members and 169 fatalities during the now infamous exit from afghanistan didn t really qualify as a chaotic failure at all. that s despite the fact that hundreds of afghans were clinging to the wing of u.s. air craft as it departed afghanistan. despite gunfire sprang into a crowd; despite u.s. troops pulling an infant over barbed wire into safety. brunt chaos? i m sorry, i just don t buy the whole argument of chaos. for all this talk of chaos, i just didn t see it. it was tough in the first few hours.down would expect it to be. unbelievable. the white house went even further releasing a 12-page report today saying president bide s choices for how to execute a withdrawal from afghanistan were severely constrained by condition created by his predecessor. on capitol hill gop lawmakers are practically incan docent ripping kirby for his call comment. house foreign committee chair called kirby s comment disgraceful and insulting. rain jackson texas called kirby s comments sicke
people, then you need to go there and represent them with integrity, honor, and respect and play by the rules. he s going to go right back to his old job, being this activist. he ll probably organize some more, good job but you have no business being a legislature when you act this way they don t know were told again and aegean handle themselves accordingly and they didn t. ben ferguson thank you for coming on. good to see you. [music] well first up in tonight s crime roundup three teenagers, all of them friends, were killed in what authorities suspect are wan be gang murders. a man hunten for the killers are under wayment the victims are an unnamed 17 year old boy, 16 year old layla found with a gun shot wound and 16 year old chill found two days later in layla s partially submerged car in a lake. put your hands up.
white house. a key factor that played into the attorney general s decision. the department of justice has a long recognized that in certain extraordinary cases, it is in the public interest to appoint a special prosecutor to independently manage an investigation and prosecution. based on recent developments, including the former president s announcement that he is a candidate for president in the next election and the sitting president stated intention to be a candidate as well, i have concluded it is in the public interest to appoint a special counsel. the man garland chose for that very important job is a man by the name of jack smith. career prosecutor with 30 years of experience. smith spent nearly a decade with the eastern district of new york, where he prosecuted gang murders, police officers and civil rights violations. he then worked at the international criminal court overseeing war crimes investigations before joining the doj as the chief of the
gang murders, to civil rights violations, and then in 2008, smith got, what he described, as a dream job. working at the international criminal court. who is there, you oversaw estimations into government officials, militia members, war crimes, genocide, you name it. that kind of highly, politically sensitive, tough work, was what jackson mid sought out. he ended up talking to the u.s., when he landed a dream job, as head of the justice department s public integrity unit. since then, smith has worked out a host of politically sensitive cases that have brought a lot of criticism, and pressure, from both sides of the aisle. in fact, he investigated democratic senators like john edwards, and bob menendez, and republican congressman, and politicians, like vernon buchanan, and richard frenzy. he successfully prosecuted former republican governor, bob mcdonald, only to see that conviction vacated by the supreme court. but, smith s resume here, and is important
this represents a last chance for justice, for a vast number of victims. unfortunately, two others, this is viewed as something to be distrusted. and, therefore, attacked. jack smith, the prosecutor who attorney general, merrick garland, just appointed a special counsel to investigate, former president donald trump. that was him, a year ago, prosecuting literal war crimes, at the international criminal court. now, smith used to be rather distrusted, or attacked for his work, and he started his career in 1994, as an assistant district attorney, the new york da s office. there, he prosecuted everything from gang murders, to civil rights violations, and then in 2008, smith got, what he described, as a dream job.