well, mollie hemingway have some thoughts on that. they are here next to suggest what could end up being a disastrous situation if we don't play our cards right. stayed there. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i made a commitment that when i made a mistake, i would tell you. i made mistakes. i think i got it right. take responsibility for what i do instead. they went except when it comes to the unfolding crisis in afghanistan. >> when i came in office, i inherited a deal president trump with the taliban. and they gave up and fled the country. the afghan military collapsed. sometime without trying to fight. i know there are concerns about why we did not begin evacuating afghans sooner. part of the answer is, the afghans did not want to leave earlier. >> laura: it look like a lot of people didn't want to leave in the airport over the weekend. they were begging to stay in afghanistan. then after blaming everyone except his own generals that failed the intelligence, he jutted back to camp david with a helicopter. joining me, mollie hemingway senior editor avenu

victor davis hanson, molly hemingway, senior editor at the federalist and fox news contributor.esident biden is suffering from a crisis of confidence but that presumes there was confidence to begin with. as you pointed out over the last six months they've been focusing on january 6th, not withdrawing our forces from afghanistan. >> this entire theme of falling out of airplanes, 9/11 people jumping off of the twin towers, french people packing train stations when the nazi army arrived is tragic but an indictment of the entire military intelligence and political leadership basically of the last 20 years but especially the last six months. president biden has this text, i'm going to take responsibly, the buck stops with me and then blames everybody but himself. he blamed barack obama saying he did a surge in afghanistan and he went on to trump, he inherited this policy as if shackled by it. there hasn't been one policy he inherited from trump that he hasn't destroyed and then blames the afghan military has been doing a lot of frontline fighting since 2015. never himself that he has

my cohost's harris faulkner and kayleigh mcenany, senior editor at up with the federalists," mollie hemingway and in the center see, steve hilton, host of "the next revolution." first, the report by "the wall street journal," the paper revealing a dozen diplomats sent confidential memo to the secretary of state on july 13th warning that the taliban was rapidly gaining ground and kabul was vulnerable to collapse, the latest in a series of recordings that the biden administration potentially ignored as american forces left and the insurgents swept through the country with ease. a former cia counterterrorism chief also advise the president's campaign, speech kabul will crumble within days with the depleted american presence. yesterday president biden claims he was never told such a rapid collapse was possible. to become number, as you know, the intelligence committee did not say back in june or july and that in fact fact this was going to collapse like it did, number one. >> they thought the taliban would take over but not this quickly. >> they wanted you to keep about 2500 troops. >> no, they d

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bring in mollie hemingway federal editor at "the federalist" and joe concha media for the hill. lives at risk already more than they already were, joe. yet, the president is turning his back on the american people every single time almost as he leaves the podium and laughing questionqus eshetions he gets fs just does not seem to be meetings the moment or reading the room. >> reading the room horribly. that state department news bulletin you read there as far as that warning. follow the instructions of local authorities. who are the local authorities that you are talking about? that's the taliban, right? so, again, if i'm an american there, boy, i'm shaking in my boots and i ask the question why is the president of the united states running from a largely friendly press corps during one of the worse crises we have seen in decades because we all know how this looks to the american public, jesse, the polls say it all, president biden in less time than it has to have a full pregnancy, just 8 months went from receiving 81 million votes to according to "u.s.a. today" just out yesterda

howie: joining us now to analyze the coverage, mollie hemingway, senior editor at the federalist andox news contributor and clarence page, columnist for the chicago tribune. the media are generally in favor of vaccine mandates and usually sympathetic to president biden. it's not shocking that think that biden's idea, telling 4 million federal employees to either get the vaccine or you have to show twice weekly covid negative tests is a great idea. >> it's not surprising that they would support something like this but their personal views shouldn't play into how they cover this and there are significant issues that have been raised by federal employees unions and civil rights practitioners saying that this is something that is not going to be appropriate for federal employees. there's the americans with disabilities act which prevents people from enforcing medical tests on employees unless they're absolutely necessary. the biden administration came out in such a way to say they're really doing this more to force people to take vaccinations rather than making the argument that this is

good to see you both, clarence page, mollie hemingway, thanks very much for coming by this sunday.t on media buzz, is the coverage of afghanistan colored by pundits who favor endless war, glenn greenwald is on deck and later peter doocy on his contentious exchange with the president. welcome back to milkshake mustaches, high fives and high dives. to 3-on 3s... 2-on-2s... and 1-on-1s. at aspen dental, we see all the moments that make us smile so we make it easy to share your smile with convenient, total care - all in one place. and flexible hours that work with your life. right now, new patients get a complete exam and x-rays — free without insurance, and everyone saves 20% on their treatment plan. welcome back to life's best moments. call 1-800-aspendental or book online today. andrea: this is the hardest thing we will probably ever have to go through. st. jude has given us transportation, treatment. to know that we don't have bills, they take every other stress off of your shoulders. your mission: stand up to moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. and take. it. on... ...with rin

molly hemingway in d.c. in and drew cuomo's sexual harassment scandal. melissa derosa, his top aide resigned. the last two years have been emotionally and physically trying. i am grateful for the opportunity to work with colleagues in our state. after an executive assistant filed a criminal complaint. her quote, what he did to me was a crime. let's bring in melissa owen, criminal defense attorney. and i just want to play a a little bit from brittany commisso talking about what she went through. >> to me this was a dream job and it unfortunately turned into a nightmare. i know the truth. he knows the truth. i know what happened and so does he. the governor needs to be held accountable. >> being held accountable to you means seeing the governor charged with a crime. >> what he did to me was a crime. he broke the law. >> dana: from your vantage point and expertise and background was it a crime and could he face a criminal charge? >> so there is a question of whether or not the very basic threshold of charging c

fox news contributor arii fleischer and molly hemingway.o one is done a better job i think of igniting grassroots opposition than the democrats themselves, that this gop gift to biden online infrastructure itself wasf breathtaking. >> it is. i know a lot of republicans i know a lot of republicans are eager to see whatof r happes in the midterm elections in the midterm elections because of how unpopular these policies proposals are whether inflation or the border or growing crime surge but republicans need to understand that voters are looking for someone who will fight the democrats. and democrats have power they use it when republicansir use power they tend not to even when they are out of power they don't fight as much as their voters would like them in the 17 senators voting for the bloated infrastructure package leading tolo overspending bill causing problems with inflation, this problems with inflation, this is not what republican voters is not what republican voters are looking for are. >>laura: let's talk about what the democrats are

joining me now, former white house press secretary and fox news contributor ari fleischer, and mollie hemingway, senior editor of "the federalist" and fox news contributor. molly, no one has done a better job of igniting grassroots opposition than the democrats themselves, but this g.o.p. gift to biden on so-called infrastructure itself was breathtaking. >> it is breathtaking and i know a lot of republicans are eager to see what happens in the midterm elections because of how unpopular these democratic policy proposals are, whether they are at the border or inflation or growing crime surge, but it's republicans need to understand that voters are looking for someone who is actually going to fight the democrats on these things. when democrats have power, they use their power. when republicans have power, they tend not to use their power so much, and even when they are out of power, they don't fight quite as much as much as their voters would like them to be doing, and the 17 senators who are voting for this bloated infrastructure package which is leading to an even worse spending bill that was go

molly hemingway gets into that. listen. >> a lot of republicans are eager to see what happens in the midterm elections because of how unpopular these democratic policy proposals are, whether they're at the border or inflation or growing crime surge, but republicans need to understand that voters are looking for someone who is going to fight the democrats on these things. todd: so far we've gone through two rather liberal media organizations highlighting things that could be a problem for the dems, first nbc news, then the washington post. this is real. you get a sense even watching democrats on this channel, other channels, there's a fear out there that, hey, what we said we were going to do and what we ultimately did may not be working for the bulk of american people. jillian: time is leading up to the midterms. i can't believe we're already in august. todd: doesn't it seem like we're just prepping for 2020 and now we're almost one year away. jillian: time's ticking and so far not much has been done as far as getti

editor of the federalist and fox news contributor one of your favorites and my favorite as well mollie hemingwayht zone, it's shocking. we have all seen crazy things that have happened. yet, all of this is so -- it's -- i don't even know, how do we describe it? what is your take in the mix of all of this and especially with us wondering who has really been in charge? >> right. you mentioned the twilight zone. i think of the movie team america which was making fun of a lot of how americans foreign policy operates. and that movie was made you know, decades ago and they were joking about this idea that a strongly worded letter would be sufficient to change people's behavior. our entire foreign policy consensus seems to have been broken for many decades. it has confusion about what's in our national interest and also what's in the national interest of the countries that we are dealing with. it is diplomacy is good and important but it has to understand that we do things in our interest. it has to be backed by a strong military. it has to have clear objectives that are not about woke politics but, ag

is right that his standing by the nominee was crucial to kavanaugh's success as a nominee and molly hemingway and i wrote a book about his confirmation process, justice on trial, that detailed that. i do think that was significant and a very important aspect. i think we now have an excellent justice in the supreme court as a result. so we have him to thank for that. however, i think his view of justice kavanaugh and jude jurists -- and jurisprudence is pessimistic. there cases where he haven't -- hasn't gone farther here. sometimes i come to a slightly different conclusion, and i can find that with every justice on the court. however, when you look at the core of his base is contextualism. that is what president trump talked about in his campaign rallies, in his statements about who he wanted to appoint to the supreme court. i think that is what the mandate from the american people was, to put on supreme court justices who are not necessarily going to pull to the political and do like every time but who are going to be faithful to the text and original understanding of the constitution of the

jillian: let's hear what molly hemingway has to say about this, the senior editor of the federalist.lot of republicans arey grower to see what -- eager to see what happens in the midterm elections because of how unpopular the democratic policy proposals are, whether at the border or inflation or the growing crime surge, but republicans need to understand that voters are looking for someone who is actually going to fight the democrats on these things. jillian: it's going to be so interesting to see what happens next year. todd: we were talking about this before. we're close. i mean, this is august. august is rounding third base here, maybe on second base i should say, but we're a year plus away from these midterms. we know next year is going to be super charged with the campaigning, it's going the to start early, it's going to be often. these issues will be brought to the floor by republicans. it will be interesting to see how long they can sustain it. what if the democrats suddenly covid goes away to a high degree or crime improves, democrats will have that leg to stand on. it will b

let's bring in our panel early ari fleischer, mollie hemingway, and harold ford jr., ceo of empowerment and inclusion capital. ari, i want to start with you, a lot of times in washington it comes down to processing and messaging. today we you a a speech that evolved as far as time when it was going to happen and then when the president came out, it was a lot of time spent on domestic agenda before dealing with the elephant in the room foreign policy wise. >> yeah, you know, his speech was delayed. but, unfortunately his abandonment of the afghan people, our friends and maybe americans is not delayed and that's core problem that joe biden has. look, when he says today twheefer on track for an august 31st withdrawal, getting out all the americans, here is my problem with that stants. >> how recently was it that joe biden stood before the american people and said americans aren't having trouble getting to the airport, when they were? he says al-qaeda doesn't have a presence in afghanistan, when they do. and he said foreign leaders weren't criticizing him over, this of course they were. and

let's bring in our panel mollie hemingway senior editor at "the federalist."uan williams fox news analyst and trey gowdy former congressman from south carolina. i want go around the horn and i might interrupt you if the secretary of state comes out and just think about this moment, this time what it means and what we have seen over the past 0 days. trey, first to you. >> 0 years, the same group that we ran off is running afghanistan. women and girls are still second class citizens. religious minorities are still being targeted. journalists are still being beaten. terrorists are still killing americans as evidenced by this week and the best we can do is diplomatic pressure which is an oxymoron. >> bret: yeah. mollie? >> yeah. that's exactly right. the taliban are bigger, stronger, they control more territory, they are more well equipped as a military presence and than they could have dreamed of being on september 11th. people are very focused on how incompetent this withdrawal was and it was and contrary to what we just heard about how it couldn't have gone bet

molly hemingway supporting 5% of americans have been extracted in the airlift and there are many moretial plan, i suspect we will not but i would love to see it. we are out of time. thank you, we appreciate you being here. here's the promo. kennedy is the name of it at 8:00 pm on foxbusiness, you lucky lady, thanks, congressman mark green is demanding and indefinite extension of the august 30 first withdrawal. good luck with that but he's on the show next. over the years, mercedes-benz has patented thousands of safety innovations. crash-tested so many cars we've stopped counting. and built our most punishing test facility yet, in our effort to build the world's safest cars. we've created crumple zones and autonomous braking. active lane keeping assist and blind spot assist. we've introduced airbags, side curtain airbags, and now the first-ever rear-mounted front-impact airbags. all in the hope that you never need any of it. ♪ ♪ usaa is made for the safe pilots. for mac. who can come to a stop with barely a bobble. lucia. who announces her intentions even if no one's there. and sgt moo

is right that his standing by the nominee was crucial to kavanaugh's success as a nominee and molly hemingwayte a book about his confirmation process, justice on trial, that detailed that. i do think that was significant and a very important aspect. i think we now have an excellent justice in the supreme court as a result. so we have him to thank for that. however, i think his view of justice kavanaugh and jude jurists -- and jurisprudence is pessimistic. there cases where he haven't -- hasn't gone farther here. sometimes i come to a slightly different conclusion, and i can find that with every justice on the court. however, when you look at the core of his base is contextualism. that is what president trump talked about in his campaign rallies, in his statements about who he wanted to appoint to the supreme court. i think that is what the mandate from the american people was, to put on supreme court justices who are not necessarily going to pull to the political and do like every time but who are going to be faithful to the text and original understanding of the constitution of the law. host