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a prolonged commitment because as you could see from the damage behind me, in this house, the homeowner here, the water went up about eight feet, above most people s heads and it flooded the ent the entire basement. they have to evacuate. this is the evidence that the president will see firsthand and showing you why the road to recovery is so long. the president and the federal government will have a long-term commitment and the state leadership said the same thing. that is one of the hardest hit parts of new jersey. they lost people during the flooding last week. the president is going to be stopping first in nearby hillsborough township down the road. he ll have a briefing there around 12:15 and come here to manville to tour a neighborhood before moving on to queens. of course the president has already approved disaster relief declaration for six counties here in new jersey. the governor phil murphy saying that is wonderful but there are 15 counties in the new jersey. ....
a secretary going can will face growing during house and senate hearings next week. as biden state department is accused of trying to take credit for successful private rescue operation in afghanistan. benjamin all joins us with more with claims about the daring rescue mission. good morning. this is the story of initiative, this american woman marianne and her 3 children were arrested from the clutches of the taliban, shepherded overland in afghanistan and then to safety. marion was unable to get into the kabul airport a couple weeks ago with that chaos, she was stopped outside by the taliban with a gun to her head and she was abandoned when us forces left the country. she was saved thanks to a private team that got them, drove into the north of the country and after multiple attempts to cross the border to safety in a third country but immediately the state department of credit saying they facilitated the escape when they had practically nothing to do with it. this ....
this lady and her three children were shepherded away from the taliban and out of afghanistan safely. they are unable to reach the kabul airport, they were turned away by the taliban and abandoned when us forces left, she was hit by a private team who drove the north. they cross the border to safety. immediately after this the state department of credit saying they facilitated the escape. and military veterans, congressman mullen headed out of the state department tweeting this is a flat out lie, the biden administration abandoned, let s be clear, patriots worked around the clock for two weeks to get them out, today images emerged from the taliban flag painted on the us embassy in kabul leaving democrats like blumenthal house left behind. secretary blinken currently with secretary austen claims the taliban are still allowing people to leave. to freely depart, the international community watching to see if the taliban lives up to their commitments. the number of americ ....
they call that nonsense. john: 100 americans remained stranded. the taliban reportedly preventing at least six aircraft at an airport, mazar-e-sharif, from taking off. sandra: one week since biden most recent comments about that withdrawal. the white house as efforts to rescue americans left behind are still underway. john: former green beret michael waltz is standing by to join us. sandra: but first, peter doocy is live there in washington. sandra, good afternoon. the white house says americans want to leave afghanistan but can t because the taliban will not let them, not part of a hostage situation. no, that is not what we would characterize it as. those are comments made by a republican congressman this weekend. they are not hostages, and we know that this white house does not like to use the term stranded. we have been able to identify a relatively small number of americans seeking to depart from mazar-e-sharif. we have been assured that all americ ....
reports out of the panjshir valley. the taliban claim to have captured all of it. the national resistance say they re holding out, still control strategic positions and the battle they say is still ongoing. still serious concerns as you say of the ability of americans to escape from afghanistan. congressman michael mccall saying over the weekend they that the taliban was holding american citizens and allies hostage on demand on board six planes sitting right now on the runway in northern afghanistan and they re unable to leave. congressman mike gallagher yesterday blasted the state department. these people think that somehow because the taliban want humanitarian assistance or international recognition that we re going to be able to convince them to get americans out of the country after we surrendered territory on the battlefield. they re completely delewded, operating as if this is a model u.n. in high school, not a matter of life or death. reporter: as reports of ....