we invite you to stand. the lord be with you. and also with you. let us pray. oh, god, his mercies cannot be numbered. except our prayers on behalf of thy servant and grant him a entrance into the land of light and joy and the fellowship of thy saints through jesus christ our son and lord who live and reign with you and the holy spirit, one god now and forever.
in shock and then deep sadness. especially his family, his friends, colleagues and staff in his constituency, party and across parliament. mighty god, father of all mercies and giver of all comfort, to you graciously we pray with those who mourn that casting every care, they may know the consolation of thy love through jesus christ our lord, amen. let us pray for those closest to david s hard. forsupport pray for those closest to david s hard. for support of those living with disability, for the humane treatment of animals, for decency and public life in discourse let us
behind enemy lines tonight. sean, before i answer the question about communications, one point i just have to make, i never in my life thought i would live to see the day when the united states of america is dependent on the tender mercies of the taliban at checkpoints. this is the subjugated position that joe biden has subject our nation and our military too. it is a sample, shameful shameful moment, and he did it s early. as for the communications of it, you know, what joe biden needed to have done remember that july news conference where he said, you know, we are heading into a three-day weekend, i don t want to take these questions, i don t want to talk about it, he should have gone and talked about it to the american people and laid out the risks. he could have made the case that after 20 years it is right to withdraw the troops, but here are the risks in doing so. there could be chaos, there could be problems getting americans out. we will do everything we can to minimize it.
took over got only 2000 or less than 10% of the applicants for the visas out of the country for consideration. meaning that the military if it stuck to its august 31st deadline, would have been gone and left these people to the mercies of the taliban or whoever was in control of kabul and other cities without protection while their visas were being considered. and that timeline just doesn t wash. now the president is going to have to make a case that he s doing everything he can. it looks like the u.s. is in control inside the walls of the airport. but outside the walls, we had no presence. we have no sovereignty. we have no authority, and so the bigger problem which is getting people to the airport, is the one i m going that s the problem i want to hear how he plans to address. jake sullivan, his national
confidence in the people trapped behind enemy lines tonight. sean, before i answer the question about communications, one point i just have to make, i never in my life thought i would live to see the day when the united states of america is dependent on the tender mercies of the taliban at checkpoints. this is the subjugated position that joe biden has subject our nation and our military too. it is a shameful, shameful shameful moment, and he did it because he withdrew troops early. as for the communications of it, you know, what joe biden needede to have done remember that july news conference where he said, you know, we are heading into a three-day weekend, i don t want to take these questions, i don t want to talk about it, he should have gone and talked about it to the american people and laid out the risks. he could have made the case that after 20 years it is right to withdraw the troops, but here