ralph norman has covid now, i'm not implying this will be fatal and i hope he recovers but that said, what's going on on capitol hill? what's going on with republicans when you see this? and what's the big pushback on this mask issue at the capitol? leigh ann: ralph norman was one of the house members who walked across the capitol to the assistant to protest the mask mandate in the house because the senate side doesn't have an actual mandate, it's just required that you wear masks. and speaker pelosi called out ralph norman today in her press conference saying there's a member suing her who now has come down with covid. as far as republicans on capitol hill, it's much more dramatic in the house of representatives but they're now tying two culture wars into one by talking about anti-masks and also tying it to what's happening at the border and how there's a surge of immigrants with covid at the border so now they're saying the president of the united states can't say anything about us wearing masks until they get a handle with what's happening on the border and as far as covid is conce

the president's approval rating is plummeting blue joining us live is south carolina congressman ralph norman. before we get into the numbers plummeting which they are i want to get your overall reaction to where we are with this because us troops, some of them are being told to leave, to meet the august 30 first deadline you can't take 6000 out at once. you have to incrementally start removing troops and getting people out and we saw yesterday when is the last call for americans to get out and they didn't have an answer which was disturbing to me. what do you think? >> i wish the media and america could have been in our intel meeting yesterday where you had veteran after veteran who stood in line to tell the administration it is not possible to get people out on the deadline, arbitrary deadline they set. pilots have flown into afghanistan for years say it is impossible. the military, it is a total breakdown and to have this administration be tone deaf to those pleas, they wouldn't extend the time for questioning because it wasn't important enough yesterday. we have seen the visuals. looked a

ralph norman and andy harris who the navy reserve medical officer, thanks for being here.your reaction to the killing of an isis k fighter overnight. >> the fact is this operation has been bungled. this won't retrieve the bungling. a lot of americans on the ground, and the president has to extend that deadline. >> and it isn't going to happen. hundreds of thousands americans out. and we evacuate 5000 troops, >> your first strike on this. >> 13 americans dead 20 injured. this administration is a toothless tiger. they don't trust him. if this were donald trump, the pure light of the military would be on the talent ban. biden set arbitrary dates with no plan in place and we have dead americans, 5000 are left there and one drone strike killing one isis member, it is an embarrassment and i don't see anything coming of it. look at his actions, look at his record. that is why we are trying to hold blinken and others accountable. i don't know who he is taking advice from but whatever advice it is is not good. >> introducing articles of impeachment for secretary of state blinken. t

republican congressman ralph norman and andy harris are drafting articles of impeachment for biden's top diplomat telling fox news the secretary of state is tasked with informing congress and american citizens and in afghanistan he failed to do so. americans are dying while we are at the mercy of the taliban. biden is waiting for the terrorists to give us permission to bring our own people home. >> this is the circumstance we are faced with. the taliban controls swaths of the country. to get americans and afghans out we need to accord with the taliban. this is not the only place in the world we have to work with adversaries. >> jesse: jake tapper said the taliban is turning u.s. passport holders away and do we know in the taliban played a role in yesterday's attack. >> how you can say the taliban were not involved with the suicide bombing? i understand you rely on them for protection around the airport. >> the general said there was a failure somewhere obviously. he alludeed to the fact it could have been a taliban checkpoints. we have not been certain about that at all. >> jesse: th

joining me now is south carolina congressman ralph norman and andy harris, a former navy reserve medical officer. congressman harris, your reaction of the killing of the isis-k fighter and where it puts us 0 in afghanistan. >> it's too little too late, this won't retrieve that bungling. we have a lot of americans on the ground a lot of allies. i don't see anyway we can be out by the 31st. >> pete: you think he can't meet the august 31 deadline. you're thinking getting all u.s. troops out won't help. >> that's right. we still have to get hundreds if not thousands of americans out. allies out, those that hold special immigrant visas and families and then troops and equipment. it's a tall order for four days. >> pete: sure is. representative norman, your take on the strike tonight. >> look what has happened. >> 13 americans dead, 20 injured. this administration is a toothless tiger. they don't trust him. if this were donald trump, the pure might of the military would be on the taliban. it wouldn't be a question. biden set arbitrary dates with no plan in place. as a result, dead americans an

south carolina congressman ralph norman tested positive for covid.rman and his gop colleague, congresswoman marjorie taylor greene, have sued house speaker nancy pelosi over masking requirements up on capitol hill. other reports are coming in about gop politicians dying from covid complications after they mocked vaccinations. and speaking of greene, listen to what she had to say about health care workers going door to door encouraging people to get vaccinated. >> in the south, we all love our second amendment rights. and we're not real big on strangers showing up on our front door, are we? they might not like the welcome they get. >> desantis has put his own stamp in this anti-science crusade. bashing dr. fauci. selling koozies and t-shirts that say don't fauci my florida. desantis had this to say to president biden who urged gop governors to get out of the way of the administration's covid efforts. >> so why don't you do your job. why don't you get this boerder secure. and until you do that, i don't want to hear a blip about covid from you. >> what

representative ralph norman of south carolina, a republican, had bristled at pelosi's requirement sayingary. he's been vaccinated. crossovers not unheard of. he has mild symptoms and we wish him the best. >>> we're talking about the jobs numbers on twitter. i'm @scottmcgrew. >> thank you. >>> happening today, governor newsom will make a stop in southern california to highlight the safe reopening the schools. he'll visit an elementary school. the governor is expected to lay out the effort to fund money for resources and support schools, those needs they have, to safely reopen. he plans to visit starting at 11:00 this morning. >>> it's 5:49 right now. for families trying to make it in the bay proof of the financial costs tied to raising children. a united way study finds marin county is the most expensive in the region when it comes to child care. a family of four averages nearly spending $24,000 a year, almost $1,000 more than the next county on the list which is san mateo. the average yearly cost for the entire bay area nearly $20,000 per year. >>> so here's one win giant fans may look b

representative ralph norman of south carolina a republican, had bristled at pelosi's requirements sayingand says he's been vaccinated. crossover infections are not unheard of. he says he has mild symptoms. we wish him the best. >>> we'll be talking about the jobs numbers on twitter waiting for the president's comments. you can watch along on twitter, @scottmcgrew. >> thank you. 6:48 right now. happening today, governor newsom will make a stop in southern california to highlight the safe reopening of schools. he'll visit an elementary school in san bernardino county. the governor is expected to lay out the ongoing effort to fund for resources and support schools need to safely reopen. >>> for families trying to make it in the bay new proof of the financial costs tied to raising children. a new united way study finds marin county is the most expensive in the region when it comes to child care. a family of four averages spending nearly $24,000 a year. the average yearly cost for the bay area nearly $20,000. >>> here's a win, giant fans may look back if the team goes on to win the pennant, t

ralph norman yesterday, good news on the jobs front with that 943,000 added.e should credit the governors who ended the state federal employment bonus. barry loudermilk quoting the numbers of the 4% average of unemployment rate in the states that ended the subsidy versus the 5.8% for the state that continued the subsidy. one more from republicans, senator roy blunt saying, americans are already getting hit in their wallets because of inflation. democrats will only make this worse for taxpayers. taking your phone calls this morning asking you if you are seeing an economic recovery in your part of the country. we will start on the flowing phone line for employers. ed is in georgia. what kind of business do you run? caller: i am not running a business but i hire people to renovate my home. host: did you put off renovations during the pandemic? caller: i could not get anybody. what bothers me is the amount of jobs that were created last month. i don't know why biden or pelosi should take any credit. i haven't heard them one time say, go back to work. they never sa