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george stephanopoulos one-on-one with christopher steele. >>> and anyone who loves tony bennett will love the reason he's in the news tonight. ng it g h powell, a diplomat, an adviser to presidents, republican and democrat. a life dedicated to service, a life of breaking barriers. we learned today not only of his death but of his private battle with covid. he was flly vaccinated but now we've learned of his other private health battles that put him at increased risk. tonight here, the tributes now pouring in. president biden ordering flags to half staff, calling powell a, quote, patriot of unmatched honor and dignity. he grew up in the bronx, the son of immigrants. he found his calling in the u.s. military. tonight, what he said, how it felt when he first put on that uniform. two tours in vietnam, rising to four-star general and then the nation's top military leader. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. he then served as secretary of state. the first black man to serve in both of those roles. as secretary of state, he made the case for

think about what that was like for george stephanopoulos. that man is behind bars.sment that journalists feel every day. it is pervasive. i hope this case really is a statement. i want to say thank you to the fbi and the prosecutors for their work in making that statement. that's a rap for this week's "reliable sources." we'll see you right back here this time next week. ♪ ♪ >>> backed up, with negotiations at a standstill in congress and supply chain shortages hurting the economic recovery, does the biden administration need to change course? transportation secretary pete buttigieg joins me next. >>> plus, lock them up?

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george stephanopoulos and abc are trying to rehabilitate steele who stands by his work. >> do you thinkbility that you will not accept the findings of the fbi in this particular case? >> i think they are putting too much frankly into white fbi knew about it early on in the campaign. >> do you think if he runs again, he is a threat to the united states national security, to the national security of the united kingdom? >> yes, essentially. i do not think the book is finished by a long shot. >> laura, this is a warning shot to trump from the deep state. clearly he's going to run but basically saying if they runs they'll release more info which i don't think they have. the fact it's coming from george stephanopoulos, the clinton ally, when we know hillary clinton's campaign and the dnc were involved in paying for the dossier, that's a real problem. steele also mentioned that one point he didn't know what awful research was buried at that's why the info in the dossier was so flawed. >> laura: unlike george george's more casual look with the sweater. it looked very fall like. the big fall of

up he tape and trump's lawyer going to prague, all discredited by mueller and the fbi, not george stephanopoulos trying to rehabilitate steel who stands by his work. >> do you think it hurts your credibility that you won't accept the findings of the fbi in this case? >> they are putting too much into what fbi knew early on in the campaign. >> you think of here and again he is a threat to united states national security and the national security the united kingdom? >> yes. i don't think this book is finished by a long shot. >> this is a warning shot to trump from the deep state. they are saying they're worried clearly he's going to run but if he runs they're going to release more info which i don't think they have but the fact this is coming from george stephanopoulos, a clinton ally, we know hillary clinton's campaign at the dnc were involved in paying for that dossier that is a real problem. steel also mentions at one point he didn't know what the research was, that is why the info was so flawed. >> i like his more casual look with just the sweater, looked very fall like. the follow the democra

she spoke with abc's george stephanopoulos ahead of today's release of her tell-all book. >> and wn i woed h w absolutely impressed by the crowd and the reaction that he got. and i liked the way that he truly was giving a voice to people who felt forgotten. as i went through my years, i spent a huge amount of time on the east wing. and so, i was almost shielded sometimes from a lot of the toxic nature of the -- the west wing and the administration. when i went to the west wing is when i actually started to see what it was really like, and i regretted that decision immediately. >> you're likely to go down in history as the only white house press secretary who never held a press conference. did president trump order you not to hold briefings? >> yes, he said he didn't think we needed any more briefings. he spoke to the press two or three times a day directly. so then, my job was going to be to work more behind the scenes with print, with -- with regional and local. >> but you were talking about this cultural -- culture of casual dishonesty at the white house. so you were, as press secre

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. >> watch "this week" for george stephanopoulos's exclusive interview with treasury secretary janet yellen, about the debt ceiling and the disappointing september jobs report. plus, george goes one-on-one with top facebook executive nick clegg following that explosive whistle-blower hearing. >>> and it's that time of the morning now when we turn it over to rob marciano with the weather. rob, the weather is not behaving. i'm seeing a lot of imaes there. >> gio, it's everybody's favorite time in the morning. you got a lot to learn. good morning, guys. we do have a lot of rain that fell across parts of north carolina. unfortunately, got about 5 inches of rain, record rainfall in this area, trees down as well, flooded roadways. 23 people rescued from homes because of the high water. more rain coming today. because of this low. we don't know it's going to be a named storm, it's bringing in the rainfall, the wind as well. we've seen the breezy conditions up and down the east coast. d.c. to atlantic city. will probably see the most rain today. we saw some rain yesterday, also across eastern

aouer: "tekwith george stephanopoulos starts right now. >>> closing in. >> we have a framework.but that's what compromise is. >> the president lays down his bottom line for the build back better plan, hoping to unify democrats. >> i felt a little bamboozled. >> do you trust that senators manchin and sinema will vote based off of what is outlined in this framework? >> i trust the president of the united states. >> but biden heads overseas with no deal in hand. what will it take to seal the deal? the latest with transportation secretary pete buttigieg. >>> plus -- >> if i ever thought it was time to move on from congress, i would, and that time is now. >> gop trump critic adam kinzinger won't run again.

george stephanopoulos goes one-on-one with dr. anthony fauci on the new cdc recommendations on johnson & johnson and moderna booster shots. plus, jonathan karl reports on that upcoming high stakes governor race in virginia. stephanie? >>> it is time now for weather with the one and only rob marciano in austin, texas, working his way back east. rob? >> reporter: hey, good morning again, stephanie. we're here in austin. we're covering the formula 1 race. the green flag drops later on today. a little bit of mist here in the morning, but it'll be fine for the race. what it's not going to be fine for is the central part of the u.s. and the east with all this energy that's been coming through the west coast. it's dropping in the form of severe weather in the plains and look at the hail here in arkansas yesterday. it looks like snow it's coming down so heavily, and today i think we'll see a more substantial threat for severe weather across the central plains and the corn belt. st. louis will be under the gun. lots of activity back throug

here now, george stephanopoulos. >>> good morning and welcome to "this week." a week of cliff hangers in washington, the economy at stake. default has been avoided for now, just enough republicans join democrats to extend the debt ceiling until december when deadlines on the debt, government funding and the president's investment agenda will converge, what could be a make or break for the biden presidency and america's economy. all this poses tough challenges for our headliner treasury secretary janet yellen. good morning, madam secretary. >> good morning. thanks for the invitation. >> we all dodged a bullet this week. senator mcconnell has warned president biden that republicans won't help next time on the debt limit. i want to read part of the letter to president biden. quote, i will not be a party to any future effort to mitigate the consequences of democratic mismanagement. your lieutenants on capitol hill now at the time they claim they lack to address the debt ceiling through stand alone reconciliation and all the tools to do it. what are the consequences

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george stephanopoulos, michael strahan, come on. we could all use some good in our mornings.erica's number one most watched morning show abc. good morning. oh how i love saying that. new tonight former president bill clinton is in the hospital being treated for a blood infection tonight mr. clinton was admitted to uc irvine medical center on tuesday after feeling fatigued at a private event. he was brought to the emergency room and diagnosed with sepsis doctors are treating him with antibiotics and he said to be on the mandan in good spirits. police department is hoping you'll recognize this car they say was involved in the killing of a 15 year old girl shamara young was shot during a road rage. incident on october 6th, the suspect's vehicle looks like a silver two-door honda accord from the early 2000s shemar's uncle was taking her home when another driver started taunting them and shot into their car in the south bay a first of its kind resource fair to help build a better bay area for unhoused residents in south san jose organizers. say the area is a resource desert a dist

. >> announcer: "this week" with george stephanopoulos starts right now. >>> closing in. >> we're talkingfy on president biden's investment plans. >> but do you feel like a deal is close? >> i think it's very possible. >> the american people want us to act, and i think we're going to have to aggressively come together to do that.

and tonight here's when he told george stephanopoulos over big news abc about the ig report, the phonyscredited findings. >> they said it was word-of-mouth and hearsay. conversations over beers. it was just talk. >> if you have a confidential source and that confidential source is blown or uncovered, the confidential source will often take frights detract about downplay and underestimate what they have said and done. that's probably what happened here. >> you stand by the dossier? >> we stand by the sources and the information we had. >> how do you explain if it exists as mexico and heaven they've gotten good value out of donald trump when he was president of the u.s. >> sean: christopher steele, he's never been forthright about his sources. he's never provided any proof of the debunked claims. christopher steele testified in british court last year he no longer has access to any key dossier documents because he says he's email was wiped clean. he took that page right out of the clinton playbook. by the way, steele's claims are so outlandish that fake new cnn of all people, they are mo

christopher steel himself is finally speaking for himself in an extensive interview with abc news's george stephanopouloscritics insane he did it. steel is putting himself out there on camera and asserting none of what he reported in the dossier has been disproven and he says he stands by it. if anything, he says the mueller report reinforces it. >> robert mueller said could not establish firm evidence of the criminal conspiracy. >> mueller was working to beyond reasonable doubt there was evidence in criminal cases and prosecutions and in much intelligence work you never get to the point where you're 99% certain of the evidence and secure a conviction. >> on the whole, does the mueller report reinforce the dossier or reinforce it? >> it reinforces it. there was a whole scale campaign that was organized by the leadership in russia. the aim was to get donald trump elected. and there was a lot of evidence of contacts between the trump campaign and russians which they didn't report and didn't admit to. >> so you stand by the dossier? >> i stand by the work we did, the sources that we had and the professional

you can watch that on this week with george stephanopoulos right here on abc 7. ahead, a new animated film is examining society's complicated relationship with technology. we are taking a closer look at ron's gone wrong. here is a look at at the bay bridge toll plaza. you can see raindrops on the camera. people driving into the city, taking it slow, we hope. he will check in with lisa again when we come back. liz: a comeback. here is a live look from the san rafael richmond bridge. a very wet and soggy on those roads. set in the age of social media. it is called ron's gone wrong and it has a special importance for the bay area. george looks at the meaning behind the movie. george: barney is the last kid in school to get a bee bot. it is a device touted as being your best friend out-of-the-box. barney's bot does not seem to be functioning. his good shaky to helping tell a story about friendship in a world powered by technology. >> what we have been trying to portray is the yen and yang of silicon valley. there is this noble, quite altruistic side, which is about m

you can watch the interview on this week with george stephanopoulos at 8:00 this morning on abc 7. francis, it was so beautiful yesterday. francis: we have another beautiful day on tap. looking across the very calm day and clear skies overhead. temperatures will warm up once again, well above average. that will change, starting tomorrow. liz: thank you, francis. thousands hit the streets of san francisco and cities around the y rly inpowom' rights. the message i also, the blue angels are set to arrive today. (♪ ♪) 'my own garden is my own garden,' said the giant, so he built a high wall all round it. then one morning the giant heard some lovely music. (♪ ♪) through a little hole in the wall, the children had crept in. and the giant's heart melted... and they found the giant... all covered with blossoms. (♪ ♪) liz: authorities in florida made a sad announcement that the body believed to be 19-year-old miya mark cano has been found -- marcano has been found. she was last seen on september 24 at her apartment complex in orlando. the day she went missing, a master key belonging to arma

, christopher steele himself is finally speaking speaking for himself in an interview with george stephanopoulosle's putting himself out there. if anything he says the mueller report reinforces it. >> robert mueller said could not establish firm evidence of the criminal conspiracy. >> mueller was working to beyond reasonable doubt there was evidence in criminal cases and prosecutions and in much intelligence work you never get to the point where you're 99% certain of the evidence and secure a conviction. >> so on the whole in your view does the mueller report reinforce the dossier or refute it? >> overall i think it reinforces it. >> how so? >> bus there was a whole-scale campaign organized by the leadership in russia to get dew point elected and there was a lot of contacts between the russians and the trump campaign that they didn't report or admit to and, in fact, lied about. >> so you stand by the dossier. >> i stand by the work we did, the sources we had, and the professionalism we applied to it. >> so you think donald trump was colluding with the russians. >> i think the evidence suggests t

the former spy sat down with george stephanopoulos for a new documentary series and is being treatedmp and putin. >> he's a hero, a trader. >> christopher steele is a guy who picked a fight with two presidents: donald trump and vladimir putin. and he has lived to tell the tale. >> when you bring information to the fbi in 2016, were you acting as a patriot or paid private intelligence? i mean, this is the stuff of movies. >> jesse: i wonder whose reputation they are going to try to repair next, andrew cuomo, bill cosby, o.j.? [laughs] les asked congressman devin nunes of california. this is disney-owned, they hate trump, stephanopoulos, a clinton hack at abc, in our reality, a total scoundrel. >> jesse, i would say this, this is far beyond what i would expect them to go because you do a little research, i don't know what stephanopoulos did, but in our investigation we did, we found steele probably didn't even write these dossiers cover number one, because there was a set of predossiers that essentially had some of the same stories. now, did steele develop the infamous peepe tape that

from george stephanopoulos to chris cuomo. now in the vaccination era it's sparking a different debate. neil cavuto who works incredibly hard, hosts three shows, says he was somewhat stunned to test positive for covid-19, he has ms, he's a cancer survivor and five years ago he had open hearth surgery so he's especially vol near and. doctors tash-vulnerable. doctors tell me i'm lucky as well. i'm surviving this. he said the message is clear, get vaccinated for yourself and everyone around you. that's a great message. we'll talk to neil about this couldn't veer sha subject in a few moments. on the same day, john king revealed something he kept yeaht for 13 years. >> i'm immunocompromised. i have multiple sclerosis. i'm grateful you're vaccinated. back in those days it was very frightening. i decided to keep it a secret. howie: all this along with the death of collin powell and other public figures getting sick personalizes what can feel like an untold story. everyone is entitled to their opinion on this but that desire personal

one of alex murdaugh's talks with george stephanopoulos and exclusive interview.mona york. nearly 100 rattlesnakes found living under a home in santa rosa soon be released into sonoma county. this is how all of this started. a homeowner recently spotted a snake going underneath her mountainside house. abc 7 spoke with a professional snake wrangler who rounded up the snakes from properties for more than 30 years. even he was shot when he saw the number of snakes living underneath this house. the snake wrangler has been bitten 13 times in his career, but still loves his job. >> i was tickled pink. i wish that happened every to me. give me 300. as long as i have enough containers to put them in, i will do it all day long. kumasi: ok. he says the drought will cause snakes to go to areas where there is water and looking for lizards and rodents. reggie: tickled pink. it takes all kinds. kumasi: it does. reggie: thank and his men like him exist. kumasi: that is true. reggie: coming up 5:30, the return of san francisco restaurant week. the push to give local businesses another boos

jim, we have british spy christopher steele, he is telling abc's george stephanopoulos that his anti-trumpd to launch the trump-russia probe was most likely not quote, not accurate, not 100% accurate but then he is doubling down saying there could still be a video of trump in a moskow hotel with prostitutes that probably exists? his own sources debunked it to the justice department inspector general as made up, just talk in a bar over beers, speculation. does this tell you how shaky, how shaky trump russia was to begin with? >> oh, it is certainly highlight. it underscores how ridiculous a figure george steele is. this is not james bond. he is a political hack, a partisan who was fired as an informant for going to the media to peddle his story. everything about him reeks of non-credibility. shouldn't be surprised with a soft interview with stephanopoulous. even bruce ohr went to the fbi, this guy steele hates donald trump. you might want to take a grain of salt with everything out of his mouth. he is a pretty known quantity at this point when it comes to dishonesty, at least exaggeration.

i think george stephanopoulos asked why are you coming out, why do you want to talk about this again? really understand. he said because i want to set the record straight. he's done no such thing that i have seen. he still can't prove some of these more salacious allegations. he is even saying i wouldn't bet 100% certainty on it. a lot of this has been discredited. and i think it sent people on a wild goose chase. when it didn't end with donald trump talking to russians and the sort of smoking gun, they got to discredit the whole thing. is this going to do this again? >> and the important thin, it wasn't a finished work product. this was an incomplete work product. doubling down probably doesn't help clarify matters. >> on that issue of doubling down, there is another example that came up with george and it's about the information that steele put out that michael cohen, former president's fixer, former attorney, they ended on bad terms. but michael cohen at some point went to prague on on a secret mission to interact with the russians on behalf of donald trump. watch this exchange. >>

the general said, testifying on capitol hill, was totally at odds with what joe biden told george stephanopoulos>> well, first of all, happy sunday morning, good morning to you. i think it's important for the press to hold and congress to hold more importantly any president accountable for war and peace decisions or decisions that affect our national security. i disagree with molly on one point. i think president biden accepted responsibility. we may quarrel about when and where and how often or how often he did not get advice to leave troops there. he said on multiple occasions he should be held responsible. i felt congress was not at the best moment when it invited generals to come before committee and repeatedly ask what advice they gave the president. president trump would not have allowed any general to p come ce before congress and answer questions. i give president biden some credit for not disallowing them to come before congress. i thought the montage of press commentary you had with the various shows, joy reed i thought said it pretty well, that biden wanted to get out of afghanistan.

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from george stephanopoulos to chris cuomo.eil cavuto who works incredibly hard, hosts three shows, says he was somewhat stunned to test positive for covid-19, he has ms, he's a cancer survivor and five years ago he had open hearth surgery so he's especially v

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bertolino, the attorney representing the laundries, answered some strong, pointed questions by george stephanopoulosened to gabby? >> that's not something i can comment on right now and i'd like to leave it at that. >> if you can't comment on it, it means you know something about it. >> i think everybody out there knows that -- whether the family or myself have some information to share, but, you know, there's not much we can say at this point in time. and i'm going to leave it at no comment. >> he was also asked by "good morning america" if the family was cooperating with the fbi. and he said, i want to get this right. when it comes to the fbi, we have absolutely nothing to say in regard to the gabby petito disappearance. he was also asked, does the family have anything -- the laundrie family, going to say to the petito family? not at this time. >> what about those personal items we know were found in this nature reserve. there was a notebook. do we know anything about what was in there? >> we know the fbi has possession. it was the fbi evidence response team that was out there collecting any poten

what was interesting at the end of the interview he was asked by george stephanopoulos if donald trumpthreat if he were to run in 2024. christopher steele answered, yes, potentially, of course, that's because he says it pertains to what he wrote in the dossier and the threats that russia still poses when it comes to election interference. >> michael cohen/prague thing, we reported in 2017, cnn reported that the government official told us they thought it was a different michael cohen. >> exactly. >> and everyone says michael cohen has been so spoken out. why wouldn't he just own up to this if it happened. >> jessica schneider, thank you. >>> just as we started thinking the delta variant was in our rear-view mirror. a warning about a new variant sending covid cases soaring across the pond. details, next. you could email an urgent question to lisa in marketing. and a follow up. and a “did you see my email?” text. orrrr... you could see her status in slack. and give lisa a break while you find someone online who can help. slack. where the future works. some things are good to know. like w

think about what that was like for george stephanopoulos. that man is behind bars. this is the type of harassment that journalists feel every day. it is pervasive. i hope this case really is a statement. i want to say thank you to the fbi and the prosecutors for their work in making that statement. that's a rap for this week's "reliable sources." we'll see you right back here this time next week. ♪ ♪ >>> backed up, with negotiations at a standstill in congress and supply chain shortages hurting the economic recovery, does the biden administration need to change course? transportation secretary pete buttigieg joins me next. >>> plus, lock them up? the house january 6 investigation has a choice to make as key trump allies say they will not cooperate. >> i hope that the committee goes after them and holds them accountable. >> are charges coming? and where does the investigation go from here? i will ask one of only two republicans on that committee, adam kinzinger. >>> he is back. six years after leaving "the daily show" jon stewart has a new show and a lot to say. >> o

>> announcer: "this week" with george stephanopoulos starts right now. >>> closing in. >> we're talking. we're talking. >> democrats try to unify on president biden's investment plans. >> but do you feel like a deal is close? >> i think it's very possible. >> the american people want us to act, and i think we're going to have to aggressively come together to do that. >> we've got a lot of action going on. >> as the price tag shrinks, what's in? what's out? the latest on the negotiations. >>> and -- >> we now have booster recommendations for all three authorized covid-19 vaccines. >> the cdc green lights mixing boosters. the fda finds vaccines for children safe and effective. dr. anthony fauci joins us live. >>> plus, the growing threat of china. >> i don't want a cold war with china. i just want to make china understand we are not going to step back. >> and high stakes on the campaign trail. >> this race has got the full attention of the entire united states of america. >> so what is this race going to say about the midterms? >> i think this race is going to set the tone, i hope for the

during the august 18 interview with -- on abc, george stephanopoulos asked president biden whether troops would stay beyond august 31 if there were still americans to evacuate. president biden responded, quote -- and this is a quote -- if there are american citizens left, we are going to stay to get them out. of course, this didn't happen. secretary kahl, i'd ask you the question -- when did you realize that the united states would not be able to get all the u.s. citizens out of afghanistan by august 31, and did you present your leadership any options for extending that self-imposed deadline to ensure our people were out of harm's way at that time? secretary kahl: well, as a first matter, nobody was abandoned. we continue to get people out of afghanistan, including american citizens. senator, if you'd like i'd like to give you the latest numbers. senator inhofe: i've given you the latest numbers. maybe there are later numbers than i just read earlier. are there? secretary kahl: i can give you some fidelity on the numbers. senator inhofe: i'll agree with that. secretary kahl: the numbers w

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during the august 18 interview on abc, george stephanopoulos asked president biden whether u.s. troops would stay beyond august 31st if there are still americans to evacuate. president biden responded -- and this is a quote, if there's american citizens left, we're going to stay to get them all out. this didn't happen. the president biden's decision resulted in all the troops leaving, but the american citizens are still trying to get out. how many -- how many american citizens is it your opinion are still there? just go down the line each one of you. anyone? >> senator, i would defer to the state department for that -- for that assessment. that's a dynamic process. they have been contacting the civilians that are in afghanistan and again i would refer to them for those numbers. >> others? >> same. there were numbers beginning of this whole process. the f 77 report out of the embassy and we know we took out almost 6,000 american citizens but -- >> do all of you agree that secretary of state blinken when he made his announcement. he talked about the 10 to 15,000 citizens left behi

point of the pros and cons and costs and risks yet in august of this year president biden told george stephanopoulos no one said that to me, referring to keeping 2500 troops in afghanistan. what did you decide at that time? >> we decided to proceed with the retrograde. >> my orders come from the secretary defense so it is a very short chain of command for me. to conduct safe, orderly and responsible withdrawal and were executing that plan. august 18th the president said the idea that somehow there was going to be a way we could have gotten out with chaos ensuing i don't know how that happens. between those discrepancies in congress and with the president is telling us. >> in terms of the withdrawal of the troops and the retrograde of equipment, that plan has developed was executed as planned and all of the equipment was retro graded and we drew down the p force we wanted to dw down to that a very small force that you saw at the embassy at the very end. but the chaos that ensued followed the collapse of the military and the collapse of the government. when those two things happen, then it was going t

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yet, in august of this year, president biden told george stephanopoulos, no one said that to me, referring to keeping 2500 troops in afghanistan. was that an accurate statement by the president? >> -- >> okay, general mackenzie, your commanders on the ground informed you things were deteriorating. what did you decide at that time? >> we decided to proceed with a retrograde. >> were you ordered by the president? >> we followed the original orders through to completion. >> it was at the presidents orders? >> my orders come from the secretary of defense. it's a short chain of command. >> secretary austin, on the 23rd, you told this committee you had developed a detailed plan to conduct a responsible withdrawal. on august 18th, the president said the idea that somehow this was going to be a way we could have gotten out without chaos and suing, i don't know how that happens, close quote. how do you reconcile those discrepancies between what you assured congress and what you are telling us? and >> thank you. first of all, in terms of the withdrawal of our troops and the retrograde of equipment,

during the interview august 18 on abc, george stephanopoulos asked president biden whether u.s. troops would stay beyond august the 31st. if there were still americans to evacuate. president biden responded -- and this is a quote, if there are american citizens who left, we are going to stay to get them out. of course this didn't happen. secretary, i would ask you, when did you realize united states would not be able to get u.s. citizens out of afghanistan by august 31 did you present your leadership any options for extending the deadline to ensure our people were out of harms way x. >> first, nobody was offended, we continue to get people out of afghanistan including american citizens and senator, i am happy to go through the latest numbers on that -- >> i would ask you to pause there, the latest numbers, i've done the latest numbers and maybe these are -- later numbers in a red earlier. >> i can give you some modalities on the numbers. >> i agree. >> validated numbers from the state department during that time were 6000 americans. we estimate we evacuated 5500. since september