Fallout from president Bidens Denial of any mistakes in the exit from afghanistan. Cnn now learning that u. S. Diplomats wrote an internal memo last Night Warning of a potential catastrophe in afghanistan. This hour i will get reaction from the president , the deputy national Security Adviser. Hes standing by live. Our experts are standing by as we cover this breaking story. We begin with cnn national Security Respondent over at the State Department for us. This is major. What are you learning about this memo . Reporter wolf, what were learning is that two dozen diplomats wrote this classified Dissent Memo to the Saek Tear of state Tony Blinken In July. They were urging the department to take more actions to prepare for what they saw as a massive Evacuation Effort that would be needed to get these afghans who would apply for these different visas and Refugee Status in the United States out of the country. The context in which they were making this suggestion is the fact the taliban were making these gains across the country. They thought it was inevitable this would turn into a bad situation. They wanted more steps to mitigate against a situation where the chaos was just out of control. Of course, the backdrop here, what we are seeing is President Biden not saying that anything went wrong in terms of his administrations planning for this situation saying it was frankly inevitable that there would be chaos ensued when the United States withdraw. So there are Questions Tonight about such statements. I think that those on Capitol Hill will be interested from this memo to the Secretary Of State. Dissent memos are only written by diplomats when they feel their advice has gone unheard and they want to elevate and tell the Secretary Of State about what they are seeing on the ground. Wolf . This is significant. Were following up on it. Reporting on the State Department memo, by the way, comes as President Biden is suggesting the chaos in afghanistan was unavoidable. Lets bring in our chief white House Correspondent kaitlyn collins. What do you make of this as the White House is clearly on the defensive. One big reason is president is saying this chaos is unavoidable is talking how quickly the capital of afghanistan fell to the taliban. This is a question that even democratic lawmakers who are normally allies of this White House are raising, which is why they did not move to evacuate more of these endangered afghan nationals sooner given something like this. We do know that is a process they are very much in the middle of right now, which is trying to get thousands of people out of afghanistan, and the State Department says there will be 20 planes leaving afghanistan tonight. They say they have 6,000 people processed and ready to go as they are trying to move as swiftly as possible here. It is unclear how many of those 6,000 people will be on these 20 flights that are leaving. But President Biden made clear he does not like to see any empty seats on these planes. The race to evacuate thousands from afghanistan is underway tonight. We are processing people as fast as we can. Reporter the pentagon says approximately 2,000 people were evacuated in the last 24 hours, still short of their goal to evacuate 5 to 9 Thousand people per day. It is not about the math. It is about whats ready to fly. Reporter of the 2,000 evacuated overnight, the Pentagon Spokesperson says roughly 300 were americans. Thousands more u. S. Citizens remain in after fwan stan, but the Pentagon Cant say how many. How many american citizens remain in afghanistan . I dont know. In every country, americans register with the embassy. So it is a voluntary it is a voluntary thing. Reporter as he rushes to meet an August 31st deadline, President Biden has privately told top aids he doesnt want any empty seats on any flights leaving kabul. We intend to maximize each planes capacity. Were not holding up a plane just to feel it with americans and then saying enough. Reporter taliban Check Points have made the journey to the kabul international airport a perilous one. The u. S. Is relying on commanders of the taliban to let people fleeing the taliban access the airport. We have seen reports of the taliban harassing and physically so some afghans that were trying to move to the airport. Reporter biden was briefed on the latest by his top advisers in the Situation Room today. Yesterday he told Abc News he doesnt recall if some of those same advisers urged him to keep a Military Presence in afghanistan, despite several reports that they had. No. No one said that to me that i can recall. Reporter the president says u. S. Troops will stay in Kaba Larks past the deadline if americans are still there. Are you committed to making sure that the troops stay until every american who wants to be out is out . Yes, yes. Reporter how about our afghan allies . The commitment holds to get everyone out that in fact we can get out. Reporter biden has remained defensive over the tumultuous draw down now saying any exit from afghanistan would be chaotic. Getting out would be messy whenever it occurred. Reporter thats not how he portrayed the exit in recent months. Well do it. Well do it responsibly, deliberately and safely. Reporter the quick fall of kabul has shaken u. S. Allies and left several European Leaders questioning this promise from President Biden. I also wanted to put the world on notice. America is back. America is back. [ applause ] reporter german chancellor Angela Merkel says the u. S. Led exit, quote, sparked a Domino Effect that ultimately culminated in the talibans return. This is a very bitter development. Bitter, dramatic and terrible, especially for the people in afghanistan. Reporter and, wolf, we should also note from that Pentagon Briefing Today we found out that there are u. S. Fighter jets flying over kabul to ensure the security of this mission, this Evacuation Effort currently underway. Though, officials said there have been no hostile interaction between the taliban and u. S. Officials so far. All of this is likely to be front and center when there is a virtual briefing by the top National Security Aids with senators tomorrow, wolf. I want you to standby. Ill bring you back in just a moment. But right now i want to go to the afghan capital for a firsthand report of whats happening right now on the ground. Here is our cnn chief correspondent clarissa ward. Reporter things had been relatively calm in the capital. Up until today, we heard a lot of Gunfire Today pretty much continuous for a half an hour. Out on the streets and saw a large number of people running down the street, telling him that essentially taliban fighters had opened fire on a crowd of people who had gathered and who were waiving the afghan flag. Today is afghanistans independence day. Those people participating in a March Or Parade in support of the afghan flag. Up until now, wolf, the taliban would say you can fly whatever flag you want. But yesterday we saw them crack down on a protest where people took down the taliban flag and put up the afghan flag and again were seeing that today In Kabul. So some concern. Apparently shopkeepers started to put down their shops, close up. There was a little panic for a moment. It is calmer again now, wolf, and all eyes really continue to be on the airport. The scenes there are continuously biblical in proportion. Crowds of thousands of people, particularly by the east gate, desperately trying to get in. Still seeing those taliban fighters around the front, beating people back. Also seeing another rim of people, of afghan commandos working with Air Forces beyond that first barrier of taliban fighters. So it is pretty much impossible for afghan nationals, no matter how long they worked with the u. S. To get in to the airport at this stage. It is pretty much only westerners who are able to get in and get out. And i should add that as a result what were hearing from outside the airport is that those flights have not been full and there has been a Hold Up in getting those flights packed up with people and off the ground. We are now hearing, though, that there are more flights scheduled tonight, trying to reduce that bottleneck and get this Evacuation Effort moving. Wolf . All right. Clarissa ward In Kabul for us. I want to bring back david. Guys, thank you very much. Ian, this Dissent Memo from Diplomat Officials at the u. S. Embassy In Kabul last month is not something to be taken lightly, but these diplomats thought they were being seen as alarmists because they had a different perspective on how awful the situation was unfolding in afghanistan. Does that speak to an apparent lack of urgency inside the biden administration . It certainly speaks to a lack of honesty with President Bidens speech this week to the public. Ill tell you, i mean, i havent been talking to the diplomats who wrote that Dissent Memo, but i have been talking to the diplomats from americans allies, canada and all across europe in gnato. If they had the option to write a Dissent Memo, they would have. They have been expressing very loudly their ananimosity, their anger with the United States that the United States decided to execute this withdrawal completely unilaterally. They werent talking with the allies. They were deeply concerned. The brits so concerned they floated the prospect of the french and the germans staying on the ground in a coalition without the United States. The germans and the french said no. But its very clear that the biden administration, which so many allies had seen as being a real departure of America First of the trump administration, today no matter what the biden administration says, that they could do no wrong, the fact that our closest allies Around The World are seeing this very, very differently. Yeah. So, so disturbing. You know, david, President Biden told Abc News there was no consensus, his words no consensus on the intelligence. But clearly there were top military and diplomatic officials on the ground seeing what was going on In Kabul and elsewhere in afghanistan. They were raising the alarm last month, werent they . Oh, im sorry. Yeah. I think that we had real problems now with allies Around The World. We also had a problem with our allies in afghanistan. Both are critical to us. One of the big problems the president has now, what is threatened is his credibility. Up until this time he said, listen, im a straight shooter. You can count on me to tell you the truth. So far in his presence hes done that. But in this instance, im afraid thats not been the case. On several occasions the president said things that either contradict the fact or contradict himself. He said we would protect all the friends we have in afghanistan that put their lives on the line for americans when they have been in other places in afghanistan. And now it looks increasingly like they are not going to make it out. Who planned the path . Why wasnt that in the plan so that that could be made safely . It is almost as if sometimes when you think, you think, are they getting ready to say mission accomplished . Yeah. Its obviously awful whats going on right now. The biden administration clearly attempting damage control. But the situation is dire right now. The u. S. Cant guarantee Safe Passage For American citizens, friendly afghans, third country individuals who want to get out. They cant provide that safe passage to the airport. What will it take . What are you hearing from officials over there to get a real handle on this crisis . Those are questions that are also facing the pentagon, which is right now they are saying our mission is solely at the airport. That is where we are staying. We are directing traffic. We are in control of the airport. And thats our capability right now, not to go out to kabul and get those americans who some reports have been unable to get to the airport. If you look at the journey and the reporting about how treacherous it is to go out in public and try to get to the airport, you are taking a lot of risk to do that. The State Department has been clear that they cannot guarantee the safe passage to the airport. And the defense to the White House is we have been warning people for months to get out. And of course now it is still their responsibility to help those u. S. Citizens get out but also those endangered afghans trying to make their way to the airport as well. But it really all hinges on the taliban. The taliban right now are the ones who have the Check Points set up on the way to the airport and theyre making decisions about who they are letting in to those Check Points. Those are the people who are fleeing afghanistan because they feel like they have targets on their back by the taliban and now theyre counting on them to let them through these Check Points to get to the airport. To just give you a sense of the White House is saying, yes, we have this under control. But still on its faces is a dire situation. Very dire indeed. Ian, what do you make of President Biden saying he Cant Recall if any of his military advisers ever recommended keeping 2,500 troops in afghanistan to stabilize the country . Well, i think, unlike obama and even trump, who both ended up negotiating with senior generals and as a consequence stayed in afghanistan. In the case of obama even expanded troops beyond what they wanted to do, biden make a strong and strategic decision that he was going to get out. And as a consequence, he wasnt engaging in those negotiations. Senior generals felt like they werent being listened to. Thats part of why you have this Dissent Memo that you were just talking about. But i also think that the biden calculus is that, you know, as long as they get the americans out, and there are reasons to believe the taliban wants these americans out, too, and the lives of these afghans are incredibly important but maybe not to the average american that ultimately this isnt so much of a political crisis for biden at home, that 3. 5 trillion in infrastructure matters a lot more than 2. 2 Trillion wasted in afghanistan. I do think, wolf, thats the calculus. Im concerned that the knock on damage to americas relationships Around The World is quite significant and isnt being taken into consideration. Its very significant. Ian, thank you very much. David, kaitlyn, thanks to you ahead. Just ahead, cnn is learning that top diplomatics warned last month of a potential catastrophe in afghanistan and the need for quick u. S. Evacuations. We will talk about that more with bidens deputy Security Adviser who is standing by live at the White House. Dad. And the subtle but effective ding. Thats why we created low Cash Mode. The financial watch out that gives you the options and time needed to help you avoid overdraft fees. Its one way were making a difference. Because we believe how you handle overdrafts should be in your control, not just your banks. Low Cash Mode on virtual wallet from Pnc Bank. vo how do you know when youve found your team . Whether youre winning, or just doing your best. When youre on the lanes, theyre right behind you. 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Jonathan, thank you very much for joining us. I know these are hectic moments for you. These diplomats warned the u. S. Wasnt prepared for a rapid collapse of afghanistan which they saw unfolding. Why did they feel ignored and why did they have to write this what they called Dissent Memo . First of all, wolf, i want to say i worked at the State Department in a previous administration. I have enormous respect for the expertise of our Career Diplomats and the risk they take every day, none more than kabul. Ill let the State Department speak to the details of this. But i will mention a few key points. One is that the cable, as i predicted, predicted the potential fall of the government in the aftermath of a Troop Draw down. That happened more quickly than the cable which was concerned. The second thing they asked for was evacuation flights of special immigrant Visa Applicants. They asked for these to begin by august 1st. We began those flights In July. Look, what we have said all along is when we are assessing the situation in afghanistan, we take a number of inputs. We get diplomatic reporting. We watch the reports of our News Organizations like cnn and make the best assessment we can. I think the cable reflects what we said all along, which is that nobody had this right in predicting the Government And Army of afghanistan would fall in days. There was no consensus as far as intelligence. But how sure are you this chaos was inevitable when just over a month ago he promised an orderly withdrawal . Look, wolf, what i would say about this is when a countrys army and its government go from existing to essentially melting away in a matter of days, there is a degree of turbulence that will be inevitable in that situation, particularly in a place that is politically as complex and had the history in recent decades that afghanistan has. We had a plan in place for this evan. We could flow those forces directly to kabul as soon as things started to melt down. We will draw down our diplomatic presence to a Core Functioning at the airport In Kabul. That is why were able to start in a matter of days these flights on a significant pace that is escalating day by bay getting people out of the country. U. S. Citizens, afghans that worked alongside the u. S. And other afghans. Is the nation, jonathan, more secure right now than it was before President Biden announced this full withdrawal from afghanistan . Im not going to make an assessment yet as this is evolving in realtime, the situation in afghanistan. We are extremely focussed right now on one mission, on securing the airport facility. Weve got several thousand troops now in place to make that facility as hard as it possibly can be to outsiders who may be trying to target it and flowing our aircraft into that facility to evacuate People In Need in afghanistan. That is job one, two and three. And i will leave it to others for an overall assessment because we are very focussed on the daytoday. The president acknowledged that u. S. Troops could remain in afghanistan if americans still need evacuating. How much longer past that date, jonathan, could we see u. S. Troops in afghanistan . The one thing i want to make very clear is we are committed to helping any american in afghanistan that wants to get out of the country to get out of the country. We believe we can do that by August 31st, and we are working in realtime to execute that mission. We have been in close and constant communication with american citizens in afghanistan from the beginning of this administration and frankly before, urging them to get out of the country. As the situation continued to deteriorate in recent weeks and months, we sent messages warning of that deterioration, including offering financial assistance for people who might need it to get commercial flights out of the country. We communicated again with american citizens today, offering to help facilitate their exit from afghanistan. We are committed to getting that done. A lot of them apparently cant get even to the embassy. So is there a date . Is it going to be a few days into september or a few weeks, months . Will it be forever . Whats your assessment . I mean, again, i will say we believe that we can get out americans who want to get out by the deadline of August 31st. And we are working day in, day out, hour by hour including some extraordinary efforts on the ground right now by our Military Personnel by our diplomats to facilitate americans exit from afghanistan. That is the number one Mission Theyve got. Lets see if that happens. Jonathan, good luck. Thanks so much for joining us. Thanks very much. Coming up, thousands of Afghan Refugees who helped american forces are trying to flee. But despite risking their lives for the u. S. , some say theyre not welcome here. Plus, New Details right now. 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And are even talking about Security Risks. Tonight some afghan evacuees who have been granted socalled Special Immigrant Visas Arriving in the United States and some governors have stepped up to say theyre welcome in their states. We have open arms here in wisconsin. Governor evers have a democrat. Others say their states will welcome Afghan Refugees. So far the u. S. Government has relocated around 2,000 afghan Visa Applicants to the United States during the crisis but could bring up to 30,000. Some landed at dulles airport. Others are being housed. But in the longterm for some, they may have a family tie. For others, they may want to go where other afghans have gone before. So as a result, we see particular concentrations in texas, california, the d. C. Metro area, including maryland and virginia and then pennsylvania. But tonight there is push back from some conservative political figures on the plan to brig afghan evacuees to america. Steven miller, former top adviser to President Trump went on the news to say it is a costly political move. Those who are advocating it are doing so for political reasons. It is extraordinarily expensive to resettle a refugee in the United States. They get free Health Care, free education, free housing, free food. Plus, miller suggested without evidence that afghans who have been granted those visas could pose security threats. We are no longer in control of the central apparatus in afghanistan to be able to vet anybody. Advocates who have helped Afghan Refugees are pushing back hard on miller saying it is unconscionable for him to reject those who helped u. S. Forces in afghanistan and in some cases saved american lives. There is no us and them. There is just an us. Steven miller never wore a uniform a day in his life. His group helped Resettle Thousands of refugees. He points out in the past refugees like those from vietnam made their american communities stronger. As for any possible Security Risks that couldnt be farther from the truth. These are individuals who went through a 14part Process in order to enter the u. S. They went through Bio Metric checks. They went through Cia And Interpoll databases, in person interviews, medical examinations. Also says these afghans are arriving in the u. S. With valuable skills. They served as interpreters, engineering, doctors, drivers, meatpackers, secure guards, she says. People who are especially needed in the United States right now given the Labor Shortage caused by the pandemic. Good point. Brian tadodd reporting. Thanks very much. Lets discuss this more with the former commander of the u. S. Military central command, currently a distinguished Senior Fellow at the middle east institute. Thank you for joining us. You were one of the first americans on the ground in afghanistan back in 2001. You were commander from 2016 to 2019. What goes through your mind seeing afghan partners now afraid for their life . Thanks, wolf. It is great to be with you. And, you know, to answer your question directly, i think all veterans, everyone that served in afghanistan is processing this differently. For me, im feeling this with sadness and disappointing hoping to deliver more for the afghan people and conclude this another way. But for those people that have served us over these 20 years, i believe we have a moral obligation to follow through with our commitments and bring them to the youts and make sure they stay safe. They put everything on the line for us, and we should not allow obstacles given away right now to prevent us from doing right by them. These are wonderful people that deserve that. I totally agree. How hard is it to see the taliban now in near complete control, if not complete control of afghanistan after, what, two decades of u. S. . Certainly this is not anything that anybody that served there and im speaking for myself, i had ever hoped we would see. I think we all recognize the difficulty of operating in afghanistan, the challenges of afghanistan with its, you know, far flung provinces and challenges with governance. But i think we always hoped that we would be able to do something better for the afghan people. So its a very, very difficult to watch this. That said, you know, as i reflect back On My Own service, you know, im glad that i served there. Im glad i had an opportunity to try to help the people of afghanistan of course to perform an important mission at a time and need for our nation. What is your reaction, general to President Biden arguing this withdrawal is not a failure, that the chaos was inevitable . Well, i mean, this is a very complex situation. Certainly any time you are trying to evacuate a withdrawal out of conflict areas, it is going to be difficult. You know, i think military leaders, diplomatic leaders, others here have an obligation to do everything they can to reduce the risk and minimize the opportunities for things getting out of control. Having watched this now, im proud of what our military has done to bring order from chaos within the confines of the airport In Kabul. Certainly there is more challenges to be dealt with here. But these are very difficult operations, difficult situations. And there is going to be an element of chaos in this, but we certainly have to do this stuff up front to minimize that. What happens, general, to all of the u. S. Bases, all of the military equipment, the tanks, the armored personnel carriers, the Fighter Care Craft that have now fallen into taliban hands. It is now in a country where Alqaeda And Isis fighters may also now potentially have free reign. Sure. I think the things i would be most concerned about are the things immediately useful to the taliban. Of course, this is small arms, Machine Guns and orders. Vehicles that they could use. I know there is helicopters. I know there is other things that are there. These are more difficult will be more difficult for them to operate and sustain. And over time i think they will prove less useful for them. But there are these other items that are less useful to them right now that will likely be the things that will be able to aid them as they continue to conduct their operations. Yeah. Were told more than 2,000 armored vehicles in u. S. Vehicles left behind for the taliban to use now in whatever way they want. I want to read to you what one top military War Official said about this war. This is obtained by the washington post. And he said, i tried to get someone to define for me what winning meant even before i went over and nobody could, close quote. Its a tough question. Were americans lied to about what is possible to accomplish militarily in afghanistan . Ill just speak for myself. I dont think i lied to anybody. I think in my communications we tried to paint the situation as clearly as we could. We certainly recognized the challenges of the afghan forces. But we also saw, and i personally saw this, places where the afghan forces appointed themselves quite well. A lot of my experiences was with the afghan special operations forces, and they were quite good. Yes, they were very dependent upon our capabilities and our Advice And Assistance as they conducted their operations. It is likely they would be for a long period of time. But there are many good afghan soldiers and units that did do their duty. The afghan forces absorbed horrendous casualties in conducting operations on behalf of their government and on behalf of their country. Whats so depressing is that when the u. S. Decided to withdraw those Military Forces Evacrated and didnt put up a fight at all. General, thanks for your service. Thanks for joining us. Thank you very much. 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But they did find what they are calling Bomb Making Materials after 49yearold Floyd Roseberry parked that truck in front of the Library Of Congress and proceeded to have a long standoff with local police and Law Enforcement. He did an extensive long stream with a long list of grievances about president Joe Biden, about the situation in afghanistan and the crisis on the southern border. Rosemary claimed that the material he had in his truck was powerful enough to blow up several city blocks, and led to that a massive evacuation across several blocks here on Capitol Hill, including the supreme court, Office Buildings and the capital itself around the United States capital. When it was all said and done, rosemary ended up surrendering to police left outside his Pickup Truck and was taken peacefully into custody. There is no doubt this left Capitol Hill with a degree of anxiety still hung over from what happened here on january 6th. It is not often we hear of suspicious vehicles around the capital. No longer are they not taken with the utmost taken utmost seriousness by everyone in this area. But, wolf, there is definitely some concern that it could have been much worse. Yeah. Because for days now, maybe for the past few weeks i have been hearing from Law Enforcement, u. S. Capital police and others that theyre not only worried about the upcoming 20th Anniversary of 9 11 next month, but theyre also worried about other crazy plots out there as well, so they dramatically beefed up security. I wonder what youre hearing. Yeah. Thats absolutely right, wolf. After what happened on january 6th, capital police, Law Enforcement, secret service, theyre taking any threat towards lawmakers or the capital itself very seriously. With the ongoing rhetoric that continues to come from former President Donald Trump and his supporters, his false claims about the election firing many of his supporters up, thats leading to serious concerns from Law Enforcement about extremism and how theyre willing to take it. Today is an example of that threat, even though it turned out to be not as serious as it could have been. There was a lot of Nervousness And Fear on Capitol Hill today for five hours. Thank you very much. Also tonight the Coronavirus Surge is hitting the u. S. Senate and hitting the senate hard. Three members announcing positive tests within hours of one another. They are king of maine, all fully vaccinated. Lets bring in government sanjay gupta. Is this a reminder of the risk of what are called breakthrough cases with this awful Delta Variant raging right now . Yeah. I think that thats exactly the case, wolf. We understand that they all have mild symptoms but otherwise doing okay. I think there is two issues here. For a long time people were vaccinated and not getting tested, so i dont think we had a good idea of just how common these breakthrough infections are. But there is something else. If you look over a period of time, you can tell there has sort of been a dropoff in terms of the there was two groups that were studied. One was Health Care workers. One was primarily people in longterm care facilities. [ Audio Difficulties ] there has been a dropoff. So this is not surprising. Again, we wish them well. This is just a graph from san diego county. As much as we talk about what needs to be done, the vast majority [ Audio Difficulties ] vaccinated. So its primarily still ton vaccinated that are getting sick enough to be in the hospital and primarily the unvaccinated that are sanjay, weve got some technical issues. Well get back to you. But thank you very, very much. Dr. Sanjay gupta with the latest on covid here in United States. 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A pro trump Radio Talk Show host has emerged as the leading republican challenger to the embattled democratic governor gavin newsom. Kyung lah is joining us from Los Angeles right now. Update our viewers. What can you tell us . Reporter wolf, this recall has really take an turn in the eyes of democrats. Democrats here outnumber republicans 21. But what they are seeing now on the republican side, a smaller group of voters is an incredible amount of energy surrounding Larry Elder. California gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder continue answer our questions outside his public rally. What he prefers, The Public Stage and his fans. Elder is the leading republican candidate in the Recall Election of governor newsom. This man im going to defeat reporter a truck supporter, elder is energizing the republican base. Harry elder. I know its a democratic state. He can save us. The momentum is going with the republicans. Reporter a firsttime candidate, hes never held office. Better known for inflammatory, Take No Prisoners talk in conservative radio. I argue that the Welfare State has incentivized women to marry the government. Minorities and women complain too much about racism and sexism. Reporter he wrote, women know less than men about political issues, economics and current events, adding the less one knows, the easier the manipulation. On family leave, he tweeted in 2016, you have no right to maternity leave. Just this week, elder said employers should be able to ask women if they plan on getting pregnant. I believe that a female employer could ask questions of a female employee or a male employee that directly impacts whether or not that person is going to be ready to work a full 40hour week. Reporter on climate change, this was his position in 2008. The Bad News is, global warming is a crock. Reporter its a position his campaign indicates he has evolved from. But elder spent years online promoting global warming as a myth. He also posted a ten steps to fix america plan, which include abolish the irs, eliminate corporate taxes, take government out of education, arguing it could be in the hands of the private sector. Legalize drugs and abolish the Minimum Wage. That position has not changed. Elder tweeted this month, the ideal Minimum Wage is zero. One position shifting just this month, who won the 2020 election . To the Sacramento Bee i do believe that Joe Biden won the election. Reporter just two weeks later, after blowback from the Trump Base do i believe that Joe Biden won the election fair and square . Give me a mulligan on that one. No, i dont. Was there Election Fraud in 2020 . Are you kidding me . Reporter but the Flipflop Isnt sitting well with trump supporters. [ inaudible ] im answering the question. Reporter he didnt want to talk to us about it, either. There was that last question, the second to last question why dont you talk about what else i talked about . Reporter he didnt stick around long enough for me to ask. So how real is the threat of elder to newsom . Well, the Governors Camp is so concerned, they released an Attack Ad talking about elder, and youre Hearing News Mention elder by name at public appearances. The election is significant coming up. Kyung lah in Los Angeles for us, thank you very much. To our viewers, thank you very much for watching. Im Wolf Blitzer in the Situation Room. Follow me on twitter and instagram, tweet the show. Erin Burnett Outfront starts right now. Outfront next, an internal State Memo In July called for urgent action in afghanistan. Was that warning ignored . Plus, three fully vaccinated senators testing positive for Covid Tonight in unrelated cases. But what does it tell us how common breakthrough cases are, and the need for boosters now . And florida governor Ron Desantis giving more medical advice to parents. Lets go outfront. Good evening, everyone. Im kate bolduan