itself. one of the most tireless advocates thor those victims is our next guest, a recovery worker himself, we re joined now by john, who is the founder of the feel good foundation. thanks for being here. really appreciate it. first of all, i know it is a rough week for you, 20 years later, what is top of your mind on this day? you know, today, i m still trying to find the right words to what i m feeling. and i mean my empathy and my humanity always is 24/7, but that word of comfort, that i look for those who lost a loved one today, and those that ran into harm s way, that never made it home to their loved ones, and of course, what i do all the time, for those who got sick, and many of them have died, but i m not a wordsmith, so it is hard to articulate a word and brush a landscape for what this
bill: i m bill hemmer. over the past 20 years how many times have you said it looks like the morning of 9/11. a picture perfect day. we have that again now. we re remembering two decades of war along the way. war in afghanistan and those who gave their lives there. a swift american withdrawal only a few weeks ago reigniting all the concerns in the country that the taliban retaken control and fears growing among americans and afghan allies left behind as the government grapples will how to get them all out safely which is still an open question today. dana: fox news alert. a second charter flight has just left kabul with westerners reportedly on board. it comes one day after 10 u.s. citizens and 11 green card holders were also able to escape afghanistan. rich edson is live at the state department. some people are wondering about these numbers 10 to 21
the new islamic emirate of afghanistan encouraged his son to become a suicide bomber a few years ago. it doesn t seem like a moderate, business-like taliban. yet this administration seems more concerned the taliban cabinet is full of men as opposed to being concerned it is full of terrorists. dana: we appreciate your thoughts this morning as we reflect on this day before the 20th anniversary of 9/11. this is really remarkable that this is where we are. it was not sufficiently mitigated as promised. thank you. bill: a big day tomorrow and talk a lot about that throughout the broadcast today. want to take you back to one thing. you as press secretary for former president. we don t joe biden is going to be in three places tomorrow. we don t know if there will be address or speech. when psaki was asked about it yesterday she said this at the white house. the events are not set up that way. because he is attending an event with several other former presidents and of course former
prominent officials in the morning in new york in order to get to all the events it doesn t work that way. you will hear from him in the form of a video in advance or if that will be available that day, i should say. bill: i don t know what that means. do you know what it means? dana: i find it unusual. it s not that they had announced he would give a speech and now he is not but you assume that the president of the united states and frankly, if afghanistan had not gone the way that it did, would he be giving remarks on the 20th anniversary of 9/11? i imagine that might be so. perhaps the video is what they always planned to do. it seems a little unusual. however, they will pay their respects at all three sites he and the first lady. bill: i would just add this. the statement he made for 20 minutes off a teleprompter was fine. he took no questions. tell us why you are doing this. make the argument to the 80
you care about and the people you love. my job as president is to protect all americans. bill: that was the message 20 minutes in length yesterday. president biden dismissing concerns over his new covid vaccine mandate that forces large companies to require workers either get the shot or adhere to weekly testing and if you don t do it you get a fine up to $14,000 per offense. dr. jerome adams by way of northwestern university in chicago, illinois. former surgeon general. you were in the heat of the battle on the task force in the white house. what do you make of this strategy from this white house? well, i watched the whole speech yesterday. i liked some of the content. i liked the fact the president will make it easier for people to get vaccinated and time off from work. he talked not enough about testing and treatment which aren t nearly as available as