host: in your view, did the trump administration sanctions cage iranian behavior? guest: it only made it worse. there nuclear program is now closer to the ability to develop nuclear weapons than it was in 2013 when the obama administration started negotiating with iranians, or when the jcpoa was finalized. we saw the kind of attacks that the iranians had not been involved in, at least since the 1980's like the attack on saudia ron: oil company which took half of saudi oil exports off the market for a while. attacks on tankers and shipping in the persian gulf, those of the kinds of behaviors we have not seen before the trump administration imposed its maximum pressure policy. at home, the iranian system has become much more oppressive and we have seen protests that have been brutally crushed. all in all, i would say none of the objectives were materialized despite the fact that sanctions really devastated the iranian economy and inflicted a lot of harm on the iranian people in the middle of a pandemic. host: we are talking with ali vaez, senior advisor and iran proje

occurred in the trump administration and received favorable votes from the republicans and democrats indeed a new study that came out according to the nonpartisan congressional research service the trump administration incurred $5.4 trillion in new debt after the debt ceiling was raised in 2019 up through the last day in office. not by democratic spending but under the trump administration. $5.4 trillion from the last day the debt ceiling was raised in 2019 to the last day being in office. another report by the treasury department further states that over the entirety of the trump administration, the figure rose to as high as $8 trillion. let me repeat this so my republicans. a loud and clear. it's not about democrats incurring debt. between the last time the debt ceiling was raisedf in 2019 and the final day of the trump administration, nothing to do with biden or democrats or anything in 2021, the administration added more than $5 trillion to the national debt. and over the four years of donald trump it's more than $8 trillion. soh both sides have the responsibility to pay our side

that the debt ceiling was raised in 2019 and the final day of the frump administration "owe trump administration, nothing to do with biden or democrats in 2021, his administration added more than $5 trillion to the national debt. and over the four years of donald trump new debt totaled as much as $8 trillion. so both sides, both sides have a responsibility to pay our side -- pay our bills. both sides led by a republican senate incurred much of this new debt. senators from both parties voted overwhelmingly in support of the many laws that contributed to this obligation. in the middle of the covid pandemic, the congress came together under donald trump -- when donald trump was president to pass successive covid relief laws like the cares act, a p.p.p. extension. democrats and republicans voted in huge numbers in support of these laws. republicans voted to make these expenditures. now we must come together to do the responsible thing and pay those bills. leader mcconnell assured the country in 2019 when donald trump was president that, quote, we no doubt raised the debt ceiling on a bipartisan basi

i mean, think about if this had happened during the trump administration, the outcry that would have come from the democratic party and it's happening now and you do hear an outcry, but the administration doesn't seem to be moved. maybe even today announcing that they're getting rid of the horse patrol to be honest, the horses, one problem. that's not the issue would go on the horses that are the problem and as long as they continue to be allowed to operate in such anti black races waves, it's impunity. it's not gonna matter whether it's a horse or a car bike. it's all going to be the same. i'm glad you mentioned the trump administration, because i think most observers would have thought, well, things probably couldn't have gotten much worse than they were certainly immigration wise, under the trump administration. and for this to be happening under joe biden. as you pointed out, he made that pledge over racism when he took office it it, it just doesn't quite seem conceivable that this has been allowed to happen. yes, almost like you thought during the trip administration that there i

what went wrong in the trump administration. as they filled so badly in their initial response to the pandemic and the united states became the worst hit country in the world. in terms of the pandemic. with that committee has started to turn of information not just about how the response to the pandemic was structured but also why we may have got down some of those very weird who [inaudible] . just last week that committee turned up something new with somebody who is not previously known to have advised the white house coronavirus response. his name is doctor steven hatfill he is a virologist. in february 2020 he started working with the white house trade representative, peter on the pandemic response. which is why as the congressional investigation was continuing on looking into the u.s. government response in the first year of covid, the doctor stephen had fills name started popping up all over the place even though he sort of never has been publicly declared in the public response. and you can see in this guy's correspondence

where was the protests when the trump administration negotiated a deal with the taliban just one monther the abduction of navy veteran mark fredricks? where was this protest when then president trump and then secretary pompeo agreed to withdraw all troops from may 31st, 2020. and let me remind everyone that trump's deal forced the afghan government to release 5,000 prisoners, and offered international legitimacy to the taliban. it is a deal that failed to require the taliban to separate from the afghan terrorists. the deal altered the political order of the country. some may say that trump's agreement was condition-based, but it was different. it came with stronger conditions, but that is simply not true. the choice before president biden was between a full withdrawal and the surging of thousands of americans in afghanistan for an undefined time. to argue a third option and the troops where the safety of the personnel could be preserved in my mind is a fantasy. had we not removed american troops from afghanistan we would have left them in the middle of the rapidly deteriorating war zon

i then conclude with the trump administration and extreme that-ing. now some may recall that during the campaign that president -- then republican khamenei donald trump, one of his campaign speeches was -- there was a reference to the cold war. and this call for extreme vetting. there's a reference which i include in the book where he says, we have these ideological restrictions in the cold war. and we need extreme vetting. i remember watching this and going, oh my goodness, let's see what happens. lo and behold, during the trump administration, we had seen efforts to exclude and to deport and use extreme vetting, that is strikingly similar. what has changed is technology. during and with social media and the use of social media, data collection, there is a concern that you are affiliations, what you like on twitter or facebook, the expression that you carry around in your pocket and on you at all times, to your laptop, to social media handles and accounts can be used against you, either during the visa process. the visa process requires you to disclo

after that freakout earlier in the day about the trump white house documents actually being produced by the national archives and records administration so they can ultimately be given to this committee, after that little freakout from trump world earlier in the day, tonight the january 6 investigation committee has issued subpoenas to four very high-profile trump officials. steve bannon, who was one of his last guys in office, scavino, one of the guys who wrote the tweets. and all four of those trump officials tonight are directed in these new subpoenas to hand over documents for the investigation by october 7. that's two weeks from now. they're also directed to appear for depositions a week after that on october 14 and october 15. now, will they comply with the subpoenas? interesting question. congressman adam schiff is a head of the intelligence committee. he's also a member of the january 6 investigation. he said earlier today before these subpoenas were issued that the committee may well consider criminal referrals for anybody who obstructs the committee's work or who specifically refuses a subpoena that compels them to testify a

they worked together to try to ensure there was continuity right at the end of the trump administration and truly no surprises on national security, and part of that was reassuring adversaries that there was going to be continuity from trump to biden. that call was what milley made to general lee that there were going to be no surprises. the context for the call was back in october. that's when the chinese -- u.s. believe that the chinese feared some kind of u.s. attack, some kind of october surprise, so senior civilian pentagon officials called their counterparts and reassured them that, no, there was no imminent u.s. attack. as part of that reassurance, general milley called his counterpart back in october to reassure him from that same thing. we have words of that call thanks to the woodward kosa book. general lee said -- general millie said we've known eat other a long time, if we attack i will call you ahead of time. that's extraordinary. the emphasize what the core message milley was trying to say, there's not going to be an attack by the u.s. on china, that was wrong and that mes

the obama administration put -- past of a playbook to the trump and administration about what to do in case of a pandemic but the trump administration threw it out. their own exercise called the crimson contagion that lasted for months involved hospitals, the cdc health and human services, the red cross, it was a vast array, they had a scenario which was a traveler returns home to chicago and the next day his son goes to iraq concert and six months later, 586,000 americans are dead. it is pre-close to the actual number. what did they learn in this contagion exercise? they learned states were ill-equipped to deal with it themselves. government agencies did not know who was in charge. the businesses were going to start figure out how to keep in business with their employees working from home. >> you said the first known arrival was on january 20. only 20 united states senators showed up. >> it was not taken seriously. it was the intelligence in the white house, the daily briefing, there was very little about the pandemic. it was essentially not seen as a threat despite the fact that by t

democrats are going to wonder what exactly was handed to the biden administration from the trump administration and what could have the biden administration done to make the situation easier and smoother on the ground in afghanistan in those final days. i am told that democrats are not going to be just lobbing softballs at the secretary of state but instead really trying to get to the bottom of this. you also heard from some republicans going into this meeting this morning, including ron johnson and john berasso saying they want to get to the truth. that is their own words. saying they are trying to get more than just what berasso said was excused from the secretary of state yesterday. we're also learning that the committee wanted to hear from the defense secretary today. but that they were rebuffed and he will not attend this hearing today andin steted they were trg to determine what has happening on ground and the state department and instead they'll zwruf just hear from the secretary of state. that frustrating some going into the meeting. and one of the things that the democrats are very car

i mean, think about if this had happened during the trump administration, the outcry that would have come from the democratic party and it's happening now and you do hear an outcry, but the administration doesn't seem to be moved. maybe even today announcing that they're getting rid of the horse patrol to be honest, the horses, one problem. that's not the issue would go on the horses that are the problem and as long as they continue to be allowed to operate in such anti black races, ways with impunity. it's not going to matter whether it's a horse or a car bike. it's all going to be this thing like you saw during the trip administration that there it had a floor and the by and ministration came in. there were, you know, we can get lower than this. and this is what's happening in the 1st 4 months of the bite and ministration, more haitian curricular asylum seekers. you were expelled, my quote from this country. then during the entire time of the trumping ministration, based upon the border policy, there was the opportunity to not reinstate it. in fact, the, by an administration reinsta

in this case spending incurred under the trump administration. and let us be clear. if the united states, the largest economy in the world, defaults on its debt, it will plunge not only our country but the entire global economy into what could become a severe economic depression. that means massive unemployment, higher interest rates, severe reduction in government services, and possible cuts in such programs as social security and medicare. the irresponsibility of the republican leadership is not just something that i worry about. according to press reports, former republican secretaries of state -- secretaries of treasury hank paulson who worked under george w. bush and steven mnuchin who worked under donald trump, republican secretaries of the treasury, both of them visited with senator mcconnell to make the case about the need to extend the debt ceiling. they understand, as i think all of us do, how important it is that the united states of america does not default on its debt and it is about time that my republican colleagues listened to them. now let me say a w

it's head up again during the trump administration. and we folks thought it would be back in this by the administration. but here we are, i mean, think about if this had happened during the trump administration, the outcry that would have come from the democratic party and it's happening now and you do here and outcry, but the administration doesn't seem to be moved. maybe even today announcing that they're getting rid of the horse patrol to be honest, the horses, one problem. that's not the issue would go on the horses that are the problem. as long as they continue to be allowed to operate in such anti black races, ways with impunity. it's not going to matter whether it's a horse or a car bike. it's all going to be this thing like you thought during the trip administration that there had had a floor and the buyer and ministration came in and said, we're just, you know, we can get lower than this. and this is what's happening. then the 1st 4 months of the bite and ministration, more haitian curricular asylum seekers, you were expelled,

it has something like administration has been three the beginning something trump administration earlier this year the fight for frustration has a choice and theyid declined children for life by themselves biden administration has continued have a lot most of them. they are trying to do it in an orderly fashion and i think what mercy right now is they have not been able to do that. >> if you are a haitian family and crossing children from are you going to be allowed to stay? >> they have been expellingop people -- my understanding is they have been expelling people but not out there on the border on top of all these images mercy here in washington, from were told by the senate president. you can include immigration plans in the three-point petrodollar reconciliation bill, they wanted to this legislation plus give us specifics. >> they wanted to vote as many as 8 million people in simply i have been covering. there high hopes for this and it's a slim majority in both houses and they believe this is the only way they could get a. the last major of amnesty was in 1986 or 635 years ago you h

trump. it's his administration we're paying for with this vote. and the republicans, many of whom supported him and continue to, don't want to balance the books and accept that responsibility. on a different matter, i will just close by saying that the afghanistan situation should be put in the context of 13 brave americans who lost their lives during that evacuation. but the fact of the matter is that 124,000 -- 124,000 people, including 80,000 afghans and 6,000 americans -- were airlifted to safety. they and the brave service members and diplomats involved in the evacuation deserve our thanks and respect. the missteps in afghanistan happened long ago. the first u.s. -- the u.s. first began peace talks with the taliban more than a decade ago. last year's doha agreement was negotiated by the trump administration, h.r. mcmaster, recently called the deal, quote, a surrender in the deal with the taliban. that's what joe biden inherited when he became president and when it became time to face that responsibility that's exactly what he said -- i accept

over 123,000 people, and blamed the afghan government for abdicating responsibility and the trump administrationntering into a deal with the taliban. but it was this president that oversaw the chaotic withdrawal. in a country renowned for honoring its servicemen and women, in a city that at its heart pays tribute to american war dead, what looks to many inescapably like a deat has been a huge blow. military veterans have been vocal about their dismay. >> i think it was a waste of time over there. it wasn't run properly. i don't think. $2 trillion spent over there, and nothing has changed, seems like. the taliban is back in. they were waiting for us to leave. >> i love this country. it will be, it will come back, but it is not in a good place right now, that's for sure. >> through the debate about the impact on america's place in the world, president biden's decision does mean these were the last 13 u.s. soldiers to return home from the war in afghanistan. the u.s. public may want their troops home, but t sense he is, joe biden has done a bad job convincing them it couldn't have been done in a be

lester's agreement was negotiated by the trump administration, h.r.cmaster, trump's second national security visor recently called the deal a surrender agreement with the taliban". that is the agreement joe biden inherited and became. when it came time to face that e responsibility that is exactly what hety said. i accept full responsibility for my decision but what a contrast who accepted responsibility for nothing for this president stood up and set i will make the decision, i will stand by it. it was time for america to end its longest war. it's time now for us to find a way to bring the nation back together, yield the floor per. >> 20 years ago, september 11, 2001, americans watched in horror as two planes instruct the world trade center in new york city.

at the time the democrats believed they were speaking about the trump administration, but the principles behind caatsa apply equally to joe biden's defying the law and giving this gift to vladimir putin at the expense of u.s. national security interests. this administration has had a path for months to clear these nominees. it has declined to exercise that path, that path remains before it nonetheless because this nominee and the next one are directly relevant to cleaning up the mess that the biden administration has made in afghanistan, i do not object. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, department of state, donald lu, of california, to be assistant secretary for south asian affairs. the presiding officer: the question is on the nomination. all in favor say aye. opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nomination is agreed to. mr. menendez: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from new jersey. mr. menendez: i ask consent that the motion to reconsider be conside

but the trump administration gave 5000 of the taliban's top fighters back to the taliban. at did we get for that? other than empty promises that were broken? >> the deal that the previous administration struck, involved committing to remove all u.s. forces from afghanistan by may 1 of this year. in addition, as that deal was being negotiated and put into effect, pressing the afghan government to release these 5000 prisoners, many of whom went back to the battlefield. at the same time, getting from the taliban, to commitments, one, not to attack our forces or allied forces during the time of the agreement, from the time it was reached until may 1, as well as not to go to major cities. and to take steps to ensure that afghanistan would not be used by al qaeda or any other terrorist -- >> one more question. we were criticized for not getting our weapons out, our weapons were given to the afghan military, they were all over the country. is there way to disarm the afghan government without being seen by the world -- was there a way without casualties to go all over afghanistan a

to kabul, how meticulous was the planning for the trump administration's declared withdrawal? >> we inherited a deadline, we

the trump administration biden the vaccine, starting another school year mask the distance and when bidenk office the vaccine was supposed to be our ticket to freedom but now it is keeping is locked down and afraid by the very air we breathe, covid is endemic, time to learn to live with it and get back to our cherished freedoms, the formula fear and loathing is hurting our economy and speaking of which president biden's policies are flattening the curve and our economy. and abysmal jobs reporters in half 1 million jobs with expectations abysmal. >> 235,000 versus 720 anticipated, really week number, terrible moves for the economy. >> you can drive a truck of half 1 million workers through that gap. >> there is uncertainty. >> a big mix. even whisper numbers of disappointment were 400 or 500,000 so this is a disappointment. >> if you thought the buck stops with biden you would be wrong, he and the media are shifting the blame. >> no question adult a variant is why the jobs reporters and stronger. >> first indication yet the delta variant is slowing the economic recovery. >> the coronavirus

the negotiating table for that pieace treaty. >> now, there were a lot of references to the trump administrationuch as when did the biden administration plan for the worst case scenario. the secretary said that planning began in the spring, continued into the summer, and also the secretary was asked by senator rubio about the intelligence and why it was unable to say that possibly afghanistan was going to fall as quickly as it did. the senator saying that there were concerns about who is reviewing that intelligence if they came to that conclusion. secretary of state blinken said that is a worthy question and something that they will look into. guys. >> okay. kylie atwood, lauren fox, thank you both. >>> now to coronavirus and kids. kids as young as 2 years old are now getting the covid vaccine in some parts of the world, so find out what it means for kids here in the united states next. bring a friend every month and get every month for $5. boom! 12 months of $5 wireless. visible, wireless that gets better with friends. i strip on public transit. i strip with the guys. i strip all by myself. bre

but the trump administration gave 5,000 of the taliban's top fighters back to the taliban. what did we get for that? other than empty promises that were broken? >> congressman, the deal that the previous administration struck involved, as you rightly said, committing to remove all u.s. forces from afghanistan by may 1st of this year, and in addition, as that deal being negotiated and then put into effect pressing the afghan government to release these 5,000 prisoners, many of whom went back to the battlefield. and at the same time, in return, getting from the taliban a few commitments, one, not to attack our forces or allied and partner forces during the time of the agreement from the time it was reached until may 1st when we were supposed to pull out all of our forces, as well as not to go at the major cities, and to take steps to ensure that afghanistan would not be used by al qaeda. >> mr. secretary, one more question, you're criticized for not getting our weapons out. our weapons were given to the afghan military. they were all over the country. was there a way to disarm

first of all, i'm going to say this, when trump got into office, the price of gas was $2.28 a galb. it got up to $2.89 a gallon in his administration and nobody cared about that. the price of gas under biden is about the same increase as what it was under trump. in 2018, i was paying $2.89 a gallon. and when trump got in, it was $2.29. as far as this tax rebate that you were talking about, i will tell you, look up the i cap report where they say that $1.7 trillion was actually a ceo stock buyback program, and that's what icap reported. and icap has reported there are companies like chevron and halliburton who pay no taxes, make millions of dollars, and receive millions of dollars in tax rebates. you know, it's not for the poor people, you know. it's a republican corporate welfare system, where the rich get the richer. >> we'll have the congressman respond. >> well, first of all, out of all due respect, i have to disagree that, you know, tax cuts do work. they do help. they do help lower income people and middle income people. because you have more money to spend. inflation, again, is nothing more than a tax. and it hurts people, pa

because remember what is done in the past debt ceiling paid for everything in the trump administration plus seven months

orders we're going to accept and do or not. >> reporter: but books about the final days of the trump administrationay milley as doing just that, working behind his commander-in-chief's back because he feared trump might provoke an international crisis. >> you're quoted in the woodward book as telling the top chinese communist military commander, quote, if we're going to attack, i'm going to call you ahead of time. is that true, general milley? >> i said i will probably call you. everybody will be calling you. we're not going to attack you. just settle down, it's not going to happen. >> reporter: milley insisted he was not working in secret. other officials were on the calls with the chinese, and still others knew about them. >> i personally informed both secretary of state pompeo and white house chief of staff meadows about the call among other topics. >> reporter: milley was also portrayed as agreeing with house speaker nancy pelosi that trump was, quote, crazy. speaker nancy pelosi that when asked about that, milley ducked the question saying i am not qualified to determine the mental health of t

we, by the trump administration, trump and mike pompeo, delegitimized the afghan government, in effectrecognized it, and contributed very significantly to the collapse of morale in the government and in the afghan army. >> we see what's happening in afghanistan right now, 20 years of u.s. involvement with the nato allies, completely destroyed. >> i think this is changeing the debate from, well, we wanted to get out but we didn't like the execution of the withdrawal, as the american people see the consequences of the withdrawal, the return of the terrorist threat, the negative reaction by our allies, the advantage our opponents may take of it, they will see that it's not just the execution. it was the decision itself that was wrong. >> ambassador bolton, thanks very much for coming in. >> glad to be with you. >> coming up, president biden is facing a crucial test as democrats clash over key pieces of his agenda. i'll ask the chair of the congressional progressive caucus about the status of these negotiations. >>> plus, former president barack obama officially breaks ground on his presid

what reaction did you get from the trump administration officials as you pushed back? that up. so my first whistle-blower complaint was in 2018, about five months after i arrived at dhs. it was on the border wall funding at the time and during the long shutdown. i followed up in march of 2019 with my second complaint. really by the time i got to the third complaint, there were a number of related issues in my mind where the threats were, you know, happening at the same time, whether it was misinformation, white supremacy, but the pattern by the administration to suppress this and change facts had been ongoing the whole time. >> on russian disinformation, because this is another part of your complaint, there was pressure to down play what the intelligence showed, which is that russia in 2020, as in 2016, wanted to help trump and denigrate his democratic opponent. i wonder did that pressure to downplay make the country less safe from russian interference in 2020? >> well, i think it's important to put russian disinformation in context. so the short answer is yes, but the

and the trump administration as well, failing to keep track of these.they promised a safe, orderly, humane system, and it faces the challenges faced by the trump administration and the one before that. >>> i wanted to ask you about vaccines because axios is reporting on new research for booster shots. what can you tell us what's going on there? >> there's a building case around the world, the biden administration is looking at, for a third shot for those who have moderna or pfizer. this is bolstered by studies in israel that show efficacy of what the third shot will do. the data is building up we're expecting official guidance later this year, probably later this month as far as a third shot for americans. there's a wrinkle in that as well with a lot of americans also not getting their first shot. of course, globally there's a shortage of vaccines around the world. so there's an ethical dilemma, do we give booster shots to americans when we haven't vaccinated many other countries. >> you're bringing back the axios weekly covid maps so check that out. ap

the constant churn in the trump administration did not help matters.er at the senior-most levels of a department like dhs, but it's important that there be stability at the very top. the current secretary is very experienced. he was deputy secretary when i was secretary. and i know that he is determined to address this issue in a fair, humane, and consistent way. >> would you be doing anything d differently if you were secretary right now? >> i have no idea. i'm not secretary now. it's easy for me to sit here and try to analyze this problem. i'm not in the thick of it anymore, and i just know how extremely difficult this issue is no matter what you do. you're going to make somebody very angry, and it's an intractable problem as long as the push factors in central america continue to exist. the lesson i learned is we can do certain things to enhance enforcement that will cause a short term effect that drive the numbers of migrants crossing the border down, but as long as the push factors, the poverty, violence, corruption exists, the numbers are always

putting aside 2016, what do the trump administration say about our 2018 election? on september 30, 2019, the treasury, the trump treasury department announced sanctions in response to russian interference in our 2018 election, and then the trump administration imposed sanctions on a quote, russian agent, for trying to influence our 2020 election. partisanship stops at the waters' edge. we need to stop russia from interference fearing in our elections. both parties have imposed sanctions on russia for doing soavment the question is how do we makes those sanctions effective? existing sanctions apply to the -- to the purchase of sovereign debt. debt issued by the russian government. but only when you are acting as the underwriter. not purchases in the secondary market. that's ineffective. in may of this year, the russian deputy finance minister told us that. when he said that sanctions imposed restrictions don't cover the secondary market and so they are going to be eneffective. or if his words so we don't expert spect the chair of nonprecedents to move far from the cu

. >>> the bombshell book about the final days of the trump administration. e president's top military adviser reportedly taking secret steps to prevent a military strike even secretly calling a chinese general. trump overnight calling it treason. what we're learning, plus, new details about former vice president mike pence and his actions before january 6th. >>> a major development overnight in the search for a woman from new york missing after going on a cross-country trip with her boyfriend. >>> caught on camera, the shark attack in florida, the victim, a teenager surfer. >>> and the new idea to fight climate change. toilet train cows? we'll explain. >>> good wednesday morning, everyone. we begin with the breaking news from california. a victory for democrats. governor gavin newsom will keep his job. >> abc news is projecting newsom has survived the recall vote. the republican front-runner larry elder acknowledged defeat overnight just hours after making baseless claims about election fraud. >> abc's alex presha has been following those results for us all n

blinken blamed the trump administration. >> how meticulous was the planning for the trump administration declared may 1st withdrawal? >> thank you congressman, we inherited a deadline, we did not inherit a plan. >> reporter: representative adam kinzinger of illinois noting that the biden administration had months to prepare for their own decision, wasn't buying it. >> the trump administration failed in the setup and i think the biden administration absolutely failed in the execution of this. >> reporter: secretary blinken did admit that the crisis in after gan stan unfolded, quote, more quickly than we had anticipated. he'll face more tough questions in the senate tomorrow. david? >> terry, thank you. >>> and the question tonight in california, will governor gavin newsom survive a recall vote? president biden in california tonight in these final hours. and matt gutman is there, too. >> reporter: as he fights to keep his job, governor gavin newsom welcoming president biden to california tonight. and warning voters the stakes could not be any higher. >> this election is a matter of life an

document and started february that document when she didn't mind is >> the trump administration find that document, correct? >> that's correct. >> and under that document, it had a very serious date for withdrawal. >> dana: hello, everyone, i dana perino along with katie pavlich, jesse watters, and pete hegseth. it's 5:00 and of this is "outnumbered." ♪ ♪ you are looking live at capitol hill and secretary of state anthony blanket in the hot seat testifying before the house kept born affairs committee on the chaotic exit from afghanistan which left americans behind, about 100 of them. we'll continue to monitor that for any breaking news. in the meantime lawmakers on both sides of the i like it in their first chance to hold the administration's feet to the fire over what went wrong. as with the secretary said in his opening statement. >> it's time to end america's longest war. there is no evidence that staying longer would have me the afghan security forces or the afghan government and a more resilient self-sustaining. 20 years and hundreds of billions of dollars of support in equipmen

the trump administration put all its chips on vaccines. politically, that leded to some injudicious exempts by -- comments by their opponents aboutus what they were doing tht they wanted more masking and testing and quarantine the supplement what trump and his administration weree pushing. but it did lead to politicization. and what that's led to is a lot of people not trusting government statements, scientific statements, author authoritative statements as was true when polio was around when people did not question post-world war iiar the governmt could be trusted more and scientists knew what they were doing with a terrible disease like polio. we don't't have that now. butwe the internet is rife with misinformation and nonsense. phony cures, unsubstantiated testimonials, people selling products to make money they claim to be immune boosters, all kinds of cock maimny -- cock maimny ideas just a cesspool of misinformation that fuels and and somes some doubt reluctance on those inclined not to vaccinate. i think that's a situation -- again,

in his first remarks was there was no way to stop the pipeline initially in the -- and the trump administration failed to do so. that was factually incorrect. we stopped the pipeline the day president trump signed the bipartisan cruz-shaheen sanctions into law. that was december of 2019 and the pipeline was stopped for over a year. as i mentioned, on january 24 of 2020, four days after joe biden was sworn into office, putin began return to building the pipeline because biden had already telegraphed his surrender to russia. now, while my friend from oregon just said is he repeated news coverage that the pipeline is now today complete. and that is in fact correct, that because biden surrendered on this point, putin went all in and finished the pipeline. but this is where being part of the foreign relations committee discussion matters because even though the pipeline is now physically complete does not mean it's operative. after the pipeline is physically complete, there are months of certifications required and multiple authorities, and the legislation that congress passed as a bipartisan matter

they worked together to try to ensure there was continuity at the end of the trump administration. re no surprises on national security and part of that was reassuring adversaries that there would be continuity from trump to biden. that call is what milley made to the general, there would be no surprises. that is -- the context was back in october, when the chinese, the u.s. believed the chinese feared some kind of u.s. attack, some kind of october surprise. senior civilian pentagon officials called their counterparts and reassured them that there was no imminent u.s. attack. general milley called his counterpart back in october to reassure him of the same thing. we have some of the words from the call thanks to the woodward-costa book. general milley told the general, you and i have known each other for five years. if we are going to attack, i will call you ahead of time. it is not going to be a surprise. those words, i'm going to call you ahead of time, are extraordinary. these defense officials emphasized that the message, the core message, what milley was trying to say, reassura