this is a new world. the terror threat has metastasized across the world, well beyond afghanistan. the fundamental obligation of a president in my opinion is to defend and protect america. not against threats of 2001, but against the threats of 2021 and tomorrow. paul: president biden defending the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan and claiming the terror threat has evolved since the u.s. was attacked on september 11th, 2001. so how has the nature of the jihadist threat changed over the last 20 years? and what does the new taliban government in afghanistan and its close ties to al qaeda mean for our terror-fighting
president biden: no one is being killed right now. no one is being killed right now. dana: president biden defending the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan something our next guest calls utterly incompetent. geraldo rivera is here. great to have you. we ve been talking about people who helped the allies and us. you have stories. on the phone right now, we will not name him for fear of compromising his security. one of the people waiting, dana and bill to get out now is on the phone. he is so trusted by us. he saved our life on numerous occasions. he has come to the united states, visited, stayed with me as a family. now he is terrorized and on pins and needles waiting on this process. dear friend, brother, how are you? tell us how are you?
promise that america was going to fight and do the right thing. do the right thing. we didn t do the right thing. president biden and kamala harris need to answer for that. how will they ever like another world leader in the face after what happened? i can t tell you this. taiwan is feeling less safe today, and china is feeling emboldened. ukraine is feeling less safe, and russia is feeling emboldened. iran is celebrating right now, and on the afghan pakistani border, all of this terrorist organization stand, they are all plotting now. you know what they are plotting? the same mantra they have always had, which is death to america. that is what we are feeling now. they owe us answers. this was wrong. it was a slap in the face to every military family. it was a slap in the face to every american. and the afghan people deserved better. sandra: and now they are on a mission to secure that airfield, continuing evacuation there. we pray for these people appeared ambassador haley, we app
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
welcome in the u.s.? jake: i am not familiar with any such request, and i m not going to get into hypotheticals. yes. the president at camp david, the american people expect to hear from him in the coming days as the operation to get people out continues. jake: i will leave it to jen to answer that, but yes, you will hear from him in the coming days. expected to return the way and do you think the damage and what you would say? jake: president biden has a long and deep history of solidarity and commitment to the nato alliance. he is committed to article five. rock-solid and sacrosanct. just had a very successful nato