answered, congressman? i want the administration to be transparent on exactly who you have in custody that are on the terrorist watch list and what are you going to do with those terrorists? we don t want to let those terrorists end up in the united states, we don t want them to end up in any country that s our allies. if they re on the watch list, they need to be deand the and we need to put detained and we need to put them at the back of the line and focus on getting every american and our allies to get out of afghanistan a, who wants out of afghanistan or who we promised refuge. these terrorists should be held in a cell and questioned in a transparent manner. the biden administration needs to come to congress and explain to republicans and democrats exactly what the vetting process is, why they were on the list and let s determine what we re going to do with these potential terrorists. jillian: congressman, thank you for waking up early and joining us. we appreciate it.
andrea mitchell has more on this. good morning, yasmin. the group claiming responsibility is an offshoot of the barbaric organization that originally formed in iraq and syria but this isis branch started in pakistan and now a bitter rival of the taliban in afghanistan, while vowing to continue targeting u.s. forces. with just four days until president biden s deadline of with drawing from afghanistan a growing threat to the evacuation of the remaining americans and afghan allies. the terror group known as isis-k. i repeatedly said this mission was extraordinarily dangerous and why i ve been so determined to limit the duration of this mission. what is isis-k? an offshoot in afghanistan of the islamic state, the group formed six years ago in pakistan has now taken root in afghanistan, gaining even more force with the taliban during
hi, everybody. i m yasmin vossoughian. thanks for joining us on this busy saturday afternoon. we are watching hurricane henri as it approaches landfall. we expect a new update on the track in the hour ahead. millions of people in the path of the hurricane, grabbing supplies, preparing for what could be days and even weeks we hope not though without power. we have a live report coming up on that. we have new information on the situation at the kabul airport. nbc news reporting just a short time ago that a threat against the airport that led to a message to americans to stay away came not from the taliban but, in fact, from isis. coming up, i will get reaction to that from a congressman who is calling what is happening in afghanistan a, quote, catastrophe. we will take a deeper look at american intervention in the
efforts in afghanistan a, quote, total disgrace and disaster adding extremism is now at all-time high. last week both general milley and austin testified that al qaeda and isis will likely regroup in afghanistan in the next two years. bret? jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. thank you. pack here at home, the dow had its best day since march, gaining 587 today. the s&p 500 was up 58. the nasdaq rose 111. president biden is turning his focus to the domestic economy tonight after his big foreign policy trip last week. white house correspondent peter doocy joins us live in the north lawn with that. good evening, peter. good evening, bret. the white house tells us that when the president met with financial regulators today, they told him they think the economy is in good shape and they told him they are having success making progress using regulations to address climate change the way the president has ordered. and while that huddle was happening here at the white house, officials s
adviser for president trump is recommending unanimously that if we do a peace agreement with a taliban, we must maintain the ability to have a counterterrorism force with intel capability as long as conditions on the ground warrant. the idea of leaving it a date certain is a disaster for the united states because isis andal al qaeda will regenerate. zpl i want to bring in lieutenant general hurtling and daily beast contributor, kim. good to see you both. so general, is a quick pull out from afghanistan a, with with a clear time b table, a good idea? with a clear timetable with some conditions, yes. conditions based, that would be a good idea. we ve been fighting this war for 19 years, but you re going to see over the next couple of weeks, fred, there s going to be debate on both sides. many people are going to be saying it s the longest war ever