they cannot take another beating like they've a had in the past year. so folks here on the gulf coast on guard tonight as tropical storm nicholas starting to whip around with these sideways rains and coming in soon. jackie? jackie: i was in the trenches for harvey, we hope that doesn't happen again. robert, thank you. that does it for us on "fox business tonight," "the evening edit" start ises now. elizabeth: tonight we've got the highlights of the fireworks on capitol hill. house republicans grilling secretary of state antony blinken. it's still going on right now over the biden administration's rush to chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan. three republicans said to antony blinken, you've got to step down, you have to resign. they're calling it, quote, a disaster of epic proportions. americans still stranded there as the world watches in stunned horror over the birth of a terror nation.n. the white house breaking what obama officials and even

then-vice president biden had said not to do, do not violate america's, quote, sacred rule, leave no americans behind. joining me tonight, congressman darrell issa was there at today's hearing. also georgia governor brian kemp, congressman byron donald, meuser, heive dan was there as well at today's hearing. alsoe sean duffy. the president criticized for going golfing this weekend as the former top cia official warned that biden has created, quote, jihadist central in afghanistan. we've got democrat congressman gerry connolly making news today saying he is not confident in this person's counterterrorism plan. the growing backlash against the biden vaccine mandate, the white house exempts, gives waivers to members of congress and the federal courts but not the private sector. now, we've got a powerful consumer brand trade group for general mills, coca-cola and

kellogg, they're in an uproar over this. rethe florida governor now on te move with new actions against the biden mandate. we've got 20 governors now joining government worker unions in opposition to this. we also have former president trump says the white house is to blame for vaccine hesitancy is as the former president, he's saying looks like he's going to run again in 2024. we've got the update. and more on that report that 26 of the 27 lancet magazine letter signers, this is the crowd who said this is conspiracy theory, tinfoil hat stuff to claim that the pandemic leaked out of the wuhan lab. guess what? reports are indicating they did have monetary ties, money ties to that wuhan lab. president biden losing leverage and altitude in the polls. his spending blitz on the ropes. his poll numbers continuing to drop. more t vulnerable centrist democrats balking at tax hikes, we've got goldman sachs warning the tax hikes will slam the s&p

500. we've got the california recall tomorrow, the update on that. it's against governor gavin newsom. the update on his state, california on the brink, what voters are also now saying about problematic vote counting. also tonight, the muslim reformerti and journalist who's battling states like virginia over teachers trying to downplay to students the 9/11 attacks and american exceptionalism. thanks for joining us. i'm elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit" starts right now. ♪di ♪ elizabeth: okay. let's go right at it. we've got a jam-packed show. you're watching the fox business network. we begin with house foreign affairs republicans really going at it with secretary of state antony blinken. we're monitoring this developing story, it's still happening, the hearing is going on right now. afghanistan, that's the problem for the republicans there. california congressman daryl ice is saw joins us with an update -- daryl r darrell issa

joins us. your reaction to the secretary of state's testimony in. >> well, t liz, many questions, few answers and one in particular where in the statement both in an e-mail and from a web site, the secretary's people said that you should not count on the u.s. government to get you out of afghanistan. he absolutely rebuked that, except we took it from his web site, andwe we received it in an e-mail when we asked about help getting more of our american citizens out of afghanistan. so this was just one of many cases in which this administration and this secretary are in denial of the facts. the fact is they sent false messages including the president denying that the country was going to fall, and now they want us to believe they simply didn't know until the last few days. even after 85% of the country had fallen, they were still in denial. and then when it all turned into chaos, they act like it was a surprise. he didn't have s any answers to

any of that today, and it is still going on. elizabeth: congressman, the sense is that they're playing politics with this because intelligence officials have been appropriatedly saying to this administering -- repeatedly saying it will collapse quickly. they started warning about that months ago. lee zeldin, scott perry and, let's see the other one, we have joe wilson saying secretary of state, you need to resign. let's watch representative michael mccaul. congressman, i'd like you ioreaction to this. watch. >> mr. secretary, the american people don't like to lose. especially not to the terrorists. but that is exactly what has happened. this has emboldened the taliban and our adversaries. the taliban, a designated terrorist group, now equipped with american weapons that most countries in the world, just a few weeks ago thousands of terrorists, the worst of the

worst, were all released from prisons as the taliban overran the country. the situation we find ourselves in is far worse, in my judgment, as a former chairman of homeland security committee, far worse than pre-9/11. elizabeth: congressman, he's sasaying it's a failed jihadist state right now. your reaction to the criticism of the trump releasing -- trump deal releasing 5,000 taliban prisoners, o but they also had conditions on it. the secretary of state seemed to be downplaying it today. your reaction to all of that? >> when president trump left office, americans were not diagnose, we were providing air support to hold the taliban in check in every position so they were not gaining ground. we had air supremacy, and that gave the afghan troops the edge that they would have needed to ihold this country indefinitely can, and we were doing so with just 2500 troops, one-tenth as h

many as we still have in south korea. so to push it back on trump with a successful program and then claim that somehow this debacle belongs to a man who left office eight months ago when we were stable and, in fact, those forces were doing their job successfully without a single american dying is simply disingenuous, and iin think thas what ranking member mccaul called out. i think he also called out, and most importantly, liz, we now have a terrorist state with $85 billion of advanced u.s. weapons that they can either trade, sell or use around the globe, and they certainly will be doing that with many of the worst of the worst around the globe including those that endanger our immediate allies in the region. elizabeth:di former president trumpel saying iran, russia, china, the taliban can reverse engineer r our equipment and copycatt it. congressman, i'd like your reaction to jen wilson, coo of army week association, helping

to evacuate americans. she says u.s. citizens are still trapped. watch this. >> well, i mean, we haven't moved on. we've been working, you know, 48-hour shifts with no sleep, literally with no sleep. we've basically had to roll up a private airline and a travel agency in the span of three weeks because we have over ve20,000 requests for evacuation just through our web site alone. and not americans, that's green cardholders, nato passport holders, there are -- i can't even count how many pregnant females that we're trying to evacuate. it's definitely not over. elizabeth: not over. congressman, can you elaborate on this? >> one o of those pregnant wome, an american citizen, is one of my constituents, and we've within working with her, her husband and her father. they were at the gate and were not admitted and were left behind and, no, there has not beenas a single-flagged aircrafa offered, and there has not been

a consistent ability for her and her family to get out. and that's true across the board. as a matter of fact, even when people got out, bribing their way out over land bridges, as soon as theyon got into a neighboring country, the state department then announced they had gotten more americans out. if you continue to take credit for that which you don't do, it's no surprise that you continue to have people like her who are frustrated because they're spending money that that's being given by caring people to try to do what the state department didn't do and still iss not doing well. elizabeth: all right. congressman darrell issa, thank you so much for joining us. really appreciateia it. >> thank you, liz. elizabeth: i'd like to bring in itaisha is hoffman covering that -- aishah hasnie covering that hearing. what's happening now? >> reporter: it's been a very tense hearing so far. we've heard everything from, you know, democrat congressman connolly, excuse me, calling this hearing a salad mix of selective facts to republican

congressmanca joe wilson telling blinken you should resign. and then this very tense back and forth between congressman brian mast and the secretary. watch.th >> i i do not believe a word tht you're saying on this. >> simply put, i do -- >> the gentleman -- [inaudible conversations] >> the gentleman's time has expired. [inaudible] >> reporter: so the last time blinken testified before this same house committee back in june, he told them the u.s. was not i withdrawing, the embassy wasin staying and he didn't thik there would be a significant deterioration in security over just one weekend. republicans asked questions that ranged from who exactly was evacuated from afghanistan to whether the u.s. is currently negotiating with the taliban. while several democrats gave blink an opening, an opportunity to address what this administration apparently inherited from the previous administration. listen.

>> how meticulous was the planning for the trump administration declared may 1st withdrawal? >> well, thank you, congressman. grwe inherited a deadline, we dd not inherit a plan. >> reporter: now, liz, blinken will appear in person for the senate foreign relations hearing tomorrow which some democrat senatorsto have already indicatd that they would like to focussen on the last 20 years -- focus on the last 20 years as opposed to what happened in august with senator chris murphy if adding he hopes republicans don't, quote, turn this into a circus. that's tomorrow morning. elizabeth: thank you so much fom your journalism there. good to see you. up next, georgia governor brian kemp says he will join a total of 20 governors that are going'r to battle back against e white house over that vaccine mandate on the private sector as unconstitutional. we've got the new rules for thee and not for me. the new uproar over the white house exempting congress, exempting federal courts from

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president biden's new vaccine mandate for government workers andke businesses for being unconstitutional. edward lawrence has more. from washington. edward. >> reporter: well, liz, small to medium-sized business owners are starting to grumble about this vaccine mandate the president wants to do and a rule through osha jerry acres owns 38 great clips locations, he is against mandates because it wouldut put undue burden on his business. >> you know, we've had to pay for so many things, the enhanced, you know, cleaning of the stores and is those kinds of things, masks and, you know, the list goes on and on here. i said now potentially we've got to pay for these tests, and i can tell you we'll have probably half of our staff that's not interested in vaccines. so the cost just gets exorbitant, and small business has to pass that along to its customers. >> reporter: he says he's concerned this mandate will cause some of his employees to leave and go to companies that

have under 100 employees, and he's already looking for 70 workers just to get back to full staffing. now, the president says this is not about freedom of choice, it's about protecting those around you. but former white house physician if turned representative ronny jackson says this is about entitlement. >> aha's just the thing we've seen over and over with administration and9 with the democrats in control, forcing people to get a shot and taking their personal freedoms away is not going to get this job done. >> reporter: the administration showing no signs of backing off this plan. liz? elizabeth: edward lawrence, thank you so much is. let's bring in georgia republican governor brian kemp. governor, it's great to have you back on. your reaction to this reporting. >> well, it's not surprising. hearing from people all weekend as a small business owner foror over 35 years. i can understand how frustrated they are. many people have been working on this through the weekend, and theyhe simply don't know what they're going to have to do, number one. number two, they don't have the people to do this.

h.r. directors don't have time to be dealing with a federal mandate. they're having trouble finding the workers they need because the biden administration's been paying them to stay home. this is going to drive runaway inflation that we're already seeing even higher because of the costs associated with it. and it's just not, i mean, it's not even fair and equitable. when a huge company like a home depot ups is headquartered in georgia is going to have a much different situation from theav y that'sn complaining that owns x hardware stores that has over 100 employees combined that says this is just nuts, and that's what it is. elizabeth: government worker unions also opposing it, the $2 trillion trade group ndrepresenting coke, general mills, kellogg's, they sent a letter saying will you give exemptions for our essential employees and supply chains? effectively, the biden administration is exemptingen congress and also the federal courts, and now we've got former president trump saying, you know

what? i'm goingyo to run again. east blaming president -- he's blaming president biden and vice president harris for vaccine hesitancy. your reaction the that in. >> well, look, i think a good example is what i told everybody when president biden said is it, you know, get vaccinated, take the mask off. now they're telling you that's not the case, they want you to put your mask back on, and all these mixed guidances and guidelines, when booster shot's supposed to come out, then there was reservations about that, the mixedd messages on that, and all of that has given people no confidence in the federal government in any guidance that they're giving which just makes people further push back from taking the vaccine. what i've been simply telling people is talk to your doctor. talk to your local pharmacist. i believe the vaccine's a medical miracle of the trump administration with operation warp speed. i've been vaccinated, my family has. there's a lot of businesses in

georgia that are working to get their employees vaccinated and implementing programs that work for their business, but there's also people who say, hey, i've got only 20 of my work -- 20% of my work force vaccinated, if i force the other 80%, they're going to go somewhere else, and is we're to going to lose our business. elizabeth: how is this vaccine different? >> well, i think it's different in a lot of ways because it's so new. even though it's very safe, it's very effective, we know that. there are people that have doubts because they haven't been all three fully authorized yet and the mixed messaging out of the biden administration. and plus just like the aids vaccine, mandating that didn't work. it only worked when they started educating people why it was a good idea that. 's what we need to continue to do with thedu covid vaccine. elizabeth: we've got biden administration officials including jen psaki, house speaker pelosi, the president andti vice president, dr. fauci

repeatedly said, don't worry, we will not impose a mandate. dr. fauci predicts even more local vaccine mandates, but he says he can't give a firm answer on natural immunity. we see new cdc data showing a test of 1.5 million blood donors finds vaccinations and antibodies from prior infections show that aged 16 and up, 83% have immunity. that sure sounds like herd immunity. so when you hear dr. fauci on camera, you don't see him citing his own -- the cdc data indicating 83% of those 16 or older have immunity. so we're just drilling down into the government's numbers here. we've got the florida governor, ron desantis, he's out with a new plan saying anybody in the state, you try to do a vaccine mandate, we will fine you $5,000 per incident. governor, i want yourat reaction to what chris christie and scott gottlieb said this weekend about

all of this. governor, let's listen to this. watch. >> let's remember that thehi politicization of these vaccines started back in the presidential campaign, and it was started by vice president harris, you know, who said that i will not take a vaccine that's approve by trump or by trump's regulators. that put this in a totally differental area that allowed it to be politicized, and that's where the t politicization is continuing now. >> i think that the downside of thisow mandate in terms of hardening positions and making something overtly political could outweigh o the benefits. we don't even really reach 90% with childhood immunizations which are mandated. elizabeth: we don't reach even 90%. governor, your final word on all of this. >> lei, i agree with -- hey, i agree with both governor christie and what scott said. nobody trusts the federal government. a mandate's just going to further drive people into their corners. people need to talk to their doctor, and we don't need

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corporate tax rate to 26.5%. biden wanted to raise it to 28%. house democrats also proposed a raising capital gains taxes to 25%, falling way short of the more than 39% biden wanted. there's also some extras targeting the wealthiest, 3% tax on anyone making more than $5 million.on the proposal also completely leaves out biden's idea to tax appreciated assets held by the wealthy until they die, getting rid of a rule called step up in basis. that was also not included. liz in.ab elizabeth: thank you, hillary. i wonder what that nice lady was saying to the president there. looked like she was giving him a talking to. [laughter] look who's back on the show, congressman byron donalds. what's your prediction on what's going w to happen here, sir? what do you think's going to happen? >> listen, i honestly really don't know. you know, the democrats, they do this a lot. their bill is outrageous, it's

atrocious, everybody knows it. they're trying to find pay-fors, there's no way you can find it allay for $3.5 from trillion a year. that's just the reality of it. that's a washington gimmick. i hope it fails. i hope that's the trend line we're going on, but i really don't know. they find a way to twist arms in a back room and get people to vote for this monstrosity. this is purely insane. there's no way at all we should be spending this kind of money on all these projects when we understand that if you do this, it's going to cripple our economy with more inflation, it's going to make it significantly harder for our businesses to compete if, it's going to raise prices on working poor families and on fixed income seniors. not a good plan for our country. elizabeth: and, congressman, a singular outrage we keep hearing over and over again, nancy pelosi, senator chuck schumer have not, again, they've not read the bill in its entirety. we don't know what's inside it. goldman sachs is warning this will slam the s&p 500.

earnings for those companies because of the tax hikes. and look at this, congressman. even the associated press has a headline. the news is this: that democrats see that they will lose in the midterms next year, and they're using this grab bag or pork and spending wish list in order to get re-electioned. shouldn't we be more outraged that they want to take $3 trillion out of the u.s. economy, out of u.s. taxpayers and then o pay for themselves to get reelected? >>le we absolutely should be outraged, and the thing that should be more outrageous to all of us is this: joe biden's been a disastrous president of the united states. and youis want to give him $3.5 trillion? not about to mention the other $1.2 sitting in the infrastructure bill. that's outrageous enough. we've been distracted with afghanistan which has been awful, and we've been distracted with these covid mandates which is awful. but what's happening in the background is that you're 100% correct, nancy pelosi is

literally writing this bill as we speak. none of us know what's fully going to be in this thing until they actually come to some terms, and that's what's disastrous about thiss because it's not republicans and democrats trying to figure out how much money should be spent, this is nancy pelosi and chuck schumer and bernie sanders figuring out how much money should be spent, and i would never trust the three of them with my checkbook, let alone the treasury. elizabeth: so we're going to go into the holidays with the american people out there saying,e wow, inflation is rising, we havenf a producer pre number that was at decades highs, and now we're going to see rising tax rates as they go into the holiday season, and they're going to say why don't you listen to democrats saying ncut the price tag in half? you can't do this to the american people, putting more and more things like that on their backs. they can't do it anymore. >> listen, the truth is we shouldn't be doing it at all. not even in some, not even in

part, at all. we have an economy that's trying to get on its feet, and the number one thing we can do to help it is for government to just stop. stop doing everything. stop with all your plans and let people actually go back to work and let our small business owners do what they do best which is create value for themselves, their customers and their employees. elizabeth: they can't fill 11 million jobs. that's what senator manchin is saying, how about taking a pause? take a breather? >> exactly right. elizabeth:ab congressman, you're terrific. we love having you on. we're coming out of the bottom of the hour now. you're watching the fox business network. we're staying on this hearing, it is ongoing. it's happening now. the secretary of state getting hammered by house republicans. he is obfuscating and politicizing the afghan pullout. former dni -- that's what republicans are saying. former dni john ratcliffe saying biden's policies creating a, quote, national security risk. we're bringing in house foreign

affairs member dan meuser. he's been in on that hearing, he's going to give us an update. stick right there. >> are you going to recognize the taliban? are you going to give any aid to the taliban? and how many people did we leave behind that helped us during the last 20 years and how many americans and their families are heft behind? ♪ ♪ ♪ limu emu & doug ♪

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ground, in country as well as no real plan moving forward. so it was quite disappointing. and yet secretary blinken is a fair, experienced american diplomat. so i was quite disappointed with his performance and his virtual dodging of answers. elizabeth: there was a heated moment between representative scott perry and secretary of state blinken. let's take a listen. >> -- tate at any point in the evacuation process blocked american citizens from leaving afghanistan? >> no, we did not. >> i want to know how many afghan citizens came to the united states that have not met the qualifications for special immigrant visa. of --re in the process >> no, no, no, how many? how many? you were just at dulles, how many did you bring in. >> we have -- we will have by the end of the month, we will have brought a total of approximately 60,000. >> that have not met the siv process -- >> some of those will be, some

of those will have been through the siv process. elizabeth: and now the "the washington post" reporting 44 evacuees potentially have terror ties and were stopped at u.s. bases. can you elaborate on that? >>bl yeah, it's terrible. we've been paying close attention to the sivs and the 124,000 that have been evacuated. most are in third countries as we know being vetted as well as possible, but when you do something in such a rush, that's tragically why we lost 13 of our soldiers, men and women on the ground. because this thing was being done in such a highly disorganized, chaotic manner. it's a great concern. i do think they're putting the resources against it, but the idea that we will perfectly vet this for those coming into the united states is not, similar prosecute -- simply not possible9 with the numbers. and that's another reason why i said will the biden administration close and secure the southern border, and he

virtually gave me a nonanswer. you know, this whole thing was a lot of blaming, blaming everyone, the trump administration, blaming everybody but themselves, the biden administration, and the taliban. and it's a shame. elizabeth: you know, in the middle of their blaming, they're not disclosing and continuing to stonewall senator chuck grassley and house republicans that have beenli asking questions on who s coming into the country. they want to know that, and they want to know the americans stranded. they're still not giving that detail. now, president obama, former president obama and then-vice president joe biden and susan rice had said it is a sacred duty to leave no american behind. they referred to that when they were doing the swap with former army deserter bowe bergdahl for the five taliban prisoners. so what changed? why doesn't secretary of state blinken just stand up and say, mr. president, your rushed, artificial deadline as the u.k., europe and nato have been warning, you don't need to have

this artificial deadline, it's causing chaos, you will strand americans behind. why doesn't he stand up and say stop? >> he certainly should have been, liz, and hopefully he's regretting it and hopefully that makes them stronger moving forward. as you know, we had this ridiculous september 11th date which you couldn't have chosen a worse date. they moved it up into august which was even a worse move for, likely, political purposes, so they could have that hero moment. but having hero moments with -- in this dangerous manner with lives at stake and dealing with the taliban is highly, highly outrageous. and so it is what it is at point. they must get serious is, they must m be transparent, they've t to be more honest, they've got to realize the crisis that's been developed here. i mean, we have men and women that were part or allies in afghanistan right now that are being tracked and traced and

killed and taken hostage by the taliban as we speak. and that needs to be recognized, and we need to deal with this from a position of strength. rthey refuse to do that. elizabeth: the u.k. parliament already condemned the president for rushing this and creating this chaos, and former u.k. prime minister tony blair basically said what you're doing is, quote, imbecilic. so what was most trouble rting for republicans, quote, we inherited a deadline and no plan. when you look at the government documents, what he said is flat out untrue. >> it is untrue. and again, i used this analogy, i said it was like me planning a fishing trip, a day to leave, the hurricane comes in, tony blinken goes out anyway and blames it i on me, right? that's very foolish and certainly not being honest with the american people and just, you know, putting the blame certainly where it doesn't d belong. elizabeth: okay.

congressman -- >> there's a lot bad l here, and we're doing our best to get to the bottom of it. elizabeth: okay. it's still ongoing. we're going to stay on this developing story throughout the hour. the secretary of state is testifying tomorrow before the senate. up next, sean duffy is going to give us the update on the california recall tomorrow against governor 2k3w567b newsom. this is aga state on the brink. what voters are saying now about problematic vote counting too. you're watching "the evening edit" on fox business. >> as you know, i've been a lifelong progressive. it's only recently that i've decided i can't be a progressive anymore because of the damage that's occurred in california. ♪ ♪ ♪ metastatic breast cancer is relentless,

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reports coming in, abc los angeles and other local tv stations in california reporting voting irregularities in the california governor gavin newsom recall election. california voters, multiple mail-in ballots, they're getting multi9 billion mail-in ballots. also voters are showing up at other polling stations and being told you already voted. what is your reaction? >> yeah. listen, liz, these voting rules in california, democrats want to take over the whole country. everyone is mailed a ballot. in california they allow campaign workers for candidates to harvest ballots, and there's no real controls over one operson, one vote, and you get this kind of mischief that takes place that's not being reported in california, but we heard in the last election in other states and that's why republicans are going, listen, tighten things up. show an id so we make sure you're the individual who's voting and you're a lawful voter. elizabeth: the governor's not apologizing. he's saying he's not going to change his policies that triggered the recall, the

tbotched covid shutdown for log school closures, businesses fleeing the high tax and regulatory state, failures to clear forests hate of the wildfire season and droughts, and he's also not going to apologize again for breaking his own covid-19 shutdown rules, eating e out at luxury restauras without a mask. >> yeah. california's a hot mess, liz. and gavin newsom is a progressive, he's a liberal, he's on the socialist wing of the democrat party, is he'll never apologize. this is their version of utopia. but whens you see businesses and jobs flee your state, maybe you should takefl a second look at those policies. but he's got a 2-1 democrat advantage over republicans in voter registration. he's running against donald trump saying larry elder is a donald trump, you know, lookalike and you don't want trump finish california to drive those democrat voters that would vote to remove him from office back into his camp, and he's oraised huge amounts of money o

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♪ elizabeth: okay. let's start with this, president trump made a surprise visit to a new york city firehouse and a police preseptember on 9/11. -- precinct on 9/11. we're going to move on to in this story with an author who is the former "wall street journal" reporter who was in pakistan when her closeme friend and journalist danny pearl was a assassinated in karachi, also the vice president of parents defending education. hey, asra, i want to take care of this story. james smith if, he's husband of the only female new york city

police officer, maura smith, who died on nerve. slammed -- on 9/11. he slammed politicians for defunding the police saying when the country needed police officers, we were the first ones there to respond. what's your reaction to what he's saying? >> oh, absolutely. we have to fund the police. we have to make sure that the police are strong and that they are capable in our country. they are our first defense against terrorism, against criminality. there is no place safer in the world for me as a muslim woman than the united states of america, and it's because of our police.er elizabeth elizabeth you know, can you tell us what's going on with parents that are -- parents are upset in virginia what's going on with the department of education there? >> oh, elizabeth, you can't even believe this. so you to know that for the 20 years i've been fighting islamic extremism within my community as a muslim reformer. a year ago we started seeing this new indoctrination and

politics coming into the school system. on the eve of the september 11th anniversary, just a couple weeks ago, the virginia department of education put forward a webinar in which a woman named amara lectured teachers and told them to deny american exceptionalism and to call the terrorists who did the 9/11 hijackers extremists. mention islam and to absolutely not call them terrorists. if i call this a woke washing of history, and it's a complete slap in the face of parents and families and all of the americans and others who lost so many lives on 9/11 and have had such ripple effects from the trauma. and so this is something that we stood up against because with we cannot allow this kind of indoctrination to come into our classrooms and into our young kids' minds.

elizabeth: and into the muslim faith, right? eli mean, this is such a total twisting and distortion of what's going on, right, what is inside the muslim faith. is this sort of a focus on victim hood and racism and by downplaying, youm know, terrorit activities and death cults like this, what's your reaction? > exactly. elizabeth, that's exactly what's happening. it basically is these islamists or people interested in political islam, they are wanting to make excuses for this extremism, and they want to minimize it kze and that's dangerous for us as a society. on thursday night haas week at the fairfax county school board, one of the school board members voted no on a resolution that was honoring the 9/11 victims and firstms responders because e used this event as an excuse to play out all of her grievances against america and the a west. fortunately, we have parents and community members now rising up,

they're sending a letter to the school board asking for her to be, you know, basically reprimanded on this because people are pushing back. and we have to challenge anybody who denies extremism in any faith or in any community. we have to stand up and forge a path forward that is of t moderation and peacefulness -- elizabeth: asra, what happens -- sorry to interrupt, what happens if you don't stand up and you allow thiss to happen and theres a pushback against teaching americans freedom and democracy and liberty and american exceptionalism? what happens if you don't stand up? quickly. >> this is, this is an existential fight for the future of america. i mean, america is at stake here and the future of our freedoms. we have to all stand up, and we have to do it from the classroom to the public square. we have to fight because otherwise we're going the lose liour freedoms, and we have to remain vigilant9. elizabeth: alle right. so final word, what's your warning to america here about the education system?

you got ten seconds. >> you've got to pay attention. stand up, speak up and always raise a voice u is. elizabeth: you're terrific. we'll have you back on again soon. thanking for your bravery and courage. i'm elizabeth macdonald. you've been watching "the evening edit" on fox business. that does it for us. have a good evening. join us again tomorrow night. ♪♪ apple. ♪. larry: hello, everyone, welcome to "kudlow." i'm larry kudlow. so democrats in the house are proposing a plan to help pay for their massive $3.5 trillion agenda inconcluding a 26.5% corporate tax rate. and lots more. lots more. it is a distasteful subject, hillary vaughn will give us all the lowdown on gory