these refugees from afghanistan are not vaccinated. the american warrior is the best equipped, best trained war fighter anywhere. um-huh. we need to make sure this doesn t demoralize that whole class of people that raised their hand and swear to give their life in defense of the republic. i m really concerned how demoralizing this has been and we need to remind them every chance we get that their sacrifice was not for not. that they were defending the principles we stand for and that the flag, you know, is going to fly forever and that we can be trusted as an ally. brian: our best hope is for this those men and women to fight and do what joni ernst did. do what others have done like dan crenshaw, go into politics. we need clear-thinking people who have america s interest in mind and understand the enemy. keep in mind, we let people out of gitmo, become commanders in the taliban. allow al-qaeda come back in this area. we allow all our enemies to see us fail. we have made ourselves
ainsley: in haroon yesterday, individual trapped over there, he said he went to the airport right before our interview, and he couldn t get through. we interviewed someone else this morning. she said one of her friends is there with six children. she tried three times to get to the airport, and made there but wasn t able to go through. i don t know what we need to do right there at the perimeter of the airport or do we not have enough planes? steve: show the passport, your target, that s the problem. as he said i didn t pull out my passport. i didn t want them following me home. brian: reopen the embassy and start processing people normally. china and russia have their embassy open. what are we afraid of? steve: we heard from the generals yesterday. they said essentially our hands are tied. the boss, commander-in-chief said protect the embassy and the airport and now we are all at the airport. we got nobody left. ainsley: they said we can t guarantee safe passage to the airport. procee
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most do not expect to survive they need to be rescued but it looks impossible. brian: that s what general austin said yesterday. can t help you. get to the airport. ainsley: sent out memo we can t ensure your safety on the way to the airport. brian: can you believe this? steve: we have only got enough people in country to protect just the runway and perimeter. the norwegian. brian: unacceptable to say that as an american commander. it s okay guys get to the airport. i got to go. it s been four days. i have got to give you 15 minutes and i have got to run. steve: the be shared with the new york times apparently the taliban has a list of people who they particularly want to question and punish for working with the u.s. military. particularly members of the afghan military and the police as well as people who worked for the previous government intel community. they are sending out this letter that says to former employees, report to us and if you don t, your family members will be treat
san air force vet. she is also a democrat from the great state of pennsylvania, said that the administration disregarded the warnings that she and others had said, look, this is going to be a problem. pay attention. they did not pay attention. ainsley: mitch mcconnell, nancy pelosi, both sides of the aisle are asking for briefings, and we are looking to have those maybe next week. they are going to be grilled on capitol hill by democrats and republicans. the president in a interview with george stephanopoulos says the he blamed the leader of afghanistan, said he left afghanistan troops collapsed after we trained them. there were 300,000 of them he said. they left all their equipment and they took off. we removed our military before removed our civilians. and they are all saying the same thing. we expected this collapse. just not within 11 days. we were expecting it in months or maybe even years. but, if that s the case, why would we leave and allow the taliban to take over and that c