whether you agree with eliminating the u.s. presence in afghanistan or not, the way that it happened was catastrophic and has created these follow-on problems in the short immediate term, hostage, difficulty of americans getting out, our betrayal of allies, as marc suggested, and in the long term i think a real security threat that is now greater because of this decision that we made. mike: gentlemen, we have to leave it there for the segment, we hope to get harold ford up and running for the next one. up next it is shaping up to be a pivotal impact september for congress. we will look at the agenda. congress has to act and act fast.pr today s democratic party is a bunch of socialists. i ignored them. but when the twitching and jerking in my face and hands affected my day to day. i finally had to say, it s not ok. it was time to talk to my doctor about austedo. she said that austedo helps reduce td movements in adults.
mike: so big picture, afghanistan, senator bill hagerty of the great state of tennessee said today he s worried about this inspiring more jihadists. let s take a listen i will get you guys to react. what was done is we ve actually precipitated a situation where the taliban now have declared victory. a great victory of propaganda as well, and that s inspiring jihadists from around the world to step up the threat of terror. even worse, we ve armed them and the threat that our allies are perceiving is even more proximate than our own because geographically they are located much more close. they are also concerned about humanitarian disaster because of refugees fleeing afghanistan now that it s been destabilized by the taliban. mike: steve, do you want to lead us off? yeah, well i think he s right. we don t have to imagine this either. this isn t theoretical, you ve seen the jihadists and their messaging channel even onon social media celebrating the victory of the taliban over the
taliban officials have met with her presented it s from the united nations and the red cross, the questions remain about their willingness to engage with the international community. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin are there today in part to discuss how american diplomacy could prevail in afghanistan with no presence on the ground. if the biden administration will have to rely heavily on them to act aso a middleman with the taliban and get u.s. citizens out of the country. a senior state department official confirmed today that an american family crossed to a neighboring countryni by land as thousands are expected to do in the coming weeks. for reasons from fearing taliban violence to lack of opportunity, civilians continue to flee afghanistan to neighboring iran, tajikistan, and pakistan. we didn t have money to get treatment for our sick members. we are taking them to a charity hospital so they can get free treatment. we do a expect u.s.
repression. mike: steve, your turn. mind is how many stranded? questions arise about by an administration s estimate of the number of americans left and afghanistan. mike: interesting. and harold, bring us home. mind later, aspirational, j.t. upsets the grand slam. he s goingse to beat novak tonit and become the order in the american to get to the court of finals in the u.s. open. mike: fascinating! a tennis hot take from harold ford tonight, you heard it here, folks. it is labor day, right? gentlemen, thanks very much. thank you. mike: thursday on special report, education secretary miguel cardona and surgeon general vivek murthy will be our special guests. what questions do you have about covid-19 as the school year is underway? tweet your video questions to bret baier, hashtag sr covid questions.
that was a lovely evening but i must leave you now. set your dvrs every night so you never miss an episode. tomorrow night we are back with a brand-new episode. see you then. i m greg gutfeld, i love you, america. david, welcome to washington, i am mike emanuel in for bret baier. there s no holiday we can for about a thousand people, including many americans who are stuck in northern afghanistan tonight. they are on charter flights awaiting clearance to leave, the taliban is said to be blocking their departure. we have fox team coverage, brit hume has his analysis of all things afghanistan, peter doocy s with president biden at his home in wilmington, delaware, we begin with correspondent trey yingst in qatar and the latest on the evacuation efforts, good evening.