>> yes. >> all right, so, let's bring in george stephanopoulos. george, i was watching that interview as it came in, a lot to unpack here. i know you're going to have a lot more on "good morning america." but i wanted to double down here on two things you pressed the president on. the president claims that military leaders did not tell him to keep some sort of smaller footprint on the ground, 2,500 troops. and he also said u.s. intelligence did not predict a collapse this quickly? >> reporter: yeah, he was very firm on that, david, on the intelligence. first, he was saying, yes, the taliban might control, but no one expected the speed where it happened, contradicting what we've heard from senators and some leaks from intelligence officials, as well, but the president is very, very firm. he said that no one was predicting the taliban would come into power this quickly that the afghan army, the afghan political structure would just collapse over the course of a week. and i was also surprised that he did take on those who say the military was advising

george stephanopoulos asked him what he would do differently if given the chance. george: you don't think this crisis could have been handled better in anyway way? no mistakes? pres. biden: no, i don't think it could have been handled in a way that -- we are going to go back and hindsight and look come up the idea that somehow there is a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing, i don't know how that happens. i don't know how that happens. jobina: president biden says while up to 15,000 americans still need to be evacuated, there are also about 60,000 afghans who also want to leave. he says the u.s. is committed to getting everybody out of afghanistan. troops will stay past the august 31 deadline if that is what it takes. you can watch more of that exclusive interview with the president coming up on gma, starting at 7:00 right after abc 7 mornings. kumasi: you can find these stories and more about the situation in afghanistan on our streaming app. you can keep up-to-date on what is happening at home and abroad. >> let's talk more about the air quality. we will

. >> the president telling george stephanopoulos he's prepared to keep u.s. troops in kabul until every american is out. that statement coming as dangerous scenes play out near kabul airport. abc's julia macfarlane joins us from london with the latest. good morning, julia. >> reporter: mona, andrew, good morning. president biden is standing firm in his defense of withdrawing troops from afghanistan despite te chaotic scenes at kabul airport. and now there are reports of the taliban showing their trademark brutality. in his first interview since the taliban takeover in afghanistan, president biden defiant in the face of criticism over the handling of the u.s. withdrawal. >> you just said flat out it's highly unlikely the taliban would take over. >> the idea that the taliban would take over was premised on the notion that the -- that somehow the 300,000 troops we had trained and equipped was going to just collapse, they were going to give up. i don't think anybody anticipated that. >> you don't think this could have been handled better in any way, no mistakes?

dan: in an exclusive interview with george stephanopoulos, president biden is defending his handling of the situation in kabul, saying the chaos we all saw over the week it -- weekend could not have been avoided. >> you don't think this could have been handled better in any way? no mistakes? >> i don't think it could have been handled in a way that -- we are going to go back in hindsight and look but the idea that somehow there is a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing, i don't know how that happened. dan: tomorrow, there will be much more from george stephanopoulos's interview with president biden on good morning america and all of our abc news platforms. ama: hundreds met in hayward to stand in solidarity with the men, women, and children in afghanistan. how the community is coming together in times of grave concern. >> piece for afghanistan. -- >> amplifying calls for a peaceful, free, and just afghanistan, leaving the charge, the organizer concerned about her family back home. >> they want to get out. leave it up to god's hands. >> counting her blessings, considering her

dan: in an exclusive interview with george stephanopoulos, president biden is defending his handlingf the situation in kabul, saying the chaos we all saw over the week it -- weekend could not have been avoided. >> you don't think this could have been handled better in any way? no mistakes? >> i don't think it could have been handled in a way that -- we are going to go back in hindsight and look but the idea that somehow there is a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing, i don't know how that happened. dan: tomorrow, there will be much more from george stephanopoulos's interview with president biden on good morning america and all of our abc news platforms. ama: hundreds met in hayward to stand in solidarity with the men, women, and children in afghanistan. how the community is coming together in times of grave concern. >> piece for afghanistan. -- >> amplifying calls for a peaceful, free, and just afghanistan, leaving the charge, the organizer concerned about her family back home. >> they want to get out. leave it up to god's hands. >> counting her blessings, considering her pa

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george stephanopoulos with president biden there. we will play again in just a second. ari, to see the president come out today in the middle of what has been three, four, five days of chaos in kabul and give that speech about booster shots and then walk out of the room as a former white house press secretary, what were your thoughts? >> i always try to put myself in the shoes of why is the president doing what he is doing? he must have a good reason. when you hear the tone in those snippets of his interview with george stephanopoulos he sounds so exasperated with the questions he is getting. he sounded that way at that july news conference. why are you asking me questions it's a three kay weekend? i don't want to talk about afghanistan. joe biden strikes me as one of these people that's been around so long, has seen it all, heard it all, he knows it all. and so when he says to the military you are out. we're coming home. that's it. he doesn't want to hear all the complications the other problems that will ensue as a result of it. he just says i have heard all your excu

look at that interview that biden did with george stephanopoulos. he said nobody pushed back. is true, then that is an indictment of his entire national security team. jim mattis put his starring on the table and resigned when donald trump wanted to pull troops out of afghanistan. where is lloyd austin, general milley? how come nobody said you can't do this. this is a disaster. it's going to unleash a cataclysm and burn us with terrorism attacks here at home. nobody has stood up to this president's worth instincts. when donald trump was president, everybody celebrated the adults in the room. trump hired people that disagreed with him into his administration. sometimes he listened to them, sometimes he didn't. at least he got people that pushed back. nobody is pushing back on joe biden's worst instincts. it's a disaster. >> martha: there was tension in the room. sometimes people won, sometimes they lost. some walked because he wouldn't listen to what they had to say. it doesn't appear that is the situation right now. thanks, marc. good to see you. >> thanks, martha. >> martha:

george stephanopoulos: i think a lot of americans, even a lot of veterans who served in afghanistan,ith you on h the big, strategic picture. they believe we had to get out, but i wonder how you respond toy an army special forces officer, javier mccay, he did seven tours, he was shot twice, he agrees with you, he says "we have to cut our losses in afghanistan," but he adds, "i just wish we could have leftes with honor." here is joe biden's response. look, that is like asking my deceased son beau, who spent six months in kosovo, and a year in iraq, as an army major, and you know, i'm sure he had regrets coming out of afghanistan, i mean come out of iraq. he had regrets to how it is going, but the idea, what is the alternative?e? now, we are waiting for that tape, but that is the transcript. now the president's son was in the navy, not the army. he was in the army, not the navy. it's not clear from that. we believe he was in the army and not the navy. he did not serve in afghanistan, he served in kosovo and iraq. joe biden can't seem to remember those details. we are not attacking him,

it's interesting when he was talking to george stephanopoulos, george stephanopoulos talked about thes of the packed plane and the people running on the runway and people falling from the sky. president biden's immediate response was not, it's heartbreaking. it was, that was four days ago. there was clearly frustration there. he's clearly trying to soften that tone. what do you make of that? >> well, frustration is the word, anderson. i think what we began to hear at the beginning of the week and all the way through that interview with george stephanopoulos was accumulated frustration of a president and before that a vice president who has had serious differences about managing this war, how it was lead both at the political level and the military level. and you heard -- i think what they clearly recognized in the last 48 hours was what the president was saying was simply not matching up with what americans were seeing on their television screens, what they're seeing around the world and what clarissa ward has been reporting, absolutely heroic reporting on the ground. and there was si

since the winter, we've seen guest hosts like george stephanopoulos, and so many more.ow in alex trebek's legendary foot steps. >> reporter: call it a daily double. >> mike richards. >> reporter: who are your new "jeopardy hosts? executive producer, mike richards, who will take on the syndicated show, and neuroscientists in real life, tapped to host "jeopardy" primetime and spin off series. >> it's a tremendously bizarre and humbling and surreal experience. >> reporter: reacting to the highly anticipated announcement. nine months after the passing of alex trebek, who began hosting the show in 1984. >> welcome to america's favorite answer and question game, "jeopardy. ". >> reporter: and over the weeks a rotation of quiz show hosts. >> and if you don't like me, i'm sorry. i love burton. i have respect for everybody who guest hosted. >> reporter: richards came under fire for a lawsuit while producing "price is right." saying he and others discriminated against her because she was pregnant, something he denied. he had a memo to the "jeopardy" staff, reading, in part, i wan

he is on defense after telling abc news' george stephanopoulos that the chaos he saw play out at the kabul airport was inevitable in contrast to what the president had been saying for months. >> you don't think this could have been handled better in any way? no mistakes? >> no. i -- i don't think it could have been handled better. we'll go back in hindsight and look and getting out without chaos ensuing, i don't know how that happened. >> so for you that was always priced into the decision? >> yes. >> president biden and his advisers many of whom were against the withdrawal are denying reports that intelligence analyst his warned this could happen. >> there was nothing they or anyone else saw that indicated a collapse of this army and this government in 11 days joining me now nbc white house correspondent kelly o'donnell and nbc military reporter courtney kubi. the president is not engaging with the press corps with this issue at all and he did speak with george, of course, with george stephanopoulos about the august 31st deadline to move our troops out and let me play a part of that

let's discuss what we just learned these new parts of this interview done by george stephanopoulos.s out to you first. >> i think it's clear the president is digging in. he feels very certain about his decision. he has known for a long time there are no good options. what i'm reading between the lines is the united states is telling the world, we are going to be pursuing extremely minimalist foreign approach to afghanistan and can expect the approach to extend to the rest of the region. but in the weeks and days to come i think we can expect them to just focus on the security and safety of american citizens. >> david? >> well, one thing that's stunning to me is the missed empathy moment which is a rare thing in a joe biden interview. he doesn't often miss moments to express empathy. and when george stephanopoulos talks to him about the images that we've seen of the packed military aircraft or afghans running on the runway, he just -- i mean, despite his sort of being defensive there in a moment, he also then just said, we have to get our arms around this and get this right. there wa

that was president biden first sitting down with abc george stephanopoulos.oining me right now the new york post columnist and fox news contributor miranda and always pleasure to see you. first give us your reaction to all of this. >> hi, maria, it's just tragic and i think that the -- being projected by american throughout the world is dangerous for everybody. i think the allies have been caught flat-footed by the debacle in afghanistan. we still have thousands of americans and afghan allies behind enemy lines. it's just farcical for the president to be standing up and saying that everything was done perfectly and that there were no mistakes. obviously there were mistakes and he needs to take responsibility for those remistakes. as we heard yesterday from the generals, closing down bagram air base before you secured the safe passage of all your citizens. that was inexplicable. you know, it seems that joe biden had his eyes fixed on the price which was he wanted to be able to stand up and make the history books by being the first president to get america out

talk about that chaos was inevitable line from the george stephanopoulos george stephanopoulos interview yesterday. there seems to be a back and forth between the intel community and the dod right now and everyone i've spoken with in the intel community over the last three days saying no way we're not going to be blamed for something that we've been warning about all along. >> well, joe, chaos is inevitable if you start late and don't devote sufficient resources. and then you have a chaotic situation. we're seeing a classic demonstration now of what military power can and cannot do once you've pulled out of a garrison that you had heavily maintained. the military, after a day, is able to keep order, keep orderly flow of planes and people on the military side of the airport. but when we talk about the gates and outside the gates, the reinvasion of afghanistan and it's not surprising that general milley and secretary of defense austin say that's not possible. they're not in a position to reinvade the country and guarantee the safe access. my sense, as i talk to people in the white house, w

the bit that caught me was when george stephanopoulos said we have all seen the pictures, the c-17 filledh african refugees, and the president cut off mr. stephanopoulos and said that was four days ago, five days ago. the president doesn't realize those images are still very much on americans and politicians minds. lisa: does that it matter that there is frustration into americans? does it bleed into relations or does president biden's opponents make a lot of this to be the case? annmarie: there's always going to be politics. they don't call it a swamp for nothing. domestically, this is a cloud over his agenda. already next week there will be hearings, already we have speaker pelosi and senator mitch mcconnell saying they want the gang of eight having briefings with top administration officials on what exactly went wrong. lisa, to your point on the international front, there seems to be some relationships that are frayed. you could feel frustration from the europeans. we have a german election coming up and the next likely chancellor of germany said this is the biggest debacle nato has ev

we have the interview with george stephanopoulos. i don't think he changed anything that he said from sunday. also when he said that the horrific images from the airport were four or five day ago, man. it was two days ago and it was up until recently it was still happening. there's this big disconnect. he said nothing could have been different. then you look in the media. what do you see? well, it's without sourcing, anonymous sources, but it's clear that general milley wants to make clear that he wanted 2,500 troops. secretary austin told the president that full withdrawal could lead to instability. the intelligence community had been warning biden for months. that wasn't classified. you could have read that on the front page of any national newspaper. we all knew. then you have the secretary of state and the national security adviser making it clear that they warned and potential taliban attacks on u.s. diplomats and allies. thought it was discordant. the secretary of defense indicates that they have better control over it. what is

. >> harris: george stephanopoulos will sit with the president, i think the first in the news conferencel all be watching, of course, he was in the white house at some point in the last 20 years. it will be interesting to see his perspective, if he will bring neutrality and that experience enough to ask this president to stay on the issue, the issue isn't across two presidents, trump and biden, we were leaving, the issue is how to execute that and why you flipped the switch that looked like it was a discernible and executable plan so that you could put your own stamp on it. is this what we believe is the biden stamp? how would you describe it, mr. president? >> kayleigh: i can't wait, i think it happens soon. >> i wish it was you. >> kayleigh: i do, too. >> harris: we've been there, we'll see what happens, i never count anybody out. >> kayleigh: we saw joe biden bolt like a lightning bolt from questions yesterday, we hope george stephanopoulos ask questions the american people deserve to have asked. less than 24 hours after pledging to honor women's rights, the taliban is clarifying thei

tonight and abc news exclusive, president biden sits with george stephanopoulos for his first interview and still withdraw from f aniston. you can watch -- from afghanistan. you can watch that tonight. mike: a look at the air quality, you can see how it is significantly worse in the high country around chico, reading, those areas. so far we are doing ok. you can see that we are green and yellow. throughout the day the air air viautheynot su aair, but i e surprised if there are small spots within these regions we do have poor air quality as some of the smoke will work down to the ground. think about that. you can see it on our website and apps. we have a rotating through the seven day, the winds, currents, and air quality. we are in the red even the purple throughout the day into the overnight hours, except along the coast where there is a minor sea breeze that will develop. thursday were looking at the north bay and parts of the east bay that will have the heaviest smoke but you will notice an improvement around the bay and the coast. clouds on either side and the higher elevations. 52,

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this morning on gma, george stephanopoulos questioned john kirby about the withdrawal from afghanistanryone was blindsided by the speed of the taliban take over. how do we make sure that they will not allow al qaeda and other terrorists to reconstitute in afghanistan and pose a threat to the united states? >> while nothing is as good as having intelligence right on the ground, intelligence will certainly be more difficult to discern going forward, it will not be impossible. we have done over the horizon counterterrorism operations in other parts of the world, and we have been conducting air in support of afghan national security forces against the taliban. jobina: yesterday, we show you some of the most horrific images coming out o people trying to leave the country, fleeing onto u.s. planes on kabul airport. officials removed 15,000 people from the runway. the airport is back open this morning. president biden has approved $500 million in funding for afghan refugee relocation. kumasi: people in the bay area with ties to afghanistan sharing their anxiety and fear with us about family a

he was interviewed by george stephanopoulos on abc. >> so you don't think this could have been handled better in any way? no mistakes? pres. biden: nope, i don't think it could have been handled in a way -- we are going to go back in hindsight and look but the idea that somehow there is a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing, i don't know how that happens. amy: the biden administration has announced plans to begin offering vaccine booster shots starting september 20, citing new cdc studies showing the declining effectiveness of covid vaccines over time. the u.s. decision has been widely criticized. on tuesday, world health organization director general tedros adhanom ghebreyesus tweeted -- "it's unconscionable that some #covid19 vaccine-producing companies are reporting record profits, and some countries are offering boosters, while so many people remain unprotected." on wednesday, u.s. surgeon general vivek murthy defended the decision. >> look, i do not accept the idea we have to choose. we clearly see our responsibility to both. we will do everything we can to protect people

and today he's telling george stephanopoulos we always thought this was going to happen.here is nothing we could do better. here is the think that is most discouraging for me. we had true census in this country that it was time to leave afghanistan. now, thanks to joe biden single-handed debacle and exiting this country, we now have a majority of people who are not sure whether or not we should leave afghanistan. congratulations, joe you have crushed one of the only reasonable consensus assessment built in this country in a very long time. we ought to bring our troops home thanks year end handedness you have people questioning that, good job joe. >> so scott, as i look at this obviously a lot of libertarians are going this is why you don't get into these in the first place, this is what happens. when getting out is as bad as getting in or staying there, it should be a lesson to future presidents not to get into these things. you think those lessons will be internalized? >> well certainly the american people are going to internalize them after this. i agree with what he sa

she spoke with george stephanopoulos about him talking to her directly in the statement yesterday, sayingthat bennett and her things that he did not say. >> wasn't an apology and he did not take accountability for his actions. he cannot once apologize and then say he did not do anything wrong. he blamed to me and said that i simply misinterpreted what he had said, but his line of questioning was not appropriate. he was coming on to me. he insinuated that survivors of trauma and sexual assault cannot tell the difference between mentorship and leadership. and sexual- harassment itself, which is not only insulting to me, but every survivor who listened to him yesterday. >> you can see george stephanopoulos' entire interview , about 7:00 a.m., which llinfo anmotoimac immediately. looks like this d happen. they say he can no longer remain in office. >>> thank you. happening today, republican candidates helping to replace governor newsom will face-off in a first televised debate. it is happening at the richard nixon presidential library in orange county. the two best-known candidates will not b

this morning, george stephanopoulos questioned admiral george kirby about the u.s.ithdraw. >> it appears like the government was blindsided by the speed of the takeover. if the intelligence was so faulty on this measure, how are we going to make sure that the taliban does not allow other terrorist to reconstitute and pose a threat? >> i will tell you, nothing is as good as having intelligence on the ground, so intelligence will be more difficult to discern, it will not be impossible. we have done over the horizon operations and over the past few weeks we have been conducting airstrikes in support of afghan national security forces. jobina: yesterday we showed you horrific images of people trying to leave the country, clinging onto u.s. planes at kabul airport. air opfi removed 15,000 people from the runway. the airport is back open this morning. president biden approved $500 million in funding for afghan refugee relocation. reggie: all eyes are on afghanistan and here are some of the headlines from our national newspapers. "the new york times" reads biden defense ex

you can watch the full interview with george stephanopoulos at 8:00 this morning right here on abc sevenne of the republicans running in the newsom recall election has been given the support of the california religion party. four candidates have qualified to be considered for the endorsement. larry elder, kevin faulkner, doug oc -- the group said the lack of endorsement speaks to the strength of the field of candidates. the senate held a rare saturday session yesterday, voting to advance the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. it included billions to expand rural broadband and replace mud types across the country. it would also funny -- funnel money into rail systems and expand infrastructure for electric vehicles. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell says he believes passing the bill is a core government responsibility. >> republicans and democrats have radically different visions these days, but both those visions include physical infrastructure that works for all of our citizens. julian: the bill faces an uncertain future in the house. nancy pelosi said previously she would

george stephanopoulos asked him what he would've done differently. >> you think this couldn't have beendled better, no mistakes? >> no. i don't think it could have been handled better. we will go back in hindsight and look, but the idea that there was a way to go out without chaos ensuing, i don't know how that happens. i don't know how that happened. jobina: president biden says while up to 15,000 americans still need to be evacuated, there are also about 60,000 afghans who also want to leave. he says the u.s. is committed to getting everyone out of afghanistan. troops will stay past the august 31 deadline if that's what it takes. you can watch more of that exclusive interview with the president, coming up on gma, starting at 7:00. reggie: in the east bay, hung -- hundreds met to stand in solidarity with the men, women and children in afghanistan. >> there will be no warlord flag. there will be no taliban flag. this is the only flag we will recognize. reggie: the bay areas afghan community and beyond held a demonstration outside hayward city hall, calling for a peaceful, free and just

. >>> i want to remind everybody that "this week" is coming up later this morning with george stephanopoulos. he's going to go one on one with dr. francis collins about the delta variant and possible boosters for americans. plus, with the west coast ablaze and wildfires raging around the world, george will talk to two experts about the dire consequences of climate change. eva, over to you. >>> now to the battle of wildfires in the west. california fighting its third largest fire ever, the dixie fire. hundreds of homes are gone. 14,000 buildings are threatened. a number of people are unaccounted for with firefighters injured. abc's zohreen shah has the latest. good morning, zohreen. >> reporter: good morning, eva. every single home in this community looks like this one. just brought to the ground. through this destruction we're seeing remnants of people's everyday lives. you can see kitchen appliances. the car is still in the driveway. patio seating or what's left of it. this fire moving through this area incredibly fast. authorities fear that not everyone made it out. this morning officials

president biden sat down with george stephanopoulos this morning and he said that the chaos we are seeingwas priced into the decision. the

and if anybody goes back and reads the transcripts of president biden's interview with george stephanopoulosing to do in anyway. so all of this stuff about blaming president trump, if you're going to give that candid answer this many your interview with george stephanopoulos and say all of this was going to happen regardless of whether or not there was any deal between the trump administration and the taliban, then everything else is just that much less credible. but kash's points were important x they should be well noted for anyone who's interested. elizabeth: so now we have the taliban, reports coming in the taliban has been beating americans at kabul airport. your reaction. >> you know, it's important that this reporting, the pictures, the videos, that they do get out there publicly because this information only getting up the chain of command internally and then the president giving a press conference where he is saying that this dust-up isn't happening at all ends up misleading the american public. you know, erodes trust and credibility with this administration and with the government.

barbara, that is very significant to hear from the president, and george stephanopoulos gave him an opportunity to clarify, and yet he reiterated, no, never, was he told by these top generals to keep any sort of force on the ground, quote, that he can recall. is that the case given even cnn's own reporting this spring and summer? >> reporter: well, if the president says he can't recall it, i'm not sure we can get inside his head and see what he actually does remember about all this. what we do know is that top commanders thought they should have the option of keeping 2,500 troops in afghanistan, but that was for a very narrow focus. that was to help maintain security, conduct counterterrorism missions, maintain stability with afghan forces. that did not take into account, again, this 11-day collapse of the afghan government and afghan military that the world has seen. this was something several months ago, it was an option. it was something that top u.s. commanders wanted. now, did that option in those terms get to the president? we don't know the answer to that, but it was something that they

blaming president trump if you're going to give that candid answer in your interview with george stephanopoulosliban then everything else is that much less credible but they were important and they should be well noted for's anybody whos interested. elizabeth: now we have the taliban reports coming in that they're beating americans at kabul airport, your reaction. >> it's important that this reporting the pictures and videos that they do get out there publicly because information only getting off the chain of command internally and the president giving a press conference where he said that the stuff is happening at all and ends up misleading the american public, roads, trust and credibility with this administration with w. the government and president biden also stated that our allies are criticizing this, people are reading the statements and see the videos this is happening with our allies, we need to be a lot more candid and the fact that it's happening outside of the defense and what's going on, thee reality you can expect all these americans to safely get their way to kabul and what the pr

biden drawing flak for telling abc's george stephanopoulos that the horror show, he used the word messy, was inevitable. >> you don't think this could have been handled better in any way, no mistakes? >> no. i don't think it could have been handled in a way that -- we're going to go back in hindsight and look but the idea that some diss how there's a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing, i don't know how that happens. howie: but it's getting worse with evacuation flights resuming this morning. there's more complicated story for the press, a 20 year failure of lies and delusion, in which george w. bush, barack obama and donald trump all played a role, in which most of the media moved on from because the endless fighting was depressing and ratings poison. most of the media trying to hold biden and top officials accountable for the empty promises that the afghan military would hang on, as we came on the air last sunday morning it was over in the blink of a news cycle. i'm howard kurtz and this is media buzz from los angeles. ♪ howie: when president biden strongly defended his decis

he told george stephanopoulos in the interview, that the withdrawal has not failed despite the declarations that it has because they are ramping up the evacuations, we've not lost american troops and the test is in front of him. that is can they ramp up to the level, five to 9,000 a day, that the pentagon has said they're aiming for and get over the next two weeks the 65,000 or so that the president estimated that they're going to try to get out. american citizens and afghan allies. about 6,000 so far. the pentagon said yesterday they're processing about 500 people an hour at the air base. big questions as to whether they could get people from the countryside to kabul. they're doing this at the sufferance of the taliban. they think they've got some leverage over the taliban. very difficult process, but the end of this story has not yet been written. and president biden is counting on his military troops on the ground, 6,000 that he's getting to afghanistan to get this job done over the next couple of wee weeks. and he said he would go past august 31st if the process proceeding and they thin

here now george stephanopoulos. >>> good morning. hope you're doing well today. you can see from our opening lots of issues are competing for attention. our round table experts are here to break them down. we begin with the pandemic. the delta variant appears to be sweeping us back to the future. the seven day average of cases 741% higher than in mid june. topping 100,000 for the first time since early february. hospitalizations up by more than 40%. overwhelming health care workers in the hardest hit states. the good news, more than 50% of americans are fully vaccinated. the vaccination rate has picked up by 25% in the last week. nih director dr. francis collins joins us now. good morning, dr. collins. thanks for joining us this morning. i want to put up the cover of "usa today" from friday. we see it there. it says we are failing one another across the country in this fourth covid surge. is that your analysis? >> i'm afraid we should not really have ever got to the place we are. in that regard, yes, we are failing. we have vaccines that we know are highly effect

she spoke to george stephanopoulos about cuomo speaking to her directly in his statement saying bennetty heard things he did not say. >> it wasn't an apology and he didn't take accountability for his actions. he can't once apologize and say he didn't do anything wrong. he blamed me and said that i simply misinterpreted what he had said, but his line of questioning was not appropriate. he was coming on to me and he insinuated that survivors of trauma and sexual assault can't tell the difference between mentorship and leadership. and sexual harassment itself, which is not only insulting to me but every survivor who listened to him yesterday. >> you can see george stephanopoulos' entire interview with charlotte bennett coming up at 7:00 a.m., which includes bennett calling for cuomo to be impeached. the new york assembly speaker has said cuomo can no longer remain in office. reggie. >> thank you. >>> republican candidates hoping to replace governor newsom in the recall will face off in their first televised debate. it comes as the chronicle is reporting that actress and activist jane fonda

something he was in a way cornered into by the decisions of former president trump, he told george stephanopoulos he would have tried to get the troops out anyone which i think is obvious to anyone who has covered biden over the years. the other piece of information that's interesting -- go ahead. >> i was just going to say there is -- i don't want to overplay this. this isn't him criticizing president obama. but when somebody like biden says, i'm not going to leave this to a fifth president. i'm not going to hand this over to another president. there is by implication a suggestion that bush, obama, and trump all did that, all failed to resolve this issue, this conflict. so, again, i don't want to overstate, he's not slamming obama, but he is taking a position that is contrary to the one obama made. >> he explicitly made the case in his speech the other day he had a different view than president obama or a different view than the administration as far back as 2009. so i think you're exactly right on that. i was going to say, this is backwards looking and not forward looking. i do want to focus on

dan: wednesday, president biden will sit down with george stephanopoulos for an interview. you can watch that on abc 7 on world news tonight. you can find the latest stories and reporting and much more about the situation in afghanistan on the abc 7 bay area streaming app. scroll down and download the app on your favorite streaming device. ama: pg&e like will will have to cut power tomorrow night due to wildfires. commerce across 18 counties have been notified. most in butteand shasta counties but the warning includes more than 2300 customers in the bay area, mostly in napa county. power could be out through wednesday afternoon. what kind of conditions can we be expecting? dan: andy is tracking those conditions. >> we are talking about strong gusty winds developing tomorrow night around this time. adds you notice here much of northern california and parts of central california under high fire danger with red flag warnings and fire weather watches. solano county area lake and mendicino county, 11:00 p.m. tomorrow number 11:00 a.m. wednesday. we are looking at the humidity dr

president biden one-on-one with george stephanopoulos.st weeks ago, a taliban takeover was highly unlikely. so, was the intelligence wrong or did the president downplay it? how the president responds. did u.s. military leaders suggest keeping some sort of a footprint on the ground? and if the u.s. doesn't complete its evacuations by the august 31st deadline, will troops stay to get americans out? and what about the thousands of afghans who helped the u.s.?

he gave his first television interview since the taliban takeover to abc's george stephanopoulos. >>e been handled, actually could have been handled better in any way? no mistakes? >> no, i -- i don't think it could have been handled in a way that -- there -- we're going to go back in hindsight and look, but the idea that somehow there's a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing, i don't know how that happens. i don't know how that happened. >> for you that was always priced into the decision? >> yes. >> there will be much more of george's interview tomorrow on "good morning america" and here on "nightline." that's "nightline" for this evening. catch our full episodes on hulu. we'll see you right back here same time tomorrow. thanks for the company, america. good night. i'm morgan, and there's more to me than hiv. more love, more adventure, more community. but with my hiv treatment, there's not more medicines in my pill. i talked to my doctor and switched to fewer medicines with dovato. dovato is for some adults who are starting hiv-1 treatment or replacing their current hiv-1 r

dan: wednesday, president biden will sit down with george stephanopoulos for an interview. you can watch that on abc 7 on world news tonight. you can find the latest stories and reporting and much more about the situation in afghanistan on the abc 7 bay area streaming app. scroll down and download the app on your favorite streaming device. ama: pg&e like will will have to cut power tomorrow night veeenotd.ldfires. st in butteand shasta counties but the warning includes more than 2300 customers in the bay area, mostly in napa county. power could be out through wednesday afternoon. what kind of conditions can we be expecting? dan: andy is tracking those conditions. >> we are talking about strong gusty winds developing tomorrow night around this time. adds you notice here much of northern california and parts of central california under high fire danger with red flag warnings and fire weather watches. solano county area lake and mendicino county, 11:00 p.m. tomorrow number 11:00 a.m. wednesday. we are looking at the humidity dropping as low as 10%. when you combin it with gust