privately griffin was struggling. painful moments like this captured by her husband for her documentary "kathy griffin: a hell of a story." >> i'm so scared to get off the plane. >> it's going to be okay. you're welcome here. >> i'm scared. >> why? >> because i don't know. nobody cares about this tour. >> we're going to support you. we've got your back. >> i was really convinced that you know, somebody was going to harm me or there would be -- all the things i'd been reading. i just felt there was pending doom. i lost a ton of weight. and i don't mean to be cute. like oh my god, i can't believe i keep losing weight. i meant like i wasn't even like aware of sort of not being able to keep food down because i was dealing with so many things. it was a really tough time. >> reporter: after her world tour the darkness became overwhelming. back home in los angeles her addiction to prescription pills spun out of control. >> how did that happen? >> you know -- >> the woman who never drank a drop of alcohol gets hooked on pain

. >> kathy griffin, that image. >> nobody wants to see this.t wasn't funny. didn't work. >> reporter: the backlash was swift. tour canceled. endorsements pulled. friends walked away. >> emotionally, that was the most painful. to have so many friends to this day haven't called. i would like to think i would not behave that way. i think it's sad that many americans were quiet at a time like during my photo, when it probably would have been okay to take a stand. >> reporter: after her world tour, the darkness became overwhelming. back home in los angeles, her addiction to prescription pills spun out of control. how did that happen? >> i have to be honest. it really kicked into high gear when the trump thing happened. prior to then, i'm going to say, i was, like, dallying with a pill addiction in a way that wasn't good. but then, after that happened, i just thought, who cares? >> reporter: so, bring us to the dark night when you decide that's it, i'm checking out. >> i took about 100 pills. i fell down two flights of stairs. i'm no spring chicken,

hazem: ross griffin, what's your take on that?s of the way different different countries approach that narrative? >> politics and sports have always been intertwined. this goes back to the early 1900s. you had irish athletes at the 1906 games protesting british colonization. they brought their own flag. and this resurfaced again in 1972, when you had irish cyclists, an alternate irish cycling team in the 1972 games interrupted the road race. you've already mentioned the games involving south africa in the early 1960's, and the munich games also, so it's always been a part of the olympic games. i know that the ioc has tried to minimalize or diminish that the -- or diminish the amount of protests in these games, and the american shot putter that was mentioned earlier, i don't think i have seen it in the games so far. i don't think you can eliminate it completely. you're always going to have some risk of protest. it's just a part and parcel of the olympic games. hazem: speaking of protests and politics, richard, i know this was menti

you know, one common thing in here is the griffin daily news has got coverage just like griffin is, younow, and seeing a lot of these folks, you remember a lot of these guys. some of these are pictures from some of our missions. i know it is kind of hard to see, but she's even got some e-mails in here that i had sent her, and apparently it wasn't too bad because i was joking a lot with her. i didn't want her to worry too much, you know? >> yeah. let me ask you a question, were you able to talk to your family? did you have the opportunity? >> you know, just about everywhere you went, there was an internet cafe. >> okay. >> but, you know, connectivity was iffy. and then if somebody -- if there was something significant happening, they would shut it down for three days. so families at home knew, we haven't heard from him in three days, something's happened. because soldiers are going to, you know, you want to make sure that the right things are done when something bad happens. so yeah, pretty much. i could at times shoot an e-mail in iraq every other day, every three days, something like t

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but ross griffin, how important is achievement of metals at the olympics for 4 countries? and i suppose it does depend to, to an extent on which country you're talking about. i mean if he, if you look at the example of great britain and the, the decision that was made back in the late ninety's, they had a, they had a terrible olympics back in 1996. they won one gold medals finished. i think it was 37th in the podium and a decision was made right off to that to, to, to pump a lot more money into, into grass roots sports into sports that, that would help them win a limb. pick old metals. and since then, they've had a huge measure of success and, you know, you know, getting into the metals podium in, in, in sort of, around $56.00 in the, in the meadows table, pretty much every olympics in beijing. so it does show you that this kind of thing does matter for a country's prestige and with britain, we're not, we're not talking about china or, or, you know, authority on authoritarian nation. it is, it is a kind of projection of soft power, isn't it 1st? and so many of these countr

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. >>> also tonight, comedian kathy griffin revealing she has lung cancer. what she's saying about her battle ahead. >>> good evening. it's great to have you with us at the start of a new week. i'm whit johnson, in for david tonight. we begin with the pandemic and alarming new fallout from the surging delta variant. cases soaring. more than 100,000 reported in 24 hours this weekend. the highest since february. hospitalizations also on the rise. federal disaster teams stepping in to help out. this map here showing the virus spreading across the country, nearly 80% of u.s. counties now reporting high or substantial community transmission. the hardest-red. louisiana with the highest case rate in the country. their largest hospital out of icu beds tonight. florida right behind. long lines developing for testing in miami. more covid hospitalizations there than ever before, even in 2020. and amid the conflicting rules about masks, cases in children are also on the rise. parents with strong feelings on both sides of the debate. the cdc's dr. rochelle walensky stres

comedian and actress kathy griffin says she's been diagnosed with stage 1 lung cancer.d. doctors say her prognosis is good. griffin also said she received the covid vaccine and is urging people to keep up with their medical checkups. two of her three siblings have died from cancer. griffin, who has won emmys and grammys is known for her brash and outspoken humor. >>> a new rule for facebook employees. the company says everyone will have to begin wearing masks in the office even if vaccinated. the new rules go into effect tomorrow. it follows the recommendation of a majority of bay area health leaders who now say masks are required indoors starting at midnight tonight regardless of your vaccination status. that is something we keep talking about, these breakthrough cases. when a vaccinated person still gets covid-19. the latest data from the cdc says 99.9% of people who are fully vaccinated have not gotten sick but the vaccine is not a cure-all and it's what doctors have been telling us. joining me now is dr. peter chinhong. doctor, thanks for being with us. let's talk a

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marines wounded, jennifer griffin is reporting one of those seriously now.do know that they have medical capability at that airport, because our military does not travel without it. the next question might be do they need to air flight anybody out? how will this look on folding? we had another guest on last hour who knew 13 afghans who were hurt after the bombing. all of this coming hours after a dire warning from the state department to leave the area near the airport. listen to the horrific account from one witness. >> i am an afghan translator for the united states marine corps, i was ordered to get to the airport and get on the plane and get out of here, there was an explosion that happened inside the crowd, a lot of people got hurt and i had a baby girl that was five years old, she died right in my hands. spin on jennifer griffin's life at the pentagon with the latest details. the last time we saw you you were updating us on the status of continued evacuations despite americans being told now not to travel to the airport, please stop doing that. we stil

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. >>> comedian kathy griffin revealed today she has been diagnosed with lung cancer, even though shehas never smoked. griffin tweeted that it is stage one and she's going to undergo surgery to have half of her left lung removed. griffin says that her doctors are optimistic and she hopes to be back up and running around as usual in a month or less. she also urged her followers to stay up to date on medical checkups. in her words, it will save your life. >>> coming up, this could affect your summer travel plans. it's now easier for americans to travel to europe. the new rules in effect. >>> amazing. it's a big day. >> mark plus it's a breakfast favorite, but it may soon be hard to get. why you could be paying a lot more for bacon. >>> coming up on you at 6:00, finding an open appointment to get tested for covid becoming much more of a challenge, as cases continue surging across the bay area. plus, -- >>> today is the first day back can you see my wall of smiles? when i first started using genesys---- i was kind of embarrased at all the love and attention i got from my customers. people

to quote jennifer griffin, the incomparable jennifer griffin, she said we were in afghanistan to start to stop terrorism from brewing from growing, and our partners have now been abandoned , they are in hiding. we don't have eyes in ears on the ground. and we will talk about later th over the horizon cap ability it's laughable. all go into it in the next block , but they are going to be flying drones bite that by the time they get to afghanistan from the persian gulf they have little time to do any work. i keep hearing this word humiliating. this has been a humiliating week . no, not for america. not for our service members, those who served in sacrificed, those who were there, those are who are going into afghanistan now. it is infuriating in frightening . every american listening to thi garbage from this garbage president has every right to be mad the only humiliating thing is the only humiliation is on joe biden in the people that work for joe biden in the white house in the administration. ella democrats should be humiliated. all the media grifters, in the hucksters, in the swindle

first, juju chang's exclusive interview with griffin. >> here's the incomparable kathy griffin. >> reporter. >> linsey lohan, mel gibson, "jersey shore." "real housewives." >> reporter: known for her in-the-face comedy, revealing a frightening diagnosis on instagram monday. writing, i've got to tell you guys something, i have cancer. i'm about to go into surgery to have half my left lung removed. yes, i have lung cancer even though i've never smoked. >> i was definitely in shock. i'm still a little bit in shock. >> reporter: speaking exclusively to abc news the 60-year-old former fashion police star who recently opened up about her struggle with addiction says sobriety may have saved her life in more ways than one. >> there's no more oxy, there's no more vicodin. do i have arthritis? my joints are hurting. i had a bunch of tests. yeah, i just found out it's cancer, lung cancer, though i've never smoked. i like to be the exception to le >> exactly. >> reporter: griffin says the cancer is stage one, doctors are optimistic it has not spread. lung cancer in nonsmokers is not uncommon. in the u.

: kathy griffin's stunning diagnosis. >> i just found out out out out cancer, lung cancer, although imoked. >> reporter: how did that hit you? >> i always wonder what is it like if a doctor says you have cancer. now i know. >> reporter: what is it like? >> i was definitely in shock. i'm still a little bit in shock, not denial. once a day i will turn to nobody next to me -- would you believe it? >> reporter: coming up at 7:00 a.m. dr. ashton will talk about the warning signs plus more on our exclusive interview. reporting for abc news, new york >>> the investigation into san jose shark's forward vandercane will conclude by the start of training camp. training camp will start during the second half of september. his wife shared posts saying evander bet on his own games threw them. he has denied the allegations. >>> what is happening? this little kid made a big splash at a baseball game the yankees staff tried to coral the cat. the cat said not today. okay. so the fans got into this. they were chanting mvp and let's go cat while this is playing out. as you can see, the cat eventually hea

>> dana: let's ask jen griffin. you don't have that specific answer, jen.as really taken by that. >> it is safe to assume all the gates are closed right now and no more afghan evacuees will be coming through those gates. there are at least three gates. there were five last count. those would be secure right now. now the mission will be to get as many people out of the kabul international airport as quickly as possible. you had thousands of afghan evacuees on the tarmac. you have 5200 u.s. troops on the ground still. 600 have come out in the last two days but 5200 u.s. troops who are now quickly trying to evacuate those who are inside the airport. i think any thoughts of leaving the airport, any sort of rescue missions i would hazard a guess that is not happening. now in terms of americans still left in afghanistan, for the most part the problem for the state department, if you listen to tony blinken yesterday and the pentagon officials that i speak to, it is very hard to know exact numbers. the state department has been telling american citizens with passpo

jennifer griffin as life right now at the pentagon.jennifer, that is certainly not what we've seen, in fact they called the fall of kabul catastrophe in criticized the president for withdrawing u.s. troops. french parliamentarian we thought america was back commit angola merkel is questioning hi motives very calling for accountability on perhaps on behalf of the united states saying the u.s. bears the main responsibility for the current situation. we can't fact check it fast enough because there were so many wrist representations of what is happening on the ground to hear the president talk abou still having an over the rising capability. and even the taliban, that woul have required partners on the ground. what we seen in recent days is those partners on the ground have been abandoned, they are i hiding, they are fearing for their lives. they fled the country, we don't have partners, we don't have eyes in ears, the reason the u.s. military can't leave the airport to go rescue any americans out in kabul when british and french special

and jennifer griffin telling us that ten u.s.vicemembers were killed in that attack outside of the kabul airport. >> john: this is a devastating day and we hope that number doesn't continue to rise. but as jennifer mentions, it is likely to as the threat from attacks is built up. sometimes these attacks come in waves. and sometimes the first attack is a signal to another attack. i have been to that airport and in a normal time is a sea of humanity and at this time, thousands and thousands of people outside those blast walls with the marines on the inside and making decisions and life and death decisions as mothers are pleading for their children to be handed over the wall to get to safety inside. think for one second here, the last u.s. service people to die happened back in february of 2020 in afghanistan. the last two. now, in the last two hours, confirmation of ten u.s. marines and dozens injured. and the numbers are increasing on the afghan side. at least, 60 and 2 dozen wounded. the question is, who was this? was it isis-k,

but first, jennifer griffin's life at the pentagon with the breaking details. what did you just learn from the everything that happened at the pentagon a short time ago? >> that briefing just ended, but i received a very credible first hand report from those on the ground and kabul saying that the taliban are going door to door, looking for those who have worked with and fought alongside the americans, and they are looking already for retribution. there are terrified people in their houses, trying to destroy any evidence that they have worked with the americans feared what we learn from john kirby, the press secretary here at the pentagon, authorized another battalion from the 82nd airborne which has been on standby inchoate to go to kabul. that should bring the number of troops authorized to 6,000. as of now, there are 2500 at the kabul airport. another 500 are expected to land by tomorrow. once flights resume at the international airport if you are no flights are taking up right now according to kirby, as u.s. troops try to regain control after thousands of a

drew griffin joins us, now.fter months of this, i mean, he has never offered proof of anything. and there is no proof. and it's been debunked. it's, like, his support for sham remedies. i mean, he has a history. >> and it just -- the conversation, as you can tell, anderson, goes round and round in circles. and i'm telling you, after our discussion, i'm not convinced mike lindell understands how voting works, period. let alone, that he has proof of a massive-voting conspiracy. and like you say, he -- he claims to have all these supersecret sources but he never shows those sources. never shows their proof. there's very good reason to believe all of this is linked to recycled-conspiracy theories from the past. all, completely discredited. lindell says, no, this is new. he's paid millions to check it out. but, you know, as we've seen, so far, it just does not hold up, period. >> yeah. drew griffin, appreciate it. thank you. >>> coming up. inside the battle of politics versus science during the covid pandemic. i will

thanks, jennifer griffin. more on the explosions here and the taliban trying to explain what's going on. make of this what you will. they were heard outside kabul airport a few minutes ago. the explosions the taliban said were carried out by american forces to destroy their equipment. so the citizens of kabul do not need to worry. i think it's an understatement to say they're a tad worried. let's go to peter doocy at the white house waiting to hear from the president in 53 minutes from now. any indication where he's leaning and what he might be saying? >> not yet. complete silence since the pentagon went public with the explosion in kabul. what we're listening for is what jen psaki said would be a possibility. the president was presented by the national security adviser and the defense secretary and the chairman of the joint chiefs that he wanted contingencies in case the u.s. needed to stay longer. we have no indication that that will happen. so far as things have gone haywire in afghanistan, the president ha

military responded engaging in cram civil defense, jennifer griffin, national security.did it happen. >> it happened moments ago. i spoke to a senior defense official who confirmed that 5 rockets were fired at the airport at the kabul international. where the u.s. troops are trying to retro grade and also still allow some, -- evacuees through the gates as they get close to august 31 deadline, the military engaged the c-ram system, that is counter rocket and mortar system, there are no casualties at the airport, a tense moment. we had terror warnings. we have had terror warnings at the airport, you heard president biden say that an attack was imminent in next 24 to 36 hours. that threat stream continued we were told today by jake sullivan, national security adviser, despite a drone strike by u.s. military earlier in the day, stopping two suicide bombers who were in a car that was filled with explosives, the drone flew from base in united emirates, took out the isis k threat in a vehicle en route to the airport, they were parked at the time that the drone struck. as hours

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>> bret: jennifer griffin at the pentagon. thanks. facebook is reiterating its band on accounts praising supporting representing the taliban. the social media giant says it employs a team of experts tasked with identifying emerging issues on the subject. other social media companies like twitter say they are remaining village talent enforcing bands on content that promote violence however you at least one taliban spokesman currently has an active unverified account with more than 347,000 followers. we should point out former president trump is still not allowed back on twitter. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell has been an outspoken critic of president biden's afghanistan evacuation calling it a, quote, botched exit. the senate minority leader joins us now. senator mcconnell, thanks for being here. >> glad to be with you, bret. >> bret: what are your thoughts? you saw the president's speech yesterday. you have seen the administration's efforts to talk about how they said they were prepared for every contingency and have you seen

it's jennifer griffin with fox news. i want to go back to numbers. what percentage would you say of the people that are processing on to these bases are siv holders or applicants or are you also housing people who apply for refugee status? i'm trying to understand the breakdown of who is on the bases. secondly, there's reports from dulles that some of those some of the commercial flights have had to keep people on the tarmac up to 10 hours while screeners come on board. is that a dhs issue? are you aware that issue at dulles? >> >> thanks. on the siv numbers, i don't have that exact number in front of me. what i would tell you is the siv numbers have not been in excess of 50%. i don't have the detail right now. with regard to the problems at dulles, i'm aware of the longer waits that you described. we worked very hard over the last couple days to make the process as efficient and effective. when i say we, dod worked with the process owner, dhs, to streamline this. specifically customs and boarder protection along with tsa who owns that process, if yo

>> bret: jen griffin at the pentagon. jennifer, thank you. let's bring in thomas jocelyn, senior fellow at the foundation of defense of democracies and a senior editor at fdd's long war journal and norman rule a former will expert. i want to start with you. big picture, you look at this day, the past few days and the president's speech, what does this mean? >> good evening, i think the united states faces two primary challenges. our national resolve will now be open to question. china has already announced in its press that taiwan should look at this as an example of lack of u.s. support in a dime of crisis. chinese press has spoken to hong kong activists saying this is how the united states will stand with you. russia, china and iran will tell their allies we stick with you, but america doesn't. and there will be some in the middle east and elsewhere who will wonder about that. secondly, the prisons of the taliban have emptied, have allowed militants, thousands of them to return to the afghan battle space along with al-qaeda, isis and anothe

let's check in with jennifer griffin. jennifer, those were tough questions all around today and you pressed on that and the prisoner release at bagram. that was our airfield and we handed the prisoners off to the afghan national army and then they got out because the taliban let them out. you had a lot of tough stuff. what can you tell us we should take away from that questioning? >> i think what was interesting, there was another portion of that questioning that we can play in a moment, but what was interesting was the first time i've heard the pentagon say the number of isis-k who were at that prison at bagram and at another prison where prisoners were released after the government fell to the taliban. and those prisoners, the numbers of prisoners released of isis-k now out there regrouping and attacking u.s. forces was surprising. here is what john kirby said. >> how many isis-k prisoners were left at bagram and are believed to have been released from the prison there and why weren't they removed before the u.s. moved

you need to trust me and come there. >> drew griffin joining us now. that was quite the interview.all notice there, mike lindell very defensive during this interview. i'm wondering, what was your biggest unanswered question, your biggest takeaway after sitting down with lindell? >> the biggest question remains, jim, who is feeding him these lines? it's very clear to me mike lindell does not understand how we vote in the united states of america, nor does he understand cyber security anywhere in the world. so somebody is feeding him this. we have very good reason to believe this is just old conspiracy theorist scammers who have scammed other people and quite frankly, giving this information to mike lindell. we'd like to see where that is coming from and what exactly they are giving to him that makes him say what he is saying. >> he wouldn't say where he's getting this stuff? >> he would not. >> he's laplanning to give away mypillow discounts at this so-called symposium? >> his business crumbling. kicked out of the retail stores, as you know, jim, and have reported. so he has gone on

drew griffin went to mvp to talk to him. reporter: mike lindell, yes, china hacked the election, donald trump really won and lindell has the absolute proof. >> they did it in all the states. >> and they changed the votes. >> every single state and you have the proof. >> yes. >> that your show. >> i have the whole -- >> the actual exchange of votes. >> yep, yes, ma'am. hundred percent. 100%. >> it is of course complete nonsense. despite every piece of so-called evidence lindell has presented so far, screen shots he sent to cnn, there's no proof that the election was hacked and that's according to two dozen cyber experts and election officials contacted by cnn. >> a hundred percent evidence. >> when he released his evidence in videos like this, fact checkers quickly found out it was evidence of nothing. these images are just publicly available voter data scrolling across the string, not proof of election hacking, so lindell changed his story, saying now the real evidence will be revealed at a cyber symposium streamed live with

we're getting word from our jennifer griffin that there are 14,000 afghans inside the kabul international airport grounds. pending flights that were supposed to take off to qatar, they're not taking anymore for the time being. so you have a situation where many are seated on the tarmac in idol c-17s. we don't know what the status is, what is behind the significance of this delay. there was a word that qatar, which is processing a lot of the paperwork for those that ultimately make their way out of the country were overwhelmed and they're taking about reinforcing that with more people. separately we're hearing two house makers on a call with the defense secretary, lloyd austin, have passed along reports that americans in the country have been beaten by the taliban in kabul. this would be contrary to what the president had said about 45 minutes ago when he smoke to the nation about this. jacqui heinrich is on that story. what do we know about this, jacqui? >> i know from the lawmakers that i talked to that the defense secretary said there were reports that the americans had been beaten by t

i want to go to jennifer griffin at the pentagon to update us on news regarding afghanistan. jennifer? >> neil, we just heard from sources on the ground in afghanistan that taliban guards at the airport are saying that the last american war planes have left kabul airport. there's no more u.s. war planes at that airport. the american presence is gone from the airport. i can confirm with multiple u.s. officials that i've spoken to in recent moments that american's longest war is officially over. in fact, the last military transport plan took off and is almost out of afghan airspace. it's at the border as we speak. what we can say is america's longest war is over. we expect a briefing any minute. if we look back on the cost of this war, neil, 2,461 americans killed in action. 13 of them in just the last week as they were carrying out this humanitarian mission to bring humanitarians and allies to safety. 6,000 evacuated since august 14. more than 20 american service members were wounded fighting against the taliban. the very same group that harbored the al-quaida terrorists that

. >> jennifer griffin, fox news. can you say was there one or two suicide bombers at the abbey gate and was it a male bomber and can you give us anymore details about the second explosion that occurred after baron hotel? was that a car bomb or a suicide bomber? finally, there are state department employees that are side by side with u.s. marines at the gate. were there any other u.s. citizens killed in the attack and why were the marines so close together that so many were killed in one strike? >> we think one suicide bomb at abbey gate. i don't know if it was male or female. don't have that information. don't know much about the second be bomb except one went off in the vicinity of the baron hotel, which is a deeply bunkered structure. as far as i know, there were no u.k. military casualties as a result of that. may have been afghan casualties. but it will take us time to actually learn how many afghan casualties. we took some aboard the installation. many were taken to hospitals in town. what i see is get i get ope

bret: thanks for that jennifer griffin griffin live from the pentagon. thank you. the biden administration can't get its messaging all sorted out different places on potential they new terror threats especially coming out of afghanistan. >> the contradictions over the past few days raising red flags for lawmakers. white house correspondent peter doocy has that part of the story tonight. >> the story keeps changing. >> are there al-qaeda members and remnants in afghanistan? yes. >> but two days earlier the president said the opposite. >> look, let's put this thing in perspective here. what interest do we have in afghanistan at this point with al-qaeda gone? >> the confusion is concerning for critics. >> i'm absolutely concerned about it. clearly he is either senile or just in denial about what's going on. >> the national security adviser claims there's nothing to see here. >> are you presenting the president with the full picture or is he just misapplying the intelligence when he makes these public statements? >> the president was referring to al-qaeda's capability

. >> john: but first to jennifer griffin. hi. >> just learned from sources on the ground at kabul airport that there are some chartered flights that are leaving kabul airport empty because the state department is requiring so much paperwork, so much in terms of the manifest that they are not allowed to put people who need to be evacuated on those planes. a great deal of frustration from military sources telling me that the state department is making it very hard for the military to get out. some in the afghan national army who did not think that they would be fleeing the country this soon because of the requirements of so much paperwork. the pentagon says in the past 24 hours, 25 c-17s and 61 charter flights have carried a total of 16,000 people out of afghanistan, but that gets to the kabul airport have been closed at times, and now the u.s. government is excepting only americans and those with visas in hand to come to the airport. >> why use that pakistanis and the qatari is to help bring people out? right now, you're just

jennifer griffin, the pentagon on all of this. we're expected to hear from the president but maybe not on what is going on here in afghanistan but what's happening of course with the formal fda approval of pfizer's vaccine deal with covid, whether he takes questions, how that all parcels out is anyone's guess. edward lawrence has more from the white house. will he address, afghanistan, edward, do we know? reporter: if he takes questions he will get questions on it. right now the conversation is supposed to be about just coronavirus, just the pfizer vaccine approval by the fda as a full vaccine. sew the president doesn't want to talk about this. the briefing though there will be jake sullivan national security advisor will be there to answer questions about afghanistan. they don't want the president as the face on this one it would seem. president joe biden resolute in the fact that he made the right decision with this withdrawal from afghanistan. it has been complicated by the miscalculation of the speed at which the taliban has t

listen to what fox news national security correspondent jennifer griffin had to say. >> i was shocked the president released a paper statement, he said he would speak to the nation tomorrow but a paper statement i find very strange. the secretary of state's statement which was videotaped looks like a hostage video. not the production values you would expect from such a moment in time. >> now we look ahead. what comes next. this is a disaster for american credibility, a disaster for counterterrorism. we had a private discussion, that's what i am concerned about, 330 million of us in the united states, they club med for terrorism in afghanistan, terrorists can come from all over the world, join up, coordinate, figure things out. a special ops guy, always around the area, this could affect this at home and in the greater issue of american credibility, american strength the world. if you have relied on this notion of american strength do you have it on august 31st? >> i've listened to numerous goldstar families talking over the last 24 hours, can't imagine the strength it takes to be able

retired four-star general jack keane is standing by, but first to jennifer griffin who is life at the pentagon for as. >> we have learned during the pentagon reaping last night the u.s. military launched another helicopter rescue mission in kabul to get roughly 1020 americans to the airport is the third time this type of rescue mission has been launched despite the pentagon insisting the taliban are granting safe passage to american spirit. >> last night during the darkness, there was an operatio to go out and safely evacuate evacuees back into kabul. outside of the airfield in the way in we were able to bring them back to kabul safely. >> reporters were told to leave the airport in international news teams were flown out of kabul airport today some americans and siv holders are still stuck outside the gates. yesterday to members of congres seth moulton and peter mayer of republican and democrats both combat veterans flew unannounce into kabul airport in the middl of the chaotic evacuation stunning u.s. forces on the ground who had to deter critica resources to protect them. >> how mu