the us secretary of state antony blinking has reiterated concerns about afghanistan, interim government. after talks with the german foreign minister in germany, he's also held a virtual meeting with 20 western nations. in an effort to coordinate how they are engaged with the new taliban lead government lincoln says u. s. allies share many of their concerns. the taliban seek international legitimacy and support any legitimacy, any support will have to be earned. and we heard that across the board from everyone participating in today's session. we also discussed how we will hold the town down to their commitments and obligations to let people travel freely to respect their basic rights, including women and minorities. to ensure that can stand is not used as a launching pad for terrorist attacks and not to carry out reprisal violence against those who choose to stay in afghanistan. ponds on august. 30th, i know should be right in front of our eyes. a severe humanitarian crisis is emerging and we need to prevent that from happening. this is why we need provide humanitarian assistance quick

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us secretary of state antony blinken defends america's withdrawal from the country, saying staying longer would not have improved anything. if 20 years and hundreds of billions of dollars of support, equipment and training did not suffice, why would another year? another five, another ten? the uk will offer covid jabs to all 12—15—year—olds. top doctors say the benefits for education outweigh the tiny risks to health. and surfing china—style. we'll reveal why catching a wave there has never been so popular. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it's news day. —— it's newsday. it's 6am in singapore, and midnight in geneva — where, at an emergency aid conference, more than $1 billion has been pledged to help afghanistan. the country is facing a major humanitarian crisis, with the impact of fighting and drought made worse by instability following the taliban's takeover last month. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, said its people faced perhaps their most perilous hour, with one in three afghans not knowing where their next meal would come from. the peop

coming up this afternoon at 2:00 eastern, secretary of state antony blinken will be delivering marks on the u.s. ending its military commission in afghanistan. we will have that for you starting at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. tonight at 9:00 eastern foreign correspondence discuss the u.s. withdraw from afghanistan. a little bit later, a hearing on higher education, the means oversight subcommittee looks into the issue coming up at 10:00 p.m. eastern. watch online at c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. earlier today president biden spoke at the white house on the latest jobs report. the unemployment rate dipped as they added 235,000 jobs in august. here's with the president had to say. president biden: good morning. we are getting ready to head down to louisiana. a few things i had to do. as we head into labor day weekend, we have more evidence of the progress of the economic calamity. today we found out we created 235 thousand new jobs in august. unemployment is at the lowest it's been in 18 months. despite the impact of the delta variant, what we are seeing is an e

us secretary of state, antony blinken, is scheduled to travel to qatar and germany for talks on the afghanistan crisis. gps in the uk are forced to delay flu jabs because of a shortage of hgv drivers, which has disrupted supplies. i think it could be a real issue for patients and for general practice, and that is, of course, if general practice is in trouble then patients are in trouble. and wheelchair racer hannah cockroft wins her seventh paralympic title in the t34 800 metres. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk's four chief medical officers are expected to decide within days whether to recommend vaccinating healthy children against coronavirus. yesterday the joint committee on vaccination and immunisation, which advises the uk government, decided against recommending the jabs for 12—15—year—olds, saying the health benefits were marginal. it's believed the government think there's a strong case for going ahead. here's our health correspondent, catherine burns. america has been doing it since may. more than 10 million 12—15—year—olds there ha

todd: plus, it's going to be a long day on capitol hill for secretary of state antony blinken as lawmakers from both sides of the political aisle are set to demand answers on the chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan that led to the rise of the taliban there and the deaths of 13 american service members. jillian: then there's this. >> it gives me no great pleasure to call out democrats. i was a democrat. jillian: a hollywood actress and disillusioned former democrat throws her support behind republican gubernatorial candidate larry elder, the stunning allegation rose mcgowan is making against governor newsom's wife as voters prepare to head to the polls in california's recall election. todd: you are watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning. i am todd piro. jillian: i'm jillian mele. let's begin with this, the fight against the president's vaccine mandate heating up as republican governors vow to challenge the order. todd: lauren blanchard live with the backlash as new york city begins enforcing its own mandate. lauren, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the list of governo

cnn's ryan nobles has more on that. >> reporter: secretary of state antony blinken was on capitol hill monday taking tough questions from the house foreign affairs committee. in fact republicans really went after blinken on a number of issues related to that afghanistan withdrawal, the policy itself, how the biden administration handled it, and what the long term plan is by the american government. b blinken also questioned as to how many american citizens are still in the country that want to get out and this is how he responded. >> as of the end of last week, we had about 100 american citizens in afghanistan who had told us that they wish to leave the country. and i want to emphasize that this is a snapshot in time. it is more accurately a moving picture. as you know stepping back for a minute to know precisely at any given moment in time exactly how many american citizens are in any country. that number of about 100 american citizens still on the ground looking to get out of the country, that has been a number that has been pretty consistent across all facets of the biden administra

us secretary of state, antony blinken, is scheduled to travel to qatar and germany for talks on the afghanistan crisis. gps in the uk are forced to delay flu jabs because of a shortage of hgv drivers which has disrupted supplies. wheelchair racer hannah cockroft wins her seventh paralympic title in the t34 800 metres, the first of three titles for team gb on day 11 in tokyo. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk's four chief medical officers are expected to decide within days whether to recommend vaccinating healthy children against coronavirus. yesterday the joint committee on vaccination and immunisation, which advises the uk government, decided against recommending the jabs for 12 to 15—year—olds, saying the health benefits were marginal. it's believed the government think there's a strong case for going ahead. here's our health correspondent catherine burns. america has been doing it since may. more than 10 million 12— to 15—year—olds there have had a covid vaccine. other countries are, too, including canada, brazil, france, the netherlands, it

first, however, leading this hour, secretary of state antony blinken right now facing tough questions on capitol hill in the wake of the chaotic and deadly u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan just weeks ago. secretary blinken defending the way the evacuation was carried out, saying the u.s. did extensive preplanning for the drawdown and saying ultimately, the u.s. evacuated almost all american citizens in the country, though at least about 100 american citizens still remain in afghanistan who want to get out, according to blinken, to say nothing of afghans and legal permanent residents. as cnn's jessica dean reports for us, both republicans and democrats alike got heated in their demand for answers from the secretary. >> this was an unmitigated disaster of epic proportions. i never thought in my lifetime that i would see an unconditional surrender to the taliban. >> reporter: the house foreign affairs committee questioning secretary of state antony blinken for the first time since the united states pulled out of avs and 13 american service members died in an attack outside of kabul's air

secretary of state antony blinken faces congressional scrutiny over the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan as the militant group exerts its control. then, kids and covid-- a sharp rise in hospitalizations prompts the american academy of pediatrics to advocate for emergency authorization of vaccinations for children. and, 20 years later-- 9/11 first responders still suffering from exposure to toxins often struggle to receive adequate health care. >> allf us just knew that we weren't safe but, you know, we did our jo

secretary of state antony blinken faces congressional scrutiny over the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan as the militant group exerts its control. judy: then, kids and covid. a sharp rise in hospitalizations promptthe american academy of pediatrics to advocate for emergency authorization of vaccinations for children. and later -- 20 years later, 9/11 first responders still suffering from exposure to toxins often struggle to receive adequate healtcare. >> all of us just knew that we weren't safe but, you know, we did our job.

meantime, secretary of state antony blinken is rejecting claims that americans who want to leave afghanistan are being held hostage in skyler henry reports. >> reporter: taliban soldiers fired into the air to break up a protest in kabul tuesday. there continue to be reports the taliban is blocking u.s. citizens from leaving afghanistan, including holding up these planes shown in satellite images at the mazar-i-sharif airport. >> we've been able to identify a relatively small number of americans who we believe are seeking to depart from mazar-i-sharif with their families. we have been assured again that all american citizens and afghan citizens with valid travel documents will be allowed to leave. >> reporter: secretary of state antony blinken during aston in qatar where afghan evacuees are being processed denied americans are being blocked from leaving. >> we are not aware of anyone being held on an aircraft or any hostage-like situation in mazar-i-sharif. we have to work through the different quiremen athat exacth >> reporter: the ben 00elyee been evacuated from afghanistan since august 17t

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. >>> well, today secretary of state antony blinken will testify for the very first time in front of congress since u.s. troops were withdrawn from afghanistan. he will face questions from the house foreign affairs committee about last month's chaotic u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan and the taliban's quick takeover. over the weekend president biden defended his decision to pull out u.s. troops amid concerns of al qaeda regrouping. >> can al qaeda come back? yeah, guess what, it's already back other places. what's the strategy? every place where al qaeda is we're going invade and have troops there? come on. >> on the heels of america ending its war in afghanistan, a new cbs news ugov poll found the majority of americans oppose using the u.s. military to create democracies and want the u.s. to intervene less overseas. >>> california votes tomorrow whether to recall governor gavin newsom. the historic vote will have irchl cases across the country -- irchl cases across the country. >> reporter: gavin newsom is fighting for his political life. president biden is set to join him for the f

well, today, secretary of state antony blinken faced more intense questioning from both republicans and democrats on the frenzied u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. 13 u.s. service members were killed by a suicide bomber during that evacuation. here's cbs' nancy cordes. >> reporter: in indiana and massachusetts today, services for two of the marines killed in the suicide bombing at the kabul airport. three weeks after that attack, questions about the chaotic u.s. drawdown continued to consume washington. >> there is not enough lipstick in the world to put on this pig to make it look any different than what it actually is. >> reporter: senators from both sides grilled secretary of state antony blinken today about the last-minute scramble to rescue americans and afghans as kabul fell. >> should we not have surged more significantly? >> the bottom line is we did significantly surge. but what was not anticipated was the collapse in 11 days of the afghan government and the afghan military. >> i just don't think that's true. >> this isn't a failure of thisfae ence.tha ofy plni. >> rep blien co

. >> it will be a long day on capitol hill for secretary of state antony blinken as they demand answers. todd: and there's this. >> definitely no great pleasure to call out democrats, i was a democrat. todd: did you see this, a hollywood actress and former democrat throwing her support behind republican gubernatorial candidate larry elder, the stunning allegations that is made as voters prepare to head to the polls in california's recall election. >> good morning, you're watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning. i'm jillian mele. todd: i'm todd piro. the fight against the president's vaccine mandate heating up as republican governors vow to challenge the order. jillian: lauren blanchard is live with the backlash as new york city begins enforcing its own mandate. >> reporter: the list continues to grow by the day, the governors say the vaccine mandates are unconstitutional and an attack on personal freedoms. >> we have had people that have been working hard for months and years, throughout the whole time, and now he wants to cast them aside. he's got no authority to do what

us secretary of state antony blinken defends america's withdrawal from the country, saying staying longer would not have improved anything. if 20 years and hundreds of billions of dollars of support, equipment and training did not suffice, why would another year? another five, another ten? in a new bbc series exploring the impact of extreme heat, we ask why nigeria's oil industry is making the effects of climate change even worse. and surfing china—style. we'll reveal why catching a wave there has never been so popular. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's 7am in singapore, and 1am in geneva — where, at an emergency aid conference, more than $1 billion dollars has been pledged to help afghanistan. the country is facing a major humanitarian crisis, with the impact of fighting and drought made worse by instability following the taliban's takeover last month. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, said one in three afghans did not know where their next meal would come from. the people of afghanistan need a lifeline. after decades of war, suffering

first though. headline news testifying to congress us secretary of state antony blanca has been harshly grilled to the rush. pull out from afghanistan, and ro makers didn't meant that was with the country's top diplomat. i can summarize this in one word, the trail, mr. blink and assuming it's not classified, can you tell us where you are today? yes, i'm at the state farm. it could couldn't be bothered to come down here and see congress are right. that's great. this administration's bungle pull out from afghanistan just may be the worst foreign affairs disaster in american history. and that's a failure on you either to plan or you had a horrible plan, simply put, i do not wish you. i'm not simply doing what you said. i don't wish to hear your installation of intelligence. when you stare it front of the camera and you will realize of the intelligence i suffer, your lives, all the us deadline to quit. afghan has done expired last month. bringing america the longest ever was to close the pendulum withdrew the taliban rapidly, took over, sparking chaos with thousands of afghans. find to flee

alright, we're going to tell you live now to us secretary state antony, blinking speaking now in dallas, listening to numbers. this is about the men and women, the, the mothers, the fathers, the, the sons and daughters, the sisters and brothers who you have helped bring to a better place and a different future. and i think, you know, in whatever are pursued is whether you're, you're in uniform or they're in civilian clothes, working for the government. we get to do a lot of things in these jobs in our, the course of our careers. but it's not every day that you can say that the work that i did say someone's life secured their future made that kind of difference and simply what you have. and i hope that whatever happens going forward, you don't lose sight of that fact and you take it with you. and we were just talking to some of our african friends who, who are part of that group who are going to have a different and better future because of the work that, that you've done here. so to all of you, thank you. thank you. thank you for a job. remarkably well done. that's the good news. the ba

is what us secretary of state antony blink and said earlier, after talks with germany's foreign minister, the taliban seek international legitimacy and support any legitimacy, any support will have to be earned. and we heard that across the board from everyone participating in today's session. we also discussed how we will hold the top down to their commitments and obligations to let people travel freely to respect their basic rights, including women and minorities. to ensure that can stand is not used as a launching pad for terrorist attacks, and not to carry out reprisal violence against those who choose to stay in afghanistan. hero rebels have reportedly killed at least a 125 people in ethiopia on hot region. the killings are said to have happened over 2 days in a village near the town of buck last week to grow and forces deny the attack. calling it's a fabricated allegation of voters in morocco or choosing new members of parliament and regional councils. about 800000000 people are expected to vote. the election is the 3rd since the new constitution was introduced in 2011 security typ

secretary of state antony blinken faced a tough -- facing tough questions before congress. lawmakers expecting to demand answers about the death of 13 service members in kabul and how the afghan government fell apart in ten days despite president biden singing collapses unlikely. >> john: there's been no new information from the state department on american stranded in afghanistan. as far as we know, the taliban still refusing to allow planes ready to evacuate americans from taking off. >> jacqui: florida congressman standing by. you will have a chance to question blinken. first, to congressional correspondent aishah hasnie. >> hi, jacqui. good afternoon. we could expect some fireworks today during the hearing. ranking member michael mccaul told me he is ready to hold blinken's feet to the fire that he will be bringing up prior previous testimony to this hearing. secretary of state is set to appear virtually in front of the house foreign affairs committee at 2:00 this afternoon. you would expect some sharp questioning from republicans and democrats over the role the state d

us secretary of state antony blinken defends america's withdrawal from the country — saying staying longer would not have improved anything. if 20 years and hundreds of billions of dollars of support, equipment and training did not suffice, why would another year? another five, another ten? in a new bbc series exploring the impact of extreme heat, we ask why nigeria's oil industry is making the effects of climate change even worse. and — surfing china—style. we'll reveal why catching a wave there has never been so popular. it's eight in the morning in singapore, and two o'clock in the morning in geneva, where — at an emergency aid conference, more than a billion dollars has been pledged to help afghanistan. the country is facing a major humanitarian crisis, with the impact of fighting and drought made worse by instability following the taliban's takeover last month. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, said one in three afghans did not know where their next meal would come from. "the people of afghanistan need a lifeline. after decades of war, suffering and insecurity, they fa

the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has acknowledged that it will take time and hard work to heal washington's relationship with france. it comes after friction between the two countries following a multi—lateral submarine deal between the us, britain and australia — which led to the abandonment of a multibillion dollar french deal with canberra. our meeting today followed yesterday's conversation where they agreed that there announcement would have benefited from open consultations among allies and they decided on a process of in—depth consultations going forward. we recognise this will take time and hard work, and we will be demonstrating it not only with words but in deeds and i'm committed to working closely with the minister on this crucial effort. in the latest edition of our global warming series on what life is like at 50 degrees celsius, we focus on australia. climate change has had a devastating impact on the country, with soaring temperatures and unusually intense bush fires. it's been called the black summer. between 2019—2020, a prolonged heat wave caused huge

i can summarize this in one word. betrayal. secretary of state antony blanket was the administration official, summoned to be held to account. his message. president jo biden's, hands were tied in president biden, took office in january. he inherited an agreement that is predecessor, had reached the taliban to remove all remained forces from afghanistan by may. first of this year, lincoln said the administration did all it could to get us citizens, permanent resident and afghans who had worked with the u. s. military, out of the country before august 31st, he admitted no one thought afghan troops would fold so quickly or that president us ross connie would flee. and he tried to focus on the positive tens of thousands evacuated as quickly as possible. international agreement, the tolerable would be punished if it harmed women and girls. humanitarian aid increased. while democratic legislators were largely sympathetic, there was still some skepticism. and it seems absurd, at least in retrospect, to think that the average afghan grunt would fight in the trenches while seeing those who a

. >> secretary of state antony blinken testifies at a senate foreign relations committee hearing rate of hundred the biden administration decision to withdraw u.s. troops from afghanistan. a little more than three and a half hours.

secretary of state antony blinken being grilled on afghanistan in front of the senate foreign relations committee. i speak with the committee's chairman along with reporting from the top military official worried trump may start a war with china as a last ditch effort to stay in office. >>> and reports of more icus struggling to survive the delta surge. vaccination rates lag in the deep south. speak with a health officer in alabama where hospitals are literally turning patients away. welcome to meet the press daily. i am chuck todd. if it is tuesday, someone is voting somewhere. today that somewhere is a big one. it is california. gavin newsom faces a recall election that's got 22 mail in ballots and hundreds of millions in the making. governor newsom is expected to survive, perhaps not by a wide margin. that's not the only story in the race, it is the sadly predictable republican efforts in the final hours to create a mythology of doubt on the legitimacy of the vote before they've been counted. there's zero evidence of any election impropriety in this race, yet larry elder, leading rep

coming up, was it an order from the ccp, secretary of state antony blinken tweets out that the u.s.ta stands with hong kong only to take it down soon after. coming up, former secretary of state mike pompeo is here on the china threat and the consequences to come from handing over there strategically located and fortified bagram airbase to the taliban as congressman michael mccall told us on this program last week. >> thegr reason why it is so important is because it's a national security asset for the united states or it was so the taliban take it over, this provided eyes and ears not only in afghanistan, but china, russia and iran. they are now emboldened. we can't see. we're going dark now and that's very dangerous. the administration talks about over-the-horizon capabilities. this is like six, eight hours away in qatar, uae. bagram, the loss of bag rap, i can't -- bagram, i can't emphasize how destructive this is. maria: as the biden administration promises green cars for afghan refugees, the southern border is overflowing with migrants. there are 15,000 people waiting to apprehend

a grilling from politicians, secretary of state, antony, blinking. that will spend another day defending the us pull out from cornerstone. investigating claims of atrocities for us to reach you and report funds. both sides of the conflict are indicated. rising prices and a collapsing currency lebanon's economic slump is hidden. 1000000 refugees harder than most and is for the european challenges, regroup stages. gets on the way later on. tuesday by munich will take on barcelona, are aiming to prove the phil life of the new camp without the messy ah, international donors has been told of throwing a lifeline to millions of africa and softer, promising more than a $1000000000.00 in emergency aid. the telephone, welcome to that much needed cash and in a press conference in the past hour has signaled their intention to distribute the a to every afghan who needs it. donors, so also being to turn those pledges into cash as soon as possible. and as diplomatic as a james base reports, it's only a fraction of what's needed to prevent economic collapse. the un

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we begin with house foreign affairs republicans going at it with secretary of state antony blinken. we're monitoring the developing story. it is still happening. the hearing is underway right now. still going on. afghanistan is the problem for republicans there. california congressman darrell issa joins us with an update. congressman, you were at the hearing today. your reaction to the secretary of state's testimony? >> liz, many questions, few answers. one in particular in the statement both in an email and proa website the secretary's people said that you should not count on the u.s. government to get you out of afghanistan. he absolutely rebuked that, except we took it from his website and we received it in an email when we asked about getting help getting more of our american citizens out of afghanistan. this was just one of many cases in which this administration and this secretary are in denial of the fact. the fact is they sent false messages including the president denying that the country was going to fall. now they want us to believe they simply didn't know until the last

secretary of state antony blinken only saying that the state department is in constant contact with them. also we're waiting to hear just how many afghan allies have been left behind, and blinken did pass some of the blame to the trump administration. listen. >> so let me give you a little bit more context on this. when we took office, we inherited a backlog of more than 17,000 siv applicants. the program was basically in a dead stall. there had not been a single interview of an siv applicant in kabul in the nine months prior to us taking a office. >> reporter: blinken will head to do aha next week, he is not scheduled to meet with any taliban official, but the state department says they'll keep it on the table if it's in the national breast. in the meantime -- in the national interest. in the meantime, fresh questions about whether the taliban can be trusted to keep their promise of safe passage. the white house says it's one of the reasons the u.s. is not rushing to recognize the taliban, but the pentagon says there might be informal collaboration going forward in the fight against isi

s service members killed in afghanistan's kabul airport last month, secretary of state antony blinken faced more questioning from the senate foreign relations committee. today he was asked about the exit strategy from afghanistan what went wrong and the impact of the taliban now controlling that country foxes madeline rivera has a closer look now from washington. on his second appearance before lawmakers on capitol hill, secretary of state antony blinken once again defended the body administration's decision to leave afghanistan, maintaining that intelligence reports did not foresee the quick takeover of the taliban, even the most pessimistic assessments. did not predict that the government forces and in kabul would collapse. appoint republicans slammed. we should have known that as we began to draw down support. we were going to see the potential for a collapsing senators also grilled blinken on security threats and whether the taliban has cut off ties with terrorist groups like al qaeda and the haqqani network has the taliban abandoned their sympathy and collect collaboration with g

not only will secretary of state antony blake can be traveling to the region in the coming days. but the defense secretary lloyd austin is also going to be in the region in order to thank u. s. military, as well as regional military leaders, for their assistance in the recent evacuation from afghanistan. now the main point of antony, blinking trip to doha, is to consult, not just with the members of the u. s embassy, who are temporarily working out of that city. but to also consult with cut re leaders who are very keen for among other things, to reopen the airport in cobble so that humanitarian aid can get in. and so that those afghans who want to leave the country will be able to leave. there had been some talk in recent days that perhaps the main airport could have been reopened by friday, but that is turned out to be perhaps a little too ambitious. but certainly the secretary of state wants to be in close coordination, not just with kataria officials, but also with turkish officials who are working on this project to try to keep that all important lifeline between this landloc

the us secretary of state, antony blinken, says america's effort to evacuate its citizens from afghanistan �*is still ongoing and has no deadline.�* he said the us was right to withdraw when it did to avoid the risk of more conflict. the uk has become the latest country to recommend covid vaccinations to all children aged 12 to 15. the chief medical officers said it had the potential to avoid disruption to education. israel's prime minister, naftali bennett, has met egypt's president, abdel fattah, al—sisi for talks in the red sea resort of sharm el sheikh. it's the first official visit to egypt by an israeli premier in a decade. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejessica elgot, chief political correspondent at the guardian, and martin bentham, home affairs editor for the evening standard. let's have a look at the front pages. the metro focusses on the news that the government has backed the uk's chief medical officers' advice to offer vaccines to 12 to 15—year—olds. the sun, too, looks at the latest expansion of the uk

september 14th, secretary of state antony blinken is set to testify. >> thank you, phil mattingly. >>> so much, of course, happening on capitol hill as you heard phil talking about there. let's head to lauren fox to discuss that. this is quite the battle ahead when it comes to the biden agenda. >> well, that's exactly right, brianna. look, you only have a matter of weeks to get some must pass legislation through the house and senate. one of the top priorities, of course, is funding the government. without cooperation from both republicans and trdemocrats, you're going to miss the september 28th deadline and a have a shut down. democrats are also looking to raise the debt ceiling. this is potentially problematic. you have 46 senate republicans who have signed a letter saying they aren't going to help. you need 60 votes, which means you are already starting short on the votes you need. that's going to be another major show down this fall. the treasury department can take extraordinary measures but only for so long, brianna. you also of course had that infrastructure agenda that phil men

secretary of state antony blinken testifying today before the senate foreign relations committee in person. one day after a virtual appearance before a house committee. and the questions today were even more pointed. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie starts us off tonight as she did last night from capitol hill. good evening, aishah. >> good evening, bret. once again republicans called on the secretary of state to resign but in a shift from yesterday's house hearing, he wasn't getting much love from democrats either. >> doing the right thing in the wrong way ends up being the wrong thing. >> democratic chairman of the senate foreign relations committee robert menendez set the tone for what turned out to be three hours of intense questioning and scolding of secretary of state antony blinken over the withdrawal from afghanistan. >> we realize this is a complete debacle. >> this sant failure of intelligence. this is a failure of policy and planning. >> this is a puppeteer act if you would and we need to know who is in charge and who is making these decisions. >> committee democrats de

antony blinking, his handling of the pull out from afghanistan the crisis. he says.

antony blinking, and defense secretary lloyd austin, have met the mayor of katherine doha to discuss the ongoing efforts to evacuate remaining us citizens from afghanistan. lincoln released the statement, thanking cathy for supporting the us, lead evacuation operation. and officials have confirmed the u. s. as arrange the 1st safe departures of americans since troops withdrew for people left via an overland route. that was african alliance, equal was, will hold an emergency summit over the, at the coo in guinea on thursday. give me a military rulers, have borrowed officials from leaving the country after detaining the president and toppling the government on sunday. they've also promised to set up a transitional government. a man hunt is under way for 6 palestinian inmates who the escaped from a prison in israel. they dug a tunnel under the board jail just north of be occupied. westbank 5 are members of the islamic jihad movement, while the 6th is zachary, as you be a former field commander, associated with the fact that party. well, those are the headlines. stay with us. witness is

secretary of state antony blinken and lloyd austin traveling overseas. doha is the central hub. >> bill: he says the u.s. is working closely with the taliban and the terror group not stopping americans from getting out as long as those evacuees have the correct paperwork. he said this a moment ago. >> we're conducting a great deal of diplomacy on this as we speak. we've also engaged with the taliban on this topic including in recent hours. they said that they will let people with travel documents freely depart. we'll hold them to that. so will dozens of other countries. the international community is watching to see if the taliban will live up to their commitments. >> bill: trey yengst reports from doha, qatar. hello, trey. >> good morning. secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin met this morning with their counterparts in qatar about afghanistan. they held a joint press conference discussing the u.s. withdrawal from the country and thanked qatar for their efforts. the big news focused on those americans stuck in the northern

secretary of state antony blinken treats out that the u.s. stands with hong kong only to take it down soon after. coming up former secretary of state mike pompeo on the china threat and the consequences to come from handing over the strategically located and fortified bagram air base to the tale bean as congressman michael mccaul told us last week. >> the reason why it's so important is because it's a national security asset for the united states or was and so taliban taking over. this provided eyes and ears. the administration talks about over the horizon capability, this is like 6, 8 hours away in qatar, uae. the loss of bagram, i can't emphasize how destructive this is. maria: then as the biden administration promises new green car for afghan refugees the southern border is overflowing the migrants. now there are 15,000 people waiting to get apprehended under that one bridge in del rio, texas. joe biden's refusal to close the border as terrorists wanna be's join the fights, will they try to access through mexico as michael waltz predicted

antony blinken. we believe he has culpability for much of the travesty that has gone on here. we have also called for resignation of various leaders, we are joined in our call for a resignation of secretary austin and general milley by 90 retired generals. we also call upon the person who said the buck stops here. he said more than 20 times we will not leave americans behind. the person who orchestrated the july 2 evacuation without telling afghanis. we call upon, most somberly, the resignation of this president joe biden. with that, the main sponsor of the blinken impeachment resolution andy harris, i am going to go to him followed by the architect and drafter of the resolutions for resignation. with that, andy harris. >> thank you very much. now that the debacle is over, we have to be sure nothing like this will ever happen again. last friday, ralph norman and i filed page and articles for secretary blinken. secretary blinken has utterly failed in his duties as defined by the roles and duties of th

antony blinken. we believe that he has got culpability for much of the travesty that has gone on here. we have also called for resignation of various leaders. we are joint, for instance, in our call for resignations from secretary austin and general milley by 90 retired generals. we also call upon the person who said the buck stops here, who said more than 20 times we will not leave any american behind. the person who basically orchestrated the july 2 evacuation in bagram without telling afghanis. we call upon the resignation of this president, joe biden. with that, the main sponsor, the original sponsor of the blinken impeachment, i will go to him, followed by clay higgins, the architect and drafter of the resolutions for resignation. with that, andy harris. rep. harris: thank you very much. now that the afghanistan withdrawal debacle is over, we have to be sure nothing like this will ever happen again. last friday, we filed a resolution including impeachment articles for secretary blinken. secretar

antony says they're working help americans are stranded reporter rivera from washington. qatar above beyond, and your helped save thousands lives, even defense secretary austin secretary state antony think officials qatar helping and afghan evacuate, they are still need help roughly americans behind. have management assigned them to make sure that. those who to can fact, do. blinken reports taliban have stopped americans leaving the country, saying unaware a hostage of situation at mazar e sharif airport. but departures conditional. the taliban not exit anyone a valid. but they have that without documents at this point can't. the visit comes the u. s. says helped americans out afghanistan land, but that's disputed. some democratic richard blumenthal furious the administration, it of delay and inaction. while say the state is to credit the rescue, led a private of military. it's surprising, the department ups come rushing any time see a good story try to take for. carter says it's working making airport kabul of receiving flights. but it adds agreement needs be made with t

today on capitol hill it was secretary of state antony blinken's turn. >> the guy the biden administration, was he an aid worker or isis-k operative? >> i don't know. >> a wince inducing grilling on capitol hill for the biden administration's top diplomat. >> you would think that you would know before you off somebody with a drone whether he is an aid worker or isis k. can't have an investigation after we kill people. we have an investigation before we kill people. >> kentucky senator rand paul pressing secretary of state and sweep lincoln over the identity of a drone strike target demanding to know whether he was a terrorist among reports and aid worker was mistakenly killed. defense department officials hailing the defensive strike as a precision operation against incoming suicide bombers on the penultimate day of the u.s.-led evacuation at kabul's international airport. subsequent reporting suggests the bombing was the case of mistaken identity that left ten civilians dead, many of them children. just the latest example say critics of the slipshod exit from the war-torn country. a debac

arguably secretary of state antony blinken beginning of this fiasco in afghanistan happen. and frankly it didn't change awful lot today and republicans on capitol hill. >> i don't want to hear from the secretary. in front of the camera. >> the gentleman's time has expired. >> the gentleman's time has expired. >> on a day of heated exchanges and blame shifting on capitol hill, republican lawmakers took secretary of state antony blinken to task for the administration's disastrous and deadly departure from afghanistan. an exit he said was hampered not by his failures but those of the previous administration. >> we inherited a deadline. president biden immediately face the choice between ending the war were escalating it. had he not followed through for the attacks on our forces and our allies would have resumed. >> information that didn't explain how than they administration managed to not leave the country by may 1st as promised. when it did leave, it did so in spectacularly poor fashion. >> i yield the remainder of my time. >> it is greatly unfortunate the consequences and i

here's us secretary state antony blinken speaking during a visit to germany. despite professing that a new government would be inclusive, the announced list of names consists exclusively of individuals who are members of the taliban or close associates and no women. we're also concerned by the affiliations and track records of some of those individuals. we understand the taliban has presented this as a caretaker cabinet. we willjudge it and them by its actions. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in kabulfor us and has more. i have to say that on the streets today the protests are continuing in fact they are intensifying and the taliban reaction to the protest has been also intensifying. with greater violence, been also intensifying. with greaterviolence, more foreign greater violence, more foreign journalists greaterviolence, more foreign journalists were arrested today, afghan journalists were arrested today, there was a women's protest in the west of kabul, they expressed their criticism of the government announcement last night, the careta