The biden administration caused this disaster. This is a complete debacle. We had every reason to believe and to plan for the rapid collapse of the afgan military and the of a began government. President biden has described the evacuation from afghanistan as an extraordinary success. This has to be the lie of the 21st century. Things got really heated when Senator Ted Cruz pressured whether the officials gave the taliban The Names of american citizens during the chaotic evacuation. Did the State Department give the taliban a list or multiple lists of americans and or afgans that we wanted out . Those reports and the idea that we would do anything to endanger our citizens or anyone else at a time when were trying to save their lives is flatout wrong. In limited instances where we were seeking to get a bus or a group of people through a Check Point, we gave a manifest to the people at the Check Point to demonstrate that those people were expected roughly how many names were on the list y
um yes, desperately. also i want to call the police but maybe you re the police. yeah. just incredible. thank you, my friend. well done. well done. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. tonight we are going to be joined live this hour by the person who is fast becoming one of the most familiar faces and voices of the new administration, jen psaki, white house spokesperson is going to be our guest tonight. even though we re only one week into the administration, i can show you this many pictures of her conducting different white house press briefings because we have daily white house press briefings again. she does these every day. under the trump administration, they started out bad until they disappeared entirely. they seemed not to be able to handle talking to the press every day and bring questions. but immediately day one, president biden brought back the briefings and jen psaki is the spokesperson. they started reversing things that were broken by the
she is, the breakout star so far of week one of the biden administration. and it s not unusual because the press secretary is the one who s out there in front of the camera more than anyone other than the president. so, she has instantly taken command of that room, and it has been, as you said, you know, a kind of shocking gear change for us and welcomed gear change for us to deal with. and i love the way you two talked about what s happening and what s going to happen. well, i mean, she s setting the tone for the administration. we have actually heard a lot from the new president in the past eight days. he has spoken publicly a lot. but we are hearing even more from jen psaki in the briefing room, and she s setting this tone of normalcy, accountability, expository work that tells us what the administration thinks the problem is, what they are doing to work on it, who is in charge of that work. and that person will be answering questions about it, as will jen psaki on behal
every day and bring questions. but immediately day one, president biden brought back the briefings and jen psaki is the spokesperson. they started reversing things that were broken by the previous president as they set to restore some of the basic things that had gone by the wayside over the years like daily briefings. as they set taught pass ambitious policies and programs that biden campaigned on, that democrats in congress campaigned on, it is sort of awkward but i think unavoidable to realize that one crucial thing that going to make the life-or-death difference as to whether or not the new administration and new congress are actually able to get stuff done is a thing that we only have because of richard nixon being such a terrible president. and specifically because of something that richard nixon did right before he resigned. and it seemed like nothing much at the time. it got not that much attention at the time, but it very well may now determine if the biden presidenc
us to deal with. and i love the way you two talked about what s happening and what s going to happen. well, i mean, she s setting the tone for the administration. we have actually heard a lot from the new president in the past eight days. he has spoken publicly a lot. but we are hearing even more from jen psaki in the briefing room, and she s setting this tone of normalcy, accountability, expository work that tells us what the administration thinks the problem is, what they are doing to work on it, who is in charge of that work. and that person will be answering questions about it, as will jen psaki on behalf of the entire administration. it s just basic accountability, which is basic small deed democracy, which is just something we were used to before. we lost it for four years, and now it just feels so radical to get back to it. i hope it never i hope we never take it for granted again. i think we have, for this year, a series of rachel and jen conversations coming up