this war range from a minimum of $1 trillion to a think tank at one of the universities saying $2 trillion. that is $150 million a day to $300 million a day. the threat has metastasized. there is a greater danger from isis and al qaeda and the affiliates in other countries and there is from afghanistan. we are going to retain a capability that if they were to come back to take them out. this is where we should be. this is about america leading the world. our allies have agreed with that. before i made this decision, i was at the g7 as well as met with our nato partners. i told them all, everyone of them knew and agreed with the

decision i made to end our involvement in afghanistan. host: that full preference -- press conference is on our website c-span.org. there could be other issues. call us on the line. you can text us or post on social media. philip is in orlando. go ahead. caller: good morning. i don't understand how so many americans can be so divided, especially when it appears we are being judged for our behavior. the main thing you will affect although the pandemic is affecting it is the climate crisis. we all have to live on this planet. we don't seem to be dealing with the reality of what destructive

elements are going to play on life itself. i don't get it. there are so many left in the dark. host: why is this the number one issue in your mind? caller: because we all depend on the air and water. we can't live without the planet being stabilized. the bottom line is anybody who is not standing up for the environment right now is missing the point. this is houston, texas. we will hear from andrew. caller: i wanted to call and briefly make some comments about the war ending in afghanistan.

i'm 35. the war started when i was around 14 or 15 years old. i think it's time it comes to an end. historically, afghanistan has been the ruin of empires. i think it is time that we be out of there. i knew people who served and went over there. i think biden is making the right choice. i don't think it's going to be pretty. neither was saigon in 1975. i think this is a wake-up call to future generations of americans. we need to stop making the same mistakes over and over again. host: this is cindy from connecticut. caller: this whole debacle with

afghanistan, we did need to draw down. we still have people in japan it. we still have forces in japan and germany, 60 years later. it is for reconnaissance. there was no war the last several years. what about these women who have jobs, who are educated? they are going to have to go back to the stone age. i want everybody who talking about equality and all of this woke krapp, our generals are talking about reticle race theory. they are laughing at us. the taliban is laughing at us. the press conference yesterday was a joke. it was disgraceful.

i am 60 years old. i've never seen anything like this in my life. host: we will go to annie from california. good morning. caller: this is related to your last guest. i just wanted to share my experience with social security disability. i wanted to work. every time i would work, they would threaten to let go of my social security disability. the last time i worked for three years, i was working 20 hours a week. they decided i was capable of doing without the social security totally. they cut me off completely from social security. i/o them $35,000 somehow for

that three years. i think the social security disability is to make it easier for people to work and maybe they earn a little extra money besides $950 a month. host: this is from the state department as of today. a security alert about the embassy and kabul. because of -- we are advising citizen to avoid traveling to the airport and to avoid airport gates. unless you receive instructions to do so, citizens who have not yet completed the assistant request for each traveler in their group, do so as soon as possible. minor children are awaiting immigrant visas and should complete this form if they wish to deport.

do not call the embassy. this form is the only way to medicate interest in flight options. we will contact you as the situation changes. we can go to the state department website. if you want to read that security notice that was just put up. the independent climate, this is denise. -- line, this is denise. caller: coming from -- i looked at the u.n. and right now, it is really embarrassing and sad. we all knew it when we went and elected the president. nice person, he is not with it.

we need to understand that and put somebody else. things are going to get worse. host: are you referring to afghanistan? what do you think specifically about the effort there? how do you view it? caller: you never leave people behind. when i'm listening today, they were showing u.k. plans to pick up people. we are telling people to come and then the state department is staying say home. host: the president said he would work to get all americans out as well as our allies. caller: that is doubletalk. one day they say stay home and this is not like you're going to get an uber to the airport. you are going to put your life in danger.

i never think anything like this. this is really sad. the media needs to stop talking. i am not a trump fan. host: ok. we will finish there. this is on another front when it comes to the fda. the fda is expected to grant full approval of the pfizer coronavirus vaccine early next week. yesterday, it will be the first covid-19 shot to receive full authorization from the federal government. charlie is in arkansas. caller: what bothers me about this whole thing is we were paying the pakistan military aid to give to the taliban so they dictate fighting. we would give them a raise. we one of the fight to continue.

luke military contractors could make a fortune. we should do a cost-benefit study on the whole program from beginning to end and see what we spent over there. also in south korea and other places. i think there should be an emancipation proclamation for all the women. tell them they are free, just like a blinken did. host: billy in new mexico, you're up next. billy in new mexico? one more chance. is this minnesota? caller: hello. thank you for taking my call. i want to know what sleepy joe was thinking when we gave how

many billions of dollars towards military equipment that we left behind for the taliban to use against us. thank you. host: two stories concerning the supreme court. the biden administration asked to overturn an order that revive the era allowing for silent speakers at the border to stay in mexico while their applications are processed. the doj wanted a state of the judges order to reinstate the remade in mexico policy. it will go into effect on saturday. fox news reporting they've asked the supreme court to block the moratorium on rental.

an appeals court allowed it to stand. the national association of realtors asked the supreme court to lift the moratorium after a three-judge panel at the u.s. circuit court of appeals for the district of columbia voted unanimously to reject their request to allow evictions to proceed. the supreme court will hear those. we are in open form up until 9:00. from florida. caller: we have a lot of problems in this country caused by our national debt. it is 28 $.5 trillion. we are spending more than the 15 countries combined on the military. donald trump we need to stop being the policeman of the world. he started the withdrawal from afghanistan.

biden finished it. we are in debt a great deal. we finished -- pay 2.5 times more for health care. congress is not doing their job. they still have not passed an infrastructure will. they are dysfunctional. until we get some changes there, we are going to have more problems. people won't get vaccinated, that is because people not to have hospital beds, especially in florida and louisiana. there are no beds because they wouldn't get vaccinated. a lot of this is just stupidity causing our problems. host: that was vic in florida. the house is on break. next week, they will take some test votes when it comes to matters of the reconciliation bill, voting rights, infrastructure all of those

things. as they are coming back on break, the house comes in to take up these matters. you can follow along on our website. eve is next in michigan. caller: good morning. i think that the president did what he had to do. i stand by him completely. if all of people talking about the problem, there's nothing wrong with his mind. he did what he wanted to do. i can member when the tower came down. i brought my daughter to school. she was only three years old. she is 23 years old today.

it was like building a generation of afghans. those kids and everybody i saw the were trying to get on the plane, that generation of kids had been living under the united states rules. they were living that. they saw their family leaving. i'm talking about the american soldiers. they were trying to get there. host: how would you rate the evacuation process? caller: i would rate the administration on what they are doing. they are doing what they have to do. i would give them a b plus. host: in massachusetts, this is

john. caller: good morning. my grandson came to me three years ago to go in the service. he wanted to fight. i convinced him to go to the corps of engineers. come to find out, they are the guys drop it into these places and pulling people out. they didn't listen to me. when i look at them and i hear them, when they send me pictures, the positive enthusiastic nature, i'm terrified to upset them and say i don't agree with what you did, but i'm proud of what you're doing. i don't hear that in your phone calls. these young kids are wasted generation, when you talk to

them, they are incredible young kids. they are pulling babies out of countries where they don't even speak the language. thank you. host: this is from the washington post. the afl-cio, the largest labor organization, elected a longtime trade unionist the service the first female president. the bio of her in the washington post says she is 51, she worked as an organizer. more on that from the watch and post. this is lakeview, arkansas on this open form. go ahead. caller: biden, he sounds like

hillary. what difference does it make? there are citizens left in the country. joe biden just created a new terrorist company with the most well-equipped army by surrendering our blood and treasure. it's too expensive to bring home? when are people going to start talking impeachment? this guy is risen the threat level everywhere in the world. by just walking away. he doesn't want to deal with it or he has an urge to reverse. host: it was president trump who wanted to get out earlier. caller: but under a conditional. you had to secure each province.

who leaves the airbase open? they didn't tell the afghans they were leaving. why didn't they leave some nato troops? nato is involved in this. when he said i haven't heard any negative. you are on vacation again. host: that is tim in arkansas. the president will be briefed on afghanistan and go to delaware later on. it was president biden nominating rahm emanuel as his ambassador to japan. he would be tapped for the prominent foreign post. that is the white house announcing that. the chicago tribune says it will give a tactician and veteran in the ranks of his top diplomats.

you can see that in the chicago tribune. when it comes to electric cars, gm says that when it comes to the chevy volt, there is a recall over a battery fire issue. a few 2019 were not covered under the previous recall. all 141,000 volts that gm has produced are under recall. you can see more on that at the new york times business section. caller: thank you for taking my call. i am just surprised that america pulled out afghanistan without notifying the americans. they would not be in the mess they are in now. the people who spoke out against the afghan government, now their lives are at risk. i don't understand that.

i was wondering, if there is a program set up for when people are allowed to come to the nato nations that are accepting afghanistan's. is there a program where they need somewhere to stay. if there are females need a place, i would like to open my home to them. have you heard of anything? where do they put the people when they allow them to come here? host: when it comes to the relocation, you may want to check your own state, the point people there in georgia who might deal with these things directly there to find out more information. eric is in new hampshire. caller: how are you doing? i cannot believe the support for biden. when he announced his black

secretary of defense, he forgot the guys name. he forgot -- host: as far as the current date situation, how does that relate? caller: he's been doing nothing but lying. even the left-wing media is contradicting him. he is a dishonest man. honestly, he did not listen to his advisors. he wanted afghanistan it to be over with. he shut it down without -- it's a national humiliation. host: finishing off calls for this section. this is the hill reporting that mississippi health officials are warning against using an infection.

the department of health is sending a letter out to the health alert network warning about the spike in poisoning from individuals digesting that drug. the hill is where you can find that story. we will continue discussions about afghanistan. our guest wrote a book called the american war in afghanistan, not only looking at the historical aspect but what that means for the current date situation. he will be our ♪ >> weekends bring you the best in american history with nonfiction books. sunday on "book tv," hear from authors attending book fest in minnesota. opinion speeches -- opinion

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