afghanistan. and moving quickly to execute the plans we had put in place to respond to every constituency, including the rapid collapse we are seeing now. >> no plan is ever perfect, and no plan can be perfectly predicted. the level of panic that was going to happen at the airport. >> we did not expect to hear anything more from the president today, however we will be hearing from jen psaki and national security advisor jake sullivan. we hope to learn from them just how many americans are trapped in afghanistan, how many refugees are trapped behind checkpoints among a host of other questions. >> trace: we will bring that to you when it happens. jacqui heinrich live at the white house. jacqui, thank you. >> sandra: let's bring in former secretary of state, mike pompeo. great to have you on as we watch all of these developments. you saw how president biden yesterday, placing the blame squarely on his predecessor for