host: anita mcbride? guest: i think you bring up an important point on just what our military did to help liberate this country, give them a chance to build their nation for themselves. i think you saw so many veterans and nonactive duty, retired military that went back in, and these incredible ways to help facilitate the departure of afghans. many of them who they knew whether they were translators or afghans they had met during their deployment. these underground railroads, how brave and our official efforts and military were helped by those. the way these people were communicating and trying to get people out, particularly our special immigrant visa applicants, especially those who risked their lives to work with us and thought we would be with them and help them. i am glad that you mentioned that, because our military are absolutely amazing, active duty and retired, and they found ways to get in. i was getting facebook messages from women veterans who had served in afghanistan and were so worried abou

host: anita mcbride? guest: i think you bring up an important point on just what our military did to help liberate this country, give them a chance to build their nation for themselves. i think you saw so many veterans and nonactive duty, retired military that went back in, and these incredible ways to help facilitate the departure of afghans. many of them who they knew whether they were translators or afghans they had met during their deployment. these underground railroads, how brave and our official efforts and military were helped by those. the way these people were communicating and trying to get people out, particularly our special immigrant visa applicants, especially those who risked their lives to work with us and thought we would be with them and help them. i am glad that you mentioned that, because our military are absolutely amazing, active duty and retired, and they found ways to get in. i was getting facebook messages from women veterans who had served in afghanistan and were so worried abou

host: anita mcbride?st: i think you bring up an important point on just what our military did to help liberate this country, give them a chance to build their nation for themselves. i think you saw so many veterans and nonactive duty, retired military that went back in, and these incredible ways to help facilitate the departure of afghans. many of them who they knew whether they were translators or afghans they had met during their deployment. these underground railroads, how brave and our official efforts and military were helped by those. the way these people were communicating and trying to get people out, particularly our special immigrant visa applicants, especially those who risked their lives to work with us and thought we would be with them and help them. i am glad that you mentioned that, because our military are absolutely amazing, active duty and retired, and they found ways to get in. i was getting facebook messages from women veterans who had served in afghanistan and were so worried about th

i salute george bush for hailing that, anita mcbride played a crucial role, too.ope we get that feeling of unity back. >> thank you to you both. and to viewers, thanks very much for joining me at the pentagon for special coverage of this very solemn day. we'll go back to jake in new york next and hear from one of the people that wrote rudy giuliani's speeches and eulogies after 9/11. this is cnn special coverage. >> michael anthony turner. >> dennis gerard taramino, injure. >> kenneth tarantino. i don't know... (laughs) breyers. 100% grade a milk and cream, and loaded with delicious cookie pieces. better starts with breyers. >>> that's president biden and first lady jill biden walking in a field outside shanksville, pennsylvania. shanksville, of course, famously where flight 93 went down. passengers and crew members, taking control from the terrorists on 9/11. a plane almost certainly intended to crash into the u.s. capitol, killing an unknown number of people. those passengers gave their lives so that others might live. jeff zeleny joins us from the white house.

anita mcbride was the chief of staff with first lady laura bush from 2005 through 2009, and has been a member of the u.s. afghan women's council. guest: thank you for having me. host: tell us about the council.

afghans women councilmember anita mcbride, who also served as the chief of staff to first lady laura bush, discusses the rights of women and girls in afghanistan and the impact of the taliban takeover. watch c-span's washington journal live at seven eastern friday morning be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. announcer: two house homeland security subcommittees held a joint hearing on cyber threats and the may ransomware attack against colonial pipeline. several topics were discussed, including cyber related ransom payments, diskette -- detecting rope -- detective own ability and improving security. this hearing is just under two hours. >> in maritime security and the subcommittees on cyber security infrastructure and protection and innov

afghans women councilmember anita mcbride, who also served as the chief of staff to first lady laura bush, discusses the rights of women and girls in afghanistan and the impact of the taliban takeover. watch c-span's washington journal live at seven eastern friday morning be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. announcer: two house homeland security subcommittees held a joint hearing on cyber threats and the may ransomware attack against colonial pipeline. several topics were discussed, including cyber related ransom payments, diskette -- detecting rope -- detective own ability and improving security. this hearing is just under two hours. >> in maritime security and the subcommittees on cyber security infrastructure and protection and innovation. it will come to order for today's hearing titled cyber threats and the pipeline. lessons from the federal response to the colonial pipeline ransomware attack. without objection, the chair is authorized to declare the subcommittee to recess at any point. thank you chairwoman clark, r