even the chairman of the house intelligence committee expressing doubt about completing the mission in time. >> very unlikely. it is hard for me to imagine all that being accomplished between now and the end of the month. the threat to be a pretty is very real as this would be an attractive target for isis or elements of al qaeda. >> reporter: neither the state department or the pentagon will get specific about the number americans evacuated, political reporting that number is 4293. more troubling, they don't know how many americans are stranded, a word they don't like to use at the white house. >> irresponsible to say americans are stranded. they are not. they are committed to bringing americans who want to come home home. >> there are no americans stranded is the white house's official position of what is happening in afghanistan? >> i'm calling you out for saying we are stranding americans in afghanistan. >> reporter: overseas vice president harris breaking her silence over the evacuation chaos alongside singapore's prime minister who knows the world is watching. >> there will be pl

. >> also happening today, the house intelligence committee is set to receive a classified briefing onpresentatives from mutt pl intelligence agencies. the white house is also briefing members of the white house today. joining me is a man who sits on the house intelligence committee. congressman, thank you for being here. what questions do you have for the briefers today? >> i have a lot of questions, but some of them include how many americans remain and need to be evacuated. how many allies need to be evacuated. and then what is our security posture in and around the airport? i'm concerned about isis k potentially staging attacks. we have to do everything we can to rally behind our brave men and women in uniform there who are guarding the perimeter and trying to safely evacuate adds many people as possible now from kabul. >> do you think you're going to get a clear picture on how many americans are actually still in afgha afghanistan? right now from the pentagon last hour they wouldn't get specific on how many americans they've been able to evacuate. >> i will be pressing for those a

and a former army ranger who served in afghanistan and sits on both the house armed services committee and the house intelligence congressman, first of all, your reaction today to the tragic news of the explosions, 12 u.s. service members killed, the is a u.s. service members wounded, the more than 60 afghan innocents who were killed. >> yeah. hi, jake, i'm grieving and mourning along with all of america for the loss of these marines, the corpsmen and obviously those injured. we will be there for their families as we must for all of our service men and women that we lose, and we have to focus on getting the mission done is the bottom line. during my time in afghanistan we lost soldiers. we have lost over 2,400 men and women over the last 20 years and every time we've lost one of those men and women they were on a mission, and we didn't stop the mission. we got it done because we're the united states of america. we don't allow terrorists and others to stop us from performing our duty and our mission. we keep going, and that's what we're going to do and we're going to get the job done. >> these explosions and terr

he's a key member of the house intelligence committee.you so much for joining us. i know you have just come from this briefing by the intelligence community. i know you can't get into classified information. but what can you tell us about what you learned? >> well, wolf, it is a real obligation that the congress as a whole has to figure out what went wrong. and let me be clear about this. like president trump, like president biden, i supported a withdrawal from afghanistan. it is the right thing to do. i think president biden gets credit for finally doing something that should have been done a long time ago. but we're far from out of the woods yet. it is still a dicey situation. naturally a narrative develops. was it a military failure? was it a white house failure? was it an intelligence community failure? i will tell you this, which is that i have been watching this intelligence for a very long time and our intelligence committee has been appropriately pessimistic about what was going on in afghanistan. i probably can't go further than

also at this hour, top intel officials just wrapped up a briefing for the house intelligence committee on afghanistan and this briefing coming as warnings grow louder and louder over the terror threat from afghanistan. jake sullivan today addressed a possible isis attack on the kabul airport after calling the threat real, acute and pers persistent. >> our commanders on the ground have taken every step they can to prepare for such an attack. our president has authorized every capability that those commanders have asked for to protect the air field against such an attack. >> also tonight, intelligence officials tell cnn that the u.s. is now scrambling to fill the intelligence vacuum that exists following the taliban's rapid takeover of the country and officials also saying the takeover has given a boost the terrorest and extremist groups. one former u.s. counterterrorism official telling cnn quote, as we are approaching 9/11 for them to be able to reclaim afghanistan, think about what that does for recruitment. as for the august 31st deadline, the taliban warning the white house that quo

but the chairman of the us house intelligence committee, who is also a senior member of biden's democratic party dance was the deadline, can be match. given the logistical difficulties of moving people to the airport and the limited number of workarounds. it's hard for me to see that being fully complete by the end of the month. and i'm certainly of the view that we maintain a military presence as long as it's necessary to get all us persons out and to meet our moral and ethical obligation to our african partners cobbles. a port remains chaotic. there are reportedly 14000 people waiting there with at least 10000 more outside hoping to get in. security is also a concern. on monday there was gunfire at the airport, which so african forces us and german troops take on and identified a gunman. taliban fighters have reached the outskirts of pen. she valet the last and only raging, and i've got this done. not under the groups control opposition. ladies in form of government, troops have created a resistance group and raised in wakes. but on monday the taliban ray took the 3 districts near pensio

however, we heard from a congressman adam schiff, the chairman of the house intelligence committee here on capitol hill just a short time ago and he actually had a different take. he says that us intelligence agencies have been very sober about the fact that the u.s. ability to deter and terrorist activity in afghanistan that they've been very sober about that ability without any troops on the ground. it's a very difficult situation for sure. and may get even worse. le mon live in washington for us. thank you very much. >> closer to home. california seek ng a presidential emergency declaration due to the wildfires burning across our state. >> this afternoon. cal. oh, yes, the office of emergency services and calfire provided an update on all things wildfire related on force. noelle bellow has the latest that we have many. >> large damage, damaging fires that are ongoing. >> particularly in the north part of the state on monday. cal. oh, yes. and cal fire officials announced the state has requested a presidential emergency declaration to the wildfires burning across california. >> more t

what house intelligence committee member said bluntly, not all who want to leave, will make biden's deadline. we have to get american citizens out and we have to get our african partners and allies out. the american people support it and their representatives in this house supported that can't be accomplished between now and the end of the month. the pentagon says its increased its pay. the planes of evacuees taking off approximately every 45 minutes. the rescue effort is being done with a sense of urgency. well taliban commanders are currently communicating with us forces . there is no guarantee that will continue ghana standards. it is a dangerous place right now, which is why we're trying to move as many americans as we can as fast as we can on monday by then dispatch his top spy, ca, director william burns to meet with taliban officials about a possible deadline extension. the proposal was rejected. the firm august 31st half ganeth stan withdrawl has led to bi partisan and global criticism of the us president. we need at least a couple more weeks 3 to 4 more weeks. i find a hard believe

and as a result, there was an effort by house intelligence committee members, to essentially make the case to the white house that this withdrawal that needed to be extended. but what we understand is that, i guess the 31st is the deadline, but the pentagon is sticky to now. in terms of how this will play out, the u. s. department of defense says that it is accelerating its evacuation schedule, but plains are taking off every 45 minutes approximately in order to try and get the 10s of thousands that have already arrived in the united states. the 1000 still waiting at the airport out as safely as quickly as possible. the concern being that time is running out the clock is ticking. given the fact that the taliban commanders are working in coordination with the u. s. military. but it's clear that is going to last. in fact, we know that the director william burns met with taliban officials in recent days to discuss this withdrawal deadline the taliban saying it's a red line august 31st is a firm date. and as a result, there is a question about just how much coordination the taliban will p

there was a house intelligence committee hearing that was a rather classified briefings withheld about 24 hours ago. and those that emerge said that there was a grave concern if this extension was not granted. but we heard only hours later from the by and ministration and joe biden, specifically that he is not planning to extend beyond august 31st. now we should point out that he did say that is contingent on the cooperation of the taliban and ensuring that the cobbler airport remains open. but having said that, if there is not that cooperation, he is directing the pentagon to drop contingency plans, which we don't know what that means. there been no specific details of what that means. but for now, this august, 31st deadline is what the bible ministration is. sticking to so it doesn't appear that there is much wiggle room in terms of these evacuation. kimberly, how could the white house correspondent little bit later. thank you so much. kimberly. well, meanwhile, the leaders of russia and china had agreed to step up their joint efforts to counter attacks and drug trafficking from afgh

but the chairman of the us house intelligence committee, who is also a senior member of biden's democratic party dance was the deadline, can be match. given the logistical difficulties of moving people to the airport and the limited number of work around.

however, they were unable to get to the airport adopt democrat on the house intelligence committee says that lawmakers are starting to examine the flaws in the u. s. departure from afghanistan. and adam shift says he is skeptical the by an administration can get all americans in ghana, san evacuated by the august 31st deadline of moving people to the airport and the limited number of work arounds. it's hard for me to see that being fully complete by the end of the month. and i'm certainly of the view that we maintain a military presence as long as it's necessary to get all us persons out and to meet our moral and ethical obligation to our african partners. she said he also fears the possibility of a terrorist attack against us troops and others at the airport and cobble now the biggest concern for the whole valley school district is the taliban clothing. the airport, according to the us military, over the weekend, soldiers were forced to find alternate roads to the airport, with threats from isis k are 40 and 40 feet shoes and how sweet our t. they told you about the c. i a director who

because we know, earlier in the day house intelligence committee members held a classified briefing, they urged the administration to extend this august 31st deadline to ensure that these evacuation could occur. 2 the fear being that there is just not enough time and some will be left behind the white house saying they are on pace to get those evacuations done. and standing firm on that august 31st deadline pending the cooperation of the taliban. all right, thank you very much. my house. kimberly how get thanks. kimberly. will you k prime minister boris johnson? chad a g 7 meeting with all the european leaders and the us president earlier on today. he says the taliban will need to offer people a safe way out of the country after that deadline. the number one condition was sitting as g 7. is that they've got to guarantee right the way through. through august the 31st and beyond a safe passage safe passage for those who who want to come out and someone will say that they don't accept that and some of them i hope i will see the sense of that because the g 7 has very considerable leverag

in fact, we have just heard following a classified briefing on capitol hill of the house intelligence committee. one of the congress members speaking to reporters saying that in fact, it's his belief that there will not be enough time to get every one who wants to get out out of afghanistan. now, the pentagon has also held its briefings and these both person for the department of defense, john kirby saying that in fact there is a sense of urgency that the us military is working with right now. in fact, in just the last 24 hours, some 21000 civilians and others have been evacuated from afghanistan. now we know they are transiting through countries like germany and onto the united states where they are being processed at 4 different military bases . but the concern is, is beyond that august 31st deadline is the fact that right now the u. s. military is cooperating. and communicating with taliban commanders whether or not that will continue beyond august 30. first, the pentagon spokes person would not confirm only saying that if can offend is a very dangerous place, and they are working to get as

the house intelligence committee is that there may not be enough time to get everybody out that is american civilians and those who supported the u. s. mission in some form or fashion. now, the department of defense, folk person john kirby has also been briefing in recent hours. he said the united states has been picking up its pace of evacuation flights. in some cases, they have been going about every 45 minutes full to capacity with those that will be processed at one of 4 military bases inside the united states and onto what he says he hopes will be a better life. but the problem is the sheer numbers again and the deadline and the clock is ticking. so we're listening to see what us president joe biden will have to say about this, given not just the domestic concerns, but also as we said at the start of this bulletin, the fact that there is international pressure from g 7 leaders as well. thank kimberly, how could very much for that. let's continue this though. with nadine, bob a joins us live from london. the dean, looking at the statements coming out of the g 7 as it looked like now the

have been such a precipitous takeover by the taliban, but yesterday even democrats on the house intelligence committee said that going six months back there were warnings that there was a problem. is that what you got from this briefing? you had both dni and the state department and white house officials in this meeting today. was there a disconnect in the room today when they were talking about this? rep. mccarthy: i would leave you simply to president biden's press conference in july, what he told the american public. no, they'd be able to fight. there's no chance of it collapsing. i happened to be a member of the gang of eight. i've had intel briefings. i never believed what he was saying there was the briefings that i was requiring. you have the ranking member of armed services, mr. rogers. been briefed in a different manner that he's publicly said. either joe biden made a different decision based upon the briefing that he was given, and this is another thing of why we need accountability. what information has been provided to this president? when the president just a few days ago told the america

the chairman of the house intelligence committee is expressing doubt about completing the mission. >> very unlikely. hard for me to imagine how that can be accomplished between now and the end of the month. the threat to the airport is very real. this would make an attractive target for isis or elements of al qaeda. >> this as neither the pentagon or state department will give specifics on the number of americans evacuated but political reporting the number is 4293 but more troubling, they don't know how many americans are currently stranded in afghanistan and they are sensitive to that word at the white house. >> it is irresponsible to say americans are stranded. we are committed to bringing americans who want to come home home. >> the white house's official position on what is happening in afghanistan. >> i'm calling you out for saying we are stranding americans in afghanistan. >> overseas vice president harris breaking his silence on the evacuation chaos in singapore alongside the prime minister. >> there's going to be plenty of time to analyze what has happened. we are singularly

it will also be hearings and briefings between the house intelligence committees, between the gang ofht on both sides, democrats and republicans, about what exactly went wrong in terms of the situation in kabul. if they don't get the vote and potentially could bleed into next week as well. tom: annmarie hordern, thank you so much. an eventful week, to say the least. tell me about supply. we make a joke about it, but in august here, is high-yield ig asleep, or is there a lot of issuance going on? lisa: i feel like i'm falling asleep as we talk. this is a sleepy week. as much as it is august, i think there was an extra paul cast over -- an extra pall cast. everything is taking on diminished importance at a time of such uncertainty. you are seeing a slowdown in sales. a lot of people expect a record pace of issuance in the corporate debt world after labor day, and there's plenty of money set aside for that with some people being a little bit less aggressive with their purchases now ahead of that. do you really think that is that exciting of a week? will this be an active week for trading

. >> just tonight, members of the house intelligence committee received a classified briefing on afghanistan. the chairman, adam schiff, democrats of california expressed doubts that the evacuation will be accompanied by the end of august. >> i think it's possible but i think it's very unlikely. i am certainly of the view that we maintain a military presence as long as it's necessary to get all u.s. persons out and meet are more more obligation to our afghan partners. >> the threat to the airport is very real. it's been a concern of mine for some days now that this would make a very attractive target for isis. tomorrow >> the president will speak with this country's allies in the g7 about the situation enough ghana stand. with that, let's bring in our starting line on this monday night as we start a new week. philip rucker, pulitzer prize-winning senior washington correspondent at the washington post. how often with carolyn-ing of the new york times bestseller. i alone can fix it. >> rick's angle, former secretary of state for foreign diplomacy and affairs in the boma administration. former

. >> chairman of the house intelligence committee is expressing doubts. >> it's hard for knee imagine that can be accomplished between now and the end of the month. >> i think it's irresponsible to say americans are strand dollars, they are not. >> yes we are stranded. emails are getting ignored. >> when we try to get to the airport we get beat up. >> 9/11 attacks now control which americans are allowed to fleet country. >> vaccine approval to punish more americans. >> today i'm calling on more companies to step up the vaccine requirements. >> the highly anticipated intelligence report on covid-19's origin may be just days away. >> nevada evidence says this was a naturally occurring virus not to stay could not have been under study secretly at the wuhan institute and gotten out. ♪ ♪ ainsley: we start with the urgent deadline looming as president biden decides whether to keep boots on the ground in afghanistan. steve: the president is going to meet with his national security team before joining world leaders for a virtual g-7 summit to see how the world feels about what's gone wrong in

i sit on the house intelligence committee and we're certainly going to have a lot of questions that wey need answers to. >> getting your intelligence bank account, did you see what happened here as an intelligence failure or operational or some combination of both. . >> that is what we need to find out. we need to know. and we talked about this earlier. you have libertarians in one party, and liberals in another that are weak on national security, people that serve over there understand the threats. it could have take an limited special ops force. 2,000, to completely pull out in this manner is heartbreaking. the threats are going to be very, very significant. and now i'll tell you again as we approach the 20th anniversary of 9/11 it bleaks my heart to say this. we're going to be in a worse security prospect. >> what should congress's role be to address all of these problems? >> this is part of what we talked about yesterday on our briefings. we need to make sure we do everything possible to get american personnel out safely, and all of those that helps us over the years. it's incredib

i'm going to call for both house intelligence committee meetings armed services committee hearings onn how, after over 20 years and hundreds of billions of dollars, the afghan army folded as quick as it did. we're going to have to get answers to that. but we don't have answers to all those questions right now. we have an answer to one question, however. that is what is our mission right now? our mission is to get u.s. citizens, american citizens out and to get as many afghan partners out as possible. we have to be focused on that then we can have the debate about the missteps. >> congressman, a statement yesterday, the president wrote, quote, one more year or five more year of u.s. military presence would not have made a difference if the afghan military cannot, will not hold its own country. that, to me, seems undeniable. the afghan military proved it couldn't defend against the taliban. despite tens of billions of dollars of u.s. aid. you served alongside them in afghanistan. forget the policy debate, the investigations. just your personal view. did you see this coming? did you say

outfront" now democratic congressman adam schiff on the house select committee investigating january 6th and the chairman of the house intelligencethank you for coming on. i want your reaction to this reporting from evan perez how far jeffrey clark went to try to help donald trump push this massive election guy even going to the specialized chinese thermometers. >> it is really staggering to see how close they came to subverting our elections and democracy and clark in particular if what is reported is collect he's not only proposing that the right top justice officials including the acting attorney general to the georgia legislature and a special session to appoint an alter net set of electors and when you consider that he might have been appointed by trump as attorney general. he might have replaced rosen. those would have gone out and who knows what the state legislatures might have done as a result. >> add that together, does jeffrey clark need to come testify before your committee before the select committee? >> well, i think he's going to be a very important witness and i don't want to speak for the chairman. we'll make tho

he's the chair of the house intelligence committee and he joins me now. i got to say, i feel like we have a pretty full picture, a lot of the evidence, but there's a lot more i want to learn. it seems like there's a lot already for your committee to dive into here. >> well, that's absolutely right. first of all, i very much agree with professor hassan about how close we came to losing our democracy and not merely on the 6th throughout tirch sur recollection but through other means. if you think about whether -- if park had been successful in becoming the acting attorney general, those letters would have gone out to potentially all six states like georgia, pennsylvania, arizona, etc. those legislatures could have acted on those letters saying the justice department says this is lawful. and who knows where we would be if we had, you know, lost a few more seats in the house and tim mckavrty had been the new speaker. they very well might have overturned the results of the election. they seem to be doing everything possible to lay the groundwork for that in th

. >>> mike rogers is with us cnn national security commentator and chairman of the house intelligence committeethank you for being with us. it's good to be here. i want to ask you about the reporting here that u.s. intelligence officials say that got the target, that they were going for. if that does turn out to be the case, how disruptive might that be to isis-k at this point? >> yeah. so, a., any day that you can take an s isis planner off the battlefield is a good day for america. the problem is he is not aspirational as we would have liked. meaning there are operations by isis under way today, and that's what the intelligence folks are telling all of us, that will target the airport, target people at the airport. so what you hope to do in an event like this is try to get at those operational cells and take them off the battlefield. don't get me wrong. it's great. i'm glad we got the planner. he is probably in the same area, has been in the same area. a little bit easier to collect intelligence on and watch and monitor over the period of days. all of this is just going to get harder and hard

the house intelligence committee is planning another briefing soon.any are looking for someone to blame. >> i think absolutely president biden bears responsibility but there is no question that president trump, his administration, secretary pompeo, they also bear very significant responsibility for this. president trump said the taliban would fight terror. secretary pompeo said the taliban would reannounce al qaeda. none of that has happened. >> they were destroying classified documents as i speak. the visa process has stopped. and now, president biden in july, this won't be a saigon. guess what, when i talked to ambassador crocker, we think it will be worse. >> joining us now, juanita tolliver, democratic strategist, and matt gorm an, former communications director for the national republican committee. good to see you both. i wonder, matt if i could start with you and your sense of who is to blame for this. some of it has been laid at president trump's feet with his negotiations with the taliban. some of it is laid at president biden's decision to s

. >>> in just a few hours, members of the house intelligence committee will receive what is believedon the situation in afghanistan. some of the committees pledged to investigate -- as the taliban swept to power in afghanistan leaving americans and afghan allies in grave danger. cnn's daniella diaz is live on capitol hill. good morning. what do you think they expect to hear? >> reporter: there are a lot of questions that need to be answered, laura. on what happened and what lead to the collapse of the country afghanistan and hands of the taliban. one of the major questions that lawmakers want to know is how the biden administration misjudged the withdrawal of u.s. forces from afghanistan because of the u.s. intelligence assessment of the afghan security forces. you know, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said he saw no assessment that the afghan military would give up the fight and the government would fall as quickly as it did. what went wrong with the u.s. intelligence assessment of afghanistan? what lead to this collapse? now, you know, lawmakers have been working behind the s

a former chairman of the house intelligence committee and cedric lleyton, a retired u.s.or many americans, afghanistan is a world away, -- >> if you remember, the reason we're in afghanistan is because the taliban, the same taliban that's encroaching now, approaching kabul, is the same place that allowed al qaeda to train, finance, recruit, unmolested by any international force. and because of that, that's where all the planning took place, and again, the recruiting that eventually led to our 9/11 attack. and if you look at the territory that the taliban is taking over, it's regaining much of the territory that was lost to them when the united states showed up. and now the way this was laid out is just imposing panic i among people that we in the united states said women of afghanistan, if you come out and participate in society, you'll make afghanistan better, it will be more stable, and we'll be here to protect you. we walked away from all of that. that's what you're seeing, the panic. the reason the troops are protecting the evacuation is because they're afraid of the

elizabeth: adam schiff, chair of the house intelligence committee, he is a democrat, said, quote, itry unlikely all will be evacuated by august 31st. lawmakers are outraged, both sides of the aisle. the lack of accountability, the prevaricating, dissembling by biden and its team and its spokesman, including nsa sullivan, kirby, price, and saki. biden created crisis to begin with, ignoring his generals and nato, pulling out without a plan. why get polemical here? why get ideological with a crisis with americans in harm's way? >> it is a good question. it is not too late to change course. it is time while we have a substantial military presence on the ground, you we say to the taliban, you don't get to boss us around, we dictate terms to you. what the white house needs to do, make very clear we'll keep our soldiers at the airport or if necessary, bagram airbase just north of the city until every last american is evacuated and every last afghan translator or soldier or vulnerable person who believes in america is able to get out of harm's way. because today, when the president decided t

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i think it's more hearing from somebody like the democratic house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff last night saying it's highly unlikely they can accomplish what joe biden's stated goals are to accomplish between now and next august 31st. so i'd be listening for what assurances does president biden tell the american people that he's been given by his military advisers, by the state department, what have you, that this can actually accomplish everything he said he wants to accomplish in this one week's time. i think that's going to be important. you're talking about those siv applicants. remember what president biden said last week, jake. yes, he put americans, american passport holders above all else, obviously. but then he said of near equal importance, of near equal priority were getting those afghans who helped the american effort over 20 years in this war out as well. so there was not a lot of wiggle room there that joe biden at the end of last week was sort of indicating in any way that he's okay leaving a lot of these afghans that helped the american effort behind. an

then there will be a briefing for the house intelligence committee members on monday.e have been leadership calls to have a briefing of the so-called gang of eight including pelosi, mccarthy and mcconnell, all wanting answers to what happened here. we also expect that the house foreign affairs committee is going to be having a hearing next week, ana, but it is really just the beginning as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle want to know what went wrong in afghanistan. ana. >> lauren fox on capitol hill. thanks, lauren. >>> that does it for me today. thank you so much for being with us. we'll see you back here tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. eastern. don't forget you can follow me any time on twitter @anacabrera. the news continues next with alisyn and victor. full of surprises when you least expect it. (woman laughs) and open. what happened to all your things? i know you needed a place to study, so... and other times, it pays off knowing what to expect. at university of phoenix, you can count on fixed, affordable tuition from the moment you enroll to the day you graduate from y

leaning us off tonight's daniela goldman -- daniel goldman, he was the lead counsel for the house intelligence committee during the first impeachment inquiry of donald trump. daniel goldman, let me talk to you about that. as evident tree smoking guns go, how smoky is this one? let me just read these department of justice notes once again. this is the president trump saying, just say that the election was corrupt, and leave the rest to me and the are congressman. >> it is pretty bad, lawrence. it is pretty far up there in terms of the smoking gun particularly because, we know that the president committed various acts that if with criminal intent, could amount to a crime. the real question here is what did donald trump know in the lead up to january 6th, and what did he intend through his speech on january 6th, his inaction after the capitol was storm, and what did he know in advance of it? these notes really shed a lot of light on what was in his head which is always the most difficult to prove an any prosecution. the fact that he is demanding that the department of justice just say that the election was

house. we spoke to -- um -- representatives that would normally come before the intelligence committee. >> i got ya. are you going to ask for followup on that because it pretty -- is the key determination right now, right? >> absolutely. and we will continue to debrief on this issue. and it's important for us to stop pointing fingers right now, and get our american citizens and those afghans who have helped us out of the country. >> i hear you, 100%. that's why i'm so worried about the number that, you know, you got to know how many people you are trying to get so that you'll be able to figure out how many of 'em you do get and how many are left behind because let's be honest, as you know better than i, the taliban in charge of taf afghanistan, you're not going to hear as much from that country once we leave in terms of who is left behind. how concerned are you that america will not get this done? >> well, i'm -- at this point, i'm not looking at whether we're going to get it done. we have to get it done. i'm also very concerned about the women and girls in afghanistan. i think we have a fem

the ball is rolling with the house intelligence committee set to hold a briefing monday. se armed services committee. we appreciate your time today. i want to know your committee, i know your committee is looking into and plans to look into hearings on this issue. who do you want to hear from, what do you want to hear? >> normally we would be hearing from top echelon of the military, probably the secretary, of the chief of staff, others, centcom commander and we'll learn what's going on. we have been briefed in the past on run up to the situation and we'll get more information along the way. the real question is that the military, are they doing their job. the answer is undoubtedly yes. are there mistakes medicated, probably so. could we have anticipated the total collapse of the afghan government, army, police force would occur, probably not. we were a month ago with top leaders hearing everything was in order, all they needed was continuation of american air support and intelligence, all of which they had, and promise of continuing financial aid. they said they would be

jaffer, he later served as a council to both the senate foreign relations committee and the house intelligence committee he joins me now, thank you for coming on the show tonight. on december the 7th 2001, the new york times reported that afghans taliban militia agreed to surrender and would begin giving up its weapons, the secretary of defense immediately objected to portions of the deal, that would allow the taliban to remain in kandahar, to live in dignity in opposition as long as he renounced terrorism. the reality is that this could've been ended almost as soon as it started but the bush administration, not just in december 2001, but repeatedly over the years turned out opportunity for negotiating an end to the war in here we are 20 years later. >> i'm not sure it's fair to say that the bush administration could've ended the war if only the accepted the surrender of kandahar, but let's be realistic, they pushed back, the continued the fight and eventually push the taliban out of power, and here they are returning 20 years later to power, it's not like if we had negotiated with them, as the trump ad

actually wasn't briefed on capitol hill on the house intelligence committee hearing.e terrorist threat. emanating from afghanistan, especially after u.s. troops withdraw. >> both al-qaeda and ice dismiss afghanistan remain intent on recovering the to ability attack u.s. targets when the time comes for the u.s. military to withdraw the u.s. government's ability to collect and act on threats will diminish. that's simply a fact. there is a significant risk, once the u.s. military and the coalition militaries withdraw. >> bret: cia director. harold ford jr. and waiting for ari to come back to reestablish that shot. mollie, you hear all of that. what do you think about where we are now and where we are going. >> well, there is this interesting argument about how after 20 years in afghanistan we have a investigation where the taliban is largely in operational control of the country. our military equipment, sometimes really important weaponry and other assets are in the hands of people in that country, now people are saying well, we should maybe stay longer in order to deal

i want to bring in the congressman now, a member of the house intelligence committee. thank you so much for joining us. i know you are deeply moved, as all of us are, about the loss of these service members, these heros, these u.s. military heros. i want to give you a chance to express your thoughts on this situation. go ahead. >> our hearts go out to these families of these fallen soldiers. they're some of the finest people you'll ever meet, wolf. you've met them. i've met them. and i also want to extend our incredible gratitude to the men and women who are currently serving, guarding the airport, as well as we're just thinking about the 15 wounded soldiers. we want to pull for them. i hope all of your audience is thinking about them, as well, right now. >> we know some of those wounded u.s. service members have already been flown to the u.s. military air base in germany for treatment and, eventually, they'll come here to washington for more treatment. several of them very seriously injured in that terrorist attack. have you been briefed, congressman? you're a key mem

. >> reporter: the house intelligence committee is taking its first in-depth look at the situation. >> there were any number of warnings that the taliban might take over and some that included a -- the potential of a very rapid takeover. >> reporter: president biden has said the chaos was inevitable and continues to defend his plan to withdraw u.s. troops. >> i think that history is going to record this was the logical, rationale and right decision to make. >> reporter: the pressing decision for the president now, whether or not to push back his deadline for getting troops and thousands of stranded americans out of afghanistan. >> reporter: and later today, president biden will meet virtually with the leaders of the g- 7 about the withdraw. many expected to urge him to extend the deadline. marcus and laura, it's ann over there. >> no doubt indeed.g,hank you. >>> now happening today, benicia considers its own indoor mask mandate. the mayor says it's time. the problem is the county is the only one in the bay area not on board. "today in the bay's" cierra johnson is live in benicia this

. ♪ >>> in november, 2019, lieutenant colonel alexander vindman testified before the house intelligence committeeky. that testimony catapulted him into the public eye, ultimately led to president trump firing him from his job on the national security council. and in his new book "here right matters an american story" vindman details his side of the story and what happened after his testimony. lieutenant colonel alex lindman has since retired from the army is with us today. you detailed this phone conversation in this book, this changed your life and led to president treump's impeachment, investigate biden, get the aid. you write of trump, monotone, stanoffish, he remains stubborn aloof to make a personal connection. i knew one thing my carefully talking points had gone by the boards. the president wasn't using them at all. he may never seen them. as the conversation progressed my worst fears about the call kept being reconfirmed. off on a tangent of his own the president with every passing moment was aggravating a potentially explosive foreign policy situation. you're essentially listening and pr

elizabeth: adam schiff chair of the house intelligence committee who is a democrat he said it's verywill be evacuated by august 31, lawmakers are outraged, both sides of the aisle, lack of accountability pre-very kate inducible by biden and his team and his spokesman including i sullivan, price, jen psaki and kirby the top spinning and touting the evacuation effort when biden created the crisis to begin with ignoring the generals in nato pulling out with no plan unnecessarily stranding u.s. citizens and allies behind political lines pre-why get it a logical and topspin a crisis with american and allison harm's way? >> is a great question, it is not too late to change course we still have time while we have a substantial military presence on the ground to say to the taliban you don't get the bosses around we are dictating terms to you, way it works superpowers don't take terms from tourist if the other way around what the white house needs to do is make clear we are going to keep our soldiers atag the airport or if necessary bagram air base north of the city until every last american

. >> just to the members of the house intelligence committee received a classified briefing on afghanistan. their chairman, adam schiff, democrat of california, expressed his doubts that the evacuation mission will indeed be accomplished by the end of august. >> i think it's possible but i think it's very unlikely. i'm certainly of the view that we maintain a military presence as long as is necessary to get all u.s. persons out and to meet our moral and ethical obligation to our afghan partners. i think the threat to the airport is very real and very substantial. and this has been a concern of mine for some days now, that this would make a very attractive target for isis. >> tomorrow the president will speak with this country's allies in the g-7 about the situation in afghanistan. with that, let's bring in our starting line on this monday night. phillip rucker, senior washington correspondent at "the washington post," co-author of the "new york times" bestseller "i alone can fix it." rick stengel, former secretary of state for public diplomacy in the obama administration, former managing e

most of them informally, the house intelligence committee expects to brief members soon, according ton adam schiff. now the reaction. among democrats, the reaction is split. some have been very critical of president biden and decision to withdraw american troops, essentially blaming him in large part for what happened, that includes the congressman from texas that said this is a shame on the administration. then there are others like chris murphy of connecticut that said president biden was right to withdraw american troops, sticking to former president trump's timetable which he extended by several months and said there's hubris at play to think the united states can build nations abroad, create democracy in places like afghanistan that don't necessarily want it. among republicans, reaction is more lock step in blaming and criticizing president biden for this. let's play some of what two republicans had to say. >> i think absolutely president biden bears responsibility for making this decision, but there's no question that president trump, his administration, secretary pompeo, they b