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Things to come. >> representative meyer who was one of the yes votes, a freshman just elected, i remember him saying something that he had other republicans telling him they were disposed to vote yes but they were literally physically scared. you know, that's partly self-serving but i guess i'm curious. you know, there's a certain level of which in the world of social media people say all sorts of stuff, right? i mean everyone sort of gets used to that. it does seem to me there's a little bit of difference in kind here to when you get the bullseye on you from the trump maga folks that is diffe...

People and bring them to the airport. it's the third time this type of rescue mission has been launched despite the pentagon insisting the taliban are granting safe passage to americans. >> last night, during the period of darkness, there was an operation to be able to go out and safely evacuate evacuees back into kabul. >> yesterday, two members of congress seth moulton and peter meijer, a democrat and a republican, both combat veterans, flew unannounced into kabul airport in the middle of the chaotic evacuation. stunning u.s. forces on the ground who had to divert critical resources to prote...

America won't be able to keep its promise to those who helped the u.s. military for the past 20 years. bret? >> bret: jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. jennifer, thanks. let's bring in michigan republican representative peter meijer who serves on the house foreign affairs committee. congressman meyer is also an iraq war veteran and just returned from afghanistan. congressman, thank you so much for joining us. i want to talk about how this trip came to be. you traveled there with congressman seth moulton from massachusetts. how did it come to pass? >> thank you, bret. both seth and myself ...

Commander-in-chief as done in modern times. there is no way we will get all the american citizens out with only thousands of afghans who fought along our side behind an we are setting the table for th rise of isis and al qaeda to attack as down the road. >> i don't think this will be accomplished by august 31st. we want to encourage the president in the strongest term to reconsider that deadline. >> this will be a big deal for decades. it will be one of the worst catastrophes in american foreig policy history. ari fleischer south mall didn't just took a trip, he was one of the two people and a...

Into chaos and pandemonium and tens of thousands overrunning the runway and pivoting to negotiating and having to deal with the taliban frankly a security partner rather than adversary and execute one of the logistical feats and air lift in human history. these people are heroes. their stories need to be told. i'm so damn proud to be an american from what i saw on the ground in kabul. >> bret: congressman meyer, we appreciate your time. >> thank you, bret. >> bret: stocks were up today. the s&p 500 and nasdaq finished in record territory for the second day in a row. as you see the dow rose 39....