stronger than ever. there's no questioning of american credibility. that is laughably not true, based on what was you saw in european capitals for example in the last few weeks. it's one after another. howie: what struck me the most was biden taking questions from the press on friday, saying americans can get to the airport, not only is that difficult but the very next day, which is yesterday, the nbc -- the embassy said don't go to the airport and evacuation flights were halted for a day. to the extent that some media liberals are trying to defend president biden and the team, is that he's made the difficult decision to get out, a withdrawal supported by more than 670% of the pub -- 70% of the public, it's that the execution left something to be desired. >> there's two things, there's the decision to withdraw, two consecutive at a medicine strayingses -- administrations decided it was a good thing. then there's the execution. that's what he's getting slammed for. presidents need to be seen as