s. secretary defense lloyd austin has been getting quite a grilling how things proceeded. it's certainly been a tough couple days for us. secretary defense lloyd austin as well as some of the top pentagon brass, they've been answering a barrage of questions about the pull out of afghanistan and the chaos that went down. now, the biden administration has attempted to portray those advances somehow being a success, but it's pretty clear a lot of the american public and a lot of the law makers do not by it. i fear the president is delusional. this was an extraordinary success. it was an extraordinary disaster. it will go down in history, is one of the greatest failures of american leadership. i expect our witnesses to give us an honest accounting of exactly what went wrong. i also want answers on how we're going to conduct counterterrorism operations. now that we have 0 presence in f pianist and according to the latest intelligence assessment, it could be as little as 12 months before. okay, to will use afghans standards based in as a base to conduct air strikes or strikes ag

we'll take you live to the pentagon where we expect to hear defense secretary lloyd austin and mark milley to deliver remarks about the end of the military mission in afghanistan and those gentlemen do have a lot of questions. the question is, how many questions will they take? all comes after president biden delivered both his decision to leave afghanistan and his administration's execution of the withdrawal. there are many questions, as i said at the top, that are left unanswered after the president's remarks that the pentagon might have to address. we'll see if they do.

in august, lloyd austin came up with a new political purity test.s was specifically designed to separate the obedient from the free. can't have any of the latter category. if he planned to fire anybody in the entire armed services who didn't submit to the covid-19 vaccination shot. didn't matter if they had natural immunity are not which many in the military do. the personal moral or religious objections were irrelevant. bow before the authority of the democratic party, no excuses, no exceptions. "i determined that mandatory vaccinations against covid-19's necessary to protect the force and defend the american people. period, no debate." there is no justification, they are zero scientific basis for any of this. the fighting strength of the military is young, healthy people virtually all of them at extremely low risk of dying from covid. to this day, only 46 members of the entire u.s. military died from the coronavirus over the last year and a half. suicides, by contrast, kill many, many times more. just a few months last year, 156 service members ki

secretary lloyd austin will be joining me live in few minutes.nd vice president kamala harris, they will speak live in shanksville, pennsylvania. all that coming up. right now, i want to bring in our pentagon correspondent, orin lieberman. i know this is an emotional day for the military men and women and the civilians who work here, as well. >> reporter: wolf, there were two incredibly difficult periods over the last few weeks leading up to this moment and this ceremony. first, on the day of the horrible terrorist attack at kabul international airport when 13 service members were killed. 11 marines, a sailor, and a soldier. that weighed on the building, that those would be the last u.s. service members killed in after s afghanistan. it led up to thursday and friday as the building and the generals here, officers and everybody else, prepared for this moment. again, you could feel the weight of the moment in the building and how painful it was to think about 20 years over the course of all that has happened. and you heard some of that in the words

was testifying against lloyd austin —— alongside lloyd austin.loyd austin. - helped overstate but we could not help forge a nation. the fact the afghan army that we and our partners trained simply melted away, in many cases without firing a shot took us all by surprise and it would be dishonest to claim otherwise are. �* , , dishonest to claim otherwise are. ~ , , ., ., , dishonest to claim otherwise are. a , ., ., , ., are. as we build that army and all of its components - are. as we build that army and all of its components i - are. as we build that army and all of its components i think i all of its components i think that— all of its components i think that one _ all of its components i think that one area we may have made over_ that one area we may have made over time — that one area we may have made over time is_ that one area we may have made over time is we that one area we may have made overtime is we make that one area we may have made over time is we make them too dependent on technology, too dependent on technology, too dependent on t

lloyd austin was the top commander in iraq in 2011 when that war was declared over and all u.s.s were pulled out. i wanted to ask him, are there any lessons learned from that and can you say that troops wouldn't go back to afghanistan because troops did go back to iraq after three years to fight isis. >> martha: were you satisfied? >> i didn't get an answer. >> martha: jen griffin, thanks. good to have you here. joining me now, keith kellogg, former national security adviser to mike pence, co-chair for the center of american security and a fox news contributor. general, great to have you with us today. i want to by getting your reaction to what the you heard today from the two generals. >> yeah, thanks for having me. i was a little bit disappointed. a lot of back slapping and high fives on what happened on the evacuation at karzai international in kabul. they're hoping that everybody will look forward to this weekend and what time does the army-georgia state football game start and nobody will pay attention to it. there's needs to be accountability here. what you heard here toda

>> this morning, defense secretary lloyd austin and mark milley marked the anniversary with a ceremony at the pentagon. ♪ [indiscernible chatter] >> good morning, please be seated as the ceremony will begin momentarily. we ask that everyone silenced all mobile devices, please ensure that your mask is worn over your mouth and nose for the duration of the ceremony. [indiscernible chatter] ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the united states department of defense we welcome you to our annual observance ceremony where we honor and remember 184 lives last 20 years ago on american airlines flight 77 and at the pentagon 9:37 a.m. on september 11, 2001. please stand for the arrival of the official party. ladies and gentlemen, the secretary of defense, lloyd james austin the third, the chairman of the joint chief of staff's -- chief of staff, mark milley and the brigadier general. please remain standing for the presentation of colors and the national anthem. ♪ ♪ [indiscernible] >> left, right, left. left, right, left. left, right, left. ford -- forward halt. >> oh say can you see -- >> ♪ oh say

. >>> also on the hill this morning, in 30 minutes defense secretary lloyd austin, general mark milley and general mckenzie will face another day of questions, this time from members of the house armed services committee. two of the top military officials admitting yesterday they disagreed with the president about how the u.s. should withdraw from afghanistan. and on the covid front there may be a glimmer of hope this morning, some southern states appear to be past the latest peak. we'll revisit an icu in hard hit mississippi to see firsthand how hospitals are holding up. and we begin on capitol hill where democrats in the house and senate are in a stalemate with just hours before their self-imposed deadline is expected to kick in. with speaker pelosi having set tomorrow as the day to vote on the $1 trillion hard infrastructure bill, democrats are still fighting over the larger human infrastructure bill. progressives are still insisting they will not support one without the other. president biden is doing what he can as negotiator in chief. he actually canceled a trip to chicago to sta

that was disagreed with strongly by lloyd austin. have been real differences here between the military top brass and their civilian bosses. >> another keenly anticipated part of the hearing related to china. earlier this month, it was reported that general milley had held calls with chinese officials during the final days of the trump presidency, without the president's knowledge. these claims in created republicans -- these claims infuriated republicans. the general defended his actions. >> my loyalty is absolute, and i will not turn my back on it. i routinely growing -- communicated with my counterpart with the knowledge and coronation of civilian oversight. i'm specifically directed to communicate with the chinese by department of defense guidanc the policy dialogue system. these military to military communications at the highest level are critical to the security of the united states, in order to de-conflict military action manage crises, and prevent war between great powers that are armed with the world's most deadliest weapons.

secretary lloyd austin, they all testify they belief the u.s. should have left a force of 2500 troops in afghanistan rather than withdrawals completely. he has defended his conversations with his chinese counterparts. they all said they were coordinated with the civilian leaders as well as his conversation with house speaker nancy pelosi to ensure here there was no chance of an accidental nuclear laup much. -- launch. my hoilt is salute, and i will not turn by back on the following. i am specificly directed to communicate with the chinese by department of defense guidance, the policy dialogue system. these military to military communications at the highest level are critical to the security of the united states to prevent war between great powers arped with the world's most deadliest webs. the purpose was to generate them by concerning sbel jeps. i know, i'm certain, that president trump did not intend to attack the chinese, and it is my direct responsibility and it is to convey that intent to the chinese. my task at that time was to deescalate.

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visit ncicap.org] >> this week on the c-span networks -- secretary of defense lloyd austin, joint chiefs of staff chair mark millie, and two hearings. c-span3 will have live coverage of their testimony before the senate armed services committee tuesday at 9:30 a.m. eastern. the senate banking committee holds an oversight hearing on wednesday, 10:00 a.m., with janet yellen and federal reserve chair jerome powell on the federal economic stimulus measures taken in response to the pandemic. we'll have live coverage on c-span.org. then thursday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3 -- health and human services secretary javier becerra and education secretary cardona will discuss school reopenings during the coronavirus pandemic. watch this week on the c-span networks or listen on the free c-span radio app. also, head on over to c-span.org for scheduling information or to stream video live or on demand anytime. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. washington journal . host: dr. brian miller is the assistant professor of medicine at johns hopkins university school of medicine. he is joining u

it's been a tough couple days for lloyd austin, the u. s. secretary of defense, as well as the top pentagon brass who oversaw the drawing down of forces by the united states in afghanistan. now they've answered quite a few questions, kind of been facing kind of a grilling the congressional committee on armed services. asked them a lot of tough questions, many of them revolving around a recurring theme, that it could be possible that the united states is actually less safe today from terrorism than it was 20 years ago when the usa 1st invaded afghanistan. i fear the president is delusional. this was an extraordinary success. it was an extraordinary disaster. it will go down in history, is one of the greatest failures of american leadership. i expect our witnesses to give us an honest accounting of exactly what went wrong. i also want answers on how we're going to conduct counterterrorism operations. now that we have 0 presence and pianist and according to the latest intelligence assessment, it could be as little as 12 months before i cater

them with compassion and with generosity in doha for a visit alongside us secretary of defense, lloyd austin. both men met us foreign minister mohammed when a sunny and others minister of state for defense affairs. had been made that up a year during a joint press conference in lincoln also pushed the taliban to stick by its promises. the people can leave afghanistan if they want to us. we're going to continue to engage. we're engaging as we speak to resolve these issues and need to hold the taliban to it's pledge to let people with travel documents, including american citizens, a freely depart, afghanistan, as with any commitment atalla makes, we're focused on what they do, not just on what they say another important topic of discussion, how company teams are working towards reopening, how many cars international airport. but we have fixed a lot of that events which are over there and we are about to get everything operation at a very soon. now we didn't reach yet an agreement on the way how to manage or to run the airport, but yet we are continuing the humanitarian support. and we are char

military forces from afghanistan and the collapse of the african governance defense secretary lloyd austin, joint chiefs of staff chairman loc millie and the head of central command, general kenneth mackenzie are all testifying. the biden administration has been widely accused of being unprepared for the fall of couple. senior officials have since had misses the taliban force as advanced far more quickly than they anticipated. so we help build the state mister chairman, but we could not for donation. the fact that the afghan army that we in our partner strain simply melted away in many cases without firing a shot, took us all by surprise. and it would be just honest a claim. otherwise, we need to consider some uncomfortable truths that we didn't fully comprehend the depth of corruption and poor leadership and the senior ranks that we didn't gras damaging effect effect of frequent and unexplained rotations by president ghani of his commanders. that we didn't anticipate the snowball collect effect caused by the deals that the taliban commanders struck with local leaders in a wake of the doha

i don't think many would want to be and us secretary of defense, lloyd austin, shoes at the moment. he seems to be coming in for some uncomfortable question. tell us more sure. it has been a tough day and tough. few days for lloyd austin and the top military brass of the united states, as they faced pretty much a grilling on the floor of congress on the house armed services committee hearings regarding how the pull out of afghanistan was conducted. now, the biden administration, their handling of the troops being pulled out of afghanistan, many had been particularly outraged by attempts on the part of the biden administration and of pentagon officials to portray it is somehow a success. i feared the president is delusional. this was an extraordinary success . it was an extraordinary disaster. it will go down in history, is one of the greatest failures of american leadership. i expect our witnesses to give us the honest accounting of exactly what went wrong. i also want answers on how we're going to conduct counter terrorism operations. now that we have 0 presence in f dentist and ac

we asked to hear from the secretary of defense lloyd austin for the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff millie and the commander of u.s. central command general mckinzie. the last commander of the u.s. forces in afghanistan, general miller. these are our top military leaders who need to be asked the hard questions. and that is what i and my colleagues intend to do starting with why did we give up the most strategic airbase in the middle of asia? why did we do that? it makes no sense. we owe it to our nation, those who served, there families and our allies to preserve the records of how our time in afghanistan ended. for every people these are different issues facing the military since vietnam. those who have given so much to this cause are demoralized and disheartened. i talked toe hundreds of them the past week. al qaeda did not mean to defeat our military. the taliban did not defeat our military. they did not beat our military. this administration and washington d.c. defeated our troops. never in american history have we seen a commander-in-chief leave americans behind enemy lines. it

defense secretary, lloyd austin, and general mark milley will discuss afghanistan just one day after the last evacuation flights. sam kiley is in doha, qatar, and with u.s. cnn military retired general. orrin, let's start with you. what do we expect to hear in these remarks? >> in terms of the expectation of how this plays out, we expect austin and milley, and then some time for questions. generally when these two spoke in front of the press, it lasted a tight 30 minutes and that's what we expect here. second in terms of what we expect to hear, i think it will focus on a message of support and a message of absolute confidence in the troops, and a message of mourning for those that lost their lives in 20 years of war, including the 13 service members of lost their lives last wednesday, and then support for 8,000 other service members that served in afghanistan over the course of two decades of war. i don't think we will hear too much insight on the disagreements and the insights of going into the withdrawal and the process of the evacuation, that they are almost certain to keep themse

we asked to hear from the secretary of defense lloyd austin, the chairman of joint chiefs of staff general milley, the commander of u.s. central command general mackenzie, and the last commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan general miller. these are our top military leaders who need to be asked the hard questions. and that's what i and my colleagues intend to do, starting with why did we give up the most strategic air base in the middle of asia, bagram airfield. why did we do that? it makes no sense. we owe it to our nation, those who served, their families, and our allies to preserve the records of how our time in afghanistan ended. for every people we and members of the armed services committee represent here in congress, this is the biggest issue facing our military since vietnam. those who have given so much to this cause are demoralized and disheartened. i talked to hundreds of them the last couple of weeks. al qaeda didn't defeat our military. the taliban didn't defeat our military. the complexities of rebuilding a country did not beat our military. this administration in washington

blink and made the comments on a visit to catherine capital. doha, where he defense secretary lloyd austin, held talks with the customary counterparts. i was there was mohammed jump june reports at the top of his agenda, us secretary of state antony, blinking, sending a message of thanks our deep gratitude to the guitar people. many countries have stepped up to help the evacuation relocation efforts and ask in ghana stand. but no country has done more than cut it more than 58000 people have transited through doha. you welcome them with compassion and with generosity in doha for a visit alongside us secretary of defense, lloyd austin. both men met us foreign minister mohammed when after sunny and others minister of state for defense affairs. thought had been made that up a year during a joint press conference in lincoln also pushed the taliban to stick by its promises that people can leave afghanistan if they want to us. we're going to continue to engage. we're in gauging as we speak to resolve these issues and need to hold the taliban to it's pledge to what people with travel documents, in

joint chiefs chairman general mark milley, defense secretary lloyd austin and central command chief general frank mckenzie appearing for the first time since the withdrawal. general mark milley testifying it was his opinion that 2,500 troops should have maintained in afghanistan. secretary austin acknowledging the intelligence failures over the course of many years when asked how that country collapsed to the taliban in just 11 days. and the chairman of the joint chiefs, general milley, was asked about his calls with his counterpart in china during the final months of the trump presidency, in an effort to reassure china that president trump and the u.s. were not planning any kind of attack. how he explained those calls. our chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz leading us off tonight. >> good morning. >> reporter: it was an extraordinary moment. for the first time, the president's top military advisers publicly acknowledging they did not support pulling all u.s. troops out of afghanistan and implying they conveyed their concerns to the commander in chief. >> my assessment was ba

defense secretary lloyd austin, joint chiefs chairman general mark milley and u.s. centcom commander general frank mckenzie set to give their first public testimony since the biden administration officially pulled all u.s. forces out last month. >>> and all three men will face tough questions starting with the terror attack at kabul airport that killed 13 american service members and botched drone strike that killed ten civilians including seven children in the final days of the evacuation. general mckenzie admitting that strike was a tragic mistake. but the hearings focused likely to go far beyond the end of america's longest war. general milley expected to address revelations from a new book that detailed actions he took in the final months of the trump presidency including calls to his chinese counterparts to assure them the united states was not planning an attack. heading into today's hearing, some republicans have accused milley of treason, called for his resignation for what they see as going out of the chain of command. let's begin on capitol hill, this morn

with the tone yvonne and lloyd austin replied, saying that they were working with autonomy bond on a very narrow issue and could not make any leap of logic on broader issues. i think oh hain has been listening to all of that news conference joins us now from washington d. c. so i guess you could say, patty, this was an attempt to try and pat clothes, some of those wounds, very deep wounds, which were evident that and put a brave face on the whole situation. we've seen this in fairly unusual. we've seen statement after statement from the top browser at the pentagon, reassuring the troops that served there that their service was not in vain. you heard the general there say the fact that these people got out and they have a new life new. they can start a new life that is the legacy of their time in afghan, a stand. but i think you saw very vis, really the general talking about the troops that died under his command. this is a very hard thing for the american military to accept if you think about it 20 years of war. and when they left the, the caliber was back in charge just like they we

with many others is it likely will put a shot of adrenalin into their arm and defense secretary lloyd austin told the committee that he did not support keeping troops in afghanistan for longer. that in my view, there wasn't, there is no, was no risk free status quo option. i think that the taliban had been clear that if we stayed there longer, they were going to recommend attacks on our forces. i think while we, it's conceivable that you could stay there. my view is that you would have had to deploy more forces in order to protect ourselves and accomplish any mission that we would have been assigned. now around 80 percent of people enough ganeth stan are addicted to drugs and many children with a come crumbling economy and insufficient aid rehabilitation centers and now running out of the medicines they need to treat them. osama being dr. it has this report from couple this appears to be an ordinary classroom. for these children are being treated for drug addiction with mothers who were addict student pregnancy. some became indirect uses in the room. for this, it was when they were breastfed

microscope today as the chairman of the joint chiefs general loc, millie and defense secretary lloyd austin from the senate committee and they faced some tough questions on both sides of the aisle and a us marine officer who's ran plastic military leaders over afghanistan is now reportedly in jail. we'll discuss it off with our panel. the president biden claim, his multi trillion dollar build back better plan, actually costs nothing. and you've heard the president proclaimed to the rich that they need to pay their fair share of taxes biden. and his wife plant certain income in a place that would prevent it from paying their fair share. we'll get the 360 view with our political panel. i'd be more for again for scottsdale hughes on today's edition of news news use right here on our t america. ah, well, it was promised to be a fiery intent hearing on capitol hill and it did not disappoint today. general mark, milly, secretary of defense, lloyd austin, and general frank mackenzie testified before the senate on the disastrous withdrawal from afghanistan. while the 3 dated made. many errors were

but us defense secretary lloyd austin acknowledges miscalculations over the chaotic end to the war. and i kind of stone personally recommend taliban says it will bring back a constitution from almost 60 years ago. but only the parts that don't contradict its version of islamic law. ah, to this is down to here. a live from london was coming out to news. you know, position parties form a coalition against the president after he gave himself power to rule by decree. and spain declared a disasters triggering financial support for an island devastation by 9 days of volcanic eruptions. ah, the top u. s. military commander has called the end of the 20 year war in afghanistan, a strategic failure, general marchman, he was speaking on the 1st of 2 days of congressional hearings over the chaotic american withdrawal and taliban takeover. last month. many, along with defense secretary lloyd austin and the head of central command, kenneth mackenzie, of a question by senators. the biden administration has been widely accused of being unprepared for the full of cobble senior officials of admitted

general mark, milly, secretary of defense, lloyd austin, and general frank mckenzie testified before the senate on the disastrous withdrawal from afghanistan. while the 3 dated made. many errors were made. they also testified that they gave president joe biden many options to keep the mission from getting out of control. barren from zack shows us some of the highlights from today's hearing. i am disappointed, but the statements of all witnesses were not sensitive committee until late last evening, giving center to the staff very little time to review the senate armed services sharing. right out of the gate, was off to a bumpy start. with the 3 men testifying general mark, milly, secretary of austin and general frank mckenzie, angering senators on both sides. were there lack of urgency on delivering testimony and writing cause it was a largest error, error error lives conducted and us history. and it was executed in 17 days. was it perfect? of course not all 3 men admitted mistakes were made, but the circumstances were ones the united states hasn't seen before. but senators, no matter

because apparently the senate foreign relations committee extended an invitation to secretary lloyd austin to testify alongside anthony blank. and but he turned down the invitation and there was considerable criticism of that in part because a lot of the questions which senators have where senator for secretary blank and really should be directed to was secretary austin. and they all noted that as the questioning has gone on here on capitol hill. certainly, there has been criticism, however, of how the by debt ministration overall handled is withdrawal of military forces from afghanistan. as well as how it carried out. the evacuation of americans and afghans who worked with the u. s. military over the last 20 years. here's just some of the criticism. this is wisconsin republican senator ron john. secretary, if i were just to read your testimony. not having watched any news, i would literally think this was a smashing success. but i do read the news as most americans do, and we realize this was a complete debacle. and that was a message we had time and time again. aimed at the secretary of

military forces from afghanistan into the collapse of the afghan government defense secretary lloyd austin. as you can see, that joint chiefs of staff chairman walk many and the head of central command, general kenneth mackenzie roll, testifying, that's listenin. you made all these, it was your plan, you even acknowledge it was your plan and your plan. so do you do all these things before we got our civilians out? i mean, when in the history of this country, have we ever had the u. s. military and have a plan that we will take our military out 1st before we take our civilians? i can't imagine that when you, when you say civilians are you, are you, are you talking about this american citizen now? the american citizens would come out, once noncombatant evacuation is declared. and until that point, typically we don't evacuate all the citizens in the country. but we didn't hear, there's american systems still there and we continue to remain engaged and, and work to, to get those services out center. why would you propose a plan that didn't get all american citizens out? i just can't imagine ev

senate home, just you wait a wednesday before the house, general mark, milly, defense survey, lloyd austin, and general frank mckenzie faced a new around of grilling and of course, like always expected grandstanding. all this resulted in questions about president joe biden's ability to lead. well, someone who leads to always is our fair project, who is going to give us some of today's highlights. 20 years of a whole lot of different people leading has led us to this point. and we said, we're going to stop this one, chairman, this side of the conceivable will bring war here. going war is not over. it's coming to america. go congressional payoff after a heated hearing in the senate, members of the house armed services committee, up the annie bickering with each other and bickering with the 3 men. testifying general mark, milly, secretary of defense, lloyd austin, and central command commander frank mckenzie. not even close congress. oh, really? cuz you said you chose to talk to reporters instead of us. the one who took the most heat, general mili over as comments in the just released bob woo

and bickering with the 3 men testifying general mark, milly, secretary of defense, lloyd austin, and central command commander frank mckenzie. they're not even close congress. oh, really? because you said you chose to talk to reporters instead of off the one who took the most heat. general mili over his comments in the just released bob woodward's book as peril where it revealed several of milly's actions in the final days of president trump time and office, including calls with his chinese counterpart and his conversation with how speaker nancy pelosi, quoted pelosi is saying and this was to you, what i'm saying to you is that they couldn't even stop him from an assault on the capital. who even knows what else he may do. and is there anybody in charge of the white house who was doing anything but kissing his fat but all over this is that you recall that is a lot of argent comments made and and my focus was to assure her that the nuclear system and weapons are under control, and then more probing into what these men actually told president joe biden, after the resurfacing of the pres

currently the defense secretary lloyd austin, mark milley had been appearing before the senate arms servicesee testifying for the first time in public about the withdrawal from afghanistan. general milley defended his much talked about actions noting many members of the trump administration were very aware of what he did including the president's secretary of state. we will have much more on that hearing coming up. we will begin with the bigger story right now in american politics, democrats facing a serious reality check as they attempt to salvage president biden's agenda, avert a shutdown and stop a default on the debt. right now this minute joe manchin is set to meet with the president at the white house, he is there now, the meeting may have already begun, after senator kyrsten sinema was at the white house earlier today. it's been nearly a week since biden last met with those two key senate moderates and we still don't know what will manchin support, what's his number. he said he would let biden know the number. the reality is this, the reconciliation bill is now at least weeks away fro

mark millie and secretary of defense lloyd austin. miller recommended 2500 troops day on the ground to keep stability in afghanistan. he said he was turned down at his job became the execution of the withdrawal, the pentagon spokesperson john kirby would not comment on miller's testimony. >> i won't speak to his views that he may or may not have expressed in a session with members of congress. the president was given advice and counsel to formulate his open unit his decision. >> this comes as republicans are putting pressure on the white house designate the taliban as a foreign terror organization. >> why would not the taliban in afghanistan be a foreign terrorist organization? >> the intelligence is clear the taliban equals al qaeda. >> flights of stopped for 7 days because of measles cases. >> the cdc requested 7 additional days out of abundance of caution, that remains the case. we are assessing and working with the national security team, public health officials and others to determine what the next steps are. >> the white house i

doha. us actually are state anthony blinking visited the golf state with us defense secretary lloyd austin are deep gratitude to the guitar people. many countries have stepped up to help the evacuation relocation efforts and ask in ghana, stan, but no country has done more than more than 58000 people have transited through doha. you welcome them with compassion and with generosity. when problems arose, cut worked hand in hand with us to address them. the men, women and children who transitive through here will not forget what you did at a pivotal moment in their lives. neither will we on the ground in afghanistan, the taliban has opened fire to despise hundreds of protest. as in the capital kabul, the process must be led by women have been held across the country since the group took over. meanwhile, the world health organization is wanting millions of afghans could lose essential medical care funding for the so monday or the wellness project, that's the backbone of the health system has been frozen well in 2000 and clinics, and hospitals may close within days beyond most shadow government

was also going to be re, started us secretary of state antony blinking, and defense secretary lloyd austin, have met the mayor of katherine doha to discuss the ongoing efforts to evacuate remaining us citizens from afghanistan. lincoln released the statement, thanking cathy for supporting the us, lead evacuation operation. and officials have confirmed the u. s. as arrange the 1st safe departures of americans since troops withdrew for people left via an overland route. that was african alliance, equal was, will hold an emergency summit over the, at the coo in guinea on thursday. give me a military rulers, have borrowed officials from leaving the country after detaining the president and toppling the government on sunday. they've also promised to set up a transitional government. a man hunt is under way for 6 palestinian inmates who the escaped from a prison in israel. they dug a tunnel under the board jail just north of be occupied. westbank 5 are members of the islamic jihad movement, while the 6th is zachary, as you be a former field commander, associated with the fact that party. well, t

he was testifying alongside the us defence secretary lloyd austin.e of what they had to say. we secretary lloyd austin. here is some of what they had to say.— of what they had to say. we could not for: e of what they had to say. we could not forge a _ of what they had to say. we could not forge a nation. _ of what they had to say. we could not forge a nation. the _ of what they had to say. we could not forge a nation. the fact - of what they had to say. we could not forge a nation. the fact that l not forge a nation. the fact that the afghan army that we and our partners are trained simply melted away in many cases without firing a shot to us all by surprise. it would be dishonest to claim otherwise are. as we built that army and all its components i think that's one area we may— components i think that's one area we may have made over time as we make _ we may have made over time as we make them — we may have made over time as we make them too dependent on technology, on our capabilities. we didn't_ technology, on our capabilities. we didn't take — t

we should note one of defense secretary lloyd austin's early acts in office was creating an independent review commission to review sexual assault. in june that commission recommended taking decisions to prosecute both sexual assault and domestic violence cases away from commanders. the secretary agreed with that recommendation. >> powerful reporting there from norah o'donnell. >>> you're watching the "cbs overnight news." (ringing) - hey kaleb, what's up? how you doing? - hey, i'm good, guess what, i just had my 13th surgery. - really? i just had my 17th surgery. - well, you beat me. - well, i am a little bit older than you. - yeah it's true. how are you doing? - i'm doing good. i'm encouraged by seeing how people are coming together to help each other during times like these. - kind of like how shriners hospitals for children is there for us. imagine if i couldn't get my surgery. o what would have happened. - same for me. i know my shriners hospitals family will continue to take care kids like us who need them most all because of caring people like you. - like me? - no, the people wat

defense secretary lloyd austin and house speaker nancy pelosi wednesday to discuss plans for aukus, aeral military partnership between the united states, australia, and britain. the nations announced the new alliance last week saying it was needed to counter china's growing power in the indo-pacific region. as part of the agreement, the united states has agreed to help australia build a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines. this led australia to cancel a submarine deal with france. they were building on nuclear powered submarines for australia. this has sparked a major diplomatic rift. far less attention though has been paid to another aspect of the aukus partnership, how it will help the united states increase its military presence in australia where the u.s. already has at least seven military installations. this is australia defense 's minister peter dutton speaking last week. >> significantly enhancing our corporation, increasing interoperability, deepening alliance activities in the indo pacific. this will include greater air corporation rotational deployments of all types of u.s.