dni training. they are trying to get as many different individuals from certain groups.ou could all agree on. making sure that planes aren't blowing up or that we are beating the enemy. turns out there's a lot of stuff that goes on. here's the issue that it runs into time and again. they want quotas, essentially. but we know we can't have quotas, that is a legal issue. so they want to get as close to a quota as they can without actually saying, we have a quota. this is true at harvard, that's what's going to the supreme court right now. they are trying to find a way to make it seem like there's a meritocracy with diversity as a holistic consideration when really if it is just a meritocracy, sometimes they're not going to get the numbers that they want. what you see here. so do they want a quota, or do they not want a quota? they should be honest about it. >> greg: dana, i would only want a quota for attractive people. >> how do you judge >> laura: anyone? >> greg: that's an excellent point. i would say we could use -- i'm not going to say anything. nice try, lady. trying

you had both dni and the state department and white house officials in this meeting today. was there a disconnect in the room today when they were talking about this? rep. mccarthy: i would leave you simply to president biden's press conference in july, what he told the american public. no, they'd be able to fight. there's no chance of it collapsing. i happened to be a member of the gang of eight. i've had intel briefings. i never believed what he was saying there was the briefings that i was requiring. you have the ranking member of armed services, mr. rogers. been briefed in a different manner that he's publicly said. either joe biden made a different decision based upon the briefing that he was given, and this is another thing of why we need accountability. what information has been provided to this president? when the president just a few days ago told the american public there was no al-qaeda, just less than an hour later he was contradicted by his own administration to our conference. when he told the american public that he has no report of americans having problems

. >> the current dni, avril haynes and to comment on this report, basically saying that intel community might not even have been the best agency to do this report, that is really a question fundamentally of science. do you agree with that, that without the scientific basis and understanding of how the genetic sequence of this virus operates that the dni is -- they are floating around a little bit on this one? >> the scientific opinion on this is important but i don't know any credible scientist still promoting the idea that this was naturally occurring. most of the folks that have now seen the intelligence that i declassified and mike pompeo declassified showing covid 19 symptoms at the pullman institute of virology, the involvement of chinese communist party officials, military officials, the gain of function research taking place at the wuhan institute of virology, all the things the world health organization, those were all things that now that they've come to light you see a lot of signs like doctor fauci and others back off of saying this was naturally occurring. as a person who so

the scientific basis and understanding of how the genetic sequence of this virus operates, that the dni is kind of -- they are floating around a little bit on this one? >> well, i think the scientific opinion on this is important, but i don't know any credible scientists that are still promoting the idea that this was naturally occurring. most of the folks that have now seen the intelligence that i declassified and mike pompeo declassified, showing, you know, covid-19 symptoms at the wuhan institute of virology, the involvement of chinese communist party officials, military officials at the wuhan -- of the gene editing, you know, gain-of-function research that was taking place at the wuhan institute of virology, all of the things that the ccp did to pressure the world health organization, those are all things that now that they have come to light, you've seen a lot of these scientists, like dr. fauci and others, back off of saying this was naturally occurring. i'll just tell you, as a person that's all of our u.s. intelligence, in my mind, i feel strongly that this originated at the wuh

himself, who was trump's apointed dni, was advising mr. that these reports that he was believing were not true. so it's obviously very concerning and indicative of the type of people that the president, former president was starting to rely upon in the justice department as he removed former officials and original confirmed officials started to leave the department at the end of the administration, leaving these acting appointments in place. >> we're learning more and more about these bizarre, very bizarre theories. thank you both very much. >>> up next, governor andrew cuomo's lawyers are now sticking out how they're shaping their defense. stay with us. you're in "the situation room." protected this nation. they are the heroes in my family. who are the heroes in yours? we can't make you leave your acne alone. but we can help get rid of the spots that your acne left behind. differin dark spot correcting serum has the maximum-strength dark spot-fading power you can get without a prescription. do things differin. your mission: stand up to mo

elizabeth: you know dni ratcliff is pointing out, former dni ratcliff is saying that you know the coronavirusccurring, as you point out to these bat caves hundreds of miles away. he is saying bats can only fly 30 miles. not hundreds of miles. that is the bat range. that they were openly studying bat coronaviruses inside of the lab. final question, how do we know that this may have leaked out in the late summer of 2019? >> because it got the attention of the chinese cdc and the director of the wuhan lab warning about the conditions of safety protocols. one more thing to add, liz, they also created what is called, it is a technology where they can, even though it is manmade they can take the fingerprints off it so it looks like it is naturally occurring. this is a very sinister operation. dr. daszak is the author of the lan set medical journal -- the lan set medical journal. at the request of the prc by the way asked them to debunk the conspiracy theories from trump and others that it came from the lab. he is the one that debunked it under the prc payroll. now i think we'll debunk him. elizabet

elizabeth: dni ratcliffe is pointing out, former dni ratcliffe is saying the coronavirus is not naturallyway he saying that can only fly 30 miles, that's a bad range, they were openly studying back coronavirus is inside the lab, final question how do we know that this may have leaked out in the latef summer of 2019? >> because it got the attention of the chinese cdc and the director of the wuhan lab warning about the conditions of safety protocols one thing to readd they created a technology even though it's man-made they can take the finger. off of it looks like is naturally occurring, this is sinister operation and doctor peter daszak is the author's the atlanta journal and at the request of the prc who asked him to debunk the conspiracy theories from trump and others that it came from the lab itself. he is the one who debunked it under the prc payroll and now we will debunk him. elizabeth: we hear you it's a letter from 27 scientist that he spearheaded. thank you, congressman michael mccaul is great to have you on that was interesting will have you back on soon, thank you for joining u

well i'm now asking fellow journalists, why not talk to the scientists to learn about what's in the dni sequence of the virus. getting that name, it is, let them tell you about that. don't listen to the briefings from, you know, the shadows from intelligence services where they are disparaging the science in order to make a political point. well jump. and johnson say they've done the best they can. johnson's and i've said inquiry which may start next year next year. what about this chinese allegation? people come watch our interview about m k ultra and relations to germ warfare at 40 drake on youtube channel. i think just give us a run that why the united states has 600 buildings on 13000 acres, apparently in the w h. you haven't looked into it. do you think the usa, whatever open for the trick, which the cdc shut down in september? was it august 2019 just as of nowadays, and now we discover some sightings of corona virus around the world. well, i don't know if it's really shut down because these are sites that are not inspected by independent observers. there's a lot of evidence option

not the answer to what happened but is just an action the president took so now former head of the dni done to make americans feel we're going after them? is that real for what we need to do? >> whenever we can take out isis members it is a good thing it is troubling me with that name who the people are. obviously that means they are very low-level. but the fact is it was not and intelligence failure but a political failure. we knew in april the taliban was on the march they were breaking conditions that were stated and we saw them take city by city. i don't understand on july 1st why we were pulling troops when the taliban was on the march? more important serving at the state department for ten years, why did our secretary of state allowed troops to be withdrawn and nato troops before he had cleared the embassy and removed the local hires that had worked with us? it is unacceptable. i don't understand in a cabinet meeting you don't speak up and you don't say do not remove the troops until i have americans out the silence from the secretary of state is absolutely atrocious and he shoul

we have not heard from the dni or i would be wary to make any definitive conclusions.it is to address the nation and the intelligence he received from military that is important but also important to address our enemy, the taliban. what i would really like to hear is the president say if any americans are hard will tele band back to the stone age and deliver that morning. right now we are evacuating civilian diplomats and during that time we need the president just about the make a statement to the enemy. >> one of the biggest arguments we have had so far to keep troops in afghanistan is that if we don't have a presence there and we don't know when a plan to attack is being orchestrated if the taliban controls afghanistan in one week from now do we have the opportunity to gather intelligence? for what they will receive by having a presence in afghanistan? >> you are 100 percent right. that is a major concern i would have. we are in enemy territory. it would be hard enough if there is a piece we did not know but then me but take it. but right now this is a denied area.

yet, i interviewed former dni james claclapper that afghanist could be a haven for terror groups. >> the suts going to maintain its over the horizon terrorist cape bits. this president has said he will not allow them to gain harbor in afghanistan or in any nation in this worked. the united states always maintains its prerogative to neutralize terrorists wherever they may be. >> i actually talked to james clapper about that. if afghanistan becomes a terror haven, how will the u.s. have the intelligence capabilities to know that and know what they are planning? and he said we would have a huge blind spot which we've seen in syria and other countries because the u.s. didn't have an intelligence presence there. is that a concern for you? >> that needs to be a concern for lawmakers and for the administration. and we'll be holing this administration to account for the united states homeland as well as to protect american personnel who are currently there, and to evacuate allies, whether they were interpreters, truck drivers at high risk for retaliation. that includes, i would add, people w

we just got out of the of a clad briefing with the secretary of state defense, the dni. the key components and as the leader said, we left with more questions than we did with answers. my understanding is the president just announced a firm withdrawal day of august 31st. i can tell you there's no way we can humanly get all of our american citizens and afghan partners at a country by the time to. i have called this consistently an unmitigated disaster of epic proportions. it will be a stain on his presidency and particularly the decision made today and what we heard today, he will have blood on his hands. people are going to die and they are going to be left behind. the biggest treat in the military is now man left behind. and that is precisely what we are doing. we are violating the trust and moral obligation that we gave them. and not only that. it is impacting our status in the global community purple. when erin briscoe the prime minister and secondly, defense are calling upon us to extend the deadline, the germans, because they want to get their people out of there as

president trump said it, john radcliffe said that, former dni, i've said it. look, that is the truth and just go check it out. it was >> jesse: trump's conditions based, the date was the arbitrary date that could've moved if the conditions were not met. biden came in and blew the date up and set a new date, no conditions. pulled all the air support out and pulled all the ground support out. basically boxed themselves into a corner without rescuing any stranded americans without initiation of a process to get afghans and american citizens out. leaving $80 million of weapons in the hands of terrorists. do i have that right? that's the stupidest military blunder in u.s. history, i don't know what. i do not know what that is, that's pretty dumb. >> the other thing you should have done is picked up the phone. president biden called the political chief of the taliban and said the 31st of august 8 forget it, we are not going do it. we're going to leave when we get every american out and every person who's been allied with us. if you do not like it, then we push our o

absolutely expect that there will be a lot of hearings to follow and expect director cia burns and dni admiral haynes to be in the hot seat testifying before congress and talking about what assessment they were providing the president. but let's make it clear, it was not a secret that the government of afghanistan lacked a lid of legitimacy, only 200 people voted in their last election of 40 million people. there were significant problems with the military, but as we have noted repeatedly in the last few days was when this administration chose to withdraw our forces and the airpower in particular shut down the air force base that put our place at risk in afghanistan and what we have is a fog of war, we don't have overhead reconnaissance and intelligence assets to collect intelligence on the threats to our people and country -- >> sean: we were ready to leave. >> get them to the airport safely. >> sean: weren't ready to do this with the conditions on the ground where the main criteria for president trump's to draw down and ultimate changeover, but i have to run right now we do have the

. >> trace: you talked about the dni.ains on the battlefield and the afghan government will struggle to hold them at bay. that was in april. in july a senior administration official said intelligence agencies never offered a clear prediction of an imminent taliban take over. that doesn't make. >> the intelligence committee doesn't do predictions of that sort with a timeline. they would have highlighted all of the weaknesses. we know that the department of defense wanted to increase our troop members back up to 4500. at 2500 there was a risk that the taliban could mount successful attacks. those hearings will tell us a lot. >> trace: thank you. >> sandra: expecting to hear from president biden this afternoon but according to the white house that message he is about to deliver is not on afghanistan. it's on covid and getting a third shot. ghani is no longer a figure in afghanistan. that obviously leaves more questions than answers. is the exiled president of afghanistan. he fled the country. jacqui heinrich, we are left wit

. >> dana, we had that intelligence when i was dni. all the discussions including some of the same military leaders that are still there was if we don't follow these conditions and the afghan forces are left on their own how long will this last? the consensus with everyone in the room was not very long. i remember president trump saying i don't think they will last two days. that was why those conditions that bill mentioned were so important. and look, you don't need to be an intelligence expert. look what was happening on the ground. 400 districts in afghanistan. back in april the taliban controlled 77. june they controlled over 100. august they controlled 223. so this was happening and it was apparent what was happening and it's really why everyone is at a loss to explain why the withdrawal has been handled so poorly. look, for president biden to say this couldn't have gone better, i appreciate people don't like the idea of lobbing grenades at our own helicopters. that's a better outcome than leaving the helicopters for the chinese a