mr. peters: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan is recognized. mr. peters: mr. president, i rise in support of two nominations to critical positions within the department of homeland security. robert silverst to be -- and jonathan maier to be general counsel. both nominees are well qualified for these important roles, and both of them have strong bipartisan support, including from former national security officials who served under both democratic and republican presidents. mr. silvers' public service includes several senior holes at the department of homeland security, including deputy chief of staff and assistant secretary for cyber policy during the obama administration. as a lawyer in the private sector since 2017, mr. silvers has been a leader on cybersecurity, data privacy, and artificial intelligence issues. as under secretary for strategy, policy, and plans, mr. silvers will help the department take a strategic and coordinated approach to address challenging policy

mr. chair, but i guess i will take my answers off the record. chair peters: if you would like more time, you can take more time. senator rosen that's great. : i guess you can answer because we are waiting for another senator to come. i guess mr. goldenberg and then mr. yang, please. mr. goldenberg: there is an absolute common denominator between the violent extremists on the right and the violent extremists on the left. and that, denominator, unfortunately for some of these groups is their apparent hatred , of the jewish people. we have seen online, we have studied some of the rhetoric and the chapter -- and the chatter, and in many cases they may not agree with each other theoretically, politically or any other which way but when it , comes to their hatred of the jewish people, they use the same anti-semitic rhetoric -- the books, the elders. i could mention half a dozen different -- the protocols of zion. they actually share this information with each other. so if they completely disagree , sometimes even violently with , each other on many other issues, a

mr. peters had a collection of ten of them that we have on display, and right now we're pretty certain that ten gatling guns on exhibition is the largest collection anywhere in the world on public display. and we'll see very shortly a gatling gun that literally wrote itself into the pages of american history on july 1st, 1888. >>> this particular exhibit is by harrington and richardson. it was made in 1876 for the philadelphia centennial exposition. now, this was considered by many to sort of be america's first entry into the field of a world's fair type of event. countries were invited from all over the world, manufacturers were exhibiting their finest wares, this particular piece not only has these wonderful decorated revolvers in it but it's also the only surviving exhibit still intact from that 1876 philadelphia centennial exposition. we do have some fascinating oddities, curiosities from the peterson collection and they are in this glass tabletop display case. the centerpiece here is a sundial gun. now that served as a timepiece. you could load a blank-powered charge into the little ca

peters: thank you. mr. fingerhut, could use community has seen some of the worst acts of violence and indexes of schism -- anti-semitism in the history of this country in recent years. you mentioned some of those in your opening testimony. how can federal agencies, especially the dhs collaborate with state and local partners to assist communities? what are things we must be doing now? mr. fingerhut: thank you, mr. chairman. i greatly appreciate the question. as i emphasized in my testimony, the support of the federal government for the nonprofit security grant program is essential and critically, sir, it is not only an increase in funding, but the support for the agencies that administer those programs at the federal and state level. and the commitment for the technical support for all the faith-based and nonprofit institutions that are eligible to apply for them. these are somewhat technical in nature and we do our best through our federation system with other religious and ethnic partners to educate all t

mr. peters: mr. president, i rise today to highlight an important component of the bipartisan infrastructure legislation that we are now debating. this legislation includes new investments that will help communities in michigan and across the country address the serious risk posed by severe flooding, shoreline erosion, and other natural disasters. as a result of climate change, we're continuing to experience an increase in the frequency and intensity of severe weather events. in june, southeast michigan faced yet another severe flooding event that tragically led to two deaths, damaged small businesses, and thousands of homes and devastated families. the federal government has spent many billions of dollars to help respond to and recover from disasters. however, until very recently, we chronically underinvested in mitigating the effects of disasters before they occur, despite the fact that it protects lives, safeguards property, and saves taxpayer dollars. in fact, studies show that every dollar inves

peters: mr. levin, you have warned about political rhetoric from our leaders, noting in a time magazine article, "leaders must be aware of the impact of their position on civic and social cohesion, otherwise terrorists will gain strength in the cracks that divide us." can you describe the correlation between political rhetoric and spikes in violent incidents against groups to the committee? mr. levin: absolutely. president lincoln's first inaugural address, trying to keep a country together, he said "to appeal to the better angels of our nature." he was right. he might not have been effective at that time, but his words have sustenance. let me give you an example. six days after 9/11, president bush, a conservative person of goodwill, went to the islamic center of d.c. at three: 40 ande against our muslim american brothers and sisters. he -- hate crimes dropped precipitously the next day and it dropped precipitously into the new year. we went from 481 to just over 100 in those two years. the very

mr. peters: mr. president, i suggest the absence of a quorum. the president pro tempore: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: mr. carper: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that we vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. morning business is closed. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of h.r. 3684, which the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 100, h.r. 3684, an act to authorize funds for federal-aid highways, highway safety programs and transit programs, and for other purposes. mr. carper: mr. president, i call up amendment numbered 2131 to the substitute and ask that it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from delaware, mr. carper, proposes an amendment numbered 2131 to amendment numbered 3157. mr. carper: mr. president, i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i a

mr. shirley. >> guest: thank you very much peter. it's been a lot of fun. >> host: annette gordon-reed on the 245th anniversary of 1776. we often tell ourselves we are -- >> guest: we are certainly trying to be. >> host: in what way? >> guest: i think the number of people in society who are working towards the ideals of the declaration making it a reality the ideas about equality and happiness are they think we have that idea and trying to reach that potential. >> host: what the founders recognize who we are today? >> guest: no, of course not. some aspects of it they would did most of it women participating in politics blacks participating in politics would havehe been barred before in the power of united states. the time we are talking about 1776 this is in the middle of nowhere and they don't have the power to lead an empire and weeo have become an empire. >> host: or fester gordon-reed have you weighed in on the 1776 versus 1519 debates that we are having in the country right now? >> certain interviews and things like that but i h

mr. peters: madam president, i rise today to highlight the incredible opportunity before us to build on the strong foundation laid in the bipartisan infrastructure investment and jobs act through the build back better budget. the bipartisan infrastructure bill will make historic investments that will help create good-paying american jobs upgrade our roads and our bridges, improve access to the high-speed internet and so much more. with the build back better budget, we have the opportunity to go beyond these initial long overdue investments and take strong action to help secure our future for generations to come. this budget will provide crucial tax cuts to hardworking american families and tackle some of the toughest challenges they are facing, like the cost of child care, prescription drugs, and the lack of family leave that is paid. this budget will create good-paying american jobs by incentivizing the development of new clean power sources that simply cannot be outsourced. we will finally confront the very serious and very real threat posed it our economic and national security by climat

mr. deutch will vote yes on s. 272. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from utah seek recognition? >> as the member designated by representative peter meyer, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. meyer will vote yea on s.272. as the member designated by john curtis, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. curtis will vote yea on s. 272. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. lawson of florida, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. lawson will vote yes on s. 272. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. tom reed of the great state of new york, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. reed will vote yea on s. 272. thank you, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from massachusetts seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. frankel, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that ms. frankel will vote yes

mr. president, peter doocy joins us live from the white house with the latest.riefings about afghanistan. now, he says, based on everything that he was hearing in the time before kabul fell, and the days since, that the u.s. operation there was not a failure, and he claims that he knew this was going to happen. >> we're going to go back in hindsight and look but the idea that somehow, there's a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing i don't know how that happens. i don't know how that happens. >> so for you that was always priced into the decision? >> yes. reporter: so the president says, he claim, that he saw this coming but the top general at the pentagon says that is not what the intel showed. >> following our departure, there was nothing that i or anyone else saw, that indicated a collapse of this army and this government in 11 days. reporter: we have video showing how the taliban is keeping order outside the gates of the airport something the biden administration is relying on them to do, and as the u.s. military hopes to fe rry americans and allies t

peter's turn. >> good morning, mr. chairman. thank you very much. we are facing a complete disaster. in afghanistan already, several female journalists are no longer on television. women and girls now fear every day and the broadcast now has a new highlight. when will refugees come to europe and when will terrorists come to europe? i have three questions. first of all, what actions can be taken to support remaining afghans who are not taliban friends? two, how will the eu set up an immigration policy for the refugees and how will we stop the influx of terrorists? three, since we have now three people states next to one another -- three states next to one another, how will the status of pakistan be dealt with? thank you. >> thank you, peter. the floor is yours. >> thank you very much, president. we have to look at what has gone wrong, the collapse, and what preceded it. i have spoken about this before. we won't be a global actor unless we have our own intelligence services, which will allow us to understand what is going on on the ground. and i have been saying that for months, as hav

mr. shirley. >> guest: thank you very much peter. it's been a lot of fun.

mr raab has insisted he won't resign over the matter. our political correspondent peterone calls. last friday, officials here at the foreign office advised him to make one such call urgently, to the afghan foreign minister, for help in evacuating interpreters. but it's understood the job was delegated to a junior minister. and labour argues that a resigning matter. the idea that the foreign secretary wouldn't pick up the phone as the taliban were advancing and standing at the gates of kabul to see what we could do to help and prevent afghanistan descending into a basis for terror again, seems to me to be extraordinary. and we believe that he should resign and be replaced with somebody who is actually up to doing thatjob. other opposition parties believe dominic raab's time is up. the snp's ian blackford says he must resign or be sacked, while the liberal democrat leader, sir ed davey, insists he must go. so swift was the taliban takeover that kabul had already fallen by the time dominic raab got back to the uk on sunday night. and today, one of his cabinet colleagues, sa

mr raab has insisted he won't resign over the matter. 0ur political correspondent peter saull reportstary is going nowhere. are you going to resign, mr rabah? ——are you going to resign, mr raab? but did he miss an opportunity to get people out of afghanistan sooner? while the taliban were advancing, dominic raab was on holiday here in crete. rather than lounging on the beach, we're told he was working and making regular phone calls. last friday, officials here at the foreign office advised him to make one such call urgently, to the afghan foreign minister, for help in evacuating interpreters. but it's understood the job was delegated to a junior minister. and labour argues that a resigning matter. the idea that the foreign secretary wouldn't pick up the phone as the taliban were advancing and standing at the gates of kabul to see what we could do to help and to prevent afghanistan descending into a base for terror again seems to me to be extraordinary. and we believe that he should resign and be replaced with somebody who is actually up to doing thatjob. 0ther opposition parties belie

mr. biden is also petrified of fox news reporter peter doocy, never on a paper to be called on by jen psaki'scations team. the president had no monkeys or to follow up questions and never came from the press corps. biden had no evidence of allies criticizing our credibility, a headline that came out just this week, disbelief and betrayal, europe reacts to biden's afghanistan miscalculation. scare quotes. biden also approached the bin laden raid today. that's funny, you may recall he opposed that. he said the al qaeda had no pree in afghanistan. "the new york times," no the this is a hot mess and a duster dumpster fire, sean, the world's most dangerous place and we have the president, the state department, the pentagon, telling us three different things. this is only getting worse before it gets better. >> sean: if it gets better. i mean,hat is the problem, we don't know if it will get better. kayleigh, let me go to you. and by the way, you only took a whopping five questions, that needs to be discussed, as he was leaving, somebody screamed out "why do you trust the taliban?" secretary of stat

peter galbraith is a former un deputy special representative for afghanistan. he criticised mrout imbecilic. i think what was imbecilic was the strategy that was followed for the last 20 years. a strategy that was initiated, in fact, when tony blair was prime minister. that strategy involved, after ousting the taliban in 2001, in partnership with the northern alliance, it then entailed creating, moving to create and afghanistan, a highly centralised state in a country that is geographically and ethnically very diverse, concentrating all power in kabul, and in kabul, all power with the president, who can only represent one of the multiple ethnic groups. and the other part of the strategy was a counterinsurgency. and a counterinsurgency involves having to have a local partner, as architects will tell you, and the trouble was there was no partner. the government in kabul was corrupt, ineffective and illegitimate. but peter, hindsight is 20/20 and president biden says he does not want to hand this war over to another american president. what could they have done? do you suggest tha

to that point, i found the interview with peter ducey of fox news to be revealing. >> mr. president, there has not been a u.s. serviceman killed in afghanistan since 2020. you set a deadline. you pulled troops out, you sent troops back in. 12 marines are dead. you said the buck stops with you. do you bear any responsibility for the way things have unfolded in the last two weeks? >> i bear can responsibility for fundamentally all that's happened of late. but here's the deal, you know, i wish you would one day say these things, you know as well as i do, that the former president made a deal with the taliban. that he would get all american forces out of afghanistan by may 1. in return, the commitment was made -- and that was a year before. in return, he was given the commitment that the taliban would continue to attack others. but would not attack any american forces. >> the president was trying to have it both ways. first, saying that he bears responsibility, but in the next sentence pointing a finger at donald trump. as the national review's charles b. cook tweeted biden's

mr. costa will vote no on the motion to recommit. teufplt for what purpose does the gentleman from utah seek recognition? >> as the member designated by by representative peter meyer of michigan, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. meyer will vote yes. i inform the house that mr. curtis of utah will vote yes on motion to recommit on h.r. 4. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. cuellar pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. cuellar will vote no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek rebg initiation? >> as the member designated by mr. emmer of the state of minnesota, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. emmer will vote yes on the motion to recommit. as the member designated by mr. diaz-balart, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. diaz-balart will vote yes. as the member designated by mr. timmons, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. timmons will vote yes. as the member designated by mr. steube pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house tha

peter, thanks. joining us now is transportation secretary pete buttigieg. mr.ecretary, welcome back to fox news sunday. >> thanks for having me on. brett: where do you see this bill right now? can it pass alone or is it still tied to this next so-called human infrastructure bill, the $3.5 trillion bill that peter referenced there. >> well, the state of play looks good. the senate is working through this amendment process. there's still a lot of procedure to be gotten through but we are within days, possibly within hours of seeing this historic legislation that's going to get us better roads and bridges, better ports and airports, a better future for our economy and creating millions of jobs. we're on the cusp of seeing that move through the senate. there's of course other legislation being discussed to,, to take shape afterwards, part of the same vision, the president's belief that we need to move forward better than the economy that he inherited. part of that is the transportation infrastructure related package that we're seeing remarkable bipartisan support f

a preapproved list before scurrying back into hiding better very own peter doocy finally had a tough one for them, there you go. >> mred in combat in afghanistan since february 2020. you set a deadline, he pulled troops out, you sent troops back and now 12 marines are dead. you said the buck stops with you, do you bear any responsibility for the way things have unfolded in the last two weeks? >> i bear responsibility for fundamentally all that has happened of late. but here is the deal, you know , i wish you when they say these things, you know as well as i did the former president made a deal with the taliban. kennedy: it is trump's faults. that is a good one. the buck really stops with you buddy the party panel is back, gary hoffmann, jessica tarlov, and spike cohen. that was the strangest exchange, gary. >> yes, good for peter for asking that question. i was surprised the president didn't appear to know his name for he knew everybody else's name but that prewritten list of who he was going to call on. he was told to release admitted he is instructed on who to call and in what order. to me that is as strange as the

mr. president, let me go, because joe biden brought it up in his exchange with our own peter doocy today, and that is that he inherited your plan, and i want to go over it, because i had both secretary of state mike pompeo, also a former cia director, and i had your chief of staff mark meadows on my radio show. they have both been on this television show. and they went into great detail about what your plan was, and maybe the biden administration, democrats look to released transcripts of calls -- i would love this one to be released -- that in no uncertain terms, not once but on numerous occasions, but before any negotiation began, that you got on the phone with the leader of the taliban and you made it as clear as day, you reminded them about killing baghdadi and his associates, reminded them about killing soleimani, and he reminded him about the caliphate that you destroyed. you reminded him about killing the al qaeda leader in yemen, and that you said that if they didn't follow -- these are there words -- every eye, every tea crossed, every i dotted, every comma and period, that you w

peter is about to speak. ok, james will talk to you in a minute. thank you so much. thank you, mr. president. secretary, general, good terrorist. thank you for your so bring briefing and for your strong statement your role along with your personal envoy. busy john or no, and special representative lyons and her team on the ground is especially vital now . and as we enter an uncertain and crucial period that requires the international community to speak with a clear and unified voice, the united states deeply appreciate the continued efforts of your nama and other you an actors on the ground in afghanistan that are continuing to provide life saving assistance to africans in need. we also thank norway and estonia for calling this meeting in india for convening had given the events of the past 72 hours. and we welcome the participation of afghanistan to this meeting. over this past weekend, members of the international community joined together to state unequivocally that every afghan should be able to live in safety, security, and dignity. we also called on all parties in afghanista

mr biden also said he was increasing the number of american troops helping to move us diplomatic staff and nationals out of the country to 5,000. petero afghanistan. he joins us now from us state of vermont. good to have you with us. when you look at the situation, after all the effort, all the money that had gone in over the last 20 years, it seems almost as though there is very little current need to show for it, where did it all go? that is a great question, and ijust watched the rapid collapse of these major cities in afghanistan, with disbelief and horror, and sorrow for the afghans with whom i have worked over this period of time. at the root of the problem, it is with the afghan political leaders and military leaders who were interested in power but not doing anything once they were in office. in a series of fraudulent presidential elections, they were then put in by power brokers who were then stealing the country, just massive corruption. it is also the fault of the united states and its allies that poured into afghanistan much more money that could be used, that built roads all over the country that were supposed to bring g

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mr. moore? i said, those are your words, not mine. >> she thought she could, by grilling peter, uncover the evilney general david drewliner was pete's wrangler during the trial. >> i was completely satisfied there was no monster to uncover. so i, for the most part, let her go at him. >> a courtroom tactic not appreciated by pete. >> after the first day i said, you guys need to get this lady off of me. she's on me like a dog on a piece of raw meat. they looked me right in the eye and said, there is nothing we can do for you. this is an open investigation and we have to let her ask anything or the jury will think we're hiding stuff. you've got to be kidding me. >> one hour of his testimony felt like eight. i can tell you that. it was excruciating because i knew what he was going through and i was waiting for him to explode any minute. >> paul's attorney linda parisi claimed that pete somehow planted the imprint of the bomb diagram in paul's home. >> mr. moore who works at that desk daily? he never notices it? if he is your culprit, he never sees an indentation of a diagram he drew and thinks, oh,

the exiles group mr shishov worked for said ukrainian security services had warned that belarusian agents had been sent to kill opponents. we can now speak to peterrector of the eurasia democracy initiative. peter was a friend of vitaly shishov and was due to interview him later this week. it's good to have you with us. when did you last hear from it's good to have you with us. when did you last hearfrom him and speak to him and what sort of exchanges did you have? i spoke with him last week, and we were actually planning to have him on the programme that i host on ukrainian tv every thursday, and we spoke about the security situation, as i do with most belarusian exiles because ukraine is very close to belarus, there have been a string of uninvestigated, unresolved murders of political figures from russia and belarus here. he did mention several occasions not only to me but also publicly that he was not feeling very safe in kyiv but had no other choice but to live his life. he had hisjogging routine, he knew that he was being followed, but apparently, precisely because his routine was so well—known, he was an easy target. you may have been chose

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mr. chair. >> thank you, senator hassan. senator scott, you're recognized for your questions. >> thank you. chairman peters. first, my heart goes out to the enzi family, to diane and the children and the grandchildren. tragic what happened to mike, what a wonderful person and what a great senator and mentor to a lot of people. so, secretary, thank you for being here today and thank you for your service. the first thing i'd like to say, i'm surprised and disappointed you've not been more vocal will what's going on in cuba. you probably to this, these are pictures of protesters being mistreated by the the castro regime. we know over 500 dissidents have been detained and they're being tortured. i met with some of the families, one of the families yesterday and i think you have a role, as secretary of dhs, to be more vocal on this and i'm disappointed you haven't. the biden administration blamed root causes, violenc poverty, climate change the united states needs an all of governor effort to address the southwest border, but strong longer terms solution, but migration from the hemisphere. may 7th you went to do

greg peters is massively award-winning over a long duration. so say that quote again as we have the attention into mrcut in treasury supply is a huge story. it completely neutralizes the taper and then some. not enough focus on the massive cut." tom: a lot of folks watching us, trying to get ready for the morning. greg peters trades off of what he hears on the show. jonathan: together with rubber tip -- with robert tipp. tom: off of lisa abramowicz today, he bought into the saint regis. jonathan: i can't confirm that is what happened. tom: well, it is a rumor. jonathan: that is the bullish view on treasuries this morning. lisa: that has been the bullish view for the past few months. on the flipside, people say at some point, fundamentals have to matter. if inflation starts picking up, that will make a big difference. it does make me wonder, even if the fed tapers, what is the response in the bond market? some people are saying yields are going to go higher, yet even without the supply and demand dynamic you have been talking about, we have seen yield go lower because it hampers growth to be tightenin

mr. yarmuth, who is not only values-based but eloquent in conveying that message, we are very excited about how we go forward. again, i mentioned peter defazio. on the terms -- in terms of the budget bill, excuse me, the voting rights act, your leadership, very distinguished chair of the committee, mr. nadler, the chair of the -- zoe lofgren for her work on house administration committee, mr. butter field, so many people and our distinguished whip, mr. clyburn, who has made this his. leif:'s work. pass -- his life's work. passing this bill paves the way for the building back better plan which will forge legislative progress unseen in 50 years, that will stand for generations alongside the new deal and the great society. this legislation will be the biggest and perhaps most controversial initiative that any of us have ever undertaken in our official lives. everything we do is about the children. as you've heard me say when people ask me, what are the three most important issues facing the congress, i always say the same thing. our children, our children, our children. their health, their education, the economic security of their famil

mr. yarmuth, who is not only values-based but eloquent in conveying that message, we are very excited about how we go forward. again, i mentioned peter defazio. on the terms -- in terms of the budget bill, excuse me, the voting rights act, your leadership, very distinguished chair of the committee, mr. nadler, the chair of the -- zoe lofgren for her work on house administration committee, mr. butter field, so many people and our distinguished whip, mr. clyburn, who has made this his. leif:'s work. pass -- his life's work. passing this bill paves the way for the building back better plan which will forge legislative progress unseen in 50 years, that will stand for generations alongside the new deal and the great society. this legislation will be the biggest and perhaps most controversial initiative that any of us have ever undertaken in our official lives. everything we do is about the children. as you've heard me say when people ask me, what are the three most important issues facing the congress, i always say the same thing. our children, our children, our children. their health, their education, the economic security of their famil

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center, because there was cross-talk and nobody had the transcript, then peter said, donald trump is not the president anymore, mr the worst day for our personnel in a very long time, is blaming the former president. >> yeah, it's disgraceful, steve. joe biden is the president. he said last week in one of his speeches the buck stops here yet he keeps trying to pass the buck to every person he can find, whether it's donald trump, or afghanistan's military political leaders or for that matter afghans trying to flee the taliban for not getting out fast enough. it's joe biden whose responsible for the catastrophe you see in afghanistan. steve: well, you know, yesterday was a terrible day, and we still have a number of days as the evacuation continues fingers crossed things go better than they did yesterday. senator thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you, steve. steve: you bet. all right up next, 13 american service members are killed in the deadliest day for the u.s. military in a decade. retired navy seal jocko willink is sharing his powerful message to the nation, coming up. but first let's check in with

mr. president, please, help us. >> dana: this young woman was not in the briefing room yesterday. peter doocy asked on behalf of those. jen psaki aggressively pushed back against the idea anyone is stranded. hours later. u.s. forces go to kabul to extract stranded americans and allies. the "politico", pentagon confirms latest mission to rescue americans stranded in kabul. her family is stranded in afghanistan. the white house said they will get every american out. you could quibble over the word stranded. that woman feels stranded. >> bill: with us now for reaction senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. thank you for your time and good morning to you. what has the administration told you? >> well, first let me say this is one of the greatest foreign policy disasters in american history. i think it's important to remember where we were a few months ago before the president's reckless decision to leave. we only had 2500 troops there. we hadn't lost a single american person, military personnel in a year. the taliban, barbarians were not in charge of the country. we were keeping the lid on