embassy in afghanistan. i can t believe ourselves is taking the taliban s word at face value. again, my office has heard from many people who are outside the gates of the airport who have seen taliban goons beating people to include americans with sticks and chains and pipes, taking their visas or taking their passports and the idea that the taliban which has been sponsors and supporting and working in concert with terrorists for 25 years is all of a sudden going to turn over a new leaf and let anyone who is stuck in afghanistan after tuesday leave the country peacefully is a fantasy and i can t believe that s the position of the united states government. bret: senator, you have mentioned a number of people reaching out to you and the people on the ground, their concerns. there have been private efforts through lawmakers through former military. can you talk about that at all? yes, so my office a couple weekends ago when we realized the scale of this fiasco just how many thousands
the secretary wouldn t rule it out only saying they are looking at a series of options. meanwhile, uncertainty remains for afghans facing a harsh new reality of life under taliban control. i know firsthand how my sisters were not allowed to go to school. as someone who was born and lived taliban regime, there is absolutely zero, zero trust on the taliban. anything they say i do not believe. nor should the u.s. believe. and, bret, the taliban says anyone with a foreign passport will still be able to depart on commercial flights after august 31st. two nato allies have officially ended evacuation flights out of security concerns. bret? bret: griff jenkins at the state department. thank you. let s bring in arkansas republican senator tom cotton serves on intelligence and armed services committee. senator, thanks for being here. thanks for having me, bret. bret: you just heard that report from the state
he did not just receive a copy, he received a briefing yesterday on the 90-day origins report of classified briefing so, of course, that s not information we would provide publicly. is there a better understanding of what was the ultimate origin? again, i can t obviously speak to a classified briefing. i have know you are eager to receive an unclassified summary. that s something the intelligence community has been working to produce and as soon as that is available it will be put out publicly from the intelligence community from odni and we will also ensure you all have access to it. bret: we are all eager to have access to that here is the the washington post biden receives inconclusive intelligence report on covid origins despite analyzing existing intelligence and searching new clues intelligence officials fell short of consensus. bloomberg says inconclusive animals or lab, doesn t point squarely to one source as the likely origin of the outbreak. you are on the intellige
leaders. they don t see this as a quid pro quo but nobody around here has been able to say what is going to happen after the u.s. leaves and the taliban starts stopping afghans who helped the u.s. want to leave from leaving, too. bret? bret: big question. peter doocy live on the north lawn. we have new images of marines assisting evacuation efforts on the ground. they come harsh reality many afghans trying to get to the airport as we just explained. the taliban are now in control of that entire area and will not allow them access. national security correspondent jennifer griffin joins us live from the pentagon. good evening, jen. good evening, bret. time appears to be running out. late tonight britain s defense minister warns stranded afghans to flee over land borders and not to make the dangerous trip to kabul airport whose entrances are now controlled by the taliban who are now blocking afghans from leaving. the u.s. military launched another helicopter rescue mission in kabu
assistance, and they have got a gun to the head of american citizens because joe biden left them. bret: well, the administration, including secretary of state blinken, saying that the taliban has promised, insisted that they will allow safe passage for americans who want to leave the country to get to the airport. the taliban. now, just moments ago, nbc, their chief foreign correspondent richard engel, a producer there said the taliban spokesperson telling richard engel there is no evidence bin laden was involved in 9/11 and then tells him the withdrawal is almost finished. these are our happiest moments. letting s bring in our panel byron york, mara liasson and steve hayes, editor at the dispatch. steve, i m struck by this. bin laden was not involved in