hn former acting director of national intelligence, ric grenell. ric, it's interesting, we do have a defense department, they are fighting back saying oh, we absolutely warned you. we have a state department memo, and now, we have a u.s. diplomat memo, all warning that this was becoming imminent a month ago. the question is, didn't take -- all you needed to do is really watch the news. you could see the advancing taliban, and they were takingis over large portions. my question is, was this an intelligence breakdown, or they just didn't seem to care? or they were ignorant to what could happen here? >> sean, i've spent todaycita talking to multiple state department officials, foreign service officers, career officials, and the warnings were early, and let me just tell you, that in early june, i had seen evidence of a warning, a very stark warning to jake sullivan, in early june. then there were multiple cables throughout june warning of what is happening as the taliban rises. now, on july 1st, we shut down bagram air force base. the troops were remove

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this is something ric grenell and i brought up on twitter. it is very simple. whether or not someone actually is voting to recall gavin newsom, just by looking outside of the envelope. given the way california invokes ballot harvesting, vote by mail and no voter i.d., let's be honest it isn't very hard to figure out how somebody can tip the election in gavin newsom's favor. elizabeth: yeah. ford, i don't want to get you upset and make your laryngitis worse. i know you get very passionate about things. how prevalent are the envelopes with holes in them throughout california? >> there are 58 counties in california, not all of them are using it, it is in l.a. county. it is several other big counties. it's a lot of votes we're talking about by mail with the two holes. yes, you could absolutely tilt an election, what is troubling here, in california you don't have voter eye die. you have got ballot harvesting. democrats on capitol hill want to have california's nationwide. the reason why they have the rules they have the supermajority in the legislature to rig the r

. >> that's a great question they should puzzle everyone this is something that ric grenell and i broughte of many ballots in california whether or not somebody is voting to recall gavin newsom just by looking outside of t the envelope and given the way california ballot harvesting vote by mail and no voter id, let's be honest it isn't very hard to figure out how somebody can attempt the election of gavin newsom's favor. elizabeth: i don't want to get you upset and make your laryngitis worst, how prevalent are these envelopes with holes throughout california. >> is 58 counties in california not all of them are using it but there is certainly an l.a. county and several other big counties and it's ata lot of vos we are talking aboutut by mail with the two holes, you can absolutely tilt the election, what is troubling in california you don't have voter id your ballot harvesting and democrats on capitol hill want to turn california's roles nationwide and the reason they have these roles they have a super majority in the legislature to read the rules in their favor for many decades. elizabeth:

here to answer that question former acting director of national intelligence ric grenell, rick, greatsee you don't. let me ask you that question directly. is president joe biden the one calling the shots? >> well, it is a very good question, will. i would -- i really don't know the answer other than what we can speculate from the outside it certainly looks like there is a hole bunch of academics starting with the national security adviser jake sullivan who seems to be issuing white papers and missing the reality on the ground. what we do know is that in june and july there were some very stark warnings. i thought it was really interesting today that congressman lee zeldin asked of the defense secretary what did general miller tell you before he closed down bagram? what did he tell you, defense secretary? and what did he tell the president of the united states? ?the answer was very telling. the answer was, you know, we are going to have to look backwards and figure out what went wrong later. now is not the time for that question. it was a total dodge. because, what is becoming clear fr

. >> kayleigh: and ric grenell telling me before we came to error that it is not about what you say to taliban it is in fact what they hear that is so important in all of this. we know that they are controlling the country in the presidential palace at this moment, and adding to that, keith kellogg said, recounted two conversations that president trump had with the head of the taliban, and said that one was had after the killing of sola money to send an unmistakable message we need business. he said in the second called at the president said in no uncertain terms if you hurt an american, this deal is off. and he said for 18 months we did not have an american killed in that country, no american soldier killed even as american forces were assisting afghans in killing the taliban, they still do not act, because it seems that they understood a pretty clear message, what do you think they are hearing now in contrast? >> kash: it's the complete opposite, you hit it right on the head. president trump when i was running the counterterrorism program, they made america's defense his national sec

cohost of "fox & friends" weekend, pete hegseth, former actor of national intelligence ric grenell. u pulled out your phone with passion the other night on this program, you, like so many others i know, ric, i know you've been involved in this as well, talking to people you know, friends of yours that are stuck, that are on the ground, the people that allied with us, we promised them, pete, if this day ever came, we would get them the hell out. there is no way we can get them out now, is there? >> not even close. sean, the only plan that is in place, the taliban plan. we have been playing by their playbook and hoping by it, and today, it manifests in the worst possible way. god bless the souls of these 13 marines. of these men and their families and all they have given -- >> sean: amen. >> they were filled by the biden administration who did not adjust their strategy. we knew there was a threat from isis-k, and i have been a platoon leader, i have been on a wall guarding, if you know there is a threat and we knew it were four hours, you either -- you have to change your strategy. you