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Still no answer on how exactly the united states was caught so flat footed. jake sullivan today doubling down on this idea administration prepared for all contingencies including the rapid fall of kabul. belied by images of chaos we saw on the grounds at kabul airport but he did argue that chaos was inevitable in someways, that whether -- when -- no matter when the taliban would have entered kabul, at some point or another, you would have seen these images of desperation of people trying to get ...

White house flat footed. on saturday after pulling out almost all of the 2500 service members there when he took office, president biden said he would deploy more than more u.s. troops, 5,000 now total for the limited mission of getting americans and others fleeing sa safely out of kabul warning of a, quote, swift and strong u.s. response if the taliban interfere. with the constant thereon of helicopters overhead sources tell cnn this morning a total of americans from our embassy in kabul is wel...

And trying to gin up, i guess, more violence or people to go to the capitol on august 13th. whats the plan for that date? >> reporter: yeah, so the capitol police force has put in a number of changes since january 6th. the big structural changes have been targetded at trying to mak the department more of an intelligence-driven organization, in particular given the criticism they were caught flat footed or didnt predict january 6th even as it was being planned out in the open on the internet. so ...

The climate does change and affects an administration that was frankly not prepared for this foreign policy crisis. this was a back burner issue that they thought would not have to be dealt with. and they thought they had time to get the arms around this. they were focused on china and then russia and other alliances and hit them in the face and some feel that they were flat footed. >> what im wondering is if theyre surprised. hes such a known entity as senator who had more say and a really publ...

That announcement was so out of the blue, so unexpected that it caught the pentagon flat-footed. in one fell swoop the president publicly contradicted his own defense secretarys whole military strategy. nato has proved to be another sore spot. several times over the course of 2018 president trump told top officials that he wanted to withdraw from the military alliance, an alliance seen as one of the most effective deterrents to russian military aggression. those repeated threats sent the preside...

Of north korea, for example. after meeting with kim jong-un in 2018, trump abruptly announced that he would suspend military drills with south korea. he was canceling them because they were, quote, provocative. that announcement was so ought of the blue, so unexpected that it caught the pentagon flat-footed. in one fell swoop the president publicly contradicted his own defense secretarys whole military strategy. nato has proved to be another sore spot. several times over the course of 2018 presi...

That announcement was so ought of the blue, so unexpected that it caught the pentagon flat-footed. in one fell swoop the president publicly contradicted his own defense secretarys whole military strategy. nato has proved to be another sore spot. several times over the course of 2018 president trump told top officials that he wanted to withdraw from the military alliance, an alliance seen as one of the most effective deterrents to russian military aggression. those repeated threats sent the presi...

That 100 senators voted for, where we have the house come over, make their case, and then well decide witnesses later. i imagine thats whats going to happen. >> let me ask you, dean, how long can, in your opinion, nancy pelosi, the speaker, hold the two articles of impeachment before the public starts leaning the other way? because right now public opinion polls, almost two-thirds republicans are saying we want to hear the witnesses. how long can she hold this or at what point does it become she...

News. many a day. you think, somebody could take the video of what you are saying during commercial break chitchat and leak it. i find the walk back a little hard to believe. i think that the defense from abc they got caught flat footed. i would not be to be their pr department. it sounds like something happened. it adds to the mystery about what happened with jeffrey epstein. how people covered it up for years and now even in his death there are questions. >> the amazing thing is you have nbc s...

Silicon valley might rethink who they align themselves with? >> jesse: imagine being a genius, dana. >> greg: i dont have to. >> dana: tell what its like. >> jesse: being stuck in the room with a bunch of idiots. this is what that is like? certified genius and a bunch of idiot politicians with no talent and no brain as greg said berating hem like they have any idea whats going on. they should be thanking mr. zuckerberg. thank you, mr. zuckerberg for letting me stay in touch with my family. thank...