hi, jeff. yeah, president biden promising to have louisiana s back as it tries to rebuild post-hurricane ida. he says that folks throughout the state impacted by the storm are hurting right now and pledge to stand with them as they slowly rebuild. president biden shortly after landing in new orleans got a tour of some of the hardest hit areas, this includes places like laplace, louisiana, a spot still am a week after the hurricane came through, and people are without water. in some spots, these homes are just unlivable because they took so much damage. the president, who met with democrat and republican lawmakers, says it s not about party affiliation, it s about being americans. we ve got to build back not only with the same poles up. we ve got to build back better. we ve got to build back more resiliently and do the same thing across the board. hundreds of thousands throughout the state still do
presence on the ground. we have live team coverage, ryan in london and david spunt in wilmington, delaware where the president is spending the weekend and that s where we begin with david, hi. david: griff, hello, good afternoon to you, it s been almost a week since last american soldier took off, left afghanistan, more than 100,000 people were able to leave that country, many of them desperate to just get out of there no matter what country they ended up in but still there are many people in the country that want to leave including americans. griff, secretary of state antony blinken made it clear that the united states is still in contact somewhat with taliban leaders to help get american citizens out if they want out. the secretary of state says there are some circumstances where you have dual nationals that may prefer to stay below the radar in kabul and surrounding cities and then make a move when they want to. we are in very regular
should that phone call be investigated? absolutely. i ve already called for our foreign affairs committee to hold hearings. we need to get blinken in. this needs to also be investigated. remember what they did to president trump over a phone call? well, this is much bigger magnitude, impact. we had significant deaths by our service members and the whole country was taken over and we left americans before enemy lines and did so with our weapons, by the way, and all of this needs to be investigated and i hope the foreign affairs committee brings us back very soon so we can get answers that the american people deserve and accountability. there needs to be accountability here. certainly there does. congresswoman, thank you for spending time with us today and i wish you the best for the holiday weekend, thank you. thank you. griff: and we ll get thoughts from the other side of the aisle next, plus, the migrant surge across our southern border showing no signs of
being turned over to border patrol. it has made a change. sergeant manny of the lahoya p.d., thank you for the insight. give your men and women a pat on the back for us. we know it s not easy. thank you. anita: august was a tough month for americans looking for jobs and the surge in coronavirus cases. we ll look at the state of labor this labor day coming up next. you founded your kayak company because you love the ocean- not spreadsheets. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates matching your job description. visit indeed.com/hire
morrie. gentlemen, thank you for taking the time. happy labor day to you. let s jump over the debate over afghanistan and 5 days since the u.s. withdrawal and the administration won t say if a single one if 100 to 200 americans stranded have gotten out. let s start with you, david, what do you say? david: we have to get them out. that s priority number 1. this gets to president biden s confidence. i advise the campaign but i haven t advised them on afghanistan. you see that in the new polling, only 3 and 10 americans support the withdrawal, the way it was done. this is a bigger issue for the administration, four administrations, four u-turns, that s one of the lessons americans will learn, one strategy and you have to to