jason crow has told it somewhere like 20 minutes. it could have been two hours, he could've been five minutes that i had no sense of time whatsoever. but i remember when i got off the phone with my kids that i felt as though my heart was pounding out of my chest and i felt, i actually was very worried that i was having a heart attack. i've never had a heart attack but i do have my father had heart attacks. we've got family history. i was actually kind of worried about, i was very worried about that. i must have put my hand up to my chest because that photograph of me that was taken shows me lying almost on my back with my hand up to my chest. i don't remember lying on my back but i do remember jason taking my hand and just stroking it and kind of comforting me and

behind me was jason crow and he was calling his wife. thought occurred to me, i really need to call my kids. i have two adult kids in their mid-to-late 20's. and i really hesitated because i guess in my naivete i thought they might not know what was going on and i did not want to alarm them. i have a close relationship with my children and i was afraid of alarming them. although i had texted early on when the capitol police were starting to text us, i had told my family in a group thread what was going on. but of course that stopped as soon as we started our egress from the gallery. in a crouched down on my hands and knees position, i texted my son and said, set up a facetime. although they say i facetimed them. i don't remember that, and quite honestly i would be surprised that happened because i did not think i was that proficient with facetime, but that is what they say happened. i thought i asked them to set up. be it as it may, i was on face time with my kids, trying to reassure them as mothers or fathers are want to do. you don't w

and i was speaking to jason crow, congressman jason crow, who also said that he certainly didn't expect the speed by which the taliban have taken over afghanistan. and that's what you're hearing from a lot of people. to your point earlier, how did the u.s., the white house, underestimate the taliban and their ability to do this, to take over the ground that afghanistan so quickly -- why do you think that happened? >> it's more they overestimated the willingness of the afghan military to fight when the united states was clearly no longer going to provide them direct military support. and what bothers me here is the fact that biden sort of owns this decision by himself. the united states has been fighting with our allies for 20 years now. when we went into afghanistan, we asked them to join us. they all did. nato came together. we should not be leaving by ourselves. it would have been so easy for biden, the administration, when they did the policy review on afghanistan, to have done it multilaterally with the allies that are fighting with us on the ground. i don't want it to be this easy

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and former army ranger and afghan veteran, colorado congressman, jason crow. plus, how did we get to this point and where do we go from here? we'll have live updates. good evening. it was december 2001 when then president george w. bush made this announcement. >> the people of afghanistan have suffered under one of the most brutal regimes. in modern history. a regime with terrorists and a regime at war with women. thanks to our military and our allies and the brave fighters of afghanistan, the taliban regime is coming to an end. >> tonight, 20 years later, the taliban regime is back. after sweeping across afghanistan's provinces in a matter of days. taliban forces have entered the capital city of kabul. on saturday, the afghan president told the afghan people in a recorded message that remobilizing the nation's security forces was his top priority, but today, ghani fled kabul and supposedly 300,000 strong u.s. funded strong military is all but vanished. afghans -- the nation's banks and many more are contemplating their fate. you are looking at video by al jaz

democratic congressman jason crow attended that briefing.ed in iraq and afghanistan. thanks for coming on the show tonight. what did you learn from that briefing this morning and frankly, what is your reaction to all we've seen this weekend out of afghanistan? >> yeah. thanks for having me on. i'm heartbroken. this is a chaotic situation. i don't think that anybody that's paying attention to this can say it's going well. it certainly is not. but i frankly could care less what mitch mcconnell has to say about this. he's somebody who for decades has refused to really debate this ongoing war. even recently, he shot down debate on use of authorization of military force. nor do i care about all the policy think tank discussions that are happening or all the white papers that are going to be produced about this. all the monday morning quarterbacking by members of congress who are now for the first time weighing in on this issue. this is really simple right now. we have one mission and one mission only. and that is we have to get security over the

congressman jason crow, thank you for your time today. thank you. >> thank you. >>> for women in afghanistan, it is dangerous to stay but it's almost as dangerous to try to leave. former u.n. official told "the new york times" that the most dangerous place in afghanistan right now is the airport. it's just damming that the united states and the international community have put these women in in the position of having to risk not only their lives but that of their children and families in order to leave and save themselves and their families. she joins us now. she is a senior fellow the aat nyu's global afirz and focused on conflict resolution in afghanistan for the u.s. and for the u.s. we appreciate you being here today. last week 46 senators in this country wrote to officials asking for a special humanitarian pathway to the u.s. for women and leaders in afghanistan. you requested something similar. how urgent is this moment now? what do their lives look like under taliban control? >> prigt now, everyone that i speak to, every woman lead

. >> jason crowe has been working on this issue for a long time. have you been invited in meetings at the white house or have you worked with other policymakers on this? >> so, thank god for congress. you know, you want to talk about bipartisan solutions, on maymay- people like patrick leahy and ron johnson, i don't know of any other issue they agree on but they sent a letter to the congress. point number seven urges them to begin immediate evacuation of our allies. multiple congress men, you name it, they've all said the same thing in the house, we needed to start evacuating these people around the same time. congress has been great. we built this administration a bipartisan solution to get this done. this administration however never responded to a single request any of us made to meet with them. you can go out, just put it on social media a couple of hours ago. you can see as late as july when they stood up a task force, and we e-mailed them a list. they finally reached out in the last 24 hours. we knew for months where they were, we verified th

. >> joining me now, democratic congressman jason crow from colorado, a former army ranger who served three tours in iraq and afghanistan. he is now on the armed services committee. congressman, thank you for being here with us. what is your reaction to 5,000 american troops to afghanistan? what kind of intelligence led the president to make this move? >> hi, pamela, thanks for having me on. this is the right move, a surge of troops to make sure we're protecting u.s. citizens and military personnel. no one anticipated the speed of the collapse of the afghan army and defense forces. i certainly didn't. i knew this would be a very difficult time as we ended our combat operations. i anticipated challenges. i certainly didn't anticipate the speed we're seeing right now and there's going to be a lot of questions, a lot of post mortems that will have to be done to assess why that happened. we have to right now, because the mission is still going, we have to protect u.s. personnel, u.s. citizens create a security perimeter around kabul to make sure we can do the evacuations for the people we

joining us now is congressman jason crow, an army ranger in the 82nd airborne, he served in both the iraq war and afghanistan were. he serves on multiple committees. he has served on efforts to get a special visas for afghans who served with us. thank you for being with us, i know it is a tough day. >> it is a tough day and i join you in extending our sympathy to those we lost. >> i have to ask you just as a veteran, i've heard from so many friends today who are veterans, just about how this is something for which there isn't really words. the veteran community and military families are talking to one another about this. but it's a different kind of loss. >> it is a different type of loss, i had a friend who has been manning the gates that were under attack, and he survived the attack, thankfully. but this is very personal to all of us. and one of the things i have heard a lot from my friends in the last couple of weeks, and you indicated this in your league in, that this has been happening for 20 years. we have been fighting this war for 20 years. day in, day out. hundreds of -- ove

i'm joined by colorado democratic congressman jason crow, who, of course, witnessed all of the rioting us. we don't know the specifics of these officers' suicides, but we know based on testimony from other members of law enforcement who were there about the brutality and the trauma of the insurrection. as someone who lived through that day, someone who served the country as an army ranger, what are your thoughts on this moment and your messages tonight to the families of those officers? >> yeah, thanks, john, for having me on. first, just terribly heartbreaking for these officers and their families that are now dealing with the loss of a loved one. and what this shows is that people can't move on from this type of trauma. you know, you just can't sweep this under the rug. you can't expect people to move on like some of my colleagues want to try to do. this sticks with people. when you are in a situation like this and as dark of a day this was and as brutal as the insurrection was, as we have seen vividly in video and testimony in the select committee in the last couple of weeks, it has

administration is officials briefed -- democratic congressman jason crow who served two tours of duty in afghanistan remains concern. >> the day the president made the announcement of the withdrawal, there have been a group of us in congress that formed a nonpartisan working group. we are talking to anybody who will listen saying start the evacuation now. >> reporter: republicans have criticized resident biden's handling of afghanistan but the plan to draw down forces began under the previous minition. >> we have the ement signed in theadmistration at beg rethen the delavan but ultimately this decision to completely and totally withdraw is joe biden's and it is one that is disgraceful. >> reporter: administration officials say biden remains opposed to keeping u.s. forces in afghanistan for a third decade of war. natalie brand, cbs news, the white house. >> cbs news will provide live coverage of president biden's remarks beginning at up on kpi streaming on cbsn bay area, after a powerful earthquake, the death toll in haiti is growing. the search for survivors is a tropical depression a

joining us now is congressman jason crow. as an army ranger in the 82nd airborne, tes a member of the intelligence community committee and armed services committee. he's also spear headed efforts in congress to speed up processing of visas for afghans who helped u.s. troops during our long war there. congressman, sir, thank you so much for making time to be here tonight. i know it's a tough day. >> thanks, rachel. it is a tough day and i join you in extending our sympathy to the families of those we lost. >> i have to ask you just as a -- as a veteran, i have heard from so many friends today who are veterans just about how this is something for which there isn't really words. the veteran's community, military families talking to one another about this but it's -- it's a different kind of loss. >> it is a different type of loss. i actually had a friend who's been manning the gates. the gate that was under attack and he survived the attack, thankfully. but this is very personal to all of us. and one of the things that i have he

a >> colorado congressman and combat veteran jason crow. sir, thank you very much for your time tonight. y i know there are a lot of demands on your time right now. i appreciate you spending some of it with us. te >> thanks, rachel. >>> joining us now is retired ac u.s. army colonel jack jacobs. he is recipient of the medal ofi honor for his service during the vietnam war. t colonel jack, i really r. appreciate you making time today. y i know you have been very busy trying to make sense of this, sy reporting what you know from th ground and helping us all understand.el thanks for making time tonight.m >> my pleasure. >> first of all, let me just put to you that some of that sound that we just played a moment ago about all these very explicit nt warnings that not only was this place going to be targeted. likely, going to be targeted but it was going to be targeted by this group that has now claimed responsibility for it and that with each, passing day, the tye likelihood that would happen was going to get more extreme. w what was the nature

congressman jason crow, thank you for your time today. >> thank you. >> now for more on this i want to bring in mark jacobson from 2009-2011, he served in cab as the deputy nato representative and deputy political adviser at the international security assistance force there. he has more two decades of experience working on national security challenges facing the u.s. we spoke a bit earlier. you've been working to evacuate afghans out of kabul. based on your relationships in afghanistan right now, what can you tell us about what the reaction has been like, the atmosphere on the ground now particularly for people who are still trying to get out of afghanistan? >> i mean, people have been scared all along and worried. the they're worried about having to leave without their families, they're worried about what is going to happen to them. where are they going to be? now some are truly terrified. after that, desperation as well. pretty much today over two dozen calls i've had with families, it's been what do we do now? do we go to the airport? do we not go to the airport? i know the embassy

>> congressman jason crow, thank you. we appreciate you taking the time to talk to us this morning. >>> we also have other breaking news that's new this morning. johnson & johnson just releasing new information, saying a booster of its one-shot vaccine raises the level of antibodies ninefold against the coronavirus. the company says it's going to submit that data now to the fda. for those who haven't gotten even one dose, there are new and disturbing numbers, showing that unvaccinated people are five times more likely to be infected with covid, 29 times more likely to be hospitalized. maybe that's what's triggering an uptick in jabs. the white house says the number of people getting their first dose of the vaccine is up more than 70% since mid-july. on average, about 450,000 americans a day are getting their first shot, up from 260,000 a month ago. and as to where all this began, the "washington post" reporting, president biden received a classified report tuesday from the intelligence community that was inconclusive abou

democrats like jason crow, a former army ranger, who says oh doesn't think this is enough time to get those afghan allies who helped the u.s. out in time. he just thinks it's enough time to get americans out, which of course we know is the president's number one priority. >> what are you learning about the people who might be left behind? >> there are these afghan allies who worked alongside u.s. troops for the better part of two decades. i think that's why we've seen such impassioned statements from people like jason crow saying it's not enough time. and i think the concern is that yes, we have the deadline of seven days from now of when the u.s. is going to be out of afghanistan. but jen psaki confirmed today the actual deadline of when those evacuations are going to start is actually much sooner than that because they've got a period where they can continue these evacuations. then they have to start on the thousands of troops that are still there. the machinery, the weaponry that's still there. and that's going to be a process that we are hearing from the pentagon could likely take

joining us now colorado democratic congressman jason crow, former army ranger and afghanistan combatow, thanks for joining us. appreciate it. first of all, just as a veteran i'm wondering -- of afghanistan what's going through your mind about what is happening there right now? >> hi, anderson. thanks for having me on. i'm still processing the events of the last five days, to be honest with you. i've been so focused on the mission we have on hand and that is to save american citizens and our afghan partners and allies. i've been receiving hundreds of e-mails, texts, calls. in fact, just a few minutes before coming on here live video from the line of people trying to get into the airport in kabul. it's of course a disaster that continues to unfold and heartbreaking. my message, though, to veterans is all my fellow veterans should be very proud of their service. there's this reaction a lot of veterans are going through right now questioning the nature of their service, trying to conflate what it means and associating their service to the politics of this war. don't do that. my fellow ve

. >> reporter: house democrat jason crow, who served in afghanistan, called it heartbreaking. >> i'm calling on the administration to put as much combat power on the ground, hold that airport as long as we possibly can to allow as many of our friends to get out. >> reporter: now, about 500 embassy staff were flownut today. they were airlifted. more are expected tomorrow. the u.s. has now taken over the tower at the airport hoping it can pick up the pace. that doesn't account for the tens of thousands of afghans still awaiting their s.i.v. visas. those are the special immigration advice as for translators and people who helped america over the 20-year war. and time is running out. sources tell cbs news all state department staff is expected to be ordered out of the country in the next 14 days. jericka? >> christina ruffini for us at the white house. thank you. >>> cbs news senior foreign correspondent charlie d'agata has spent more time reporting from afghanistan than any other war zone. he joins us now from london. charlie, you were with afghan forces on the front lines last month. h

. >> democrat jason crow criticized the execution of the withawal, but insists it was the right decision do i think it was too early? no, i supported the withdrawal.ion's decision to in afghanistan.war for 20 years i had been there twice in a combat capacity. if there was a military solution to this, we would have found it a long time ago. >> with no military or diplomatic presence after august 31, the u.s. will have to count on the cooperation of the taliban to live up to its commitment to get all americans and afghan allies out of afghanistan. >> in the democratic republican of combo, -- congo. in constant danger from the unpredictable eruptions of the most dangerous volcano on the planet. and from the explove gas using from beneath the waters of lake kivu. >>speaking foreign language] >> the ineffectiveness of the dilapidated observatory, which is short of funds and resources. >> journey into the depths of the earth with our report on france 24 and france 24.com. >> you're watching france 24. i'm marco, this is the main headline. u.s. president joe biden has been defending his tactics

representative jason crow is a colorado democrat and veteran. he served in afghanistan.didn't need to be in this position, seeing these scenes kabul airport with our afghan friends climbing aboard c-17's. the democrat was referring to moments like this, people desperately trying to on planes any way theyould. on the other side of the political aisle, senate republican leader mitch mcconnell said the biden administration's botched exit is a shameful failure. in the abc interview, president biden was asked about the withdrawal. >> you don't think this could have been handled, this exit could have been handled better in any way? president biden: no, i d't think it could have been handled in a way -- we are going to go back in hindsig at look, but the idea that somehow there is a way to have got enough without chaos ensuing, i don't know how that happens. ion't know how that happens. >> that was always pricnto the decision? president biden: yes. ros: our state department correspondent barbara usher with her assessment of the interview. barbara: it was remarkable he refused t

jason crow has told me it was somewhere like 20 minutes. it could have been two hours, it could've been five minutes, i had no sense of time whatsoever. i remember when i got off the phone with my kids but i felt as though my heart was pounding out of my chest and i felt, i was actually worried i was having a heart attack, i never had a heart attack but my father had a heart attack and we've got family history. so i was kind of worried, i was very worried about that. i must've put my hand up to my chest because that photograph of me that was taken shows me lying on my back with my hand to my chest. i don't remember lying on my back but i do remember jason taking my hand and just stroking it and comforting me and telling me i was going to be ok stop being a little bit perplexed that he was reassuring me because i didn't realize that i was showing how upset i was. >> this week, you also hear from massachusetts general democrat jim mcgovern. january six, views from the house, sunday at 10 p.m. eastern on c-span, www.c-span.org or listen on the

jason crow has told it somewhere like 20 minutes. could it in two hours.d within five minutes but i have no sense of time whatsoever. but i remember when i got off the phone with my kids that i felt as though my heart was pounding out of my chest, and i felt, i actually was very worried that i was having a heart attack. i've never had a heart attack but i do have, my father had heart attacks. we've got them history so i was kind of worried about i was very worried about that. i must've put my hand up to my chest because that photograph of me that was taken shows me lying on -- remember lying on my back. but i do remember jason taking my hand and just stroking it and kind of comforting me and telling me i was going to be okay. being a little perplexed that he was reassuring me because i didn't realize that i was showing how upset i was. >> this week you will also from massachusetts democrat

jason crow has told me it was somewhere like 20 minutes.could have been 2 hours, it could have been 5 minutes that i had no sense of time whatsoever. but i remember when i got off the phone with my kids, that i felt as though my heart was pounding out of my chest, and i felt -- i actually was very worried that i was having a heart attack. i've never had a heart attack, but i do have -- my father had heart attacks. you know, we've got a family history, so i was actually kind of worried about -- i was very worried about that. and i must have put my hand up to my chest because that photograph of me that was taken shows me lying on my back with my hand up to my chest. i don't remember lying on my back. but i do remember jason taking my hand and just stroking it and kind of comforting me and telling me i was going to be okay and being a little bit perplexed that he was reassuring me because i didn't realize that i was showing how upset i was. >> this week you'll also hear from massachusetts democrat jim mcgovern. january 6th: views from the hous

and former army ranger and afghan veteran, colorado congressman jason crow.updates on afghanistan with a former senior official to afghanistan, and retired colonel and military analyst jack jacobs.

jason crow told me it was summer like 20 minutes.d happen two hours five minutes, i had no sense of time whatsoever but i remember when i got off the phone with my kids, i felt as though my heart was pounding out of my chest and i felt, i was actually very worried i was having a heart attack, i've never had a heart attack but i do -- my father has had a heart attack, had family history, so i was very worried about that and i must have put my hand up to my chest because the photograph of me that was taken shows me lying on the summary back with my hand on my chest, i don't remember lying on my back but i do remember jason taking my hand stroking it comforting me and telling me i was going to be okay. being a little bit perplexed that he was reassuring me because i didn't realize i was showing how upset i was. >> this week you will hear from massachusetts jim mcgovern january 6, views from the house sunday 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org for this number c-span radio out. ♪♪ >> weekends on c-span2, intellectual peace upper etc.

democratic congressman jason crow is an army veteran and he says the august 30 first was the day the us set at a different time and under different conditions and he said those conditions of changed. we are in a different world now, a world where the date was originally set, the date needs to be moved back and it is not going to be. >> the president asked for contingency plans in the event they need to move that date but they stand firm on the fact this is the date we think we are on track to get everyone out. it is interesting when you hear the way they phrase their statements, jen psaki said multiple times any american who wants to get out -- carley: who wouldn't want to get out? any american who wants to get out and get out. we have people on air, fatima was a perfect example crying, pleading i tried to get to the airport, you get beat up, you get whipped or worse than that and people are scared. once you experience that is it understandable you get scared to go back out and do that again not knowing what you are going to -- jillian: it was 2500 troops the difference between chaos

congressman jason crow spoke here earlier about just how vulnerable women are until taliban rule. >>scription of what we're dealing with. so, again, i call on the administration to send in the troops, send in the power necessary. >> joining me is senior fellow at the brookings institute. vanda, let us go ahead and start with us. let's talk about the human cost. we're hearing so much talk about blame and criticism, as a journalist, what i think people are searching for is accountability. they're trying to understand how, exactly we got here. in your opinion, who or what is responsible for the failures we have seen from the afghan government and its military. specifically, where does that leave afghan women and girls? >> well, foremost, the responsibility really lies with the afghan government, and successful governments and afghan politicians. they systematically engage in governance, and ignored the problems that were well known. the speed of the afghan security forces collapse is stunning, but all the reasons why they fell -- poor more rule, making deals with the taliban, lack of su

. >> thank you so much for your service congressman jason crow and for being here. will try to uplift ourselves this evening. but first republican senator rand paul had a terrible week, suspended from youtube for spreading misinformation about masks and facing tough questions about a covid related stock purchase his family made at the onset of the pandemic. hmm. that is coming up after a quick break. hmm. that is coming up after a quick break. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪♪ thousands of women with metastatic breast cancer are living in the moment and taking ibrance. ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor is for postmenopausal women or for men with hr+, her2- metastatic breast cancer as the first hormonal based therapy. ibrance plus letrozole significantly delayed disease progression versus letrozole. ibrance may cause low white blood cell counts that may lead to serious infections. ibrance may cause severe inflammation of the lungs. both of these can lead to death. tell your doctor if you have new or worsening chest pain, cough, or trouble breathing. before taking ibrance, tell your docto

jason crow told me it was somewhere like 20 minutes. it could have been two hours, it could have been five minutes, i had no sense of time whatsoever. i remember when i got off the phone with my kids, i felt as though my heart was pounding out of my chest and i felt -- i was very worried that i was having a heart attack. i have never had a heart attack but my father had heart attacks. we have family history. i was worried about -- i was very worried about that. i must have put my hand up to my chest because that photograph of me that was taken shows me laying on my back with my hand on my chest. i don't remember lying on my back. but i do remember jason taking my hand and stroking it and kind of comforting me and telling me i was going to be ok. being a little perplexed that he was reassuring me because i did not realize that i was showing how upset i was. >> you will also hear from jim mcgovern. january 6: views from the house, sunday at 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the c-span radio app. >> the house is back o

and here's democratic congressman jason crow of colorado, he's an army veteran who served in afghanistanossible to get american citizens out and our afghan partners and their families out between now and the end of the month. that's why there's broad and deep bipartisan support in congress and across the country to extend the deadline, and to make sure that we're doing what's necessary to get folks out. the end of this mission should come not based on a calendar date. it should come when we accomplish the mission. >> and joe, of course, congressman crow speaks not just as an elected official but an army ranger and someone who served in afghanistan saying i don't want to stay forever but i want to stay long enough to get every american out and to get afghan partners, wartime allies i served with out of the country. that echoed from ben sasse and many other republicans as well. >> i certainly understand ben sasse's frustration, and anger, and congressman crow the same. he certainly knows the situation better than any of us. i also know there are a lot of military commanders that are thinki

of course we're also hearing from lawmakers typically allies of this white house, democrats like jason crownger, who says they still don't think that this is enough time. >> we have to get american citizens out and our afghan partners and allies out. american people support it and representatives in this house support it. that can't be accomplished between now and the end of the month. this was a date that the united states set, and we set that date under different conditions during a different time. those conditions have changed. >> reporter: that is something several lawmakers have pointed to saying that this is a united states set deadline, they can move it if they want to. of course right now that is not president biden's intention. >> and so what happens to the thousands of people being evacuated from afghanistan? many will land in germany air base, one of america's largest foreign air bases. it has baeen transformed into a tent base. atika shubert is there for us. what are the conditions like for the evacuees? >> reporter: it is basic conditions, but for many they are just relieved to

jason crow told me it was somewhere like 20 minutes. it could have been two hours, it could have been five minutes, that i had no sense of time whatsoever. but i remember when i got off of the phone with my kids that i felt as though my heart was pounding out of my chest. and i felt, i actually was very worried that i was having a heart attack. i've never had a heart attack, but my father had heart attacks. we have a family history, so i was actually very worried about that. i must have put my hand up to my chest because that photograph of me that was taken shows me lying almost on my back with my hand to my chest. i do not remember lying on my back. but i do remember jason taking my hand and just stroking it and comforting me and telling me i was going to be ok, and being a little bit perplexed that he was reassuring me because i did not realize i was showing how upset i was. >> this week, you will also hear from massachusetts democrat jim mcgovern. "january 6 views from the house," sunday at 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, o

. >>> and i want to go to congressman jason crow of colorado who served on the intelligence and armed services committee and is also a former army ranger who served two tours of duty in afghanistan. congressman, thank you so much for joining me. i know you came back here to washington to try to get a better handle on what is happening in afghanistan. what are you learning? >> yeah, thanks for having me, dana. as you mentioned, i'm a member of congress now. but before that i was an army ranger in afghanistan and fought with the afghans in like many veterans that have pieces of their heart in afghanistan. this is a very heartbreaking moment. but clearly this is not going well. there is a disaster unfolding on ground here that we have to make sure that we're getting our arms around. we have three immediate missions right now. the near term mission over the next couple of days is to protect americans and u.s. citis and to evacuate those that need to be evacuated as quickly as possible. the second is to evacuate afghans and partners and i'm calling on biden administration to conduct a spee

but jason crow and several others, a obama state department official. there is a decent level of discourse in washington except lindsey graham, who knows a lot about foreign policy, and who i tend to agree with on some issues, who just can't really resist this ridiculous mentioning impeachment and turning it -- >> both of these gentlemen have agreed to stay with us. coming up on the other side of this break, when our conversation continues, what's next in the battle over voting rights? remember those? in the state of texas, after three of those quorum busting democrats return to the state capital. when we continue. en we continue do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy, even a term policy, for an immediate cash payment. call coventry direct to learn more. we thought we had planned carefully for our retirement. but we quickly realized that we needed a way to supplement our income. our friends sold their policy to help pay for their medical bills and that got me thinking. maybe selling our policy could help wit

jason crow told me it was somewhere like 20 minutes. it could've been two hours. it could've been five minutes. i have no sense of time. i remember when i got off the phone with my kids that i felt as though my heart was pounding out of my chest. i felt, i was very worried i was having a heart attack. i had never had a heart attack but my father had a heart attack . we have a family history. i was worried, very worried about that. i put my hand up to my chest and that photograph of me taken showed me laying on my stomach with my hand on my chest. i don't remember lying on my back, but i remember jason taking my hand and stroking it and comforting it, telling me i was gonna be ok and being perplexed that he was reassuring me. -- and being perplexed he was reassuring me because i wasn't showing how upset i was. >> he will also hear from jim mcgovern, january 6, views from the house, sunday at 10:00 eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the c-span radio app. >> congressman seth moulton of massachusetts, a former officer in the marine corps, talked about the sit

there were people as far back as april, congressmen like seth moulton, jason crow, peter merit. myself also writing, saying that a mass evacuation needed to occur. i mean people have drawn comparisons of saigon. this isn't saigon. look at a map. vietnam had hundreds of miles of coastline. afghanistan is a landlocked country. we shut down all of our air bases down. now there's one place to get people out of. this is -- this is -- i'm sorry. this is a collapse of american competence. for an administration that ran and packages itself as understanding empathy and service, what we've seen in the last few days, it understands neither. it does not have empathy for the afghan people to say nothing of the veterans across this country who are organizing to get their afghan colleagues out, and it doesn't understand service because it is squandering the service not only of all the people who fought in afghanistan -- i've never seen so much squandered so quickly since april -- but also is squandering the service of the marines in that airfield right now because it has put them in an impossi

last night congressman jason crow talked about the need for safe corridors to kabul airport so people could leave safely. today the u.s. embassy posted this warning reading the united states government cannot guarantee safe passage to the airport. afghan nationals likely need no such warning. they're already learning it firsthand. more from what that reality looks like from clarissa ward doing remarkable reporting from kabul over the entire crisis. clarissa, i want to get your thoughts that this was not a failure, how do you square that with what you've been seeing and hearing from americans and afghans? >> reporter: yeah, i mean, if this isn't a failure, i don't really know what a failure looks like. and i think there will be a lot of people on the ground here in afghanistan who will be, you know, a little troubled by the tone of president biden, not that they necessarily expected an apology but maybe at least a recognition of the fact that what's happening is horrendous, is awful and that these people very much do feel that they've been cast aside. there was a glimmer certainly of h

and former army ranger and afghan veteran, colorado congressman, jason crow.e updates. good evening. it was december 2001 when then president george w. bush made this announcement.

democrats like jason crow, a former army ranger, who says he doesn't think this is enough time to get those afghan allies who helped the u.s. out in time. he just thinks it's enough time to get americans out which, of course, we know is the president's number one priority. >> what do we know about the people left behind? >> they are allies for a part of two decades. i think the concern is, yes, we have a deadline of seven days from now when the u.s. has to be out of afghanistan, but jen psaki said the actual deadline of when those evacuations are going to start is actually much sooner than that. they have a period where they can start these evacuations and then they have to start on the thousands of troops that are still there, the machines, the weaponry that's still there, and that could likely take several days. that's a factor in it. it's a question of once those u.s. troops are out, is anyone else going to get out? that seems to be a massive concern by these lawmakers of what it's going to look like if the u.s. is able to get out. we still don't know who is going to run kabul when

jason crow, said that after, he doesn't think it's possible to get everybody out by august 31st deadline troops there, despite with the taliban is saying. which is basically look, we are sort of going along with this. it's not like they've been handing people roses in water. but they have not been pulling off large-scale attacks. they're saying, that changes after the august 31. crew saying, these are our people. i don't know, what do you think about this idea? about the 31st. and that is a deadline? >> i don't think we should let the taliban decide when we stop airlifting americans, or those who are most closely helping us, out of the country. of course, it would be better to get all of this done by the 31st. but it may be, that we will have to call the taliban's bluff here. i leave that to the judgment of the administration. but i would certainly be willing to support u.s. forces staying there for as long as it takes. this is an essential mission, for the united states of america. not leaving any of our people behind. it's simply will have to have a hard discussion, about how many afgh

this interesting dichotomy going on, but he also got it right on thi very just a little while ago, jason crowssman in a veteran had a bill putting forward to fast-track these applications for afghans in light of the fact that we decided we are going to come home. it was hugely popular only 16 congresspeople voted against it. those other kinds of actions that people that are serving that we have sent their need to be taken in we need answers in accountability chain of how thi ended up in this way because those are the people who are going to suffer the most from a hasty withdrawal. >> is it just lip service. we heard the same thing from vice president harris when she visited the border in she talke about an initiative that she ha helping women in girls. but still really not a root cause, you can talk about it yo can send thoughts in prayers, but what does that really do. >> in her case, let me read you what she said about the women. she said nothing. there is nothing to read grade she's skipped over the fact tha women will go back to the back of the house to raise the kids. when they say they

jason crow has told it was somewhere like 20 minutes. it could've been two hours. could've been five minutes but i had no sense of time whatsoever. but i remember when i got off the phone with my kids that i felt as though my heart was pounding out of my chest and i felt, actually was very worried i was having a heart attack. i'd never hard attack but my father had heart attacks. we got family history. so i was actually kind of worried about, , i was very worried about that. i must've put my hand up to my chest because that photograph of me that was taken showed me lying almost all my back with my hand up to my chest. i don't remember remember lying on my back but i do remember jason taking my hand and just stroking it and kind of comforting me and telling me i was going to be okay. and being a little bit perplexed that he was reassuring me because i didn't realize that i was showing how upset i was. >> this week you will also hear from massachusetts democrat jim mcgovern. january 6th, views from the house sunday at 10 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org or listen o

jason crow told me it was somewhere like 20 minutes. could have been 2 hours, it could have been 5 minutes. i had no sense of time whatsoever is. but i remember when i got off the phone with my kids, i felt as though my heart was pounding out of my chest, and i felt -- i actually was very worried that i was having a heart attack. i've never had a heart attack, but i do have -- my father had heart attacks, we've got a family history, so i was very worried about that. and i must have put my hand up to my chest, because there's a photograph of me that was taken that shows me lying on my back with my hand up to my chest. i don't remember lying on my back, but i do remember jason taking my hand and just stroking it and kind of comforting me and telling me i was going to be okay and being a little bit per flex plexed that he was reassuring me because i didn't realize i was showing how upset i was. >> this week you'll also hear from massachusetts democrat jim mcgovern. january 6th: views from the house, sunday at 10 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-s

military would -- i talked to congressman jason crow who talked about expanding the perimeter from the airport. perhaps creating better lanes. there seems like a whole lot of risks. >> sadly because of our own unprepared ps you are in a situation where the taliban are calling the shots, literally calling the shots, not us. they have agency. they will decide what they want to do and don't want to do. clearly it would be dangerous to expand our mission and expand our footprint and that's what the president's precipitous actions have created for us. here's the conundrum. we have to figure this out. here special immigrant visa applicant, word reaches you, get to the airport, we'll fly you out. well, you get stopped at a taliban checkpoint and what do you say to the taliban at the checkpoint who say, airport's closed. why are you trying to go there? what do you do? do you say, well, i -- it's all arranged for the americans to fly me out. i worked for them and against you and if i don't fly out you're going to kill me, well, that is not a formula for success. so, again, the -- the bad judgme

you're seeing a few voices from new jersey, jason crow, he's a veteran, in the house saying we need torty is not taking a strong stand here. paul: and, kyle, to dan's point, do you think the democrats are going to react to this afghanistan fiasco by saying, look, we need to try to get something done, we've got to get manager done that can enhance the prospects for the if bill? >> yeah, i think so. i mean, i take the point that voting for the president is more popular when the president is popular, but the democrats are so wedded to this agenda, and i think it's just going to increase the bloodiness to get it through. paul: i think they'll pass something. maybe not a $35 trillion, but 3.5 but maybe a 2.5 with a very big tax increase. >>> just ahead, dr. marty makary on who should be getting a third shot and when they should get it, next. ♪ ♪ a triple-lift serum with pure collagen. 92% saw visibly firmer skin in just 4 weeks. neutrogena® for people with skin. subway®... has so much new they couldn't fit it in their last ad. so, we're gonna use picture in picture in picture in picture in

there has been legislation, congressman jason crow and others sponsored that did pass which would cut some of the red tape of that siv program. >> those people living in the park that our colleague cynt viewing, they can't get that paperwork. and it's four mules as you know from the embassy to the airport. and how are they going to traverse those four miles even the people of the embassy who are going to have some security, some 1400 people at the embassy. so they're doing what they deny is an evacuation but is an evacuation. you know, making sure that the embassy itself is locked and it is going to be a skeletal team. there they're claiming this he can get thousands more to neighboring countries to a military base. but, you know, at this point, it's desperate. it's clearly happened much, much more rapidly thn they thought. they're saying diplomatically, well in, doja, we're working with other countries to tell the taliban you're not going to gain respect from elsewhere. china and rush yashgs tehran, they were all welcomed taliban delegations in recent weeks, treating them like visiti