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Says how did that start, it is usually based upon a misunderstanding. he was simply trying to clarify that we were stable, there wasn't an imminent attack, and that the chinese didn't have to prepare to attack us. >> i do want to ask you about something we learned from a dhs whistle-blower, this happened during the trump administration, but he has just now come out and been public, talking about what happened. he said that he was told by leadership at dhs, including chad wolf, the acting secretary as well as top official ken cuccinelli that he needed to downplay the issue of white supremacy wh...

She said knowing the u.s. had to get out of afghanistan, that's not really in the question, why wasn't there more preparation in place? >> well, absolutely. i heard that interview and i think that's a great question. and certainly is going to be one of my questions, although i suspect it is going to be asked by practically everybody. there are a whole series of questions, but what is really important about this hearing is that this is the first time the public will have a chance to hear from these officials about why they left bagram, why august 31st, was there adequate preparation, what was t...

Particular assertion. i don't know anything about it. but i can say that one of my principle issues up here is straight unvarnished intelligence. when the intelligence community -- >> do you believe what he's saying, though? do you believe his statements about what he had to scrub from assessments? >> well, i don't know. i mean, i just -- i don't know who this fellow is. i haven't read his reports. so i'm reluctant to draw a conclusion. but if he's correct, that's very dangerous because you can't make good decisions if you don't have good intelligence. if you're cooking the intelligence to mee...

Very disturbing and usually harms the leader who thinks they're being served by repressing intelligence. it is terrible for the country and for the leader. >> senator king, thank you so much for being with us this morning ahead of this crucial hearing with defense officials. >> absolutely, brianna. good to be with you. up next, can anything be done to hold lawmakers actable for their roles in the insurrection. we'll tell you about the little known corner of the constitution that could do just that. we have reality check next. new numbers this morning that show just how overburdened hospita...