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friends, they re glad we re back. i made it known that america is back. i also wanted to put the world ons in the america is back. , america is back. [applause] tammy: like a badly written movie. instead, there is now a crisis in confidence in american leadership here and abroad. because the biden agenda is now defined by deadly incompetence, delusional decision-making and down right destructive dereliction. just today, joe biden met with the president of ukraine, whom the new york times describes as, quote: unnerved by america s abrupt and chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan. and that he is expected to raise questions about u.s. security commitments. the paper of record for the left also says, quote: it comes in the wake of an event that has caused numerous american allies to question the firmness of washington support. you could also say they are concerned about the firmness of biden s grip in general, more on this later. the message being, sent all over the w ....
in afghanistan. caroline shibley in live in washington, d.c. carley: , first, ryan chilcote is live overseas with the latest developments from overnight. good morning. reporter: good morning. chaotic scenes at the airport, in are thousands of people, not just american citizens, not just american diplomats but thousands of afghans that are trying to get out of that country and at this point the airport in kabul is their best bet. there have been reports of gunfire at the airport and there has been video of some fatalities, some bodies at the airport. of course, we re working to confirm all of that right now to figure out exactly what is going on. what is clear is that it has been absolute mayhem and this hasty exit for the door caught the united states and allied countries offguard. all of this is happening while the taliban are in control of kabul and much of the country. suffice it to say, the united states would have wanted this to happen before this evacuation befo ....
right now. you re watching fox & friends first on this monday morning, i m ashley he strohmier, in for todd piro. jillian: i m jillian mele. the u.s. carries out air strikes. ashley: lauren blanchard joins us live from washington with the latest this morning. reporter: good morning. the air strikes carried out in the middle of the night at three locations near the border of syria and iraq. the u.s. targeting iran backed militia. we re told these were operational and weapons storage facilities that engaged in uav attacks against u.s. assets in iraq. pentagon press secretary john kirby called the strikes necessary and appropriately limited in scope. quote, the united states took necessary appropriate and deliberate action designed to limit the risk of escalation but also send a clear and unambiguous deterrent message. president biden did not comment on the strikes, as he and the first lady returned to the white house last night after a weekend at camp david. this is t ....
growing and easy to spot. any amounts of harm is unacceptable. but i also want to make sure this doesn t drive hysteria. and the olympic champion and what does that time look like 51.0. that s a new world record. first woman ever under 52 seconds flat. ainsley: straight to a fox news alert new video this morning of u.s. airstrikes hitting iraq and syria? the rockets wiping out facilities, fox news has learned we are used by iranian backed initiatives to launch attack at united states assets scattered throughout iraq. four militants were reportedly killed is in the trike that we november. iraq s military has condemned the strikes as a are breach of sovereignty. brian: that s probably a wink and nod. he didn t. this is the second time he has ordered airstrikes in the region since he has taken office. remarkable to see how much more positive nancy pelosi is about the whole thing. great, good idea. they took direct action. so people on the same side you could do the s ....
it s a very important job. it s obviously a very sensitive job because you see everything that goes to and from the president. for all the reasons you might imagine, it s not only detail oriented or 24/7 but which you need to be a trustworthy person. in february 2018 almost exactly a year into the trump presidency, the staff secretary at the trump white house had to resign for a terrible reason. he had to resign because both of his ex-wives came forward with lurid and terrible domestic violence allegations against him. that young man s name was rob porter. a scandal like that, somebody in that job, a job that sensitive, having longstanding known, serious domestic violence allegations against him by multiple previous wives, but nevertheless getting that job and holding onto it for a year, i mean, a scandal like that would be a marquis thing in any other presidency. it would be a defining scandal. that would be remembered forever by any other modern president. in the tr ....