this was an unmitigated disaster of epic proportions. i never thought in my lifetime i would see an unconditional surrender to the taliban. this is betrayal. i do not believe a word you re saying on this. i do not wish to hear from you. what you said is dead wrong. i don t wish to hear your lie. it is so unfortunate the consequences. you need to resign. that would be leadership. dana: senator mike rounds will question secretary blinken this morning on the senate side. peter doocy with the latest from the white house. let s go to capitol hill where aishah hosni is standing by for day two. if it was anything like yesterday it is sure to draw the ire of republicans. blinken yesterday defenlded the withdrawal of the troops from afghanistan at one point hitting his message home saying we inherited a deadline. we did not inherit a plan. he also revealed there are still several thousand u.s. green card holder on top of the some 100 citizens still stuck in afghanistan. th
and president biden heads to california hoping to help governor gavin newsom avoid getting fired in the recall election. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. first let s go straight to capitol hill for the latest on a new security scare. our congressional correspondent ryan nobles is working the story for us. ryan, this comes just as capital police issued an energy declaration ahead of a right wing rally this coming saturday. reporter: that s right, wolf. the area i m standing right now is capital hill square. this area is someone you can walk-through out a special credential. in a couple of days capital police are ready to resurrect that fencing that wraps around the square that will keep people from coming in and out as they prepare for a worst case scenario ahead of a major protest happening this weekend. tonight as capital police issue an emergency declaration ahead of a dangerous
president biden singing collapses unlikely. john: there s been no new information from the state department on american stranded in afghanistan. as far as we know, the taliban still refusing to allow planes ready to evacuate americans from taking off. jacqui: florida congressman standing by. you will have a chance to question blinken. first, to congressional correspondent aishah hasnie. hi, jacqui. good afternoon. we could expect some fireworks today during the hearing. ranking member michael mccaul told me he is ready to hold blinken s feet to the fire that he will be bringing up prior previous testimony to this hearing. secretary of state is set to appear virtually in front of the house foreign affairs committee at 2:00 this afternoon. you would expect some sharp questioning from republicans and democrats over the role the state department played in this chaotic withdrawal including questions about the about the state department email fox obtained showing the departme
continuing to deploy thousands of american troops, we will maintain the fight against afghanistan and other countries, we just don t need to fight a ground war to do it. paul: let s bring in retired army general petraus served as commander in coalition services in afghanistan and director of central intelligence agency. general, great to see you again. thanks for coming in. so now that we are out, the u.s. troops are out, how do we get those americans and afghan allies who are still there out? well, we are going to have some kind of relationship with the new rulers of afghanistan. obviously the taliban. they have still not completely formed their government but it s taking shape. we know the leader will be some of the key ministers, we have a diplomatic presence in qatar which is the location in which the negotiations with the taliban were carried out. a lot of countries have removed embassy from kabul and establishing a shadow embassy again in doha, qatar. that s where tha
texan who has a heart beat. biden administration is helping a country secure a border with afghanistan. but is fine with the southern border being wide open. it should offend every american taxpayer spending millions of dollars in afghanistan to secure their border while the cartels control our border. grew up military man way of life and i understand and i m so proud to say it led me who i am today. steve: live from washington, d.c., it is friday, september 3rd, because it s a friday, technically still the summer, today is our all-american summer concert series and today that woman who is singing jessie james decker going to be singing three hours from right now on the channel you trust for your morning wake-up news. ainsley: she has done so well with her life. she has written all these books. she has the commercials, weight loss commercials. steve: south beach. ainsley: she married a physical player and relate show and a singer. brian: she looks really happy in