and they said their morale hast taken a hit, their trust in power has taken a hit,hit and therthey re really not feeling up to doing their jobs anymore. and there s no question as to qe why this is happening.s so you see this bizarre woke move. and i guess it s kind of to mollify people. you know, we re good people,t u. don t worry about us , but it sf we hadind of a we support you. thanks. we had to see those tediousor ts yard signs for three years. thank you, dr. fauci, though.. now, those are still up in d.c. you see him everywhere.er but you can t put yoe.u can t fy a flag saying thank you. b it shouldn t be abovelag, the american flag. not no flag should be .ne if yo because if you said that about other more more popular faddishe flags, it s ridiculous. and this is a verygs. powerfulmo sign specifically for people inl law enforcement. and i think it s important to talk about the history here, because the thin blue line wase actually popularized in 1950the nineteen fifties by none
sleep in their offices, probably waking them up. will: parades too. rachel: those are industry. we have to get to the bottom of it. it brings up the juxtaposition here, january 6th trials and colbert s team in the halls of congress. pete: the american flag was being raised above us. rachel: how appropriate. pete: we are surrounded by 7 rate american flags on sixth avenue. the president s approval rating continues to decline. president biden s latest approval rating, 39% according to walpole by usa today and suffolk university. when asked the direction of the united states 71% said the united states was on the wrong track. maybe 16% or less saying we are headed in the right direction.
mitch mcconnell said not a rehash of 2020. we re talking about what happened in 2021. we re talking about what happened on january 6, the day that republicans forgot as if we went straight from january 5 to january 7. so mcconnell is playing a political game and playing a word game with that demurral. basically they do want to memory hole the capitol insurrection, they want to memory hole the scene of those police officers being beaten within an inch of their lives by the american flag by a treasonous mob, incited by then-president who happened to be a republican, donald trump. and that s what they want us to forget about. and i think it s just a duty of
commander of the 82nd airborne division. this is the last group, including ambassador holding the american flag. minutes after american troops left, the taliban assumed control of the airport. exclusive video shows fighters inspecting what was left behind. pentagon said they made weapons and equipment in operable before completing withdrawal. despite evacuating more than 120,000 since august 14th in what the president called the largest airlift in american history, officials did concede between 100 and 200 americans that wanted to leave do remain in the country. the seconds addressed that late this afternoon. we will continue our relentless efforts to help americans, foreign nationals and afghans leave afghanistan if they choose. we believe there are still a small number of americans, under 200, and likely closer to 100,
people but obviously we re keeping our eye on that, given all of the mayhem at the airport. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is defending the u.s. s decision to 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 was generated by u.s. troops firing into the air, simply seeking to control the crowds. reports also that tear gas may have been fired as u.s. troops try to control the situation at the a airport. obviously we re going to continue to watch that. meanwhile, back at the u.s. embassy, the american flag has been lowered and we are told