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is the only issue at hand proceedings or some of the most secretive proceedings processes a non political process. this guy is doing politics. he has an agenda that is not the rule of law. its spirits. hes ready to go in and do what he needs to do. this is not a situation that he has any control over. i think right now hes beyond petrified to liberal prosecutor thats doing political revenge against a former president. thats not a precedent that you want to have more dangerous precedent...

And attack for that day. in other words, they knew this was a real clear and present danger and yet there were no reinforcements sent to you. it seems like they left you hanging out there to dry in retrospect, hearing that, what does that mean to you? >> i find that very concerning. i mean, having done many events, i mean, ive handled numerous inaugurations, numerous nces. ive never seen intelligence handled this way before and for events with far lesser threat streams, usually the fbi would do ...

in the most fortified city in america? on a day when the vice president and almost every lawmaker was inside and when everyone knew there was going to be a big rally expected at the capitol that day, now, coming up tonight, the person who was serving as the capitol police chief on january six , steven son , he will join us and help answer that question. and its an extremely important question. as i said at the time, the january 6th committee, they had a predetermined outcome to go afte...

Was stolen, they believed trump had a plan to win. and any day now, it was going to be proved. and january the 6th was the last real day that you could keep that fantasy alive. and so, when trump himself summoned them to d.c. on january the 6th, this was really only going to go one way. these were people who are coming to d.c. expecting to watch trump win somehow. whether that was by congress somehow, nevertheless, deciding to make him the president and throw out the -- the biden votes. or wheth...

Streams, and can you say what was the threat? >> there were multiple threat streams during the course of those operations. those particular threat streams, i wont go into details on them but i can tell you they were consistent with other reporting that occurred but they were very nonspecific. >> joining me now is global affairs reporter, dan duluth, and host of msnbcs "way too early," john law mere, and ben rhodes. the attacker was somebody that was released from a prison on an american air forc...

Around the world. this video shows the impact felt from troops standing 50 yards away. the force of the blast led to traumatic brain injuries and confusion. this video was shot by a drone on-site three minutes after the explosion. the report also concludes despite having specific intelligence of a possible attack on the airport that morning, four separate threat streams, the attack was not preventable without halting the evacuation mission. the bomber blew up at 5:36 p.m., minutes before the gat...

They all believed him but they didnt just believe the election was stolen, they believed trump had a plan to win. and any day now, it was going to be proved. and january the 6th was the last real day that you could keep that fantasy alive. and so, when trump himself summoned them to d.c. on january the 6th, this was really only going to go one way. these were people who are coming to d.c. expecting to watch trump win somehow. whether that was by congress somehow, nevertheless, deciding to make h...

That threat -- there are ongoing threat streams. biden was warned there could be an attack on the airport in 24-36 hours. we have seen that attack at least the five rockets. but again im told from senior military officials that the threat stream continues and it will continue until the u.s. yous out on august 31. ashley: that will make it difficult for the around 300 americans left in afghanistan if they want to leave afghanistan. >> that number of americans is a tricky figure. as the 8 departme...

Stand in terms of this operation as were winding down. i understand this retrograde period to be one of the most dangerous portions of this process. can you tell us what youve received so far at the briefings from state department, pentagon, administration officials and where things stand over the next couple of days? >> well, i think theres been a recognition that the next 48 hours leading up to the august 31st surrender date are incredibly dangerous. we have multiple threat streams, active plo...

Isis in afghanistan. >> joining us now richard stengel, a former top state department official, also phil rucker, senior washington correspondent for "the washington post," and co-author of "i alone can fix it" clint watts, former consultant to the fbi counterterrorism division and now with the foreign policy research institute. all msnbc contributors. but first lets go to nbc pentagon correspondent courtney kube. courtney, you asked general mckenzie about what the u.s. is doing to prem for futu...