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He said a magnificent display of public policy. the biggest airlift ever, 120,000 people brought to safety. when we break down those numbers, he breaks them down, only 5,500 were american. two weeks ago he was saying we had anywhere between 10,000 and 15,000 americans that were behind enemy lines. tonight they are behind enemy lines with no lifeline. there is no military. there is no diplomatic presence, and joe biden claims for some bizarre reason, that we have all the leverage. i would argue, ...

In 2016, i was working at the amazon warehouse when my brother passed away. and a couple of years later, my mother passed away. after taking care of them, i knew that i really wanted to become a nurse. amazon helped me with training and tuition. today, im a medical assistant and im studying to become a registered nurse. in filipino: youll always be in my heart. >> no one is staying from the federal government. no one. the president, secretary of defense, nobody is saying that the taliban are goo...

>> yeah. well, we have leverage, sean. we did give it up. thats just the fact, and any fair-minded person -- i think they understand that. there is an old expression, you cant talk yourself out of something you behave yourself into. and the administration behaved itself into this. it ought to say, look, we screwed up here, but by god, we are not leaving anybody behind. that includes americans, and that includes the afghans who supported us through the years. and the president needs to follow thr...

Afghans. they have a unique leverage over the taliban that the biden administration simply does not have. >> bill: trey yingst back in doha today. >> sandra: president biden facing backlash after his failure to he vac watt journalists from afghanistan. hundreds of reporters and families remain stranded where they face threats of violence from the taliban on a daily basis. my next guest was fortunate to evacuate kabul last month. she is with voice of america and talks to us now. you were barely a...

Thompkins, and what is the significance and how many leverage? >> it is a significant move that gives liz cheney more power and a big part of the reason is that the democrats on the committee including of course, benny thompson want this to be seen as a bipartisan and investigation that is devoid of politics. this is evident when they put her on the committee to begin with, and elevating her to the two position is a show of confidence in her even though she is at loggerheads with the democratic ...

Going to do that, and the military to rescue stranded americans texted "to you guys left american citizens at the gate of kabul airport, three empty jets played for by volunteers were waiting for them. you and i talked on the phone. i told you where they were, gave you their passport images, and my email and my phone number, you left them behind." american stranded at the gate as empty planes took off. now nobody is there to help them. if biden has no plan whatsoever to get any of that amount. h...

Biden wasnt going to do it and the military to rescue stranded americans texted, you guys left american citizens at the gate of kabul airport. three empty jets paid for by volunteers, were waiting for them. you and i talked on the phone. i told you where they were. gave you their passport images, and my email and my phone number. you left them behind. b americans stranded at the gate as empty planes took off. now nobody is there to help them. biden has no plan whatsoever to get any of them out. ...

Like and create the impression they werent the problem. president biden made the decisions he did. state department is telling us that a majority of afghans who helped us during wartime are still in afghanistan. >> are there more people who want to leave afghanistan? absolutely. more people eligible for our program? absolutely. thats why were so focused on the diplomatic efforts that are being led by the state department. >> biden officials continue to claim they have tremendous economic leverag...

[inaudible]. there are reports that the taliban took people out of homes and shot them. is it possible that our reliance on the taliban to keep their word [inaudible]? >> well, i dont have any confirmation of those details at any rate u.s. government. i would point you to the department of defense and others who might have additional details. what i would note here. no one is saying from the federal government -- no one, president or secretary of defense -- that the taliban are good actors. that...

They will die, senator. >> well, we had leverage, sean. we did give it up. thats just a facts and any fair minded person. >> sean: we had leverage. >> understands that, but there is an old expression, you cant talk yourself out of something you behaved yourself into. the administration behaved itself into this. it ought to just say, look, we screwed up here. but by god were not leaving anybody behind. that includes americans and that includes the afghans who supported us through the years. and t...