. >> reporter: joe sullivan was an executive vice president at the aspca when the commercials came out part of the team that created them. now she works for the spca in houston. >> it is frustrating on this side of the table to realize that a bulk of our time and our staff time is spent trying to explain the difference between national and local. we need our donors and the people in our community to know where their money is going. >> reporter: gary rogers can tell you where donations to the aspca are not going. >> i don't know how they can put their head on a pillow at night, knowing there are so many animals out here that that money can be used for other things. >> reporter: rogers is president of the nassau county, new york spca. they investigate abuse and rescues animals in danger. >> one of the major problems that most spcas have is the aspca doesn't fund these agencies. we receive no money from them at all. >> reporter: we spoke to more than two dozen local spcas across the country. a few received grants worth a few thousands from the aspca which they had to apply for. most, like

second, this is a that we just excrete -- this disaster is solely the responsibility of jacob sullivan, joe biden, antony blinken, and there military team. this was not a military failure. the chain of command was led by the state apartment. the troop levels were led by state department decisions, so when you saw bagram close, that was a joe biden decision. when you saw the troops in kabul , the decision was driven by the state department. they own this. not the military. when jake sullivan said the president met with military leaders and no one of hectic you it, that's a prevarication. in alabama, we call it lying. ask the secretary of defense. ask general milley or general mckenzie directly. i know the answer. joe biden, antony blinken, they can't share responsibility for this. this was not a military operation. the military was there in support. finally, we have to move forward with the terrible situation we have right now. what i asked this morning was we should inc. about options for the future for counterterrorism and isr capability. the fact is that now that we are out, we have no ey

joe: it depends on who you ask. jake sullivan telling the briefing room that the u.s. leave when joe biden says so. it is not always feel like that when the taliban is saying, we've got a redline. we want to avoid skirmishes. the pentagon is dealing with a lot of different scenarios. one thing that everyone seems to agree on is the closer we get to the 31st, whether this deadline changes or not, the tension is going to rise. is not unlike some of the -- not like some of the other debates, when you start inching up on deadlines, things happen. kailey: nancy pelosi is going to try again today to break the stalemate on president biden's agenda. what is her next step? joe: a little bit of heartburn. the irony is not lost on me that nancy pelosi is proposing something called the self- executing rule. that is the majority leader refers to mutually assured destruction in a family meeting with the democrats in the house. there was a bit of a stare down. that family meeting showed some tempers flaring. progressives are upset with this relatively small group of moderates, now 10

>> yeah, you know, bret, i'm always smiling because of all the glowing articles about jake sullivan and joe to be the most experienced team ever assembled. and there were calls flat footed he can't tell us what they would have done differently. we know they didn't follow military advice. what we don't know is did you also reject intelligence assessments, or advice from anyone else? if he went out there today to make things better, they should send somebody else tomorrow. >> bret: okay, the other one that caught me off guard today and i was sitting listening to the briefing, harold, and this was a question about world leaders and who the president has talked to. let's take a listen. >> has the president spoken to any other world leaders since kabul fell to the taliban? >> he has not yet spoken with any other world leaders. >> bret: okay. that was this afternoon. and then a few hours later after there was a big hubbub about wait a second the president has not talked to a single world leader since kabul fell? the white house put out that he just got off the phone with boris johnson from great

joe biden's national security visor, jake sullivan, the rhodes scholar, suggested it is the fault of americans trapped in afghanistan that they did not leave sooner, even though mark milley and joe biden have been saying for weeks how they would never take over in three days, it couldn't happen. so instead of rescuing those americans still stuck there, we are saving t afghans. one cnn reporter just reported that in fact, relocating more noncitizens, afghans, then we are americans come out of afghanistan. about 330 u.s. citizens left kabul yesterday, along with about -- non-american family members. joe biden has not answered any questions about this. today he walked away from reporters once again without even directing it. meanwhile, american citizens remain trapped. one reporter from real clear politics says he just got off the phones and is getting reports of americans and safe houses at the airport who are "trying to figure out when they can run for it." run for it? that is what americans have been left to do. afghans are certainly doing that. take a look at this picture of hundreds

and from what jake sullivan was the national security advisor joe biden says it's pretty unlikely that the taliban is simply going to hand them over at the airport. now. nancy pelosi stepped up and defended the president on this point. i commend the president for the action that he took. this is what happens when you withdraw you some stuff. some equipment is left there. now joe biden stands by his decision. he says that there were not ever been a good time for the usa to pull out of afghanistan. this would have resulted at any point in which this happened. he says he did the right thing. polls are showing americans are not pleased. there is also some outrage in the international community, not a good day for the white house by denial of american nation building enough dentistry has been slammed by china with beijing saying us military intervention has not only been unproductive there, but also in plenty of other places. as well, would you lead all by then? i have noticed that the president biden said that the goal of the united states and of ghana stern is not to rebuild the country.

and from what jake sullivan, who is the national security advisor, joe biden says it's pretty unlikely that the taliban is simply going to hand them over at the airport now. nancy pelosi stepped up and defended the president on this point. i command the president for the action that he took. this is what happens when you withdraw you some stuff. some equipment is left there. now joe biden stands by his decision. he says that there were not ever been a good time for the usa to pull out of afghanistan. this would have resulted at any point in which this happened. he says he did the right thing. polls are showing americans are not pleased. there is also some outrage in the international community, not a good day for the white house. petitions play the blame game of what happened in recent days office the channel on t america put the issue up for debate. former president george w bush issued a statement on this. he said that he felt, quote, deep sadness at the return to power by the taliban, and called biden's withdraw. these are all quote, he said, a mistake and unbelievably bad. we reall

and from what jake sullivan was, the national security advisor to joe biden says it's pretty unlikely that the taliban is simply going to hand them over at the airport. now. nancy pelosi stepped up and defended the president on this point. i commend the president for the action that he took. this is what happens when you withdraw you some stuff. some equipment is left there. now joe biden stands by his decision. he says that there would not ever been a good time for the usa to pull out of afghanistan. this would have resulted at any point in which this happened. he says he did the right thing. polls are showing americans are not pleased. there is also some outrage in the international community, not a good day for the white house. the ton of bonds, political need, and co founder lab to connie brought has now returned from exile. taliban affiliated media showed him being greeted by cheering crowds off the plane and come to hall. florida who was arrested by paxton security forces in 2010. and captain custody thing is, is now expected by some to become the next leader of our honest on on

and from what jake sullivan, who is the national security advisor to joe biden, says it's pretty unlikely that the taliban is simply going to hand them over at the airport now. nancy pelosi stepped up and defended the president on this point. i commend the president for the action that he took. this is what happens when you withdraw you some stuff. some equipment is left there. now joe biden stands by his decision. he says that there would not ever been a good time for the usa to pull out of afghanistan. this would have resulted at any point in which this happened. he says he did the right thing. polls are showing americans are not pleased. there is also some outrage in the international community, not a good day for the white house. so as politicians do play the blame game of what's been happening in recent days, and i've gotten this on our sister channel, our t america put the issue up for debate. we really began to lose the war in afghanistan in 2003 when he diverted attention to iraq. and instead of focusing on afghanistan as we got deeper, deeper into iraq, afghanistan became known a

sullivan, yale. this lady got three degrees from yale. joe biden never held a job outside the government. what we've got is an absolute debacle and everyone that is responsible for it, think tanks and these government officials were all ivy league. host: got your point. do you want to talk about what you do at the brookings institute first? guest: what was the question? host: your role at the brookings institution and what you do there. >> i am a scholar of the region so my book which came out a few years ago looks at the roots of extremism in pakistan and how the state has fostered extremism in pakistan. my role is as a scholar, as a writer of the reacher -- of the region and observer of the region. host: his concerns about the people making decisions on afghanistan. your thoughts. guest: we will be talking about this for months, for the next few days, for months and years to come. there is plenty of blame to go around. there is this extent to one could talk to the -- talk about the u.s. war. one could talk about the deal that the trump administration negotiated with the taliban which ga

joe to vet. great question at the briefing to jake sullivan, she had a masculine she sucked but about the nato alliest taiwan. what about south korea. are we going to defend them after but we just witnessed and propaganda gift to russia, china , north korea, they're just going to tell the target you think the americans are confident enough. it's going to hurt. >> is a big difference between taiwan and afghanistan. afghanistan is in the middle of nowhere. what was your first feeling whe you saw the crowds at the airport yesterday and sunday? >> that it was a horrible visua but it is going to stick to thi presidency. that is one of the things, you can always tell when something is a great with a discreet with on social media. but has that kind of a reverberation. so many people think in pictures . that is what that latch onto. i think in terms of terror, i hope to god that there's not a terror attack here and we've given up so many of our civil liberties during the pandemic that we could have a massive compromise if there is a terror attack here. is your point, i don't trust anyone in federal governmen

in fact, you remember that just on tuesday, joe biden essentially saying to the taliban, you have got to keep an eye on ice. ok. jim sullivan, who's the national security advisor, said when he did. some of the us talk shows on sunday that the threat from isis was acute and persistent. so obviously there is deep concern in the embassy and cabal that something may be coming from ice. ok. and as i say, the americans will be making very clear to the tell about who considered sworn enemies of ice or k, the security outside the airport is really up to them, and they don't want to see any problems. particularly as joe biden is still very keen on getting through and completing the pool load of americans by august the 31st. what is interesting is that just in the last few hours the pen to get held, the briefing and joint kirby, the main spokesman for the pentagon, said that the military would actually consider going into cable to get a hold of americans who haven't been able to make it to the airport that suddenly might become a much bigger operation. you remember the job biting said on tuesday. he want to dixie contingency plans fr

jake sullivan sent over the weekend that the threat of islamic state terrorism is very real. we heard from joe biden saying that the u.s. is aware that they are trying to split the situation and afghanistan. the airport seems somewhat more under control. what do we know? >> we have heard from president biden. the picture that is being painted by the administration is the evacuations or the number of people leaving kabul airport have picked up significant the. there is about 8000 in the latest 24 hour period. there are allied countries cooperating with the west on this. they have also been helping out. another action the u.s. took today was to ask u.s. commercial airlines, that means companies like american and delta united to help out with a small number of planes to get some of the evacuees to the u.s. from their countries where they have been brought out of kabul. biden was projecting this idea that things are on a more even keel in terms of the evacuation while leaving open the possibility that the august 31 deadline for competing the withdrawal could be extended. that is not clear. >> the

sullivan comest fired. they all need to be held responsible for this unmitigated disaster. yes, joe biden too, fired. breaking tonight, 90, count the numbers, 90 retired generals in admirals are also calling on millie and austin to resign in if biden had frankly any honor at all, if he even knew what day it is, he would resign himself right now great leaving americans behind and putting their lives ins the hands of terrorists in this case, the taliban, and probably isis k and al qaeda, it's beyond heartless it's cruel, it is unacceptable. this is not the american way. according to a new abc news full, the vast majority of americans don't we don't get 84 percent of americans to agree out much at all. up but 84 percent agree u.s. troops should have stayed behind until every single american was evacuated. 71 percent say we should have stayed to make sure every ally of ours is evacuated. also, because we promised them that. our word is supposed to be our bond. not that they necessarily come here, but we get them out of there. no it could have been done. it should haveve been done parte have the most powe

sullivan. he says on tuesday, the taliban might be willing to hand these things over at the u. s. airport. joe biden says that u. s. allies don't seem very concerned about these developments. i commend the president for the action that he took the, this is what happens when you withdraw you some stuff. some equipment is left there . mouth joe biden says he stands by his decisions regarding afghanistan, that there was no good way to pull out of the country. no matter when the decision to pull out took place. there was going to be problems like what we're currently seeing now. but public opinion seems to see it otherwise i, it seems like joe biden is being widely castigated. many democrats, many republicans just seeing his handling of the situation in cobble and his response to the situation as simply being improper. it's like he didn't know what was going to happen. it's like he is wishy washy and undependable. this is not a good moment for the new president of united states. joe biden was mark might not care about the cale. and i've got to stop talking about care about chaos at home. but midte

battle with cancer she is best known for her role as public defender christine sullivan on the hit series "night court." joe cancer diagnosis her family and co-stars say she'll be remembered for her talent on screen but her talent and kindness behind the scenes markie post was a beloved performer, most famously in nbc's "night court." >> my client plead innocent, your honor >> on what grounds >> they claim to be victims of a mind meld. >> she played christine sullivan passionally represented off-beat characters in trouble with the law. i can't help it, sir i love this job. helping the downtrodden, serving justice, it gives me goose bumps. >> yeah. makes my skin crawl too. >> she starred on the long running show for 7 years it was part of a career that spanned four decades among her other best known roles, bail bondswoman carrie michaels in "the fall guy," cameron diaz's mom in the 1998 comedy "there's something about mary." she also had appearances in "cheers. >> you are a very attractive man, but for me to give up my friendship with diane, you'd have to be rich, too >> and "scrubs." >> when she gets depres

sullivan theater. i'm sorry, you're stuck with jon stewart. ( laughter ) but-- i've just been told that joe biden has made for being here. >> stephen: mr. president, thank you for being here. >> thank you for being here. thank you for being there-- because here's the deal, nobody's better than you, and i know we can do better than that, no joke! >> stephen: well, i appreciate that, sir. >> i appreciate you, merv. ( laughter ) >> stephen: so-- mr. president, this is your first trip abroad since taking office. how's it going so far? >> going great. met the guy who runs england, boris karloff-- b-b-boris johnson, excuse me. and then i met the high school kid who runs france, macaroni. had tea with the queen. i'm the president guy, come on. >> stephen: yeah, i know you are, sir. are you enjoying yourself in belgium? >> come on man, are you kidding me? look at the crazy pancakes they got over here. look at that. ( laughter ) bumps everywhere-- that's bonkers. look at than, come on. >> stephen: those are great, mr. president, but i'm asking has it been hard to reestablish diplomatic ties with our allies after t

the national security advisor jake sullivan was speaking to the morning breakfast shows here in the united states. and what he said was that the president joe biden had thought long and hard about this. and essentially said that there wasn't any real benefit to putting us forces lives at risk in order to help the afghan people preserve their country and avoid a return to taller bon rule. he also said in this, one of the criticisms is that the united states is in particular abandoning african women and children, denying them the ability to enjoy some measure of a quality within their society. this is jake solomon, the national security advisor. every policy decision that we take, no matter how big or how small has human consequences. and we are aware of that. and it is heartbreaking to see what is happening in afghanistan right now. and we will do everything in our power from the point of view of economic, diplomatic and political tools to hold the taller bon accountable, i to live up to its international obligations. but the alternative that we face to physically protect people in afghanistan was to put american men and women enlarge number

joe biden is under pressure to keep american troops there. but us says that the evacuation can be completed in the remaining 8 days. national security advisor jake sullivans that the officials were in daily contact with the taliban. i've been substantial progress in the operation. we staying with our top story in china saying that it's closely following developments and has called on the taliban to form a fed government. upson, u. k, but we hope it's going to stay and conform and inclusive and open government, which adopts a phone and domestic policy that's prudent and moderate. we hope elected the will of the people in an international community. all those comments come off to china. welcome to taliban delegation to the northern port town. jen, just 3 weeks ago. katrina, you has more on this now from aging. china has been maintaining close communication with the taliban in the lead up to its takeover of afghanistan. china is really concerned about how this is going to play out for china and for the region. it's looking at this as one possible opportunity for aging, for example, looking at maybe expanding its economic investments in the country, looking a

joe biden is under pressure to keep american troops on the ground that the u. s. t. the evacuation can be completed in the remaining 8 days. national security advisor james sullivan said officials are in daily contact with the taliban. that has been substantial progress in the operation. thousands of afghans and foreigners is still waiting to flee the country with more pay or 16th over the weekend of couple apple. and we want to remain with our top story there. china has said that it's closely following developments and is called on the taliban to form a fed government. so jim came on the boat. we hope it's going to stay in conform and inclusive and open government, which adopts a phone and domestic policy that's prudent and moderate. what we hope elected the will of the people in an international community. of our comments came off to china . welcome to taliban delegation to the northern port. have town gin, just 3 weeks ago. katrina, you has more on this now from bay chain john has been maintaining close communication with the taliban in the lead up to its takeover of afghanistan. china is really concerned about how this is going to play out for china and for the re

joe biden for many years. he was the first she foreign policy person for him when -- he was that she foreign policy person for him. jake sullivanside foreign policy person from obama's staff who is highly respected. the question you identified is a tricky one. to what extent are we listening to our allies. you would know better than i, questioning the way united states has handled this. it is not clear what influence united states has. -- it is not clear what influence the allies have. alix: pours johnson did say money would be able to influence the taliban, plus recognition. how does the recognition of the taliban work? what is the leverage if there is any? david: we do not know what the taliban is right now, much less what they think. the reporting coming out of afghanistan is the taliban does want recognition, they want to be recognized around the world in away the taliban last time did not. they were isolationists. we will see if that is true or not. we had that if the cia go over and visit with the leader of the taliban in kabul to negotiate. they would negotiate about things like money and recognition. guy: we are startin

joe biden, it's a tragedy. >> laura: look at the bright side, the taliban has a lot of shiny new equipment, that's just another embarrassment. national security adviser jake sullivan wants everyone to think biden is totally in control. >> all along the president has been clear that the united states was not going to enter a third decade of american military deployment in the middle of another country civil war and in his speech in april and in his speech in july and in comments he has made since then, he has been clear that that could mean difficult times in afghanistan, we have been clear about this from the start. >> laura: congressman, how would you describe joe biden's reaction and process for this withdrawal? clear-eyed? >> anything but clear-eyed, laura, this commander in chief has shown his inability to lead, his inability to make tough decisions and his inability to plan, we still do not have a plan to get americans out of afghanistan, consider this, 6 out of 7 of those who we have evacuated out of afghanistan are afghans, not americans. we know that there are an estimated 15,000 or more americans who are still trapped behind enemy lines. the question ever

joe biden spoke today and said "the mission will go on." a few days ago the national security visor jake sullivanhat the biden demonstration doesn't actually test the taliban, hard to keep up. that was his position then. >> the president has been very clear about his views of the taliban. you've asked him repeatedly do you trust these guys and he's told you repeatedly know i do not, of course he does not. of course none of us do. >> tucker: okay, so we don't trust the taliban. now we trust and the taliban enough to put them in charge of security at the airport and as a result today 13 americans were killed. so that's where we are right now. why hasn't anyone in the bike demonstration been fired over this? congress men from florida, without we would ask him that question. congressman, thanks so much for coming on sunday. you would think after a series of errors this grotesque, misjudgments and calamities that ensued, that someone would have resigned. is anyone going to resign do you think? >> you would think that that would happen but of course they're not going to resign and i know it was not too

nothing is penetrating joe biden's consciousness on the subject at all in my mind paul, raises the question of what is going on around him rated national security advisor jake sullivan of state are they trying to talk him out of it are they leading these fantasies because this cannot go on the way it is. and we have raised the subject of resignation and one point i thought, the defense secretary lloyd austin should not reside because it would only get worse but i think reaching a point where someone secretary austin is going to have to resign to try to stop or mitigate the course that the president is on because it is a catastrophe and everyone can see that hip. paul: bill this is happening in the seventh month of his presidency. you know, the way the constitution works, we have three and half years ago this long way to go in which the world and the allies and the adversaries are making their calculations about the present his resolve, and the willingness of the united states to back up his commitment. what does this tell you about what is going to happen in the next three and half years. guest: i think it bodes and bodes poorly with three and half years left, when

sullivan, yale. this lady got three degrees from yale. joe biden never held a job outside the government.is an absolute debacle and everyone that is responsible for it, think tanks and these government officials were all ivy league. host: got your point. do you want to talk about what you do at the brookings institute first? guest: what was the question? host: your role at the brookings institution and what you do there. >> i am a scholar of the region so my book which came out a few years ago looks at the roots of extremism in pakistan and how the state has fostered extremism in pakistan. my role is as a scholar, as a writer of the reacher -- of the region and observer of the region. host: his concerns about the people making decisions on afghanistan. your thoughts. guest: we will be talking about this for months, for the next few days, for months and years to come. there is plenty of blame to go around. there is this extent to one could talk to the -- talk about the u.s. war. one could talk about the deal that the trump administration negotiated with the taliban which gave the taliban e

senator dan sullivan will join us in the 8:00 a.m. hour joe, if this gets passed, the big question is what happens in the house? nancy pelosi said she won't bring this unless the secondary bill is there and you have ocasio-cortez saying one branch of government should not do this looking at the senate to do this without getting the house to sign off and they have a narrow majority at this point three seats. >> we talked about that last week you need bipartisanship in the democratic party >> right >> to get it done. they are not there yet i don't know whether you will make good on their threats they said they are not going to bring this one up until the other one is passed. i don't know how you handicap it at this point. you can see how defensive republicans are, though, about it because the republicans that are not part of that 17 that moved it forward and you know are probably going to be voting for the bill in the first place. the ones that don't like it are saying what are you doing? you are greasing the skids they don't want to tie it to t

joe biden. let's be very clear, stuart. the national security advisor jake sullivan had a white paper, and they forgot to check with people onuld unfold. they ignored every information piece on the ground. i can tell you that general miller, who was in charge of bagram airbase, did not -- let me repeat, he did not approve closing bagram before you got out state department employees. i would like to know why wendy sherman, the deputy secretary of state, and anthony blinken, the secretary of state, sat silently when they knew that 2500 american troops and 5,000 nato troops would leave before foreign service officers and direct hires from the american government would leave the kabul embassy, the american embassy in afghanistan. how could they sit there and allow this to happen? we had many people trapped. still other americans are there. no one buys that they want to stay in afghanistan in a war zone. that's ludicrous. anthony blinken, our secretary of state, should resign in disgrace, and he should take wendy sherman with him, and where is our senators? why are they not demanding that we have hearings immediately? this is suc

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sullivan equivocate. correct, or somehow play what joe biden just said into reality but contradicting reality itself. this is a wild situation with president joe biden saying things that either were patently false yesterday or that he doesn't understand. pete: that's right on the level of being able to get in the gates. not just antidotal the mountain of evidence of people contacted and working to try to get american citizens and afghan allies through those gates and can't do it. you can't get in. so there are some that are getting in. and that's great. you also have the contradiction with other nations. that have been able to do it. that have been willing to send their troops out and be more aggressive to get their citizens. rachel: why is that happening, pete? it's embarrassing, right? you see the british and the french doing this. why wouldn't -- i mean, even just for political reasons, forget the compassion at that time president should have for the person people trapped behind taliban lines. why wouldn't joe biden do anything he could to get americans out if only to save his own political you kn

joe biden placing blame on his predecessor. former un ambassador haley will join us. first time haley reacted to the fall of afghanistan and we await a live press briefing at the white house. jake sullivan jen psaki, first briefing of that kind since the takeover of kabul. join us on "america reports" top of the hour. >> kayleigh: one of the current leaders of the taliban used to be a prisoner in gitmo, one of the taliban 5 the obama administration freed from gitmo in 2014 in a prisoner exchange for bowe bergdahl. part of the delegation that negotiated u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan with president biden's envoy. kt, your thoughts? >> k.t.: you know, the obama administration and their attempts to appease adversaries in that part of the world led, i think, directly to the problems we have today. the passivity will lead to bigger problems down the road. >> kayleigh: passivity of the biden administration, i like how she puts that. obama and biden, look at both. under obama/biden, go from guantanamo bay to negotiator sitting across from the united states delegation. you can quote guantanamo bay entirely, and obama/biden america iran gets cash, some to go to fund state terrorism as leading

security adviser jake sullivan couldn't have been more clear how acute that risk is right now to american military personnel. no doubt about that, jake. but i do think we are likely to hear joe biden yet again wrap this all in that broader strategic decision about bringing an end to a 20-year war, understanding that there is a lot of support from the american people. what we've seen the american people question in recent days is the how this is being done. and now with this near-definitive deadline, maybe there's going to be some contingency wiggle room there. but with this deadline approaching one week from now, i think even with this great military effort that we have seen that perhaps only the u.s. military is capable of doing and this ramping up that you're still a week away, and that question then of how we get from here to there in a week i think continues to linger for this president and this white house. >> yeah, and then of course there are all those american citizens and green card holders and afghan special immigrant visa applicants who are stuck in their homes in kabul or around afghanistan trying to figure out how to get out of the country. everyone stick around

sullivan. he is extraordinarily bright and because of that he advanced at record speed as a secretary of state and later to vice president joeen. while he knows all the theories academic arguments and for policy his overseas experience is less robust. it can lead to the disconnect between ideas and implementation. yes, biden wanted out. it was on sullivan to figure out how to achieve that goal while ensuring we avoid pitfalls and problems and that is not what happened. unfortunately, it seems that sullivan allowed the president's push for an end to involvement to drive the american timeline. that was a catastrophic error. we failed to get the people out of harm's way. the afghan government and military were not ready either. president biden needs to fire his national security advisor and several other senior leaders who oversaw the botched execution of withdrawal from afghanistan. he has to restructure how and with whom he is making major foreign policy decisions. that was today in usa today. sue, east brunswick, new jersey and by the way, jake sullivan is expected to be at the press briefing today at 1:30 p.m. eastern along

joe, it turns out there are consequence tuesday the big lie for some people. >> yes, there are. let's bring in right now long time journalist and writer andrew sullivannd al sharpton and also senator claire mccaskill. andrew, i'm so excited to have you on here because i've been saying for the past several years you're the most important writer in america certainly to explain the trump era. and i always got the same response back from those who knew and love you. that's awesome but he doesn't wake up early so appreciate you waking up early. i just want to read the conclusion. i can read the whole thing but david french's review of your book was so beautiful. i just want to read the last paragraph. he said the snapshots of recent history, read it to better understand the many journeys of one of america's most important public intellectuals but most of all read this book to see what it looks like when a thoughtful man tries his best to tell the truth and let the chips fall where they may. and as he says, andrew, and it's the highest compliment i think any of us could pay anyone in this business because you are on no one's side. first of all, how much di

joe biden could do, clearly, he didn't. neil: all right, ari, i hate to cut you short i want to go to jake sullivan talking to the press we're an vice president harris have spoken to officials right now on this ongoing evacuation. he didn't delineate exactly which officials but we are engaging with diplomats in other nations as well as the united nations and we're in contact with taliban on a safe passage for our citizens let's go to mr. sullivan and get an idea where things stand right now. >> these are reasonable questions. we did dramatically accelerate the sib process and move out a sub tan shall number of applicants and their families, but the afghan government and its supporters, including many of the people now seeking to leave, made a passionate case that we should not conduct a mass evacuation unless we trigger a loss of confidence in the government. now, our signaling support for government obviously did not save the government but this was a considered judgment. when you conclude 20 years of military action in a civil war in another country, with the impacts of 20 years of decisions that have piled up, you have to

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 taken over the country. so here is vice president kamala harris this morning while in singapore about all of this. listen. >> there is no question there will be activity, roll up analysis of what has happened but right now there is no question that our focus has to be on evacuating american citizens, afghans who worked with us and vulnerable afghans. reporter: so they don't want to talk about how this happened, just later. that evacuation moving 37,000 people since august 14th. about 10,400 in the past 24 hours. of the biden administration as you said talked about leaving troops in kabul past the august 31st deadline out to get everyone out who is u.s. citizen and anyone that helped u.s. taliban flexing muscle there would be consequences if that happens. the critics say the chaos shows weakness in presiden