on february 26, secretary austin established the 90 day review commission. on june 21, the irc provided its findings and recommendations to secretary austin, and their comprehensive evidence-based and stakeholder informed report made 82 recommendations that spanned four lines of effort. accountability, prevention, climate and culture, and victim care. on july 2, less than six months after stating his intent to be the department encountering sexual assault and sexual harassment, secretary austin directed this implementation ahead. we have now created that way ahead called implementation roadmap, and secretary austin has approved it in its entirety. comprising experts across the department. after reviewing the irc's recommendations our experts identified sequencing issues, estimated resource requirements and characterized the risks and benefits associated with different implementation paths. built in consultation with the department's civilian and uniformed leadership, the resulting roadmap represents a best-in-practice sexual assault and harassment prevention

austin said that the input received by the president. the president told george stephanopoulos no one said that, that i can recall. and general milley saying this was logistical success, the withdrawal issue but strategic failure. >> harris: morgan, you heard president trump's name come up at the end there. >> morgan: what was really striking to me, the secretary of defense said we have 4000 americans left behind. how the state department and defense department could be off, state department has been saying about 100 americans and that figure doesn't change. we need a real accounting for how many people, big difference between 100 and 4000. my biggest takeaway, we have no counter terrorism strategy and milley and mckenzie testifyod this, mckenzie said he is not confident we can prevent al qaeda or isis. >> harris: i am rushing, it is top of the hour, kayleigh and emily, everybody on "outnumbered," quick one for us as we ark wait the panel to reconvene. thanks for watching fox news. our coverage continues on "america reports." >> sandra:

austin: secretary austin: good afternoon, and thanks for being here.t's been a busy time for all of us in this department. a proud one and a solemn one too. we have concluded our historic evacuation operation and ended the last mission of the u.s. war in afghanistan. america's longest war has come to a close. now, both the secretary and as a veteran of our afghan war, my thoughts have been with the brave americans who stood up to serve after al-qaeda attacked us on september 11, 2001. and my heart is with their families and loved ones, and with our friends and allies, and with our fellow citizens whose lives were lost or changed forever over 20 years of war. we remember 2,461 american service members and personnel who paid the ultimate price in this war. service members who paid the ultimate price in this war. more than 20,000 wounded americans, some still carrying the scars that you cannot see on the outside. we remember the thousands of american contractors who lost their lives. hundreds of our allies and partners from nato and beyond. tens of thousa

secretary austin, one final question. obviously this is an issue on which many of our troops and our veterans feel very passionately on both sides of the issue. one of those service members, marine colonel stuart scheller posted a very critical video on social media last month and he was relieved of his command for that posting. your reports today indicate he's being held in pretrial confinement, and why is that? >> i don't have any specifics of what caused him to be held in pretrial confinement and i would certainly ask the marines to provide that insight. >> thank you senator cotton. senator king please. do you need a moment? >> discussion that we had thus far today is a peculiar one about decisions and the assumptions seem to be that you could make a different decision. for example, on august 31st, and everything would have been okay and we have would have gotten more people out. it would have had consequences that you and your colleagues judge's would be more damaging and dangerous to american lives in the decision to

is leaving americans behind an extraordinary success in your view, secretary austin? >> we're not leaving americans behind. >> yes or no is fine. >> is the killing of 13 american service men and women while trying to secure a chaotic evacuation of the president's own making an extraordinary success? >> the loss of any civilian life is always tragic. >> is the fact that we failed to evacuate most of our afghan partners an extraordinary success or the fact that we have afghans bringing child brides, people who are hardly vetted, is that an extraordinary success? >> again, these are issues that we continue to work to get our american citizens out and -- >> let me move on. per article 2 of the constitution the president may require the opinion in writing of the principal officer in each of the executive departments. did the president ever require our request written recommendations related to the withdrawal of the afghan forces, yes or no, secretary austin and general milley and then general mckenzie, yes or no? >> i provided our input as a part -- >> i can't -- >> in mit

yes. >> secretary austin? >> i think you heard me say in the opening comments that we engaged state early on to provide input to their decision making process on when to move the sivs. >> you said that you and the state department followed the advice of the ghani government that taking them out would precipitate a government collapse. the vast majority of these heroes weren't working for the government anymore. they supported a force to up to 100,000 u.s. troops. we only had 2500 troops left. why on earth did you trust president ghani? >> again, not my decision. to your point, i had input to that decision making process but it is not as if i was influenced by president ghani. >> i understand. you've said it's the state's responsibility. what responsibility do you have for the afghans who stood shoulder to shoulder with our troops? how many do you commit to getting out by the end of the year? >> i have a responsibility to get out as many as i can over time and how many do i commit to getting out? everyone that

secretary austin. the doha agreement represents direct negotiations with terrorists. and not just negotiations, but an agreement with them. that excluded the afghan government and the allies who have been fighting with us now since 9/11. it set a fixed departure date with conditions has been indicated where not really can follow consistently by the taliban. as you considered in april what to do, did the intelligence suggest to you that reneging on the departure of the troops would lead to significant attacks against american and allied military forces? >> chairman, to my recollection the intelligence was clear that if we did not leave in accordance with that agreement, the taliban would recommit attacks on our forces. >> and that would include any means they could to attack american forces. >> that's correct, chairman. >> so the choice was in many respects was, were we going to incur additional casualties indefinitely in afghanistan. that's one way to look at it. is that fair? >> that's correct, chairm

secretary austin, i'd like to start with you. did president biden or any of his national security advisers express any military or diplomatic conditions for the american withdrawal from afghanistan beyond the looming date of 9/11? what were those military conditions or diplomatic conditions that were outlined to you? >> again, once the president went through a very deliberate decisionmaking process and made his decision to exit afghanistan, there were no additional conditions placed. >> can you tell me that he did take into consideration military or diplomatic conditions and what was he weighing making those decisions? >> sure. one of the things all of us wanted to see happen was for this conflict to end with a diplomatic solution. and so one of the things that we certainly want told see was progress being made in the doha negotiations. and we did not see -- or he did not see any progress being made and there was really not much of a bright future for that process. >> so ygeneral milley stated earlier that his recommendation is a

democratic party headquarters there in austin. the headquarters smashed up, windows broken, paint and graffiti again. in that incident actually at the austin democratic party headquarters, that was the reason that that democratic party headquarters in that county, they got a new security system after that incident. i mean, to be a democrat in texas around the trump/biden election season was to face threats and intimidation and violence on the campaign bus, at campaign headquarters, multiple campaign headquarters, and in all of those incidents as far as we know, all those months later, nobody was arrested, nothing was solved by law enforcement. fbi never did anything. in the case of the bus being run off the road and the campaign vehicle driven by campaign volunteers being hit by a deliberate collision, local law enforcement not only didn't solve it, they didn't even try to stop it despite multiple 911 calls while it was happening. they just chose not to do anything. this is the kind of thing for which the word "emboldening" was in

secretary austin, i'd like to start with you. did president biden or any of his national security advisors express any military or diplomatic conditions for the american withdrawal from afghanistan beyond the looming date of 9/11? what were those conditions outlined to you? >> again, once the president went through a very deliberate decision making process and made his decision to exit afghanistan, there were no additional conditions placed on it. >> can you tell me that he did take into consideration military or diplomatic conditions? and what were those conditions he was weighing as he was making those decisions? >> sure. one of the things that all of us wanted to see happen was for this conflict to end with a diplomatic solution. and so one of the things we serm certainly wanted to see was progress being made in the doha negotiations. he did not see any progress being made and there was really not much of a bright future for that process. >> so general milley had stated earlier that his recommendation is always, as any militar

secretary austin? >> we're not leaving americans behind. >> yes or no is fine. >> is the killing of 13 american servicemen and women during the chaos of president's making appropriate. child brides, people hardly vetted, is that an extraordinary success? >> again, these are issues we continue to work to get our justices out. did the president ever require our question written recommendations. yes or no. >> we provided, i provided our input as a part of a policy through. >> we will note that you did not completely answer that. >> any written form? would you make those available to us? >> make it available to the committee each of you will make those availables when you go through your answers. >> did you talk to them for their book? >> did you talk to them for the book "can i fix it? >> did you talk to michael bepder for his book? when the inside store oi of when trump lost. >> were you accurately represented in the books? >> i don't know, i have not read them. i have seen press reportings but i have no

austin was in charge of it is%, commander.if they failed predominantly in the last 20 years as general officers then how in god's name can we think they will get the withdrawal right? laura: college basketball coaches with their record they would have been fired after one season but somehow in the military you can fail upward and upward and keep going, this whole thing has to be reforms. we will have you back. after spending months vilifying fellow americans as domestic extremist defense secretary austin is welcoming refugees with open arms. >> brave afghans will be coming to make new lives with their families after careful screening and security vetting by interagency partners which we are temporarily sheltering some of these evacuees at military facilities here at home. welcoming these afghans isn't just about what they have done. it is about who we are. >> do we need him to lecture us about who we are? i ask this because today the senior state department official admitted to the wall street journal that the us still doesn't

secretary austin. same. you learned about five or six hours that people that shouldn't have been killed were killed? >> i learned from general mckenzie's reporting that there was collateral damage. >> okay. thank you. >> and whenever that happens we investigate. >> and then general milley, on september 1st, three e days later you described that as a righteous strike. people that were not supposed to be killed were killed and you described it as a righteous strike. >> what i said full quote was we followed the procedures. i had every reason to believe that we followed our procedures at that point in time. we knew there were civilians killed, we knew they were non combatants and -- >> yes you said were others killed yes? were they -- >> -- that's right. because i believed. >> -- kill people -- right to. >> i believe that the target we were -- >> sir -- thank you. i have three more minutes. thank you. general milley. you served under both president trump and biden. >> right. >> okay. i've spoken with secretary,

it is the best for us. >> not just austin, howard.ars you hired 60 what you call legacy brokers like austin. why is it important to hire them, keep them in the cantor family. it is not a business with corner offices. i look behind you, a trading floor. you sit six, ten inches away from the man or woman next to you. it is a family. >> correct. and it is a family. look, we love their dads and moms. we knew them really well. we've built a great connection with widows and widowers so the ability to have the family members, i was walking around the trading floor and i saw sarah dwyer, just a great, young woman, trades high grade corporates and her dad was a rock star in equities for us. these are wonderful, young people who we love and we're going to care for and we'll give them the opportunities they want for their careers to grow and flourish and what a great honor for us. the best way to show someone you love who died is to love the people that they loved, and cantor fitzgerald, we just feel the best about that. >> amen to that. austin,

they had helped protect them in austin where they were heading ultimately. but in between, and that stretch of i-35, the police would not respond. and so the biden harris campaign bus, people on board that, the volunteers, they were left alone, and these trump supporters in this caravan, screamed at them and threatened them, tried to run the bus off the road, they almost succeeded in stopping the campaign bus, we they slow the bus down to about 20 miles per hour on the interstate, also 1.1 of the trump vehicle steered into and hit the white vehicle there, that was following the bus. which was driven by biden-harris volunteers, that violence and intimidation, work that day. you see is still there of the trump supporter truck smashing into the white vehicle deliberately. that happened on i-35. that intimidation effort that day on the highway, it worked in the short run. it caused the campaign to cancel their planned event in texas that night, after they arrived at the destination. once video starts circulating of what happened there, particularly the, collisio

secretary austin, no question that this sends a disastrous message to china and russia. what message does it send to our nato allies and other allies around the world about not only our credibility but our national resolve? >> thanks, senator. what the world witnessed is the united states military evacuating 124,000 people l out v v out of a contested environment in 17 days. >> you testified that was a great accomplishment, our withdrawal and our evacuation. what about our credibility? >> as i engage my counterparts, i think our credibility remains solid. clearly, senator, there will be people who question things going forward, but i would say that, you know, the united states military is one that -- and the united states of america, people place great trust in confidence in. and relationships are things we have to work on continuously. we understand that and we'll continue to do that. >> thank you, senator. senat senator? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm also very grateful to our surveillance member who is commits do much over the last 20 years, and i do want to thank pr

and secretary austin, no question that this sends a disastrous message to china and russia. what message does it send to our nato allies and our other allies around the world about not only our credibility, but our national resolve? >> thanks, senator. what the world witnessed is the united states military evacuating 124,000 people out of a contested environment, in 17 days. >> well, you testified that that was a great accomplishment. our withdrawal and our evacuation. what about our credibility? >> as i engage my counterparts, i think our credibility remains solid. clearly senator, there will be people who question things going forward, but i would say that we -- you know, the united states military is one that -- and the united states of america, people place great trust and confidence in. and relationships with things that we have to work on continuously. and we understand that and we'll continue to do that. >> thank you, senator. senator gillibrand, please? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm also very grateful to our service members who committed so much over the last 20 ye

secretary austin moved. when we are looking at the fundamental viability of the over the horizon effort, is the airspace over afghanistan currently considered sovereign airspace? i will frame it in a slightly different way. is it currently illegal for the united states to conduct isr's worthies and air strikes in afghanistan? >> yes. >> under what authority? >> the same authorities we were using before. >> under the security and defense cooperation agreement of 2014? is that correct? >> no. what we are prosecuting now is, are the authorities that were referred to by general mckenzie earlier and he mentioned he would have to take that into a classified setting. >> okay. i will certainly follow with you. general mckenzie, something i wanted to follow-up with you on. yesterday in your hearing from the senate, he made a comment when asked about the war on terror. he said the war on terror is not over but then you also went on and said that the war in afghanistan is not over. i wanted to clarify. one of the clari

both men served in afghanistan and secretary austin or general austin was the head of u.s. central command, the overall commander of that entire region. so, they have a personal tie, personal ties to the war in afghanistan. but a very real concern right now about the men and women who served in afghanistan because of the tumulltuous last couple of weeks. not just the picture of afghans trying to get out of the country the last couple days of the evacuation mission but the fact that 13 men and women were killed in that attack last week. this has been an emotional time for people who have dedicated lives and blood and treasure to the war in afghanistan. we heard that from both of them here today. but also i was struck by the talk about the potential for the u.s. to work with the taliban. specifically by something that general milley said. he said that in war you do what you must not necessarily what you want to do. that is very telling here. and it's consistent with what i have been hearing from defense officials. there is a real sense of skepticism that this is a new and imp

secretary austin in july you were aware or the d.o.d.the situation was deteat orriateing rapidly by july. why wasn't action taken to secure the kabul airport or retake bagram then? >> thank you, senator. you are right, the tempo had picked up significantly. the taliban continued to make advances. our entire chain of command, myself, the chairman, general mckenzie, routinely engaged in after began leadership to encourage them to solidify their defensive plans, to make sure they were providing the right logistics to their troops and stiffen their defenses to no avail. and to compound that, president ghani continued to make changes in the leadership of the military and this created further problems for the afghan security forces. >> mr. secretary i don't mean to interrupt but my time is

secretary austin, i would like to start with you. did president biden or any of his national security advisors express any military or diplomatic conditions for the american withdrawal from afghanistan beyond the looming date of 9/11? what were those military conditions or diplomatic conditions that were outlined to you? >> again, once the president went through a very deliberate decision making process and made his decision that -- to exit afghanistan, there were no additional conditions placed on it. >> can you tell me that he did take into consideration military or diplomatic conditions and what were those conditions that he was weighing as he was making those decisions? >> sure. one of the things that, you know, all of us wanted to see happen was for this conflict to end with a diplomatic solution. and so one of the things that we certainly wanted to see was progress being made in the doha negotiations and we did not see -- he did not see any progress being made and there was really not much of a bright future for that process. >

i'm secretary austin, i'm about to run out of time. so i make, you may want to respond to this on the next round, but one of the challenges with getting special immigrant visa applicants out of afghanistan has and this slavery of the proceedings, the senate services committee on the us withdrawal from afghanistan, hearing from gentlemen military chairman, joint chiefs of staff saying that no intelligence assessment gave us any indication that the african government would collapse sauce as it did. he was also justify us involvement enough. going to start and just find himself in the face of republican criticism about his actions in the last weeks and months serving donald trump also had for general frank mckenzie. ahead of central command and the defense secretary, lloyd austin. i let's be taught correspondent, public. oh haines. in washington dc, listening in to all of this. what do you make it all putting? thank you very much. well, really, this is the 1st chance of congress. how's an open study been able to grill these top military l

mr., secretary austin? >> first of all, i am responsible for everything that happens that dod does and it does a lot. i remain focused on defending this country, that will be my focus for the foreseeable future. i remind you, we just evacuated 124,000 people -- >> i appreciate that you think that was a big success, evacuation, the blame for the disastrous withdrawal, who is to blame for that? i'll let silence speak for itself. >> general milley, you said earlier this month it is possible we will work with the taliban to conduct strikes against isis-k. today you testified "the taliban remains terrorist organization with ties to al qaeda. are you suggesting that the united states form some sort of strategic partnership with a terrorist organization? >> no, absolutely not, not suggesting that. can i go to your first question, though? >> please. >> like frank mckenzie, general mckenzie not our purview to share specific discussions with the president. it was our opinion at the time and it has been consistent. i

milley needs to resign, austin needs to resign. milley, he is sitting here trading gossip with bob woodward while afghanistan literally burns erie literally burns. the account ability has got to start right there. he needs to resign, austin needs to resign, the president should fire them. >> sean: you said that to austin, don't only we are not leaving americans behind, why did you have to remind him of that? >> you know, it's just extraordinary that he would sit there until the committee -- because what he said, sean, was we haven't left americans behind. he said that, he's under oath that he actually said that. you know what, it's a joe biden talking point. joe biden's white house is said we didn't actually leave americans behind. guess what? we are not in afghanistan, the american civilians sigil are, many of our fellow citizens still there, still trapped, and they are denying it. the administration is denying it. it is just shameful. for that reason alone, austin and really ought to resign. if >> sean: did we ever get an answer

and again so diplomatically put by secretary austin is that the president is an elected person.s elected by the people to make decisions. it is not what the military recommended. the president therefore can do whatever the heck he wants to do and he made the wrong choice that put americans in jeopardy. we lost 13 souls on the 26th of august because of this president's haphazard withdrawal from the country of afghanistan. >> harris: wow, you said it. he was diplomatic when he put that fact out there but there is no changing the fact. congressman brian mast of florida went after the biden administration between the con tr dikting statements of the president. >> that's what this hearing confirmed. generals were telling the administration no, if you pull out this is what will happen. afghanistan could fall by this time. things that that the opposite were being said in public by president biden. the u.s. service members were killed as a result of not listening what was going on on the ground. an example of failure on every single front. >> harris: you have it in the senate and house

there is sincere, thanks to the secretary blinking into secretary austin, of the hosting. what has been incredibly successful? i didn't do historic always been at a time when it has been difficult, of course to meet in person. this meeting has offered us a great opportunity to build on our story partnership. the most important relationship destroyer has been none and ungrateful for the warm hospitality and welcome that we have received here in washington. to be here in this year. at this time is indeed a great on up the she is a 73rd of history of the signing of the ends is traded. and it's also now 20 years as we will know, since the devastating september 11 terrorist attacks which changed this country. her allies and the world prime minister john howard at the time, invoked the angel tree for the 1st time in the wake of those dreadful attacks. then as now astray, stands with united states. 70 years on el lawrence is stronger and more important than ever. it stands as a pillar of security and stability in the pacific, and it's a testament to shared values and our commitme

austin: thank you. be here with you, especially with the families and loved ones of those taken from us 20 years ago. and with the first responders who raced to help. and with our brothers and sisters in arms, whose lives were changed forever on that day of fire. on behalf of the department of defense, let me renew our deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of all those lost on 9/11, including the 184 souls taken from us in the attack on the pentagon, in the building and on flight 77. we know that you carry pain every day. we know that you bear your losses not just at times of ceremony, but also in ordinary moments of absence. in quiet minutes that seemed to stretch on for hours. all of us are here because we remember. and i hope knowing that is at least some measure of comfort just as we once worked alongside so many of them, we now mourn alongside many of you. today, of all days, we gather their memory close. my memories turn to jim mudd, an outstanding service and leader. he was killed wh

chairman of the joint chiefs general mark milley, general frank mckenzie and defense secretary lloyd austin grilled on the chaotic withdrawal of u.s. troops from afghanistan and the swift collapse to the taliban. general milley calling the 20-year war, quote, a strategic failu failure. and general milley questioned about calls with his counterpart in china during the final months of the trump presidency. how he explain ed it. >>> also tonight, news on vaccines for children 5 to 11. what we learned from pfizer today. and boosters for adults. tonight, the new study here on side effects. and on this question of mixing and matching, what dr. fauci said just today. >>> the high stakes negotiations under way at the white house and on the hill tonight. those two infrastructure bills and the president's domestic agenda at stake. will the vote on the bipartisan bill be postponed again? what house speaker nancy pelosi said when asked today. and all of this with a potential government shutdown looming. rachel scott on the hill again tonight. >>> news this evening about the death of gabby petito. her f

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

and those recommendations of the parties, as secretary austin said, were debated fully? >> they were debated fully. i felt that my opinion was heard with great thoughtfulness by the president. >> well, you know, secretary austin just made the point that there was a fusome debate of the pros and cons and the costs and risks. and yet, in august of this year, president biden told george stepnopoulos in an interview, no, no one said that, referring to keeping some 2,500 troops in afghanistan. was that an inaccurate statement by the president? >> sir, i'm not going to comment on a statement by the president? >> okay. general mckenzie, in mid-june, your commanders on the ground were informing you that things were deteriorating. at that time, you thought you should proceed with the retrograde. what did you decide at that time? >> we decided to proceed with the retrograde. >> okay. was -- were you order to do that by that the president? >> we had original orders. we followed those orders through to completion. >> was it the president's orders? >> my orders come from the secretar

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

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

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, the congressional committee on arms 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 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 an 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 afghanistan according to the latest intelligence assessment, it could be as little as 12 months before our cater will use afghans as a base can do as a base to conduct air strikes or strikes ag

you know, austin is a blue island in a red state.re's a lot of democrats in the cities in texas, but are you concerned that this is a court ruling that you know, in the blue island of austin and perhaps some other, once it starts getting in to the ape pellet process, which is far more conservative than most people in austin, are you concerned about, you know, where this may go in the larger texas legal system? >> no question about that, jeff. you know, we have as we have more liberal district court level courts like in austin, we also have some more liberal appellate court systems and some more conservative ones. so, this is going to create ultimately a clash which can will, i have no doubt, make its way to the texas supreme court and time will tell what that decision will ultimately be. >>> consider -- >> it's just worth pointing out that the texas supreme court unlike some supreme courts is an elected supreme court. so that means all the members are republicans and it's a very conservative court so, i just think, as this moves thro

so in that respect, i think austin's is well known here. in the meantime, we're having a warning from the u. n. h, the all that says that there was an even larger great problem that is looming in afghanistan, the 39000000 people that live the high commissioner for refugees, almost banking european union to keep it who does open the u says they are open. but as. * we've seen from that reinforcement defenses and sorry, isn't your idea that they could be deploy drones and patrols on the borders? i know how many people feel. we've had a similar cause to keep food. food is open from the international rescue committee thing that you must not abandon people's chemist on. unfortunately, that is now how many people feel that they have been already abandoned. we spoke to maximilian crime, a german member of the european parliament who believes the best option would be to get the taliban to guarantee that. it won't for tele, 8 against those who had helped western forces. we spend a lot of money, a lot of time, a lot of life and then got to make a more

with any idea i at the side of sexual austin, you have any idea. i think that he may be, and you a sen. i'm not certain of that. the last report that i had, but in regard to staying in f ganna stan passed the august 31st deadline. the 3 men all stay. they advised president joe biden to stay in the region. the questions of who knew what and when, along with what lessons learned, all receiving vague answer families. but one question from virginia, senator, tim taylor, had a solid respond other words, we thought we knew what africans wanted, what they feared and what they would fight for. but was our belief, though, well intentioned, incredibly naive. we can't get one 3rd of americans to take a covert vaccine or accept the results of a presidential election. do we really think we can transform the culture of another nation for news, news, news, or i'm fair and friends. i obvious. alright, joining me now to discuss today's hearings, de watkins editor at large for salon and professor at the university of baltimore, andrew berquist, who is a former count

. >> reporter: nine years after austin and bianca carrington met, the two were married in the backyardeir arlington, texas, home, and were overjoyed when their son hollis was born. >> i pretty much dedicated my life towards making her happy. >> reporter: at 29, bianca was pregnant with their second child when she got sick with covid in july. austin had just gotten vaccinated, but she was waiting. >> her ob/gyn said, yeah, it's safe, but we still wanted to find out and get even more verification. >> reporter: within days of being admitted into the hospital, bianca was intubated, miscarried, and then put on life support. >> the last time she was conscious, she wasn't able to speak. she just took my hands and... put them on her belly... and, i just-- ( clears throat ) i just said, "yeah, i know. i know, i heard." >> reporter: soon after losing their baby, austin lost his wife. >> it's not supposed to be this way. >> reporter: dr. rachel morris is a high-risk ob/gyn at the university of mississippi medical center. >> i have never in my career been this afraid for the patients i care for. >