california prosecutors say equipment from power company pacific gas and electric sparked last year s fire which killed four people. the company is facing 31 charges including involuntary manslaughter. and lawyers for jon hinckley jr. expected to argue in court monday that all restrictions on him should be dropped. hinckley shot president ronald reagan in 81 and was found not guilty by reason of insanity. he lived a washington hospital until his conditional release in 2016. for more on these and other top stories, download the fox news app, scan the qr code or go to foxnews.com/apps. the taliban reportedly hanging a dead body from a crane in a city square in afghanistan, part of the terror group s return to brutal tactics since taking control of the country. meanwhile, here at home, a u.s. servicemember claims several afghan evacuees assaulted her at ft. bliss.
republican lawmakers continue to press for details on the biden administration s vetting process, while volunteer rescuers say they used more personal methods to vouch for allies. using the near recognition symbols and very very carefully moving commandos, special ops with their families through and saying i vet this person, i vouch for this person, so what i am confident is is in the hundreds of people that we helped get through. these are some of the finest citizens and leaders this country will ever see. details of the reported incident at ft. bliss are unclear. according to officials, though, the servicemember was immediately provided appropriate care and counselling. jillian? jillian: thank you. we continue our team coverage on the ground in kabul as we confront the taliban about cruel punishments it is bringing back to afghanistan. jillian, the taliban appears to be bringing back medieval punishment. we have questioned the group about this and reports that american allies
i m not supposed to take any questions, but go ahead. mr. president on afghanistan i m not answering afghanistan, no. okay. can you it has become a bit of a pattern the president ribbing the press or reminding the press, well, he s all, but prevented from speaking to them. it might be overblown, but certainly the perception among the press community, which had a very hostile relationship with his predecessor is that this is getting pretty hostile, too. and burt from hillsdale college distinguished fellow. what do you make of these developments, particularly with regard to the press? yes, i found president biden s reactions rather astonishing because he s had on the whole, a very compliant press, probably the most so or at least maybe the most so since the beginning of the press conference back with
tomorrow is another inflection point where people when they hear these results, whatever they are, there are going to be people who are upset about what happened, whether maybe in their state because they haven t had an audit or whatever is reported out of arizona, whatever it is. i think that s an inflection point we have to worry about. and the other part that s disheartening. i was watching groups this past week in ohio of trump voters and georgia. you are listening to their arguments on some things, on afghanistan, and spending. these are rational people. these are not, you know, the guy with the horns from the capitol, right in i mean, these are rational people making rational arguments. they have jobs in industries, pharmaceutical salesmen, real jobs. and then the election issue comes up and they start talking like madmen and women. they are all following what happens in arizona closely. i support the arizona republic
quickly without even any confrontation between taliban and the afghan forces, we started noticing and realizing that the afghan forces were not even willing to fight and protect their city. bret: why do you think the u.s. lost afghanistan? well, not actually a matter of winning or losing. but i think in the end the main question needed to be asked is about the [inaudible] looking at the reasonable from outside, it should be very careful approach and you need to see from within the countries. but important regimes from outside is not sustainable. bret: is that the thing that the u.s. doesn t get about the middle east or hasn t? is that what you are saying? well, i think once what we have seen with the recent u.s. is taking, it s mainly about taking a step back.