from generals keith kellogg and jack keane, ari fleischer, congressman michael mccaul and peter meyer, bret baier, the terrific correspondence of fox news. i m john roberts. a busy two hours ahead, join sandra smith and me for america reports at the top of the hour. emily: president obama s former secretary of education is getting slammed for comparing those who oppose masks or getting the covid vaccine to the terrorists who killed the 13 service members. suicide bombers at cobbles airport, anti-vax people here they both blow themselves up, inflict harm on those around them, and are convinced they are fighting for freedom. bret: this is crazy. this is over the top. it s a former education secretary getting to this point.
item now tropical storm, was ens and powerful. lashing the gulf coast with torrential rains and high winds. the entire city of new orleans is without electrical power. more than 1 million people. so far at least one death blamed on the storm but that number we re told could grow as the full scope of the tragedy is known today. at the same time, we are watching afghanistan. where we are now just hours away from the august 31st deadline for troop withdrawal and getting americans out. president biden is warning that the terror threat to cobbles airport remains high. this after the united states thwarted a rocket attack. you re watching outnumbered. with me emily, upon you and kaylee mcenaney, new york post columnist and fox news jupiter miranda divine. in the center seat, retired u.s. army infantry captain sean parnell is with us. he spent 485 days fighting along
or contacted so do you think this leaves the question that there are many more people out there than being told by the us government? i m not going to make that assumption but what i know is i helped two families. a green card holder and us citizens from philadelphia. they never received calls. that is my experience and the fact that i feel honored at the opportunity that i have been given in the last week to work with a lot of holders, american citizens to help them to the airport and it didn t happen. none of that happens without the marines on the ground working miracles alongside me but the fact remains we continue to say
being bloodied with people s blood that got killed, got injured in the blast yesterday and our soldiers are working very hard. i don t think they deserve to die in the last moment. they need help. i met guys that didn t sleep for 7 days straight and they were still helping people. the same thing in qatar but especially in afghanistan our troops need help them. they may need a clear system to help people. i believe they need more troops out there to help them. because i don t know, the airport is closed and there are a lot of people stranded, citizens, green card holders and
because we were also contractors as well so we were helping the military and they are still trying to get inside the airport. my family numbers were in that sewage water yesterday, they have to go home. there is no plan. there is no plan. what i can do is i want to continue this fight and i would like my nation to stand up for its people because they helped us, helps troops stand up for citizens and our troops because this is not just about our citizens left behind now. our troops are also getting killed. we lost 16 soldiers yesterday. we need a better system in place.