i cannot thank you enough again on behalf of the memory of john mccain and specifically cindy mccain. thanks for all you brought to this discussion today. i pray god will bless you and your family with only good things for a glatt more -- for let more years to come. be well. see you soon. >> c-span's washington journal. every day, we are taking your calls live on the air on the news of the day and discussing policy issues that impact you. coming up thursday morning, we will talk about student loan debt and potential changes to forgiveness and repayment programs with a student loan attorney and a forbes contributor. then we turn to immigration policy with america's voice executive director frank sherry and later, the center for innovation studies director. watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning and be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. >> sunday night on q&a, journalist elizabeth becker, author of you do not belong here, tells the story of female war -- female vietnam war correspondence at a t

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

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mccain for that kind introduction. >> thank you to cindy mccain and the mccain institute for having this great program and having a program in which we can learn more about taras book and tori, let me start off by asking you a little bit about yourbackground which led you to write this book . >> of course, i want to thank the audience. for joining us for this conversation. it's always great to share the book insights about iran and my fellow americans. you ask about my background and as you know i was born and raised in iran until i was about 15 or 16 i moved to the states to go to college and i was born an american citizen. my parents joined the us in the late 60s, early 70s before the revolution so in a way i was always an iranian and an american but i didn't realize this duality of my identity before moving to the states because i was constantly confronted with questions about where i came from. whether or not i grew up wearing a long black veil or why did i look like this , why did i not have an accent. and all these lies and stereotypes and essentially iranians . so when i went to j

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

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

meaghan mccain was not. concerned that people who style themselves as old time republicans and not trumpist republicans are still as resistant to confronting the truths that you're putting forward as the moderate republicans? they're not willing to even have that conversation with you. does that concern you that the people who most need to hear and in theory would be the most reasonably open to your argue mgsments will still not discuss it because of partisanship? >> it concerns me greatly. but i would also add quickly democrats are going to have a problem facing these truths as well, some of them. >> yeah. it's going to be tough going forward. but it's great to have you as a truth teller willing to speak out. this is the book. i'll hold it up again. everyone please get a copy of it. it is called "the reckoning." mary trump, thank you as always. >> thank you so much, joy. >> cheers. and still ahead, more states are running out of icu beds as the delta variant spreads like wildfire among the unvaccinated. mea

when i live element will lived in ireland was about to go and he will not be able at live the me mccain. little about what we might have a has dinner for for those. yeah. for the that is a hello e year. me how la my be sure. i had the vehicle live under year free. i will be able to get there any moves. and flattery shall i come in. when i dora of yard of lively badly lab, nana and i said, phases half is going to have a label bull. here comes out, let the 70 out of a sudden actually and as well. but the way there was another sash over lesson and that could be much buffalo dish the little yeah. and you and the at the end of last month go name. i let me up to the real mother to the bottom of the bus. therion him up to leah must sit and i must only you, said he slowly. allen's good alarm, mammy, aclu, aclu, nathan, the theatre much or in the lack of the by you will be melana, you know, you learn your ha ha case cornelia or me and say, and i mean most of them have been killed roughly but still have been her bill are able as hard as being la bob, much condemned for a bad number. i'm not miste

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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

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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

she visited the monument in vietnam where his plane was shot down in 1967 mccain died 3 years ago afterncer. 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 snaking through there the visibility looks pretty good. yeah. a little brighter out there. let's get an update on the forecast before you step

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

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

so many of these allies mccain you tons of from the support open night for whatever countries not of decor, inches of the us. finally, anglo merkel time is german chancellor is almost up. but if her chosen successor does thing keys inheriting rock solid public support, he might want to avoid the polls in the papers because for the 1st time in 15 years, the dominant coalition party is actually behind speech. oliver explains happy days for the social democrats in germany. they are the top of the opinion balls in the country for the 1st time. in 15 years they lead the christy and democratic union, christie and social union. the conservative union block by 23 points to 20 to the greens coming in in 3rd and the most recent polling. it doesn't make good reading for the christian democratic duty when it comes to the opinions or public opinions on who should be the next chancellor. either in not metric, also good reading for the social democrats all i've shown the candidate coming out on top with 30 percent in 2nd place. there is an all in a book on 15, while way back is and lashes to of the

assignment that i didn't ask for a python that can ride a bike or a rare formation coin or, or smart megan mccain. quote. anyway, i'm one of the professors said, we are taking part in a mass. trespass a coalition of free walkers fighting for our right to rome in england, in collaboration with the national right to rome campaign. the natural world outside our houses should be open for everyone. and yes, a time that might mean you have to walk around someone living in a tent or even better. we could give housing to every human being. oh, the horror. no, i don't, i don't want the plate. i don't want the plate. it doesn't break. i said i had a breakable plate. it's not that, not that hard. look, the only reason we think things like homelessness or outlying walking through our field makes any sense at all. because of the brain parasite, we have a parasite that has caused us to behave like i would say animals, but that would be a huge insult animals. i mean a lot of animals work quite well together. millions of vans can cooperate peacefully, but you get 10 americans together and the guy who likes the m

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

what influence your politics far away from the us, the us have held so many obvious allies. mccain knew tons of from the support open night for whatever countries not of the court interest of the us. the work of time is german, chancellor is almost up, but if i chose, mckesson thinks he's inheriting rock solid public support. he may want to avoid the polls in the papers because of the 1st time in 15 years. the don't want to coalition party is behind peter oliver explain. happy days for the social democrats in germany. they are top of the opinion balls in the country for the 1st time. in 15 years they lead the christy and democratic union christine social union. the conservative union block by 23 point to 20 to the greens coming in in 3rd. and the most recent polling it doesn't make good reading for the christian democratic judy when it comes to the opinions or public opinions on who should be the next chancellor. either in not metric. also good reading for the social democrats. all i've shown the candidate coming out on top with 30 percent in 2nd place. there is an all in a book on 15 w

he broke the olympic record as he won the mens 50 meter freestyle, m, a mccain is now australia's most successful employment. with 11 metals. she said to eliminate records that one in the 50 me to freestyle and another in the 4 by 100 meter metal relay to make it for golds intake with 3 bronze is 2. she's just the 2nd woman when it's 7 medals of any color at a single games. it was a special moment, not only for them to show flavor for his father to after the american one gold in the men's gulf. he beat back is re sabatini by shot and dedicated the victory to his dad. he was a german catholic, whose owner and pick on bishop were ended when he was left blind in one eye after a car accident. the wind also significant to show fly as his mother grew up in japan and his grandparents still lived with my dad and you know, this is my dad. aspire to have one of these. at some point in his life, he dedicated a big chunk of his life. for quite some time to obtain a metal and that was taken away from him and you know, my ties here with my grandparents living boy and my mom grew up here as well. the

a boy promising change with the pandemic and the environment, top of the agenda to mccain repair reports from berlin. the election season has come around again. soon. it will be time to replace angular medical and her government. and alina bell book believes she should be germany's 1st green chancellor at the launch of her party's campaign. on monday, she explained why voters should choose her posture by these or via gauges. this election is really about something. it's about l. future. the future doesn't just happen, the future gets made. and that's what we're running for. on september the 26 cats making done, but these are testing times for that book. just a few months ago, she and her party were riding high in the polls. now those numbers are down and she is being scrutinized as never before. she's been accused of committing plagiarism in parts of this book that she wrote earlier this year. she has admitted making mistakes. when compiling this work, kristian democrat counterpart unless it has also to admit and apologize for doing something similar in this book that he wrote more than

in the 50 me to free sell in another, in the 4 by 100 meter medley relay that makes it full goal mccain the game with 3 bronze medal to the 2nd woman to win 7 medals. many colors. again. fellow straightly in logan walton one the 1st of a b. m. x freestyle, gold medal. multi success could be down to him recreating the area. he skate. paul, can his own backyard having been unable to travel to care to practice because of the coven? 19 pandemic. martin rebuilt the course at his home on australia, gold coast. at the cost of $51000.00. germany's alexander farrah has taken the gold medal in the men's tennis event. he thrashed russian kellen catching off 636. 1 is the biggest title of his career. having never won a grand slam. there was gold for the usa in the men's gulf. sanders shall flee, beat slack, his rory sabatini by a stroke softly has quite the back story. his father was a german to kathleen whose only olympic ambitions were ended when he was blinded off to car accident sharply. also has japanese grandparents that was almost like home when you know, with my dad and you know, this is my

games early after she criticized her coaches. polish officials say she's afraid for his family to mccain, reports reports rather from erling. this is the latest part of christina tim on of sky, a journey from athlete to dissident. her dreams of winning olympic metals for belarus are long gone. now the price she wants is asylum in the e. u. by criticizing her team's decision to make her run an offense, she'd never contested before. she says she angered team officials beyond the store was done when they made it clear that upon my return home i would definitely face some form of punishment. and that if i were to refuse to return home and would run into 200 meter race, i would be fired and kicked out of the national team. there were also thinly disguised hints that more would await me from doing, but it was the fear of reprisals that forced her husband to flee to ukraine and with that child once the situation became clear. now the polish government has given him a humanitarian visa and made clear his wife and child also welcomed because many be other russians have taken the pastor, poland si

wait to see what real form of fruition this case will come to thank you very much for that update on mccain live press in berlin, rushes out opposition later alexis of l. me is facing new criminal charges, investigative, saying of all these anti corruption foundation, acted as a foreign agent and incited russian citizens to commit illegal acts. the organization was classified as an extremist group in june. pollings parliament is set to voice on legislation that critic say would damage maybe of freedoms. thousands of people have been protesting against the charges to the law. changes rather to the law which would strengthen a ban on non european media ownership. joining us from also is void check she bill ski, the editor in chief of the she grad inside, which is a political current affairs magazine. thank you for check for joining us. this vote appears to be specifically targeting this channel. what are the ramifications for it if it's past? well, there are 2 fault 1st. the folder is there is a challenge to the freedom with media and poland that has been declining over the last year. and wit

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

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

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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

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

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

. >> 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

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

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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