white house? because the biden white house obviously would they want to set that precedent?me in. because in the not nonzero chance that democrats lose the house and the senate and the republicans go, we want an investigation on this, that, and the either. that puts their back against the wall. they certainly have folks, biden's certainly not ripping up his documents and throwing them into the trash. there's really more of a paper trail in the biden white house so they have to be careful. >> whether that was his kids, whether that was his chief of staff, anyone around trump and/or trump himself because they were so willy-nilly and not careful, i do think they might be selective like they have before in perhaps not wanting to protect that executive privilege because of how dangerous everything surrounding the january 6th insurrection was. and that i think holds it apart from any other incidents of wanting to protect the executive privilege. so, we're going to have to see exactly what's in those documents. >> and speaking of danger, we had three capitol police officers die by

and that's one thing that the biden white house like any white house probably would is struggling with so much distrust in the country right now that like the surgeon general said in the clip, things will change. it's an evolving virus. people view it as flip floming aren't been honest. they talked about how effective the vaccinations were, and that they basically prevented against infection, and that's not the case right now. they do protect against serious illness and hospitalization. not necessarily against infection. it's not serious. so it's still doing what it's supposed to do. they need to level with people and make it clear. and how you do it is a challenge. >> the president is going to put more time into it. come back and help us walk through it. when we come back, mind blowing fundraising numbers tell us the former president won't lack resources as he plots a comeback. for your best back to school smile, crest has you covered. nice smile, brad! nice! thanks!? crest, the #1 toothpaste brand in america. >>> donald trump is using the big lie to build a massive campaign war chest

the biden economic plan is working. >> here is the question facing the biden white house and thus then and it was not the obvious question three months ago. given what's been done, is this the time for president biden to move from bipartisan thing. there are some issues where reporting indicates that this democratic coalition wants action. these are the people voted biden in. biden eyeing tougher vaccine rules for the general public. a lot of folks thinking that's a good idea. the politics are mixed at best. is this the time to go for it even if it means basically a full step away from the republicans he was courting last week in the senate. liberals also want biden to take on student loan forgiveness at a time when corporations and amazon and corporate profits are surging and a lot of people are living through a pandemic with crushing debt. police reform and congress and the house passed it and senate has enact it. should joe biden do more to get into progress or a win there even if no republicans come along because boy, do we have evidence, that would not be a bipartisan winner with

have you been in the biden white house much? if so, just in an impressionistic way, what is the difference between how the biden white house feels from the trump white house felt? >> i i haven't spent that much time in the biden white house but i got some more questions about this. i will say i think it's hard, it's just as hard to cover trump as it is to cover biden. people think in a way like covering trump is kind of this easy pickings, there's so many things, details to learn and things to collect but the problem with covering trump was that so much of it wasn't reliable or coming from reliable narrators here. i mentioned my kind of long newspaper career, whether it was any of these county commission meeting for school board meetings or state legislative committee hearings, like never have been anywhere except the trump white house where eight people could go into a meeting and 12 versions of that what happened in that meeting emerged afterwards. to understand what is happening behind the scenes you needed to talk to almost e

difference between how the biden white house feels and the trump white house felt? haven't spent that much time in the biden white house. but i've got some more questions about this and i will say that i think it's hard, it's just as hard to cover trump as it is to cover biden. people think that in a way that it was -- covering trump was easy pickings and there's so much -- so many things, details to learn and things collect and so much was reliable and coming from reliable narrators. i mentioned the long newspaper career whether it was any kind of commission meetings or school board meetings or state legislative committee hearings, like never have i been anywhere, it's the trump white house where 8 people could go to a meeting and 12 versions of what happened in the meeting emerge after ward. to understand what was going behind the scene is to talk everybody to understand what was happening. trump came up in the tabloid culture. you understand the tabloid culture, you understand how trump world operated. and the same in a different way is true of biden. you need to

trumka was an important ally of the biden white house.running late to an event after learning of his death calling him a close friend. >>> other big political news in washington this week, progressive democrats taking a hard look at the chess board, you might say. led by the missouri congressman corey bush pushed the white house to move an eviction moratorium. they won. emboldened on the one hand, discouraged on the other. so now what? some progressives see proof in the evictions fight they can move the biden white house their way. some moderate democrats, though, say proof in the ohio primary results, the president should worry more about the middle and less about the left. our panel is back with us now to discuss. >>> mollie ball, this is one week, two big episodes in one week we should be careful not to count any one as decisive. this is going to be the constant tug-of-war of the biden presidency. there is an ideological generational movement in the democratic party, but many of the moderates say it just gets too much attention. >> yea

maybe a month or so ago and doj with rudy giuliani's home, there was reporting later that the biden white house was really ticked off because that night was biden's first joint address of congress and they wanted to be a moment and get the big talk of the news media was diverted to this rate on rudy and myself a story, about good. exactly how it should be. the last thing doj should never be doing is going on to the white house and say, we did do a big thing today that my takes media attention away are you cool with that printed you want to soften the fact that i was glad to see the biden white house was ticked off at that. should be no communication regarding the prosecutorial function doj and so i'm encouraged that were making progress on that level we need policy changes as well. >> and i want to get into some of the questions here from the viewers don't freak out. i'm just going to your first name. if you don't want me to use your first and last name just put it in there. to start, ellen are you going to get reading e.g. carol, did they decide to continue with us to try to establish legal li

clearly the biden white house is trying to find someone other than biden to push their agenda. from delaware the other day illustrates, even when directed by the secret service, laura, the president has a hard time finding his way. like the mystery of hunter biden's multiple laptops, no one questions this behavior, or even has any interest in showing it. i mean, the man is wandering around, he can't find the door, he can't find the path, but clearly the dnc understands what time it is. they are launching a new "build back better" bus to her. it's hitting ten states... without biden. surrogates like terry mcauliffe will give democrats credit for the infrastructure bill and attack republicans. this makes me of the stevie nicks to her. it's announced, that she's not coming. neither is joe biden. if you're wondering why he's not appearing on his own bus tour, well, this is the president celebrating if a structure spending today with governors. >> laura: [laughs] >> you know, i think sort of breaking through this first, uh... big barrier in a bipartisan way, i really believe that it

. >>> first, another giant step forward for a biden white house and democratic budget plan that envisions dramatic rewrite of the social saefety net, a $3.5 trillion budget outline including free pre-k and community college. there are giant obstacles ahead in both the house and back in the senate. just moments ago chuck schumer promising democrats will work out their differences and deliver their transformative plan to president biden's desk. let's get to lauren fox. this is big progress for the biden agenda but there are big lefts ahead. >> reporter: that's right. now the hard work really begins. this is when the committees are going to have to write this $3.5 trillion bill that remimagines the safety net in this country. >> it's as if we caught a nice, long pass at midfield, but we still have 50 yards to go before we score a touchdown. but it's still good to make that pass and make that advance. >> reporter: the majority leader very sober about what lies ahead, making it clear that he has to keep his democrat ek cak caucus together. already two of his members have made clear that this p

here is president biden making that very point at the white house earlier. ent biden: today, i am calling on more companies in the private sector to step up vaccine requirements that would reach millions more people. if you are a business leader, nonprofit leader, state or local leader, who has been waiting for full fda approval to require vaccinations, i call on you now to do that. require it. >> here to discuss this is a doctor, director of global health innovation center. great to have you with us on "world news america." do you think the fda approval will make a significant difference to the number of people that are unvaccinated? >> i do think it is a good milestone. that is another part of this amazing story that science has advanced our ability to protect ourselves from the covid-19 virus so well. in terms of its short-term impact, i hope there will be some people that gain more confidence in the vaccine. i don't think it is going to be a total game changer. where i think it will make a big ger difference is how you just heard that it will give more co

so there's all these different factors making everyone look at the biden white house and promise to get covid under control, make us go back to normal life as delta is kind of resurging and we're seeing all these issues, less people getting vaccinated, all of that. but it's not just on the white house. all these states and locales also have a part to play as well. >> we're witnessing that escalating of words at the white house and governor desantis. he is not alone among republican governors but he's certainly the most vocal. what is really going on here? what are the political undercurrents to what we're seeing and hearing? >> i think there are a couple things at play here. just from a policy standpoint, biden does have to lean on governors because there's only so much he can do on his own as president. i know sometimes that sounds a little silly, but that is our reality of system of government that biden can advise, he can tell governors what he thinks they should do, but ultimately it's governors who have more of the control in their states when it comes to what state employees shoul

let's check in with our white house correspondent jeremy diamond at the white house on this important day. jeremy? >> yeah. john, we heard president biden take a victory lap as he was talking about this record jobs number in terms of his administration, the best jobs numbers in a year, but it was very clear that specter of the delta variant was hanging over this event as the president talked about six ways in which his administration and through the legislation that was passed in congress is there to help americans as we experience the economic uncertainty that comes with another wave of this coronavirus. the president talking about the child tax credit that's out there, rental assistance that has been hard to get out the door, an so it's very clear that even though the president was touting these jobs numbers saying the biden plan is working, he is bracing himself for the possibility of more economic uncertainty as the delta variant continues to spread across the country. all of this happening as we are learning that president, who in the last week really has begun to shift towards more hardline measures to get americans vaccinated, we

. >> it's remarkable how this jury is shifting and changing on the biden white house as late as fridaying into this weekend even the taliban taken over pretty significant territory in afghanistan the biden white house is really leaning into this idea that the public was with them in politics on the war had shifted in the u.s., that was true and what were actually doing with them right now are bigger questions around intelligence failure, how did we miss at the taliban had the strength that the afghan security forces with also quickly, as you said this is not appear to be the assessment of anyone in the u.s. government and lead to this so quickly. there is real uncertainty of where the american people and the politics will stand and as we get to the end of today not a point in the distant future but the end of today and taken over kabul in the afghan government has fully collapsed. chris: doug, there's quite a split inside the republican party about whether we should have stayed in afghanistan or left, we need to point out, it was donald trump who said all the emotion and wanted to pull

>> yeah, it's really remarkable i think how this story is shifting and changing on the biden white houseow, as late as friday coming into this weekend, even after we saw the taliban taking over a pretty significant swath of territory in afghanistan, the biden white house was really leaning into this idea that the public was with them, that politics on the war and shifted in the u.s. him and that was true. i think what we are actually dealing with right now are going to be bigger questions around, you know, was this intelligence failure? you know, how did we miss that the taliban had this strength, that the afghan security forces would fall so quickly, because as you said, this does not appear to have been the assessment of anyone in the u.s. government, that the withdrawal would lead to this kind of situation so quickly and i think there's real uncertainty about where the american people and the politics on this will stand if we all get to the end of today -- you know, not a point in the distant future, but the end of today and see that the taliban has taken over kabul and the afghan gov

critics have suggested that the biden white house is faced with the all too real prospect of a fall ofgon reduction with civilians desperately clinging to he lows as the us leaves the country, though mr biden said this back in july about a possible taliban overthrow of the country, there's gonna be no circumstance. er, you see people being lifted off the roof of a embassy in the of the united states from afghanistan. it is not at all comfortable, but. the likelihood there's going to be the taliban, overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely. and yet here we are with large swaths of the country effectively under taliban control, real policy nightmare state critics with the potential fallout for years to come. what has happened here is the president has made some serious miscalculations where he hasn't fully appreciated the consequences of his decision in april, when he announced the withdrawal and. what we're seeing is an ill conceived, hasty withdrawal that's turned into an embarrassing retreat. and and that's the simple facts of it at the white house. i'm k

this has been a priority of the biden white house. some of those democratic leadership who were present new york, new jersey, and connecticut, -- that represent new york, new jersey, and connecticut, two points worth mentioning. transportation projects are at the local and state level. in order for them to proceed, they have to qualify for federal assistance via a federal loan. that process could take several years. if there was a -- if a state had a dedicated money for an improvement project, the environmental review process could take several years. perhaps a decade to be finalized. the money has been dedicated for a specific project, often, the maturation of that investment takes several years to realize. host: melanie in ventura, california. you are on with your guest -- our guest. caller: they are saying they're not going to take -- i have not received my checks. there are people who still need their unemployment. where are you taking money from their -- there? we are not receiving our money. i'm curious about how that works. gue

white house were caught so unaware? >> reporter: well, the white house has been trying to push back on the idea that president biden has made the wrong decision here when it comes to withdrawal. they're defending it overall, but i think a lot of the questions and the scrutiny on the white house right now are on how this went down and how this happened and how this morning of clearly the airport in kabul is not secure. it's the only way to get people out of afghanistan right now. and you have seen what is happening not just on the ground there when it comes to people clinging to those planes as they are taking off but also the idea that there are still so many people there that the rust u.s. needs to get out, not just civilians or u.s. personnel but also the afghans who have stood by the u.s.'s side for the better part of two decades, helping them, and of course now clearly targets of the taliban, given how quickly everything deteriorated over the weekend. and that is one thing that the white house's top national security advisors have bluntly admitted this morning, which is that they are surprised by how quickly the tal

maybe a month or so ago and doj with rudy giuliani's home, there was reporting later that the biden white house was really ticked off because that night was biden's first joint address of congress and they wanted to be a moment and get the big talk of the news media was diverted to this rate on rudy and myself a story, about good. exactly how it should be. the last thing doj should never be doing is going on to the white house and say, we did do a big thing today that my takes media attention away are you cool with that printed you want to soften the fact that i was glad to see the biden white house was ticked off at that. should be no communication regarding the prosecutorial function doj and so i'm encouraged that were making progress on that level we need policy changes as well. >> and i want to get into some of the questions here from the viewers don't freak out. i'm just going to your first name. if you don't want me to use your first and last name just put it in there. to start, ellen are you going to get reading e.g. carol, did they decide to continue with us to try to establish legal li

we've seen things sho, discombobulated, seemingly happy hazard. multiple messaging from the biden white house that then was seemingly contradicted, including how and when they were going to get people out, a withdrawal that was seemingly on the time table of the taliban. that is something they want behind them. and so instead, they want us to focus on the fact that a war is over, and biden should get credit for. it didn't seem to accept any blame a told it even is very sort of precise and where the plane lied, particularly with the african forces and particularly with the trump administration, is st. well, the trump will start with trump and then we'll get into the afghan government number one. i find it very curious in terms of the bi messaging on whether or not you saw it. even in this speech is the afghan withdrawal, a grand bipartisan effort, because both trump and bite and very much wanted to end forever wars. and i do genuinely believe that both of them do actually agree on mad or is this an absolute disaster? because donald trump and his foreign policy team had added by secretary mike,

the ukraine is begging us not to do this and the biden white house is threatening ukraine keep your mouth shut because we have a political objective here, because that strengthens russia at the expense of the united states, at the expense of europe, at the expense of our allies, because it destroys jobs in america and because it endangers u.s. national security, i emphatically object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. murphy: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. murphy: mr. president, i understand the senator believes he has such a serious objection to administration policy that it merits this exceptional tactic. i would submit as i move into closing business that it is not the biggest disagreement that a senator has had with an administration. it is not the biggest disagreement that a group of senators has had with an administration. to believe that would be to elevate this dispute beyond its merit. i'm not suggesting it isn't significant but it's not the most significant the disagreement a senator has had with an administration. what is ex

straight to you. >>> the house speaker nancy pelosi is daring moderates to defy her plan to advance two major parts of the biden agenda at the same time and the speaker has the whiteide. top biden officials huddling in a video call for over an hour with pelosi. the speaker said failing to move quickly could jeopardize what she called a once in a lifetime opportunity. california recall election keeps getting more and more interesting. one republican candidate looking to replace gavin newsom was served with a subpoena while on stage during a debate yesterday. a subpoena for john cox, a multimillionaire. the los angeles times says it related to unpaid campaign expenses from his unsuccessful run for governor back in 2018. >>> pete buttigieg and his husband have some big news. we have wanted to grow our family. we're overjoyed to share that we've become parents. congratulations, mr. secretary. >>> this programming note, join cnn for "we love new york city, the homecoming concert" right here on cnn. ana cabrera picks up our coverage right now. >>> hello. i'm ana cabrera in new york. the u.s. just updated its pandemic playbook. the administration says booster shots will

when i speak to white house officials, they doubled down on this idea that president biden does not regret his decision. that it is in some ways stunning to a lot of white house sources how quickly the afghan forces have really lost control of some key areas. and it's also really quite surprising to them just how fast kabul could possibly fall. possibly in the next 30 days. that being said, there is the sense inside the white house that this was a president who had a real strong idea of what's needed to happen in afghanistan, and he moved forward with that. with people like senator mcconnell and senator graham, hammering away at him for this decision and criticizing him. the other thing that is tough is that there are critics, even people who supported the idea of pulling out of afghanistan, who seems as though the white house is flat-footed here, because they're now having to send troops back in. the pentagon spokesperson was saying that the withdrawal is still on measure, and still ongoing in the way that it is supposed to be going. but then of course you saw reporters pushing back, righ

. >> garrett: do you believe that the biden white house has to talk and negotiate with the taliban nowto ensure american safety as this evacuation continues? >> our american people there are our number one priority. now they have to do whatever it takes to get our americans out. there is -- you know, people like my husband, you ask any of our soldiers, any of our men and women, they would go in there in a second to get our americans out. now it is a matter of doing whatever it takes to make sure we have them taken care of. this is an unbelievable scenario, where letter rliterallythe taliban has our americans held hostage. it is a scary time. we have to make sure we're working with our allies who literally won't trust us at this time and think we havet our way. >> garrett: someone you know well, mike pompeo, stood alongside one of the taliban founders and helped negotiate this deal in which president trump signed an agreement to have the united states forces out earlier this year. did that set in motion what we're seeing now? >> i think everybody wants to go back and talk about trump. t

ashley: as a member of the homeland security committee how confident are you in the biden white housethe homeland safe in light of how it handled the situation in afghanistan over the last week? >> not keeping the homeland safe right now, look what is going on on the southern border, you've got thousands of people crossing, many of them with the covid 19 very, the lambda variant, new variant and we know there's terrorists coming to the border right now and so their policies right now it is more about ideology and not about safety. i have 0 confidence in the biden administration to keep a safe and even in the director of homeland security, leaked audio foot he feels is going on on the southern border is different as he reports to congress so i have no confidence in any of his briefings as to what is going on on the southern border and what they are going to do about it and keep americans safe so i have very little confidence that this administration can keep a safe. >> the burden on our intel services has been increased to an incalculable degree. thank you for your time this morning. j

. >>> and a new win for president biden and bipartisanship. the white house celebrating senate passage of a massive infrastructure bill while facing very significant hurdles ahead. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer, and you're in "the situation room." we begin with governor cuomo's resignation. a new reaction coming in from president biden. mj, the president was asked about cuomo's decision a little while ago. update our viewers. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. this news of the resignation has been such stunning political news that the reaction has really been coming in all day from across new york and across the country. and in washington, president biden was about to speak about the infrastructure bill that had passed in the senate. that's when he was asked about the decision by governor cuomo to resign. and just a sign of how unanimous this was across democrats that cuomo simply has to go, even the president saying that he supported that decision. an upheaval in american politics. new york gove

after hearing his news conference today, we can conclude the biden white house and cabinet are members of the gang that can't shoot or talk straight. they are basketcase teeming with contradictions and incompetence. after a week of mixed messages biden epstein still isn't even on the same page. >> what interest do we have in afghanistan at this point with al qaeda gone? >> we know that al qaeda is a presence in afghanistan. >> it is now clear biden is being kept in the dark by his team, completely lost touch with reality. >> criticize not to withdraw the conduct of that withdrawal and made them question their credibility. >> i've seen nothing like that. i've not seen that, the opposite. we are acting with dispatch committing to what we said we would do. >> someone should tell our allies as the wall street journal a billboard knows the chaotic afghan withdrawal shocked and angered us allies and yesterday the uk parliament held biden in contempt for his disastrous withdrawal, so much for rebuilding nato. another 3 years of biden and we will be lucky if we have a single ally left, joining

biden didn't say, yes, i do support that. he said we're taking this one step at a time. we'll see. if he does actually get removed from option, that changes the dynamic for the white houseit's hard for biden to come out and say that because this is someone he forged a political alliance with. house spieaker nancy pelosi, wh has been a long time friend to have cuomo family, i think losing those two high profile allies puts governor cuomo in a spot he's not used to be in. >> he's as isolated as can be politically. we know one of the incidents happened in the albany area. we know the district attorney there said we'll take the report from the attorney general and her investigators will look into it. a new report from westchester. the governor is alleged to have touched inappropriately a state trooper who was part of his detail. what are the criminal questions? and is one of the reasons we're not hearing from the governor -- this report also documents a really horrible, horrible climate inside the governor's office. he is open to civil suits from these women, i would assume. but isn't the state of new york if this hostile climate was inside the governor's inner circle? >> t

and biden and the white house are doing what needs to be done right now. do think their backs are up against the wall, as we push toward the deadline to leave the country. and that is going to be another negotiation at the white house will have to make as they decide to remove troops by that august 31st deadline. or continue to try to evacuate not only u.s. citizens but afghan collaborators with the military, u.s. ngos and other entities who are targeted by the taliban. with the need to protect u.s. troops on the ground after we have lost u.s. service members totaling 13 here. >> you have the president communicating about the final exit, we spoke earlier about the tenuous relationship that the u.s. will have with the taliban. how do you explain that about-face to americans? >> i think the american public is sick and tired, and they have been sick and tired for 18 years about this. and it took way too long for us to get out of their. it was a mission that we should never have taken on, nation building, it never works and has never worked in the history of t

however, there doesn't seem to be much opposition from the biden white house to what's going on. and the u. s. would be able to restrict both police military to columbia and could even threaten some sort of economic sanctions as it would with any government it considered its enemy. but because columbia is considered the closest ally or one of the closest allies in the hemisphere, the message so far has been rather mixed about police violence and beneath stopped well. and he did meet vice president mother ramirez and said there should be some going to support for for protest colombian government. it was denied all wrong doing, but professor forest healthy. thank you very much. that's it for one of your favorite episode of the season will be back on september the 8th for brand new seasons. still uncovering the stories buried by the so called mainstream media until then keep in touch with us for social media and let us know who you'd like to see on the next season of going undergrad. ah, no. when i was shot the wrong, why don't i just don't the world to shape out these things becaus

the biden white house is counting on you staying panicked or being scared or having 0 independent thought, that way they have the run of the place. will the public notice that president biden's education secretary is leaving the door open for more school closures. i want you to listen closely to the words may be disruptive. >> i'm worried decisions being made are not putting students at the center, is going to be why schools may be disrupted, why schools are disrupted because of the politicization of the effort to reopen schools. we have to keep our students safe and educators safe. laura: i have a question. does randi weingarten send draft remarks verbatim or does she just provide an outline for that guy to parent. the man has the gall to him that schools made disrupted after what they did to our kids for 18 months, that damage was not enough. with vaccines widely available any teacher who doesn't show up to teach in person should be fired period. but it gets worse. >> i am echoing the president's call to action for pop-up vaccine clinics in every school across the country, to enlist tru

joe biden said there's a long way to go before all americans and afghan allies are out of the country. pledges the evacuation effort will push on. cnn's arkansas let saenz has more from the white house. >> reporter: president biden pledging to get all americans out of saafghanistan safely and said the u.s. troops may need to remain in the country past the august 31st deadline mo to scare make it happen. he said he does hope they will be able to leave by august 31st. it will be dependent on the status of americans who are in afghanistan. now the president's remarks came as he addressed the country for the third time since kabul fell to the taliban. while the president offered these assurances about evacuating americans and afghan allies safely and in a quick manner, he also said there is still room for something to go wrong in the process. take a listen. >> there's no way to evacuate this many people without pain and loss and heartbreaking images you see on television. it's just a fact. my heart aches for those people you see. we are proving with e can move thousands of people a day out kabul. we're bringing our citizens, nato allies, afghanies who helped us in a war effort. we have

biden is doing behind the scenes when he's at camp david. that's where he returned after giving that speech here at the white house. he did get a briefing from his team. president biden has not spoken to any other world leaders. >> has the president spoken to any other world leaders since kabul fell to the taliban? >> he's not yet spoken with any other world leaders. myself, secretary blinken, several other senior members of the team have been edge gauged on a regular basis with foreign counterparts and we intend to do so in the coming days be the main issue is an operational issue. it's about how we coordinate to help them get their people out. we are operating through logistical channels and policy channels to try to make that happen. >> the white house saying they are focused on the mission at hand getting people out of there. it is notable president biden hadn't spoken to any allies since kabul fell. >> the president of nato echoed the president and said the speed of the country's collapse was a surprise. >> there are thousands of women, what is going on and what should happen for them? they are always asking wh

white house not that long ago. so those are explanations that president biden is expected to say. it is not just going to be those people listening, it is the foreign counter parts listen to what his explanation is for thises well because this is something that the white house talked about being done in coordination with allies. so we're hearing from other world leaders but other people are waiting to see what president biden says this afternoon. >> kaitlan, thank you. nick thank you. please stay safe. general, thank you as well. >>> coming up for us, coronavirus cases are surging still. why some school districts in texas today are going forward with mask requirements despite a ruling from the state supreme court. the latest on a live report. that's next. millions of vulnerable americans struggle to get reliable transportation to their medical appointments. that's why i started medhaul. citi launched the impact fund to invest in both women and entso i can realize my vision and give everything i've got to my company, and my community. i got you. for the love of people. for the love

texting with some of my white house sources this morning they recognize this moment for biden is chargeden to dover in the past but not this type of circumstance that have their band factions not only the white house but the administration whether this was the best course forward of course there have been in we have been reporting on this fox has been reporting on this since july when there were many people pointing out to the president that kabul could fall quite quickly and for some reason this administration did not see that as that consensus view or as a credible view now they have lived to regret that choice and what we have seen in the last few weeks has been truly awful. chris: carl, i am curious then we heard two different versions of this from jake sullivan and senator mcconnell talking about all the leverage we have over the taliban obviously whatever leverage we have is the only way after tuesday to get americans and afghans realistically out of the country that is this realistic the idea that we have enormous leverage over the taliban quick. >> you think it is ludicrous and w

critics have suggested that the biden white house is faced with the all too real prospect of a fall of saigon redox with civilians desperately clinging to heal owes as the us leaves the country, though mr biden said this back in july about a possible taliban overthrow of the country. there's gonna be no circumstances you see people being lifted off the roof of a embassy in the of the united states from afghanistan. it is not at all comfortable. the likelihood there's going to be the taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely. and yet here we are with large swaths of the country effectively under taliban control, real policy nightmare state critics with the potential fallout for years to come. what has happened here is the president has made some serious miscalculations. where he hasn't fully appreciated the consequences of his decision in april, when he announced the withdrawal. what were seen is an ill conceived, hasty withdrawal that's turning into an embarrassing retreat. and and that's the simple facts of it interesting that back in 2000 and two

some of the other economic issues in the country, this could end up being a problem and the biden white house, the biden political operation, frankly, had banked on americans -- everyone in afghanistan knew it would go badly once the u.s. troops lost. that was not a surprise. the pace was the surprise, according to the white house. and so they were -- the polling had been in favor of pulling out of afghanistan with the american public. but to your point, how it happened. and congressional hearings will happen. where these questions will be attempted to answer that will be in the public eye. we'll see how that plays out. >> part of the challenge is now they are trying to evacuate americans, trying to evacuate afghans that served with americans or other western organizations who feel at risk. i want you to listen to a military veteran a democrat in congress and an ally of biden. he said why did the troops leave before you got the state department employees out, before you got the afghans out? >> they planned this contingency then they would have gotten our friends and allies out of afghanistan

biden's senior adviser anita dunn, is leaving the white house this month.es. it's our latest installment of bad ass women of washington. >> you first came here as an intern in -- >> 1978. >> wow. >> yes. >> for president carter? >> for president carter. but it was a man's world, a total man's world. >> anita dunn was one of the first women in presidential politics to change that, eventually landing in the inner circle of two winning campaigns and administrations, president obama and now president biden. as a junior staffer in 1984 on john glenn's campaign, she set a high bar for hers. -- herself. >> i made the decision that the next time i wanted to work on a presidential campaign, i was going to be at the table. so, i didn't work on campaigns until i was at a point where that's where my seat was. >> dunn earned that seat by working as a congressional aide, then political consultant for countless democratic presidential campaigns, though it was hard to find work during the 1996 election when she was pregnant. is it true that only female candidates would hir

decision making facts is crucial and i think we will see funding, more funding, not just from the biden white house, but from the senate and the house, from congress, to make sure we have the capacity to get accurate information. in terms of climate change, i think the infrastructure bill, the bipartisan infrastructure bill that we're working on right now, has significant investments in transmission, expanding transmission capacity, epi -- enhancing the smart grid capacity, expanding broadband and 5g. there are all kinds of tech and stem investments that will go towards climate change. electric vehicles, both charging stations and electric buses and other mobility carriers. $15 billion for that. i think the thing that i'm happy about which i, again, unrealistically, perhaps, i thought this would be a process where whereby we could end up with a price on carbon. there are senators admitting climate change is real and we should have greater urgency addressing it and i thought that might happen like a fee in difdend -- dividend, like george schultz proposed 15 years ago, as a way of providing incentiv

. >> on friday after a meeting at the white house, biden, kamala harris, nancy pelosi, chuck schumer all, quote, agreed on the moral imperative of passing