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Alex Witt Reports-20210822-18:22:00

news exclusive report that local embassy staff in kabul are losing faith in u.s. evacuation efforts. this is coming from a state department diplomatic cable that was obtained by nbc news. one staff member saying it would be better to die under the taliban's bullet. that's a pretty stunning statement there. also new nbc polling shows 60% of americans are disapproving of the president's handling of afghanistan. 61% believe the war was not worth it. the president is expected to provide an update at 4:00 p.m. eastern today. joining me now, california congressman, ro khanna. congressman, before i even get to what you want to hear from the president today, that was a pretty stunning report from nbc news about the sense of tragedy, really, underway right now at the kabul airport. >> alex, there's no doubt that

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Kendis Gibson and Lindsey Reiser Report-20210822-11:53:00

speak to us. dr. william schaffner, thank you for your time. still ahead -- we're keeping an eye on henri. we'll get one last check on its path before it makes landfall in just a matter of hours. at the top of the hour, maria teresa kumar is in for ali velshi and will speak with congressman gregory meeks who predicted that president biden's deadline to get americans out of afghanistan is not going to happen. it starts in just a few minutes. . that i should get used to people staring. so i did. it's okay, you can stare. when you're a two-time gold medalist, it comes with the territory. ♪ music playing. ♪ there's an america we build

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Kendis Gibson and Lindsey Reiser Report-20210822-11:30:00

they're going. the airlines have been put on notice by the defense department they're probably going to be needed. if they absolutely have to, the government can invoke a special law to force these airlines to fly with this, although they are hoping the airlines will voluntarily agree to use their aircraft and their crews to ferry some of these tens of thousands of people who need to get out of afghanistan back to the united states or to some other safe location, kendis. >> they are clearly desperate times. josh ledderman, thank you. for more on afghanistan, let's bring in the illinois representative, raja murthi and joel reuben. welcome to both of you. congressman, i do want to start with you. according to the u.s. intelligence, this isis threat is real and significant. it's prompting the pentagon to

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Velshi-20210822-12:15:00

this is not. this is a rescue, an effort to just get people out. and not shooting at us, at this juncture. we need to get commercial airlines, charter airlines, into the airport in afghanistan to get people out in as timely a fashion as we possibly can. >> congressman gregory meeks, house chairman -- chairman of the house foreign affairs committee. thank you for your time today. >> thank you for having me. still ahead -- a wife whose husband is stranded in afghanistan. a veteran who can't stand to see the people who once helped her trapped behind enemy lines. i'll talk to two women fighting for those in afghanistan, next. later, new york congressman ritchie torres joins the discussion on the afghan evacuation. plus, we're tracking trackical storm henri. where and wen it will hit the hardest coming up next.

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Watters World-20210822-06:46:00

the after began female situation. she is in charge of root causes, congressman. i guess the root cause for this situation is sitting in the oval office. it is interesting how she is getting out of town. she is going to vietnam. >> she is getting out of town at just the right time. you hit on an important point. the tragedy to women, to half of the population of afghanistan, they are not on the evacuation list in any priority. they will be there. those children are going to be force married off. those young girls will no longer get an education and society will turn to the 600 a.d. where it was when we came in. jesse: i am hearing she is going to leak that she advised that they had to pivot and no one

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State of the Union with Jake Tapper and Dana Bash-20210822-13:00:00

racing the clock. >> this is one of the largest, most difficult air lifts in history. >> will the president be able to keep his promise to evacuate tens of thousands of people from afghanistan? >> i made the decision. the buck stops with me. >> white house national security adviser jake sullivan and republican congressman and veteran adam kinzinger join me to discuss, next. astron astronomical rise. in covid infection. vivek murthy is ahead. congressman paul mitchell left his party over election lies. months later, as he bravely faced death from cancer, mitchell did one last interview with his final message. >> learn to understand people

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Watters World-20210822-03:47:00

obviously sexism. it will be a mess and you will have to clean it up, congressman. >> we'll be cleaning it up for a long time not just in afghanistan, bust reverberations around the world will cause trauma in the china area with taiwan. israel with hezbollah. the list is long of what we are going to deal with as a result of this failure. >> thank you for joining "watters' world." up next, triple play. britney spears and a hungry alligator. carley is on deck. [♪♪♪] welcome to allstate. (phone notification) where we've just lowered our auto rates. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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Velshi-20210822-12:59:00

our bodies he definitely have an opinion and so does the fifth circuit court. thank you so much. >> thank you so much. stay with us. we are tracking tropical storm henri has it heads towards new york and rhode island. and we'll bring you another live update. and i'll talk to new york congressman. good morning. it's sunday, august 22nd. i'm maria teresa kumar in for the one and only ali velshi. we begin with tropical storm henri. this is a live look at montauk, new york, the very tip of long island. let's get right to nbc news meteorologist phil karens. what's the latest? >> we're continuing to watch this approach land.

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FOX and Friends Sunday-20210822-11:08:00

through this and trying to see safety for this family as they served alongside my husband and our family is supporting him at those times. so we're just here to support each other. rachel: who are you reaching out to? who are the people that can help make this happen? >> so currently we have reached out to any and all congress members. we reached out to the congressman's office who has been wonderful. congressman also, congressman crowe and representative buck. we reached out to many people in the state department as well. there are forms to fill out. so when kevin fills out the forms we also had to ask people within the state department to also help support him as well. pete: scott, there is a queue right now, there is line just for american citizens who cannot make their way to the airport. as someone with a special immigrant visa, i know many of those guys are hiding out, waiting, wondering if the taliban will find them before they get to the airport what

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Watters World-20210822-03:44:00

based on his years of doing this work and studying these issues. what he truly believes is the right thing to do. jesse: the last person in the room and the last one in hiding. according to reports she was asked to address the american people and refused. she said they will not pin this blank on me. it's a real loyalty test for the vp. her duck and hide so she remains in play for her own run. in a twist of irony kamala harris is set to travel to vietnam, halfway across the world, the scene of our last stinging withdrawal. joining us, congressman darrell issa. i'm hearing kamala is plotting something. >> she is always plotting something.

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