in terms of what i have said about john mccain [indiscernible] sec. lieberman: thanks, henry. i preach your treatment to john, which i know comes from your heart and i thank you for it. we are at a point again and you bring a lot of history to it. we are effectively managing our relationship with china. it is they could tickle element of our foreign policy. one of the more challenging aspects of it goes to the heart of the theme for the sedona conference, which is defending democracy. just last month, tighe terry of stay blinken met with the -- secretary of state blinken met with china in anchorage. the differences came right to the surface. blinken said china was threatening the rules-based order that maintains global stability and yang said the u.s. had to stop advancing its own democracy on the rest of the world. on capitol hill and in this administration, the biden administration, there is a lot of concern about cheney's treatment of the uighurs -- about chinese treatment of the uighurs and yet we all know there is a desire to figure out how to manage our relationship with

to fill the remaining years of senator john mccain's six term. each day since then, i have gone to work for the people of arizona striving to fulfill that responsibility. undeterred by the challenges we have in front of us. that is what arizonans have done over the last year and a half. protecting their families from this virus, keeping themselves and their businesses afloat, looking out for their neighbors. arizonans have a face down this virus in the economic fallout that came with it with determination. i came here to have their backs. and, to work towards a brighter future for our growing state. we cannot just rebuild our economy the way it was before. we have to reinvent it. we have to create the jobs of the future, good paying jobs you can raise a family on. it is a long to do list, i am used to those. a checklist for flying the space shuttle stands about 6 feet tall. the senate, though, is not nasa. but, the move is fast. it is up to the navy where bone together for a common goal, but, my wife gabby, taught me a thing or two about how to l

and to fill the remaining years of senator john mccain's sixth term. each day since then i've gone to work for the people of arizona striving to fulfill that responsibility. undeterred by the challenges we have in front of us because that's what arizonians have done over the last year and a half, protecting their families from this virus, keeping themselves and their businesses afloat, looking out for their neighbors. arizonians have faced down this virus and the economic fallout that came with it with determination. and i came here to have their backs and to work towards a brighter future for our growing state because we can't just rebuild our economy the way it was before, we have to reinvent it and create the jobs of the future, good paying jobs that you can actually raise a family on. it's a long to-do list but, hey, i'm used to those. the checklist for flying the space shuttle stands about six feet tall. the senate, though, is not nasa and doesn't move as fast. and it's not the united states navy either where everyone works together towards a comm

marc, i want to start with this fuller sound bite from former senate -- late senator john mccain.his. >> blinken is not only unqualified but in my view one of the worst selections that -- of a very bad lot that this president has chosen. mr. blinken said we've been very clear, the war will be concluded by the end of 2014. we have a timetable and that timetable will not change. >> martha: marc, you know, i think most of the country is still getting to know anthony blinken as secretary of state but he does have a long history. he worked in the state department under the obama administration as well. we see a lot of the same themes playing out. iraq then, afghanistan now. >> yeah, 100%. what john mccain was saying in that speech opposing blinken's nomination to be deputy secretary of state was that one, he was one of the authors of the disastrous withdrawal from iraq, which he would not acknowledge and if you watch that whole speech and i commend it to you, he quotes saying denying there was a disaster in iraq. john mccain said that he was unqualified because he had terrible judgment

was for an afghan surge and john mccain was viewed as the hawk there.ent trump's promise was to get out of afghanistan and in a lot of ways, the republican party, the whole country was. and i'm going to answer your question in a second, but i want to bring it back to what we're watching today because you can't watch and not be heartbroken, but you can't watch and not think of what four presidents have put, not the whole country, but really the military and the afghan people through. so i think to look back through all four of those presidencies and the different decisions and deliberations and how few debates we really had as an american people, as a country, how little we thought of these people who now, as you've been reporting all evening running for their lives, is really part of the tragedy unfolding. >> the cliffs notes version would be you're not going to come in here and change anything. there's plenty of object lessons throughout history as some of our prior guests were talking about. what did folks believe in that moment about why that history

there's a sound bite from john mccain sounding the alarm on blinken and some of the judgment calls.k after. >> mr. tony blinken, who is not only unqualified, but, in fact, in my view, one of the worst selections that, of a very bad lot that this president has chosen. this individual has actually been dangerous to america and to the young men and women who are fighting and serving him ott only is there -- not only is mr. blinken not qualified, but he is, i believe, a net to the traditional interests and values -- a threat, to the values that embody the united states of america. jackie: today he stood silent. it's in the like we didn't have warning about a lot of things. your reaction. john, can you hear me? [no audio] okay, looks like we're having technical difficulty with john's audio. hopefully, we'll get back to him. >>> meantime, a propaganda boost for beijing has china expanding its military reach, and we've got steve forbes to weigh in on that. ♪ ♪ at usaa, we've been called too exclusive. because we were created for officers. but as we've evolved with the military, we've grown

when he was lashing out into the late john mccain, a hero in his state, he brought his when in arizona saying he didn't lose because he criticized mccain and began talking about what an awful person he was, how he was a flip-flop or that nobody could rely on many people who agreed and rightfully so was one of the president's best lieutenants. most loyal, most in the weeds of getting donald trump reelected. he was ecstatic to describe to us that bill barr failed him in the end and got worried about media criticism and failed by not doing what he needed to do to investigate and prosecute the allegations of fraud that trump said existed and called nonsense. he finally gets to tell his version of the reality. even if it doesn't stack up with the truth, he gets to say it. >> a lot of the coverage in your book that you've gotten with glowing reviews and you've made news everywhere with this which also is an estimate to how much is there, the idea that a presidency that was reported on so exhaustively for four years and especially in the past year, you were able to get jaw dropping new inform

i chose to follow the example of the late senator john mccain who refused to demonize the opposition party and worked to reach bipartisan agreements that tried to bring the country together. >> again, you can hear those comments and more. you will probably hear a lot more leading up to the vote today. nancy pelosi has said she will not take up the infrastructure built or a separate proposal to expand the social safety net until they agree to pass both of them. congress for years failed to agree on a comprehensive infrastructure plan. both parties say it will boost the economy and create jobs. the reconciliation bill, we showed you some of the highlights of it. it establishes universal pre-k for three-year-olds and four-year-olds. it increases tax credit, it would also make community college free for two years. it would ridge or just reduce prescription drug costs, it would generate 80% of power from clean sources by 2030 and provide green cards the millions of immigrants. that is just an overview. those were the pages that were released as far as the bill was concerned and you can re

as a move by trump republicans, i'm a republican she didn't call me a mitt romney republican or john mccainer he or she is a 22 to four although for that person. this shows you how desperate they are, we have four seasons winter, fall, spring, summer and fire he lies and governor newsom of how many trees he cleared away in dead vegetation, even the l.a. times in any newspaper said that he actually lied about how much he cleared, i don't know what he's doing but all his sons enjoyed in person private education will shutting down public school education for everybody else. 75% of black boys in california could not read proficiency and nearly 50% cannot and he abided by the teachers union and shut schools down for an entire year after the cdc said we resume in person schooling which are in precautions, the number one funder of gavin newsom they enjoy a whole year of being paid while doing virtual education and he appeared almost on the brink of giving him another year of a paid vacation essentially because again totally beholden to the teachers union one of the things they will be pushing if i

and this goes back to the late senator john mccain who led the 5 war style sanctions to sanction authoritarian leaders for human rights violations. so it's been proven, i think now by the actions of the region, the sanctions are having the desired effect. what that suggested united states and european union is that the sanction should not just be continued. they should be strengthened because they are working. mr. next good to get your thoughts. thank you so much, steven. talking to us out of the states to haiti. heavy rain has complicated the search and rescue missions after saturdays, earthquake officials of won the damaged buildings could collapse. nearly 2000 people were killed and thousands more have been left homeless. florida del pinto is with the international federation of red crossman crescent societies. he says people in haiti are in dire need of assistance. the main priority is definitely to bring this report that the nation, the people need, they are. so obviously it's health care. this is one of the main priority, but also the need to ensure that we provide safe shelters. they fo

guest: in fairness to your viewers, what lindsey graham said -- he used to work with john mccain. he was part of the gang of 8 to try to pass it on a nonpartisan basis. republicans will try to make this painful for democrats but they cannot stop it. they will try to say immigrants are criminals, spread disease, are invading us, all of the right wing tropes that have been trotted out for centuries. they are speaking to a minority. the majority of americans have discussed this and come to a consensus. every public opinion research poll of any quality finds the same thing -- about 3/4 of the american people support putting people here who are working hard and taking care of their families. put them in a process where they have to pass background checks to become a permanent resident of this country and eventually a citizen if they apply. about 25% of the country is against it. the republicans are speaking to that trumpian base, saying immigrants are a threat. maybe it is good for fundraising, maybe it is good for fending off primary opponents, but it is not good for the country. thes

thank them all for coming and then he did give michelle obama payment because that started during john mccain's funeral to have this inside thing, it was very sweet. >> both of them were breaking up at the opening of the african-american museum, i think there were sitting next to each other. >> they were misbehaving, i think they were. they have a great friendship which is wonderful. >> that is nice. if you've got a question, type it into the chat and at the end of our program i will be happy to ask the questions. one more thing. we've got this big locomotive union pacific, the one given to us by union pacific we did about ten or 15 years ago and briefly tell the story, president bush that would be a grand idea after the funeral in houston that everyone could write up on the train and have a sandwich so talk about how you explained to him, maybe he wouldn't be having a sandwich. >> across, i am embarrassed i said this but it was a funny moment. president bush, who planned the funeral off and on over the years and every once in a while we would get out the folder and particularly after president

thanked them foror coming and then he dd give michelle obama a man to because that started during john mccain'seral they sort of had this inside thing that was very sweet. >> both of them were breaking up at the opening of the african-american museum they were sitting next to each other just giggling. >> they were misbehaving. ethey had a great friendship which is wonderful. >> yeah, it is nice. if you've got a question you can type it into the chat at the end of the program. i will be happy to ask questions. one more thing. so, we've got this 41 locomotive union pacific that was given to us about ten or 15 years ago and just briefly tell the story president bush thought it would be a grand idea after the funeral in houston everyone could ride up on the train and have a sandwich. so talk a little bit about how you had to explain to him maybe he wouldn't be having a sandwich. >> i'm sort of embarrassed i put this in the book. president bush we would plan the funeral off and on over the years. every once in a while we would get w out the folder and after president ford and president reagan died,

that started during john mccain's funeral. >> oath of them were cracking up. they think they were sitting next to each other. >> they are misbehaving. they have a great friendship which is wonderful. >> it is nice. if you've got a question you can type it into the chat and at the end of our program there is time for questions and i'll be happy to ask jane questions. one more thing, we have got this big 41 locomotive union pacific that was given to us by union pacific 10 or 15 years ago. just briefly tell the story, president bush thought it would be a grand idea that after the funeral of houston that everyone could write up on the train. talk about how you had to explain to him that maybe he wouldn't be having a sandwich. >> it was a funny moment. we would plan the funeral off and on over the years and every once in a while we get out the folder in particular after president ford died in after president reagan died we made changes to the funeral plans. he said to me i would like to take a train from houston and have a church service in houston and the burial a

bush and john mccain, and he's executive producer of "the circus". gentleman, good evening. the stories are really just unbelievable coming out of afghanistan. john, the president is back at the white house tonight while his administration tries to contain the fallout over the chaos and the fall of kabul. he is going to do an interview with abc news tomorrow and he's sure to be press on what went so wrong. what do you think we'll hear? >> well, i would expect that george stephanopoulos will press him on why it was that the united states was caught so unaware by the rapid collapse of the afghan government and security forces. president biden has said in his speech yesterday it was faster than we anticipated, but we don't really know why it wasn't anticipated. was it intelligence? was the intelligence disregarded? the other question would be, why didn't you do more with the time that you had to get tens of thousands of not only american personnel, but you the afghan personnel who helped the united states out of the country? having said that, the difference between success and f

to the point about foreign policy, barack obama beat john mccain, one of the most highly decorated patriotscountry, it's also the anniversary -- >> dana: the issue then was economy. >> jessica: we had an election, we had the bush years where we got into these wars and barack obama did have foreign policy running against a veteran and pulled that off so i don't think it's -- >> jesse: barack obama was long on wrong on the surge and when joe pulled out of iraq, we got isis. >> dana: the democrats are going to run on $3.5 trillion. >> greg: free cover free, free. do not sleep on the media creating the narrative, voting for republican is voting for systemic racism. you've got to remember, these are the three things from 2020 that the media performed, they buried the laptop story to sway an election, that works because the polls show that if they do about that they would've voted differently, they bragged about their secret cabal after the election, the massive piece i talked about these institutions working together and if you question any election discrepancy unless it's a democrat loss you ar

john mccain's widow was there to hear her husband 's successor invoke his legacy. >> it's what inspires in this senate seat. it's his example of bipartisanship that continues to demand more of us. >> new reporting this hour shows an inside the justice department effort to carry out former president trump's election gambit. jeffrey circulated a draft letter. new e-mails show the then acting attorney general jeffrey rosen just flat out refused to sign off on that request. appreciate your time today. ana cabrera picks up our coverage right now. ♪ >>> hello and thanks for being with me. how soon until a covid-19 vaccine gets full approval, not just emergency use authorization but full approval? we've been asking that question for weeks and today we have more of an idea. according to the "new york times" the fda is aiming to fully approve pfizer's covid-19 vaccine by early next month. dr. fauci says he's hopeful it could be even sooner. here's why this could be a game changer. data shows full approval would likely mean more shots in arms and more vaccine mandates. bottom line, more lives sav

. >> you play the south bynd byte john mccain and barack obama. it got us in deeper. i got to run. i got a lot of news. good to have you back. i love you. happy birthday, see you later. >> i love you d. lemon. >> this is "don lemon tonight" and you know what? there is no way to put it. the words are harsh and should be. words like chaos, debacle, disaster, even comparisons to the fall of saigon for those of you old enough to remember that. that is the only way to describe what we are seeing right now in afghanistan and what we have seen. gut wrenching. that's the word that president joe biden used today, get wrenching scenes attica beau -- at kabul's airport, planes going anywhere trying to escape the taliban. look at the pictures. it's undeniable. it's an awful spectacle this fall of kabul and the political firestorm at home as the president defends his decision to end america's longest war. >> i stand squarely behind my decision after 20 years, i've learned the hard way that there was never a good time to withdrawal u.s. forces. that's why we're still there. we were clear eyed ab

of our friends, donna edwards a washington post columnist, and mark mckinnon, former adviser to john mccain also a host of the circus on showtime. thank you for coming on. donna, we talk to you a few days ago, talked about your four trips to afghanistan as a member of congress. we talked about the fact that you are critical of the start of the evacuation. but you agreed, the pace had smoothed out and quickened. what must happen next? >> well i think that the president is right. he needs to -- the military courts need to continue to be on a quick apace as they can to get our forces out, our afghan allies, out ngo leaders. i think that is the most important thing at this point. and frankly, in my view, the attack today underscored why it is that we need to be out of afghanistan. and also why it is that that needs to be done expeditiously by august 31st. and just such a tragic, a tragic loss of life today. >> mark, funny thing about some of the republicans. a congressman from upstate new york said the president had blood on his hands. josh hawley saying he wants the president to resign. we are

john mccain, obviously, isn't with us.the same dictators he fought against. but i wonder what you make of it that there is just not a peep from the mitch mcconnells or the rob portmans. there's no one rebuking tucker carlson for wrapping both arms and both legs around victor orban this week. >> you don't even expect it anymore. at least a few years ago you'd have a few outliers, a few people shaking their fists and you'd have people asking the questions and at the very least you'd have a lot of republicans running in the other direction, not wanting to offend donald trump for his latest tweet or whatever. what's very interesting when you look at hungary is hungary is an exaggerated version of to some degree what donald trump would love to see in america as far as the media control. i read a statistic earlier that said that 90% of the media outlets are somehow in the control of president orban. you know, obviously fox news is one cable news outlet, it's a very powerful one, but it's also spread to things like newsmax and on

bush and john mccain. it is nominated for an emmy. also, alexie mckinnon, an msnbc contributor. is here, "new york times", washington correspondent. it is nice to see all three of you. thank you for being here on the first friday of august. mark mckinnon, i want to start with you. you and i have a history of working for republicans who had critics really on both sides of the ideological spectrum, especially george w. bush, but who lived and breathed their faith in democracy like their own faith. they were both men of strong religious faith, but they -- their whole thing was about our democracy and they managed to bring along a lot of republicans at the time. i find it unbearable to watch the likes of mitch mcconnell and rob portman and roy blunt and all of those guys, they're largely guys who were there, look the other way as republicans try to damage and roll back the central tenet of our democracy. >> well, hello, friend. yeah, you know, it is one thing for satan to do what he does. we've come to expect that. but who i really hold responsible over satean are enablers. boy, do

bush and john mccain he's the cohost of the circus, on showtime.ing and welcome to you both. congresswoman, i'd like to begin with you. i think your total has me beat, if memory serves you made for trips as part of congressional delegation to afghanistan, i believe you've had kind words to say about the president's speech that we started the week with. we hear about him tomorrow, what have you made of his defense of the mission and his tactics and those people around him in the days sense? >> well, i do think that we've known for more than a decade that it was past time to get out of afghanistan. the question was always going to be, how? i agree with the president that this was never going to be an easy task, but i do think, i share in some of the criticism about the way in which things have unfolded. i agree that it was going to be messy all along. despite concerns about the plight of afghan women, i share those concerns deeply, what kind of government the taliban is going to bring, but in large part, we're left with one has to be a diplomatic and

the only republicans he speaks well over john mccain and abraham lincoln. there's one republican he singles on focuses on surprise everyone to read the book. this person was the one who unleashed the dark spirits in the conservative movement. these are racist spirits. everything in the future of racism who is that one person? sarah palin, right? sarah palin shows up throughout the book maybe ten or 20 times. every time he talks about something negative there is sarah palin. and sarah palin unleashes the tea party movement which is no racist movement. and that tea party movement who on leashes donald trump who is uber racist. it would not of been nuts if al sharpton this is the guy does only one in the united states of america and now we are on double track. the united states is filled with people like obama and racist. and if oppose obama you are racist. those of us who are critics have had to live with this since obama entered the scene in 2004 by the national scene. in the book their silver opportunities for obama to talk about. the incident he goes in gr

john mccain came out except for a very few and two years the north vietnamese kept their word.ese swept in weeks down through saigon. and the few americans left clutched our flag to his breast and the last helicopter took off. we didn't have this chaos then because the north vietnamese kept their word. i don't think the taliban will keep their word. i don't think the general trust them, and i don't think americans who have been over there and know them far better than i do are going to truts them. and it's unfortunate, but right now the thing is get out. >> i want you to respond, general. let me ask you this question as you're responding to that. based on the few, you know, americans left, it seems to be the case some of those people are not directly near the airport. the pentagon confirmed there are performing extraction operations by helicopters to get people there. how difficult is it to organize and pull off these kind of missions? >> i won't comment on whether or not we're doing that, don. i'm smart enough not to do that, but i will tell you that the special operating forc

bush and john mccain. he is among co-hosts of the circus.tal has me beat, if memory serves, you made four trips as part of congressional delegations to afghanistan. i believe you had kind words to say about the president's speech we started the week with. we hear from him again tomorrow. what have you made of his defense of the mission and his tactics and those people around him in the days since? >> well, i do think that, we've known for more than a decade that it was past time to get out of afghanistan. the question was always going to be how. i agree with the president this was never going to be an easy task but i share in some of the criticism about the way that things have unfolded. i agree it was going to be messy all along. despite concerned about the plight of afghan women. i share those concerns deeply about what kind of governments the taliban is going to bring. but in large part, we're left with the, what has to be a diplomatic and a humanitarian mission. bundle a military mission. we haven't had a serious military mission there i

thanked them all for coming, and he did give michelle obama a mint because that started during john mccain's funeral. they sort of have this inside thing. and it's very sweet. >> well, and they were breaking, both of them were breaking with up at the opening of the african-american museum in d.c. i think they were sitting next to each other just giggling -- >> they were misbehaving. they have a great friendship, which is wonderful. >> yeah, it is nice. so it's, if you've got a question, you can type it into the chat, and then at the end of our program there's a period for questions. i'll be happy to ask jean one of your questions. i do, so one more thing. so we've got this big 41-41 locomotive thanks to union pacific that was given to us by union pacific for an exing hint we did about 10 or 15 years ago. and just briefly tell the story. president bush just thought it would be a grand idea that after the funeral in houston that everyone could ride up on the train and have a samich, as we say in the south. [laughter] talk to us about how you had to explain to him that he wouldn't be having a s

festered at john mccain's funeral. >> they were both breaking up at the opening of the afghan americaneum in d.c. i think they were sitting next to each other giggling. >> they were misbehaving, think the war. they have a great friendship which is wonderful. >> it is nice. so if you've got a question you can type it into the chat and then at the end of our program there is a type of questions i'll be happy to ask jean one or two questions. one more thing. we've got this big 4141 locomotive thanks to union pacific that was given to us by union pacific, we did about ten or 15 years ago, and just briefly tell the story, president bush thought it would be a grand idea that after the funeral in houston that anyone could write up on the train and have a sandwich, as they say in the south. talk a little bit about how you tried to explain to him maybe he wouldn't be having a sandwich. >> well, gosh, i'm sort of embarrassed i put this in the book but it was a funny moment. we would plan his funeral often on over the years and every once in a while we would get out the folder and particularly af

bush and john mccain. hi to both of you. don, let's start with you.t are keeping the pressure on through the so-called summer of action. we continue to see arrests being made, demonstrations, members of congress facing arrests, arrests on capitol hill. there is something out there that feels like it hasn't felt since the late 1960s in terms of pressure as it relates to voting rights. there was even an ad using the words of martin luther king to put pressure on joe biden to do something about this. let's play this ad and get your take on it, on the other side. >> senators who will use the filibuster to keep the majority of people from even voting and certainly they wouldn't want the majority of people to vote because they know they do not represent the majority of the american people. >> president biden, please tell the senate to reform the filibuster. everything is at stake. >> don, your thoughts on the movement right now and the effect it's having? >> i think that you said the perfect word. it's a movement, not a moment. when the texas democrats came

. >> you play the sound byte of that with john mccain and barack obama when they were running against each other. and now, we see what happened. it got us in deeper, as you said. i got to run. i got a lot of news, as you know. good to have you back. i love you. happy birthday. i will see you later. >> i love you, d lemon. >> this is "don lemon tonight." and you know what? there's no way to put it. sugarcoat it. the words are harsh and they should be. they should be harsh. words like chaos, debacle, disaster, even comparisons to the fall of saigon, for those of you who are old enough to remember that. that is the only way to describe what we are seeing, right now, in afghanistan. and what we have seen. gut wrenching. that's the word that president joe biden used, today. gut wrenching. scenes at kabul's airports, as crowds of people risked their lives trying to climb onto planes, and planes going anywhere, trying to escape the taliban. look at the pictures. it's undeniable. it's an awful spectacle, this fall of kabul. and the political firestorm at home as the president defends his deci

bush and john mccain and the executive producer of "the circus." good evening, gents. dr. reiner, um, you just heard the -- those educators facing threats and pushback from their governors. for trying to keep students safe. there were parents there, pleading with him to -- with this -- with this delta variant, they are angry and they are rightfully so at the so-called leaders playing games, really, with their children's lives. >> right. so, this variant is infecting kids, at a -- at a very rapid rate, now. about 220 children are being admitted to children's hospitals, every day, in the -- in the united states. and in parts of the country, it's hard to find a room in an intensive-care unit in a children's hospital because of the coronavirus. so, the threat is real. over 4,000 kids in this country have had the multisystem inflammatory syndrome. a serious disease with unknown, long-term consequences. so, the -- the consequences are real. and now, it's, also, important to understand that all of our kids under the age of 12 are vulnerable to be infected. we have vaccinated almo

even john mccain was worried about him back in 2014. >> this individual has actually been dangerous tomerica and to the young men and women who are fighting and serving it. >> jesse: putting americans at risk and ignoring intelligence has defined the crisis in afghanistan. the question is: is it enough to impeach a president? democrats certainly thought so back when trump was in the white house. >> we must say enough, enough. he has betrayed our national security and he will do so again. >> the president was -- believed he could act with impunity. he believed he could disregard all of the warning signs. >> president trump was impeached for one reason: because he deserved it. it's a as a matterof fact that s ongoing threat to our national security. it is tragic that the president's reckless actions make impeachment necessary. he gave us no choice. >> jesse: dan bongino joins me now as everybody knows host of unfiltered saturday nights at 10:00. all right. let's just use dan the democrats' words against them what they said about trump. betrayed our national security. biden armed the terr

though late senator john mccain warned he was dangerous to america during his nomination as deputy secretary in 2014. >> tony blinken who is not only unqualified but, in fact, in my view, one of the worst selections that of a very bad lot. >> the state department says it has processed an additional 6,000 evacuees that prepare to leaf afghanistan. it will be about 20 flights out of kabul tonight. as for when we are going to see secretary of state antony blinken who has not and or taken questions in the briefing room since this started, the state department says we expect to see him soon. bret? >> bret: rich edson at the state department. rich, thank you. concerns are growing tonight over the taliban's new arsenal of weapons and equipment left behind by fleeing afghan forces. all that provided why the u.s. tonight, new details on the size of the taliban's big haul. national security correspondent jennifer griffin has more tonight from the pentagon. good evening, jen. >> jenna: good evening, bret. billions of dollars of u.s. military hardware now in the hands of the taliban. that's not the only

bush and john mccain. also among the co-hosts of the circus on show time.n. dona, we talked to you a few days ago, talked about your four trips to afghanistan as a member of congress. we talked about the fact you were critical at the start of the evacuation but you agreed the pace had smoothened out and quickened. what must happen next? >> well, i think that the president is right. he needs to -- he and the military of course need to continue on as quick a pace as they can to get americans out, our allies, our partners, our afghan friends and leaders. i think that is the most important thing at this point. and frankly in my view the attack today underscored why it is why we need to be out of afghanistan and also why it is that needs to be done expeditiously by august 31st. and, you know, just such a tragic, tragic loss of life today. >> mark, funny thing about some of the republicans. it was stefanik of up state new york said the president had blood on his hands. mr. holly calling on the president's resignation. we were reminded today tweeted back on april

i started seeing tweets about hillary clinton and john mccain wearing orthopedic walking boots will to hide ankle bracelets that they were wearing, your try not to laugh. they had been arrested in a purge called the storm. i thought this was amazing. i needed to know everything there was about this right away. for complement i really didn't take it seriously. i thought it was just another internet group of the month. but then i realize it had a lot of similarities to these scams that are right about in the book, these affinity frauds, things like the iraqi scan. these very long running frauds that involved an all-knowing guru dispensing secret intel about a great world changing events. in the case of things like nassar, it's a financial, you'll get a small amount of money to the guru. the guru will turn into millions of dollars. qanon was selling not well but the good feelings you would have when you watched hillary clinton and george soros be hanged at guantÁnamo bay for their crimes. i got very troubled by this because a violent fantasy like this really could have infinite possibilit

back in '08 you might remember john mccain said he would stay in iraq for 100 years.he his campaign. so i this? is a bunch of hot air. if they win back the house and senate and really start impeachment proceedings, i think they will pay a political price for that. that's something of significance i think lindsey graham said. we have seen this movie before. and they are speaking to a third of the country that basically believes anything they will say and wants to live in a fantasy world. >> courage on cable. that should be the title of lindsey graham's autobiography. putting rooms to one side for a moment, let's talk democrats. ryan cooper writes that it will be democrats that, not one, not two, not three, but four different democrat congressional committees have announced they will open investigations. a lot of these senate and house democrats were quiet when the pentagon papers out in 2019 showing how disastrous the war was. why is this a joe biden problem? >> yeah, well, listen, i think when the dust settles they will deal with it responsibly. democrats believe in g

bush and john mccain. he is among the co-hosts of "the circus" on showtime.like to begin with you. is it a sustainable brand, what fred wellman of the lincoln project calls this ghoulishness. no mask, no problem. science be damned, as long as these republican governors don't piss off the maga base. >> well, it's a huge dice roll that's playing with human lives, brian. the reality here is that the measures that we're being asked to take now, which is wearing masks and mandating vaccines in some cases are precisely because of republican and for maga efforts, donald trump supporters' efforts to defy those. the reason we have a surge in the delta variant is because people didn't get vaccines, or they wouldn't wear masks. so the kinds of things that the health officials are asking us to do is simply basic safety measures. and the irony is that republican governors like texas and florida are doing exactly the opposite of republican orthodoxy generally asks for is to let local jurisdictions handle their own business. that's republican -- that's the way republicans n

. >> well, earlier this morning, vice president kamala harris paid tribute to the late senator john mccain his death. she visited the monument in vietnam where his plane was shot down in 1967 mccain died 3 years ago after a long bout with brain cancer. harris served in the senate alongside became for roughly 2 years before his death. this is harris's final leg of her asia trip. >> it's 6.27. and coming up next on the kron 4 morning news with 3 weeks to go down before the recall election. we go one on one with caitlin jenner will tell you what she has to say after the break. california, did you know our homes share power? but when we try to stay cool in a heat wave our supply is pushed to the limit. but you have the power to keep us up and running! “i do?” yup, we all do! with flex alerts. they notify us when to shift our energy use if our power supply is stretched. so from pre-cooling our homes, to using less energy from 4-9pm, together, let's flex our power to save our power. sign up for flex alerts today. >> 6.30 is the time right now. take a look at walnut creek traffic. pretty light sn

remember the late senator john mccain warned that secretary of state anthony if blinken was the wrong to be involved here because blinken wrongfully focused on a date-driven withdrawal versus a conditions-based withdrawal. it seems like we've surrendered a lot of leverage here. what do you say? >> we not only surrendered, but we did it in a way that was particularly reprehensible. we pulled our troops out and then asked the turks to leave 1,000 troops in which they decided not to do and began pulling their people out. but they, you know, they basically said why would we be the last ones out especially under the conditions that we, they didn't have the air support. so the plan was at best embarrassing, and at worst it was deliberately designed to lead to this outcome. probably not at the speed it happened, but it certainly happened at a speed that shows that the plan was doomed from the first day. but it didn't have to be. if bagram were open and there were even a few hundred troops there to guard it and the air assets, we would not be dealing with the disaster we're dealing with. just