keep american weapons out of the hands of the taliban. >> no u.s. action is being taken to prevent equipment from falling into the hands of the taliban by destroying it? >> i dont have that answer to that question. steve: not a good answer. withdrawing from afghanistan left behind weapons and equipment. now those are being seized and used by taliban force was controlling the country. brian: tell me that was acceptable enunfortunately lit...