the images of kabul airport and images of people like cowboy, i still think it's the right thing to do and i'm glad that we're out. >> let's listen to what president biden said today and the pace of the evacuation and why the process didn't start sooner. >> i know there were concerns about why we didn't begin evacuating afghan civilians sooner. part of the answer is some of the afghans did not want to leave earlier, still hopeful for their country. and part of it because the afghan government wanted to avoid triggering a crisis of confidence. >> i want to give officer wide open space for your reaction to what the president said today and what we're seeing in this final exit of afghanistan. >> well, i think the president said what needed to be said.