shoot down an airliner, that wasn t me. and then, of course, also, the other d is dependence. dependence on natural gas and oil. and this is what s pulling, i think, the alliance apart a little bit is the lack of resolve on the part of germany who is dependent on russia. so i think what president trump, you know it was really this is one of the issues i had with him all the time, undervaluing the importance of alliances. we re seeing the importance of it now. but the point that he made that was quite good, jim, was, hey, our allies need to do more to strengthen the alliance and strengthen their own defense and this is to meet their the pledge to spend at least 2% of the gdp on defense. two more topics i want to hit. first on afghanistan, of course, this is an issue close to your heart. president biden in an interview last night said that he rejects the findings of an army investigation into the final days in the war in afghanistan that in part detail warnings that the administr
increases stemming from the hurt. the dot s top priority is safety and this waiver is accompanied by additional safety requirements to allow the department to monitor driver working hours. the epa has approved the emergency fuel weighers for louisiana and mississippi immediately which will expand the supply of gasoline and the availability at this critical time. we re continuing to assess and will provide you updates. kick it off, josh. thanks, jen. two subjects. first on afghanistan. the president said any additional evacuation will go through diplomatic generals and the united states has leverage over the taliban. what kind of leverage does the united states have? absolutely. first i would say i d point you to the remarks that the secretary of state provided last night. let me give you highlights. we have leverage including access to the global
0 you don t have to take care of all of kabul to get a bigger perimeter. that should have been another option. thanks, general. we know you ll be part of the continuing coverage as we move forward. the president said it was time to end this war. that is the story. stay tuned for continuing coverage here on fox of the end of the war in afghanistan. neil: all right. martha just said it. i was not going to extend this forever war. the president of the united states explaining why after 20 years we re out of afghanistan and our longest war is now in the rear view mirror. but growing questions that might not be the case. growing concerns for the tens of thousands left behind as to their safety and whether anyone, anywhere is going to help them and get them out of that country. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto, this is your world. growing confusion as to the message of the commander-in-chief about our now completed role in afghanistan and whether we actual ply completed the role, whet
the families. are supportive of remembering the lives that have been lost and he is going to continue to look for ways to do that. go ahead. two questions, first on afghanistan. the drone strike that the united states conducted appears, according to family members in afghanistan, to have killed seven children. does the president feel the same sense of responsibility and loss for those lives as he does for the american service members? well, first, let me say that we take efforts, take steps from the united states to avoid civilian casualties in every scenario, and probably more than almost any country in the world. i can t speak to or confirm the numbers or cases of civilian casualties in this case. there is an investigation. i will note that in the sent com statement they put out yesterday, last night, i should say, what they noted is that there was also the explosion there were explosives in this vehicle that could have led to additional damage. there s an investigation to dete
at this point in time but we do have those authorities should they be needed. last follow-up on the afghanistan. meeting with the family yesterday. did the president does the president plan to continue to stay in touch with those families? absolutely. and he s going to continue to look for ways of honoring them and the lives that were lost last week as well. go ahead. thank you. just a few others on the ongoing evacuation. the caveat that things are changing, winding down. numbers, as they get reported here, versus situations on the ground. sure. we heard through the weekend of americans who were told to get to the airport and were unable to do so because of the danger on the ground. if, for some reason, and we don t have a specific example just yet, but there very well may be depending on when the final flights out are, what would be your message to those americans who may be left behind who were trying to get out? well, as you noted, and i appreciate the caveat, we are