thank you for being with us as we continue to process and further develop the stunning news. president biden ended his reelection bid and endorsed kamala harris to be the democratic nominee and lead the charge against donald trump and jd vance. over the last few hours endorsements have poured in from democratic members of congress and democratic governors and state attorney general s and several unions including the service employees international. also a statement from the executive council of the american federation of teachers. fund rating has exploded for democrats. donations exceeding $30 million in less than half a day. that would be the biggest day for online democratic donations potentially ever. for kamala harris to become the nominee, she will have to formally win the nomination and secure the vote of enough delegates will be free to vote for whomever they would like. it is reported that the campaign has already begun calling delegates. party leadership in tennesse
the us open championship, the british teenager who has been taking her fans and british teenager who has been taking herfans and mentoring. the united states is starting to assess how it handled the end of its war in afghanistan. to assess how it handled the end in the first hearing of its type, secretary of state antony blinken is appearing before a government committee to answer questions about the us evacuation. we will listen to what he has to say momentarily. afghanistan has been the focus of the major conference because afghanistan has been the focus of the major conference more than a billion dollars has been pledged for afghanistan at an emergency aid conference. the united nations called the meeting in geneva to address what it called a mammoth humanitarian crisis. it beat its target of 600 million dollars. here s the un secretary general. even before the traumatic events of last week, afghanistan was for his mother was humanitarian crisis in the world. when in thr
republicans. he is expected to do some blaming and finger pointing including to the trump administration to pull out which set the process in motion and including a backlogged visa process. it is to keep the focus on the biden s trillion dollar plan to create a social safety net. it is a critical week for at least today and tomorrow, lawmakers are shifting the focus back to u.s. involvement back overseas. joining us to start the hour as we are keeping our eye and the start of the hearing, we have with us washington post military reporter dan lamoff and allied commander correspondent admiral stavridis, and joining us back is a valued voice that we are happy to have back in the fold amna anhoff. welcome back. and before the congressional hearing, they send out a prepared text, and we know what he is going to say, and he is going to defend the decision to withdraw from afghanistan, and he says that it is the trump administration that made the deal with the taliban and leaving th
the people you work with, the people you care about, people you love. you ve been patient. but our patience is wearing thin and refusal has cost all of us. so please do the right thing. maria: look over here, not over there at the massive blunder in afghanistan. 13 military heroes dead, a nation still mourning. 20 years after the worst attack on our country. so who is accountable and will any heads roll? coming up antony blinken on the hot seat tomorrow, testifying and the first republican to question him is here with us this morning. texas congressman michael mccaul, the ranking member on the foreign affairs committee gears up. ramifications of shutting down bagram airbase as china looks to move in. plus the call that no one is talking about. joe biden and xi xinping, on the phone for 90 minutes this week but the origins of covid did not come up. florida congressman michael waltz, the first green beret ever elected to congress, a veteran of the war in afghanistan, assesses t
, the people you work with, the people you care about, the people you love. we ve been patient but our patience is wearing thin and refusal has cost all of us. so please do the right thing. maria: look over here, not over there, at the massive blunder in afghanistan, 13 military heroes dead, a nation still mourning 20 years after the worst attack on our country. so who is accountable and will any heads roll? coming up, antony blinken on the hot seat tomorrow, testifying roand the first republican to question him is here with us this morning. texas congressman michael mccall, the ranking member on the foreign affairs committee gears up. the ramifications of shutting down bagram airbase as china looks to move in. plus, the call that no one is talking about, joe biden and xi jinping on the phone for 90 minutes this week, but the origins of covid did not come up. florida congressman michael waltz, the first green beret ever elected to congress and a veteran of the war in afghanis