operational decisions and will always honor the sacrifice of those 13 americans. former secretary state mike pompeo who, by the way, was in the middle of this planning in the previous administration will join us in moments. first to mark meredith live at the white house. mark? trace, good afternoon to you. this report that you re talking about basically blames the trump administration for what happened in august of 2021 under president biden s command where the u.s. ended the longest war in afghanistan. it basically detail what s the u.s. government has learned since that date. repeatedly blaming the trump administration for the conditions on the ground during that time period. the report says president biden still believes that pulling out of afghanistan was the right thing to do and the president thought staying in afghanistan was not an option. the white house admits it was surprised that the afghan government fell as quickly as it did and evacuations should have happene
were pulled out. the argument being they were the ones provoking people. the new president, new riots and new calls together again in portland. new york governor andrew cuomo seen tonight walking the grounds of the governor s mansion talking on the phone snuggled into a blanket. mounting calls for him to resign due to allegations of sexual misconduct and covering up covid deaths due to covid-19. although just getting started democrats are piling on calling for him to resign with his steadfast refusal so far. for fewer new york state lawmakers particularly democrats with this assembly and senate threatening with impeachment, something he has a much harder time ignoring. lauren green joins us from new york with the latest allegations against cuomo, good evening, lorne. good evening, shannon. andrew cuomo is really fighting for his political life as he is defending himself against the political avalanche of those calling for him to step down. this afternoon a defiant governo
punches you in the face. it was bizarre. the whole speech was like that. it had a hallucinogenic quality, like it wasn t quite real. but then joe biden himself isn t quite real. maybe that s the reason he talks that way.oe biden has been living in utter seclusion for more than a year. he hasn t spoken to anyone but his own lackeys. he hasn t driven a car or sat on the grass and looked at the sky, or been anywhere or done anything except in the most controlled possible environment. what an incredibly weird life that is. joe biden must imagine that everyone in america is terrified of corona as he is, and is living in the same kind of bunker. joe biden is totally cut off. alex berenson described last night s speech as late soviet. the more we thought about it, the more perfect that seemed. here s a clip of russia s own joe biden, the late leonid brezhnev. like biden, he was very also like biden, despite his frailty, he never lost the enthusiasm for d pointless wars. he is the
Politically driven. it s a stunning and worrisome poll. just goes to show what mark is saying in his op-ed is correct. it harming our political process. mark penn, you use those words. you say free speech and equal justice under the law. the erosion of the two core principals. you car to expand on that? yes, absolutely. i mean, look, the trump indictment and attitudes towards it, which shows people are okay using the justice department as long as it fits their political ends. people are getting more comfortable. no wonder. whether it was trump declared he won an election he didn t or the russia hoax that didn t exist or the tech companies that were censoring political speech and covid speech, you know, even going back to the obama administration when the irs was investigating conservative
Around this fall. we also have been told in the last little bit he is preparing a major covid speech, likely as soon as tomorrow to talk about the administration s efforts to battle the coronavirus, and of course, the spotlight will be on this saturday, 20th anniversary of 9/11, which will lead the president to mark the day of sacrifice and also the situation in afghanistan. yeah. speaking of 9/11, i accidentally said president bush because of that extraordinary apple documentary we saw on 9/11 that i think americans should be watching this week. jonathan lemire, thanks so much for being with us. go sox, please. that does it for us this morning. chris jansing picks up coverage right now. hi there, i am chris jansing, in for stephanie ruhle. it is tuesday, september 7th. here is what s happening. less than an hour from now, president biden will leave the