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Controlling large swaths of afghanistan. laura: ohio congressman jim jordan. are we looking at developing hostage situation in afghanistan or do we relied whatever deal the cia director cut with the taliban to get these americans home? >> this has got to be the focus. what's the number of americans my country? let's focus on getting them to safety and let secure the southern border before we worry about anything else. this idea they are negotiating or not negotiating looks like they are giving in. the other day the television set august 30 first is a redline and president biden hasn't changed ...

Preaching >> what we do as americans are there after the deadline? >> you'll be the first person i will call. >> carley shimkus with fox news is here with the backlash. >> not a good look. white house press secretary john psaki was asked about it during her briefing yesterday. watch this. >> he made a joke so -- >> the question he was asked if i remember correctly was about when he will provide information about a decision on august 30 first. as the secretary of state just stated we are on track to complete our mission by august 30 first. >> that is a cleanup on aisle 5 moment from the white h...

Those people out. and i think even though our global standings is taking a hit for how this worries,-ing our capacity to successfully evacuate as many people as we can, including if it goes beyond august 30, first i think does matter, and the message that we send about how we stood by people that stood with us, the bigger play that the biden administration is, making their calculation, here is of course, there is going to be some kind of blow to u.s. prestigious, you see these types of scenes in afghanistan, and you see a 20-year project that let's face it, proceeded joe biden's presidency, en...

>> reporter: this deadline may be next week but us forces in afghanistan are not wasting time. some have begun to draw down already. the situation around kabul is pretty dire as desperate americans and others remain stranded, us allies tried to pressure president biden yesterday to extend his troop withdrawal deadline but he would not weaver. >> we are on pace to finish by august 30 first. the sooner we can finish the better. each day of operations brings added risk to the troops. i asked pentagon and state department to continue to plan to adjust the timetable should that become necessary. >>...

You are watching "fox and friends first". jillian: we start with doug luzader with bipartisan backlash to biden's decision. >> reporter: despite enormous pressure from us allies and democrats and republicans president biden is not budging for next week's deadline to pull us forces out of afghanistan and at the airport in kabul some us forces, to leave ahead of the august 30 first deadline the president did leave the door open to possibly changing the date but there isn't much time left to finish this massive evacuation. >> we are currently on pace to finish by august 30 first. the sooner we ca...