you >> know i want to bring in congressman jake auchincloss of massachusetts. also a marine veteran and representative, we're so happy to have you with us this morning. obviously not under the circumstances. you commanded infantry in afghanistan during your time in the marines. so when you see the situation really just devolving, minute by minute, do you question at all the mission you are serving? what go through your? mind mission you >> there were two mn afghanistan. the first mission was a counter-terrorism mission. and that was designed to deny safe harbor to terrorists and bring to justice the who architect id 9/11. and the counter-terrorism mission has largely been successful. some of bin laden's dead and terrorists have not been able to gain a foothold in afghanistan. but under bush and rumsfeld and cheney, that other mission morphed into a counter insurgency mission. a nation building exercise. and that mission was doomed for failure. we can fight in afghanistan for another century, and the u.s. military will win every battle against afghanistan, but w

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i'm joined by democratic congressman jake auchincloss who served in afghanistan.thank you for being on the show. >> good morning. >> lots to talk about here. new information from speaker pelosi who said there will be a briefing, she wants a briefing on the situation in afghanistan asap when house members get back from recess. is that on the calendar? what are your top concerns for the administration when it happens? >> when i was a platoon commander in helmand province in 2012, the taliban had a maxim, you have the watches but we have the time. we could be in of azban tan for another century winning every battle but still lose the war. this president is telling the american people a hard truth, that counter-insurgency cannot succeed without a political solution and the afghans must build that political solution. >> i need your action, somebody who has been on the ground and the developments over the last few hours. how significant symbolically and strategically is the fall of kandahar? >> kandahar is the second city of afghanistan and adds to the roster of provinc

we're joined by jake auchincloss, now a congressman from massachusetts.ood to be back with you rachel, thanks for having me. >> what is your reaction to seeing the news? we spoke a few weeks ago after the u.s. withdrawal was well and truly underway. obviously, this isn't something that wasn't predicted. but perhaps the speed of it is a bit of a surprise. >> when i was a platoon commander in helmand in 2012, the taliban had a maximum. they would say, you have the watches, but we have the time. we could win battles for the next century in afghanistan against the taliban, and still lose the war. because counter insurgency does not admitting a military solution, it requires political leadership, and only the afghans can do that. with the americans must do right now is defend personnel from the united states who are in afghanistan. we must evacuate our allied interpreters and other contractors who served alongside us. and we must maintain over the horizon counter-terrorism operations and attacks on the homeland. those are three missions. >> in terms of the eva

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joining me now is congressman jake auchincloss from massachusetts.rine corps veteran who served in afghanistan and is a major in the reserves. i don't know about you, but in the last few days that i talked to afghan vets who are borderline depressed to seeing the withdrawal, to those grateful who finally pulled a plug on a war that cost them limbs and some of their friends' lives. what's the conversation life among the people you served with? >> this president came into office facing a wrenching decision. he could go big or go home. based on the parameters of the negotiations he inherited from the trump administration, he either needed to fully draw down u.s. forces and recognize the plain truth with the counter insurgency without the political solution could not succeed or he would need to ramp up the troop presence in afghanistan by order of magnitude to prepare for an onslaught of the taliban advance and the new fighting season, basically sheparding in a new decade of the failed war. it's a lonely decision, and not a glorious one, but the right on

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i'm joined by my guest, jake auchincloss of massachusetts. congressman, thank you for being here. thank you for your service. i know you are trying on absorb what is playing out in afghanistan right now. it is especially personal for you because you served on the ground there. secretary of state tony blinken said today, keeping troops in afghanistan is simply not in the national interest. yet, i interviewed former dni james claclapper that afghanist could be a haven for terror groups. >> the suts going to maintain its over the horizon terrorist cape bits. this president has said he will not allow them to gain harbor in afghanistan or in any nation in this worked. the united states always maintains its prerogative to neutralize terrorists wherever they may be. >> i actually talked to james clapper about that. if afghanistan becomes a terror haven, how will the u.s. have the intelligence capabilities to know that and know what they are planning? and he said we would have a huge blind spot which we've seen in syria and other countries because the u.s. didn't have an intelligence pres

democratic congressman jake auchincloss of massachusetts served as a marine infantry commander in afghanistanand we welcome both of you to the newshour. you have just been listening to jon finer, deputy white house national security advisor. what is your overall assessment listening to him and everything else you know on how the administration has handled this aftermath of the collapse of the afghan government? rep. meijer: i have a lot of respect for jon. i know he has been involved in special employment visa issues for close to a decade and has been a leader in the space. i think the issue is not some of the hard-working individuals who have been on this, but the fact that the problem starts at the top your this is not an issue that president biden ever prioritized. i was part of eight bipartisan group of lawmakers that were trying to raise the attention. in just the scenario we feared, we make sure we did everything we could as soon as we could get these special visa applicants out. there are a lot of hard-working folks who are trying to make that happen, but frankly, this is an issue that

democratic congressman jake auchincloss of massachusetts served as a marine infantry commander in afghanistan in 2012. and we welcome both of you to the newshour. congressman meijer, to you first, you listened to jon finer, the deputy white house national security advisor, what is your assessment of how the administration handled this aftermath of the collapse of the afghan government? >> i have a lot of respect for jon. he has been involved with special visas for more than a decade. i think the issue is not some of the hard-working individuals who have been on this, but the fact that the problems start from the top. this is not an issue that president biden prioritized. going back to april, we were trying to raise the attention, in just the scenario we feared, to make sure we did everything we culd as soon as weould to get these special visa immigrants out. this is an issue that president biden didn't want to have to deal with, but you can only spin optics for so long. you can't spin away this reality we're facing today. >> woodruff: congressman auchincloss, do you see this spinning optics a

. >> massachusetts congressman jake auchincloss, thank you for time with us. >>> we have new news to report. a massive united front is forming around the country as thousands are making their voices heard and standing up for voters' rights. right now rallies and protests are being held across major cities, in part to commemorate the 58th anniversary of martin luther king's "i have a dream" speech. we have several reporters covering the gatherings for you across the country. as we see those three we will show you the scene in d.c. and that is where to the left of your screen trymaine lee is covering the national voting rights action rally. tell me what you have been hearing. >> reporter: first of all, thank you for having me, aleb. we had a number of speakers, most notably for me at least paying attention to the weight of the day is martin luther king jr.'s granddaughter, a young lady emerging with the flame of justice. on this day 58 years ago her grandfather talking about his dream of an equal society, but pushing for jobs and freedom and so many other issues. that's what folks here