to put that in a peaceful protest is just a lie. i think it s bull. [ beep ] . there were a lot of people in the capitol at the time who i think feared for their lives. it was an attack on the capitol. i thought it was an insurrection that time and i think it was an insurrection today. why don t you tell us how you really feel? i thought it was you know what he said. they were there that day. so they believed it. yeah. but what s the picture that many americans are getting from watching tucker karlsson. good morning, everyone. welcome. so fox news host tucker carlson facing criticism after he aired selective footage and said that most of the rioters were peaceful sight seers. we re going to show you the new trove of new private text messages and e-mails from inside of fox news. we re also getting an inside look at the internal crisis over fox news coverage of conspiracies and what tucker carlson really thinks about president trump. and we re following the
just around the corner, republicans and democrats are raising the stakes as senate democrats celebrate the passage of their major spending legislation, republicans also gain an edge of sorts by forcing democrats to vote and show their cards on several key midterm issues. moderates appear to be left with a bad hand. republicans are preparing to up the ante with plans to target moderates in november and beyond in 2024. congressional correspondent asha has any is on capitol hill with our report. good evening, asha. good evening to you, mike. that s right, senators are headed back home for the august recess. handing the baton to the house which is expected to vote on this massive tax and spending plan on friday. republicans in the meantime promising democrats will pay the price in the midterms. [cheers] it was a feat some didn t think was possible. i put in one word persistence. even republican senator josh hawley tweeting tonight i will give the dems this with a 50/50 se
Sheriff s office. he didn t get that chance and we d like people to give us the truth of what happened and be honest with us. reporter: the lopezes one of several gold star families demanding accountability. i don t want to hear lies, i don t want to hear excuses from president biden. reporter: many blaming president biden. several presidents preceded mr. biden in this 20-year ward but none of it them are going to be held accountable for the withdrawal. that is he and he alone. reporter: the chaotic withdrawal began as the taliban quickly took over the country. president biden argued leaving afghanistan was the right choice. i was not going to extend this forever war, and i was not extending a forever exit. reporter: the pentagon defending its response. u.s. military commanders on the ground in afghanistan made decisions that they could with the information that they had at the time.
Lopezes one of several gold star families today demanding accountability. i don t want to hear lies. i don t want to hear excuses from joe biden. reporter: many blaming president biden. several presidents preceded mr. biden in this 20-year war, but none of them are to be held accountable for the withdrawal. that is he and he alone. reporter: the chaotic u.s. withdrawal began as the taliban quickly took over the country. president biden has argued leaving afghanistan was the right choice. i was not going to extend this forever war. and i was not extending a forever exit. reporter: tonight the pentagon defending its response. u.s. military commanders on the ground in afghanistan made decisions that they could with the information that they had at the time. reporter: and tonight the joint chiefs chair mark milley saying that the briefers have given the families, quote, every piece of information that they could, but saying they do owe them accountability. lester?
can t wait to watch it. thank you, wolf. you can see his full interview tonight as don was saying, we want to see more. you ll see the entirety of the interview 9:00 p.m. tonight on cnn prime time. also in a few hours from now, the house foreign affairs committee is going to hold their first hearing on the u.s. exit from afghanistan in 2021. the republican led panel wants to put the biden administration under the microscope over the plan and the execution of the withdrawal. something republicans vou to do if they retook the house majority. today s hearing we re told is going to lean on testimony from volunteers who assisted in that massive evacuation. president biden for his part, rejected criticism of the exit and has instead hailed it as an extraordinary success when it came to that massive evacuation in kabul. i was not going to extend this forever war. i was not extending a forever exit. the decision to end the military and operations at kabul airport