Security to baggage handling. And they may have actually prevented some attacks. All of this raises the urgent question of what comes next for the administratiOn And the pentagon in this new and uncertain postwar era. As we await Secretary Austin, general milley joined by our own Courtney Kube at the pentagon, mike at the White House and former deputy national Security Adviser to george w. Bush and Nbc News national Security Analyst and ben hodges who served to the u. S. Army in europe is also with me who wrote very eloquently that military leaders need to admit that mistakes were made, as well. Let me start with you, courtney. What should we expect from this briefing and what shouldnt we expect . So we should expect to hear from general milley and Secretary Austin thanks to Thep Tos involved in this Evacuation Mission. As we heard from president biden yesterday they consider it a success they got 100,000 people out of aafghanistan, but It Cam at a high cost. Dozens of afghan civilians
welcome to meet the press daily. it she a lot of topics that cou have vied for the lead today. we ll begin with the new fallout inside the republican party. mccarthy had to meet behind closed doors this morning. this time it s audio showing how concerned mccarthy and his entire leadershipnd team is. we re about what was going on inside their party as they try to tamp downth on some of the unhinged rhetoric and attacks that were coming from their own member. people like congressman mattgates. here is some of the audio released by reporters.ga that was, of course, this is from the upcoming book that ll be released next week by new york times reporters. what is happening now how dramatically and suddenly the democratic principles in the wake of the attack on the seat of our democracy. mccarthy s e comments from them seem rational in the moment, even morally upstanding, they are verboten now. according to reports from inside the meeting, the republican caulk cause today rec
Uncomfortable, but for a lot of people, it is not safe to be here in the heat, and they don t have anywhere else to go. chuck. ellison, has entergy given an update on the estimation? as you pointed out four days, and at this point, the assessing should be done. right. so they said it could take up to three days to do the damage assessment, and what they could do for new orleans is looking at the options, and the first option is to salvaging the powerlines that weren t overly damaged. remember some that a transmission, an entire transmission that collapsed tone the river, but some in new orleans to tie them into the larger grid to make new orleans an island and their own power grid. so they say that they are making some progress and gotten some lights on in eastern new orleans, but it is a long way from normal or comfortable for most people. ellison barber on the ground for u and ellison, thank you,
Chuck. i was struck by the fact that both of them in their opening comments and then in the question and answer period, both of them talked about how these been very difficult and emotional days. both men served in afghanistan and secretary austin or general austin was the head of u.s. central command, the overall commander of that entire region. so, they have a personal tie, personal ties to the war in afghanistan. but a very real concern right now about the men and women who served in afghanistan because of the tumulltuous last couple of weeks. not just the picture of afghans trying to get out of the country the last couple days of the evacuation mission but the fact that 13 men and women were killed in that attack last week. this has been an emotional time for people who have dedicated lives and blood and treasure to the war in afghanistan. we heard that from both of them here today. but also i was struck by the talk about the potential for the u.s. to work with the taliban. specifi
Sunlight and oxygen. that s for sure. general hodges, really appreciate you coming on and sharing your perspective with us. juan, i m short on time but if you give me one thing you wish you had done differently or wrong in afghanistan. i ll give you 30 seconds. chuck, we made lots of mistakes. i know these jobs are hard and i think the idea that you can create a central government, central afghan security forces and not have a plan for sustainability long term i think was the big mistake. all sorts of other problems with corruption, not pushing pakistan further and other issues at play. but i think the design was wrong or at least faulty and we didn t have a plan or a political program to think about what an enduring presence could look like at an affordable level and in a way that manage risk. that was really the problem and i m afraid we re now facing