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0 much but if it is significantly pushed back and what are you seeing in terms of flow to abbey gate. is it less people being allowed in or still a rush of people? which could lead to some -- what are you seeing today? >> so, what i can report as my discussion with the commanders there on the the ground is that multiple activities have taken place to increase the force protection specifically in communication with the taliban of how they are executing their check point operations and communicati...

Yes, the taliban gave al qaeda safe haven. yes, they stayed loyal to al qaeda. but they werent exactly in on the 9/11 attack. they werent totally familiar with it. i believe the u.s. and the west by and large will accept there will be some sort of islamic run by the taliban or a challenger in afghanistan for the conceivable future. the ultimate goal for the u.s. will be to minimize all terrorist threats from the region. if we cannot occupy there, if we cannot keep our counterterrorism abilities ...

From others who were essentially saying these were the last of their evacuation flights that were happening. the germans still had people they want to continue to -- to evacuate out. clearly for them, you know, its going to heighten security concerns, but i think compared to the united states britain also still had a relatively high number of people that theyd vacated and still in relative terms of the nation still quite a number that they wanted to get out but relative to the united states i th...

Of information and it will be the basis, the foundation of their investigation as it moves forward. >> says to me the select committee is going to continue this investigation for months and months and months. its going to go well into next year im sure. what are they specifically, though, looking for in terms of subjects? >> reporter: what the select committee is telling us is they actually do have a pretty specific focus here. first, theyre attempting to determine what led to the security failu...

An nbc poll said that they believe that january 6th is being exaggerated to discredit trump and his allies. maybe its not showing on fox but yet people who still believe the big lie, as did the people who attacked our capitol, still pose a national security threat as we know weve heard from the fbi. npr has reported the metro police department is going to have an increased presence around d.c. because on september 18th the people who support the former president are going to hold something calle...

To a large extent, the u.s. cant. that is out of the u.s.s hand. it also was in the u.s.s hand as an invading party. so you know, were going to be dissecting this and doing forensics for many years to come. im sure. >> thats for sure. its good to see you. thank you for your reporting, vivian. >> also happening today, the house intelligence committee is set to receive a classified briefing on the situation in afghanistan briefed by representatives from mutt pl intelligence agencies. the white hou...

Protect the staff everyone capitol hill god bless them and all the other law enforcement around the country to do that every single day but it would be nice if the democrats had some consistency. they dont because everything for them is about politics i said this last week it on to address one of the fundamental questions of the better security posture house reports indicate nancy pelosi feet and it also indicates on she hesitated to call them off why would she hesitate if they are accurate what...

>> but i do not think it was right for the speaker to decide which republicans should be on the committee. >> they dont want to address one of the fundamental questions which is why wasnt there a better security posture that day. part of it is they have nothing else to talk about. they cant talk about crime in the streets driven by everything they said about the police, so what are they going to do, attack president trump one more time. >> meanwhile, committee member adam kinzinger said he would...

Cabinet, it sounds like, and we dont have the security posture at the capital we need to protect a future coup attempt. so i am concerned. and the best thing to inoculate against that is the unity of republicans and democrats really debunking the big lie, acknowledging joe biden as president, other wise, we are close to a flat line right now for our democracy. >> on that note, we have to leave it there, congressman eric swalwell and joyce vance, thank you for joining us tonight. coming up, the...

Pandemic of the unvaccinated, the numbers dont show thats accurate. we have to, you know, admit that there are people who are fully vaccinated that are also getting sick, so lets all try to look out for and take care of each other and be responsible. thank you guys, good to see all of you. >> thank you, shannon. >> good to see you, thank you. >> shannon: one of the capitol police officers responded to the january 6 right describing it as a medieval battlefield with hand-to-hand combat. the commi...