elizabeth: joining us now "washington examiner" columnist, he is a great writer, he is byron york. are going to ruin another school year. we've got major fights breaking out again around the country. it is off to a rocky start. what do you say? >> well they should be afraid about it because clearly we have seen an increase in the number of cases with the delta variant. we've seen predictions that could increase. we've seen questions about the efficacy of vaccines, not only about people who were vaccinated being infected with the virus but perhaps more of them getting sick in the future than are happening now. so these, we don't know where this is going. clearly the teachers unions in the last year have not wanted teachers to be in school. if there is any reason they can cite to keep that up they will do it. elizabeth: president today criticized the parents who went after health workers recommending mask mandates at a school board meeting in franklin, tennessee. we showed the video. parents were caught on tape, we know who you are. others said we will find you. fights breaking out in

only for a limited time. >> list joining us now "washington examiner" columnist byron york.teachers unions and the school boards are going to ruin another school year. major fights breaking out around the country and it's off to a rocky start. what do you say? >> they should we afraid about it does clearly we have seen an increase in the number of cases of the delta variant and we have seen predictions that could increase and questions about the efficacy of vaccines not only about people who are vaccinated being infected with the virus but perhaps more of them getting sick in the future that are happening now. we don't know where this is going and clearly the teachers unions in thee last year have nt wanted teachers to be in school. if t there's any reason i can ce to keep that up they will do it. list the president today criticized the parents who went after health workers recommending mask mandates in franklin tennessee. we just show the video. parents are caught on tape saying we know who you are and another saying we will find you. fights breaking out in virginia and als

former tennessee congressman ceo of empowerment inclusion capital and byron york. bill, for some, it felt like this was a long time and it dragged on. if you look at kind of how things evolved, how do you see this resignation today that comes 14 days from now? >> well, it's over. and i think the whole country is grateful that it's over. republicans, democrats, everybody. listening to the is a little foe get out and it's time that he did. i'm glad that he did. now there may be these trials. i hope people can focus on what seem to me the most important questions of law, which is the liability of andrew cuomo if criminal or civil of these nursing homes. the deaths of people in these nursing homes. let that not be forgotten, and let's carry forward on that. but i'm glad this chapter is over. i think there are a lot of lessons here, too. and a major one for the media. i don't want to occupy all the time. >> bret: yeah. to your point about the nursing homes, the lawmaker who was spearheading that, ron kim, a democrat, weighed in on this resignation today. take a listen.

so i'm just going to borrow from byron york who did a threat on twitter so you can see the whole feed the things they write is their constitutional rights were violated on the basis of race in that, i'm quoting, certain plaintiffs are either black or white. okay? they also -- >> that's all you need. >> they also claim that they've been violate order the basis of creed. okay, creed. and that plaintiffs have expressed a faith or belief that every eligible citizen has a right to vote. >> wow. that's almost so idiotic i almost admire it. >> in a way they have nothing -- this is the worst stunt, they got on a plane maskless they drank a bunch of food, had so much fun, put their dirty laundry for everyone to see, asked for care packages. then a couple of them had non-refundable tickets to portugal and their excuse for going to portugal is that, yes, we agreed that democracy hangs in the balance, but we had non-refundable tickets. >> you know what? it's the airlines fault, non-refundable tickets. they're a scam. they force you -- you buy them and can't refund them. will what were you going t

let's bring in our panel byron york, chief political correspondent of "the washington examiner."lyst and bill mcgurn columnist for the "wall street journal." byron, your thoughts on what have you heard from the administration and what's happening? >> well, this is just a terrible, terrible situation. we're not flying as many people out as we have the capacity to do. we don't know how many americans there are outside of kabul -- of the kabul airport throughout afghanistan. we can't go get them because we don't control anything outside of the airport. the president, the defense department, the state department and the intelligence community are all pointing fingers at one another. and the worst thing of all is that we are dependent on the good graces of the taliban. it sounds crazy to say it we are dependent on the good graces of the taliban to do anything there. so it's a very, very bad situation. >> bret: you know, just earlier in this show, i asked john kirby about that because, in fact, the british are -- did do this and have been doing this paratroopers have been going out, co

letting's bring in our panel byron york, mara liasson and steve hayes, editor at the dispatch.esperson who speaks for the taliban who we are trusting to get americans out once u.s. troops lee afghanistan. >> yeah. well, it's nonsense, qui expect that from the spokesman for the taliban. the taliban from proving time and time again not over the last weeks but last 20 years their word is not to be taken seriously. the greater risk here is that you have this overlap between the taliban and al-qaeda which presents a tremendous threat to the united states. not only folks in this tremendous evacuate people al-qaeda fighters who haven't been released from prison. members of the haqqani network providing security in parts of kabul. you have taliban and al-qaeda related terrorists who are running operations throughout the country other jihadist returning to afghanistan they understand it's likely to be a safe haven a greater safe haven than it has been in the past. the media is appropriately focused on the crisis of the moment which is evacuating americans and our allies the looming prob

cheryl: joining me washington examiner chief political correspondent byron york your reaction to whatat was about it you have to start with incompetence bad judgment handling withdrawal of a month ago giving entirely different picture of capabilities of the afghan security forces so start with that incompetence bad judgment, then go to what you just showed with with which was his attempt to dodge blame to say it was really donald trump's fault we all know, that joe biden when he became president took you know took a hammer to trump policies left and right. he got rid of trump policies on day one, he felt no responsibility to maintain any policy that was started by donald trump, whether it be the -- pipeline, or whether it be remain in mexico policy, at the border so there is there is biden's attempt to dodge blame. at the bottom of that underneath he said a lot of things that a lot of republicans have been saying. he said we went in you afghanistan 20 years ago only two missions one to get wheefsh had anything to do with 9/11 the other was to make sure they couldn't do it again we tho

byron pitts. ♪ it took me by surprise ♪ >> reporter: it was the summer of 1969. and something magical was happening deep in the heart of new yorke pips mesmerizing the crowd with their live performance of "i heard it through the grapevine." ♪ >> the harlem cultural festival was this beautiful event. sly and the family stone, b.b. king, nina simone. >> are you ready, black people? are you ready? >> all types of artists. top acts of the day. gospel acts like mahalia jackson. all these key figures in black music came together. >> reporter: the breathtaking performances so beautifully documented in vivid color now featured in a hulu documentary, "summer of soul." directed by amir thompson, otherwise known as questlove. >> sort of the impetus of the whole festival was the fact that when martin luther king was assassinated all of america, inner city america went up in flames with rioting. and not wanting a repeat performance of what happened, that made it easier for the city to okay the idea of having some sort of event that would keep people occupied during the weekend. >> the festival's main goal was to remind us of who we are. and

byron half. the city probably thinks his name is brian. but even if this loyal servant of capital is defeated by his radical socialist challenger, western new york's ruling class is already drawing up back up plans. this week buffalo's common council announced they were considering a new system where the mayor would be no one. and no, in case you're wondering, they're not talking about replacing the government with a democratic confederation of anarchist polyamory sex communes. they are talking about a city manager who would be selected by the 9 member council in conjunction with the community to carry out the will of the council members. that is to carry out the will of the business delete with less interference. it's effectively a boring cou away for the bourgeois z to bypass democracy and speak directly to its manager. the council member introducing this repulse, which would have to make it passed. buffalo voters has listed issues with mayor brown as reason for such a change. not in the walton, it's just an incredible coincidence that they're introducing this now. right is brown is likely on the way out in a democratic socialist who will take o

chuck schumer joined stephen colbert at back stage new york city concert danced back staple like no one is watching like late night colbert show. byronn. they don't need masks. it's the servants, the servants must mask up because they are going to spread this dirty disease and i don't think these donors want to see the faces of the waiters and waitresses anyway. >> look, i think it's important to lay out like you are stating is that the democrats live in the land of hypocrisy. they make all their rules for the american people but they don't follow them. they tell the poor of america what needs to be done but they don't actually do it themselves. so they love having crystal on a table and getting jumbo lump crab and all that good stuff without masks but when it comes to the american people like let's say in the city of new york, they are not allowed to go in a restaurant if they don't present their vaccine card. >> this is the height of hypocrisy. this is why they have no credibility. that's why the american people are over it they are done and finished. they want to live their lives like the way basically nancy pelosi is living hers.