0 sean: unfortunately that s all the time we have left. set your dvr. never mess an episode. 9:00 p.m. eastern. pray for our fellow americans abandoned by enemy lines. let not your heart be troubled. ray arroyo filling in for laura tonight. how are you? i m a little froggy tonight. sean: filling in for laura and i m a froggy tonight. laura: you are filling in for laura and have a sore throat. it sounds worse than you feel? yes, i feel great. it happens to me anytime i get any sickness it goes for the vocal cords. i ve been there. this is the ingraham angle. tonight as we bring you afghan refugees by the thousands a similar number of american veterans are languishing, an exclusive report from la will break your heart. the media and political heads explode over the texas heartbeat bill withstanding supreme court challenge, texas lieutenant governor dan patrick is here with his reaction to the uproar. the biden administration place pattycake with the taliban, larry logan wil
as you talk to people on the ground and across the defense department about how many americans remain in afghanistan today? i don t think there s an exact figure, willie. we believe we got the vast, vast majority of american citizens out. something to the tune of 6,000 of them. and we think it s probably in the low hundreds that are still there. there were also several hundred others that didn t want to leave. i know this is now a diplomatic mission as you all have said and this is for the state department but if those 200 or so americans are going to be extracted from the country, it would make sense there would be some military effort behind it. do you expect you ll have a role in getting those people out of the country? willie, right now i think the tools we have available to us and we ll use as a u.s. government is going to be more in the diplomatic, economic lanes and we don t really see a military role right now. so what does that look like? how does diplomacy get those p
military assets, military helicopters for instance or aircraft under the guise of some other u.s. government agency, that being said there is no military role or component to the mission in afghanistan, andrea? jeremy bash, michael leiter under presidents bush and obama. peter baker, chief white house correspondent for the new york times first american journalist in afghanistan after nech. jeremy, the war is over, a lot of unfinished business and what role will intelligence play going forward trying to help extricate americans or trying to make that happen through some sort of other covert means. andrea, after 9/11 the intelligence community was the first into afghanistan and even though the military presence has ended, the intelligence
i don t foresee a military role at this time. but of course that is going to bay decision by the commander-in-chief. i ll tell that you we ll remain committed to getting them home as fast and as efficiently as possible. though the military mission has ended, the united states commitment to them has not. does this work? joining me now, general wesley clark, former nato allied commander and robin wright from the woodrow wilson center, spent a lot of time in that part of the world. knows it very well. general clark, i want to begin with you. because i want a reality check in what the plan is going forward and that is depending on cooperation from the taliban, depending on perceived leverage over the taliban, and in the form of humanitarian aid and financial aid to continue to get not just americans remaining in that country out. but also afghans, many thousands of afghans who worked for the u.s. and therefore face a threat. is that practical, does this work?
to the commander in chief, not to make policy. i ll leave it right there, john. what i can tell you is we have other tools available to us as a government to help the safe passage of americans get out of that country or any other country. it s not totally unlike the ways we try to move american citizens who are stranded or in danger or peril out of other countries around the world. we have lots of tools available to us. i don t foresee a military role at this time. but that s going to be a decision by the commander in chief. what i can tell you is we re going to remain committed to getting them home as fast and efficiently as possible. though the military mission has ended, the united states commitment to them has not. so, when people say america s longest war is over, is it? yes. yes, it is. there are no american troops any more in afghanistan. the military mission, the war itself is over. no matter what happens to the 100 americans still there? john, i don t want to get