states of america. all of these were important investments, but we should look at the first. first we're authorizing for the first time mega projects. mega projects often take up so much of our budgets in our states and federally they never get funded, but that doesn't mean they aren't critical to the united states. in the northeast corridor, we have mega projects and we have mega projects that will be critical like the columbia river crowing between vancouver and portland. these projects deserve the attention of the nation and this will do so. this bill puts historic investment in freight and in amtrak. as i mentioned the economy of a global nature is demanding that we be able to move competitively our products. but if we don't continue to invest in freight, we're not going to get that job done. so this provides $66 billion to improve our passenger rail and freight system, the single largest investment that we've had in our amtrak system that was funded 50 years ago. the commerce committee bill laid th

of the united states of america. david o. stewart is a best-selling writer of history and historical fiction exploring topics such as the constitutional convention the gift of james madison aaron burr's treason trial and the impeachment trial of president andrew johnson. he is one washington writing award for best book the history price of the society of cincinnati and the prescott award for the national society of o'neil america. george washington's final battle the epic struggle to grow the capitol city in the nation by robert p. watson delves into washington's involvement in the establishmentt of the capitol city and describes how the process nearly tore her young and old apart. robert p. watson is a professor historian and author with over 40 published books and hundreds of scholarly articles. he has served as a visiting scholar at many historic sites including presidential libraries museums and universities and who was an analyst for nbc, and cbs for manyou years. several of hisis books have won awards including

we extend our condolences both to the united states of america and to the united states of america and to the people of afghanistan. i want to stress that this threat of a terrorist attack is one of the constraints that we have been operating under in putting the big extraction has been going on. we have been ready for it and prepared for it, and i want to stress that we are going to continue with that operation and we are now coming towards the end of it, the very end of it, in any event. we have already extracted the overwhelming majority of those under both the schemes, the eligible persons, the uk persons, the uk nationals plus the afghans, the uk nationals plus the afghans, the interpreters and others. it has been a totally phenomenal effort by the uk. there has been nothing like it for decades and decades. that was boris it for decades and decades. that was itoris johnson _ it for decades and decades. that was boris johnson speaking _ it for decades and decades. that was boris johnson speaking in _ it for decades and decades. that was boris johnson speaking in the - it for decade

in the capitol of the united states of america. jill and i would have never thought we would have to join you in the capitol rotunda not once but twice. once to honor brian sicknick who lost his life and billy evans who lost his defending the capitol as well. both gave their full devotion to the country at the u.s. capitol. their families are here today. i know from sim -- yes. you should clap for the families. >> [applauding]. >> i know like others know from personal experience getting that phone call. it's nice to be honored and have those you lost remembered, but it's tough to be here. it brings back everything like it happened 10 minutes ago. so, i offer you not only our condolences, but recognize your courage, the courage of your children. you have our most profound gratitude. you know, the fallen are the casualties for the struggle literally for the soul of america. a struggle they didn't start. the struggle we did not seek. and a struggle that by the grace of god we will win. i said i know this is a bittersweet moment. as pr

states of america. had this been in another middle eastern country where he could have beasley have moved from we would have never gone to gas. biden's proverbial house of cards already looks as if it's coming crashing down the atlantic council called washington deer caught in headlights. the administration's job approval rating fell below that of disapproval for the 1st time ever. and the nations allies, well, they are not happy is usually catastrophe. good people. so there were some barriers incredibility on for the developing of international relations, $99.00 sharp. this is evident. it is clear that this commitment by the international community has not been successful. this is the biggest debug that nader has seen since it's foundation. and it is an e book of change that we're facing out to see that commander in chief call into question. the courage of men, i forthwith to claim that they ran shameful in those who have never fought for the colors they fly, should be careful about chris lighting. tho

states of america. we have already evacuated more than 18,000 people since july, and approximately 13,000 since our military lift began on august 14. thousands more have been evacuated on private charter flights facilitated by the u.s. government. these numbers include american citizens and permanent residents, as well as their families. it includes siv applicants and their families. those afghans who have worked alongside us, served alongside of us, gone into combat with us and provided valuable services, such as translators and interpreters. the united states stands by its commitment that we made to these people, and includes other vulnerable afghans such as women leaders and journalists. in fact, working in close coordination with the management of the new york times, the washington post and the wall street journal, we have successfully evacuated all 204 of their employees in afghanistan on u.s. military aircraft. we have established the flow of flights, and we have increased the number of people mov

i am president of the united states of america and the buck stops with me. i am deeply saddened by the facts we now face, but i do not regret my decision to end america's war fighting in afghanistan, and maintain a laser focus on our counterterrorism mission there and in other parts of the world. our mission to degrade the terrorist threat of al qaeda in afghanistan and kill osama bin laden was a success. our decades long effort to overcome centuries of history and permanently change and remake afghanistan was not, and i wrote and believed it never could be. i cannot and will not ask our troops to fight on endlessly in another country's civil war. taking casualties, suffering life shattering injuries, leaving families broken by grief and loss. this is not in our national security interest. it is not what the american people want. it is not what our troops who have sacrificed so much over the past two decades deserve. i made a commitment to the american people when i ran for president that i would bring america's military involvement in afghanistan to an end.

[applause] >> god bless you, god bless the united states of america. thank you. [applause]

states of america. it was first and for monthly basis in salary while used to bomb iraq in the 1990s pre-support for israel the occupation of palestine at that time lebanon. support for dictators around the middle east such as the king and saudi arabia and el presidente of egypt. seat pressure on those nations to keep production high and oil prices artificially low to subsidize our economy at their expense. and bin laden criticized bin laden for turning a blind eye on russia, china, india and pakistan for their wars and suppression of muslims. the bill clinton government supported the al qaeda forces in bosnia, and co- seville, and chechnya. even that they've been attacking us all through the 1990s. they're picking up the tabs for russia's war at the same time cia were back with the rebels again. in fact after september 11 bill clinton, and brad sherman all three said something to the effect of how could these muslims attack us after all we have done for them? the reality was the occupation of saudi ara

. >> safety for our children is the number one priority for anyone in the united states of america. period. >> it would help to fight with the current virus, right? >> good afternoon. >> let's get right to ann with that breaking news. >> california will now be the first state in the country to require all school staffers, not just teachers be vaccinated against coronavirus. er or submit to weekly testing. >> we think this is a sustainable way to keeping our schools open and to address the number one anxiety that parents like myself have for young children and that is knowing that the schools are doing everything in their power to keep our kids safe. >> the governor making the announcement at carl monk elementary with in the past hour. this the same week that schools are reopening to wide scale in class instruction. public school employees across california will join state workers and health care workers who had previously been required to get vaccinated and tested. the policy takes affect next monday. if he was asked if teachers will be fired for not complying he said this. >> think

the united states of america to go to the ball dressed in military uniform. this is helpful. questions are continuing to commend them got another one, i like this question i think there's a lot of answers to. one of them i know right off, where did washington learn his theatrical sense and i note he loves going to the theater. he enjoyed. tells more about that. no reason not to believe it. a staging at valley forge i'm stumbling here, and so on. new virginians out there will understand that to come of age under his circumstances was to come of age in a time of exquisite and we know from the book one can overplay that a little bit. one didn't have to know really early on the arts of how to navigate a powerful company. now sometimes that might include, dancing you gotten how to move your body. especially your big guy like washington was it was important to develop an athleticism in terms of even how you sat down, how you danced, that kind of thing. that mattered. but think to have a military experience, especially his early formative military experience with th

states of america. because that is who we are. >> the pentagon has activated several u.s. airlines as part of a civil reserve air fleet. 18 planes in all have been tapped to fly people out of strategic airports in the region. >>> afghan refugees brought to the u.s. will temporarily be housed as a center in virginia. the dulles expo center will serve as a lay over location before refugees are taken to military bases. as you can see, several buses full of people were outside the facility on sunday. from virginia afghans will be taken to fort bliss in texas or fort mccoy in wisconsin. >> members of the afghan community in fremont continue to demand more action. >> we are here today asking the white house, evacuate, evacuate immediately our partners, our allies, civil society populations. two, provide safe passage to the airport and secure the airport. >> for the second day in a row people gathered in support of people trying to leave afghanistan as we reported fremont has one of the largest afghan populati

representing the united states of america, will ganss and ryan smith. three, two, one. ♪ all right, ryan. okay. good thing that was the qualifying round. time for take two. i'm right behind you, ryan. ♪ it's a dead-heat. son of a -- luckily, team usa has a much better grip on things. both american men are ready to compete in the inaugural sport climbing finals tomorrow. and the women's qualifying rounds will get under way this morning in tokyo, with those finals scheduled for friday. all about that finger strength, baby. >> my fingers hurt just watching you do that. >> i know. what you didn't see during that story is i asked will, like 99 questions. i wanted to know, does the harness help you? is it like a bungee harnesses? >> reporter: not at all. that's a safety thing, if somebody falls or needs to come back down. there's no help going up. >> will you do this again? >> reporter: it is fun. and it is a good workout. >> and now, it's an olympic sport. >> woo hoo. >> a lot to process. you've been investing in your home for years. making monthly mortg

i am president of the united states of america and the buck stops with me. i and deeply saddened by the facts we now face but i do not regret my decision to end america's fight in afghanistan and maintain a laser focus on our counterterrorism mission there and in other parts of the world. a mission to degrade the terrorist threat of al qaeda in afghanistan and kill osama bin laden was a success. our decade-long effort to overcome centuries of history and permanently change and remake afghanistan was not and i wrote and believed he never could be. i cannot and will not ask our troops to fight on endlessly in another country's civil war. taking casualties, suffering life shattering injuries, leading families broken by grief and loss. this is not in our national security interest. it is not with the american people want. it is not what our troops have sacrificed so much over the past two decades deserve. i made a commitment to the american people when i ran for president. that i would bring america's military involvement in afghanistan to an end. while it has b

the united states of america is so huge. we're talking 300 million people over this gigantic landmass, all of these cities, the cities and also rural areas, we've got problems everywhere. how do we mobilize the social, financial, all of the different sorts of resources that would be necessary, that would be needed to effectively address source of problems that are most on your mind? >> guest: that is the best question, because that is where we are at this point where we are seeking that kind of help from harvard america who know how to grow business. we have a group in washington, d.c., the alliance of concern men, that for three to four months they went into one of the most violent areas of washington, d.c., and for three or four months there was not a single violent incident because of their intervention. we ought to have been racing to bear with resources and technical assistance to answer that question to say, let's find out what you did, how you did it. let's provide you all the resources you need and the technical skil

law has the right to live in the united states of america we will need to make room for half a billion people. it's not intellectually serious. and as i mentioned earlier is not about humanitarian relief because it is far cheaper to resettle afghan refugees in pakistan and other neighboring countries. >> laura: the uae is helping with the airless i understand from the source tonight doing biggest amount of help to bring people out of afghanistan and can take some of the folks as well. they should be more culturally at home in the middle east and i think it makes a lot of sense. >> laura: don't repeat the mistakes of europe. >> and europe does not want them. they don't want them. i'm sorry, fran says no, britton does not want them, germany and sweden are trying to deport migrants, they put a temporary halt on that. but they do not want all of the influx of migrants into their countries, and i mean, take a poll on americans, from americans, what do you think that would be? >> it would be 90/10 no. here's the bottom line, there are a lot of people in afghanistan, millions and millions of

the united states of america, what caused that? >> tackling the problem of violent extremists in our ranks and our workforce. >> they should focus on the extremists at the airport. how embarrassing. can you imagine what china must be thinking? taking taiwan is going to be like taking candy from a baby at this point. it is far easier to demonize your fellow americans than finally own up to the fact that you and your fellow generals spectacularly failed in afghanistan commuted and own up to the obvious inadequacies of the afghan army, that you literally got almost nothing right in this mission right up until the end. >> afghan security forces have the capacity to sufficiently fight and defend their country. a negative outcome, automatic caliban make takeovers manafort on conclusion. laura: he is so smart. and for more than 10 years before that they sold americans false hope. >> the afghans are resolved to win this fight. we see success in that convinces me we can apply that success across the country. >> afghan security forces can me

united states of america to be in slippers, you know? washington much more formal along those lines. specifically did he once in a while don his military uniform? i don't know. i haven't come across commentary or observations to that effect. frankly, the imagery aside, i would be surprised. i think the sense is that he would have thought it inappropriate to civil government for the president-elect of united states of america to go to the ball dressed in military reform. >> very good. questions are continuing to come in. i love the questions because i think there's something there's a lot of answers to. one of themrs, where did washington burn is theatrical sense i'llrn just throw part oft out, i know he loved going to the theater. he enjoyed going. >> indeed, no reason not to believe but the staging of plays at valley forge, i am stumbling here, at cato and someone. okay, you virginians out there will understand to have come of age under his circumstances was to come of age at a time of exquisite calls. we know from the book on stability

with this degree of precision is the united states of america. we've already evacuated more than 18,000 people since an approximate 13,000 since our military began on august 14. >> he said just then that they are in constant contact with th taliban working to see that the is a facets of the airport righ in wanted to see what you said and i want to see if you believ the messaging the taliban is giving the white house. >> i never trust a terrorist organization. at the end of the day, the taliban is an army of militants so the way you negotiate with a army of militants as you can have discussions, but what is the force behind that? what i'm concerned about is where is the belief that we wil execute in back up at fort totally out of the country in ten days. i don't see how that's working. you can negotiate with a militant army if you have strength, and if you can execut on that great when they see wha happened to iran, they know wha will execute. that is my concern, where is th backup behind our words. >> i think that is a valid concern. thank you fo

but many students are taught not to be proud of the united states of america. >> that's the sad thing. we are facing a future where there won't be more olympians like tanayra. like you said, we are seeing that take place in school districts across the country. when parents are realizing what's going on. parents are sometimes arrested at school board meetings for taking part in their children's' education. it's so important for the next generation. katie: we have school boards suing parents when they try to get information about what their kids are being taught. there are athletes that are proud much their country. cindy mclaughlin said she was proud of her country. alston felix putting the flag around her shoulders when she won as well. there are a number of athletes who should be getting far more attention for not only being proud, but of the country they rere that's it for us tonight. i give her watching. i will see you monday 5:00 p.m. live on the five. dan bongino is up next and tonight he has exclusive interview with the 35th president of the united states, donald j trump. it's t

the issue is for the united states of america. and i know the great resources and authorizer's that are in this room share that same commitment. and we felt that commitment going forward. and i know that it's the reason that you asked that question. but the question you have, are we committed to it? senator, i am absently committed to making sure we do what we can to ensure that this issue is addressed. and i know that secretary mcdonagh has worked on this issue hard, as well. >> id' ask both of the questions and responses be as concise and eloquent as they've been all morning. thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. chairman. first, just a very brief observation. there's been a lot of talks about budgets and comparisons of budgets. i yield to no one in terms of my determination in my success to compete with china on all fronts. i will point out, even if they had significant increases, their budget is still less than one third of ours. i think that's important just to have that context because we've been talking about growth. they

you merely ation in the history of the united states of america. vietnam looks like a master class in strategy compared to jo biden's catastrophe. i dealt with abdul. he was the leader. i set up dual. anything happens we are going to rein terror upon you. it will be a terrible while to give it $360.00 of you bring in david kaz, former assistant us attorney and ed martin as well as shape. please ego. thank you so much for joining me. ed and david, you know, i know you're laughing because you were wondering if i was gonna play the one quote, i think there's t shirts already played, but i do have chairs and kids watch redid involved the whoa. coul president trump sales about woke. i'm going to start with you cuz this is, this is your home territory. he did new social media platform to get the point across on saturday night. do you think he has in for the former president is getting strength again. and what does that mean for his future? well sure, look. one thing is, donald trump is a master at this, right? i mean, a governing is hard work. joe barton is learning that being a candidate a

states of america. >> the united states of america is relying on a terrorist group in the taliban, a regional terrorist group for safety and security of our troops on the ground, 6,000 of them. are they capable of working with the u.s. realistically, practically speaking. >> they are if we remain strength in region you need to hold the taliban accountable so if they know that we can strike and their strength, yes, they're a regional militia and they will do what they say they will if they're strike behind it and the good example there is when they said they would stop attacking american service members, they did it the next day. so they can do that. and they can perform but not if we're out of the country with our tail between our legs so we've got to be able to hold them accountable then you can get them to commit to things, and that's been proven. >> in a recent op ed, you wrote the taliban are patient. what do you mean and what does it mean for future influence in that country? >> what i mean is that their ultimate goal over this period has been to have the united states leave afg

people fight against the united states of america to try to destroy the united states of america. the battlefields and coming up in gettysburg and everybody's mind, and pittsburgh as well, and the battlefield is one thing in cemeteries is one thing but public squares, i think when you can talk about reconciliation, you can't we can't make that choice for the people who were killed who died during that war. and there's the values of confederacy which are announcing his constitution and cornerstone speech of alexander stephens of the vice president that essentially well is says in fact, africans were meant to be enslaved rated that's a cornerstone of their society. there's nothing that we could get from them that we can't get better from other people without hundred that all of the baggage there. so i don't have any problem with the removal of the statutes. we will continue to learn about them. it may most people don't learn history to the statutes pretty buildings that are named and you get books and will always talk about robert e the and jefferson davis and what happens from the

those who have the united states of america bear the main responsibility for the current situation because of their decision. so leave of garrison in parts over with hasty, they have the main responsibility to make matters worse. it looks like the man donald trump famously branded, sleepy joe might have been snoozing while all this was going on. i have seen no question of our credibility from our allies around the world. i've spoken with our nato allies spoken with nato allies, the secretary state or national security via has been in contact with his counterparts throughout the world. and our allies, as has the general or excuse me, i keep calling them in general, but my secretary defense the fact of the matter is i have not seen a matter of fact the exact opposite. i've got, this is about america leading the world and all our allies have agree with that. the seemingly out to lunch attitude and utter fiasco that took place under the current administration has drawn criticism from not just biden's rivals, but from fellow party members as well. i'm disappointed that the button administration

up the tab as well but just to get to first principles here the united states of america never ever made a promise written or in written to the people of afghanistan that after 20 years they were unable to secure their own country that we would take 2 hours. that is nonsense, that is never policy. laura: they keep saying it has been set all over cable, we made a promise, if we don't live up to our promise, very heart wrenching as a mom, heart wrenching to see any suffering in afghanistan, the streets of chicago, africa. it is horrific. >> of the united states takes the policy that every person suffering under sharia law has a right to live in the united states of america we are going to need to make room for half 1 billion people. this is not intellectually serious. it's not about you ministering relief because it is cheaper to settle afghan refugees in pakistan and other neighboring countries. laura: they are doing big amounts to bring people out of afghanistan, the uae can take these folks as well. they should be more culturally at home in the middle east it makes a lot of sense. >> in

if, when the chips are down, the world's most powerful nation, the united states of america, acts like a pitiful, helpless giant, the forces of totalitarianism and anarchy will threaten free nations and free institutions throughout the world. it is not our power, but our will and character that is being tested tonight. the question all americans must ask and answer tonight is this: does the richest and strongest nation in the history of the world have the character to meet a direct challenge by a group which rejects every effort to win a just peace, ignores our warning, tramples on solemn agreements, violates the neutrality of an unarmed people and uses our prisoners as hostages. if we fail to meet this challenge, all other nations will be on notice that, despite its overwhelming power, the united states when a real crisis comes, will be found wanting. during my campaign for the presidency, i pledged to bring americans home from vietnam. they are coming home. i promised to end this war. i shall keep that promise. i promised to win a just peace. i shall keep that promise. we shall avoid

for the united states of america. we are going to let the taliban dictate how we exit and when we exit from that country? that has weakened us, our standing in the world when we are bowing down to the taliban and letting them dictate the terms of our surrender. that's precisely what's happening right now. if it were me, i would tell them to back off or we would have a very, very hard attack. we would strike them, and we have that capability to strike them, but that's not the message. that's the only deterrence they understand. we could clear and make safe that airport, but we are under their timetable now, not ours, and that's sad. >> i wonder if you or any lawmakers here could react a little bit to congressman meyer and congressman bolton taking a trip to afghanistan. do you think it was a good idea? should other lawmakers be taking trips like that? >> i will let them speak for themselves, but i think that is a distraction from our messaging here today. here we are talking about thousands of americans and thousands o

we will welcome ass can, who helped us in the war effort to their new home the united states of america. because that is who we are. that is what america is. now for those refugees, i am actually a little bit confused. as kids today are going back to school with demands of wearing mask social distancing, and even vaccines being placed on students. all this while thousands of refugees have come from afghanistan to america without much knowledge of their present health. and we don't even know the conditions they will be housed in and the medicare medical care given. once they land. it is anything like how this ministration is handling the immigration issue at the southern border. america could be on the verge, another health and national security crisis in our own backyard. but one man who did make it out of afghanistan is x per se. bert, i'm sorry, no, sorry. and he joins us now to give his insight into an afghan translator for the u . s. and what he is hearing from his friends still back in the country. thank you so much for joining us. thank you, ma'am. yet tell us a little bit about y

he doubled the size of the united states of america and launched that great two-year expedition, and we know how much it changed the economy of our nation. we now have done that again, we have now doubled again the size of america, and as we explore it, we will change the economy of our country once again. he called his core of expiration the lewis and clark expedition. our team that's doing the second expedition, we call it the lois and clark expedition, because 55% of our team are women in positions of authority, and as you saw in that image, we are able through our technology to engage all children in this historic expedition that will take the next 10 years. so talk about an ocean shot, that's it. >> chairwoman johnson, i will add to that by saying that we need to go beyond mapping and seeing what's there in a geographic sense, to understanding what is there in the biological sense. and not just mapping what we can see, the large organisms, but also that unseen, microbial world of the ocean that really controls so many of the interactions between the organisms and ourselves. i li

of violent insurrectionists at the capital of the united states of america. >> president biden today also talked about the capitol attack in some of the starkest terms. we have heard him. use >> not even during the civil we, did insurrectionists breach the capital of the united states of america. the center of our democracy. but on january 6th, 2021, they did. they did. a mob of extremists, of terrorists, launched a violent and deadly assault on the people's house. on the sacred ritual to certify free and fair elections. it wasn't descend, it wasn't a bid, it wasn't democracy. it was insurrection. my fellow americans, the tragedy of that day deserves the truth above all else. we cannot allow history to be re-written. we cannot allow the heroism of these officers to be forgotten. we have to understand what happened. the honest an unvarnished truth. we have to face it. >> we have to face it. the presidents determination there not to let history be re-written, to face what happened that day is a determination shared by officers we have spoken out publicly in the aftermath of the insurre

. >> i'm president of the united states of america and the buck stops with me. i'm deeply saddened by the fact we now face but i do not regret my decision end america's war fighting in afghanistan and maintain laser focused on our counterterrorism mission there and in other parts of the world. todd: this is a fox news alert, no regrets, president biden sticking by his withdrawal from afghanistan before blaming everyone else for the chaos in kabul. jillian: heartbreaking videos show thousands of afghans desperate to flee the c of the claims the taliban is traveling door-to-door looking for us allies. todd: your watching "fox and friends first". >> mark meredith is in washington dc with fiery reaction to the president's speech. >> senior taliban leader is set to be in the capital negotiating with afghan leadership and former president karzai, the talks aimed at bringing non-taliban leaders into the government, the taliban indicated there will be a, quote, inclusive afghan government. there is little known what talks consistent but the associated press report the g

the united states of america. we will talk about those kinds of things. but it doesn't have to be with statues. i would be for removing those statues from public spaces, private property, cemeteries, battlefields, that's different. >> host: does it surprise you that right across the river here from d.c. in arlington, virginia, the jefferson davis highway existed until about a year ago? >> guest: well, it doesn't surprise me, but you know, it's an attempt as it's been said to reconcile a country that had been torn apart, but going too far, going too far with that, and not thinking about the feelings and the sensibilities of one part of the citizenry that is to say, you know, african americans who had been enslaved in the confederacy and unionists, white people in the north and the south who remain loyal to the american nation, which when we talk about johnson, that was a good point about him is that he believed in the american union. >> host: back to kate in sacramento's text, she had a follow-up question. who is y

united states of america. i thank you all. >> thank you for your remarks. so now i'm going to share some of the historical context of the role of diplomacy within space flight, space exploration, and the role it plays within project apollo. i'm really thrilled to talk to you about this today. this is a topic i've been studying for many years, and finishing a book on it and i feel like today is my research made flesh. so i'm very thrilled to share it with you and give you more context. so i'll take you back to the spring of 1961. when kennedy became president that january, the future of human space flight was uncertain. if anything, the moon looked too costly, too ambitious, and not the right goal for the united states space program. but it would be a difficult spring for the new president with a host of foreign relations challenges. two of particular relevance to our conversation today. first on april 12th, the soviet union launched the first human into space. and while sputnik, the first artificial satellite

of violent re insurrectionists at the capitol of the united states of america >> president biden today also talked about the capitol attack in some of the starkest terms we have heard him use. >> not even during the civil wae did insurrectionists breach the capitol of the united states of america, the citadel of our democracy. not even then. but on january 6th, 2021, they did. they did. a mob of extremists and terrorists launched a violent and deadly assault on the people's house, on the sacred ritual to certify free and fair election. it wasn't dissent. it wasn't debate. it wasn't democracy. it was insurrection. my fellow americans, the tragedy of that day deserves the truth above all else. we cannot allow history to be rewritten. we cannot allow the heroism of these officers to be forgotten. we have to understand what happened, the honest and unvarnished truth.tod we have to face it. >> we have to face it. the president's determination there not to let history be rewritten, to face what happened that day. that's a determination shared by officers who have spoken out publicly in the a

and we sometimes forget in these times, there was no traditional united states of america. the colonies didn't think of themselves as one country and they had to learn. the only things they had that were unifying were the army during the war . this new constitution and george washington. and he plays such a central role. and i couldn't not address the slavery issue which was the central part of his life, all his life. it takes him a fair number of years in his life before he appreciates the crime of slavery. he does come to appreciate it . he makes an effort to extract himself from slave ownership. he doesn't ever make that work because he doesn't have enough money to do it. it's a competent story and i'm not going to well on it here. it's an interesting thing because hereally wants to but he can't . and where i do mark him down to be honest is he never speaks out. he speaks privately. that we need to get rid of slavery but never publicly at this is a huge moral issue for the nation and our greatest leader was silent. and that was a shame. i think he decided it wasn't going

now, in the united states of america, despite the victory of the games and united states military job, i have managed to completely unravel and unwind that in a matter of months, putting our military in women's lives in danger. you know, biding can get up there and say, all he wants to cameras will hunt you down, we'll get you. but he lots of credibility not only this rate and the, the euro, our enemies, but he's a lot of credibility from our allies as well. i don't know how somebody is able to do that in 9 months, have been in ministration, but i don't think anybody is surprised that it would be under the biting ration. we're watching the bible presidency deteriorate before our eyes. this president is not handling this well and everyone knows in america and the people in the rest of the world know it. so it's actually a very dangerous time. i hope the present is careful and slow and methodical. but right now what we're portraying is weakness. and uncertainty, he says at the end of his speech, and now i'm allowed to ask the person, and course i was instructed. and right now, china is

and the united states of america are going to be swept away by one week of talks that we will have there. we must recognize that the government of the people's republic of china and the government of the united states have had great differences. we will have differences in the future. but what we must do is to find a way to see that we can have differences without being enemies in war. if we can make progress toward that goal on this trip, the world will be a much safer world and a chance particularly for all of those young children over there to grow up in a world of peace will be infinitely greater. i would simply say in conclusion that if there was a postscript that i hope might be written with regard to this trip, it would be the words on the plaque which was left on the moon by our first astronauts when they landed there. we came in peace for all mankind. thank you and good-bye. [ applause ] >> the president's mood, i'm glad to say after having worked with him, for him for 21 years is one of really great pride and certainly all of us have great pride in him today because he's -- as

i am president of the united states of america, and the buck stops with me. >> he says the buck stops with him, so why is he blaming so many others? joining me now, cnn presidential historian douglas brinkley. doug, good evening to you. first i want to get to the former president george w. bush and the former first lady laura bush just issuing a statement on the fall of afghanistan. it says in part, the united states government has the legal authority to cut the red tape for refugees during urgent humanitarian crisis and we have the responsibility and the resources to secure safe passage for them now without bureaucratic delay. our most stalwart allies along with private ngos are ready to help. so the bushes have a long history with afghanistan. this is personal for them. >> absolutely. i mean george w. bush has gotten a lot of criticism and rightfully so for his managing of the war in afghanistan. listening too much to dick cheney and donald rumsfeld, but what you just read is exactly right. here ex-president bush is calling it straight. we at all costs have to bring our afghan allie

>> i am president of the united states of america and the buck stops with me. i'm deeply saddened by the fact we now face but i do not regret my decision to end america's war fighting in afghanistan and maintain laser focused on our counterterrorism mission there and in other parts of the world. >> it is tuesday august 17th. fox news alert, no regrets. president biden sticking by his withdrawal from afghanistan before blaming a lot of people for the chaos in kabul. >> heartbreaking video shows thousands of afghans fleeing the capital city made claims the taliban is traveling door-to-door looking for us allies. we have live team coverage for you. mark meredith with fiery reaction to the president's speech. >> jackie ibanez has the latest of elements from overnight. jillian: senior taliban leader is said to be in the capital negotiating with afghanistan leadership and former president, karzai. talks are aimed at bringing on taliban leaders into the government which the taliban has indicated there will be, quote, inclusive afghan government. this little known abou

begin to accumulate in a particular area of afghanistan to plot against the united states of america. that is why we maintain the capability to go in and do something about that if that occurs, if that occurs. but in the meantime, we know what has happened around the world and know what has happened in terms of what is going on in other countries where there is a significant rise of terrorist organizations, middle east, east africa, and other places. so the bottom line is we're dealing with those terrorist threats from other parts of the world in failed states without permanent military presence. we have to do the same in afghanistan. >> sir, on that initial assessment, we have learned that there was a cable saying the taliban would come back through afghanistan. can you say why, after that cable was issued, the u.s. did not do more to get americans out? pres. biden: there are all kinds of cables, all kinds of advice. as you noticed, it ranges from this group saying that it would fall to others saying it would not happen for a long time and they would be able to sustain themselves th

if when the chips are down the world's most powerful nation, the united states of america, acts like a pitiful helpless giant, the forces of totalitarianism and anarchy will threaten free nations and free institutions throughout the world. it is not our power but our will and character that is beingest it had tonight. the question all americans must asked an answer tonight is this, does the witch est and strongest nation in the histories of the world have the character to meet a direct challenge to win a group to win a just peace, innorse our warning, tramples on solemn agreements and travels. on the sovereignty of unarmed people and use prisoners as hostages. if we fail to meet this challenge all other nations will be on notice that despite its overwhelming power the united states when a real crisis comes will be found wanting. during my campaign for the presidency, i pledged to bring americans home from vietnam. they are coming. i promise to end that war. i shall keep that perhaps. i promise to win a just peace. i shall keep that many pro. we shall avoid a wider war, but we are als