harbor terrorist organizations such as al-qaida or isis. this falls on president biden, particularly if we re attacked again in similar fashion that we saw on 9/11, instead of the 20th anniversary of 9/11, we will see celebrations in kabul and death to america. we have al-qaida insurgents, prisoners free from bagram. you have aircraft not being able to fly out of kabul. you have to wonder how that feels what joe just said about what those images will feel like to people who served overseas in afghanistan. we re going to get a little taste of that because we have gold star parents coming up later this hour so we ll talk to them. it is 21 minutes after the hour, dr. anthony fauci questioning the science, dismissing a study that says the moderna vaccine is more effective against the delta variant. dr. marty makary helps us clear up some of the confusion. he is coming up next.
so you can. retire better it is monday, august 167th. straight to a fox news alert an unmitigated disaster, the afghan government collapsing to the taliban as militants storm kabul and take the presidential palace. the pentagon sending additional troops to evacuate americans. there are reports of people killed in the chaos at the kabul airport but still no word from president biden. you re watching fox & friends first on this monday morning. i m carley shimkus. jillian: i m jillian mele. we have fox news team coverage on the deteriorating situation
pull out. i have to tell you that the inability of afghan security forces to defend their country has played a very powerful role in what we ve seen over the last few weeks. the fact is, we invested, the international community invested over 20 years, billions of dollars in these forces. reporter: back at the airport, there are reports that at least some of that gunfire that has been heard was generated by u.s. troops stationed at the airport of, trying to control the situation, shooting into the air to try to disburse crowds, trying to get control of the crowds there at the airport as they scramble to get on airplanes. mine wheel, at the u.s. embassy, we understand that the american flag has been lowered, that happened just before dawn, about five hours ago in kabul. and the state department reports that the embassy has been
results, the minute he is gone, they try to reverse it, look what happened. tammy, thank you. you nailed it. set your dvr, we ll see you next sunday when the next revolution sunday when the next revolution jillian: it is monday, august 16th. straight to a fox news alert, an unmitigated disaster, the afghan government collapsing to the taliban as militants storm kabul and take the presidential palace. the pentagon sending additional troops to evacuate americans who are gathered at the kabul airport, still no word from president biden. jillian: you re watching fox & friends first on this very busy monday morning. i m jillian mele. carley: i m carley shimkus in for todd piro. we have coverage on the deteriorating situation in afghanistan with caroline live
get started today. americans and a afghans are trying to flee kabul, 6,000 american troops are being sent in to assist. fox news contributor joe concha argues this is biden s fall of saigon in afghanistan and calls it the worst moment of his presidency yet. he joins us live to explain. good morning to you, joe.