keeps blaming the trump administration for the deadline to withdraw troops to leave afghanistan, that the biden administration did push that deadline from may 1st to august 31st. senator romney said, how could you move that deadline if your hand were tied? and secretary blinken said, well, we thought this was the best case scenario and this would give us more time, but we did not again think that afghanistan was going to fall. so that really ruined their plans, obviously. secretary blinken stayed on talking points, insisting this is the best outcome, the best plan for the country in the short-term for the united states in the short-term and the long-term rather than committing what he said a third generation of americans to fight in this war, jeff. leanne caldwell with a live update, thanks. coming up next, tropical storm nicholas unleashes rain and the threat of flash flooding on the gulf coast.
to rebuild our economy and rekindle faith in america s future. they are eager to jam through yet another massive multitrillion dollars reckless taxing and spending spree in an effort to move our country to the left. literally forever. and republicans are going to fight these terrible, painful policies tooth and nail. bret: brit, you have covered capitol hill before you were an anchor for decades. the whole time you looked at these bills. we always seem like we are one election away from solving the big problems. what is your assessment right now? well, would very had at least three consecutive presidencies and are truly reckless spending. senator mcconnell is right. that s the right word, reckless. in addition to the national debt have been staggering. and what i hear now from some on the democratic party is well, donald trump spent recklessly and so on. those the fact that we have had that much reckless spending
are we still exclusive? absolutely. and that s exactly why you should join. . bret: finally tonight a look at tomorrow s headlines with the panel. brit, first to you. biden administration announces southwestern state governors worried about the influx of illegal migrants across the border should seek help from the united nations and the same goes for crime victims in major u.s. cities. bret: all right, bill? bill: yeah, just quick footnote thomas beington mccauley s poem which i cited herocio at the bridge 70 stanzas churchill as a boy memorized all 70 of them. my headline democrats wrap themselves in joe biden s foreign policy in afghanistan for better or worse. certainly for worse. harold? michigan my law school alma mater unranch nk rah ranked in
could have been handled much better. i m encouraged that democratic committees in the congress, democratic chairs of committees are leading oversight of this and asking very probing and tough and honest questions. and i thought secretary blinken probably should have come down today to the house. but i thought he was very candid and honest and frankly with some of his answers. bret: brit, the politics of this and where this goes there people on the ground who are trying to get out. impact on this administration this president from what both sides say was pretty hasty and screwed up. brit: yeah. this is not a foreign policy disaster that a lot of people really disagree on. they were sort of faint attempts at that hearing today to defend the administration and this was that way. nobody is really arguing this was well done or wisely done or in the end successful to the extent the administration continues to claim that it is. i think it s a stain on this administration. it is one that w
but the truth of the matter was there was no meaningful deadline and the proof of that is the deadline such as it was was may 31st, and then that was extended until, what? brit: may 1st to august 31st. basically what they were arguing is we had to get out of on august 31st because we were on a deadline to have gotten out several months earlier. obviously they were free to extend the deadline for as long as they wanted. moreover, the deadline was part of an agreement with the been reached with the trump administration, i a week one from my opinion in a u.s. i point of view but an agreement nonetheless that had conditions in it and the conditions had plainly not been met to include the condition that the taliban would have reached an agreement with the afghan government. negotiations on that never started. so the idea that they were under a deadline that meaningful deadline on the first of may is nonsense and everything is predicated on that is therefore non-says as well.