. >> bill: mike gallagher, thanks. >> dana: a reminder for those who have worn the uniform that help is available around the clock if you need it. call 1-800-273-8255 and then press 1. the veterans crisis line is also reachable if you text 838255. or you can chat online by visiting the site on the screen we're showing you there. please take a moment, write it down. if you didn't serve yourself but know someone who did, write it down and have it ready because these people might need help. of course just so you know, everything is kept confidential. >> bill: important message there. the biden administration dealt a serious blow setback on the border agenda after a ruling by the u.s. supreme court late last night. we'll tell you what that means. plus the future of the media under the taliban rule. and what about women? the head of the most popular news channel in afghanistan shares his fears in a moment next.

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alicia: let's bring in congressman mike gallagher.a member of the house armed services committee, also a u.s. marine corps veteran who served as an intelligence officer in the middle east. thank you so much for being here today. what are you looking for from the president today? >> well, i hope he tells the truth. thus far, every time the president addressed the nation he has not leveled with the american people. he's told multiple lies. he said they planned for every contingency. obviously they did not. he said our allies haven't complained about the lack of coordination. yes, they have. he said americans aren't having problems getting to the airport. of course they're having problems. most notably he said al-qaida is gone from the country. that is a lie. his intelligence and defense officials had to immediately correct him. al-qaida isn't just present in afghanistan. we have reports that the khanni network which has deep ties to al-qaida is effectively in charge of security around the airport. because of the incompetence of the surr

jacqui: congressman mike gallagher, really appreciate your time. very difficult two hours, that's all for us this hour. fox news live continues with eric shawn and arrest they'll neville. i'm -- arthel neville. i'm mike emanuel. jacqui: i'm jacqui heinrich. thank you so much for watching. ♪ arthel: this is a fox news alert and our continuing coverage of hurricane ida, one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the u.s. is now pummeling louisiana, after making landfall two hours ago, we are standing by for a live update by the way from president biden who is visiting fema headquarters in washington, also louisiana governor john bel edwards is also expected to give a briefing from baton rouge. you're looking at live pictures there in the french quarter where you can debris on the streets there on south peters. we are going to cover both of those events for you. meanwhile,

. >> dana: mike gallagher is standing by with reaction. trey yengst the latest on the situation at the airport and let's go to the white house with peter doocy reporting live. >> as the taliban tries to convince the world that they aren't going to discriminate against anyone while implementing sharia law in afghanistan, the white house is buying it. relying on them to steer clear of 15,000 americans in country that are trying to evacuate. >> the taliban have informed us they are prepared to provide the safe passage of civilians to the airport. and we intend to hold them to that commitment. >> earlier this summer the white house hosted the president of afghanistan and pledged support to him. now they are dealing directly with the taliban. >> really now at the mercy of how long the taliban is willing to grant safe passage to american citizens. this is a fiasco. it has grave, grave threats for our future if there is a massive hostage crisis and it really reveals joe biden's incompetence to the whole world. >> the afghan security forces cease

mike gallagher's bill was four simple things. one, a plan to bring americans home safely. not some, but every single american. what about the list of the weaponry that was left behind? that the taliban shouldn't be recognized? and a prohibition of any support or assistance of resources or money to the taliban. every member with me today has that simple question. the majority of every member behind me is a veteran. what is the plan to get americans out. never in my lifetime what i ever believe america would have an administration knowingly make a decision to lead americans behind. whereas just two weeks ago the president promised the nation that he would not leave until every single american was out. we are two weeks away from the 20th anniversary of 9/11. we now have americans in afghanistan, the taliban in charge. with a border that is oh. speaker pelosi, now is not the time to act or high like you couldn't cs on the floor. we are a co-week will branch. now is the time for leadership in congress and we else week. >> thank you, leader. ladies and gentlemen, we watched this

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congressman mike gallagher, republican from wisconsin and member of the house armed services committee. thank you for being here. we appreciate your time this morning. >> thanks for having me. >> a number of threads to pick up from the conversation with what we just heard from pentagon officials. first of all, these communications with the taliban. how do you interpret the comments that have been made about discussions happening on the ground to chuck's point just now? >> well, it was hard to sort of decipher what exactly they're talking with the taliban about, but in my opinion, the conversation should be a simple one. the message should be clear. we are going to get our people out of there, and if you try and impede that process, if you threaten that operation, we will respond forcefully. we have bungled this withdrawal, been a catastrophe. no going back. we've had this saigon moment. we need to do everything possible to save as many lives as possible. having had the saigon moment we need the dunkirk moment. get everybody out, work with regional allies to provide asylum on a temporar

it's a fiasco just like representative mike gallagher just told you. the taliban will come in and they are going to apply their law, islamic law understood in its hardest expression to all of the women of afghanistan. but there is a different sense of women. the girls and women in the last 20 years are ho are inspired and educated by american and american allies, those girls are going to stick up and speak out. those girls know that there is a world outside of the world that's ruled by the taliban and so it's apply the women who display will, they will be punished. they are the ones who noses get cut off. whose ears get cut off. raped as a form of punishment. given to men, members of the taliban military. and these are the girls who were educated and inspired and protected by america and joe biden has just dropped them casually. just like that. it is a lot of tragedy going on. but i think it would be a stain on our conscience. a stain on the conscience of this administration the girls and women. the way they set them up and just dropped them. >> tammy:

republican congressman mike gallagher kind enough to join us right now.iraq. to say he has a vested interest in this is probably an understatement. congressman, very good to see you. thank you for your service. do you think the taliban dictated this? >> i do. i think we're completely at the mercy of the taliban for our withdrawal. i think this was a surrender to the taliban and when you have the secretary of defense and secretary of state telling our own citizens we can't guarranty their safe passage, well, effectively you're saying we are dependent upon the taliban for safe passage of american citizens. what is interesting to me is that there was bipartisan pushback in this briefing we had yesterday on the arbitrary august 31st withdrawal. the administration clearly knows it is not just republicans, also democrats that understand if we stick to that timeline we're going to be abandoning our own people, we'll be leaving americans behind and condemning thousands of our afghan allies to death effectively. yet they're sticking to the august 31st timeline. wh

mike gallagher and -- let's watch. >> this is epic catastrophe are the president's speech was a disgraceg the afghan people and his predecessor, we had a saigon moment, what seems worse than a saigon moment, a dunkirk moment, can we get our people out? >> where is president biden? why is he not communicating and he said, i will own any mistakes, this is a mistake of epic proportion and our enemies are watching, the real impact here. russia and china are watching. >> harris: emily. >> emily: and the ambassador said, it is ineftablt, it was avoidable and our president came out saying this was potential, it seems as if the entire world realized ineftablt except our commander-in-chief. the 25th amendment possibility is unrealistic, but situation of absence of demonstration of leadership, coupleed with catastrophic effects of decision-making, absolutely we should be asking questions and questioning the commander-in-chief? >> harris: why does he get a pass yesterday? >> kayleigh: empower schumer and nancy pelosi doing nothing. ryan crawford, david petraeus, david axelrod, what do they have bef

and years it is that close to greatness and they are completely wrong and then you have mari mike gallaghertary is combat ready politics have gotten that far and this is a chance to reevaluate because it is china and iran and we have a military not organize for that we have been so focused on cowboys and indians and said : on —- centcom and also that necessary positioning to deter iran with a nuclear iran in the future. >> christian thank you so much we appreciate your time he will have more after the break. that's why they customize your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. oh, yeah. that's the spot. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪ (vo) how do you know when you've found your team? whether you're winning, or just doing your best. when you're on the lanes, they're right behind you. reunite with your team. go bowling. we did it again. verizon has been named america's most reliable network by rootmetrics. and our customers rated us #1 for network quality in america according to j.d. power. number one in reliability, 16 times in a row. most awarde

like mike gallagher, a veteran senator, imhoff and cassidy and others joining some democratic senatorsssue and making sure the administration gets women in leadership roles in afghanistan special access back here in resettling. those are really good efforts. i think they should be more bipartisan and they likely will. the very hyperbolic language from the minority leader, i mean, it is often used over day for every issue. it is really appropriate here. there is a real sense of shock among people in his own party that joe biden, with all his experience and all of his confidence, and all of his reverence for the sacrifice that people like his son have made in afghanistan, and all the years we have invested there, that he would not have had a better more prepared thought through plan. that these reports coming out about the intelligence that they did have are making the administration look like they were dishonest, or incompetent. that they did not have a good enough noon get these people out before they closed the embassy. before they shut things town. and that's a hard argument even if

mike gallagher from wisconsin who served in the marine corps for seven years. thank you both of you for being on the program. congressman pflueger i will start with you and what we just heard from the pentagon and feather it out a little bit for what it means with yet another date certain given at that news conference by john kirby, another date. now the new date is august 31st. do we have to keep doing this? >> well, it just goes back to the lack of leadership from president biden. when you telegraph your plan to the enemy basic military strategy 101 don't tell them when, how and what you'll operate and that's what they've done. we need to focus on evacuating american situations there. i have a constituent married to an american pilot. they are wanting to go back to afghanistan where they face certain death. we have to focus on the tactical execution. it has been a disaster so far. we need to get americans to safety and need to take care of the afghan military personnel and interpreters that we promised we would help. >> harris: one quick follow up. i'm curiou

>> we offer that plan but what we discussed as a conference in one of my wisconsin colleagues mike gallagherdefined where were at. the biggest concern i had right now is the administration, jen psaki doubled down on this they are trying to normalize relationships of the taliban, what you have to remember this is 75000 mbersf no aormaorzedli gt, t mhis ts is eo n n ectedct bhere is n nhyrcerha yo wtia,a,a,omesesest aft akakak the t ph tususay sis ethalibths l lnd et bliyeny tdke t i they wil t tryo t rtaietnghathaananwilry mb f confe connce iots inoinin stand statata for f f. elizabeth: congressman scott fitzgerald, thank you for joining us, it's good to have you on. it's in christ is now unfolding millions without power after the deadly hurricane ida slammed the gulf coast, the store making its way northeast, energy analyst, the impact on all of this in that region, the gas prices, oil electricity, the power grid and more, keeping here on fox business. ♪ d's fast. if i could, i'd ten-x everything. like our lunch. (laughs) amazing! see it. want it. ten-x it. welcome to allstate. where you can

. >> well, brian, there are some republicans who are stepping up on this issue, like mike gallagher whose congressman, and a veteran senator, cassidy, mcallen ski, who are joining with some democratic senators to focus on this issue and making sure the issue gets women in leadership roles in afghanistan special access back here. those are really good efforts, i'm glad they are bipartisan, i think they should be more bipartisan and they likely will. but the hyperbolic language from the minority leader is used every day, for every issue, is actually really appropriate here. there is a real sense of shock among people in his own party that joe biden with all his experience, and all his competence, and all his reference for the sacrifice that people like his son have made in afghanistan, and all the years we have invested there, that he would not have had a better, more prepared thought through plan. that these reports coming out about the intelligence that they did have are making the administration look like they are dishonest, or incompetent. that they did not have a good enough planned to

there are some like senator mitch mcconnell and mike gallagher that say the u.s.s in the u.s. and in the region. and another faction led by congressman paul gosar, backed by influential voices and right wing media objecting to any effort to take in more afghan refugees in the foreseeable future there are 47 senators, including three republicans, calling for a special category for visas for women under the taliban. these are difficult questions congress has to grapple with starting next week when the house returns to session frank? >> we appreciate it. >>> while the delta variant may have upended hopes for return to normal life but hasn't stopped some americans from shelling out big bucks, especially at retail stores some people call it revenge spending, boosted by stimulus checks others say it is pent up demand. either way retailers expect the shopping spree to continue well into the months ahead here is courtney reagan. >> reporter: denim, sneakers, luxury handbags, kitchen and bath building materials. no matter the merchandise, americans are buying and at full p

there's a difference there's some like senator mitch mcconnell and mike gallagher said the u.s. to resettle refugees boets in the u.s. and in the region there's another faction, led by individuals like congressman paul gosar and backed by influential voices in right wing media that are objecting to any effort to take in more afghan refugees in the foreseeable future 47 republicans and calling for visa category for women who are now facing a grim future under the taliban. these are the difficult questions that congress has to grapple starting next week when the house returns to session frank? >> we appreciate it. >>> well, the delta variant may have up ended our hopes for a return to normal life, but it hasn't stopped some americans from shelling out big bucks, especially at retail stores. now, some people they call it revenge spending boosted by stimulus checks and unemployment benefits others say it's pent-up demand either way retailers say they expect this shopping spree to continue well into the months ahead. here is nbc's courtney reagan. >> reporter: denim, sneakers, luxury

we spoke to mike gallagher, a retired marine intelligence officer, and even has that trouble gettingh the people he thinks need to g out. here is what he said. >> it shouldn't take having to call a member of congress, let alone be a member of congress, to get help. if you're an american or if you're an afghan that risked your life, we should be doing everything possible to protect you right now and get you out of the country. and so it is unfortunate that we're having to make up a lot of this process on the fly. i think it speaks to the level of planning that did not occur on the front end. but that's where we are. >> reporter: now, some people have called this a digital dunkirk. i spoke to one afghan here who is trying to get his family out. he was a translator for the u.s. he says when you are drowning, you reach or anything. this is like afghans drowning in the dark. they're trying to reach for anything they can. >> woodruff: so what would you say ithe attitude of the afghans? are they able to hold out any hope? >> i've een hearing stories of afghans who are in hiding in kabul, no

have all they are on the ground with the taliban now in complete control, here's your colleague mike gallaghervices g.o.p. members to do something about it. listen. >> we are going to reintroduce the bill that starts with a simple goal sense of congress than americans do not leave american citizens behind in afghanistan, trapped behind enemy lines. it also requires an evacuation plan from the administration, and clear reporting on the numbers of americans left there and a report with many agreements with the taliban and a report on the status of any equipment classified material we abandoned in afghanistan. >> sandra: how confident are you that something will be done to get these people out of there? we know that there are many in harm's way in this moment, high-risk of the taliban could come at any moment. obviously this is the day, the plan day of the full evacuation, we know that the troops are all gone as of yesterday and we know that there is bipartisan concern about how this happened. we know that you made that trip over there was seth moulton. is there enough support to ban together and

mike pompeo and national institutes of health director dr. francis collins. thanks for watching "special report." i'm trace gallagher.g, welcome to "fox news primetime." ♪ ♪ >> lawrence: i'm lawrence jones in new york tonight democrats chances of holding ton power are looking more and more bleak as they record number of immigrants flood through our southern border. the biden administration is still trying to convince us that they have this under control. on thursday, dhs secretary mayorkas acknowledged the surge but defended the administration handling of it. watch. >> we meet challenges. we meet difficult ones. we do so with our heroic workforce.

mike pompeo and national institutes of health director dr. francis collins. thanks for watching "special report." i'm trace gallagher. "fox news primetime" hosted by lawrence jones starts right now. >> thank you, trace. one of the best in the business. good evening, welcome to "fox news primetime." ♪ ♪ >> lawrence: i'm lawrence jones in new york tonight democrats chances of holding ton power are looking more and more bleak as they record number of immigrants flood through our southern border. the biden administration is still trying to convince us that they have this under control. on thursday, dhs secretary mayorkas acknowledged the surge but defended the administration handling of it. watch. >> we meet challenges. we meet difficult ones. we do so with our heroic workforce. our expertise, our plans and our execution of our plans. here again, just as we did with the challenge of unaccompanied children in march of this year, we have a plan. we are executing our plan, and that takes time. >> lawrence: so that's what the secretary said in public. but fox news has obtained leaked audio of what the secretary is saying in

mike gallagher's bill does forcible things, one is the plan to bring americans home safely, not some, but every single american. what about the list of the weaponry that has been left behind, accounting for that? a sense that the taliban should not be recognized as the government of afghanistan. and a prohibition of any support or assistance of resources with money to the taliban. every member with me today has that simple question. a majority of every member behind me is a veteran. what is the plan to get americans out? never in my lifetime what i ever believe america would have an administration knowingly make a decision to leave americans behind. whereas just two weeks ago, the president promised this nation that he would not leave until every single american was out. we are two weeks away of the 20th anniversary of 9/11. we now have americans stuck in afghanistan, the taliban in charge, with more weaponry than they have ever had in the past, and a border that is open. speaker pelosi, now is not a time to act like you could not see us on the floor. now is not the time to hide. we a