fact checkers -- the goldstar family stopped by to check his watch and donald trump's math and therenew york times, the press page have anything on afghanistan, sure, two blurbs at the bottom, taking readers to articles on other pages. neither of them mentioned stranded americans. during the iran hostage crisis, created entirely new broadcast to raise the latest on the americans being held hostage but the same networks didn't even report on the leaked call between president biden and the former president of afghanistan. they want you to forget why biden's poll numbers are abysmal. two congressman, former green beret who served in afghanistan and ronnie jackson, congressman walsh, this is where we are, your thoughts on the progress tonight. >> president biden's white house communications office as soon as they got the soldiers out it would be like the car wreck everybody was staring at day after day and this disaster would get off the screens and they could move on with their socialist agenda but we are just on the phone this morning with these veterans groups that have hundreds of am

. >> when i get the goldstar from laura ingraham that means it was a good show. laura: that whole segment was great. that whole segment was great. thumbs up. thanks. this is the ingraham angle from a busy washington and we will get right to. our incredible shrinking president is the focus of tonight's angle. president biden thought he would wipe away the national disgrace of his death and withdrawal by addressing the nation with an angry and hectoring tone today. >> president biden: we reached out 19 times to americans in afghanistan with multiple warnings, the decision to end the military lift operations at kabul airport was based on the unanimous recommendation of my civilian and military advisers. the recommendation was the safest way to secure the passage of remaining americans and others out of the country was not to continue with 6000 troops on the ground in harm's way in kabul, rather to get them out through nonmilitary means. >> two weeks ago president biden said we would stay until every american got out of the country but today he claimed leaving 10% be

to every goldstar family, your family member did not die in vain and will not be forgotten. for every veteran, you did the job, you kept us safe. for america, this will not be the final chapter. this administration consciously made a decision for political basis on a date selected today to leave for some type of photo op. history has always taught us it will be fatal on the national stage. it's proven the last two weeks. for the democrats who say behind closed doors they want to hold his administration, both, we --administration accountable, we will give you that opportunity. for a speaker who will not show, who will not recognize us, and emboldened this administration to leave americans behind, we will not stand back. for every opportunity we have and every breath we can take and committee option we can bring, we want to plan to bring those americans home. that is what this country believes, that is our reputation, and we are going to make sure we keep it. with that, let's go to questions. reporter: if i could have a question of congressman crenshaw. >> thank you for "mr. s

there with the goldstar families who lost loved ones in afghanistan, and with the warriors who mourn their fallen brothers and sisters. they with those who bear the wounds of war, body and soul. we will never forget what you did and what you gave. our country owes you a thanks that will not fade and support that will not falter. the war is ended, but our gratitude never will. finally, just a word about the navy helicopter mishap overnight off the coast of california. i know the navy is working diligently at search and rescue operations. on behalf of the hold apartment, i want to pass on our thoughts and prayers for the best possible outcome. it is yet another reminder of the dangers our main and women -- men and women face everyday overseas, at sea, and down. let me turn it over to the chairman. gen. milley: thank you secretary. good afternoon. three weeks ago, the united states military received the mission, to conduct a noncombatant evacuation operation afghanistan in support of the department of state, in order to evacuate american citizens, designate afghans, with a directed comp

years from another 911 event thank you to all that you all did to your families and think you to the goldstar loved ones and thank you to the family members were allowed your love for us to go there keep us safe. you did your job and i'm grateful for what you have done and there's more chapters, the war on terrorism is never going to be over. you did your job caps off safe and i'm so grateful thank you for giving us the freedoms we have to the list and proclamation very quickly, i know you and your fellow, the white house for information about afghanistan, what you want to know specifically? >> who want to know who, where. why didn't we expand outside the airport i did we get the equipment that divided the exactly forces so soon? why do we take out the people imply before we had americans safely out there? today try to do too much, i'm trying to pause and say thank you to all the boulders that served this nation so gratefully all the first responders as well. jon: republican kansas, thank you for coming on for the us today. we'll have a lot more on this tomorrow, 11:00 a.m. eastern. we'll wit

i want our american military, veterans, goldstar families, and of the wounded to know that their efforts were not in vain. they gave hope and opportunity. there were the best of our opportunities that we tried to bring to afghanistan. host: what is your biggest fear today with no military presence and no diplomatic residence on the ground in afghanistan? guest: that if he goes back to the way it was before 2001 when the taliban first entered. nothing to base it on that they will be any different, because we know they already are terrorizing women, keeping them from getting to the gates at the airport, keeping them from checkpoints. now fanning out to the borders as people are trying to make yet again a daring cross. they couldn't do it by plane and they will try to do it by a car or over land and by foot. these stories are coming in and people are risking their lives to try to share this with us so they know what we are facing. a young female journalist went on afghan tv two weeks before everything broke down this august and interviewed a member of the taliban and directly said, we want

i want our american military, veterans, goldstar families, and of the wounded to know that their efforts were not in vain. they gave hope and opportunity. there were the best of our opportunities that we tried to bring to afghanistan. host: what is your biggest fear today with no military presence and no diplomatic residence on the ground in afghanistan? guest: that if he goes back to the way it was before 2001 when the taliban first entered. nothing to base it on that they will be any different, because we know they already are terrorizing women, keeping them from getting to the gates at the airport, keeping them from checkpoints. now fanning out to the borders as people are trying to make yet again a daring cross. they couldn't do it by plane and they will try to do it by a car or over land and by foot. these stories are coming in and people are risking their lives to try to share this with us so they know what we are facing. a young female journalist went on afghan tv two weeks before everything broke down this august and interviewed a member of the taliban and directly said, we want

they know, especially goldstar families. i had a meeting with a bunch of goldstar families from the seal teams last week. the goal of that meeting was to see where everybody is at, how are you guys feeling? it turned out there was no existential questions about whether their son or husband had died in vain. that was the worry, that people feel like our sacrifices were made in vain. but nobody actually has that opinion. everybody knew. what do we get for 20 years? we got no more 9/11. we got no attacks on the homeland from this threat that caused 9/11 into thousand one. it is worth noting -- in 2001. it is worth noting we were not at war in 2001. we are were not at war in 1998 when our embassies were bombed. we were not at war in 1993 when the world trade center was bombed. somebody was at war with us. we were just pretending they were not. after september 11, we stop pretending. unfortunately, today, we began pretending again. we began pretending like we ended a war. i hope nobody is writing a headline that is saying we ende

bill, goldstar widows allow them to draw benefits and they were turned down initially. eventually the law was changed to widows and dependent family members could use the g.i. bill, that came later on and the laws were changed for servicemembers on active duty to use the loan guarantee benefits and education benefits. that came in the 70s and 80s. >> katie delacenserie, can you address mental health care in the post-world war ii era, where their signals related to mental health? was it not really addressed? >> great question. the mental health as an issue that evolved from the civil war onward in terms of va medical care, something that existed the entire time there has been war but only more recently has it been addressed in a medical capacity. you have these holistic approaches following the end of the civil war and very nature of the structures, element to addressing that kind of mental health, they do not want to be part of society to be in one of these homes with other soldiers who understood what they were going through and put that together and at the end of the

you will meet a goldstar family you don't want to mess with us with dates that invite that wil blow your socks away. every single day, we're all getting a little bit better. we're better cooks... better neighbors... hi. i've got this until you get back. better parents... and better friends. no! no! that's why comcast works around the clock constantly improving america's largest gig-speed broadband network. and just doubled the capacity here. how do things look on your end? -perfect! because we're building a better network every single day. bided today continues to levers and other border wide open all the administration is reportedl taking steps to secure the border of a country next to afghanistan after a course his disastrous policies the wounds he inflicted on the people of afghanistan of our fellow americans that he abandoned. what about secure your own border if it worked permanent fence with about being transparent the process to the evacuees you are leading in the country? some that turned up on the watchlist of everything and get you be honest about the americans you up after? do

i had a goldstar father. he mentioned his son. robert miller is a medal of honor recipient.hattered. lots of people is saying what do we fight for? i think you did a great service in getting hundreds of thousands of people 20 years of freedom and keeping them safe but what do you do about the military right now when morale is shot? >> we wash the number of suicides. you take the hotlines for the veterans and the increase drastically. i served with a lot of veterans from afghanistan and iraq. i was just with dan crenshaw yesterday. he said the last time he was in afghanistan he was blind but he could still here. it is just with the emotion of these guys. i have watched the turmoil for them. they will tell you this. friend was so that we just ended the war, we did not. you just lost a strategic position to al qaeda. these people still hate us. they hate our way of life. now that we have departed, we are in weaker position. militarily, they are stronger because we just give them weaponry and the administration won't even take accountability. when i talk to every single veteran,

i spent the weekend with marines and goldstar families. there is nothing worse than having someone show up at your door to tell you your son or daughter was killed in action. i know you know that. i want to say to some of our colleagues on this call who do not understand english many feel , referring to this as histrionics and -- i feel the pain of these people appeared i have been with my goldstar families for many years. i know you understand that, but my question -- and i want to reference something representative issa had referred to. he referred to communications that our american citizens and others have received that said make contingency plans to leave when it is safe to do so that do not rely on the u.s. government for assistance. notify of your commitment plans. this was >> state department was given to us of the holders. my question to you is can you tell us that these people and i prescient those who have been able to get out successfully who have not been assisted who are there in harm's way, will you give us a commitment that

other goldstar family members told fox they were appalled by the president's behavior during the dignifiedransfer of their loved ones remains but they claim the president kept glancing at his watch over, and over, and over again and refuse to look them in the eye. if that is the truth, shame on him for the white house had the president was looking at rosary beads on his wrist and he was deeply impacted by the sacrifice of the men and women lost. but the rosary beads on the bare wrist so that is the only thing you are looking at. if it is next year watch people are thinking you're looking at your watch because you were probably looking at your watch. are these family members just distraught with grief or do they have a real reason to be furious at the president, dave? >> well, as you mentioned before, kennedy, my kid is much younger than your daughters are. but as a parent i cannot imagine the position they are in. i cannot imagine what some of the people who serve there are going through. like i said, it has got to be the most bitter pill to swalwell. i'm sure you want to blame somebody bu

because the resolve of forces in afghanistan demonstrated their resolve last week. 13 families are now goldstar families. with that i now yield back. >> the chair recognizes the gentlelady from florida, ms. demings. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you to our outstanding panelists who have joined us today. mr. graff, thank you for i believe helping to set the stage for this discussion by talking about the 17 minutes. on 911 i was serving as a police commander assigned to the orlando international airport. i will never forget those 17 minutes, just as i will never forget what happened to us as a nation. i also want to remind the members of this committee of the tremendous responsibility that we share in making sure that we are never attacked again in this vicious and cowardly way. dr. zegart, you talked about the organization -- that organization matters. sometimes we found ourselves in the past focusing more on individuals and not really the organizational vulnerabilities we have. i fear that after america's longest war we seem to be slipping back into that space again. this is not success or

the same thing to gold families who are asking the same question , particularly those who became goldstar families last week. it's never worth it to lose your son are your spouse, obviously, on a very personal level. but the service that these brave men and women provided over the last 20 years i believe contributed to our overall ability to degrade overseas terrorist organizations to attack the continental united states again. obviously we found ourselves in afghanistan taking on much more than the narrow mission of going after al qaeda, which i'm sure we will talk about, but from where i sit, i homeland security perspective, going into afghanistan to get al qaeda, to get bin laden, and let's not forget all the other leaders of al qaeda in the islamic state who were taken out through counterterrorism operations over the last 20 years in places like afghanistan, syria, iraq, yemen, and the horn of africa. so my answer is yes, it was obviously very costly. we ended up in a place where the taliban is in charge again, but a lot has happened in that 20 year period that i think has made the ho

. >> mister secretary i'm one of 20,000 goldstar children from the vietnam war and now joined by 5000 more goldstar children from both iraq and afghanistan and i just want to acknowledge all of my brothers and sisters who had to watch the events of the last month that so sadly look so familiar as it relates to the fall of icon 20 years ago. i want to honor my colleagues on this committee including my friend brian mast who just about gave his entire life to our country and i honor all of you and want to start with that. let me assure you it's been heartbreaking and disappointing to watch the last number of years and of course the last month but i also have to say i'm terribly disappointed in my colleagues, them on this committee today . i think it's embarrassing and counterproductive and i think it's shameful because i don't hold republicans responsible formy father's death even though he died in a republican administration . i hold john kennedy, richard nixon, i hold congress accountable as well and many other individuals. i ask the spirit of this committee returned to our core job an

women who volunteer to keep us all safe and your families, my prayers are with you and with the goldstarrn their fallen brothers and sisters and with those who bear the wounds of war to body and to soul, we will never get what you did and what you gave. our country owes you thanks that will not fade. and support that won't falter. the war has ended but our gratitude never will. and finally just a word of the haiti helicopter mishap off of the coast of california. i know the navy is working diligently as search and rescue operations. and on behalf of the whole department i want to pass on our thoughts and prayers for the best possible outcome. it's another reminder of the dangers are men and women face every day overseas, at sea and here at home. let me turn over to the chairman. >> thank you secretary and good afternoon everyone. three weeks ago the united states military received omission to conduct a noncombatant evacuation operation from afghanistan in support of the department of state in order to evacuate american citizens, the department of state designated afghans with the directe

it really, some ugly things were said and when i president is not on the same wavelength as a goldstarrack to be one of the most popular, but obviously there's been terrible missteps and hopefully he can regain his composure, but he seems rattled right now. steve: and that's why according to our white house correspondent the white house would like to change the subject away from afghanistan. >> the ace reporter in the white house, steve? steve: the guy-- [laughter] steve: as objective as any father. [laughter] thank you, sir. have a good weekend. straightahead, switching gears, to something very serious, the new texas so-called heartbeat law that the supreme court let stand at driving liberals crazy. speaker nancy pelosi cunning for a vote to codified roe v wade while they went to pack the court. kayleigh mcenany points us with reaction with that next on "fox & friends" it's dignity. the freedom to go where you want, knowing your doctor can watch over your heart. ♪♪ subway has so much new i ran out of time in the last ad... so i'll take it from here. sorry steph. spokesperson refresh!

i would like to extend my heartfelt sympathy to all the families of the goldstar units, and all the onesir lives altered from this whole, horrific experience we have experienced. my heart and prayers go out because i remember where i was on 9/11 -- i remember seeing our country in disarray, and it is a horrible thing to note that this build back better that was promised to us is more of a betrayal by biden and the ones we have elected, yet as everything goes into chaos, and our country, and obviously around the world now because of the cowardly way our elected official, biden, has completely orchestrated, i just want to let every service member know how much i deeply appreciate everything you have done for us. it is hard to take and sit on the outside and critique what is happening on the inside without actually just taking a moment to remember there have been lives -- there have been americans, both home and abroad, that have been affected by this -- loved ones that went away to war so they can defend people that don't even care about the country that gives them the freedom to blast as

our goldstar families, humanitarian workers and our veterans. behalf of the american people, i would like ton say thank you, the administration has not tarnished your service and what you did mattered pretty you stood you served nobly instead of the law, you prevented a terrorist attack against the united states for over 20 years at enormous cost to you and your families. america will always be indebted to you. thank you. >> mr. secretary, has agreed to stay with us so that each member has an opportunity to answer their questions as such and because of the nature of the subject matter i would agree to the secretary has an extended statement. you are recognized mr. sec. pretty. >> thank you and ranking member think you very much and to i appreciate the opportunity is calling today to discuss policy on afghanistan including what we are how we got here and where we are going the weeks and months ahead. for 20 years, congress has conducted oversight and provided funding for the mission to afghanistan and i know from my own time as a staff member her

i would like to extend my heartfelt sympathy to the families of the goldstar units and all the ones who have had their lives altered from this horrific experience that we have experienced. my heart and prayers go out, because i remember where i was on 9/11. i remember seeing our country in disarray. it is a horrible thing that this build back better that was promised to us was a betrayal by biden. as everything goes into chaos, and our country and around the country -- world, there is a cowardly way in which our elected official biden has complete the orchestrated this. i want to let every servicemember know how i deeply appreciate everything you've done for us. it is hard to take in things from outside and critique what is going on inside without taking a moment to remember that have -- therapy and lives that have been affected. people who don't care about the country in which gives us this freedom that they blast, as they do. my hearts and prayers go out to everyone. everyone. not just in america, but in the world. this is going to be a moment that defines america. i truly believe tha