we welcome the state department's support.try once we were kind of on that 99 yard line. i think the amazing guys i have been able to be on this team with -- i don't lead this team. i am not the organizers but i am a member of this team. what we have been able to do here i think sets the white paper, the proof of concept that with a little bit of help from the u.s. government i think it's joint kind of public/private partnership could help these americans to get out. >> corey, a couple of things. because you did it over land which i was just talking to the other vets who were doing that. they are like, that's so hard. it's so much easier to get them to a place to fly them out. for all the obvious challenges that are absolutely common sense to you. now, the state department's side of the argument is, listen, we want to do everything we can, but what if corey mills or your buddy sam rogers or these other groups are smuggling out isis people or people with fake papers or people who want to hurt us? we have to be able to check. wh

which is what is being said by the state department. the pentagon and the white house right now should occur and possibly could have here occur here in the near future. no, i think honestly from so i've deployed over 30 times to the country. i've spent most of my adult life there. i know those guys inside and out is categorically and same to approach this from a diplomatic approach and think that it's going to work and work well, which is how this, that it's the posture of the state department, the white house right now, but, but to, to think that that's going to end well, for the united states, it's just, it's not logical. there's, there's, there's no way where, like congress, here's my question. you know, what would be the goal here? the deal was the u. s. supposed to be out of afghanistan completely. so why are we going to go back in there in any form? what role could the us actually serve in that area? whether it's a manager in it or the answer would actually be beneficial encounter to what we've just gone through the last 20 years?

of defense and the state department. that's what's so disheartening on top of all of this. on top of the lies is the utter radio silence from this administration and working all of the nonprofits and the veterans who are trying to get these americans out. one of the mothers of the children, the mother of three, she texted someone in the united states saying we ran away from the gate. the situation is very scary, to the anecdote that you lead with. she said the kids are crying and i saw my death. that's what these americans are facing and to keep in mind as well that's just sacramento. there are two other school districts who also said that they have almost three children that were left behind. but by the way, that 100 or 200 number s continues to be repeated by the biden administration is false, it's an undercount because it doesn't include the green card holders and so many more that are taxpaying and counted by this administration for other things when it serves their purpose. they are being left behind and lied about

thank you to the state department and all our diplomats there. en q -- thank you to usaid, dhs, the dea, the cia, the department of agriculture, the doj, the department of commerce, and of course, our afghan allies, who stood side-by-side with us for 20 years. i want to thank each and every one of them. this is not the end. we will conduct, as i stated earlier, continue our oversight responsibilities, bringing in individuals from the past administrations, as we completely oversee and look back and forward to what has been and should be and will be in the future. and with that, this hearing is adjourned. [gavel slams] special assistant on climate change. >> welcome to the bipartisan policy center. we are hosting this event today with a distinguished panel of guests. we are very excited today to talk about the opportunity for the u.s. offshore winds. my name is leslie. i am a director for the energy program. and we will dive right

state department.ng about this in the press, but here you are, and you're taking very much issue with how the state department is characterizing this, so i just want to get to the bottom of what you're taking issue with because the state department said the u.s. has facilitated the safe departure by overland route. amba just to be clear, are you saying they did not facilitate the overland departure of these four or embassy staff were not present at the exit? >> they got present on the second day. we traveled over 300 miles with miriam, not we personally, not me me personally, i was in the united states, over 300 miles from kabul. i'm going to leave where we brought her across out of it because we hopefully will get more people through. we had her there for 24 hours before the state department realized she was there. they showed up a few hours after she got across. for them to say they facilitated, that's a lie. we had to go through 20 check points. each check point, you have to pay money to get through

played in this chaotic withdrawal including questions about the about the state department email fox obtained showing the department denying approval for charter planes to land at department of defense faces. the last time blinken testified before this committee, that was in june. he told mccall the u.s. was not withdrawing. the embassy was staying. that he didn't think any significant deterioration and security would happen over weekend. >> certainly going to bring of his prior testimony. everything he said turned out not to be true. the secretary of state. state department is in charge over all of the evacuation. all the decisions made about the airport word, how down the troops. what happened with the 13 servicemen and women who died. that's all on the state department, it's on their hands. i have often said there's blood on their hands. >> democrat frustration over the evacuations have been bubbling over in recent days but watch their strategy today during this hearing. last week we heard from senator chris murphy and chris van hollen, members of the senate foreign relations comm

state department spokesperson responding with the statement. quote, "we understand the concern many people are feeling as they try to facilitate further charter and other passage out of afghanistan. we do not have personnel on the ground. we do not have assistance in the country. we do not control the airspace, over afghanistan or elsewhere in the region. given these constraints, we also don't have a reliable means to confirm the basic details of charter flights, including who may the organizing them, the number of citizens and other parity groups on board, and where they plan to land, among other issues." michael mccaul claiming passengers on some planes trying to leave afghanistan are essentially being held hostage by the taliban. watch. >> we have hundreds of american citizens left behind enemy lines in afghanistan as i speak. we have six airplanes at sharif airport with american citizens on them as we speak. also wheaties interpreters. and the taliban is holding them hostage for demands. >> emily: kennedy, this is a tragedy of our own makin

thank you to the state department and all our diplomats there. then q -- thank you to usaid, dhs, the dea, the cia, the department of agriculture, the doj, the department of commerce, and of course, our afghan allies, who stood side-by-side with us for 20 years. i want to thank each and every one of them. this is not the end. we will conduct, as i stated earlier, continue our oversight responsibilities, bringing in individuals from the past administrations, as we completely oversee and look back and forward to what has been and should be and will be in the future. and with that, this hearing is adjourned. [gavel slams] >> coming up live today on c-span, secretary of state antony blinken testifies before the senate foreign relations committee about the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. that is at 10:00 a.m. eastern. after that, we joined the house ways and means committee as it meets to consider the $3.5 trillion budget plan. on c-span 2, the senate comes into session at 10:00 a.m. senators will vote on confirmation of the nominee to serve as under

state department. a leaked email reveals charter flights from northern afghanistan and other parts of the country are not being granted permission to land at u.s. air bases or other third party locations. some important context. the state department has a reason. according to a senior u.s. official no way to verify who is on the private flights and taliban is in control of security. anyone boarding a flight there afghanistan in the northern city is only vetted by the taliban. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken addressed it yesterday visiting doha. with the kabul airport still not operational for international commercial flights many people continue to flee on foot. neighboring pakistan has seen an influx of refugees. no camps will be set up along the border with afghanistan. pakistan has an estimated 1.4 million displaced afghans in the country. you still have thousands of people both afghan civilians and foreigners trying to flee afghanistan. protests and the taliban responding forcefully. >> dana

secretary, state department were killed in kabul? >> members of the state department? none. >> okay, your earlier testimony, is that members of the state department given to the airport and were serving side-by-side with the remains although i think we appreciate any andst al effort of the state department personnel on the ground to rescue american citizens, for you tott say that 13 service members who gavee their lives is shameful and shows the american people how continues to be. >> for your information, the men and women of my department -- >> now is not a question secretary blinken, exactly one week ago for of my constituents escaped afghanistan. the first known too leave the administration since your demonstration appended them on the 30th of august. the youngest was two years old in the family, they remained hidden and terrified for 12 long days into my team until patriots on the ground facilitated their evacuation. during this time, the state department did nothing job the family but you directed them to go to the taliban checkpoints repeatedly but the motor mot

has left while the state department scottie, so the u. s. is basically reviewing specifically how the afghan government will function. what it's going to look like and it's formation in the wake of the us is withdrawal. now that the mission has turned from a military operation into a diplomatic one. state department spokesman that price. so the u. s. is waiting to see how a new afghan government is formed, how it will function and what the composition of that government will ultimately look like. further he said the u. s. is keeping a close eye on the taliban and how it's living up to its various commitments. including the potential for any forms of assistance will be the action, the actions of any new african government that is safe passage, respect for the rights of the people of afghanistan. including women and girls and minorities, a government that is inclusive, a government that follows through on its counter terrorism commitments and a government that respects the universal international norms. now asked about the u. s. influence over

others saying that the state department is right and it's the taliban's fault. >> yeah, andry a the statetment coming under fire as you might expect and democrats like senator blumenthal who is furious at how this situation is unfolding. the state department has been very vague for a couple of days now about why exactly these charter flights have not been able to take off. the explanation that secretary blinken gave here in doha today was that there are american citizens as well as afghans with the correct paperwork waiting to get onboard those flights, but they are mixed in with people who do not have the necessary travel document, and so the taliban are saying until everybody has the travel documents, nobody can leave, and of course, this is what everyone was worried about, that when u.s. troops left the americans remaining in afghanistan would be effectively at the mercy of the taliban as to whether they could go or not and the taliban, the new government of afghanistan are in a position where they can say, look, we're not stopping anybody from going. we're just making sure everyone ha

thank you to the state department and all our diplomats there. en q -- thank you to usaid, dhs, the dea, the cia, the department of agriculture, the doj, the department of commerce, and of course, our afghan allies, who stood side-by-side with us for 20 years. i want to thank each and every one of them. this is not the end. we will conduct, as i stated earlier, continue our oversight responsibilities, bringing in individuals from the past administrations, as we completely oversee and look back and forward to what has been and should be and will be in the future. and with that, this hearing is adjourned. [gavel slams] united states.

furthermore, the state department explicitly stated that charter flights, even those containing americanizens would not be allowed to land at defense department air bases. the state department defended the decision, raising concerns of possible terrorists being on board while having no one on the ground to verify the flight manifest. but these actions go against biden's promise that he wouldn't leave any americans behind. >> 90% of americans in afghanistan who wanted to leave were able to leave. and for those remaining americans, there is no deadline. we remain committed to get them out if they want to come out. >> rachel: well, that was clearly a lie. as the administration is now actively working to stop american citizens from escaping the failed nation. and we don't even know how many americans are left stranded in afghanistan. >> we have been able to identify a relatively small number of americans who we believe are seeking to depart from the airport with their families. we have been assured, again, that all-american citizens and afghan citizens with valid travel documents will be all

but the state department, despite what you hear from the podium at the white house and the departmento rescue americans. watch this. >> got to know who is on those planes, absolutely. our soft veteran volunteers and combat veterans can play a huge well without getting in the way. they have relationships with a lot of these people and they can help fill the gaps. the state department is in the lead. i get that but i think these citizen liaison networks like ours, team america, and hundreds of others can help. the folks we are talking to, but, the state department, you know, they have got rules. just not going to do it. sorry. ainsley: you said at :00 a.m. they say one thing but they do something else. like they will say we are getting these people out. you talk to people amazing individuals meriam amazing citizen. we told you her story yesterday came over with her kids and cory mills had -- she relied on him to get her out because she couldn't get on one of these planes. they held her up at gunpoint when she tried to get on one of the planes. the state department says we will judge the

thank you to the state department and all our diplomats there. then q -- thank you to usaid, dhs, the dea, the cia, the department of agriculture, the doj, the department of commerce, and of course, our afghan allies, who stood side-by-side with us for 20 years. i want to thank each and every one of them. this is not the end. we will conduct, as i stated earlier, continue our oversight responsibilities, bringing in individuals from the past administrations, as we completely oversee and look back and forward to what has been and should be and will be in the future. and with that, this hearing is adjourned. [gavel slams] >> the world changed in an instant. media com was ready. we never slowed down. we powered a new reality. mediacome supporters c-span as a public service along with these other television providers. giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> coming up this week on the c-span networks. homeland security secretary mayorkas appear before congress on threat toes the homeland 20 years after 9-11. c-span 3 will have their testimony at 3:

and then it says from our state department, it may require official approval from the state departmentore accepting a private charter flight, which our state department will not provide that approval. so we've got americans in chartered planes, don jr., in chartered planes ready to take off, a country willing to accept them and they are saying we won't let you come to the u.s. and we won't give you approval to go to the country that will accept you. are you kidding me? >> it's disgusting. american citizens are doing the job that the biden administration should have been doing from day one but they see the lack of leadership. they see the incompetence. it's literally the most biden thing ever. like you spoke about earlier in your monologue with bowe bergdahl. let's trade four terrorists for a deserter, for a traitor. that is the most obama-biden democrat trade ever. this is the next iteration of that. it's a continuation of biden's america last policy. >> sean: appreciate you being with us. tonight while the biden administration complaints about the lack of inclusion in the taliban's a

despite this, the state department rose to the occasion. over 120,000 people were successfully evacuated from afghanistan in a short period of time in one of the biggest humanitarian operations the united states has ever seen. the work continues and having senate confirmed people in these positions will be critical as we watch our allies for what comes next in afghanistan. i want to ask you as you have done this very hard work and your people at the department are stretched thin because the senate has not confirmed the nominees, what would you say to senator cruz who is blocking key national appointments and jeopardizing our national security? # # -- >> i would ask the senate to move forward in confirming our nominees. # # they were sent to the floor and that's where they lie. we need all these people. we need them to do the business of the united states. we need them to advance interest of the united states. i hope very much that we can work through this very, very quickly and i would hope the senate can get our nominees confirmed. >> thank

you will finger-pointing but at the end of the day present biden committed chief military, the state departmentns on the ground in afghanistan so the department of defense was responding to what they were telling them to do but at the end of the day present biden is responsible for the decisions made in afghanistan, he was the one with the arbitrary date and pulled our forces out before everyri american could get on a bird in flight to safety. it's unconscionable. never in our history we would stand in a place where our president and government banned american citizens behind enemy lines. liz: politico reported the white house officials are saying they are horrified, appalled about how americans were abandoned behind terror lines so the leaks will keep on coming. we got this new deal political landscape how the administration handled it. we want to be dealing with this for years to come in the issue of china. white house tech secretary same basically it wrong to think china can undercut u.s. leverage with the taliban claiming china does not have the capacity for that. is that true? but the whit

that's interesting state department spin.l, it's only tuesday, and there's trouble in the administration. reporter: steve, ainsley and brian good morning. there are two different stories emerging about how four different americans were able to get out of afghanistan. the state department says it helps facilitate their departure from the country but the men behind the rescue are telling fox news that that is not accurate. texas congressman ronny jackson tweeted out a photo showing these people as they were getting out of afghanistan. he says it was former military members who risked their own lives and not the u.s. government who deserves credit. the congressman went even further saying the state department "didn't do a damn thing" and he's accusing the department of trying to take credit for the work of others. we're still watching what's going on on the ground in northern afghanistan where americans and others are desperately trying to get out of the country via charter flight but the taliban continues to block those planes

state department. drew pearson had started as a diplomatic correspondent and always kept a close eye on the foreign in service. he collected so much information about the state department that secretary of state kordell once began a meeting by asking, are we talking for this room or for pearson? the columnist benefited from sources high and low within the state department. particularly from sumner wells. they promoted his career and he provided information and also confirmed the news that pearson had picked up elsewhere. the trouble was that the column grew so favorable to wells that secretary hillary began to blame him for all the leaks and eventually had him fired. in fact, drew pearson had plenty of sources within the state department. one was the director of the state department's office of special political affairs. indeed, when the colleagues worried about him leaking, it was not to the soviet union but to drew pearson. some of his columns clearly initiated with information about the british acti

they said the state department was not particularly involved. other americans spent hours on airplanes at the airport in northern afghanistan. they have yet to take off. republican congressman michael mccall said they're being held hostage. in qatar, secretary of state antony blinken responded to mccall's allegation. >> we identify a small number of americans that are trying to depart. we're not aware of anyone being held on an aircraft or any hostage like situation. >> outside the former u.s. embassy in kabul, a freshly painted taliban flag and coat of arms for the islamic emirate of afghanistan. a source on the ground says more symbols are appearing on the ground in kabul. taliban officials blame the lack of documents for some of these planes at the airport for not taking off. the u.s. state department says we don't even really control the airspace, but in announcing the formation of a new government, a tall span spokesperson said people with the proper documentation should be able to leave in the coming days. >> martha: i believe this family

make more of what's yours. >>> today a senior state department official admitted an ugly truth. rk for the united states during its two decade military campaign were likely left behind. we're fortunate enough to have with us a member of the minority who the help of cnn and others on the ground was able to escape. 34-year-old abdul rasheed shazad he tried several times to get himself and his family through the airport gates but the crowds were too massive. he says his 8-year-old son was nearly trampled in the chaos, his 2-year-old got sick. in a call you can hear the father of three pleading to be saved, not to be left behind. >> why have the american soldiers forgetting about us after everything we did, the sacrifices we made? why are they leaving us behind? i don't want to be kill by the >> the cnn team helped rasheed get past the taliban. he was turned away by u.s. forces because his siv application is still pending. rasheed called for help from the navy s.e.a.l. he had once worked with in afghanistan and others. it took seven hours for him to finally get through. >> the air fo

what is your state department doing to get them out? we're hearing dramatic new stories of what some afghan women and girls are doing to escape the taliban. we're going to bring in two better minds who understand the obstacles but also the realities. next. ♪ yeah, it's time for grilled cheese. ♪ ♪ after we make grilled cheese, ♪ ♪ then we're eating grilled cheese. ♪ ♪ because it's time. ♪ ♪ yeah. ♪ ♪ time for grilled cheese. ♪ [sfx: radio being tuned] welcome to allstate. ♪ [band plays] ♪ a place where everyone lives life well-protected. ♪ and even when things go a bit wrong, we've got your back. here, things work the way you wish they would. and better protection costs a whole lot less. you're in good hands with allstate. click or call for a lower auto rate today. every single day, we're all getting a little bit better. we're better cooks... better neighbors... hi. i've got this until you get back. better parents... and better friends. no! no! that's why comcast works around the clock constantly improving america's largest gig-speed br

correspondent griff jenkins looks for answers tonight at the state department. >> we're in constant contactith americans who remain in afghanistan. >> it's been four days since u.s. troops left afghanistan and secretary of state oberlin ken won't say if a single american left behind be has gotten out. >> protect the viability of the tactics i'm not going to go into any details. >> blib ken says most of the remaining americans are duel nationals who call afghanistan home. and while he says the vast majority of the 124,000 evacuated were at risk afghans, he acknowledges that a majority ofive applicants did not make it out this as reports pour in taliban going door to door find and punish afghans to worked with the u.s. >> they are stranded. they were left behind. their lives are in danger. when i talk danger, extreme danger? as the department of homeland security secretary hall andrea mayorkas charged with overseeing the process said some of the evacuees flown out have been flagged on terror watch list. >> we deny access to individuals whose derogatory information is not qui involved and we d

they are having to work against the state department. , is the united states government lying to us about how many americans are stranded in afghanistan? >> absolutely. the united states government is lying to the entire world right now. the biden administration, they have proven one thing is that they cannot be trusted at all. the numbers they are putting out, i do not believe them part i will not comment on any types of operations that may or may not be conducted right now to help x filtrate american citizens are allies but the biden administration cannot be trusted. i want to stress there are deputy chiefs of mission there are the average foreign service officer, their junior members of the united states and military that are doing what can only be described as ultra stick god's work to remove people from afghanistan. because the biden administration is refusing to do so. those aircraft that are being held, i've been there at least 50 times for their there solely because the state department refuses the dental allow them to leave the c

it's up to the state department.tasked anthony blinken with figuring out a way to get them out. >> so the president admits that he left 10% of americans behind. on top of that, there's thousands of siv applicants, afghans, that were interpreters, that served alongside us in the afghan army, the afghan police that have granted special immigrant visas and they were not able to get out. here's why. thele that ban wouldn't let them. then you hear this administration, general milley, secretary austin hint that we might work through diplomatic measures, legitimizing the taliban as a real government entity. it doesn't add up why we would work with the same terrorists that blocked americans and our allies from getting to the airport. didn't work out then and it won't work out moving forward. >> martha: what do you say dealing with them is breaking the law? they're a designated terrorist organization. their leader, haqqani is a wanted terrorist by america. so how do they -- how can you justify making -- doing any sort of deal

thank you to the state department and all our diplomats there. then q -- thank you to usaid, dhs, the dea, the cia, the department of agriculture, the doj, the department of commerce, and of course, our afghan allies, who stood side-by-side with us for 20 years. i want to thank each and every one of them. this is not the end. we will conduct, as i stated earlier, continue our oversight responsibilities, bringing in individuals from the past administrations, as we completely oversee and look back and forward to what has been and should be and will be in the future. and with that, this hearing is adjourned. [gavel slams] [indistinct chatter] announcer: sec. of state antony blinken testifies on the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan tuesday before the senate foreign relations committee. live coverage begins at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. announcer: this week, watch c-span's january 6 views from the house, where 14 members of congress share stories of what they saw, heard, and experienced that

a senior state department official confessed to nbc news that the majority of afghans didn't make it out of kabul. the united states stands by its commitment that we made to vulnerable afghans such as women leaders and journalists, truth, team biden didn't even ensure american em plowed journalists made it to safety. lie, asked by a reporter you see new parallels between what happened in vietnam? none. zero. true, not even a month later, pictures came from kabul of the helicopter flying over the american embassy. lie. biden vowed to continue to provide afghan army with air support. truth, in the wake of biden's withdraw decision, he pulled the air support and intelligence and contractors. the afghan military couldn't operate. lie, july 8th, biden added that the likelihood there is going to be a taliban overrunning everything as highly unlikely. truth in, fact, biden knew the taliban were overtaking the afghan government and asked the president to lie about it. whether it's true or not. sadly, the advanced military equipment led to the terrorists and i end the quote of that article. sa

an opportunity for being played out by the state department, they are the issue be to the state department arctic bungling this operation since they want with that in mind, report half a dozen claims. at the airport with over 1000 people trying to get up living at least 100 americans naturally secretary of state tony lincoln says it's no big deal. >> we've been able to identify a small amount of americans seeking to depart with their family we are not aware of anyone being held on an aircraft or any hostage situation. kennedy: if they are better at evacuation the state department just cap as i? joining me tonight retired navy seal senior chief and republican candidate for wisconsin's third district, he just returned from united air of emmett helping process refugees in america. dbo is back, welcome back, cried for safe. tell me about your mission and what you saw. >> thanks for having me, nice to see her. i got a phone call from a friend of mine saying can you help oversee those who have escaped from afghanistan? i got on a plane immediately and left. apparently it's up to us american citi

everybody disappearing at the end of july and the state department already knew he had planned to gohe end of july and everybody else in britain was staying on there was something very wrong in europe and they thought hitler was going to move again instead the reason he wanted to go was to prevent harting ten asking him to marry him it was good to be his 21st birthday and joe feared he would ask her and she would accept the last thing he wanted was his daughter to marry a protestant critically as peter grace was madly in love with her as well and he only love billy the picture below is jack with his sister and his picture the whole family in front of the cabana at the beach and i have him here with his mouth open while he was there he was shooting his mouth off about how morgan was useless and thunder whales was useless and cordell was useless in the whole state department if it were in his hands they did not think it was broken of course. his next door neighbors heard about it and actually edward was so perturbed he let the royal family know in england there is a problem with joe. j

i'm not blaming the people in the state department. i think they need more funding and we need to re-examine how they operate. >> i agree with you completely. the co-coms are filling a vacuum. dod has the resources and dod has the skilled personnel and they can at a moment's notice assign people where they need them and move them immediately and so the combatant commands over time has grown because they are filling the vacuum. in the war we live in today, you to have a hold on government approach. you can't lead the department in the world we live in. you really need to lead with the whole of government approach but i'm 100%. jim mattis, one of the best war fighting generals, bob gates. secretary of defense, we need to reinvigorate the state department and when i was young staffer and traveled around these were the elite people of our government along with our military and we blocked a lot of that and so that's why goldwater nicoles we emphasized duty and look at what happened since. i would urge to do the same thing the armed services

a senior state department official confessed to nbc news that the majority of afghans didn't make it out of kabul. lie. united states stands by its commitment we made to vulnerable afghans such as women leaders and afghans. true, biden didn't see that made it to safety. lie, parallels to what happened in vietnam. none, zero. true. not even a month later, pictures came from kabul of a helicopter flying over the american embassy. true, in the wake of biden's withdrawal decision, he pulled the air support intelligence and contractors. the afghan military couldn't operate. lie, july 8th, biden added that the likelihood is going to be a taliban over running everything is highly unlikely. true, in fact, biden knew the taliban were over taking the afghan government and asked the president to lie about it. whether it's true or not . they chant death to israel to america. we must never forget the may 8th bombing in kabul where islamic extremist terrorists slaughtered over 80 girls. you should have changed course then. murders will have a safe haven to attack american families at home. your biz

according to the state department, the united states has facilitated this safe departure of four citizens by afghanistan. the organizer of this rescue mission is calling that statement a complete and total life here the u.s. government did nothing to rescue these americans, absolutely nothing and of course joe biden doesn't seem to care about any f this because today after a long weekend of getting much needed rest and relaxation in delaware, biden toured flood damage in new york and new jersey and every stop met by protesters caring anti-biden signs waving trump flags in demanding accountability over afghanistan and more. according to joe biden, everybody he thought was happy to see him. it the few people that were there. take a look. >> none of them were shouting or complaining. every one of them were thanking me as if it was something special. i mean that sincerely, that i was here. >> [bleep]! you have rent americans lives. [bleep] mack! you have left americans behind [bleep] you guys. you guys. you left americans behind! >> 2011! he lost his life for what! >> sean: finally biden had

the state department said no shorteners are allowed those charters are allowed to plan to -- know chartersd to find another destination country. it can't be denied states either part of of the department at the pentagon percentage they operate about potential risk to national security. what was your experience in dealing with the state department when you were trying to get miriam and three children? >> thanks for having me. we were trying to -- we arranged almost 25 -- american citizens back. we already scheduled a talk -- contact, got all the documentation. we got their passports and verified what we could. they would meet us in the area where company was moving them. as we were about 9,000 feet off of the brett baker we were getting ready to go into our final landing approach. we had a fully approved pp arc that was our landing squad, which was approved there. we had a full faa flyover approval and we were told to do a go around. as we were doing to go around that we were told that our ppr was denied. we had flight in the air. thanks to think that i had at the members of the team kept i

and it seems that there is this war going on between the pentagon and the state department. how should it have been done. we know the military shouldn't have left first. what do americans do now who are in afghanistan? >> let me say very clearly that joey and every single american man and woman who served overseas did their jobs successfully. you kept us safe within you kept the terrorism away from us. you did your job, you did it exactly how you were supposed to. it's the politicians that messed this up. the fact of the matter is we have a politician in the white house scrambling to pretend this is over. we are still? chaos and crisis mode. we have weapons that will still out and will be used against us. why are we not disarming or taking those weapons off the battlefield somehow. we know we can. we should be able to do that. we also have a crisis with the vetting process. the vetting process in germany is atrocious. people are being told, foreign service officers, career officials, dhs officials are being told when there is an incomplete file, rush it through, use your hun

but the state department is also claiming that the u.s. facilitated that saved a project, which the people who actually went and got those american say it is not true. >> we were told by the state department official here, hey, i'm sorry. the taliban issued an order because they are late to establish their government. nothing more that we could do. >> so the u.s. is continuing to coordinate with the taliban. leaders on the ground, trying to form their new government. and the head of security, interior security is reportedly a number of the unknown global terrorism group with a $5 million u.s. bounty on his head. >> sandra: thank you. john. >> john: for more on this, let's bring in michael waltz, and a former green beret. multiple tours of duty in afghanistan. congressman, always good to see you. >> thank you. >> john: he says it was him and his team of private veterans who got this group out. however, here's what the state department set about this on monday. "the u.s. has facilitated the safe departure of four u.s. citizens from afghanist

was that we know that this evacuation was conducted by the state department, the secretary of state andmilitary experience gave advice but didn't stand their ground. so the entire withdrawal was a disaster. it was a debacle. there are americans left behind. there are afghanistan interpreters left behind. and, unfortunately, 13 u.s. service members gave their lives because they conducted an incompetent, inept operation of withdrawal. todd: does anyone come out looking good in this blame game. >> no one comes out looking good. our generals don't come out looking good because they should have pushed back against the state department and presidency. so they don't come out looking good. we lost bagram air base which we need in order to have counter-terrorism in that region. and now we don't have eyes on iran or china or russia. americans lost their lives. americans are still over there. so, on every level on humanitarian level on a military level, on a counter-terrorism level there was a tremendous failure. jillian: let's talk about this for a second dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas didn't e

steve: that is not true of state department read by secretary blanket and communicated to buy biden's evidence. the president was warned of the taliban taken over the 31st deadline and biden insisted on keeping it anyway. we now know from the leaked phone call where they tell the president and he told biden by the end of july how close things were to collapse. biden ignored that too. in the single most damning piece of evidence, we now know even after the record advance, the taliban effort to allow the u.s. to control all of cobble not just airport, biden keep saying there's no alternative, that is not true there was an alternative and he rejected it. as a direct result of these decisions, countless americans have been left stranded behind enemy lines. biden promise not to leave and to all americans were out. >> if there is american citizens left we will stay until we get them out. steve: that was august the 18th and look where we are today. >> we are hopeful in the coming days the qatari's will be able to resume air service out of global and if they do we are obviously going to look

what is our state department doing to get them out?an women and girls are doing to escape the taliban. we're going to bring in two better minds who understand the obstacles, but also the realities. next. [sizzling] i may not be able to tell time, but i know what time it is. [whispering] it's grilled cheese o'clock. - [narrator] as you get ready for what's next, custom gear from custom ink can help make the most of these moments. we've developed new tools to make it easy for you. custom ink has hundreds of products to help you feel connected. upload your logo or start your design today at customink.com >>> this is afghanistan. a stampede. thousands trying to cross the border into pakistan. at least one person died in this crush. the reality is also that without a working airport, people trying to flee the taliban are left with few options. that includes americans and thousands of afghans who served alongside our military, and were promised to be kept safe. let's bring in the better minds who know the region and the challenges. lisa curt

>> we provided our input to the state department and, again, it's a call of the state department -- i understand that. i understand that, mr. secretary. i'm asking for what your judgment was and i'm asking specifically about your testimony that in april you developed evacuation scenarios and this is reported by multiple sources this morning in the news so i just wonder. as of late april it was your opinion that the evacuations of civilians should begin, should begin earlier than they did? >> we provided input to -- to try to get out as many afghans who have helped us along the way as, you know, as early as possible, but, again, the state department made its decisions based upon the fact that even.ghani had engaged them and said, hey, we're very concerned about the mass exodus of civilians from the country. >> general mill year, let me direct this to you. did you -- did you ever advise in the inter agency process that the rapid withdrawal timeline that the white house, the pentagon signed off on and general miller proposed getting us to zero by middle of july, that that would negativel

a source in the state department said that is due to pressure applied by the state department. >> harvey are a bunch of nobodies. almost all of you have an aspect of military intelligence work, veterans work where you understand the processing and you know these people involved. it's not like you are coming at this blind. you have my number. i will be always a text away or a call away. we are going to put pressure on the state department starting yesterday. thank you very much. good luck with your work. >> thank you, chris. thank you for the support. >> absolutely. somebody has to do it. i'm going to go to break on this. people in the government, i know you are listening. this is one of those situations where when these situations -- not if -- go bad and people were waiting and it can be traced back to you, not doing something because you don't have the process, because it doesn't fit how you usually do things, you will regret it. we will be right back. ah, there's no place like panera. enjoy the toasty, saucy chipotle chicken avocado melt on freshly baked bread. panera. order on the app

the state department won't answer. i don't believe what the secretary of state or president has told us on this. it's all proven untrue. >> we certainly have seen instance after instance they said they would do this and did something else. the most conspicuous one, i don't think joe boyd en will ever live down he promised in a televised interview we would stay for all of the americans to get out and he didn't do that. than manifest. nobody is pretending they got all of the americans out except for chuck schumer. he has said, i saw it on videotape we got all americans out that wanted to get out. that's not true. nobody in the administration is say thagz true. this is what we're confronted with. this is a stain that will be a long time wearing off if it does. i suspect it never will. >> brit, i watched 35 minutes of "meet the press" not a word about afghanistan. it was about poll ratings. this is a lead story in any other era. why isn't this a lead story now. the compelling video, cargo jets, people falling off the side.

the state department was in charge of the operations on the ground in afghanistan. but at the end of the day president biden is responsible for the decisions that were made in afghanistan. he was the one that had this arbitrary date and pulled our forces out before every american could get on a bird and fly to safety. that is unconscionable, never in the history of our country did i think we would be standing in a place where our president, our government abandoned american citizens behind enemy lines. elizabeth: you know "politico" also reporting that white house officials are saying they are quote, horrified, appalled about how americans were abandoned behind terror lines. so the leaks are going to keep on coming. we have this new geopolitical landscape after afghanistan, how the administration handled it. we'll deal with it for years to come. there is the issue with china. now white house press secretary, congressman, is saying it is wrong to think that china can undercut u.s. leverage with the taliban, claiming quote, that china does not have the capacity for th