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House republicans -- fail to comply with their subpoenas. what was so startling today is that job that the january six committee did in documenting how many republicans, right in the aftermath of january six, of especially kevin mccarthy. spoke so aggressively and authoritatively, and certainly, about donald trump's role in instigating the violence on january six. only to have done a complete about face. and you highlighted, state calais, quotes, at the top of this show, about how they were trying to deflect and distract -- claim that nancy pelosi somehow was delaying the national guard. and o...

Responsibility is to protect the embassy. to protect the embassy with 650 troops, you can't protect this sprawling complex as bagram, so they decided to concentrate or hamed karzai in kabul. >> martha: that reveals what we've heard, which is that the military leadership at the pentagon felt they didn't have enough people to do both as you said. so the fact that they say well, we can give up bagram, they're dealing with the number of people they're given. so they had to make a choice. that was an administration choice, not to give them enough people to secure the embassy, secure bagram and what...

How the u.s. is going to respond? >> well, the saudis are a very sophisticated in their understanding of the way the u.s. system works, who has the ear of the president, who can speak authoritatively for the united states. obviously, the president's words directly are going to carry the most weight. if they know that the secretary is speaking directly on behalf of the president, that's important. but if it comes down to a distinction between the two, they are going to listen most carefully to what the president has to say. >> yeah. >> given the fact that you are the former u.s. ambassador to y...

Consulate, which is considered saudi soil, and they hacked him to death as far as we can tell. so if, again, it's important to point out it's not verified. but if it's true, it is a gruesome reminder of this duality of saudi reform. >> i have two more questions for you. at least two more questions, i should say. so there's this big conference, right? it's an investment conference. cnn, other news organizations, companies have pulled out of this. but the treasury secretary is still going to go. what kind of signal does that send, at least now, because the conference is in like a week or so, or ...

Companies have pulled out of this. but the treasure secretary is still going to go. what kind of signal does that send, at least now, because the conference is in like a week or so, or is it two weeks? >> i think the trump administration at the very highest level, president trump should ask for a very specific, detailed account of what happened. if he and the administration are not satisfied, i don't think secretary mnuchin should go. in other words, it seems very difficult to understand why you would not try to get as quickly and as authoritatively as you can a full accounting. president trum...