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Ivanka, and his son, don junior, wanted him to call off the riot. some of trump s most vocal defenders on fox news including sean hannity and laura ingraham were pleading with then chief of staff mark meadows to get trump to step in and end the violence. and for a short time after the attack, it felt like it was a real breaking point for many members of the republican party. there was a consensus opinion, the correct one, that donald trump is uniquely dangerous and what he did by enabling this insurrection crossed a line that simply cannot be tolerated in american democratic politics. and that moment has since been memory holed over the last year, but it s worth remembering that a number of very prominent republicans either resigned from the trump administration or publicly condemned the then sitting president following the attack. then, treasury secretary steve mnuchin and then secretary of state mike pompeo even reportedly considered evoking the 25th amendment to remove trump from of ....
Much sooner. another journal report, also confirmed by nbc news, revealed that u.s. diplomats in kabul urged the state department to begin evacuations last month. president biden responded to that report yesterday. i made the decision. the buck stops with me. i took the consensus opinion. the consensus opinion was that, in fact, it would not occur, if it occurred, until later in the year. so it was my decision. now, calls are growing from some democrats to eliminate that august-31st evacuation deadline. we will talk to the congresswoman leading that charge, in just a moment. president biden inherited the afghanistan withdrawal agreement from his predecessor, former-president trump. tonight, we expect to hear from mr. trump in his first public address since that process began. you can see some of the warm-up acts at the rally in alabama. about halfway between birmingham and huntsville. ....
U.s. is considering ordering commercial airlines to help out. ordering them. the wall street journal, first, reported this. now, those commercial flights would not go to kabul, but rather to secure locations in the region before arriving in the u.s. here s where the evacuation effort stands right now. in the last 24 hours, about 3,800 people have been flown out of afghanistan. that brings us to approximately 17,000 evacuees in the last week. and hours ago, we learned that five flights left kuwait en route to the u.s. they were carrying more than 850 americans and embassy personnel. still, critics maintain that this effort should have started much sooner. another journal report, also confirmed by nbc news, revealed that u.s. diplomats in kabul urged the state department to begin evacuations last month. president biden responded to that report yesterday. i made the decision. the buck stops with me. i took the consensus opinion. the consensus opinion was that, ....
Forces likely would not be ablee to stop it. watch. all kinds of cables, all kinds of advice. if you noticed, they ranged from this group saying they didn t say fall when it did fall, but saying that it would fall to other, others saying i wouldn t happen for a long time and would be able to sustain through the end of the year. i made the decision. the buck stops with me. i took the consensus opinion. the consensus opinion was that, in fact, it would not occur if it occurred until later in the year. so it was my decision. maria: and according to new york times defense secretary lloyd austin as well as general mark milley also warned biden that this would happen and yet he ignored those warnings. joining me right now former secretary of state mike pompeo. he worked in february 2020 helping president trump negotiate a peace deal with the ....
Of the month. the deadline for u.s. troops to withdrawal. but he warned there are still risks. this evacuation mission is dangerous. it involves risks to our armed forces and it s being conducted under difficult circumstances. i cannot promise what the final outcome will be or it will be that it will be without risk of loss. but as commander in chief, i can assure you that i will mobilize every resource necessary. reporter: biden, also, facing fresh questions about why he didn t act sooner to bring americans and afghans home after diplomats sent a classified cable in mid-july warning a u.s. withdrawal would lead to the collapse of the u.s.-backed government. all kinds of cables. all kinds of advice. i made the decision. the buck stops with me. i took the consensus opinion. the consensus opinion was that, in fact, it would not occur if ....